Meng Li was at this moment utterly lost within the illusion realm, completely unaware of what was happening outside. She only felt that the scene before her was extraordinarily familiar. The surroundings before her eyes were like a memory, and yet also like an experience, unfolding right in front of her.
“I’ve long since become a cripple. Junior Sister… no… Immortal Venerable, why must you bother with a mere mortal like me…”
“This tea is terrible. I merely wanted another cup. What kind of attitude is this from the shopkeeper~?”
As the teacup shattered on the floor, the once-bustling teahouse instantly fell silent. The patrons around were about to rise in anger, but upon seeing the longsword floating behind the woman in pink, they all fell silent. Silently, they rose to their feet, tossed down their tea money, and fled the teahouse in visible panic.
“This teahouse is cold and cheerless, with me as its only customer. Yet you still don’t serve me properly~ Senior Sister Situ~”
As that familiar form of address rang out, the veiled woman standing before Meng Li showed a faint flicker of emotion in her expression. But it lasted only a moment. Through the veil before her, Situ Xue gazed at the woman she yearned for day and night. Her heart surged with excitement, yet also with terror.
She feared this meeting was but a fleeting moment. She feared that after remembering the other’s lingering warmth, it would once again prove to be nothing but a fleeting dream. Situ Xue did not lift her veil, because she was afraid. Afraid she wouldn’t be able to control herself.
“If the honored guest wishes tea, then I shall fill your cup…”
As the teapot slowly poured into the cup, the clear fragrance of tea was intoxicating to the soul. Meng Li merely glanced at the cup filled with tea before casually tossing it aside once more. The sound of shattering porcelain rang out again.
“Not good. Not good at all. They say the tea here is as beautiful as an immortal, but it seems to me that the only thing as beautiful as an immortal here is you, Senior Sister~”
As she spoke, Meng Li reached out and grabbed Situ Xue’s wrist before her. Caught off guard by the sudden move, Situ Xue dropped the teapot directly onto the floor.
“Honored guest! Please show some restraint!”
“Now you’re calling me ‘Honored Guest.’ Senior Sister, don’t tell me you actually think you can escape!”
Situ Xue was yanked forward directly. With a sweep of Meng Li’s hand, everything on the table was swept to the floor. Situ Xue, long since stripped of her cultivation, had no power to resist. She was dragged straight onto the tabletop.
“I’m nothing but a cripple. Why must you persist like this…”
“A cripple? You think that just because you’ve lost your cultivation, just because your Dao Heart is in disarray, you can leave me? Senior Sister~”
“What do you mean, I left you? It was clearly you who said…!”
Situ Xue tried to retort, but her hands were seized and pinned above her head. Immediately after, the sound of tearing fabric echoed throughout the teahouse. Looking at Situ Xue, so pitifully alluring even without her cultivation, Meng Li felt her fingers tingle with numbness once more.
“That’s right. I said I loved Shizun, that I never loved you. But when did I ever say… that you could leave~?”
“Heh. I’m nothing but a discarded pawn on your chessboard. Why bother putting on such a hypocritical show of affection for me…”
Despite her heart desperately yearning for the other, Situ Xue was already painfully aware. This person could never be someone she could hold onto. She wanted to say more, but suddenly felt a chill on her abdomen. She realized the other’s hand had long since been gently caressing her belly.
“Senior Sister’s body is truly something to covet. Not having touched it all this time has left me absolutely starved~”
“Spouting nonsense… If you still have any regard for me as your Senior Sister, release me at once…”
“Oh, now you’re willing to acknowledge that? After all, playing with the Senior Sister-Junior Sister dynamic is what makes it fun~.”
Situ Xue struggled slightly, but after just a brief moment of resistance, she fell still. After all, saying anything now was pointless. She was nothing more than a mortal. If the other wanted to do something to her, what could she possibly say?
Seeing Situ Xue’s lack of response, Meng Li smiled faintly. She slowly leaned down, her other hand gently grasping the other’s soft breast, kneading it tenderly. The soft, intoxicating sensation was utterly captivating. But Meng Li still hadn’t forgotten what she needed to do.
“Senior Sister Ye fell into the Devil Path and became the Devil Venerable. Senior Sister should know about this, right~?”
“I know. So what? Are you going to ask me to beg you to spare her…”
Situ Xue, who was normally so proud, was now showing such an expression. Seeing the other’s delicate appearance made Meng Li’s heart itch unbearably. She desperately wanted to tear off those obstructive clothes right there on the table and make the other come undone.
But Meng Li didn’t do that. Because she knew. She knew how to make things more interesting. How to make savoring this body even more intoxicating, even more delicious.
“Does Senior Sister know that it was me~?”
“I can’t think of anyone else…”
“Then~ next, guess whether Senior Sister Ye will be able to meet a good end~?”
As soon as Meng Li finished speaking, she could clearly feel the body beneath her, Situ Xue, noticeably tremble. Seeing that it had an effect, Meng Li continued.
“Do you think, when both of you are gone, who will be my next target~?”
“You won’t meet a good end either…”
“Who cares? As long as it’s fun~”
With another sound of tearing fabric, Situ Xue turned her head away and closed her eyes, no longer looking at those violet eyes she yearned for day and night. She knew she should hate the other, but no matter what, she simply couldn’t. Yet Meng Li had long since been unable to continue watching.
“Huh? In the game, after using Situ Xue, wasn’t this storyline supposed to end? Wh… What storyline is this?!”
Meng Li stared blankly at the scene before her. As she watched from a third-person perspective, just as her grown-up self was about to get to the main event, the other suddenly stopped abruptly. Then, she turned her head and looked directly in Meng Li’s direction.
“!!!!”
Meng Li was utterly horrified. The other’s gaze was completely direct, without the slightest deviation, staring straight at her. Logically, this should have been a game storyline flashback. But she had no memory of this time period. Meng Li was absolutely certain she had never done anything like this.
“You…”
Meng Li watched her other self slowly raise a finger, pointing in her direction. The expression on her face turned cold and ruthless. That sensation was so foreign that even Meng Li herself found it unrecognizable. Meng Li’s heart pounded with alarm.
Before the other could say anything more, the scene before her instantly shattered. Immediately after, Meng Li jolted awake, gasping for breath as she clutched the tree stump behind her. In that single instant just now, she had broken out in a cold sweat.
“What was that? Was that me? Was that the me from the game? Or was it something I experienced… or…”
Meng Li was still reeling from the lingering fear when suddenly, a black object was flung over, crashing right in front of her. Immediately after, dust and smoke billowed everywhere. Meng Li covered her mouth and nose, staring blankly at the deep pit before her.
“Too strong! Too strong! Again! Again! Again!!”
“How strange. Can’t you die…”
Under Meng Li’s bewildered gaze, a delicate, slender hand stretched out from the deep pit, grasping its edge. Then, a masked woman emerged. Meng Li watched in shock as the woman climbed out of the rubble-filled crater.
Her arm, which had just been twisted out of shape, instantly emitted the sound of bones snapping back into place. Despite wearing a mask, the aura radiating from her was undiminished. Meng Li looked up at the figure hovering in the sky, overlooking everything from above.
“B… Big sister, who are you…?!”
“The one up there is your Senior Sister, right? She’s truly strong. Terrifyingly strong!”
The masked woman turned her head to glance at Meng Li, who was curled up into a ball behind her. Beneath the mask, the excitement in her eyes was impossible to conceal. Meng Li felt the mask on the other’s face looked extremely familiar, but she couldn’t quite place it.
“Wait, why are you fighting my Senior Sister? And… and my Senior Sister… that appearance…!”
As she spoke, Meng Li pointed at the figure hovering in the sky above. At this moment, Ye Qinglian had long since shed her usual amiable and seductive demeanor. Between her brows, murderous intent was fully revealed. Her face was filled with fury. White lotuses bloomed beneath her feet. Magical artifacts floated all around her.
She looked exactly like a boss that had entered its second phase. Just a sweep of those sky-blue pupils was enough to make Meng Li feel like she couldn’t breathe. The Jade Spiral Zither, Luo Ling vertical flute, the Phoenix Feather Flute, the Yin-Yang Drum… a full twelve musical instruments hovered around her.
“Ah, about that… my body’s constitution is somewhat special. Whenever I engage someone in battle, it endlessly amplifies their will to fight…”
“Huh? That…”
Meng Li propped herself up against the stump, slowly rising to her feet, watching as each of the musical instruments orbiting the other radiated dazzling golden light. Every single one was an Immortal Grade spiritual artifact. She had tried in the game before, taking a shot at her Senior Sister.
“Senior Sister, if you obediently stripped off your clothes and submitted to me, I might just consider letting you go~”
[Death]
That was what she had done — directly provoking her. And as a result, she had been instantly killed. In the game, when Ye Qinglian fell and became the Devil Venerable, fighting Ling Qingyue, this was the exact configuration she had. Although there was a gap in cultivation realm, it was definitely not something Meng Li could handle.
“Oh no, oh no. I’m going to die. I’m really going to die this time… wuwuwu…”
“Little Junior Sister, you should move farther away. If you get injured, it would be difficult to explain to Shizun…”
“Eh?”
Meng Li had already been about to give up all hope of survival, but upon hearing these words, she abruptly looked up at the masked woman beside her, then at Ye Qinglian hovering in the sky above.
“Oh~~~~ So you’re not fighting me. Scared me to death. I’m out of here. Senior Sister, carry on~! If possible, leave the body intact~!”
“Since Junior Sister has made a request, I shall try. After this is over, Junior Sister will have to accompany me in some… interesting activities~.”
“Huh? What interesting activities…”
“Bed pillow, nighttime plushie, a little white mouse for testing medicine — Junior Sister can try any of them~.”
Upon hearing this, Meng Li turned around to face the masked woman standing before her. She walked over and patted the other on the shoulder, her eyes firm as she looked at the stranger.
“Unknown Big Sister, you absolutely must win!”
“Uh, thank you for the encouragement…?”
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