Chapter 456 - 455: Miss Kirin Understands

Chapter 456: Chapter 455: Miss Kirin Understands

Chapter 455: Miss Kirin Understands

Kirin’s expression stiffened slightly.

Why?

Last time, the Imperial Alter Ego caused such a huge incident and she wasn’t expelled from the "I" clan.

But she—this Mortal Alter Ego—even though she only had... a tiny bit of trouble, surely it wasn’t to the level of expulsion, right?

She refused to accept this!

"..."

In the end, Kirin fell silent again.

It seemed... perhaps... maybe... the aftermath she caused this time was indeed more severe than the one caused by the Imperial Alter Ego?

At least, during the Imperial Alter Ego’s incident, no one else knew anything. Only her own Alter Ego ended up sharing a small secret.

But this time...

Kirin’s gaze shifted toward the young man she was still holding by the collar.

She had no idea why, upon her awakening, this Demon Sect Holy Saint had instead fallen into some unknown state of unconsciousness...

Well, not completely unconscious—he was still instinctively controlling his spiritual energy, channeling it into that mysterious orb in his hand.

Kirin tried to look back through her fuzzy memories.

"Stop—whew, I almost remembered that part again."

She quickly pressed her temples to block the memories.

’If I’m not mistaken, this orb should be the secret Artifact he was using earlier to travel through this space...’

Kirin fell into deep thought.

What should she do next?

To be honest, before suffering backlash from Mortal Dust, she had considered a number of worst-case scenarios that might occur during the backlash.

For example, she had thought about what to do if her mask got removed, revealing her true face to Luo Wusheng.

At that time, the young and naive her believed that would be the worst possible outcome.

Kirin rubbed her cheeks.

Her face was identical to the Imperial Alter Ego’s—surely that would make him suspect something, right?

If it were before, she would have simply followed Luo Wusheng’s past "guesses" and given her Mortal Alter Ego the identity of the Immortal Nation empress’s biological younger sister.

In the cultivation world, it wasn’t rare for sisters—or even mothers and daughters—to look almost identical.

This explanation would also conveniently account for why she possessed the Imperial Jade Slip.

But now...

’Maybe I should just say that I’m actually one of the Imperial Alter Ego’s ordinary avatars?’

’That’s why we look identical...’

’And the real Kirin is currently on a secret mission, totally unrelated to anything that happened here?’

That way, the one who socially dies would be the Imperial Alter Ego.

And she, Kirin, could continue living with a spotless reputation.

This was all for the sake of "me."

"I" would surely understand, right?

Thinking this far, Kirin let out two silly giggles—only to suddenly freeze.

"...No, that won’t work."

She let out a long sigh.

Under normal circumstances, this plan might be fine.

But since the other party was this Demon Sect Holy Saint, she wasn’t entirely confident.

After all, she didn’t even know how much the young man in her hand had grasped about the current situation.

’At the very least, he once again made preparations beforehand and rescued me from the Netherkin race...’

After some thought, Kirin adjusted her hold on Luo Wusheng, becoming a little gentler.

She shifted from lifting him by the collar to carefully supporting him, letting his body lean into her arms.

She wasn’t sure if it was her imagination, but the moment the Demon Sect Holy Saint’s head rested against her chest, he seemed to frown slightly, as if uncomfortable?

But she quickly pushed this tiny detail to the back of her mind.

Looking at the young man’s face in her arms, the memories she had desperately tried to avoid surged back up.

Especially those crisp, childish cries of "Daddy"...

Their overwhelming presence was simply impossible to ignore.

Die die die die die!

Kirin nearly threw the boy in her arms straight out.

If she hadn’t just owed him her life—and if she didn’t also need him to take her out of this damned place...

"Maybe I need to study some technique related to memory in the future?"

With her talent, comprehending a technique that could erase specific memories without side effects shouldn’t be impossible, right?

If possible, at the very least, today’s events absolutely needed to be wiped clean!

She shook her head vigorously, burying those unspeakable memories deep, deep down.

Kirin looked again at the boy in her arms—when suddenly, her heart stirred.

’Come to think of it... why does it feel like he handled my earlier backlash-induced abnormal state so skillfully? As if he’d dealt with something similar before...’

There were also a few other strange inconsistencies that bothered her—

But she really, really didn’t want to recall any of those terrifying memories right now. She would die.

If she weren’t currently trapped here... If someone weren’t currently unconscious... She absolutely would not still be here pretending to be calm.

Kirin felt that once she returned, she would have to shut herself in for at least half a year.

Only after both sides had completely forgotten everything could she face him again.

"But what’s his condition right now?"

Murmuring doubtfully, she tried sending a strand of spiritual energy into Luo Wusheng’s body.

’His body is fine, just that his consciousness is weak...’

’The reaction in his dantian feels strange.’

’It’s familiar, but there’s a special force covering it, so I can’t see the details...’

’Hm?’

While she was examining Luo Wusheng’s condition, Miss Kirin suddenly trembled.

The boy in her arms...

Did he just move?

No—he definitely moved!

Kirin instinctively wanted to let go and step back, but soon realized that Luo Wusheng’s eyes were still fully closed.

Only the hand holding the mysterious orb seemed to have lifted slightly.

’Huh? Did the Artifact activate on its own?’

Considering that possibility, Kirin forcibly stopped herself and looked toward the hand holding the Demon Moon Artifact.

Then she saw the hand suddenly drop down at high speed.

At the same time, the boy in her arms opened his mouth, tilted his head back—

Gulp

He... swallowed it?

Kirin’s beautiful eyes widened.

That orb... absolutely did not look edible!

Its size alone shouldn’t allow a human to swallow it whole.

Just now, his entire throat area seemed to bulge outward for a moment?!

A normal person would have died choking.

As Kirin stood stunned, she saw the orb had already passed through Luo Wusheng’s throat, and the boy—who had just acted like a sleepwalker—had once again collapsed weakly into her arms, beginning to twitch rhythmically.

Miss Kirin: "..."

Did he actually choke?

No—that might not be all.

For an Artifact like that, even if swallowed, the body shouldn’t be able to digest it, right?

Her expression turned serious.

This might be even worse than she thought.

Though she had briefly wanted to die together with the boy when she first woke up, she still had enough rationality left to judge the situation accurately.

’Let’s first try to force it back up...’

With that thought, Kirin pinched Luo Wusheng’s chin.

A gentle push, and his mouth opened.

She took a look inside.

She seemed to glimpse a faint glow.

Could it be... the Artifact hadn’t been fully swallowed yet, and was stuck somewhere?

Thinking this, Kirin instinctively leaned closer and pulled his mouth wider.

The glow became clearer and clearer.

Just then, it was as if a voice suddenly echoed in Kirin’s mind.

[Oh, right—I read in an old text about a very energy-efficient method of spiritual transmission. You just need to do it... mouth to mouth...]

???

Why did she suddenly remember that line from when she was suffering backlash?

But mouth-to-mouth spiritual energy transfer... she had seen a technique like that before. It was a secret technique of Yin Province’s Su Nu lineage, and it was said to be quite effective.

The key to the technique lay in several apertures located on the tongue; it even required certain physical qualities—flexibility, curling ability, and so on. If those conditions weren’t met, the practitioner could only use the most basic version: simply touching the tips of the tongues...

Kirin subconsciously shifted her gaze toward Luo Wusheng’s mouth...

Perhaps, deep down, she wanted to check whether his tongue could meet the conditions for that technique?

But at that very moment, Luo Wusheng—who had been convulsing nonstop just moments ago—suddenly moved.

With a sharp lift of his upper body, the already-close distance between their faces closed completely.

Without any warning, Kirin felt something press against her lips—and then something flexible pried open her teeth, advancing step by step.

"Mm—mmph?!"

Kirin’s beautiful eyes widened as she realized one undeniable truth...

Luo Wusheng tongue meets the conditions for that technique.

But she hadn’t meant to find out like this!

Her delicate body trembled, her mind going completely blank.

Even though she had been an uneducated maiden only until recently, she still understood some things.

This was—the first kiss she’d ever lost in her entire life... across all three Alter Ego!

What should she do? Would she get pregnant from this?? What should they name their first child? And what if it turned out to be twins?!

Kirin panicked a little, but she soon discovered that although the situation had taken her completely off guard... there wasn’t even the slightest trace of rejection in her heart.

’Is it because... I already had those kinds of feelings for him?’

That must be it.

Kirin recalled the emotional surge she felt earlier—when she had resolved to fight the Netherkin black flood dragon to the death, only for Luo Wusheng’s figure to appear before her eyes.

The Mortal Dust backlash might have assigned her different identities and personalities, but in the end, she was still herself.

The one who wished to domineeringly claim him as her own, labeling him "Consort Luo," was her; the one who grew attached to him, comfortably calling him "Daddy," was also her.

If not for her own feelings interfering, none of those developments would have happened.

Feeling the Demon Sect Holy Saint’s invasion inside her mouth, Kirin’s thoughts quietly began to shift.

Perhaps... just this once, it wouldn’t be so bad?

Her head felt fuzzy, her eyes slowly closed, her body temperature rose, and a lovely blush bloomed across her cheeks.

As if making up her mind, she gently raised her soft pink tongue to respond—

"—Eh?"

Kirin opened her eyes.

She was half-opening her little mouth, a thin silver thread trailing from her lips down to her chest.

At some point, a certain handsome young man had already collapsed back down, no longer twitching, his face showing the serene satisfaction of someone who had gotten exactly what he wanted.

...It was over? She missed her chance?

For some reason, Kirin suddenly felt deflated and inexplicably disappointed.

Moving like a puppet, she reached out and pressed on his body a few times.

Only then did she remember what she originally intended to do—but she could no longer sense the presence of the spherical secret Artifact.

Just as she instinctively wondered whether the thing had already been digested, a fragment of memory slowly unfolded in her mind.

It was synchronization from her Imperial Alter Ego.

In the memory, at the Netherkin side’s Divine Transformation, two additional golden roc phantoms had appeared.

...

Luo Wusheng felt like something was very, very wrong.

He was clearly listening to the recording of that white-haired loli in front of him as she explained the strange arrangements she had made for him, yet from just a moment ago he kept feeling some inexplicable sensations crashing over him.

At first, it felt like he had swallowed an entire melon whole—he almost choked himself to death.

After struggling for a long time, he finally forced it down, only to feel as though something had appeared inside his dantian. And the moment that sensation arose, Luo Wusheng felt his strength draining away, waves of weakness rushing up violently.

Damn it—whatever he swallowed should obediently go to the stomach and get digested!

He even felt dizzy and faint. He could barely maintain his composure, forcing himself to memorize Yue Xuanji’s words word for word, abandoning all attempts to think or complain.

And just then, he suddenly felt a long-lost and very familiar sensation.

His lips seemed to be touching something soft. Slightly wet. Incredibly sweet.

It felt as though he had fallen from hell straight into heaven.

’So... something happened to my main body?’

Finally catching his breath, Luo Wusheng came to that conclusion.

Or perhaps his little fox was outside messing with his slime body again?

After all, while watching this recording, his current form was just a projection.

As Luo Wusheng pondered this, the white-haired loli before him softly exhaled.

"Whew... that’s about all you need to pay attention to. You memorized everything, right? If not, you can watch the other two recording marks I left... along with that dumb fox later."

And let her watch how he ends up angering the little fox in various creative ways?

The corner of Luo Wusheng’s mouth twitched. He would never do something so suicidal.

Even though things had gotten messy halfway through, he had still forced himself to memorize her instructions; he simply hadn’t had the chance to analyze them yet.

"Then, I’ll leave you with two final sentences."

In the recording, Yue Xuanji’s gaze seemed to pierce through time and fall directly upon Luo Wusheng’s eyes at this moment.

"Don’t forget the divination I just performed for you."

"And... don’t mistake who your true enemy is."

As her voice fell, the light and shadow rippled.

Luo Wusheng’s consciousness blurred again, sinking into chaos.

This time, what sounded next to his ears was a hoarse roar.

...

"—Are you insane?! You clearly know that my arrangement was ordained by Ancestor Peng and the Dust Immortal, yet you still dared to interfere?!"

"Even if you are the Netherqueen, you have no right to defy the ones who awakened within the Demon Spirit Realm. Have you forgotten why you were suppressed for three years?!"

"I advise you to withdraw while you still can. Once I ascend, you—"

The roar stopped abruptly.

"Annoying," A woman’s voice sounded lightly.

Immediately afterward, a thunderous boom jolted Luo Wusheng awake.

As soon as Luo Wusheng opened his eyes, he saw the severed head of a pitch-black flood dragon crashing onto the ground.

Dust billowed upward, and all fell silent.

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Cultivation Realm:

1, Qi Refining

2, Foundation Establishment

3, Golden Core

4, Nascent Soul

5, Divine Transformation (Formerly Known as Tribulation Crossing)

6, Tribulation Transcendence

7, Land Immortal

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