Chapter 130 I am an i-system
Chapter 130 I am an i-system
Yun Zhao took out the pills, pondered for a while, and then took out a... pebble from his storage bag.
Wu You, who had just returned, twitched at the corner of his mouth. "Palace Master, aren't you being a bit too stingy?"
Yun Zhao rolled her eyes at him, "Stingy? I wouldn't even give him half a low-grade spirit stone!"
Qi Yan leaned against the side and said coolly, "What do you know? Zhao Zhao is just being thrifty and managing the household well."
Yun Zhao nodded seriously, "Ayan is right."
Utopia: "..."
Okay, whatever makes you happy.
After a series of maneuvers, the pebble appeared in Song Zhiyuan's hand. Song Zhiyuan looked at it from left to right but couldn't discern any special power in the pebble.
He respectfully asked, "I am ignorant and may I ask, Your Excellency, what is this?"
Yun Zhao cleared his throat. "This is a divine stone, a treasure of the Lingxu Palace. Its mysteries can only be experienced by you personally; I cannot tell you."
After she finished her rambling, someone said enviously, "A divine stone, and a treasure of the Lingxu Palace at that. This stone must be incredibly powerful. Fellow Daoist Song is truly lucky."
Qiu Jinpeng, a disciple of the Golden Peak Master, flattered him, saying, "Senior Brother is amazing. He obtained such a treasure in the first test. He will surely reap many rewards in the future."
Xue Huairui glanced at the pebble and listened to the compliments people around her gave to Song Zhiyuan. She thought about all the sad things in her life before she could barely control herself from laughing.
Song Zhiyuan was delighted, but he remained humble on the surface. "Fellow Daoist is too kind. It's not that I'm lucky, but rather that the Dharma Protector is very generous. To receive such a treasure in the first trial, the ones to come will surely be even more precious."
These words made the cultivators even more eager for the trials to come.
Yun Zhao casually opened the second trial, which was also an illusion, but the difficulty would gradually increase.
When Wu You returned, he brought Han Mu Jiao and Bi Tong Hu with him. He told Yun Zhao about Song Zhi Yuan's strange behavior.
Yun Zhao frowned. Before the system revealed the truth, she would have thought that Song Zhiyuan was the protagonist of this book, and that it was only natural for him to have the protagonist's halo.
But the world she lives in is not a book at all, so why is Song Zhiyuan so peculiar?
The system suddenly spoke up: "Host, do you know what a Chosen One is? Song Zhiyuan is a Chosen One."
It turned out to be the case.
Yun Zhao understood; this explained it all.
"System, are they aware of your existence?"
Yun Zhao suddenly remembered that the system said it had been with her for ten thousand years, as had Zixu and Wuyou. So the three of them should know each other, right?
In her sea of consciousness, the light of the system avatar flickered and said, "They don't know that I was in your sea of consciousness then, just like I am now, and I never left."
"Also, I am to be destroyed. My existence cannot be known by the main system. You did not introduce me to anyone else, not even Qi Yan knows."
"Host, I'm an i-system, so please don't introduce me to others."
Seeing the system's resistance and their understanding, Yun Zhao respected its opinion.
The world is full of wonders, and Wu You didn't take Song Zhiyuan's unusual behavior to heart. He turned to talk about something else.
"Palace Master, isn't this the Azure-Eyed Fox that's in charge of the eastern area? Why did you bring it here?"
Yun Zhao glanced at the Azure-Eyed Fox and asked, "Do you know it?"
“Of course I know it,” Wu Youdao said. “Back then, I personally arranged for this little fox to guard the spiritual plants there.”
He briefly recounted what happened ten thousand years ago, after Yun Zhao set up an array to suppress the aura of extinction.
After the aura of extinction was suppressed, he and Zixu, following Yun Zhao's orders, refined Lingxu Palace into a secret realm. The two guarded the secret realm, waiting for the disciples of Lingxu Palace to come and restore Lingxu Palace.
While the two were bored in the secret realm, they devised a formation that would benefit both themselves and others. They placed the remaining spirit souls of the demon beasts in the secret realm into the formation and set a condition. Once the condition was met, the spirit beast could be reborn.
Hearing this, Yun Zhao couldn't help but ask, "The condition you set, it's not that the guardian spirit plant will become a real demon beast once it's been picked, is it?"
Wu You asked in surprise, "Palace Master, how did you know?"
Yun Zhao was speechless. "So, the Azure-Eyed Fox's memories were given to it by you..."
Before she could finish speaking, the Azure-Eyed Fox started howling anxiously. Yun Zhao understood that it wanted Yun Zhao to help it ask about the second memory.
Wu looked completely bewildered. "I didn't set the later settings, Zixu, did you do it?"
Zixu retorted irritably, "Do you think I'm that stupid? Setting such conditions would just let the demon beasts kill all the cultivators who come in!"
“Cultivators enter secret realms to train and search for treasures, which will naturally lead to encounters with demonic beasts. In order to survive, the demonic beasts can only fight with all their might to attack the cultivators... In the long run, mutual destruction is the least of the problems.”
At this point, Yun Zhao had a bad feeling. "Little Fox, you said the person who gave you your first memory might have wanted to consume the demon beasts and cultivators, just as Zi Xu said?"
The Azure-Eyed Fox cried out in confusion; it...it didn't know.
The owner of the second memory knew that it was Zixu and Wuyou who created it, but the owner of the first memory had no idea.
Based on Han Mujiao's previous speculation, Yun Zhao wondered if there were other people in this secret realm who were opposing Zi Xu Wu You...
“Impossible,” Zixu denied outright. “Palace Master, Wuyou and I have explored every corner of the secret realm over the years and have not found any trace of anyone else.”
Therefore, this matter has become an unsolved mystery.
However, it is worth mentioning that Yun Zhao gained some insight—the owner of that memory was an enemy, not a friend.
But when she asked Zixu and Wuyou whether Lingxu Palace had any mortal enemies, they said that Lingxu Palace had always been on good terms with all forces, and even if they weren't on good terms, they had never offended anyone.
According to Zixu, Lingxu Palace holds a pivotal position in the cultivation world, serving as the head of all cultivation sects and a dominant force.
While not all disciples can be guaranteed to be good people, there are very few incidents of malicious bullying. The disciples love and care for each other, making it a rare harmonious family in the cultivation world.
"Hmm, I'm really amazing to be able to manage Lingxu Palace so well."
Yun Zhao was slightly proud.
Zixu and Wuyou were speechless.
What's so great about you? After establishing the Lingxu Palace, you just roam the world. You're lucky if you spend ten days a year at home!
Qi Yan coughed lightly, trying to change the subject for Yun Zhao, "Zhao Zhao, they're about to wake up."
This time, Xue Huairui was the first to wake up. Upon seeing Xue Huairui, Yun Zhao suddenly remembered that Xue Huairui had stopped her from entering at the entrance of Lingxu Palace.
They even said that there were ferocious beasts being suppressed inside.
Before Yun Zhao could ponder Xue Huairui's intentions, Zixu suddenly exclaimed, "Palace Master, this person seems somewhat familiar to me."
"Who? Her?"
Yun Zhao pointed at Xue Huairui and asked Zixu.
Zixu nodded and murmured, "I feel like I've seen her somewhere before."
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