Chapter 929 - 14: All Women! (Second Update)

Chapter 929: Chapter 14: All Women! (Second Update)

The elegant woman who came in turned out to be that madam from Heavenly Immortal Tower who dressed herself up like a gaudy peacock and insisted she be called "big sister"?

Mu Qingge was stunned; she really couldn’t connect the two images together.

If not for Tong Teng, and her voice...

Mu Qingge gave a bitter little smile and shook her head, saying to her, "You’re a perfectly good young lady—why do you dress yourself up like that?" She’d even thought before that Tong Teng had a heavy taste.

Later she found out that there was actually nothing going on between Tong Teng and this Su Ming, and Su Ming wasn’t ugly at all.

Su Ming let out a sigh, not at all bashful. She walked into the room and sat down, saying to Mu Qingge, "Little brother, do you think your big sister wants to be like this? In this Divine Land, life is not easy for Mortals. You saw it that night too—if a Divine comes to make trouble and beats us all to death, no one would say a single word. That’s the difference in status between Divines and Mortals. My Heavenly Immortal Tower exists to take care of those pitiful girls. They’re all willing; I’ve never forced anyone. As for me, dressing myself up like that is just to avoid trouble. Ai, in short, it’s hard to explain in a few words."

Everyone has their own life that’s not in their own hands.

Mu Qingge didn’t want to meddle too much in Su Ming’s way of living.

"Come on, I’ll take you to Tianya Residence." Su Ming stood up and said to Mu Qingge.

"I’m going too!" Tong Teng chimed in right away.

"What are you going for, just to join the fun?" Su Ming glared at him.

Tong Teng grinned. "Little Ming-ming, that’s where you don’t get it. I just acknowledged a boss—wherever boss goes, of course I go too!"

"You’re leaving?" Su Ming said in surprise.

Seeing Tong Teng nod without the slightest hesitation, Su Ming’s gaze instantly turned complicated.

She bit her lip; her lowered eyes held a bit of dimness. "Forget it. You never belonged here anyway—you were going to leave sooner or later."

"Hey, Little Ming-ming, are you reluctant to part with me?" Tong Teng leaned in and asked.

Su Ming suddenly raised her head, pushed him away with both hands, and said disdainfully, "Scram, scram, scram! The farther you roll, the better. I’m sick of you—reluctant my ass! Keeping you here is just a waste of rice!"

"Can you not make it sound so awful? I haven’t exactly eaten and drunk for free this past year." Tong Teng loudly argued.

But Su Ming clearly didn’t want to talk to him anymore. She turned toward Mu Qingge, leaving Tong Teng nothing but her back. "Are you still going to Tianya Residence or not?"

"Of course I’m going." Mu Qingge nodded.

"Follow me." Su Ming finished speaking and turned to walk out the door.

Mu Qingge followed closely, and Tong Teng followed as well.

As soon as the two of them exited the room, they saw Su Ming take two jars of wine from the hands of the girls from Heavenly Immortal Tower and carry them herself. As for the rest, she turned her eyes to the two people behind her and said irritably, "You two take the rest of the wine."

Mu Qingge inclined her head, just about to reach out and take it.

But a hand was faster than her by a step, snatching up the remaining four jars of wine first. Tong Teng smiled at Mu Qingge and said, "How could I bother boss with such a small chore?"

Up ahead, Su Ming gave a cold snort. "This wine is the Token; whoever has wine in hand can enter Tianya Residence." At the same time, she shot Tong Teng a mocking glance.

The muscles in Tong Teng’s cheeks twitched as he looked innocently at Mu Qingge.

Mu Qingge laughed and reached out to take two of the jars from him, then followed behind Su Ming. She said to Tong Teng, who was still standing there, "What are you still spacing out for?"

Tong Teng snapped out of it and hurried after them.

...

Su Ming led the two of them in through the back door of Tianya Residence. That door seemed to be reserved specifically for Su Ming’s use.

"The old drunkard doesn’t like the smell of powder and perfume, so every time I come to deliver wine, I have to clean myself thoroughly first." Su Ming explained to Mu Qingge.

Mu Qingge nodded in understanding.

As soon as she entered Tianya Residence, she caught a whiff of an odor that wasn’t exactly pleasant.

It was a stench formed by sweat, rot, and alcohol, all mixed together after being left unattended for far too long.

She was fine, but walking behind her, Tong Teng couldn’t help raising his sleeve to cover his nose, muttering, "It stinks!"

Mu Qingge slowly shook her head. To her, whether it stank or not wasn’t important. What mattered was getting registered as soon as possible so she could leave this place.

Tianya Residence really was just a single pavilion.

However, the moment Mu Qingge stepped inside, she sensed the aura of an Array Formation Restriction within.

The light inside the pavilion was very poor, but Su Ming was clearly familiar with the place. She walked over to the window and pushed open the tightly shut shutters, letting the light pour in. With fresh air rushing in as well, the foul smell in the room dissipated a bit.

"Old drunkard, are you awake?" Su Ming came back into the room, walked over to a pile of empty wine jars lying all over the place, and crouched down beside a dark silhouette.

Mu Qingge and Tong Teng both remained where they were, not going closer.

"Drunk for so many days this time?" After waiting a while, Mu Qingge heard Su Ming mutter this.

Before long, they heard footsteps. Su Ming came back, spread his hands helplessly, and said, "I thought he’d wake up, but I just tried—still drunk out of his mind. Looks like your business can’t be handled for now."

"Then what do we do?" Tong Teng asked.

His anxiety made Su Ming very displeased; she said irritably, "What else can you do? Just keep waiting."

Wait?

’I don’t have that much time.’ Mu Qingge said inwardly.

A dim light flashed in her eyes. Divine Power gathered at her fingertips into a needle, and with a flick, she shot it straight toward one of that black shadow’s acupoints.

Immediately, a stretching sound came from behind Su Ming.

"Ah! He’s awake." Hearing the movement behind her, Su Ming instantly turned and ran over.

"Old drunkard, you finally woke up. I’ve brought two more people today for you to register." Su Ming said to that black shadow.

"Did you bring the wine I asked for?" The black shadow’s voice was hoarse, as if his throat had been soaked in alcohol.

"I brought it, but you help them register first." Su Ming said again.

Only then did the black shadow look at Mu Qingge and Tong Teng. The two of them were standing where the light fell, clearly visible. That black shadow, however, was enveloped in darkness, so one could only see a vague outline.

"Passes, Tokens." The black shadow sized them up in the dark for a moment before speaking.

Mu Qingge and Tong Teng each took out the passes they had received when entering Tianya Residence. Mu Qingge also took out the Token of Huan Yue Domain, while Tong Teng’s had already automatically destroyed itself when it timed out.

As soon as they held them out, a force snatched away both the passes and the Tokens.

That force made Mu Qingge’s eyes narrow sharply in slight shock. Far stronger than her, at least a Spirit Cave Realm Divine. If Mu Qingge felt that way, there was no need to even mention Tong Teng—he looked even more stunned.

"One Huan Yue Domain, and the other one?" the black shadow said.

Tong Teng hurriedly said, "Senior, I’m not going to Zhuoyu Domain. I’ve already given up on Zhuoyu Domain’s assessment. I know that if you miss the half‑year assessment, you can freely choose to join another Divine Domain, but you have to wait a year. I’ve already waited a year. I want to go to Huan Yue Domain."

After saying that, he didn’t forget to shoot Mu Qingge a fawning smile.

’So there are rules like this.’ Mu Qingge suddenly understood in her heart. She finally knew why Tong Teng could swagger around Tianya Residence for a year and a half—it turned out he’d been waiting for the time to run out.

"Suit yourself." The black shadow couldn’t care less.

Hearing him say that, Tong Teng couldn’t help letting out a breath of relief.

Right after, two streaks of golden light flew back toward them. Mu Qingge and Tong Teng each caught one. In Mu Qingge’s hand, besides the Divine Domain Token, there was also a new pass.

This pass was no longer the funny‑looking one given by that comical man at Tianya Residence’s entrance, but had become an oval pass that looked like jade and gold.

It felt as if the previous one had been temporary, while this one was permanent.

"These are your passes, representing that you are Divines of East Divine Land. With this Token, you can move about East Divine Land unimpeded, and also travel to other Divine Lands." The black shadow explained.

Mu Qingge tightened her grip on the pass. From this moment on, she was an official resident of East Divine Land!

"Thank you, Senior." Mu Qingge said.

The black shadow said impatiently, "Go on, go on. Now that it’s done, hurry up and scram, don’t disturb my sleep."

Su Ming led Mu Qingge and Tong Teng out of Tianya Haijiao Pavilion. On their way back to Heavenly Immortal Tower, Su Ming deliberately took Mu Qingge to look at the main entrance of Tianya Haijiao Pavilion.

The line outside was still as long as it had been three days ago. Only, the expressions on those waiting faces now showed a trace of impatience.

By doing this, it was as if she were telling Mu Qingge she hadn’t lied to her—that one Low Grade Divine Jade had been well spent.

With the pass in hand, Mu Qingge naturally had no reason to continue lingering in Tianya Residence. The next day, she left Tianya Residence with Tong Teng, heading toward Huan Yue Domain.

East Divine Land’s four Divine Domains occupy the four directions respectively. Huan Yue Domain lies in the east. It’s said the eastern direction is the most sacred place in East Divine Land, and also where Divine Power is most abundant. Only Huan Yue God Emperor, head of the Four Divine Domains, is qualified to possess it.

Where there are interests, there will inevitably be conflict.

On that point alone, Mu Qingge could smell a different kind of scent. East Divine Land was probably far from the peaceful, harmonious, mutually loving facade between the Four Divine Domains.

Tong Teng’s cultivation still couldn’t reach Flying. Fortunately, he had a mysterious Body Form Martial Technique, so even traveling on the ground he could move very fast, not at all slower than Mu Qingge Instant Teleporting through mid‑air.

The two of them hurried on for a month and finally drew somewhat close to Huan Yue Domain.

However, that day they accidentally stepped into an area that was marked on the map as one that had to be detoured around. Once inside, Mu Qingge was stunned, and Tong Teng was stunned as well.

"Boss... why is it here all..." Tong Teng felt the blatant, unrestrained, enthusiastic, bold, utterly naked gazes from all around crawling over him, making his hair stand on end.

’Daughter Country, huh!’ Mu Qingge thought in shock.

They really shouldn’t have come in, but as they passed by, they encountered a layer of mist and were inexplicably led astray into it...