The morning sunlight slowly streamed into the room. Meng Li sat up in a daze, blankly looking at the familiar room around her. Fragmented, incomplete memories flashed through her mind.
“I… I remember I was practicing a technique, and then…”
“And then you were split into three parts…”
Hearing that familiar voice, Meng Li turned her head blankly, looking at the woman drinking tea nearby. Perhaps sensing the other’s gaze, Situ Xue also set down the teacup in her hand and slowly turned around.
“I hope you’ve been able to sleep peacefully during this time…”
Situ Xue’s flat tone betrayed no emotional fluctuation. She merely silently watched the adorable creature before her. Meng Li was the same as before. Then, the blackout-period memories in her brain began to slowly resurface. After reacting for a moment, Meng Li gradually came back to her senses.
“Shi… Senior Sister?”
“It seems that after the balance of good and evil, the personality hasn’t undergone major changes…”
Listening to Situ Xue’s words, Meng Li finally remembered everything. She had been locked up here. The other party had even put a collar on her neck, intending to keep her as a pet.
“I tried to use that technique because I wanted to escape, but in the end, it was because of the chain on my neck! Huh, where’s the chain?”
“If you’ve already remembered, then leave. Let’s pretend these past few days never happened…”
Without leaving Meng Li time to be shocked, Situ Xue directly issued the eviction order. Meng Li was completely baffled. Hadn’t she just woken up from a nap? Why was she suddenly saying she’d let her go?
“Shi… Senior Sister, is this some new punishment game…”
“Hm…?”
“The moment I step out the door, you’ll use the excuse of me evading punishment to harshly discipline me, right?!”
“It seems the soul is still a bit unstable after the fusion…”
Situ Xue slowly stood up and walked to the bedside, looking down condescendingly at Meng Li sitting on the bed. Just a second ago, she had said she would let go. Yet now, seeing the other’s oblivious expression…
How could Situ Xue make that statement seem so easy? Situ Xue sat on the edge of the bed, reached out, and gently lifted the other’s chin. Her expression had never changed, but the possessiveness in her eyes had reached its peak.
“If I could lock you up for a lifetime, what would it matter even if what remains here is an empty shell…”
“Ah! No! You can’t! Although Senior Sister is very beautiful, you can’t keep me locked up here forever!”
“That’s right. What I want is the complete you. Locking you up here is just locking you up. Leave…”
After a series of internal struggles, Situ Xue finally let go of the canary in her hand. The chains were unlocked, the Restriction was lifted, the Magic Array was withdrawn. Meng Li carefully climbed down from the bed.
“Th-then… Senior Sister, I’m leaving?”
“The door is there. Just go…”
After taking a couple of steps, Meng Li still felt a bit worried and turned around. She found the other party was still sitting there, slowly drinking tea, showing no sign of stopping her. Meng Li reached out and touched the doorway, discovering that the Restriction which had previously repelled her was also gone.
“No way, she’s really letting me go?”
It wasn’t until Meng Li stepped out the door and the scenery before her eyes shifted, arriving at the mountainside in the blink of an eye, that Meng Li believed it was all real. Inhaling the air outside, Meng Li turned around and walked back inside.
“Th-that… Senior Sister, if you’re letting me leave, could I first have some clothes? What I’m wearing right now is really…”
Hearing the voice from the doorway, Situ Xue’s soul seemed to return. She raised her head and looked at Meng Li standing at the door. Her entire body was still clad in that extremely comfortable, self-made gauze outfit Situ Xue had dressed her in.
Situ Xue couldn’t help but narrow her eyes. Originally, that outfit was meant to be used when she dispensed justice upon her at night. Now that she was releasing this Junior Sister, it was no longer needed.
“Though it was born from selfishness, this attire is indeed not for outsiders’ eyes…”
After placing the teacup back on the table, Situ Xue stood up and walked to the bedside. She took out an exquisitely packaged wooden box from the bedside cabinet and handed it over. Meng Li saw the offered wooden box and accepted it without a second thought.
“This is a Dharma Robe I used in the past. It’s of little use to me now, so you can take it…”
“As expected of Senior Sister, you have so many good things. It’s actually a Dharma Robe~”
“The style has been altered somewhat, but if you don’t like it, just throw it away after you wear it back…”
“How could I not wear something packaged so exquisitely?”
Meng Li couldn’t wait to unlock the box. As the lid was slowly lifted, a dazzling golden light emanated from within. Meng Li’s eyes instantly widened.
“This! Could this be!”
[Myriad-Connection Dharma Robe]
[Engraved with 23 Magic Arrays, fully functional. Injecting Spiritual Power into the corresponding array activates its corresponding function. Impervious to water and fire. Possesses high ductility and self-cleaning properties.]
[Golden Quality]
[Forger: Situ Xue]
Seeing the golden-glowing garment in her hand, Meng Li’s hands began to tremble. Golden equipment was something you wouldn’t even encounter one or two pieces of in the mid-game, and here she already had one or two. Meng Li looked excitedly at Situ Xue standing beside her.
“Thank you, Senior Sister, for preparing this equipment for me!!”
“It was just a Dharma Robe I happened to have kept. I didn’t prepare it specifically for you. As long as you like it…”
Faced with the equipment before her, Meng Li didn’t hide her delight at all. This was Golden Quality equipment! Back in the game, to obtain a single piece of Golden Quality equipment, she had spent tens of thousands of contribution points just to exchange for one from the sect.
But now it was different. Meng Li, eyes shining, put the equipment on her body. In just a moment, the equipment changed to fit her size perfectly. Her originally pink long hair was also neatly gathered together.
“Starting with a Marrow-Cleansing Pill, then Spiritual Power Infusion, and now a piece of Golden Quality equipment~!”
Meng Li had never felt life go so smoothly. After putting on the equipment, Meng Li felt she was capable again. Although she’d been locked up for a few days and tormented a little, all of that seemed to become unimportant with the appearance of this Golden Quality equipment.
“If being ravaged once gets me a piece of Golden Quality equipment, then I’d rather…!!”
Meng Li turned around and faced Situ Xue behind her, wanting to properly do it again, letting the other lie down while she did the moving. If she had known the other would give Golden Quality equipment, why had she even resisted? Probably by then, with just a crook of Situ Xue’s finger, she would have put on the collar and crawled over herself.
“Ah, Senior Sister, how about I still—~”
Meng Li was just about to say she’d stay and play for a few more days, wanting to get a few more pieces of Golden Quality equipment. However, as she turned around, she discovered that there was no trace of Situ Xue behind her. Only a cup of hot tea and a chair stood there, proving someone had been there just moments ago.
“Wasn’t she just here? Wh…why is she gone in an instant?”
After circling the room twice and confirming there was indeed no sign of her, Meng Li had no choice but to walk back to the door. She took a deep breath. A massive opportunity to acquire large amounts of Golden Quality equipment had been right before her eyes, but she hadn’t cherished it.
“Next time I see Senior Sister Situ, I must ask her for a few more pieces~”
After leaving the room, Meng Li glanced at the blue sky. Now she only had two things to do. Meng Li slowly stretched. Then she touched the Myriad-Connection Dharma Robe on her body, looked around, and slowly began walking down the mountain.
“Got new equipment, how can I not test the damage? Come to think of it, if there are no monsters around, maybe I can find a disciple to test it out~?”
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