Chapter 2 The next Morning

The next morning, apart from Mingmei who didn't need to cultivate, Mei Jiu was dragged out of bed early by her own mother, saying she was going to see friends.

Mingmei sat on the bed looking at Mei Jiu, who was having her hair re-styled by Mei Shi, her confused mind gradually clearing.

Soon, Mingmei remembered what Mei Jiu was doing today.

She was going to meet the little geniuses of the same age sent by various immortal cultivation sects.

After the apprentice recruitment ceremony a few days ago, the people who came to observe the ceremony had been lingering and reluctant to leave.

Finally, someone suggested that everyone cultivate on Jingyun Mountain for a period of time, calling it mutual learning between peers.

In fact, this was probably her sister's first "concubine selection."

"I don't want to go; I want to be with elder sister." Mei Jiu was unhappy that she was the only one going down the mountain early, pouting and complaining, "It's so boring for elder sister to be alone on the mountain… Ah!"

She received a flick on the head from her mother, and heard Mei Shi say, "Aren't your father and I people?"

Mingmei: "…"

In the end, Mingmei and Mei Jiu went to see the disciples brought by the various sects together.

The difference from her memory was that she and Mei Jiu had entered the Yan Jing Hall together in the first place.

Also, because someone had blurted out that she wasn't an immortal cultivator, so what was she doing by Mei Jiu's side? She had been angered to tears and ran away, while Mei Jiu had started a fight in the Yan Jing Hall over the matter.

Although the matter didn't escalate at the time, Mingmei remembered that Mei Jiu had never made any particularly close friends.

This time, however, Mei Jiu took the initiative to ask her to wander around outside the Yan Jing Hall, saying that she wanted to screen the guys inside first.

Mingmei watched Mei Jiu leave and turned to walk towards a stream outside the Yan Jing Hall. As she walked, she wondered why the memories here had changed, but she accidentally bumped into someone.

"I'm sorry…"

"It's you, why are you here alone?" Mingmei heard the familiar voice and looked up to see that she had bumped into none other than Xie Chen, who had the same face as Mu Chen.

{Don't you want to know the story between you and Mu Chen?}

Suddenly, Mingmei remembered what Yan Hui had asked her before. She stood there blankly, staring at Xie Chen, her mind a blank.

What had happened after she had cried and ran out of the Yan Jing Hall?

Mingmei, whose mind was extremely blank, couldn't help but wonder if she had met Mu Chen like this back then.

"My sister is in the Yan Jing Hall; I just find it a bit boring." The young girl was only at the age of wearing her hair in horn-shaped buns, yet she was saying it was boring. Xie Chen, seeing this, slightly curled his lips and said, "Coincidentally, I sent my junior brothers and sisters to the Yan Jing Hall and don't know what to do. How about we take a walk together?"

If Xie Chen hadn't been only ten or so years old at this point, Mingmei would have thought of him as some strange person.

"No…" In the end, she refused Xie Chen's idea, turned to look in the direction of the Yan Jing Hall, and lowered her eyes. "I'm waiting for Xiao Jiu."

"…"

She didn't know if it was her imagination, but Mingmei seemed to hear a sigh.

She looked up at Xie Chen, only to see him squat down and look her in the eye, asking, "Have you and your sister always had such a good relationship? Will you do whatever she asks you to do?"

Although she felt that his question was a little off, Mingmei still nodded and said, "I will."

After she said that, she saw him suddenly lower his head and avoid her gaze, followed by what sounded like a soft chuckle, a chuckle that seemed to carry an indescribable danger.

…

"I won this round." Mu Chen raised his eyes and spoke towards the dark and silent space around him, "You promised me, this body is mine for the next five years."

"Alright."

In the darkness, a long-haired, blue-shirted teenager identical to himself appeared before him, staring straight at Mu Chen with a smile, "I'd really like to see what will happen to you when you return to the past."

"Nothing will happen." Mu Chen answered without even thinking, turning his head with a hint of mockery in his eyes.

However, regarding his direct arrival and contest for the body with the guy in front of him, Mu Chen wanted to say that Yan Hui really dared!

His opening was a tough one.

"We shall see~" The teenager smiled, revealing a small tiger tooth, his smile carrying a hint of eeriness, and like a warning, he said, "Don't even think about revealing anything; I'll be watching you."

…

This time, Mei Jiu didn't cause any trouble. Instead, after successfully subduing a bunch of little devils in the Yan Jing Hall, she brought Mingmei in to show off.

It was as if she was saying, "This is the kingdom I've conquered for you."

To this, Mingmei stood by Mei Jiu's side with a bright smile, a sight that stunned Mei Jiu herself for a moment.

"I don't think I've ever seen you smile like that."

Whether it was the Mei Jiu NPC or Mei Jiu herself, they would probably exclaim in surprise at the sight.

Mingmei heard this and felt a pang of sorrow in her heart for some reason. She thought of her childhood self, who, although she would be happy and sad, generally had rather flat emotional fluctuations.

That time when she had been angered to tears, precisely because it was rare, had immediately angered Mei Jiu, which was why she had beaten others up.

"Then I'll smile more in the future." After Mingmei said this, she naturally received a warm hug from Mei Jiu, which left some of the players mixed in with this group of little geniuses completely bewildered.

Player A: What's going on? We've been in the game for so long, what exactly is this game trying to say?

Player B: Are we really going to cultivate immortality? How long will it take for this game to end?

Player C: Aww, the twins are so cute. The probability of having twins in the interstellar age is so rare~

The players, who had no idea what this game was trying to do, spent many days in this game world with confusion and trepidation, before finally giving up and starting to cultivate immortality honestly.

However, this didn't include Lu Xiaoyao.

She had long lost herself in the culinary arts that Mingmei's father displayed in the spirit food hall every day.

Everything was delicious!

Eating it felt like eating an elixir. Lu Xiaoyao had also gone to listen to the introductory disciples' morning classes these past few days, but reality told her that it was better to doze off on the futon than to work hard in the cafeteria, ahem, the spirit food hall, smelling the aroma and earning a snack made by the Great Elder!

It was better than becoming an immortal!

She had thought that such days would continue for some time, but suddenly one day, even Lu Xiaoyao heard about something – an affiliated sect of the Bi Bo Yao Mountain had been wiped out overnight.

They didn't even have the chance to send a message for help. By the time they were discovered, the bodies in the sect had been rotting for days.

Just a few days ago, Mei Jiu had whispered to Mingmei that a little girl who had stayed behind from the Bi Bo Yao Mountain was super cute, and she was planning to make friends with her. As a result, with this incident, all the female disciples of the Bi Bo Yao Mountain on Jingyun Mountain left.

Mingmei was stunned when she heard the news.

This plot wasn't happening in her original world…