Chapter 15

Chapter 15: Golden Finger Appears 2

Ethereal Aura: “This one should be a descendant of Witch Clan Maiden.”

After that message, there were no further replies. It was obvious that everyone in the chat group was questioning Wei Yun Xi’s identity. She thought it over and decided to tell the truth. If the people in this group were very familiar with Witch Clan Maiden, then lying would be pointless and would only get her pushed out.

After she made up her mind, Wei Yun Xi stepped forward, raised her hand to touch the transparent light screen, and used her mind to type what she wanted to say.

“Hello, everyone! I’m a junior of Witch Clan Maiden. I accidentally activated this chat group. Because I ran into trouble, I shamelessly accepted the items all of you seniors sent over. This junior was discourteous.”

The Heaven Realm chat screen immediately popped up a window:

“A change of user has been detected. Would you like to change to a new username?”

Wei Yun Xi thought about it and decided to change it. That would make it easier to distinguish her from Witch Clan Maiden and keep people from finding her annoying.

“Change it.”

“Please enter a new username.”

Wei Yun Xi mulled it over. Based on her past experience hanging around group chats, she didn’t use her real name. She chose “Passing Clouds and Smoke” as her new username, meaning everything she had gone through was just passing clouds and smoke.

“Username change complete. Welcome ‘Passing Clouds and Smoke’ to the cross-server chat group. Confetti!”

Wei Yun Xi looked at the text on the screen, and the corner of her mouth twitched. Since no one else reacted yet, she kept typing.

“I heard from my family that my mother went to a very distant place. The clan can’t contact her at all. The only thing we can confirm is that she’s still alive. Do any of you know where my mother went?”

This time, the others didn’t stay silent. The first to reply was Ethereal Aura:

“The user of this chat group is your predecessor, but she definitely isn’t your mother. Based on the time flow on your side, Witch Clan Maiden hasn’t logged into the chat group for ten thousand years.”

Wei Yun Xi froze. Ten thousand years! The next second, she frowned and typed again.

“Seniors, the vessel for this chat group was left to me by my mother. It has our family surname engraved on it. I didn’t seize it from anyone.”

She couldn’t let the seniors misunderstand this.

Star Trek: “We didn’t mean we suspected you. Only a direct descendant of the user can open this chat group. I got it from my grandfather.”

Ox-Head and Horse-Face: “Same here!”

Survival Is The Only Hard Truth: “I only activated the chat group after my environment suddenly changed and I gained abilities. We don’t suspect you.”

Wei Yun Xi finally relaxed. Then she directly messaged Ethereal Aura and Ox-Head and Horse-Face.

“Seniors, do you know my ancestors? Could you tell me something? And what did you mean about the disaster that wiped out my ancestors’ clan?”

Ethereal Aura seemed eager to talk. After a moment, they sent a long message. Only then did Wei Yun Xi realize her ancestors had quite a background.

Her ancestor was the High Priest of the “Witch” clan. Billions upon billions of years ago, when the Vast Cosmos Realm had only just formed and the Heavenly Dao was still taking shape, the Witch Clan was responsible for helping all living beings communicate with Heaven and Earth, so that life could grow and multiply.

Back then, the Witch Clan was very powerful. The power they possessed wasn’t something ordinary people could control, and they were almost worshipped as gods. But the Witch Clan had an extremely hard time reproducing, and almost every generation produced only a single High Priest.

Before a High Priest’s lifespan ran out, they would pray to Heaven. Following Heaven’s guidance, they would find where the next High Priest was, bring that person back, and raise them. When they grew up, they could inherit the position of High Priest.

But something went wrong in Witch Clan Maiden’s generation. She couldn’t determine where the next High Priest was. At first, she thought she simply wasn’t strong enough. Later, she logged into the chat group, and with hints from Ethereal Aura and Deity, she learned the problem wasn’t with her at all. The Heavenly Dao no longer needed the Witch Clan’s help. It wanted to take back the power it had granted the Witch Clan, and the Witch Clan would face decline.

At first, Witch Clan Maiden didn’t believe it. She didn’t want her people to reach a dead end under her leadership, so she tried every possible way to communicate with the Heavenly Dao. But the result was exactly what Ethereal Aura and Deity had predicted.

After that, Witch Clan Maiden didn’t log into the chat group for a long time. The last time she logged in, she asked everyone in the group for help. She needed resources so her clan could continue.

Out of old friendship, everyone sent her some resources, hoping to help. But she never accepted those items, and she never logged in again-until today.

Ox-Head and Horse-Face was much more direct:

“The Witch Clan already entered reincarnation.”

After reading all of this, Wei Yun Xi didn’t know what expression to make. From the look of it, she was the second user of this chat group, and Witch Clan blood must have been flowing in her veins. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to log in successfully.

But then another question immediately followed.

“Since the vessel for the chat group was in my mother’s hands, why didn’t she discover it?”

Star Trek: “To activate the chat group, you need bloodline plus mental strength.”

Ox-Head and Horse-Face: “Yes, bloodline and soul power. If you can activate it, it should be because your bloodline returned to its roots, and with your soul power, you managed to log in.”

Wei Yun Xi translated that for herself. In other words, she was lucky. She could activate it because the Witch Clan blood in her was more concentrated than her mother’s, and because she had developed divine sense through cultivation. With those two necessary conditions met, she could successfully log into the chat group.

Ethereal Aura: “Friendly reminder: when your soul isn’t strong enough, you can’t use the chat group for long. Using any of its functions consumes your soul power.”

When Wei Yun Xi saw that, her heart jolted. She immediately lowered her gaze to her consciousness form. It really was a little fainter than before. She hurried and typed:

“Seniors, I only just started cultivating. My soul is a bit weak, so I can’t stay long. Do any of you have a technique to conceal cultivation? Could you gift it to this junior? I would be endlessly grateful. If you need anything in the future, you can tell me. I’m in the Cultivation World.”

She kept it vague, but she believed the Cultivation World had good things, enough to tempt the people in the group.

Sure enough, after a moment, Ox-Head and Horse-Face and Ethereal Aura sent her items online.

Ox-Head and Horse-Face: “You’re too weak right now. Train your soul first. I’ll give you this ‘Soul-Refining Art’ to build your foundation.”

Ethereal Aura: “You’re pretty lucky. I happen to have a low-grade immortal artifact I don’t need. I’ll give it to you to conceal your cultivation and aura. Just take it and play with it. No need to return a gift. Consider it a welcome present for joining the group.”

This one was clearly loaded. Wei Yun Xi clicked her tongue when she saw they casually handed over an immortal artifact. Even though they said she didn’t need to repay them, she wasn’t about to take that at face value.

With her workplace experience, she immediately thanked them, stating that once her cultivation improved, she would prepare a proper return gift. Then she hurriedly withdrew her consciousness from the wooden token space.

After her consciousness returned to her body, she felt dizzy. She knew it was because she had spent too much soul power, and she was only a five-year-old child.

At that moment, the isolation array was triggered.