Chapter 5

"Yang Guo?" Sun Nu carefully recalled for a moment, then shook her head and said, "Never heard of him."

"If you happen to meet him, you must let the Zhi Society know."

"Alright!"

Sun Nu did not press further, for she could tell that Xiao Longnu seemed unwilling to answer.

Xiao Longnu suddenly asked again, "Is Master still in closed-door cultivation?"

"Yes, Young Lady has reached a critical juncture in her cultivation and has not yet emerged."

"Good, you may go."

Xiao Longnu waved Sun Nu away, then picked up the diary copy and began reading again.

Earlier she had noticed a peculiar detail—Sun Nu seemed unable to see this diary.

"Dragon Knight? He wants to ride me?"

Seeing that the diary's owner made no attempt to hide his desire to become a "Dragon Knight," Xiao Longnu was neither angered nor embarrassed, only feeling something strange in her heart.

At last, having finished reading one diary entry, Xiao Longnu set down the diary copy, lightly leapt up, lay sideways on a rope she had tied in advance, and closed her eyes to rest.

Yet in her heart she had memorized one name—

Jiang Sishui!

……

Ezhou, Xiangyang City.

In the rear courtyard of the residence of Hero Guo, a pair of identical twin sisters were glaring at each other.

Guo Fu glared indignantly at her younger twin sister and snapped, "Little sis, if you say something like that again, don't blame Big Sis for telling Mother!"

Across from her, Guo Xiang's face was full of awkwardness, on the verge of tears.

She had just obtained a diary, which recorded many astonishing pieces of news, and wanted to tell her elder sister.

But a perfectly fine sentence, once spoken aloud, had come out completely changed in flavor.

For instance, what she had meant to say was: "Big Sis, can you see the diary in my hand?"

Yet what she had actually said was: "Big Sis, do you think about men every night?"

Such shocking words left Guo Fu utterly dumbfounded, and she looked at Guo Xiang as though staring at a stranger.

Not to mention Guo Fu—even Guo Xiang herself was so embarrassed she wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

005. Yao Yue's Pride and Competitive Nature

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

Guo Xiang vaguely had a guess.

She was clever enough; seeing the awkward atmosphere, she had a sudden idea and said, "Big Sis, I know a place that has treasure—shall we go look for it together?"

Sure enough, Guo Fu's attention was immediately diverted: "Treasure? What treasure? Where?"

"It's a kind of snake called the Pusiqu Snake, right outside Xiangyang City!"

"A snake?!"

Guo Fu's voice shot up an octave, and she shook her head like a rattle-drum: "No no no! Stinky little sis, you know perfectly well that Big Sis is afraid of only two kinds of things—one kind has no legs, the other kind has lots of legs."

Guo Xiang insisted, "But that Pusiqu Snake really is a treasure!"

Guo Fu, hearing her speak with such conviction, asked, "Then tell me, where exactly is it a treasure?"

Guo Xiang: "……"

Where was it a treasure? How would she know?

The diary copy didn't say!

Seeing Guo Xiang unable to answer, Guo Fu raised her hand and gave a light tap on her smooth forehead with a bent finger, and said irritably, "You little imp—even setting aside that filthy mouth of yours, as soon as you heard Big Sis was going to tell Mother, you wanted to trick me into going out to scare me with snakes, didn't you?"

Guo Xiang, hearing this, felt greatly wronged and cried out, "No no no! What I said is true!"

"Still trying to talk tough!" Guo Fu glared.

Guo Xiang was never afraid of this elder sister who had only been born a little while before her, but today she was in the wrong, so under Guo Fu's glare she guiltily lowered her head.

"I'll let today's matter go, I won't tell Mother, and you stop letting your imagination run wild. Practice your martial arts properly—Father will be checking in a couple of days."

Guo Fu gave her a warning, then turned and left.

Guo Xiang watched her back disappear around the corner and complained, "Hey, why can't I tell anyone about the diary copy?"

"If Big Sis had a diary copy too, she'd know I'm not talking nonsense."

"Huh? But why do I have this thing while Big Sis doesn't?"

Just as Guo Xiang was thinking this, every diary copy across the entire Central Domain flashed with a ray of light at the same moment.

Immediately after, a new title page appeared in the diary copies, on which characters emerged, plainly stating the conditions for possessing a diary copy.

【Prerequisite: Female】

【Condition (satisfy one): Appearance ≥ 8 and Favorability ≥ 8; Appearance = 10 and Favorability ≥ 4; Favorability ≥ 9】

【Note 1: Appearance and Favorability are scored out of 10】

【Note 2: Appearance is a comprehensive assessment of looks, figure, temperament, and charm】

【Note 3: Favorability — 1 (Hatred), 2 (Hostility), 3 (Disgust), 4 (Aversion), 5 (Indifference), 6 (Goodwill), 7 (Friendliness), 8 (Liking), 9 (Admiration), 10 (Infatuation)】

【Tip 1: You may select a woman to view her Appearance score and the diary owner's Favorability toward her】

【Tip 2: For three months, you cannot in any way actively cause harm to the diary owner】

Guo Xiang froze for a moment, then hurriedly checked her own scores.

【Character: Guo Xiang】

【Appearance: 9】

【Favorability: 8】

"Ah, that was close, I almost didn't make it." Guo Xiang patted her own small, just-budding chest, feeling rather relieved.

Just a little short, and she wouldn't have been able to obtain this diary, nor seen the wonderful secrets within.

"Big Sister looks exactly like me, yet didn't get a diary copy — could it be that the diary's owner has a very poor impression of Big Sister?"

Guo Xiang immediately used her authority to check on Guo Fu.

【Character: Guo Fu】

【Appearance: 9】

【Favorability: 3】

"Only three?!"

Guo Xiang was startled, and hurriedly cross-referenced the above, involuntarily astonished: "Dislike? Does the diary's owner really hate Big Sister?"

Guo Xiang stared blankly in a daze — she and Big Sister looked exactly alike; Jiang Sishui liked her, so why would he feel aversion toward Big Sister?

Thinking that the two of them had never met, Guo Xiang couldn't help but wonder: "Could it be that in the story he saw in his previous life, Big Sister did something that made him dislike her?"

"Yes, that must be it!"

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

"What a pity!"

Once the conditions for owning a diary copy came out, she knew that the owners of this world were definitely not limited to just her.

Guo Fu not having a diary copy really missed out on a lot of fun.

"If Big Sister's favorability could go up, would she be able to have one then?"

"Forget it, I'll worry about that later — the Pusiqu Snake outside Xiangyang City must be a treasure. Big Sister isn't going, so I'll go myself!"

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

Guo Xiang was startled; the moment she had a thought, the diary copy resurfaced once again.

After two or three repetitions like this, she finally felt at ease.

She immediately put away the diary copy and left Xiangyang City.

……

Yunzhou, Embroidered Jade Valley, Shifted Flower Palace.

Yao Yue slapped the tea table before her to pieces, her petite frame suddenly rising to her feet — yet she radiated a heaven-toppling, earth-shattering presence, silencing the maids outside the room as if winter had fallen.

Beside her, Lian Xing watched the frost-masked Yao Yue, at a loss herself, unsure where to begin consoling her.

She naturally knew why Yao Yue was angry.

Earlier, when the diary copy had appeared out of thin air, it was far too bizarre, so Yao Yue had struck out at it tentatively to test it.

Yet the diary copy not only remained completely unmoved, but instead returned all of her attacks in full, adding thirty percent more power to boot.

Yao Yue immediately started fighting the diary copy.