Chapter 215 - 213: The Possibility of an Exchange Between Two Worlds

Chapter 215: Chapter 213: The Possibility of an Exchange Between Two Worlds

Cultivating with her enhanced aptitude, Ning An had never found the process so effortless.

But her joy was short-lived. After only an hour, the progress stalled.

’What a shame. Master’s technique is good, but its one drawback is that it’s too unstable. I can’t use it to improve my aptitude anytime, anywhere.’

Jiang Ning’an sighed softly, slowly withdrawing from her meditative state. "If only this Cultivation Technique could steadily improve my aptitude."

"At that rate, I could reach the peak of the Third Turn Realm in just a few months, and I might even break through to the Fourth Turn within twenty years."

Full of regret, the young woman looked up and saw Fang Can emerge from the room, holding her master’s hand.

As if sensing her gaze, Fang Can subconsciously rubbed the back of his neck.

The spot was still damp from earlier.

"Master, have you... grown a little?" Jiang Ning’an asked, looking at Liu Qingmeng’s figure in confusion.

With her keen eyes, she could immediately tell that the girl’s physique and figure had both developed slightly, as if she had aged from eight to nine years old.

"I just used the Heart Image transformation method to replenish my depleted Spiritual Power from Fang Can."

Liu Qingmeng said this with perfect composure, not at all worried her disciple would suspect anything.

After all, the girl had been her quiet apprentice in cultivation for years; she knew just how dense she could be.

Even with a million guesses, Jiang Ning’an would never imagine her master had gotten together with Fang Can.

’Besides, I’m not the original body. An incarnation has to have her own private stash.’

’As for my original body?’

’She’s just an old virgin who’s been single for over a hundred years. Let her spend the rest of her life cultivating in the mountains.’

As her thoughts drifted, Liu Qingmeng began to worry again.

What if... She was worried about the off chance...

’What if my original body gets taken by Fang Can too?’

She had learned from Fang Can before how her original body in the Great Derivation had backed him up.

Since Fang Can hadn’t mentioned the "accident" after his breakthrough to the First Turn, and only talked about how wonderful she was...

...in the incarnation’s eyes, it seemed there was a hint of ambiguity in the air between her original body and Fang Can.

’What if one thing leads to another?’

’Wouldn’t it be incredibly awkward if the original body, the incarnation, and the disciple all ended up in the same bed?’

’I’d better take out an insurance policy,’ Liu Qingmeng resolved.

She planned to have Jiang Ning’an relay all the details of her experiences in this world back to her original body the next time Fang Can returned to the Great Derivation.

’My original body has her pride.’

’When she sees me and Fang Can acting like a lovey-dovey couple, always all over each other...’

’...aside from being furious, there’s no way she’d ever jump on this pirate ship with Fang Can, right? She’d rather die!’

’Does my original body have any shame?’

’As for me? I’m just an incarnation. As long as I have Fang Can, who needs shame?’

Seeing her master obediently holding Fang Can’s hand, Jiang Ning’an found the sight strangely jarring. "Master," she said impulsively, "if you need to use the Heart Image transformation method, you can use it on me from now on."

"Fang Can only just broke through. He might not be able to withstand your absorption. It would be better to draw from your disciple instead."

"It’s fine. Fang Can is in the chrysalis stage of rapid Realm growth. Having a bit drawn out by his master each day will actually help improve his strength."

"But..."

"Ning An, are you disobeying your master?"

Liu Qingmeng’s blue hair whipped through the air as she snapped, "Do you even understand what filial piety means?"

"...This disciple obeys," Jiang Ning’an, dressed in white, replied sullenly.

"There’s no need to be so harsh on Ning An. She’s just trying to be a devoted disciple."

Fang Can said, helplessly trying to mediate.

’Why is an incarnation putting on such airs? She should be careful, or Jiang Ning’an will discover what happened in the room and decide to kill her master with no regrets.’

’Jiang Ning’an is at the Third Turn Realm now. If she got serious, killing you would be as easy as wringing a chicken’s neck.’

"And Ning An, you don’t have to be upset,"

Fang Can stepped forward and gently took the girl’s cool hand.

"The most important thing is for the three of us to live well together."

Yes, the three of them.

In his heart, Fang Can had already compartmentalized Liu Qingmeng’s original body and her incarnation.

’Although this incarnation is a bit willful and acts a little spoiled, she’s so much better than the original, isn’t she?’

’As for the Liu Qingmeng currently in seclusion on Jiejian Mountain?’

’She’s no longer needed!’

...

Meanwhile, as the trio went about their lives, the entire New Country was being mobilized.

More than half of C-City had vanished in an instant, replaced by a massive complex of ancient buildings that now occupied its location.

Within three minutes, the entire Dragon Group received news of C-City’s destruction.

’The Otherworld again...?’ Ji Donglai thought, rubbing his temples.

’Even if one were indifferent to the lives of ordinary people, the disappearance of an entire city was still a colossal waste of resources.’

"Reporting, Chief. In theory, the people in the city aren’t actually dead," a nearby scientist replied.

"Explain," Ji Donglai said, raising an eyebrow.

"Because there are no signs of the two cities overlapping. It looks more like they were swapped."

"Swapped?"

"Exactly." The scientist nodded seriously.

"It’s like how traveling to another world isn’t a simple matter of appearing out of thin air. Otherwise, the moment you materialized, if the location wasn’t a vacuum, one of two things would happen."

"Either you’d displace the surrounding air at the speed of light, causing a terrifying explosion..." 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

"...or your body would overlap with the air that was already there, and both would be destroyed."

"So it must be a swap. When their city crossed over, an equal volume of matter from our world was displaced to the Great Chu."

Ji Donglai quickly grasped the scientist’s idea. "You’re saying that C-City is now in the Great Chu, where time is frozen," he said with a nod.

"But how is that any different from being dead? Regardless of the swap, C-City is now caught in the time-stopped interval between the two worlds, frozen forever."

"There is a difference," the scientist said. "If we move this Ancient City from the Great Chu, and if the anchor point is on the Ancient City itself, then the city will return to its previous position when it next departs. This would allow us to swap C-City back into its original location."

"Then, with C-City safely returned, and because we would have already moved the Ancient City from its spot in our world, the next time it materializes, its location will have changed, and it won’t displace C-City again."

"That way, we can get C-City back, completely intact."

After a moment spent processing the scientist’s theory, Ji Donglai agreed it was plausible. "Assemble all superhumans at the State Level and above," he said coolly. "Have them go investigate that city from the Otherworld."

"Chief, there’s one more thing," the scientist said, raising a hand.

"What is it?"

"If the displacement theory is correct, and the Ancient City’s anchor functions as we expect..."

The scientist’s eyes gleamed with excitement. "Then perhaps, during the next displacement, we can use the Ancient City to officially enter the Otherworld!"

"Hmm..."

Ji Donglai froze, his eyes slowly widening.