Chapter 157: Stay Back, Sister is Cruising
When the request for assistance from the Xuanqing Palace arrived at the Moon Embracing Sect, the Sect Master instructed Gu Xi to lead several disciples to the Xuanqing Palace to investigate what had transpired.
Gu Xi then mounted her great crane, carrying disciples Zhou Nongshan and Chen Huaiyin as they flew toward the Xuanqing Palace.
Duan Ling was now an Immortal Master in his own right, complete with his own disciple, having practically established his own "faction," which was why he no longer constantly followed behind his master.
Tasked with an assignment alongside her unreliable master Gu Xi once again, Chen Huaiyin immediately reminded her,
"Master, let me remind you: please do not go drinking Chunli—that fierce immortal wine—at a time like this. Do you remember ten years ago? It was because you drank Chunli that you passed out completely and tumbled right off the crane's back onto the ground. Thinking about it now still makes me feel mortified."
"Too late," Gu Xi said with a dazed expression. "Before departure, this master already downed several jugs of Chun—"
Her voice cut off abruptly, and she instantly plunged headfirst from the crane's back.
This caught Chen Huaiyin completely off guard. She helplessly slapped her own forehead and muttered, "Here we go again!" Meanwhile, Zhou Nongshan, seated at the crane's tail, chuckled with a "ha-ha," appearing entirely unfazed by the recurring spectacle.
With no other choice, Chen Huaiyin had to steer the great crane into a steep dive toward the ground.
This time, Gu Xi had landed right in Huaiye Street of Yong'an Ward in Yan City.
When Chen Huaiyin guided the crane down to the ground, she found her master lying face-down, seemingly dead to the world from another bout of heavy drunkenness.
Not far from where her master lay rested the colossal corpse of a demonic beast—none other than the unicorn-winged lion that Song Ye had struck down from the skies shortly before.
Just then, Chen Huaiyin noticed that the unicorn-winged lion's carcass was slowly dissolving, eventually revealing a massive, oval-shaped black egg embedded within its abdomen.
The surface of this black egg was intertwined with continuously pulsing crimson veins, and the shell faintly shimmered with a golden glow.
Clearly, an unknown life form was incubating within this black egg.
Chen Huaiyin narrowed her brow slightly, wondering, *Could what is inside that black egg be a cub of the unicorn-winged lion?*
Yet the unicorn-winged lion was not an oviparous beast; it did not lay eggs.
This meant the black egg had merely been swallowed into the beast's belly.
While the entire body of the unicorn-winged lion had perished into nothingness, the black egg remained completely undamaged, which was exceedingly bizarre.
At that very moment, a giant hound plummeted suddenly from mid-air.
Its body was wreathed in black flames, and a pair of wings sprouted from its back.
Immediately afterward, the ground cracked open, and a gigantic mole with a body covered in golden scales burrowed out from beneath the earth.
Both of these abruptly materialized demonic beasts positioned themselves defensively, guarding the black egg behind them and baring their fangs as they scanned their surroundings with fierce vigilance. The common folk on the street scattered in all directions in panic at the sight.
A horse, seemingly startled out of its wits, broke away from its reins and bolted directly toward the black egg. The golden-scaled mole instantly raised a massive claw and smashed the horse into a pulp of flesh and mud.
Both of these demonic beasts appeared entirely dedicated to protecting the black egg.
Right then, Song Ya and Pei Wangshu had driven their carriage into Yong'an Ward. Catching sight of the two gigantic demonic beasts from afar, Song Ya instantly reined the carriage to a halt.
"Oh, sweet goodness! Such massive demonic beasts! If we could only kill them, just how much experience would we gain?!"
Song Ya stared fixedly at the two beasts.
Their levels immediately flashed in her mind:
[Black-Flamed Winged Hound]: Level 101.
[Golden-Scaled Mole]: Level 125.
*Good grief, they are both level-one-hundred-plus demonic beasts—terrifying beyond measure!* And as for herself and Pei Wangshu, one was level 18 and the other level 16; they simply possessed zero capacity to slay beasts of this caliber.
At that moment, without any prior warning, Song Ye appeared on the front deck of the carriage, holding a fishing rod in one hand and a fish basket in the other, with a tilapia swimming about inside the basket.
Evidently, he had just returned from fishing by the river, while Zhang Zixuan had already returned to the Xuanqing Palace by this time.
"Brother, when did you get up here?" Song Ya asked in a daze.
Her older brother was practically as elusive and ghostly as a phantom.
"Why is it just the two of you? Did you fail to bring back any other players?" Song Ye inquired.
Song Ya shook her head and said, "It's a long story. Even Sister Wangshu and I almost died in Xuan City and couldn't make it back."
Song Ye had already anticipated this outcome; it seemed he needed to rapidly elevate their strength.
"Do you two want to level up quickly?" Song Ye asked out of the blue.
"Yes!" Song Ya and Pei Wangshu answered in unison.
"Then both of you shall take me as your master."
Song Ye instantly consumed two Master-Disciple Invitation Tokens, dispatching discipleship invitations to Song Ya and Pei Wangshu respectively.
An invitation notification sent by a player popped up immediately on the message interfaces of Pei Wangshu and Song Ya:
"Player [Dare To Lock This Daddy In This World For Ten Thousand Years] is applying to take you as a disciple!"
Song Ya was dumbfounded.
Her brother's gaming ID was actually set to something this ridiculously long!
When Song Ya first logged into this world, the game system had required her to set an in-game ID to facilitate interaction among players.
She had continued using her usual ID, [Sisterly Pride, What Can You Do To Me?], in this game, while Pei Wangshu's chosen ID was [Sisterly Madness, Stop Feeding Kills].
Pei Wangshu's ID had even been thought up by Song Ya herself.
Not daring to confirm whether this gaming ID truly belonged to Song Ye, Song Ya asked, "Brother, is 'Dare To Lock This Daddy In This World For Ten Thousand Years' you?"
Song Ye nodded. "It is me."
Song Ya's jaw dropped. "Such a long name—Brother, why on earth did you pick such an extended gaming moniker?"
Song Ye chuckled and said, "Back then, I was the only player forgotten in this world, and I had no way to communicate with that damned Heavenly Dao, so I just came up with a random name. Little did I know, in the blink of an eye, I've been locked in this world for ten whole years. Only nine thousand nine hundred and ninety more years to go until the ten thousand years are up."
"Brother, when the three-month period ends and we get kicked out of this world, shouldn't you be booted out along with us? That way, you'll be able to return to the real world," Song Ya said.
Song Ye shrugged. "Who knows? We'll deal with that when the time comes. Quickly now, accept my discipleship invitation."
Song Ya immediately clicked accept.
Pei Wangshu, however, hesitated, and turning to Song Ye, she said, "If I take you as my master, wouldn't your seniority be higher than mine? Once you become my master, will I have to obey your every word from now on..."
"Sister Wangshu, in-game master-disciple relationships don't come with that many rigid rules. Hurry up and click accept too."
Pei Wangshu nodded blankly. "Alright."
Once both of them had clicked accept, Song Ye saw that a master-disciple sub-interface had been added to his view, displaying the following:
Disciples:
[Sisterly Pride, What Can You Do To Me?]: Level 18.
[Sisterly Madness, Stop Feeding Kills]: Level 16.
Song Ye knew that [Sisterly Pride, What Can You Do To Me?] was Song Ya's usual gaming ID, and [Sisterly Madness, Stop Feeding Kills] was naturally Pei Wangshu's ID. Judging by the naming style, this nomenclature had undoubtedly been brainstormed by Song Ya as well.