Chapter 156

Chapter 156: Bai Mu Mu’s New Mission

Seeing Shen Sang Ruo’s usual smile, Ji Zi Cang let out a breath, then agreed without hesitation, saying: “I will give it to Master for you.”

He only thought the token might have some other meaning; it could not be that she wanted to poach his Master, right? As it turned out, his guess was still too cautious.

Shen Sang Ruo thanked him, saying: “Much appreciated.”

After saying goodbye to Ji Zi Cang, Shen Sang Ruo and her two companions set out for the Ninghua Sect.

She told Immortal Lord Chang Li that the old site of the Ninghua Sect had been preserved. The next day, Immortal Lord Chang Li used Great Heaven-and-Earth Shift and moved the Ninghua Sect out from within the seal straight back to its old grounds.

Daoist Wu Wei, Song Wei Yan, and Su Xi Yu left the seal for the first time in many years. When they saw the sect returned to its old site, it lacked the former bustling crowds and carried the marks of time.

Daoist Wu Wei let out a sigh and said with feeling: “It is good enough that we could come back.”

Shen Sang Ruo said: “In two days it will be time to register for the Sect Grand Tournament. I have prepared the registration jade slips.”

The Sect Grand Tournament began after the great change at the Ninghua Sect, so the others did not know the rules. She explained them for everyone:

“The Sect Grand Tournament has three parts: the Elder matches, the Disciple individual matches, and the Disciple team matches.”

“It uses a point system. Points are given by rank, and the final sect rankings are based on total points.”

“For the Disciple individual matches, each sect sends five Disciples, and three are randomly drawn to compete.”

“For the Disciple team matches, the upper limit is fifteen people. The content is not fixed and will be announced at the tournament.”

“For these two parts, every sect’s Young Heir must take the field.”

That meant she and Bai Mu Mu might have a chance to face each other again.

Song Wei Yan rubbed his chin and said: “Then we only have five people total. In the team match, won’t we be at a big disadvantage?”

Anyone who is not a fool will send fifteen people for the team match. Their numbers were only one third of other teams. And of their five, three would also have to do the individual matches and then the team match, which would be very intense.

Shen Sang Ruo added, looking at Immortal Lord Chang Li and Daoist Wu Wei: “This is not even the biggest problem. The Elder match requires three people to enter together, and the Sect Master must fight. If we do not have enough people, it will count as a forfeit.”

The Elder match was also the hardest. After all, Master Ling Xiao of the Flying Cloud Sect was without question the number one person in the Cultivation World. If you ran into the Flying Cloud Sect, there was no chance to win.

Hearing that the Sect Master had to go to the field, Daoist Wu Wei, for once, did not howl about bullying the elderly. For the Ninghua Sect, he would fight.

Immortal Lord Chang Li spoke calmly, with a faint scorn in his eyes, as if he did not take Master Ling Xiao seriously, saying: “I will handle this. Do not worry about the numbers problem.”

He should pay a visit to his little Disciple’s former Master.

Daoist Wu Wei straightened his voice and brought out some Sect Master authority, saying: “From now until the Sect Grand Tournament, we focus on training. Everyone in the Ninghua Sect must not relax. We will take every match.”

All answered together: “Yes!”

Flying Cloud Sect.

Lu Shi Qing carried Bai Mu Mu back to the sect with a dark face, threw her down, flicked his sleeve, and walked off. Behind him, Feng He Yun saw his look and muttered two curses under his breath, saying: “Heartless dog.”

The air was so heavy on the way back that no one spoke. No one paid any attention to Bai Mu Mu lying on the ground.

She rubbed her ankle, which felt like it had been snapped, then struggled up on her own. Her eyes were like blades dipped in poison, shining with cold light.

On the way she had tried to ask Lu Shi Qing to set her down, but that madman seemed to be fighting with himself: the more she struggled, the tighter he grabbed her.

The more Bai Mu Mu thought, the more unwilling she felt. Why should she be treated like this? Why should she become their punching bag when they clash with Shen Sang Ruo? She had racked her brains to raise their favorability, but they turned a blind eye; the favorability even dropped.

Shen Sang Ruo had been gone for so long, yet now each of them suddenly woke up and tried hard to keep her.

After thinking it over, she reached a single conclusion: they were a pack of cheap men. Pure cheap.

Even so, Bai Mu Mu still would not accept it. She looked at Feng He Yun and said: “Senior Brother, my foot is hurt. Can you please…”

Feng He Yun cut her off impatiently, saying: “If your foot is hurt, go find Wen Xuan. I cannot heal people.”

His expression showed disgust. He was full of blame for Bai Mu Mu, saying: “I told you long ago to go plead with Sect Master Shen and Master, and you would not do it.”

“You had to fuss over that little thing, petty and narrow minded.”

“Now look what happened. Shen Sang Ruo joined a new sect. She does not want to come back, and it is all your fault.” The more he spoke, the angrier he became. Fire flashed in his eyes.

He snorted and said: “I only held back because you are my Junior Sister. From now on, deal with your own mess.” He turned to go, already set on telling Wen Xuan and Luo Chu. In his eyes, Bai Mu Mu was now a great sinner.

Watching his cold back, Bai Mu Mu dug her nails deep into her palms.

In her head, the favorability drop alerts kept chiming, warning her that Feng He Yun had slipped out of her control, just like Lu Shi Qing.

What Bai Mu Mu was facing now was what Shen Sang Ruo had once faced. This was the second target that had gone out of control. Since she became a strategy player, all her past missions added together had never lost this many targets.

She had never suffered such humiliation.

[Detected: multiple targets’ favorability is near mission failure.]

[If favorability falls below 20 points, that strategy mission will fail. If three or more strategy missions fail, the Host’s final mission will end early.]

[At that time, the Host’s ending will be erasure.]

The System’s voice snapped Bai Mu Mu awake. She was already not far from being erased.

No. Her mission could not fail. She could not be erased.

She forced herself to calm down and thought over ways to fix it.

[Ding— System upgrade successful.]

[System predicts the Host cannot complete the current mission. Does the Host choose to change mission direction?]

She asked in a hurry, saying: “Change the mission direction? Change to what?”

The System laid out an entirely new mission. Bai Mu Mu’s face hardened, and she accepted without hesitation.

[Ding— New mission bound.]

[Note: System upgrade features are incomplete. There is still some chance the new mission binding will fail.]

[To reduce risk, please continue the current strategy missions.]

These lines from the System tasted to Bai Mu Mu like being fed a mouthful of crap, but she had no choice except to keep pushing the strategy on those six people.

When she finished the mission, she would kill every last one of them. Every one.