Free Web NovelEither hand over Lu Yibei, or die?
In the middle of the night, where am I supposed to find Lu Yibei for you?
Lu Yibei thought, looking expressionlessly at Ju Meng, "Then you might as well just kill me."
"Then as you wish..." Ju Meng's clear, cold voice came.
Some people won't shed tears until they see the coffin; they always have to taste some bitterness before they'll tell the truth.
Ju Meng thought, her red lips opening and closing silently as she chanted a Spell.
Breeze Guard, Pact of the Bedrock, Four Spring Gods' Guard... The light of seventeen or eighteen types of sealing and strengthening Spells lit up behind Ju Meng almost simultaneously, then rippled outwards, spreading and merging into the four walls.
Through several spiritual perception probes, she had some understanding of the strength of this lying Witch Seed in front of her. If she wanted to make her suffer, she would at least need to use means equivalent to the precise Spells judged by the Night Watch.
However, the power of precise Spells was considerable, and the structural strength of the Tangcheng Four Seasons Hotel could not withstand it. Therefore, only by setting up a "torture chamber" in advance could she ensure that innocent people would not be affected.
And after the hotel room was reinforced by Ju Meng herself with seventeen or eighteen types of Spells, to be blunt, it could completely withstand a football team of Psychic unleashing precise Spells at each other.
Next, it was time for torture. Although I've never liked doing such cruel things, who told this guy not to be honest? Ju Meng thought.
Something's wrong, very wrong!
Although Lu Yibei didn't know what Ju Meng had done in the past one or two seconds, she always felt that she looked very imposing and something was very wrong.
"No, are you really planning to kill me? I just said it casually, why are you getting angry?"
"This is a high-end hotel, the facilities are very expensive. If you break something, the compensation will be enough to spend on at least ten gacha pulls, don't be impulsive!"
"So, I reinforced all the facilities with Spells in advance..." Ju Meng said lightly.
Lu Yibei, "..."
Ju Meng looked coldly at Lu Yibei, raising her Spiritual Energy fluctuations on her own, and softly chanted, "Taihao controls the qi, Jumang initiates the work. Azure Dragon Green Banner, all things revive..."
As her voice fell, the Spiritual Energy that had suddenly become agitated surged out from within her, flowing rapidly within the small hotel room. The air was infected by that terrifying power, emitting a vibrant green glow.
Inside the hotel room, the bloody and turbid aura that had been stained by Lu Yibei's blood splatter was instantly completely dispelled, replaced by a magnificent and vigorous vitality.
Unlike that vibrant vitality, this vitality seemed to contain an aura of killing, competing, and devouring everything, as if silently narrating nature's cruel rules—survival of the fittest, the strong prey on the weak!
In a daze, Lu Yibei seemed to see the illusion of land where shrubs devoured weeds, giant trees plundered nutrients from shrubs, and giant trees were then drained by parasitic plants flashing before her eyes.
【A large Chinese cabbage, growing vigorously】 A strange predictive thought flashed through Lu Yibei's mind.
"..."
What the heck? A tree grew vigorously, what's dangerous about that? Lu Yibei thought, puzzled.
Then...
With a "bang!", the Kang Shuai Bo Braised Beef Noodles on the table suddenly exploded open. The vegetable seasoning packet inside, like a miracle, regained vitality and grew into a floor full of giant cabbages and carrots.
Those large cabbages and carrots seemed to have gained sentience, wriggling on the ground, emitting sharp whistles, and spreading out roots as dense as hair.
Lu Yibei, "???"
What kind of trick is this? Why do I not quite understand?
Just then, more predictive thoughts suddenly began to appear in her mind one after another.
【A boxwood tree, growing vigorously】
【A rubber tree, growing vigorously】
【A walnut tree...】
All the wooden items in the entire room began to tremble violently. Accompanied by booming sounds like branches stretching, different types of wood such as walnut, boxwood, and ash seemed to have suddenly come back to life.
Surging from the corners of the bed, from the wardrobe, from all directions, emitting terrifying vitality, they wriggled and twisted, fiercely attacking Lu Yibei, like terrifying large hands, gripping her tightly, crushing her, her bones cracking.
Those tree trunks contained strong Spiritual Energy fluctuations, thick as pillars, and exceptionally hard.
Along with the rapid growth of those giant trees, the space, oxygen, and Spiritual Energy in the room were rapidly being crushed.
All sorts of vegetation seemed to transform into greedy and brutal beasts at this moment. Along with the rapid growth of their branches, they mercilessly crushed the room's space, oxygen, Spiritual Energy, and everything that could supply their growth.
Being deep within it was like falling into the deep sea. The terrifying pressure and intense feeling of suffocation made Lu Yibei dizzy and her vision go black.
She inwardly cried out that something was wrong and started shouting at the top of her lungs.
"When you sleep, you occasionally drool, and you often choke on your saliva..."
The booming continued, the entire room was almost filled with thick tree trunks, leaving only a small gap where Ju Meng was.
With such ability to grow trees, instead of planting forests, contributing to the country, and becoming famous, what's the point of staying here being a Strange Tale? Lu Yibei thought indignantly.
"When you order takeout, you always add the note 【It's my birthday today, can you add an egg for me?】 After more than a month, you've scammed over fifty eggs..."
"You wanted to 'GHS' (implying something inappropriate), didn't know how, and were too embarrassed to say it directly. While I was in class, you slyly messaged me saying 【I need to test an antivirus APP, can you provide a risky Website?】 and I exposed you on the spot..."
Under the brutal strangulation of the thick tree trunks, Lu Yibei struggled to hold on, her face flushed red, and her shouting voice completely broke.
"Aow—! If you don't stop now, I'm going to tell everyone what you say in your sleep!? If others hear it, don't blame me for your social death!"
As her voice fell, for a moment, Lu Yibei felt like she was having a hallucination.
Unbelievable.
The world seemed to fall silent in an instant, time stopped.
"Snap—!"
A finger snap suddenly rang out in the silence. The deadly pressure instantly dissipated, and booming sounds came from all directions. The giant trees collapsed inch by inch, turning into debris, scattered dust, and disappearing into nothingness.
"You, are you really Lu Yibei?" Ju Meng's voice, full of confusion and probing, reached Lu Yibei's ears.
"Cough, cough, cough—!" Lu Yibei collapsed onto the bed, one hand covering her chest and coughing violently, the other hand waving repeatedly at Ju Meng, signaling her to wait a moment. Then, using both her mouth and nose, she took large gulps of air, filling her lungs, just like someone rescued from drowning.
After witnessing Ju Meng's casual attack, Lu Yibei was very glad that she hadn't held murderous intent towards her in the beginning, and that she hadn't fought her to the death, otherwise she would have died on the spot before Lived three chapters.
After a long while, having slightly recovered, Lu Yibei looked at Ju Meng and said in a deep voice, "In this world full of lies, has language been held hostage for too long in the process of communication? We've become so used to its existence that..."
"Speak human." Ju Meng interrupted coldly.
"Cough, cough! Okay... Then let's say, when you left, besides the games I gave you, you also took a copy of "Legend of the Fox Spirit of Qingqiu Mountain" from me, right?"
If it weren't for Jiang... my Miao Miao Jiang sneaking into the apartment and sleeping on my bed, and me noticing something fishy and doing a thorough search of the room, I probably wouldn't even know the game card was missing.
That broken game could disappear even when hidden in such a remote corner. It was either messed up by the Little Freak at home or taken by Smelly Girl.
The Little Freak at home has already been asked; they confessed everything cleanly, as if afraid of being suspected. They didn't touch the game card, so it could only have been taken by Smelly Girl.
Seeing that Ju Meng didn't answer and her gaze flickered slightly, Lu Yibei continued to press, "Did you get stuck in Chapter Eight, unable to get out of the maze no matter what?"
"Do you know why?"
"Why?" Ju Meng asked blankly.
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She did indeed take that game, and she did play it. Although the art style was old and the story was crudely made, since she had played it, not being able to clear it and see the ending felt like being cut off in the middle of a major task, which was very uncomfortable.
Uh, my sin, my sin. Without thinking, I used a vulgar analogy again. Ju Meng thought.
"Hmph!" Lu Yibei snorted coldly, "Because that's a pirated game, it's locked. Didn't expect that, did you?"
"Damn it! You actually bought a pirated copy, are you even human?" Ju Meng said indignantly, her face full of contempt.
The source of all evil that had kept her from sleeping for several nights was finally found. She wished she could use her old trick again and beat Lu Yibei up to vent her anger.
"I didn't buy it, how could I possibly buy a pirated copy!" Lu Yibei argued, raising her voice slightly.
"That game was given to me by a girl who had a crush on me. I actually had a good impression of her, but who knew she would give me a pirated game for my birthday, and a problematic one at that, a pirated game that couldn't be finished! It was unbearable!"
"Cough, cough, cough! From then on, I never interacted with her again. When I moved, I casually threw the game cartridge in a corner of the room. I didn't expect you, you Smelly Girl, to sneak it away..."
Ju Meng, "..."
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After Lu Yibei finished telling her half-true, half-false account of how she obtained the Witch Seed ability, Ju Meng had been observing her for nearly half an hour.
She didn't say a word, just walked back and forth with her hands behind her back like a worried elderly person, occasionally stopping to look at her with piercing eyes, wanting to speak but hesitating, then wanting to speak again.
As a urban legend born from a plant due to belief and worship, Ju Meng, unlike humans, had a very weak sense of gender. Compared to shock, her stronger desire was to study what kind of existence Lu Yibei, a "Psychic and urban legend symbiont," was.
"..."
No wonder she had felt a constantly growing misfortune on her before. So, she had this other identity; it was simply unimaginable.
In that case, the sudden appearance of the Charm ability on her made sense. That wasn't a Spirit Mark mutation at all, but the innate skill of the Witch Seed urban legend.
This situation was a bit unexpected, but also reasonable. There's nothing to be shocked about. I've Lived for so long, what kind of scene haven't I seen?
Uh, although this kind of scene, even though I've Lived for over five thousand three hundred years, this really is the first time I've seen it...
If an existence like her were to be matched for marriage, should she be matched with a male or a female? Or rather, would it be impossible to successfully match at all?
Thinking this, Ju Meng eyed the young girl in front of her, from her silver-white long hair cascading onto the bed, to her exquisite face with Charm eyes like silk, to the peaks like snow wrapped in bandages, and then to her nearly perfect waist and leg lines...
Finally, her gaze fell on Lu Yibei's hip line half-hidden under the covers, and ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) a vulgar phrase instantly flashed through her mind—【A butt wider than the shoulders is better than a living immortal】. A playful smile couldn't help but appear at the corner of her mouth.
Ju Meng's undisguised gaze made Lu Yibei feel inexplicably ashamed, her cheeks flushed, and she unconsciously shrunk back a little, stammering, "You, what do you want to do? Don't look at me so sneakily. I already told you just now, I didn't want to become like this. It's not some special preference."
She always felt that Ju Meng was plotting something terrible that would be the death of her. After all, Ju Meng's gaze towards her was no longer normal, like a pervert, or like a child who had discovered a new toy and couldn't wait to unlock all its ways of playing.
"I understand, I understand completely. You don't want to now, but you'll slowly get used to it later. By then, you might even enjoy it!" Ju Meng said with a smile.
Displaying one's beauty to the world and causing chaos through it is the instinct of the Witch Seed. Otherwise, why would they be called calamity water?
After a long time, subjected to the Spiritual Energy erosion of the Witch Seed, subtly... by then, you can only be stubborn verbally, but your body will probably be unable to refuse, hehehe, how interesting!
Uh, I'm definitely not trying to watch my friend suffer social death; I'm just genuinely curious about this complex and relatively independent form of existence where a urban legend and a Psychic are combined.
Really!
While muttering inwardly, Ju Meng suddenly seemed to think of something, her eyes lit up, and she asked, "Hey, right, can you perform that thing?"
Seeing the malicious smile on Ju Meng's face, Lu Yibei was startled and immediately became vigilant, "Which one? I don't know what you're talking about."
Ju Meng waved her hand, "That thing is, bathing in the sunlight and 'ying ying ying' changing back! Don't worry, I'll just look. Only I will know, I definitely won't tell anyone else."
"Of course not!" Lu Yibei refused without hesitation, "That's privacy, do you understand privacy? For example, would you casually show someone your chest?"
"Hmm?" Ju Meng furrowed her brows slightly, her gaze slowly moved downwards, looked at her own chest, then curved her lips and gently unbuttoned two buttons of her qipao. As the clothing slightly slipped, a tempting curve of snowy white was immediately revealed through the gap in the neckline, "You want to see? Then I'll let you see!"
Hearing this, Lu Yibei was startled, and quickly covered her eyes with her hands, "Beast, what are you doing? Stop quickly, I'm not that kind of person."
Seeing this, the smile on Ju Meng's face deepened, "Don't be shy! We're all girls, isn't it quite normal to look at each other?"
"Come on, do you want Sister to dote on you, love you, and even give you her life?"
Ju Meng spoke softly, combined with her Nightingale-like lingering voice, her words were like hooks appearing out of thin air, captivating the soul.
"Now, I say, aren't you curious? What is Sister wearing under this qipao? Don't you really want to see? I've already taken it off!"
Lu Yibei, "..."
So, who in the world is the Witch Seed?
Lu Yibei thought fiercely, opening her fingers into thin gaps, and then she saw the qipao that had been taken off, neatly folded and placed in front of her.
Hiss—! She really took it off? But...
Where is she?
Lu Yibei thought doubtfully, slowly lowering her hands. Just then, a Magpie with glossy feathers quietly landed on her shoulder and whispered in her ear, "You actually wanted to see? Bah, shameless!"
Lu Yibei, "..."
Ah, so, I'm the pervert?
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Lu Yibei chased the annoying Magpie and hit it for over ten minutes, then her body went limp and she collapsed onto the bed.
Watching Ju Meng circle under the ceiling, chirping and squawking, her wings clenched into fists and waving, provocatively performing a set of military boxing moves, Lu Yibei rolled her eyes and said weakly, "I think we need to talk."
After the commotion caused by the misunderstanding being resolved, her back wound was pulled and torn, and severe pain struck, only then did she snap back to her senses, suddenly realizing that Ju Meng also claimed to be seriously injured, but her performance just now definitely didn't look like she was injured.
"There's something I want to confirm with you. Were you really injured after being assassinated? From your performance just now, you don't seem to be." Lu Yibei said solemnly, "Are you hiding something from me?"
Suddenly asked this question by Lu Yibei, the Ju Meng circling in mid-air, a trace of panic, almost imperceptible, flashed in her tiny green bean-like eyes, and even the rhythm of her wing flapping was disrupted, making her unable to maintain flight, and she slowly landed on the desk in the room.
"When has Sister ever lied to you?" Ju Meng defended, "Wasn't that because I thought you were in danger, so I forcibly ran my Spiritual Energy to restore myself to peak condition, wanting to save you?"
"Look, now that the burst buff time is over, I, such a big beauty, have shrunk to just a bird. Can't you stop being so suspicious and show a little bit of gratitude?"
Lu Yibei, "..."
Could it be that I'm really being suspicious?
But...
From the past two days when she helped Ju Meng search for the cultural relics sealing urban legend, she always felt that something was off. After the incident just now, she finally came back to her senses and realized that Ju Meng had been particularly inactive during the search for cultural relics these past two days.
One moment she was tired from walking and needed to rest, another moment she saw something new and wanted to watch the fun, and another moment she was clamoring to go to the aquarium, to eat Haidilao... there was a pile of miscellaneous things, like a hyperactive bear child, making people worry.
It felt as if she was delaying time, not at all eager to devour the urban legend in the cultural relics to restore her strength. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ
But why would she do that?
Could it be that she wanted the Tang City barrier to activate?
No, no, in that case, not only would she be seriously injured, but there would be no benefit at all. There's absolutely no reason for her to do that!
Lu Yibei couldn't figure it out and wanted to continue confirming with Ju Meng, but when she looked for Ju Meng's small figure after she turned into a Magpie, she found that she had flown away and disappeared at some point, leaving only a note informing Lu Yibei of her whereabouts.
The note read 【I suddenly remembered I need to find an old friend. I'll go ahead. See you at Chunfeng Residence later.】
After reading the note in her hand, Lu Yibei slowly clenched it, her heart full of doubts.
