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Chapter 54, Section 53: A Shift in the World Line, Empress Ji Ni Chang! (2-in-1, please subscribe)
The video call from another world made Chen Ran feel as if he were in another world.

"Young Master, can you... can you hear Xi Yue speaking?"

Suddenly, Xiao Xiyue leaned down on the other side of the screen, her bright, clear eyes gazing at the camera.

"can."

Gazing at the gleaming white object, glistening with water and even more alluring, Chen Ran took a deep breath, a thought suddenly occurring to him: "Could this be the 'Mirror of Harmony' from the Yin-Yang Crossing the Calamity Technique?"

"Wow, Young Master knows?" Xiao Xiyue tilted her head, her face full of surprise.

"Hey, how could I not know this technique since we practiced it together?" Chen Ran said, "But...didn't we just reach the second level? Can we already use this supernatural power?"

"In principle, it's not allowed, but..."

A captivating blush spread across Fairy Xiyue's cheeks, and her flawless, long, jade-like legs unconsciously began to rub together. "Xiyue misses Young Master so much that she went to peruse the notes left by the Ancestral Master again, and found a way to use the Heart-to-Heart Mirror ahead of time."

Chen Ran asked curiously, "What method?"

"Does the young master really have to ask?"

At the summit of Jade Maiden Peak in Cihang Sword Sect, snow falls year-round. Fairy Xiao, covering her burning cheeks, stood tall in the spring water, completely unaware that she was facing the camera with her head covered in snow, looking rather disheveled.

Oh My God.

The contemporary Holy Maiden of Compassion is chatting with me online in the forbidden area of ​​her sect.
Chen Ran's mind was also at peace at this moment. Just as he was about to speak, he heard the other party say, "Young Master, the Grandmaster's notes say that as long as the longing is strong enough and the desire for each other bursts forth, the 'Mirror of Shared Hearts' can be opened without any cost, connecting the divine apertures of lovers across vast distances."

"I see."

Chen Ran nodded slightly, then asked, "However... how does one control such a surge of lust?"

He looked towards the center of the camera lens, and suddenly something occurred to him: "Could it be..."

"Hmm," Xiao Xiyue's cheeks flushed even more, and she turned her head away, but her jade-like body was obediently displayed to the camera: "After learning about this matter, Xiyue kept thinking about you in her room, thinking about you, young master."

As she said this, she pursed her cherry-like lips, a blush spreading to her ears: "Waaah, Xi Yue is going to become the most depraved saintess in the history of Cihang Sword Sect!"

"It's alright. Love and hate are both human instincts. You should know that Senior Pei next door didn't understand what love is even after three hundred years. Now you can feel it for yourself. Aren't you a little genius?"

Chen Ran stared intently at the image of the fairy bathing in his mind and exclaimed from the bottom of his heart, "Xi Yue, you look so beautiful with your long hair flowing down your shoulders."

"Is that so?"

Praised by her beloved, Xiao Xiyue smiled, revealing adorable dimples, and then looked at the camera: "So, between me, Xiyue, and Senior Pei, and Aunt Luo, who is more beautiful?"

I rely on.

Chen Ran's heart sank.

I was wondering if this girl called on video just because she was jealous.

Just as she was preparing her reply, Fairy Xiao on the other end of the screen suddenly said softly, "Young Master, Xi Yue is so scared, scared of everything that happened in the secret realm that day. It was just a moment of impulse on your part. After Xi Yue leaves, Young Master will be with another woman."

Her voice choked with emotion, and she could no longer speak.

Chen Ran felt both pity and a smile.

puff.

So, after all this time, she was afraid that he would fall in love with someone else?
There might be a chance of falling in love with someone else, but transferring one's affections is something that Mr. Chen would never do.

"Behold, fairy!"

Chen Ran said no more, and took out a brocade box from his bosom. He opened it with a thud, and inside was a small strand of jet-black hair.

"Young Master, this...this can't be mine, can it?" Fairy Xiyue stopped sobbing and widened her bright, sparkling eyes again.

"Yes, it was while you were sleeping in my arms that I secretly cut it."

Chen Ran said, "I'll cut off a lock of my hair and put it on my chest, so you'll always be with me wherever I go."

In an instant, a smile spread across Xiao Xiyue's face, and tears of happiness welled up in her eyes as she sobbed:
"Waaaaah, young master, you really would give everything to love someone like Xiyue!"

"Okay, then let's go for it both ways."

Seeing the other person's expression shift from sorrow to joy, Chen Ran smiled with relief, glancing at the doorway of the secret room. "Alright, Xiyue, I have some things to do right now, how about we do it another time—"

Before he could finish speaking...

On the other side of the screen, Fairy Cihang jumped up with great joy, her fair and delicate feet fluttering as she rose, stirring up shimmering spring water.

"Young Master! Young Master, can you feel it! Our 'Yin Yang Crossing Tribulation True Technique' has advanced to the third level!" Fairy Xiyue waved her jade arm in the pool water, her face beaming with joy, and she exclaimed excitedly.

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Ran's body trembled, and he immediately held his breath and focused his inner energy—

Sure enough, a new vortex of energy was being created within the dantian.

He knew, of course, that this portion of true spiritual energy was being transcribed and replicated from the Cihang Sword Sect Saintess opposite him!
Yes, as a dual cultivation technique in the early stages of the game, "Yin Yang Crossing Calamity True Technique" is not as powerful in its initial form as Pei Qingyan's "Purple and Green Twin Swords Technique" or Empress Ji Nishang's "Phoenix Harmony Technique".

However, if the Daoist couple works together and cultivates to the ninth level, their upper limit is in no way inferior to the latter two!
What's even more remarkable is that, unlike the other two cultivation methods, it doesn't involve "one-way absorption." Instead, it's a win-win situation where both partners experience equal growth.

"Xiyue, I felt it too!"

A satisfied smile appeared on Chen Ran's lips: "The pure and profound spiritual power of your Cihang Sword Sect has begun to sprout in my dantian, circulating continuously, and my cultivation has improved slightly! I'm getting closer and closer to the barrier of the next stage! Before the circulation is even finished, I will be able to advance to the [Mid-Foundation Establishment Stage]!"

"Hmm! Young Master! It seems that a wonderful, cool and refreshing spiritual energy has also appeared in Xi Yue's dantian!" Xiao Xi Yue also closed her beautiful eyes and carefully sensed it. Her exquisite oval face was full of surprise: "So comfortable! It complements the pure spiritual energy of my Cihang Sword Sect perfectly!"

"That is the origin of my Nine Nether Profound Ice Scripture. This technique was created by the ancient demonic master Xuanmingzi."

Chen Ran said incredulously, "I never imagined that after consuming the Dual Soul Fruit, I could transfer the ability of 'Dual Cultivation of Dao and Demon' to you through the Yin-Yang Tribulation Crossing True Technique. Now you too can cultivate both Dao and Demon."

"Ah, this... this is a demonic cultivation technique?" Xiao Xiyue's smile froze.

"Look at you, you've already followed me, why are you still clinging to sectarian prejudices?" Chen Ran teased with a light laugh. "It doesn't matter if it's a white cat or a black cat, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat. As long as it's strong, isn't that enough?"

Xiao Xiyue thought about it seriously, then nodded again with a smile: "Yes! Young Master is right! Xiyue will try to accept it!"

Chen Ran laughed and said, "That's right. When the Immortal Dao Assembly comes, we, as Daoist partners, will join hands to make our business bigger and stronger, and create new glories!"

"Mmm!" Although Fairy Xiyue only half understood, she jumped up and grinned happily in agreement.

In an instant, those slightly parted, alluring lips, glistening with dewdrops, were revealed in perfect detail before the camera.

Chen Ran stared at her intently for a moment, calculating the time it would take for the "female assassin to arrive," and then asked in a low voice, "Xi Yue, besides missing me, do you have anything else of great importance to do this time?"

"Yes, there really are, young master."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Xiyue calmed down and sat on a rock by the spring. "Young Master, Senior Sister Lin's death has greatly angered Master. She has threatened to kill Luo Sheng, Luo Yuling."

At this point, she quickly added, "Young Master! I didn't tell Master that Senior Sister was killed by you and Luo Shenggu. I only said that Senior Sister Lin's body was found at the foot of Tiandang Peak."

"Oh," Chen Ran said, "Don't worry, I know your master. She's just being a stubborn, arrogant person who talks big."

"Your senior sister Lin Yuewei disobeyed her master's orders and chased after Luo Shenggu, but was killed instead. This has made Cihang Sword Sect lose face. Naturally, her strong-willed sect leader couldn't sit still."

"Hey."

Xiao Xiyue sighed: "But I feel that Master is serious this time. Originally unwilling to go to Mount Shu to participate in the Immortal Dao Conference, she has decided to accept the invitation and go in person."

"What? Frost Moon Immortal is going to participate in the Immortal Cultivation Conference?"

Chen Ran was shocked; this did not conform to the original storyline of the game.

"Hmm," Xiao Xiyue shook her head and said, "Master said that Luo Shenggu has been hiding in the Central Plains for so long, perhaps to plot something at the Immortal Dao Assembly and try to disrupt the righteous path of our Central Plains."

Chen Ran chuckled: "She guessed right by accident. That's right, you know that Luo Sheng Gu is going to Shu Mountain with me."

Xiao Xiyue lowered her head, her voice filled with even more worry: "Yes, Xiyue knows, which is why I'm even more worried."

"Alright, Xiyue, just trust me."

Chen Ran looked at the door of the dark room again. "I really have something important to do. How about you give me a wink?"

"Huh?" Xiao Xiyue was stunned.

"Your current location is the forbidden area of ​​Cihang Sword Sect, the Moon-Washing Spring of Saintess Peak, isn't it?"

"Wow, young master, you even know that?"

“Go ashore and walk about ten feet to the right. There is a statue there. Stand next to the statue and let me see it,” Chen Ran said again.

"Young master, have you been here before?"

Xiao Xiyue was utterly shocked at this moment.

However, following the young man's instructions, she leaped out of the pool with her slender, graceful, snow-white body and came to the statue of the first abbot.

"Just as I expected, it's exactly the same as in the game."

"The head of this statue is fake." "If Frost Moon Immortal leaves Cihang Sword Sect, when the Dragon and Phoenix Era arrives and the spiritual energy tide comes, the true head of that female demon will break through the ground, be reborn from the dead, and no one will be able to suppress it."

Chen Ran's heart sank, and his brows furrowed involuntarily.

"Young master, what's wrong?" Xiao Xiyue asked quickly when she saw her beloved looking worried.

"nothing."

Chen Ran shook his head.

He couldn't very well tell this devout Cihang Saintess that her founder, who claimed to be the reincarnation of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, was suspected to be an extraterrestrial female demon and the biggest mastermind behind the fourth DLC, "Demons Plaguing the World," right now?
"Alright, Xiyue. Don't worry, I'll take care of everything."

A moment later, Chen Ran's eyes regained their usual fiery and resolute light: "That's all for now, I'll hang up. If you have time, come find me. I miss you so much, you know?"

"Okay! Xiyue understands!"

Xiao Xiyue pursed her lips, and seeing the two of them's love mirror gradually dimming, she finally couldn't help but say, "Young Master, wait a moment!"

"There's one more thing Xiyue wants to prove to you."

"What's the matter?"

"Young Master always said that Xi Yue's heart is too burdened, and she can't let go of herself, but what Xi Yue wants to tell Young Master is..."

"What other women can do for you, young master, Xi Yue can do too!"

Fairy Xiyue spoke shyly, her pretty face flushed.

After hanging up the call with Xiao Xiyue.

Chen Ran's heart remained unsettled for a long time.

Compared to the interaction between the two, the increase in cultivation level and favorability was achieved.

What concerned him even more was—

A shift in the world line!

The head of Cihang Sword Hall, Frost Moon Immortal, is actually going to participate in the Immortal Dao Assembly!

Will the arrival of the "Three Families" leader, who is at the initial stage of the Nascent Soul realm, cause any unexpected changes and disrupt his "Rapid Ascension to Immortality Plan"?
It's hard to say.

I was deeply worried.

The sounds of fighting and screams could be faintly heard from the hall outside.

Chen Ran was greatly shocked. He retreated back to the roof beam and used the "Fairy Concealing Dust Technique" to hide his aura.

As is widely known, the Cihang Sword Sect only has two sets of martial arts techniques.

One type is the "Jade Maiden System" of martial arts, which can only be practiced by the Holy Maiden and the Sect Leader; the other type is other martial arts.

The two are worlds apart in strength.

This Fairy Concealment Technique is the top-tier stealth technique in the Jade Maiden system of cultivation methods. It can not only conceal one's body but also hide one's presence.

Chen Ran was confident that it could deceive the mysterious female assassin's spying.

"boom!"

The half-open wooden door of the dark room was suddenly smashed open by a streak of azure sword energy, the loud noise causing dust to fall from the roof beams.

A long, slender leg stepped through the door first, the black outfit covering the taut muscles, exuding a sharp, murderous aura.

The owner of the jade-like legs was revealed in full.

That was a stunningly beautiful woman who looked to be about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old.

She held a crimson longsword in her hand and wore a black, tight-fitting outfit favored by sword cultivators. Her already slender and tall figure appeared even more graceful with the jade belt around her waist.

At this moment, from Chen Ran's perspective as a gentleman on the roof beam, we look down.

Her high, straight nose and her handsome yet delicate facial features were as perfect as a piece of jade sculpted by the gods.

"Boom!"

She exuded powerful martial arts inner energy, and her loose, high bun swayed in the breeze. In the flickering candlelight, she possessed an androgynous beauty.

"That female assassin who never appeared in the game...it was her!"

Chen Ran was deeply shocked and found it difficult to calm down.

This is modeling.
This Blood Phoenix Sword
There is no other version of "Immortal Love".

She was none other than Ji Ni Chang, the future unparalleled Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the first female emperor of the Nine Provinces, and the cousin of her beggar brother Ji Cheng!

"call--"

Chen Ran subconsciously overloaded the "Fairy Concealing Dust Technique" to completely hide his aura and figure.

If he remembered correctly, although Ji Nishang cultivated the swordsman sequence of mortal martial arts, with the blessing of the innate divine phoenix energy, her cultivation had now reached the perfection of the "Gangdan Realm," equivalent to the peak of the Golden Core stage for cultivators, and she was by no means to be underestimated.

"Da da da."

The footsteps sounded again.

Another burly woman, clad in light silver armor and carrying a blood-stained spear, rushed in. "Your Highness, this..."

"The person died under the bed."

Princess Ji Nishang of the Great Zhou Dynasty had a cold and aloof look in her eyes and waved her hand.

The burly female adjutant immediately squatted down and effortlessly dragged the two corpses out from under the bed.

"Your Highness, someone beat us to it. Who could it be?"

The female adjutant looked at her master, unable to hide her astonishment.

"We killed the people in the hall outside."

Ji Nishang raised an eyebrow: "So, who do you think could sneak into this dark room and kill Zhao Rumo, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, without alerting anyone outside?"

"Your Highness means..."

The female adjutant suddenly realized: "This person knows Zhao Rumo, and may even be one of the invited guests!"

Ji Nishang nodded slightly, and with a gentle flick of her Blood Phoenix Sword, she opened the empty storage bag at Zhao Rumo's waist.

At this moment, the restriction on the bag's opening had been broken, and faint spiritual energy fluctuations still lingered at the edges.

"The storage bag was also searched. That secret letter from back then must have been taken away. The murderer came prepared."

The female adjutant said, "Your Highness, could it be that Princess Xueying sent someone to do it?"

“Xueying is too naive.” Ji Nishang interrupted her, her tone tinged with complexity. “Even if she had suspicions, she hasn’t dared to expose them all these years, which means she’s not ready to face the truth—everyone in the world knows that the King of Chu is behind Zhao Rumo, but she still cherishes that father-daughter bond.”

“That’s true.” The female adjutant continued, “Then… could it be someone from Chu Jun Han Qianshan’s faction? Back then, he used Zhao Rumo to sow discord among the ‘Three Fairies of the Golden Orchid,’ and now he wants to kill this person to silence him?”

“You underestimate Han Qianshan.” Ji Nishang shook her head and said, “All these years, he has kept Zhao Rumo around and given the latter high-ranking official positions and generous titles. Isn’t that just to leave himself a way out?”

"A way out?"

The female adjutant was taken aback upon hearing this, then suddenly realized: "That's right! The scheme to sow discord that changed the fate of Chu back then was something you and the King of Chu devised together! He was afraid that the Three Fairies of Jinlan would seek revenge on him if they found out the truth, so he kept Zhao Rumo as a witness for that purpose."

"To drag you down with him! To use you as a shield!"

"That's how it is." Ji Nishang's deep, cold eyes suddenly became unfocused and a trace of melancholy flashed across them: "Speaking of which, Xueying has always respected me and called me Master. It is I who have failed her trust."

Seeing the lord's sorrowful expression, the female adjutant quickly said, "Your Highness, you must not say that! Everything you have done is for the sake of the hegemony of the Nine Provinces. What does this small corner of Chu matter?"

Ji Nishang remained silent, her expression growing increasingly somber.

The female adjutant quickly changed the subject: "Your Highness, the person behind this is neither Lord Chu nor Princess Xueying. The only person with such ability to assassinate Zhao Sima is someone from the Goddess Palace."

"Besides Liu Wuyan, the Palace Master of the Goddess Palace, and Shen Rongyue, one of the parties involved, I can't think of a third person who would be so persistent about what happened back then. However—"

Ji Nishang shook her head, her cold red lips revealing a queenly, disdainful arrogance: "What is a mere cult from a small country worth mentioning?"

"For my Great Zhou Dynasty, the Chu Kingdom, which is in chaos and half-dead, is the best Chu Kingdom."

"Your Highness is wise!"

He watched the two women leave.

On the roof beam, Chen Ran, hidden in the shadows, gritted his teeth.

Another major mystery in the game has finally come to light!
It turns out that Ji Ni Chang was also involved in the vicious scheme that changed the political situation of Chu seven years ago!
She truly lives up to her reputation as the final female boss of the third DLC.

(End of this chapter)