Chapter 540: New Beginning in the Mystic Jade Realm

[ In response to the Host, the current date is the fourteenth day of the third month, at the third quarter of the Star hour, in the year 94,827,631 of the Mystic Azure Realm Calendar. ]

The system answered precisely.

The afternoon of the fourteenth day of the third month, year 94,827,631...

Wasn’t that the very day she had accepted the mission in the Mystic Jade Realm?

She remembered that after finishing her cultivation that evening, sometime during the Star hour, perhaps around the second or third quarter, she had suddenly received a notification from the system informing her that a client from the Mystic Jade Realm had requested a mission. The system had asked whether she wished to accept it.

Could it be that she had... been reborn? She had actually been reborn!

Baili Ruoxi sat in a daze for a while before suddenly remembering something. She hurriedly asked, "System, are there any missions available right now?"

[ Please wait, Host. The system will begin searching immediately. ]

After a brief silence, the system replied, "In response to the Host, there are currently no available missions to accept."

None?

How could that be? If she had truly been reborn, the mission from her client should already have arrived by this point.

But if she had not been reborn, did that mean the ten thousand years of experiences that followed had all been nothing more than an illusion?

No. That life had been far too real to be fake.

There was only one way to find out whether her memories were real.

After thinking for a moment, Baili Ruoxi began circulating the top-tier cultivation technique she had exchanged from the system.

After completing one full cycle, the system’s voice suddenly rang out in her mind.

[ Congratulations, Host! You have independently mastered the first level of the Windhowl Heaven Penetrating Art. You have received a reward of fifty thousand mission points and acquired the skill Returning Flowing Wind. ]

As expected, the cultivation technique she remembered learning was real. That meant her memories were real as well.

If her memories were correct, then something must have changed in the Mystic Azure Realm. Something had altered the events that led An Tae to commission her for that mission.

But what had changed was ultimately unimportant to her. She didn’t care about that.

What she cared about was Yun Zixuan.

She wanted to know what he had been thinking and why he had killed her in the end. If he had been on the verge of losing to the Ultimate One because he lacked sufficient strength, and needed to reclaim the energy of the system’s original body to increase his power, she certainly would not have refused to help him.

So why had he chosen to take that power by killing her?

She wanted to find out whether Zixuan had ever truly loved her.

This time, she would not frame him to obtain the Heavenfall Immortal Sword. She would not betray him or do anything that would hurt him. So if she discovered that he had never loved her, she would not hesitate to become ruthless and merciless. After all, ten thousand years had passed, and countless people had come and gone from her life. Only her love for him had remained in her heart. It was now the only feeling she had left.

Thinking of this, she gazed at the gauzy canopy above her bed and said to the system in her mind, "System, I want to go to the Mystic Jade Realm. Do you have any recommended methods?"

[ Please wait, Host. The system will search immediately. ]

After a while, the system replied in its cold, mechanical voice, "In response to the Host, there are currently only two methods. First, the Host can travel through a void passage and break directly into the realm. However, the Host’s current cultivation is insufficient, so this method is not recommended. Second, the Host can expend fortune to possess a body compatible with the Host’s soul. This method consumes a certain amount of fortune for every day the Host remains in that body, so an extended stay is not recommended."

"Then use the second method. Search for a suitable body for me immediately." Baili Ruoxi answered without hesitation.

...

Xiao Shou had absolutely no idea that, at that very moment, both the female protagonist and the female supporting character had been reborn, and that the Mystic Jade Realm was about to descend into a chaotic battlefield of conflicting desires.

After the light of the long distance teleportation array faded, Xiao Shou stood in place and briefly released his divine sense before withdrawing it. He looked around curiously.

"So this is Brightcrest City, a Tier 5 city! It really is magnificent."

"A Tier 5 city like this is nowhere near as impressive as those in the Spirit Fox Realm!" Tushan Shanhe remarked disdainfully.

Xiao Shou blinked his eyes curiously at his words. "Really? The Tier 5 cities in the Spirit Fox Realm are even more magnificent than this? I really want to see them with my own eyes!"

"I’ll take you there when I get the chance."

What a child! Such a trivial thing was enough to make his eyes light up. Tushan Shanhe felt rather uncomfortable inside. Which of the little brats in his own family would get this excited over something so insignificant? Usually, even spirit treasures were not enough to placate them.

Fu Young glanced at Tushan Shanhe, whose expression remained impassive even as his silver eyes seemed to be muttering incessantly to themselves. The corners of Fu Young’s lips lifted slightly.

"Master, we should head to the next teleportation point."

"Mm!" Xiao Shou nodded awkwardly, feeling that he had embarrassed Great Granduncle Shanhe and his beloved disciple. But this place really was magnificent! Compared to it, even the most prosperous modern cities looked crude. The boundless walls of green jade alone were hundreds of meters tall and several meters thick. Which modern country would be willing to use green jade as ordinary bricks?