Chapter 64: Don’t Sleep Too Soundly Tonight

Xi Miaoyi watched the other person’s retreating back, a bit dazed for a moment. She had assumed that the avatar’s earlier words about forcing herself upon her meant the true body had the same goal. It turned out she had been overthinking it.

“I overstepped. Your heart, my lord, is ultimately reserved for another. I will attend to my proper duties…”

Xi Miaoyi let out a sigh of relief, bent down to pick up her clothes from the floor, and began to dress. But Meng Li, whose back was turned, had tears of unwillingness welling in her eyes, already regretting the decision she had made mere moments ago.

“Hiss, I panicked earlier and just instinctively refused. Wouldn’t it have been fine if I had just gone for it? Is she putting on clothes? I really want to turn around and look…!!!”

Meng Li maintained a calm facade outwardly, but inwardly, her regret was already consuming her. Once Xi Miaoyi was fully dressed, she carefully picked up the still-sleeping Xi Miaomiao from beside the ice box, cradling her gently, afraid of waking her.

Hearing no more movement behind her, Meng Li turned around. Seeing the other woman fully dressed, she sighed first, then walked towards the door with resolute steps, for no other reason than to not regret the decision she had just made.

“Then let’s go. The token has a map attached. I should at least go see the cave abode my Senior Sister prepared for me~”

She walked past Xi Miaoyi, pushed open the door, and stepped out. But as soon as she did and was about to move forward, she found a white figure blocking her path. Meng Li slammed on the brakes, stopping in her tracks.

“Who is it, blocking the doorway? Do you want to fight or something?!”

Meng Li raised her head in anger, ready to trade insults, but then she saw the face that haunted her thoughts day and night—the fellow disciple who had made both her doppelgangers fall in love at first sight just yesterday.

“What an auspicious day! I didn’t expect Senior Sister Nameless to come find me~”

The moment she recognized who it was, Meng Li hurriedly put on a gentle smile and sidled up coquettishly. She was just about to say something more when she met the other’s ice-cold gaze.

“I just came to see if you were still in one piece. Lest you die in some gutter somewhere…”

“Aiya, Senior Sister is such a joker. Your way of greeting is uniquely charming as always~”

As an avatar, Ling Qingyue had originally thought that letting Ye Qinglian teach this unfilial disciple a lesson would be gratifying. But for some reason, she couldn’t stop worrying. After taking just a few steps away, she ultimately couldn’t resist and turned back to the main entrance.

“A joke? Then don’t take it as one. Best not to sleep too soundly tonight…”

Ling Qingyue spoke as she turned to leave. Her face had already turned livid with fury. She feared that if she stayed a moment longer, she might lose control and nail that person to the wall with her longsword. She had come out of concern, only to witness such a grand spectacle right outside the door.

“Hey, Senior Sister, don’t go! My cave abode was just finished. Come and sit for a while!”

Meng Li reached out to keep her there, but Ling Qingyue simply turned, evading her easily. She then shot a venomous glare back at Xi Miaoyi, who was standing behind Meng Li, before swiftly disappearing down the corridor.

Under that single look, Xi Miaoyi felt an inexplicable, soul-deep terror. Her body shook involuntarily, and she stumbled back two steps on instinct. By the time she recovered her senses, her back was drenched in cold sweat.

“W-Was that… killing intent?”

Holding Xi Miaomiao with one arm, Xi Miaoyi braced herself against the wall to steady her trembling legs. But the moment her hand touched the surface, a sharp pain shot through her fingertips. She whirled around in shock. On the wall beside the door, fierce sword marks crisscrossed one after another.

Pulling her hand back, Xi Miaoyi looked at her fingertips. The mere residual Sword Qi clinging to the wall had easily cut her. The scratches seemed chaotic and disordered, but Xi Miaoyi could read only a single word from them: Death.

“Senior Sister, really… not even leaving a way to contact her before going~”

Meng Li, completely oblivious to the anomaly behind her, turned around to speak. Xi Miaoyi instinctively tucked her injured hand behind her back, hiding it, her expression a picture of perfect composure.

Xi Miaoyi didn’t understand why she was doing this, but her intuition screamed that if she told Meng Li, she would meet a fate far worse than death.

“What’s wrong? You look terrible.”

“N-No… nothing. It’s just been a trying day. I’m a little tired…”

Meng Li didn’t suspect anything. She simply turned, pointed the token towards Jade Candle Peak, and planted her hands on her hips, already impatient to see her new home.

“Let’s go take a look at my new home. Although I basically know what the initial model will look like, I should still have some sense of anticipation~”

Meng Li had assumed it would be similar to the in-game default model. But as she followed the token’s guidance to the foot of Jade Candle Peak, she saw a house barely taller than herself.

“This! Isn’t this just a damn doghouse?!!”

Enraged, Meng Li threw the token to the ground. The game’s default was at least a small wooden hut. But this was a doghouse, roof included, that wasn’t even as tall as she was.

“I can’t even fit in here myself!”

“The outer sect dormitories seem safer than this place…”

Xi Miaoyi looked at the wooden kennel, which could at best be called “slightly refined,” and sighed softly. And she had almost believed this person just moments ago. Meng Li scratched her head in fury.

“Senior Sister Situ really knows how to brush people off. What is this? I’m not living in this house!”

Eyeing the token on the ground and then the wooden house that was no different from a doghouse, Meng Li angrily lifted her foot, ready to kick it apart. But at that very moment, a hand shot out from the previously quiet grass and seized her ankle just as her foot was about to land.

“Hold it right there!!!”

“!!!”

Meng Li froze, looking around. She saw a hand emerging from the grass but no person. She looked down. The previously flat patch of grass had suddenly deformed, bulging up like a bizarre mound.

Meng Li was terrified and tried to pull her foot free, but the hand only gripped tighter. Xi Miaoyi also noticed the anomaly and rushed over to help. But after two steps, she glanced at Xi Miaomiao in her arms.

“My lord, wait! I… I need to settle Miaomiao first!”

“By the time you’re done, I’ll—I’ll be solo-killed already! Agh! Who are you?! Let go!”

As she shouted, Meng Li raised her fist in a panic, ready to smash it down on the other’s head. But at that moment, a dirt-covered girl with glasses slowly crawled out of the earth.

Seeing that it was actually a human, Meng Li recognized her as an outer sect disciple and hurriedly stopped her fist. The glasses girl, after climbing out, first dusted the soil off her clothes, then adjusted her spectacles.

“I’ve finally been waiting for you, our big moneybags~!”

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