Chapter 143: Why is she telling me everything?
“Master, you’re not… why are you doing this? The disaster you mentioned, it can’t be that human, right?”
“Impossible, he’s just a Stinky Brother, at most half a Spiritual Ability User, without even complete Spirit Patterns. Go to the entrance of our Peach Source and grab a little kid, and they could beat him three times over!”
“Enough, don’t say anymore, look, hasn’t this mark extinguished? It means he just acted on impulse,” Jumeng said, gesturing dismissively at the magpie.
“But Master, before I came, Yuan Ye calculated a divination for you, and the signs show that your calamity hasn’t been resolved. I think, you might as well go back and hide for a bit?” the magpie said with concern.
“You’ve been outside and not coming back, everyone’s quite worried about you!”
The Yuan Ye the magpie mentioned is one of Jumeng’s oldest subordinates, existing in the pond under the peach tree since she awakened her self-awareness.
Perhaps it’s because turtle-like creatures have outstanding divination skills; after becoming Jumeng’s subordinate and transforming into a legend, Yuan Ye unexpectedly mastered the skill of divination, and he is particularly accurate.
Over time in Peach Source, when a family has a child and needs to name them, chooses auspicious days for red and white celebrations, or can’t find the house keys, they would often go to Yuan Ye for a divination.
This time, when Jumeng answered Lin Yiqi’s call and came out from Peach Source, Yuan Ye performed a divination for her as usual before she left. As soon as he finished interpreting the signs, he immediately bled from all seven orifices and tearfully begged her not to leave Peach Source, saying that this departure would inevitably encounter a calamity.
But Jumeng didn’t care about such things. Although she looked like a little girl, she was indeed a top-level legend who ruled over a territorial expanse of hundreds of miles. If she feared such matters, how could she be the “boss”?
Indeed, the reason Jumeng was refusing to leave Luxianbei’s house was not that simple.
Aside from the fact that returning to Peach Source after being injured did involve some dangers as she passed through territories of other top-level legends, she also wanted to stay here a while longer to see what this so-called calamity truly looked like and when it would actually arrive, and then…
Casually k*ll the calamity.
…
Upon hearing the magpie mention Yuan Ye, Jumeng’s eyes flickered slightly but quickly stabilized her emotions. She glared at the magpie standing on the balcony railing and said irritably, “What do you know? You can hide from the first day of the month, but can you hide from the fifteenth?”
“When encountering difficulties, finding a way to resolve them is the right approach! Now, leave the things behind, if there’s nothing else, you can go back!”
Jumeng paused as she remembered the lovely people and legends in Peach Source, adding, “Help me send my regards to everyone, tell them I’m fine here, and I’ll return once I finish what I need to do.”
Seeing Jumeng’s resolute attitude, the magpie, known as Xiaocao, stopped pushing further. After all, Jumeng was her master; she could only offer her some advice but couldn’t sway her will.
“Alright!”
The magpie responded compliantly, then its abdomen began to squirm, performing a behavior common to most birds called inverse feeding. Not long after, with a cry, it regurgitated a box several times larger than its body.
Jumeng leaned forward, tore open the tape on the box, and counted the items inside.
Pure silver 200G, mica 150G, cornelian, and aster processed with bile… everything was correct, and the quality was particularly good, without any issues of missing weight.
Jumeng was very adept at alchemy, perhaps treating cooking as alchemy as well. Just by looking at it, she could discern the quality of materials, especially since these materials were produced in her own territory.
Indeed, all these came from Peach Source. Jumeng had told Luxianbei that she would procure them herself, ensuring no middleman would profit off them, but she didn’t say she couldn’t be the supplier herself!
Buying from others is making money; buying from her is also making money. Why let the good water flow to outsiders?
Making a profit, after all, is about reasonable “fraud,” it’s nothing to be ashamed of!
…
As the time approached mid-month, the celebration of Huacheng University was near, and the campus was filled with a festive atmosphere.
The so-called university celebration was just that.
Leaders giving speeches, successful alumni delivering addresses, students selecting representatives to read scripts, and then entering the donation segment that everyone eagerly anticipated, culminating in a cultural performance to showcase to the leaders and successful figures that their contributions were not in vain.
However, the celebration was a rare source of income, and the university leaders didn’t want to let it slip by without profit, so they hurried various colleges to prepare, fearing that any part might go wrong.
In this atmosphere, it seemed that everyone on campus had their work to do, to the extent that because Professor Ma was hospitalized, a lecturer was substituting in class, and the attendance was less than half of what it used to be.
Why are these people so lazy about studying?! If Professor Ma saw the situation, wouldn’t he be infuriated and have to stay in the hospital longer? Seeing the empty classroom, Luxianbei thought this.
Then…
At the end of the small class session, he pulled out the copper coin Professor Ma had lent him and tossed it into the air.
The front side indicates no skipping class, the reverse side indicates skipping class.
Luxianbei thought to himself as he caught the coin falling face up.
No need to look, I already know, it must be the reverse side; after all, this coin only has the reverse side.
This coin was borrowed from Professor Ma; now it’s allowing me to skip class, then it’s considered that Professor Ma indirectly permitted it, no problem!
Luxianbei thought, not even glancing at the coin, stuffing it directly into his pocket.
The coin, “…”
…
At first, Luxianbei rejected the idea of skipping class, especially since it was originally Professor Ma’s class. His choice to do so was a last resort.
If it weren’t for the student council urgently pushing him for a speech draft, he definitely wouldn’t skip class… probably.
However.
When he rare sat in the library, spreading out stationary and a pen on the table, and after sitting for two whole hours only wrote “Dear esteemed leaders and alumni, dear teachers and classmates, hello everyone!” on the stationery, he completely broke down.
“I have no clue at all!” Luxianbei rubbed his hair and muttered to himself.
In this world, there are often various misunderstandings between different majors.
Just like how some people think computer majors repair computers, food science majors cook, physics majors make atomic bombs, and some even believe law students can create fireballs with their bare hands.
The student council thinks that as a student from the College of Arts and Literature, Luxianbei must be particularly good at writing.
In reality, not at all!
Asking someone who has never been stabbed eighteen times to give a speech about courageously fighting with a criminal and regrettably getting injured is no easier than asking him to give birth on the spot.
I see you’re torturing Huacheng, torturing Wang! Luxianbei thought, seeing that mealtime was approaching, angrily tossed the pen down, packed his bag, and left the library in a huff.
There’s still over a day until the university celebration!
It’s fine to come back tomorrow to write in the library; maybe after absorbing Luxu’s memories, I’ll suddenly understand?
Next time I’ll definitely finish, next time I definitely will! Luxianbei thought.
…
Although after swallowing the Witch’s egg and transforming into a legend, Luxianbei still eats food like chewing wax, fortunately, the school cafeteria’s portions are sufficient. Confusedly stuffing two portions of rice with two meats and one vegetable into his stomach, the feeling of fullness still made him quite satisfied.
Now that he has become a legend, whether it tastes good is false; not letting hunger dictate his will is what truly matters.
After leaving the cafeteria, Luxianbei strolled around campus to digest and wait for afternoon classes, unknowingly walking near Gate Four’s main road, glancing at the dilapidated and desolate street, and couldn’t help but frown.
In fact, since arriving at school today, he spent the entire time pondering about that Stinky Sister Jumeng and how she managed to fraudulently use his bank card.
He had been thinking about what happened last night, purposely avoiding walking toward Gate Four’s main road. Even during breaks when classmates discussed the fire at Gate Four, he didn’t dare listen in detail.
There’s a saying in criminal psychology: real criminals always return to the scene of the crime.
With such a commotion last night, the Siye Society wouldn’t just let it slide. If he lingered around the vicinity of Gate Four now, he would inevitably raise suspicions.
Who knows, that guy Li Xuan might come knocking again.
While Luxianbei was thinking, his shoulder was suddenly patted, and a familiar voice rang in his ear, bringing to mind the scenes of a certain girl chattering in his ear during midnight dreams until he woke up.
“Hey! You’re Luxianbei, right? I remember you!”
Luxianbei paused for a moment, turned around, and saw Du Sixian’s delighted face, with two boxes of takeout from the cafeteria in her hands.
d*mn, the Siye Society really came to investigate? It seems they not only investigated but also sent people to stake out nearby; this Du Sixian wouldn’t report me, would she? Luxianbei thought to himself.
Seeing Luxianbei remain silent, Du Sixian smiled and pointed to her own nose, saying, “Don’t you remember me? We met before at the Siye, uh, Huacheng Cultural Heritage Management Bureau!”
In her mind, she saw Luxianbei as a colleague from the Siye Society, trying to build good relationships. Therefore, she spoke freely and openly without any concealment.
“Uh, I remember. I have an impression,” Luxianbei replied expressionlessly, panic rising in his heart, fearing she would inquire about why he was in this vicinity.
“Hehe!” Du Sixian chuckled a couple of times, looking off toward Gate Four’s main road and saying, “By the way, what are you doing around here? Are you here to help keep watch?”
Did I miss a box of takeout? Du Sixian thought to herself.
“No, no,” Luxianbei hurriedly denied, “I just heard from classmates that there was a fire here last night. I was worried it was caused by a legend, so I came to take a look, and if I found any issues, I’d notify my superiors in a timely manner.”
“However, it seems like the higher-ups already know, so as a temp worker, there’s no need for me to inquire further, right?”
I hope this doesn’t reveal any obvious discrepancies, Luxianbei thought.
Hearing this, Du Sixian put one hand on her hip and patted Luxianbei’s shoulder, saying, “Hey! You have potential! Qing Sister said that as an organization member, the most important thing is a keen sense of smell for legend incidents!”
Luxianbei, “…” Of course! That’s what I do; didn’t expect that, did you?
“By the way, since we’re on this topic, would you like me to tell you a little secret?”
No secrets for me, just don’t annoy me in my dreams at night… Luxianbei thought, preparing to shake his head to refuse, but Du Sixian began to speak on her own.
“Let me tell you, we haven’t found the legend that caused the fire yesterday, but while we were conducting an undercover investigation this morning, we discovered a photo sealing a legend, and that old man in it was terrifying. But we searched that room thoroughly and couldn’t find the camera that took the photo. Isn’t that strange?”
Luxianbei, “…” What… why is she telling me everything? She really has no guard up!
