Free Web NovelJu Meng took less than twenty minutes to decipher the content of the special text that Professor Ma had painstakingly researched for a long time.
At this moment, Lu Yibei couldn't help but sigh in her heart that human abilities truly have limits.
The delicate strokes of the small seal script filled more than half a page. After Ju Meng carefully read through the content, she let out a long sigh of relief.
Seeing her put down the page in her hand, Lu Yibei was about to reach for it, but saw her pout her small mouth, rolling her eyes and saying, "The first half doesn't have anything useful, and I didn't write the second half."
"Hmm?" Lu Yibei tilted her head to look at Ju Meng, asking in confusion, "Why didn't you write it?"
"Too many words, it's troublesome," Ju Meng said seriously.
Lu Yibei, "..."
"If you want to know something, couldn't I just tell you?" Ju Meng said, pointing to a section of text on the paper. "Come, look here."
How do I know you won't lie to me? Lu Yibei silently grumbled in her heart, but still looked towards where Ju Meng pointed.
"This is the latest section of text by date. They did find the so-called god in Mount Mang, but I think that god is a bit off."
"He said, 'Many soldiers felt the arrival of the god, but couldn't describe His appearance. I felt it too. He has no form and no name, like a deity guarding immortal methods, and also like a ghost wandering in the deep mountains.'"
Ju Meng's slender fingertip continued to slide down to the last line of text. "Here He said, 'We finally arrived at Mount Mang. I don't know if we found Him or if He found us, but I feel like none of us can go back.'"
Hearing this, Lu Yibei frowned. Although the content translated by Ju Meng was stated relatively plainly, she could vaguely sense the anxiety and unease of the person who wrote the text.
Perhaps the god they encountered was the culprit behind the series of urban legend events around Professor Ma? Lu Yibei thought.
As Lu Yibei was thinking, Ju Meng reached out a hand and said, "There's no more useful content after that, and I can't guess what happened next. Didn't you say you didn't write down the entire content of the bamboo slips?"
Listening to Lu Yibei and Ju Meng's discussion, the urban legend in the apartment huddled in a corner of the room, whispering. freewēbnoveℓ.com
"Revealing one's mystery and driving humans insane, isn't that a hunting method of some high-level urban legend? Why do they say it's a god?"
"Isn't a god just a high-level Strange Tale? If you ask me, those ancient humans probably gave themselves up for nothing. It's just unclear if they became dependents or were eaten."
"I don't know why they're discussing this. Are they planning to hunt a god? That's too... never mind, never mind. When immortals fight, we just watch."
Lu Yibei glanced at the urban legend in the corner out of the corner of her eye, pondered for a few seconds, and silently looked at her serious little face.
Sensing Lu Yibei's gaze, Ju Meng froze for a moment, then as if she understood something, she crossed her arms over her chest and said indignantly, "Why are you looking at me like that? I'm not like those miscellaneous minor gods!"
"Sister, I am a proper god who benefits a region, always waiting for those who are willing to be hooked. I would never engage in those strange tricks to deceive mortals into becoming my believers."
"Hooked?" Lu Yibei narrowed her eyes, sizing up Ju Meng.
"Hey!" Ju Meng glared at Lu Yibei and said huffily, "Your focus is really strange, isn't it? Forget it, I'm too lazy to explain to you. If you ever get a chance to go to Taoyuan, you'll know how highly respected Sister I am!"
Lu Yibei stared at Ju Meng for a few seconds, then reluctantly withdrew her gaze and said expressionlessly, "Since we can't figure anything out, we'll just have to put it aside for now. When I go to school tomorrow and write down some more content, we should be able to make new discoveries."
"Oh right, are you still hungry? Do you want me to cook you something to eat?"
"No need, I'm not used to your human food," Ju Meng said with a look of disdain, but without looking Lu Yibei in the eye.
"Then I'll go rest first," Lu Yibei said, shrugging.
"Go, go!" Ju Meng said, waving her hand, as if eager for Lu Yibei to leave.
"Okay," Lu Yibei replied, stretched, and went upstairs. Soon, the entire living room fell silent.
In the darkness, Ju Meng sat cross-legged on the sofa, her large eyes darting left and right. Suddenly, she pulled out a duck neck from somewhere and put it in her mouth.
Before long, in the darkness, there was a faint sound of a young girl's silver-bell-like laughter and the soft smacking sounds as she gnawed on the duck neck.
"Hehehe! Emmm... emmm..."
Suddenly, as if remembering something, Ju Meng narrowed her eyes, looked at the urban legend huddled in the corner, and threatened in a deep voice, "You are not allowed to tell her about me secretly hiding snacks!"
"We know, we know!" the urban legend replied repeatedly, as if granted amnesty.
It's just hiding a secret, right? We thought you were going to use us as a side dish for the duck neck!
...
Lu Yibei lay in bed, just about to drift off to sleep when Du Sixian's voice suddenly sounded in her ear. She cried out inwardly that she was in trouble, but couldn't resist the onset of drowsiness, and her head tilted as she fell asleep.
While sound asleep, in a hazy state, Lu Yibei felt her body sinking as if falling into the deep sea. As her toes felt a cold touch, she opened her eyes and indeed saw that familiar rooftop.
Looking up, dark red mist drifted through the dilapidated and crumbling city, and faint, unsettling whispers could be heard coming from the corners of the city.
Amidst those whispers, Du Sixian's voice was exceptionally clear, sometimes chanting strange words in a low voice, and sometimes shouting as if pumped up.
"Wasteland, straw, remains, fan the wind of kindling, strike the Spell thrice, Red Flame Flash!"
"Again, I'll definitely succeed this time!"
"Wasteland, straw, remains..."
"Sigh—!" Lu Yibei sat cross-legged on the ground and sighed helplessly.
What was coming has come. She thought Du Sixian had been quiet for a few days and wouldn't cause trouble anymore!
But now it seems she was too naive. Du Sixian wouldn't let her off so easily.
"Damn Du Sixian, I'd like to see what kind of trick you're pulling this time!"
Thinking this, Lu Yibei got up and walked to the edge of the rooftop, stood on her tiptoes, leaned out slightly, and looked in the direction where Du Sixian's voice was coming from.
When she first stood at the edge of the rooftop, all she saw in front of her was a vast expanse of mist and the outlines of dilapidated buildings. However, when the thought "Let me see where Du Sixian is" arose in her mind, something strange happened.
She suddenly felt her eyes grow hot, the heat stimulating her tear glands, and tears welled up. Her vision was instantly filled with a hazy mist. Then the mist began to dissipate, everything in front of her became clear, and her sight, like the sun breaking through clouds, penetrated the mist, crossed distant time and space, and landed on a street in disarray.
Lu Yibei saw Du Sixian, saw her persistently chanting incantations over and over again, and saw her fingertips shining with faint light time after time.
...
"Wasteland, straw, remains, fan the wind of kindling, strike the Spell thrice, Red Flame Flash!"
This was who knows how many times Du Sixian had chanted the incantation. The fluent recitation, the standard movements, were so skilled it was heartbreaking.
The moment her voice fell, she could feel Spiritual Energy converging towards her fingertips, and then with a soft "whoosh," scarlet flames condensed at her fingertips, instantly shooting up half a meter high. The flames flickered in the air for a few seconds before slowly dissipating.
She stared blankly at where the flames had just been, her expression gradually changing from confusion to surprise, and finally, she couldn't help but shout excitedly.
"I succeeded! I finally succeeded, I learned my first Spell!"
Just as Du Sixian was cheering excitedly for successfully learning her first Spell, Lu Yibei, who was observing in secret, had a stomach full of words she didn't know how to begin saying.
Lu Yibei, "..."
What the ♦ is going on? She's actually practicing Spells in my dream? This is getting more and more outrageous! Has she considered the feelings of the person involved?
Everyone, judge for ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) yourselves. Since she's done something so outrageous to me, isn't it reasonable and justified for me to secretly learn her Spell?
No, this isn't secretly learning, this is reciprocity! Surfing the internet at a cafe costs five yuan an hour, yet she's messing around in my dream, and I'm not allowed to collect a little compensation?
As Lu Yibei thought, just as Du Sixian began practicing the Spell again, she focused her attention and, almost completely in sync, followed Du Sixian in making the same movements and chanting the incantation.
"Wasteland, straw, remains..."
"Wasteland, straw, remains..."
Halfway through chanting the incantation, Lu Yibei's consciousness suddenly became momentarily hazy, and the words on her lips also changed.
"...fan the wind of kindling, light the rhinoceros horn and illuminate, behold the Disaster, Chi Huang Fire!"
As Lu Yibei's voice fell, the air around her body suddenly vibrated violently. Spiritual Energy fluctuations rapidly gathered at her fingertips, condensing into a point of red light.
After a brief silence, as that point of red light continuously spread, a deafening roar echoed above the dilapidated city.
"Boom—!"
Scarlet flames bloomed like a full-blown rose at Lu Yibei's fingertips. Terrifying high temperatures swept through the air, the smell of burning permeated the atmosphere, and evaporated water mist was everywhere, creating a vast white expanse. It was like a ferocious fire dragon, flying between the dark mist, powerfully tearing open a rift.
The firelight illuminated her cheeks crimson. In a trance, it was as if another soul had entered her body, looking down at Du Sixian from above, a playful smile appearing at the corner of her mouth.
Soon, the smile on her face gradually faded, and fatigue washed over her like a tide. Lu Yibei's consciousness instantly became clear again, and her facial expression returned to its rock-like stiffness. She looked at the anomaly in front of her with a bewildered expression.
What the heck? What happened? What did I just do?
Noticing Du Sixian casting her gaze this way, Lu Yibei quickly pulled her head back, squatted down, and hid herself beneath the rooftop railing.
Damn it, Lu Yibei, what are you doing? I told you to imitate, not surpass!
What should I do now? I don't know if Du Sixian saw me. She's a member of the Night Watch now.
If she saw me, I wonder if she'll report it to her superiors?
As Lu Yibei was thinking in a panic, on the dilapidated street below, Du Sixian looked up at the tall building that seemed to stand in the clouds, her eyes narrowed thoughtfully...
