Chapter 4

"Yang Guo?" Grandma Sun recalled carefully, then shook her head. "Never heard of him."

"If you encounter him, you must inform me immediately."

"Understood!"

Grandma Sun did not press further, for she saw that Xiao Longnu seemed unwilling to answer.

Xiao Longnu suddenly asked again, "Is Master still in secluded cultivation?"

"Yes, Young Lady. Your cultivation has reached a critical juncture; you have not yet emerged from seclusion."

"Very well, you may withdraw."

Xiao Longnu waved for Grandma Sun to leave, then picked up the diary copy and began reading again.

Just now, she had noticed a detail: Grandma Sun seemed unable to see this diary.

"Dragon Knight? He wants to ride me?"

Seeing the diary owner's unmasked desire to become a "Dragon Knight," Xiao Longnu felt neither anger nor shyness, only a strange sensation in her heart.

Having finally finished one entry, Xiao Longnu set down the diary copy, lightly leaped up, lay horizontally across a rope tied in advance, and closed her eyes to rest.

Yet in her heart, she remembered a name—

Jiang Sishui!

Ezhou, Xiangyang City.

In the rear courtyard of Hero Guo's residence, a pair of identical twin sisters stared wide-eyed at each other.

Guo Fu glared angrily at her own flesh-and-blood younger sister, snapping, "Little Sister, if you speak such words again, don't blame Eldest Sister for telling Mother!"

Opposite her, Guo Xiang looked utterly embarrassed, wishing she could cry but having no tears.

Just moments ago, she had obtained a diary copy recording many shocking revelations and had wished to tell her sister.

Yet the perfectly reasonable sentence she intended to speak emerged from her mouth completely distorted.

For instance, what she had meant to say was: "Eldest Sister, can you see this diary in my hand?"

What she actually said, however, was: "Eldest Sister, do you think about men every night?"

Such ferocious words left Guo Fu utterly stunned; she looked at Guo Xiang as if seeing a stranger.

Never mind Guo Fu; even Guo Xiang herself felt so embarrassed she wished she could find a crack in the earth to crawl into.

005. Yao Yue's Pride and Competitive Spirit

"Could it be that the existence of the diary copy cannot be revealed to others?"

Guo Xiang vaguely formed a suspicion.

Being clever, and seeing the awkward atmosphere, she had a sudden inspiration and said, "Eldest Sister, I know of a place with a treasure. Shall we go find it together?"

Sure enough, Guo Fu's attention shifted immediately: "A treasure? What treasure? Where is it?"

"It's a snake called the Pusqu Snake, located just outside Xiangyang City!"

"A snake?!"

Guo Fu's voice instantly rose eight pitches, shaking her head like a rattle-drum: "No way, no way! Stinky little sister, don't you know Eldest Sister fears only two kinds of things: those without feet, and those with many feet?"

Guo Xiang persisted, "But that Pusqu Snake truly is a treasure!"

Hearing her speak so earnestly, Guo Fu asked, "Then tell me, wherein lies its treasure?"

Guo Xiang: "..."

Wherein lay its treasure? How would she know?

The diary copy hadn't written anything about that!

Seeing her unable to answer, Guo Fu raised her hand, curled her finger, and lightly tapped her smooth forehead, saying displeasedly, "You little imp, having an unclean mouth is one thing, but hearing that Eldest Sister would tell Mother, you try to trick me into going out just to scare me with a snake, is that it?"

Hearing this, Guo Xiang felt deeply wronged and cried out, "No, no! What I said is the truth!"

"Still daring to be stubborn!" Guo Fu's eyes widened.

Ordinarily, Guo Xiang did not fear this sister who had been born only moments before her, but today she was clearly in the wrong; thus, when Guo Fu glared, she guiltily lowered her head.

"Let today's matter rest; I will not tell Mother. Do not let your thoughts wander wildly. Practice your martial arts well; Father will be inspecting us in two days."

After this admonition, Guo Fu turned and departed.

Watching her sister's figure disappear around the corner, Guo Xiang complained discontentedly, "Hey, why can't I speak about the diary copy?"

"If only Eldest Sister also had a diary copy; then she would know I am not speaking nonsense."

"Hmm? But why do I have this thing while Eldest Sister does not?"

Just as Guo Xiang was thinking thus, all diary copies throughout the Central Domain simultaneously flashed with a beam of light.

Immediately afterward, an additional title page appeared on the diary copies, upon which characters materialized, clearly stating the conditions for possessing a diary copy.

[Prerequisite: Female]

[Conditions (fulfill one): Appearance ≥ 8 and Favorability ≥ 8; Appearance 10 and Favorability ≥ 4; Favorability ≥ 9]

[Note 1: The maximum score for both Appearance and Favorability is 10.]

[Note 2: Appearance refers to the comprehensive assessment of looks, figure, temperament, and charm.]

[Note 3: Favorability levels: 1 (Hatred), 2 (Hostility), 3 (Disgust), 4 (Aversion), 5 (Indifference), 6 (Fondness), 7 (Friendliness), 8 (Liking), 9 (Adoration), 10 (Obsession).]

[Hint 1: You may select a woman to view her Appearance rating and the diary owner's Favorability toward her.]

[Hint 2: Within three months, you cannot actively cause any harm to the diary owner by any means.]

Guo Xiang stood stunned for a moment, then hurriedly checked her own ratings.

[Character: Guo Xiang]

[Appearance: 9]

[Favorability: 8]

"Ah, that was close; I nearly missed it." Guo Xiang patted her small but developing chest, feeling rather relieved.

Had she missed by just a hair, she would not have obtained this diary copy, nor would she have been able to read the wonderful secrets within.

"Eldest Sister looks exactly like me, yet she did not receive a diary copy. Could it be that the diary's owner holds a very poor impression of her?"

Guo Xiang immediately exercised her privileges to check on Guo Fu.

[Character: Guo Fu]

[Appearance: 9]

[Favorability: 3]

"Only three?!"

Guo Xiang was startled; quickly cross-referencing the previous text, she exclaimed in astonishment, "Dislike? Does the diary's owner greatly dislike Eldest Sister?"

Guo Xiang stared blankly into space; she and Eldest Sister looked exactly alike, so why did Jiang Sishui like her yet dislike Eldest Sister?

Realizing the two had never met, Guo Xiang thought to herself, "Could it be that in the stories he saw in his past life, Eldest Sister did something that made him dislike her?"

"Yes, it must be so!"

The more Guo Xiang thought about it, the more certain she became.

"What a pity!"

As soon as the conditions for possessing a diary copy were revealed, she knew there were absolutely more than just her alone in this world who possessed one.

With Guo Fu lacking a diary copy, much of the fun was truly lost.

"If Eldest Sister's favorability could rise, would she then be able to obtain one?"

"Never mind that for now; the Pussu Qu Snake outside Xiangyang City must be a treasure. If Eldest Sister won't go, I will go myself!"

Just as she thought to put away the diary copy, it transformed into a streak of light and vanished into her body.

Startled, Guo Xiang merely formed the thought again, and the diary copy reappeared.

After repeating this two or three times, she finally set her mind at ease.

She immediately stored the diary copy and departed Xiangyang City.

Yunzhou, Xiuyu Valley, Shifted Flower Palace.

Yao Yue slapped the tea table before her into fragments; her petite frame surged to its feet with an earth-shaking aura that pressed the maidservants outside the room into terrified silence.

Lian Xing, standing nearby and watching Yao Yue, whose face was covered in frost, also felt at a loss, unsure where to begin with any persuasion.

She naturally knew why Yao Yue was angry.

Earlier, when the diary copy had appeared out of thin air, appearing too bizarre, Yao Yue had struck out to test it.

However, the diary copy had not budged an inch; instead, it returned her attack in full, adding thirty percent more power to it.

Yao Yue immediately began fighting the diary copy.