MY MASTER DISCONNECTED YET AGAIN (BOOK 1)

Chapter 281 - 300

Chapter 281: Live Online Games

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Lonemoon panted. This game felt so much like real life. In that moment, he really thought he was about to die. He looked at his hands in confusion. Was that... his in-game skills?

"Father Niu?" Suddenly, he heard Shen Ying's voice by his ear.

He looked around but could not find anyone around him. A moment later, he noticed an icon of a yellow envelope in the bottom right corner of his vision. He instinctively tapped it

There was a swiping sound and a screen bounced out of the envelope. Shen Ying was on the screen.

"Where the hell were you?!" Lonemoon exploded in rage. "What kind of rotten place is this? And what the hell was that beast earlier?"

"You're in a newbie testing area. Before you passed the test, I could not contact you."

Newbie area? He looked around once again and glanced at the beast that had now become ashes. Aside from its hideous looks, the beast was weak enough to be considered a low-level beast. This holographic game was too real.

"Did I pass? How do I get out?"

"You have a movement icon on your lower left corner."

Lonemoon looked down and indeed saw that there was a little green man on his bottom left. He tapped it immediately. There was a white flash of light and in a blink of an eye, he found himself in the midst of green hills and water. In front of him were several tables and chairs with different types of fruits laid out. Shen Ying was seated on one of the chairs, munching noisily on a fruit.

"Why didn't you tell me that I would be tested?" Lonemoon tried his hardest to hold back his anger.

"You didn't wait for me to say anything." Shen Ying tilted her head. He entered the game way too quickly. "But that was a test for newbies. Nobody would fail."

Lonemoon rolled his eyes and picked up a fruit, biting down on it. It was sweet and juicy. His tastebuds were overwhelmed. Shocked, he glanced at the fruit in his hand. "This fruit is so realistic." This game was living up to its status as a game of the Star network. The holographs seemed very realistic.

"Realistic?" Shen Ying paused.

"Yeah!" Lonemoon answered while chewing. "And that beast – even its smell and sound seemed real."

"Father Niu..." Shen Ying suddenly got to her feet and snatched the fruit from his hand. "You don't think all of this is fake, do you?"

Lonemoon looked at her curiously. "Isn't this a holographic online game?"

"It is an online game, but... it's not holographic."

"Not holographic? You mean it's real..." He paused mid-sentence and sucked in a sharp breath. "Holy shit!"

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"We're not on Earth?"

"Yes."

"Where is this place?"

"District C, Planet A8726."

"Your lightbrain is..."

"A transportation equipment."

"Everything here is real?"

"Yes."

"F*ck, didn't you say this was a game?"

"It's the game planet!"

He pondered about the scene he saw earlier on. "If this was a game, and I died here, can I re-"

"The Star Alliance will send the notice of death."

"..." Flips table! What kind of game is this! Game my foot! Could it still be called a game if he was to fight real monsters, and if he could not be revived after dying?

What's more...

"Does your older sister know that we've transported to this planet?"

Shen Ying shivered. A moment later, she answered, "Let's not be too concerned with these details!"

"..." Details my ass! Do you know you could die here?

She waved the wristband. "We have a transportation equipment. We can get back in seconds!"

"..." He gave a suspicious expression.

Wait a moment!

Lonemoon suddenly recalled something.

"Didn't you say that no one would fail the newbie test? Why did I meet such a huge beast?" No average person would be able to fight that beast, right?

"This could be related to your standard. The newbie test is personalised according to each person's standard and therefore different for everyone." Shen Ying opened a screen which displayed all of Lonemoon's data. The last result showed that Lonemoon's standard was SSS.

"What kind of standard is 3S?" Lonemoon stared at the screen, confused. When Shen Jing checked on him earlier, he saw the same standard displayed on the screen. "Is everyone on Earth of this standard?"

"No!" Shen Ying shook her head. She picked out another set of data. "This is the data of an average person on Earth."

Lonemoon looked to the last page and saw that it was written: F...

"..." What did that line of numbers mean? Was this a joke? The numbers for everyone else on Earth was so low, yet why was his so high? "You didn't cheat for me, did you?"

Shen Ying shook her head. "This is your data."

"Why is it like that?" Lonemoon paused. "My present skills wouldn't allow me to fight that beast. What's more, if not for the game's automatic fire-elemental skills, I would have died!"

"There are no automatic responses in the game."

"Nonsense – I made use of it earlier. If they're not automatic skills, could it be my own..." Lonemoon's eyes widened in shock. "You're not saying that I brought my cultivation level into this world as well, are you?"

Shen Ying looked at him like he was retarded. "Did you not try to use sorcery ever since you returned?"

"How could that be? On the first day I returned, I felt no spirit Qi nor immortal Qi in this world at all."

"There isn't any."

"Yeah, then why..."

Wait a moment!

He fell silent. Whether there was immortal Qi in the surroundings did not have any effect on his cultivation level. Cultivators used their own sorcery to activate the aura and skills within their own bodies. In other words, his cultivation level was not affected at all. The only catch was he could not increase his cultivation level.

He felt a sudden excitement well up in his chest. He conjured a sword technique and a bunch of swords appeared in the air, just like rain.

Lonemoon: "..."

It was almost like he found a treasure.

"Shen Ying..."

"Yes?"

"Can I go back to the newbie testing area and kill that little beast all over again?" Damn it, if he knew he still had his cultivation, he would not have been so afraid of that beast!

"..." F*cking retards!

Lonemoon wanted to ask more about the game planet when Shen Ying suddenly transferred a whole bunch of information to him. They were all about strategies for people who were new to the game. After looking through the information, Lonemoon began to understand.

Just as Shen Ying said, this was a game planet. Yet, it was the kind that existed in real-life. There was no such thing as revival, no red and blue pills, and no beasts falling from the sky. But there were ranking points and statistics for the beasts.

There are several different races on the planet, as well as different planet beasts. The entire planet was split into six districts F to A, as well as a highly dangerous district S. Inside, the beasts were all split according to different standards. The District F beasts were the weakest, while the District S beasts were the strongest. They were now at District S.

The beast that Lonemoon met with at the newbie training area was a characteristic S-grade Ice Rock Beast on the game planet. As long as a beast dies, it would automatically belong to the player who killed it. The player could choose to sell the beast to the game company or deal with it himself.

The skills that players could employ to kill the beasts all depended on the race of each player. In other words, Lonemoon who was of battle grade SSS was a top player from the beginning.

"Father Niu, let's go and slaughter beasts!" Shen Ying suggested.

"Slaughter?" Lonemoon, who was digesting how the game worked, tapped his wristband. The next moment, four or five lists appeared on his screen, each of them containing different players' rankings. "You're talking about this?"

"Yes!" Shen Ying nodded furiously. "Killing beasts helps you to accumulate points and you can later exchange them for star currency." Then they could buy more food.

"..." Somehow, he felt like he was cheating.

Chapter 282: The Urge to Escape

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Lonemoon frowned, thinking about the various lists and the introduction beneath them.

"I took a quick look earlier. S-grade beasts would earn you anywhere from 100 to 10,000 points." He pointed at the 100 points under his own name. "This is District S. The first person on this list has 2,300,000 points. In other words, we have to kill at least 230 S-grade beasts in order to become first place on that list."

"We can do that." Shen Ying gave him a thumbs up. "Father Niu is Grade SSS!"

Lonemoon lowered his gaze and looked at her suspiciously. "Why aren't you going on your own? If I can retain my own cultivation, you – the cheat – should be able too as well!"

"It's because I have Father Niu!"

You're just freaking lazy, aren't you?

"Are you sure that the highest level beasts on this planet are all S-grade?"

"Absolutely!" Shen Ying beat her own chest.

For some reason, he felt that she was being ridiculous. Lonemoon looked all around him and stood up hesitantly. "Let's go!" Forget it, they were already here anyway. He was just going to take it as experiencing the customs of outer space. When he looked around earlier, the S-grade beasts on this planet were the equivalent of tenth-stage demonic beasts in the immortal world. Given his cultivation level, he could take on more than ten of such beasts without breaking a sweat. What's more, he had Shen Ying, the cheat.

As he spoke, he dragged Shen Ying onto his flying sword and took off toward the dangerous district marked out on his map. He started to feel some excitement in his chest. Afterall, he was one of the strongest people on this planet. He wanted to test out his skills as someone at the top of the food chain.

The moment they left the safe district, a red exclamation mark appeared in front of them. A reminder sounded by their ears.

[Warning: An S-grade beast has been detected ahead.]

This really was some advanced technology. It even had a radar for beasts! Lonemoon landed, drew his immortal sword and waited for the beast to appear. In less than three seconds, the figure of a beast appeared in front of them... two beasts... 20 beasts... a few hundred...

Lonemoon: "..."

Shen Ying: "..."

(╯‵□′)╯(┻━┻

Why were there so many! Sh*t!

"Why didn't you tell me that the S-grade beasts travelled in herds!"

"Eh, I thought you knew."

"Knew my foot!" Lonemoon felt like breaking the cheater's neck. "You wouldn't rest if you didn't lie to me at least once, would you!" Given the size of the herd, it was almost a stampede! It was no wonder that they had not met any other player along the way. Everybody probably did not dare to come over for fear of getting killed.

Lonemoon watched as the beasts got nearer and nearer. He gritted his teeth and immediately stood upright. Without any hesitation, he shouted, "Go!"

He mounted his flying sword and ascended into the air.

"Wait!" Shen Ying pointed to the sky. "There are more in the sky!"

The next moment, he heard a lot of noise and turned to see a dense crowd of bodies.

Lonemoon: "..." F*ck, he really wanted to escape!

The beasts were getting closer. Lonemoon had no choice but to grit his teeth and go ahead. The sky suddenly filled with many swords. Lonemoon was not sure if these so-called beasts were really just animals from outer space. Although there were so many of them, each of them was not comparable to the demonic beasts in the immortal realm. They did not seem to have any intelligence whatsoever. Dealing with herds of beasts like that was much easier for Lonemoon. For a few minutes, he listened to the ring of his points increasing by his ear.

His points increased rapidly from 100, until he made it to the top of the list in under and hour. Still, his points continued to increase.

However...

No matter how relaxing it was, he could not stop the monsters from charging at him in the thousands.

"Go for it, Father Niu!"

"Go your ass!" Lonemoon glared at her. "Wait, don't tell me you've been remaining behind me all this time."

"Er..."

"Drop it! Help me! If you don't act now, I'm going to collapse!"

"I can't help you..."

"Why?" Lonemoon paused. He stabbed a beast that was charging toward him and rushed, "I can't hold on for much longer. Hurry up!"

"Oh." Shen Ying sighed. She took over his sword and waved it around. Immediately, a white flash appeared in the sky. There was a series of noises as the dense herd of S-grade beasts fell over, dead.

They all got destroyed in an instant!

The roars that sounded from all directions suddenly stopped.

Lonemoon heaved a sigh of relief. The array around him darkened.

Shen Ying kept the sword and pointed to the air above them. "Because of this!"

What?

Lonemoon paused. Before he could reach, a loud ding sounded from the air. A voice then filled the entire planet. It was monotonous and mechanical.

[Ding! A huge anomaly has been detected. Users confirmed: Shen Ying, Father Niu. A mass killing weapon has been carried into this game planet. This is a serious offence that damages the balance of the planet. The two user will be dealt with! They are banned from District S for two months!]

The next moment, Lonemoon saw the points on the bottom right-hand side of his screen deplete from millions to thousands to hundreds and finally, 100.

Lonemoon: "..." Son of a b*tch!

Forget about his score being wiped out – why was his ID Father Niu?

To hell with this "Father Niu" business!

(╯‵□′)╯(┻━┻

For the umpteenth time, he wanted to dump Shen Ying and run off!

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"Where are we going?" Lonemoon, who had been transported to District A by force, glanced at Shen Ying, who was walking in front of him.

"To the market," Shen Ying replied as she chewed on a fruit.

"What for?" Lonemoon hesitated.

Shen Ying halted as she turned around seriously. "Father Niu, I've done my analysis. We failed because we could only fight as hard as we could earlier and we had no assistance."

Was the failure earlier on not because she got caught cheating? She even dragged him into the mess!

"So-"

"So we should form a nanny!"

"..." What the hell!

Lonemoon pursed his lips and pondered the suggestion. According to the set routes in the game, a nanny would indeed be helpful to them. Given Shen Ying's million and one ways of cheating, she would be utterly useless to the team. All she would be able to do would be to stand aside and watch.

Although he was strong in battle, energy remained a problem. He was not as perverted as Chef – he would not give his life in battle. If there was a nanny causing some damage to the herd of beasts earlier, Shen Ying would not have gotten involved and caused trouble.

"Is there really such a race as nannies in the Star Network?" Lonemoon eyed her suspiciously. The information sheet from earlier had said it all – there were no special skills in the game. Everybody who entered depended on their own skills to kill beasts. The only kinds of special skills people had were the ones belonging to their own ethnicity. For example, black people could stay camouflaged in the night.

"Relax, it's alright!"

"..." Why did he feel even more unsettled upon hearing that?

Chapter 283: Fight Complete

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

30 minutes later.

Lonemoon smirked. "This... is the nanny you were looking for?"

"That's right!"

Right my foot. Isn't this a tree?

He scanned the tree-person in front of him from head to toe. The person was as broad as a tree trunk. There were green leaves atop its head. Sticking out of its body were branches that were swaying with the wind. From time to time, it would also use two branches by its sides to adjust its leaves like it was adjusting its hair.

Sh*t, it's a female tree!

"Shen Ying, what is this? A relative of Radish's?" Lonemoon asked in a low voice after pulling Shen Ying aside.

"A Tree Alien," Shen Ying answered.

"Does it know wood-elemental healing techniques?"

"No."

Water-elemental?"

"No."

"Then it's not as good as Radish!" Lonemoon glared at her.

"Relax. The Tree Alien is a rare breed in the Star Network. Its breed has special powers and S-grade battle skills. It's very difficult to find them."

"Didn't you say it's a nanny?"

"That's right!" Shen Ying nodded. She turned to look at the tree-person behind her encouragingly, as if signalling something to her.

The female tree-person smiled, taking two steps forward. She closed her eyes and clenched her hands by her sides. She tensed up her entire body to bow at them. It looked like it took all of her energy.

Lonemoon jumped, eyes widening. Could it be that this tree-person really had great powers?

That tree-person's expression looked more and more pained. She bowed lower and lower. The green leaves on her head suddenly turned into green specks of light. Suddenly, she stood upright.

There were several swooshes. Amongst the leaves on her head, fruits suddenly began to appear!

-_-|||

The tree-person smiled widely, reaching out to hand Shen Ying a fruit.

"Eat?" Shen Ying handed a red fruit over.

Lonemoon: "..."

He felt like flipping the table! This is the so-called freaking nanny? You freaking just want a moving fruit-stall, don't you?

(╯‵□′)╯(┻━┻

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An hour later.

"Are you sure that there are 100,000 points to be gained from this District A?" Lonemoon pointed to the hole in front of him and asked.

"Yes, yes, yes. This is the first-ranking beast of District A." Shen Ying pointed upward and activated a screen. Indeed, the beast was displayed as an A+ grade beast.

"There's only one and no others?"

"No."

"There are no stampedes as well?"

"Of course not."

"Alright, I'll believe you once more." Lonemoon conjured a wind seal which turned into a wind blade. He shot it toward the hole.

A moment later, there was movement in the hole. With a loud roar, the ground began to shake. Strong Qi flowed out of the hole and a black figure appeared.

Lonemoon's heart jumped and he retreated a couple of steps. It looked like a big fella. Immediately, he set up defence arrays all around him and tightened his grip around his sword, staring intently at the hole. The black figure came closer and closer, and he faintly heard strange sounds.

A few moments later, a huge snot worm appeared in the hole!

(⊙_⊙)

Lonemoon pursed his lips, not daring to believe his eyes. The beast on the ground looked like a blob of jelly. It was translucent as well. This was the number one beast in District A?

Ah woo...

The beast cried out, sounding utterly harmless.

Lonemoon frowned. Alright, Shen Ying did not lie to him this time. This really was a tiny beast of District A. He waved his sword and attacked the beast. With a splat, the jelly spit into five or six pieces.

"Let's go?" Lonemoon turned and waved at Shen Ying, attempting to keep his sword.

Behind him, he heard ah woo... ah woo.... There was a string of cries.

Turning around, Lonemoon saw four or five more snot worms charging toward him.

What's going on?

Lonemoon paused subconsciously summoning bouts of sword Qi and attacking the snot worms with them. The snot worms split but each of those little parts turned into a new mini monster. There were suddenly close to twenty snot worms in front of him.

This was...

"Shen Ying, didn't you say there was only one of it?"

"Well... there was only one!"

"One my foot! You didn't say it could duplicate!"

"I just found out!"

"Screw you!"

The snot worms filled the floor and were all charging toward them. Some were even hopping toward them. They were rebounded by Lonemoon's array and each one split into two more. Two more snot worms were added to the group.

Within ten minutes, they were surrounded by a dense crowd of beasts. These were not difficult to attack, but they were increasing in number.Shen Ying, the only body cultivator, could not help either. What was Lonemoon to do?

His heart sank. Suddenly, he remembered that they had one other person with them. He turned to the nanny behind him. "Well, tree-"

Before he could finish, he heard the sound of someone digging the sand. The tree-person behind them had dug a pit without them realising and jumped into it in a flash. Within seconds, the entire tree was buried beneath the earth.

Lonemoon: "..."

Shen Ying: "..."

Son of a b*tch!

凸(艹皿艹)

Didn't she say they were a rare breed? Weren't they supposed to be difficult to find?

Maybe the tree-person knew that it was betraying its friends. The soil began to shuffle and a red fruit popped out of nowhere.

The two of them: "..."

This was... meant to be an apology for ditching?

This wasn't the game planet. It should freaking be called the planet of retards!

***

Lonemoon and Shen Ying finally completed their mission, although it took them a total of two hours. Just as they were about to be buried by the snot worms, Lonemoon figured out that the tiny beasts were afraid of lightning.

He immediately conjured a lightning seal, which caused the entire land to be filled with a burning smell. Not one of the snot beasts remained.

Beside him, the system's screen rang. It showed: Mission complete!

Their points jumped to 50,100. The other 50,000 points went to Shen Ying, who accidentally stepped on a snot worm while standing aside and watching Lonemoon in action the entire time. The tree-person who was buried in the ground did not score a single point because of its complete lack of assistance.

"Where should we go next?" Lonemoon turned to Shen Ying beside him. After pondering for a moment, he pulled out his own list. He thought it would be much safer for him to figure it out himself.

"We're done, let's go home."

Lonemoon looked over at her weirdly. "We're not going to kill anymore beasts?"

Shen Ying sighed. "I'm too tired!" She could not go on any longer. Otherwise, her older sister would figure out where they went.

"..." Tired my foot. Was he not the one who was fighting all the monsters?

Lonemoon pursed his lips and looked away. He pondered for a moment and did not object. He clicked the button on the side of his screen.

The next moment, there were flashes of light all around him.

They were already back in the apartment. He glanced at the wristband that Shen Ying called a Lightbrain. Suddenly, he felt a real urge to go to outer space and explore for himself.

Subconsciously, he activated his immortal Qi. A flame appeared in his palm. Shen Ying was right – he still had his cultivation, even outside the game planet.

Chapter 284: Plane Invasion

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Lonemoon and Shen Ying remained in the apartment for five or six days. Yet, Shen Jing still did not turn up.

Lonemoon decidedly rejected Shen Ying's invitation to the game once more. Without her partner in crime, Shen Ying had no choice but to return to her primitive games. Father Niu, on the other hand, had become obsessed with the Star Network's technology. He busied himself with researching the different functions of the wristband.

"I'm so hungry!" Shen Ying slumped on the couch lazily. She looked completely different from her gaming self. "Father Niu, are you sure you don't want to try out that restaurant I was telling you about?"

"Get lost!" Lonemoon rolled his eyes. He lowered his gaze, then picked up his handphone. He ordered take away reluctantly. Take it as I'm paying my accommodation fees!

He turned around to glare at the foodie and frowned. They had no idea when Shen Jing would return.

He began to feel slightly uncomfortable. All this time, he thought that Shen Ying's mouth just could not rest. He thought that she was born a foodie, and that she was a natural cheat. That was why he never thought about whether there was anything wrong with her body. Shen Ying was also not the type to think too much. Had Shen Jing not realised something amiss, they might never have found out that there was something wrong with Shen Ying. They might even have persuaded her to eat less.

That's not right – maybe Chef did realise something. Perhaps that was why he always holed himself up in the kitchen to cook at meal times. He was always extra considerate toward her, yet he never seemed to worry that she would be bloated.

Lonemoon felt an unspeakable guilt deep in his heart. Suddenly, he felt that he did not do a proper job as her father. Should he have read more books on parenting?

(ˇˍˇ)

Before the takeout arrived, Lonemoon retrieved a couple of cakes that they ordered from the fridge. He wanted to make sure that Shen Ying's stomach was not empty before the food arrived.

Suddenly, he heard beeps in the house which sounded like warning rings. The same sounds were coming from the wristband that he was wearing as well.

"Warning in the plane!" Shen Ying, who had been laid out like a dead fish on the sofa earlier, suddenly jumped to her feet. She rushed to the table and pressed something. A screen bounced up at once and there was a familiar blue planet displayed on it.

Is that... Earth?

"Little Ying!" The next moment, a male voice spoke. Another screen lit up in the air. A man in a blue uniform appeared on it.

"Uncle... Kaitian?" Shen Ying paused.

The man in the screen pursed his lips. "I've said it many times – call me Big Brother! Am I that old?" The man shook his head. "You saw that warning earlier, right?"

"Yes." Shen Ying nodded.

"I know that you're on leave, but that plane is close to you. I am in District T and I can't leave for now. I'll have to trouble you to take a look."

"No!" She immediately rejected.

"Don't be like this, Little Ying! We have to help one another as colleagues."

"I'm not getting overtime pay."

"Little Ying..." Kaitian's face scrunched up but there were no tears. Suddenly, he thought of something. Through gritted teeth, he said, "Rights to the internal policies of Star Network's new online game."

"Deal!"

"..."

"Send me the coordinates." Shen Ying immediately tapped on something on her screen. A moment later, she received a group of numbers.

"These numbers are strange," Kaitian reminded her. "There was no coordinates close by to this planet before. You'll have to be careful."

"Alright."

"Thanks for the effort," the man said and nodded. Then, he disappeared.

Lonemoon walked over curiously. "Who was that?"

"My older sister's other assistant," Shen Ying replied. She thought for awhile then added, "My colleague!"

"How many assistants does your sister have?" Why did Lonemoon feel like the management of the plane was made up of a huge team?

"Just two." Shen Ying replied while assessing the numbers. "Under ordinary circumstances, she doesn't have any assistants. But Kaitian's circumstances... are special."

"Special?"

"He's not from this plane, but for some reason, his plane cannot be opened. My older sister had no choice but to allow him to stay."

Lonemoon nodded and turned to glance at her. "What about you?"

"Me?" Shen Ying paused. Indignantly, she said, "Of course I... got here through the back door!"

"..." Did she have to be so upfront about it?

"Alright." Shen Ying switched off the screen in front of her and turned to face Lonemoon. "Father Niu, let's go on an adventure."

Lonemoon rolled his eyes and exposed her. "You freaking don't know the way, do you?"

"..."

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Ordinarily, plane warnings would only go off if the stability of the entire plane was threatened. For example, they would go off when there was a space storm, turbulence in space or plane invasions.

Only the plane manager would be able to sense such warnings. However, the Manager Shen of this plane was obviously a professional. She created a warning system that would go off with just the smallest anomaly.

Worriedly, Lonemoon flew on his sword in the direction of the warning. This was not the immortal realm. It was the modern world. Although Shen Ying always subconsciously despised this world's technology, he was in danger of being blasted if he accidentally flew within any country's radar and was determined to be an invader. Fortunately, Shen Ying did not let him down this time. The wristband that she handed to him helped them to avoid being detected by any radar.

Even the airplanes that they met along the way did not spot them, because the wristband had an auto-concealing function. It was much more useful than any talisman they ever had. Lonemoon could not help but feel proud of the technology that he was using.

"Is it here?" Lonemoon looked down at the seemingly unending sea and came to a halt.

Shen Ying looked at the coordinates and nodded. "It's here."

"Why is there nothing here?"

"It's not time yet." Shen Ying gestured for him to fly lower. They stopped on a small island. Shen Ying tapped on her own wristband, causing a screen to appear, displaying lines of numbers. By the time she activated a countdown in mid-air, there were five minutes left on the counter.

Shen Ying used her finger to work on the screen which looked nothing more than a shadow. The numbers kept running up on the screen.

"That's strange..." She suddenly frowned.

"What's up?"

"This data does not look like there is an explosion in space or in time."

"What do you mean?"

"This is a plane invasion. Something is coming our way." Shen Ying's expression darkened as she pointed to the sky.

Indeed, the sky in front of them twisted. There was nothing in front of them, yet it looked like something was about to break through. What's more, the thing looked extremely big.

"It's coming out."

Shen Ying quickly retreated a couple of steps. Lonemoon had never seen her this serious before. She was making him feel nervous. "What would it be?"

"I don't know either. It's from another plane. It could destroy this entire plane."

"Then what should we do?"

"Go back or... destroy it!"

Lonemoon's heart fell. Immediately, he summoned his immortal sword. For a couple of minutes, he set up series of arrays around them.

It did not sound like anything good.

The sky in front of them was twisting more violently now. Beside them, the countdown was reaching zero. They were down to less than ten seconds.

Five... four... three... two... one!

Chapter 285: Reunion in the Plane

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

With a loud crash, something broke through the space in front of them to form an enormous hole. A strong hot aura charged toward them. The next moment, there was a flash of light and a presence that threatened to annihilate everything around it. The sea below them began to stir.

Lonemoon raised his sword array and all the swords in the air flew toward the intruder. Before they got to the hole, a big golden sword emerged out of it. An overwhelming sword Qi caused Lonemoon's swords to rebound back and fall to the ground like drops of rain.

That was pretty impressive. His expression darkened as he started to summon his sword intent.

"Wait!" Shen Ying, who was beside him, tugged at his arm.

"What's going on?"

He looked up and saw that a person had walked out of the hole torn in the sky. The man looked extremely haggard. His hair was in a mess and he was covered in blood and wounds. One hand was holding onto his side and both his eyes were bloodshot. He looked over at the duo and his eyes began to well up. A familiar face wore a crazed expression.

"Chef!" Lonemoon's eyes widened in disbelief.

The man who was covered in blood immediately appeared in front of them. He reached out and pulled Shen Ying into his arms. A low voice sounded by her ear, thick with indignance.

"Master..."

As soon as the word came out of his mouth, he fell to the ground, as if he had spent his last bit of energy speaking. Just before he hit the floor, Shen Ying instinctively helped him to his feet.

"He passed out!" Lonemoon grabbed Chef's wrist and checked his meridians. He paled and cursed under his breath. "Holy shit, he's injured to this extent and yet still alive."

Lonemoon turned and saw that the hole was already beginning to seal up. How exactly did Yi Qing get here?

"Let's go back first!" Shen Ying said in a low voice. She turned and tapped on something. Suddenly, another entrance opened beside them. Inside, they could almost see Shen Ying's familiar room layout.

Lonemoon helped Yi Qing – who was limp as a doll – into the entrance. In seconds, the few of them found themselves back in Shen Ying's room.

"Wait, don't put him here. Come with me." Lonemoon was just about to let Yi Qing rest on the couch when Shen Ying pointed to a room by the side and walked in.

It was the same empty white room from before. This time, however, there was a long rectangular stage in the middle of it.

"Put Chef there." Shen Ying pointed to the stage.

Lonemoon helped Yi Qing over. A red light flashed from the stage. At the same time, lines of numbers appeared on top of Chef.

Shen Ying did not speak. She began to tap away at the numbers, causing different colours to flash. Each time a colour flashed, Yi Qing looked slightly better. The wounds that were so deep they could see through to his bones began to heal in front of their very eyes.

Lonemoon looked anxiously at the weak Chef. There was utter silence in the room, all that could be heard was the sound of Shen Ying tapping away on her screen. Looking at Chef's injuries, Lonemoon could already tell that it was extremely difficult to heal him. What's more, there was no immortal Qi or even spirit Qi in this world. He could do nothing to help. Yet, Shen Ying did not rest. Her expression remained stern, as if she was conducting a surgery on Yi Qing. She focused hard on the screen and worked for an entire day and night before she finally rested.

"His condition has stabilised." Shen Ying's expression relaxed and she finally turned to look at Lonemoon. Out of habit, her tense shoulders slumped. "All we have to do now is wait for him to come to."

Lonemoon nodded and glanced at Chef, who was sleeping. He did look much better – no longer white as a sheet. Lonemoon heaved a sigh of relief and walked toward the door. "Let's go out and wait." Ai, all they could do was make him worry.

Shen Ying started to follow him out, but something tugged at the corner of her top. She looked down and saw that Yi Qing had tightened his grip on her clothes. He was unconscious, yet his grip was strong. His bloody fingers had caused the corner of her top to turn red.

"What's wrong?" Lonemoon asked, seeing that she was not moving.

Shen Ying wanted to pry Yi Qing's hand away, but retracted her hand. "I have to stay here to keep an eye on his data. You can go out first." She turned and tapped on the screen once again. A seat appeared next to her. Shen Ying sat down and resumed scrolling through pages and pages of data.

Lonemoon did not think much of this. He knew he would be of no help even if he remained in the room, so he walked out into the living room.

Chef slept for a total of five days and six nights. Shen Ying was beginning to suspect that something had gone wrong with the recovery process. Just as she was pondering what went wrong, something stirred on the treatment stage. Then, she felt a warmth on her left cheek. A trembling hand was there.

"Mas... ter?" Chef opened his eyes to look at her. His eyes were watery and he looked like he was about to break into tears any moment.

Shen Ying's heart fell as she said, "You're awake." She cleared her throat and tried to shake off the strange emotions that she was feeling. Turning around, she sent a message into the living room. "Father Niu, Chef's awake."

A moment later, the door to the room opened. Lonemoon ran in as quickly as the wind. "Chef, you're awake? Are you alright!" He scanned Yi Qing from head to toe and heaved a long sigh of relief. "Why do you always end up like this? What happened this time? I'm telling you, this world isn't like yours. If you try to cheat here, we can't help you."

Yi Qing kept his gaze on Shen Ying and acted like he could not even hear a word that Lonemoon said. He tugged on Shen Ying's arm nervously. "Master.... I couldn't find you. I looked all over the Three Realms... I couldn't find you." He lowered his voice, and spoke carefully, as if afraid to break something if he spoke too loudly. "Do you not want me anymore?"

Lonemoon glanced at the person in front of him. This was the first time he was seeing Chef so weak. His heart began to hurt and he tried to soften his tone. "Heh... Well, we were in the wrong. But we were sent over here too suddenly. We did not even have time to inform you. It was all that Godfiend's fault!" Lonemoon felt a sudden urge to beat the Godfiend up.

"Let's talk outside." Shen Ying stood up. Yi Qing's gaze followed Shen Ying as his eyes began to well up once more. He looked almost afraid to lose her again. She paused, held onto his hand and brought Yi Qing along with her.

Yi Qing was especially obedient. He followed Shen Ying. He followed extremely closely, making sure to stay close to her so that she would not get lost again.

"How exactly did you get injured to this extent?" Lonemoon scanned him from head to toe. Seeing that there was dried blood all around, he frowned, turned around and retrieved a new set of clothes. "Change your clothes. Your dharmic clothing will be of no use now. What's more, you can't go out like this."

Chapter 286: Change of Clothes

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Yi Qing moved to take the set of clothes, then glanced at Shen Ying. He did not take a single step away.

"What are you looking at her for?" Lonemoon pursed his lips. "Can she help you change?"

He remained still, but looked increasingly anxious.

Shen Ying looked at him and said, "I won't leave."

Yi Qing's facial expression relaxed. He tugged at the clothes in front of him and looked confused. "What is this?" Why were his clothes in pieces?

Lonemoon nearly forgot that Chef was not from this world.

The corner of Lonemoon's mouth twitched before he took the clothes back. He shot a look at Shen Ying, then pulled Yi Qing into the toilet. "Come in." He closed the door with a loud bang to prevent a certain someone from peeking. They began to discuss matters in the toilet.

"Strip. Even your pants!"

"Why?"

"Just listen to me when I tell you to. Stop talking so much nonsense. Why aren't you moving? Take off your pants!"

"Oh."

"Bend down. Raise your leg up... higher. How can I move if you don't raise your leg!"

"Are you done?"

"Alright, come closer. If you cannot balance, you can hang on to me."

"Well... your thing is so tight."

"You're not afraid of pain. Why are you afraid of a little tightness! Bear with it!"

Shen Ying, who was outside the door: "..."

She felt like she was listening to something dirty.

The two men remained in the toilet for close to 20 minutes before they emerged. Yi Qing looked completely different. He was wearing a white T-shirt, just like Lonemoon. Father Niu had the look of a rich man from every angle. Yet, Yi Qing looked like a teenage boy fresh out of the playground. His skin was extremely radiant – he looked just like the boy next door.

Yi Qing tugged at his clothes uncomfortably until his gaze finally landed on Shen Ying. He stopped fidgeting, as if somebody just locked him down. Hesitantly, he asked, "Master?"

"Yes?"

"It's getting late. Are you hungry? Do you want me to whip up a couple of dishes?"

Lonemoon: "..."

Shen Ying: "..."

Did he have to go back to his role so quickly!

Surprisingly, Shen Ying did not agree. She chewed on her apple and scanned his long hair. Then, she patted the sofa. "Come here."

Yi Qing walked over briskly.

"Squat down."

"Master?"

She picked up a black eraser from the tea table next to her and pointed to his back. "Your hair."

Yi Qing paused, then understood. He sat down next to her obediently, hugged his knees and rolled himself up into a ball. He felt her fingers comb through his smooth hair, soothing his heart with each stroke. All the helplessness and pain of not being able to find Shen Ying despite searching high and low for thousands of years slowly seeped u of his body. In an instant, his heart began to fill up once again. He could hardly stop himself from smiling.

Lonemoon, who was watching Shen Ying comb through Yi Qing's hair, pursed his lips. For some reason, he felt a salty tang in the air.

"Chef, how did you even get to this world?" Lonemoon changed the topic.

Yi Qing's expression fell and he answered in a low voice, "I... I couldn't find you, so I returned to the immortal realm and found the Godfiend. He helped me step through the realm gates."

"How did he help you?" Lonemoon looked at him suspiciously. That bastard was so cunning – he had not spoken a word of truth from beginning to the end. If he had not cheated them, they would not have been sent back.

"Indeed, he did not agree." Yi Qing frowned. "So I fought with him."

Lonemoon's eyes widened. "He injured you like that?" Impressive! He could take on an ancient god all by himself.

"No!" Yi Qing shook his head. "This happened when I was stepping through the gates. I got injured by the messy flow of the auras."

"What flow of auras?" Lonemoon turned to face Shen Ying. "We didn't feel any aura flowing when we came back!"

"We didn't," Shen Ying said as she continued to stroke Yi Qing's hair. "We're from here. Of course we would not be rejected by the plane." Chef intruded by force. Even if the gates were opened, he it was no surprise that he was attacked by the messy flow of auras.

So that was the case. Lonemoon nodded and looked at Yi Qing. For some reason, he looked different from before. Yet, Lonemoon could not put his finger to it.

"You're a Supreme Divinity now!" Lonemoon scanned him from head to toe and finally realised that his cultivation level had increased by so much. He looked even stronger than Hongyu did before. No, to be exact, he resembled the Godfiend. If Yi Qing had not been injured, Lonemoon might not have been able to fend off the intense suppressive force that he was radiating. What's more, he no longer looked like a child. "You beat the Godfiend?"

"Not really..." Yi Qing lowered his gaze. Nearing the end of the battle, even he could not tell who was winning and who was losing.

"Then why did he open the gates for you?"

"Maybe because I went over to find him many many times?"

"Many many times?" The corner of Lonemoon's mouth twitched. "How many times did you fight him?"

"A few... hundred times?" He could not remember.

"..." He must have gone to look for the Godfiend every single day.

Wait a moment!

Did the Godfiend open the gates because he was annoyed at the number of times Yi Qing was visiting him?

"Later, I met Shortie. She helped me. The Godfiend finally agreed to open the gates to the alternate world."

"Meng Po?" A strange expression flashed across Lonemoon's face. "Why... did she help you?"

"I don't know either. But she was the one who helped me get back to the immortal realm and lead the Godfiend over." Otherwise, Yi Qing would never have been able to find the Godfiend.

Lonemoon clenched his fists by his sides. He could not figure out why Meng Po would help Yi Qing. She was just like the Godfiend – one of the ancient gods. She should have been on the Godfiend's side. What's more, she knew that the Godfiend was going to send him and Shen Ying back, and agreed to do so as well. Why did she help Yi Qing then? Was she Shortie or Meng Po?

"Chef!" Shen Ying suddenly spoke. "How long were we gone for?"

Yi Qing paused and shivered. After a moment of silence, he whispered, "3000 years."

"What!" Lonemoon jumped. He knew that time and space worked differently there, but he did not think that so much time would have passed. All this time, Yi Qing did not give up looking for them.

Suddenly, he felt a chill in his heart. Although Chef really did not look like much on the surface, he did not give up hope even after so much time. He even chased them all the way to this plane. Lonemoon could not imagine how he lived all those years.

"Thankfully, I succeeded." Yi Qing looked relaxed. He leaned back toward Shen Ying, satisfied. It was good that he found Master. As long as he could be with her, all the years of fighting was... worth it

Shen Ying's hand paused. It was a few seconds before she resumed stroking his hair.

Chapter 287: In the Wok

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Lonemoon glanced at Chef and sighed. "Don't worry, we will fix that bastard Godfiend one day!"

"It's good that Master is here." Yi Qing did not sound like someone who was interested in revenge at all. "I don't mind being anywhere!"

Hey, can you hang on to your principles? Lonemoon again felt a salty tang in the air.

"Shen Ying's older sister will send us back again soon." Lonemoon turned to Shen Ying. "Right?"

"Huh?" That might not be so.

"What 'huh'?" Lonemoon rolled his eyes. "Don't you want to go back and fix that Godfiend?"

"That's so troublesome..."

"Troublesome your ass! Can you not be so lazy at such a juncture?" Your disciple was the one who got injured. "Also! What are you doing? You've been combing his hair for half a day now. Chef is a man – is it right for him to be wearing two ponytails?"

"It looks good!"

"Good my foot!" He looked hideous.

"I think it looks good too."

"You boot-licker – shut up!"

——————

Lonemoon was afraid that Yi Qing had really trained himself into an immortal chef – no, a divine chef. Although only a month had passed for Shen Ying and himself, 3000 years had passed for Chef. Yet, his skills had not deteriorated a single bit. All it took was a simple briefing for Yi Qing to be completely comfortable with the kitchen appliances and tools that had been gathering dust in Shen Ying's house. He picked these things up even quicker than he picked up sword techniques.

The group ate for a good two hours before they finished all the food on the plates. Lonemoon was just about to introduce the basics of the new world to Chef when a familiar voice filled the house.

It was a message from Shen Jing.

"That's my older sister. HIde." Shen Ying immediately threw her chopsticks aside and turned around.

"Why?" Lonemoon paused. He did not understand why she was telling them to hide.

"Stop talking nonsense. Quick!" She grabbed the two of them with each of her hands and pushed them under the table.

Lonemoon: "..."

Wait, why did he have to get down!

"Little Ying." Shen Jing's voice immediately rang in the house.

"Older Sister..." Shen Ying sat up straight as a pencil.

"There's something wrong with your body. I've been searching, but I can't find an answer. In any case, it should not do you much harm now."

"Alright, alright, alright."

"But I've already contacted the manager of the plane we went to together earlier. I want her to take a look at you for me." Shen Jing lowered her voice. "Wait for me to handle the matters on hand before I bring you over."

"Alright, Older Sister." Shen Ying nodded.

"Get ready. Don't wander about."

"No problem, Older Sister."

"Alright." Shen Ying was just about to cut the signal when she seemed to recall something. "Oh yes, I felt you activate a space transfer earlier not far away from your home, leading directly into your house. What was so urgent?"

"Er..." Shen Ying hesitated. "Nothing much, I was just lost and wanted to go home."

"Oh really?" Shen Ying narrowed her eyes. "Why is it that I never noticed you doing the same thing in the past even when you were lost several planets away?"

"I... am hungry." She immediately diverted the topic to herself.

"Oh..." Shen Jing nodded. "Then explain to me, who is the man under the table to the left?"

She could see that too! It was obvious that she had other cameras around the house.

Shen Jing did not sound as angry as she did before though. She just raised her eyebrows. "I've never seen you bring men to your house. Now, you're bringing two in such a short duration. Are you... unsatisfied with what you already have?"

Lonemoon, the one who was "had": "..."

Yi Qing, the one who supposedly satisfied her: "..."

Shen Ying frowned. "Older Sister, he's not my boyfriend!" Father Niu is not!

"Oh." Shen Jing looked as though she could see right through Shen Ying. "Since he isn't, you teleported him here because...?"

Shen Ying looked down. She had no choice but to be honest. ""He was from the plane we were at before."

Shen Jing's expression darkened. She scanned Chef, who was still underneath the table, her expression hardening. "In other words... he's an invader!"

"Older Sister, listen to me..."

"Shut up!" Shen Jing's voice was cool now. Her gaze cut Shen Ying like knives. Even Lonemoon shuddered. "Was one trip out of the plane all it took to give you so much guts? Stay right where you are. I'm coming over immediately."

Before any of them could reply, the screen switched off.

Lonemoon felt inexplicably nervous. Shen Jing's expression was different from when she found out that he was under the table. She looked... enraged.

"Shen Ying, what is your older sister talking about?" He could not help but ask.

Shen Ying's expression darkened. "All foreign invaders in any plane are considered unstable. The plane must purge them."

"Purge... Your older sister isn't thinking of killing Chef, is she?" Lonemoon's heart dropped. For some reason, he knew that if Shen Jing really wanted to do so, Shen Ying would not be able to stop her. "What should we do?"

"Master..." Yi Qing lowered his gaze. "I came here of my own accord. If there's any punishment, I'm willing to take it. I won't fight!"

"You're crazy!" Lonemoon shouted.

Shen Jing was the manager of this plane. He would probably not be able to withstand what she had in store for him.

"Forget it!" Shen Ying shouted through gritted teeth, as if thinking of something. "If my older sister really takes action, I... have another solution. Or... I will stop her." He's her Che... disciple after all. She had to do something, even if it costed her life!

"Really?" She should have said so earlier if she had a trump card. But looking at the fearful way she always looked at Shen Jing, Lonemoon did not know if he could really trust her.

"Yes." She had lived under her older sister's rule for years.

Lonemoon did not pursue the matter further. He watched as the air in front of him twisted and Shen Jing appeared within the house.

——————

"So... he's your disciple in the other plane?" Shen Ying leaned back on the sofa and scanned the group of three in front of her from head to toe.

"Yes." Shen Ying nodded.

"Older Sister Shen Jing, Chef chased us all the way here. He did not know that he needed your permission before transmigrating," Lonemoon explained. "Ignorant people should not be punished... please let it go."

"Let it go?" Shen Jing laughed mirthlessly, her demeanour turning cool once more. "Do you think invading a plane is a simple matter? Do you know what kind of damage it could cause the plane? Do you know how much cleaning up I would have to do?"

"But he... did not mean to!"

"You think that can solve everything!" Shen Jing jumped to her feet. She threatened to cut the three of them into pieces with her glare. "If I don't make an example out of him, everybody will start thinking they can invade my plane for no good reason. This world will end! Little Ying, they don't understand, but surely you do?"

"... I do."

"This one is the same!" Shen Jing suddenly turned to glare at Lonemoon.

"Me?" Lonemoon's heart fell. He began to break out in a cold sweat.

Chapter 288: Killer Move

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

"Do you think I don't know about all that messy data you've brought back from the deviant plane?"

Lonemoon jumped. Data? His cultivation!

"You did not transmigrate of your own accord, but if this carries on, you will create unpredictable outcomes in this world." Shen Jing scanned Shen Ying from head to toe. "I'm only letting you be temporarily."

"..."

"Don't you all forget – apart from being Shen Ying's older sister, I am also the manager of this plane." She began to walk forward. Each step she took was akin to a stomp on their hearts, so that they felt a chill right through to their bones. They lowered their heads instinctively, as if knowing that the person in front of them was the most powerful force in the world. "Whether you're an invader or someone with messy data, as long as you're causing my plane to be unstable, I will not allow you to exist!"

The moment she finished speaking, Lonemoon felt an extremely strong suppressive force on his body. He retreated. If not for the fact that Shen Ying was holding on to him, he might have already fallen to his knees. At that moment, he realised what a manager meant. Shen Jing had not even done anything to him, yet he felt an extraordinary force pressing down on him. Slowly, he felt his cultivation level seeping out of him.

"Older Sister!" Shen Ying shouted. Lonemoon's body finally relaxed. Free of the pressure, he turned to check on Chef and saw that he had undergone the same treatment.

"Don't call out to me!" Shen Jing turned to glare at Shen Ying. "Have you forgotten everything I've taught you since you were young?"

"... I haven't." Shen Ying lowered her head even further.

"You haven't? Look at what you've done! I allowed you to help me manage the plane in my absence, and this is how you do so?" Shen Ying was enraged. Her demeanour was extremely cold. "I thought that you would restore this person's data while I was gone, yet you only brought another invader into this plane."

"..."

Her tone got harder and harder as she continued to glare at Shen Ying like she was an utter letdown. "You've really become more daring after wandering around for just a few days! You won't even listen to me anymore!"

"... No."

"No?" Shen Jing laughed mirthlessly and activated a screen. "Alright! We can't drag this out any further. Whether you kill this invader or drag him out, I want you to settle it. And this person with the messy data – restore him to his original state. Wipe their memories while you're at it!"

Shen Jing was for real this time. Lonemoon's heart tightened as he tugged at Shen Ying's sleeve. Didn't she have a plan? Why was she not carrying it out?

Shen Ying pursed her lips and shot him an inexplicable look.

A moment later, she raised her head. "Older Sister... is this really necessary?"

"What? You want me to do it myself?" Shen Jing's expression hardened.

"Alright..." Shen Ying suddenly sucked in a deep breath, as if making up her mind about something. She turned around and looked warningly at Lonemoon and Yi Qing. Her expression seemed to say, "Don't laugh!"

"Huh?" Lonemoon did not understand what she meant.

She stepped forward, her expression returning to normal. She blinked twice, causing her eyes to well up. Crossing her arms in front of her chest, she pouted and looked pitiful. The slothball they always knew Shen Ying to be turned into a cutie in a second. Even her voice became an octave higher. She sounded a bit... whiny.

"Older Sister~ Don't be this fierce. Let me off just once... Promise Little Ying that you will let them off, alright?" She pouted and blinked hard like she was looking into the sun. "I promise to listen to you in the future, I'll be good~"

Lonemoon thought he saw something shoot out from her body.

Good... good... good plan! She's especially adorable! She saved them with her adorableness!

o(*////▽////*)q

Lonemoon could hear his own heartbeat in his ears as his breathing got more shallow.

Suddenly, there was a silence following Shen Ying's implementation of her plan

The next second...

"Alright, I promise you!" Shen Jing's hard expression softened immediately.

"Then the two of them..."

"Whatever you want? You can do whatever you want, as long as Little Ying is happy!"

"Thank you, Older Sister. You're so good to Little Ying!"

"Yes, yes, yes. You're so adorable – everything you say is right!"

"Little Ying loves Older Sister the most!"

"Me too! You haven't wheedled in front of me since you were three. I'm so touched. My adorable Little Ying is back."

What... What the hell?

Lonemoon sucked in a deep breath and placed his hand on top of his pounding heart. Finally, he regained his composure. Indeed, Shen Ying's was a killer move. She used her own adorableness to save them. It was too scary! Shen Ying's back was turned toward them at first and Lonemoon thought that they were about to die. Faintly, he heard a special reminder in his ear.

[Ding! Shen Ying activated a killer move: Acting cute!]

[Ding! Shen Jing suffered a blow to her heart!]

Thank goodness they reacted quickly. Otherwise, they would probably be dragged into the mess. This was such a cheater move. It was an utterly shameless attack.

"Chef, we... Wait, Chef, what's wrong with you? Wake up!"

"Why is your face so red? Are you alright?"

"Holy shit! Why is your nose bleeding!"

——————

An hour later.

"Heh, since Little Ying pleaded on your behalf, I will not pursue the matter with the two of you." Shen Jing was finally back to normal. She cleared her throat and turned into her usual cold self. "Even though I'm not taking any action, the two of your existence would still cause instability in his plane. The manager of your realm is not replying me either. I have no choice but to send you back. If you stay here, I can't be certain that nothing would go wrong in this world."

"Can't we apply for an access pass first like Kaitian did prior?" Shen Ying asked.

"Do you think the access pass is a type of vegetable – that you can plant as many as you want?" Shen Jing rolled her eyes.

Shen Ying pouted. "Older Sister¬!

Shen Jing paused, her heart softening. "Heh... well, it's not impossible to grant them an access pass. But they must possess the skills to pass the test."

"Test?" Lonemoon paused.

"You must take a test even to learn foreign languages now. Naturally, you'll have to take a test to get the access pass!" Shen Jing scanned the two of them and continued, "Both of your numbers are really high, but I can't be sure that you'd both pass the test."

So... they had to apply for a temporary resident permit?

"What kind of test?"

"We'll use the task I intended to hand to Shen Ying as the test." She activated a screen and immediately two black and red planets appeared in front of them. "Both of these are known as the Planets of Death. They were the planets that were infected by the deviant planets involved in the spatial storm earlier. There is no civilisation there, but all the plants have been infected. Each of you can choose one planet. Use any method you can to disinfect it. Then, I'll pass you!"

Chapter 289: Getting a Temporary Resident Permit

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

"Alright." Yi Qing nodded and stood up. As long as he would not have to leave his master's side, he was willing to do anything.

Lonemoon and Shen Ying exchanged glances and stood up as well.

"Oh, that's right!" Shen Jing suddenly added. "Little Ying, you're not allowed to go!"

"Why?"

"Your situation now is special. If you help them, there will be no need for them to go through the test."

Shen Ying frowned. She whined, "Older Sister~"

Shen Jing pursed her lips and her attitude changed. "Alright, alright, alright. You may go, but promise that you would not help them, alright?"

"Yes, Older Sister! No problem, Older SIster!"

Lonemoon: "..."

Yi Qing: "..."

Shen Jing's weak spot for Shen Ying's cuteness had not dissipated.

——————

They were at an absolute wasteland. There was nothing but dried up soil on the ground, and the animals could do nothing but swallow their own saliva. They kept trying to tear at each other's skin and looked like that was all they had been doing the entire time. All around them, they could see fresh and rotting meat. The air had an intolerable stench.

Lonemoon immediately understood why this was called the Planet of Death. Not only was there no one around, it was a wasteland for corpses. Nothing looked lively there.

The moment Chef and Lonemoon landed, they began to clean up the crazed plants and animals. Given their cultivation level, it was easy to deal with beasts without any intelligence. The only thing was that there were way too many beasts there. The more they killed, the more there were.

"Shen Ying, how big is this Planet of Death?" Lonemoon looked at the new herd of beasts charging toward them.

Shen Ying kicked a stone. Something flashed across her eyes as she answered, "A hundred times as big as Earth."

"What!" Lonemoon's eyes widened. How long would they take to clean this place up? Shen Jing was clearly cheating them! "If all the living beings on here have been infected, how can we clean all them up in a day?"

More and more beasts were gathering around them, and they looked stronger by the minute. In the beginning, they could find a spot to stick their feet on the ground. As time went by, they took more and more breaks in mid-air. Even so, there were a significant number of beasts that could fly in mid-air as well.

"What should we do?"

"Fly toward there," Shen Ying instructed as she pointed toward her right. "There should be some clues for us there."

Lonemoon paused and stabbed the great bird beside him. Without any hesitation, he sped toward the right for a full hour. By then, there was a huge group of crows following behind him, and they did not look like they were about to be tired out anytime soon.

"What are we looking for?" Lonemoon could not help but ask.

"Some information," Shen Ying replied. Suddenly, she pointed ahead. "RIght there!"

Lonemoon looked up and found that a triangular structure was floating in the air. It was made up of several smaller squares. The outside of the structure was covered in silver. Yet, when the sun shone upon it, it disappeared.

"What is this?"

"An abandoned supervision station," Shen Ying responded. She gestured for Chef to fly over. She did something to it, causing a door to open on the triangular structure. Inside was just enough space for three people to sit.

"What are we doing here?" Lonemoon asked, confused.

"We're looking for more information about this planet." Suddenly, she tapped on the corner of the wall to her right. A hologram of the planet bounced up between them. Beside it was a bunch of strange numbers.

"How did you know you'd find data here?" Lonemoon and Yi Qing jumped.

"Every planet in District T of the Star Alliance has such a supervision station," Shen Ying answered casually. "There's one on Earth as well, but it's been covered." This was also why she could connect to the Star Network.

"..." Lonemoon did not fully understand her, but all of it looked very impressive.

Shen Ying rolled out a map and messed around with the data next to the hologram. After awhile, she spoke. "This really is the Mineral Planet."

"What Mineral Planet?"

"More than 80% of this planet was made out of a mineral called W9851," Shen Ying explained. "This type of mineral is common in the Star Network and it can be found on other planets as well. That's why this supervision station has been abandoned. But the W9851 minerals are highly flammable. They explode violently and the flames would spread like wildfire."

"You mean to say..." Lonemoon's eyes twinkled. He immediately understood what Shen Ying was saying. "As long as we cause these minerals to explode, we can destroy the entire planet?"

"Yes." Shen Ying nodded. "But there is one problem."

"What's the problem?"

"This surface of this planet has been infected by all the animals and plants. The minerals are hidden deep inside the mess. My older sister would not let me help you all. Unless you find a way to destroy the surface of the planet and cause the minerals inside of it to explode, you would not be able to destroy the entire planet!"

"How thick is the surface of the planet?"

"A couple thousand metres."

"That thick?" That was absolutely frightening.

"I will go!" Yi Qing suddenly shouted.

"You can't destroy the surface either." Before Lonemoon could finish speaking, Chef walked out of the room. "Wait outside-"

Lonemoon did not get to finish his sentence. A huge amount of sword Qi burst forth from Chef's body. With a wave of his sword, he struck all the birds behind them dead. Immediately, they saw flames cover the entire sky as the birds got burnt alive. It looked almost as if the clouds were on fire. Still, Lonemoon could feel Yi Qing's sword Qi. His body began to tremble from the impact.

This was shocking. Who knew that Chef's cultivation level would be so frighteningly different from before? And this fire...

"True Phoenix Fire!" Aren't you a dragon?

Before Lonemoon could figure things out, and after destroying all the birds, Yi Qing flew toward the ground. In seconds, strong sword Qi filled the air around them. They became covered by a dense golden light which was forming the shape of a great sword. The sword was thrown straight into the ground.

There was a loud crash as they felt the entire planet shake violently. Huge cracks appeared on the ground all around them. The ground began to open up wider and wider, until the ground became a series of deep, bottomless pits.

He... destroyed it!

(⊙ o ⊙)

Lonemoon's eyes widened. Indeed, he was a cheat.

He turned to look at Shen Ying's screen. It showed that they had only destroyed 2000 metres of the surface. This would not do! They still had a bit more to go.

"Chef..." Lonemoon started to call Yi Qing back.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of a phoenix crying. Yi Qing, who had been holding on to the sword just seconds ago, suddenly turned into a gigantic fire phoenix. He flew straight toward the bottom of the pits, lighting them up. The flames caused the pits to go even deeper.

The planet was shaking even more violently now. The number on Shen Ying's screen continuously increased.

2700... 2800... 2900... 3000!

"We're done!" Lonemoon's heart leapt. He immediately conjured a seal and notified Chef. "Alright, Chef."

The number on the screen stopped once again. A moment later, the ball of light that earlier disappeared into one of the bottomless pits flew back toward the supervision station. Chef returned to his regular form and walked out from amongst the flames.

Chapter 290: A Friend's Call for Help

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

"It's been so long since we last met – you've become a phoenix!" He was indeed the lovechild of a dragon and a phoenix. He could change between all three forms. Lonemoon patted Yi Qing on the shoulder.

Yi Qing swayed and then collapsed. Shen Ying caught him and held him up. "Chef!"

Lonemoon jumped back in shock. It was only then that he noticed that Yi Qing's face was drained of colour. Beads of perspiration were dripping down his face. "Holy shit, are you alright?" He quickly helped to support Yi Qing's other side.

"I'm alright." Yi Qing shook his head and smiled wryly, as if trying his hardest to assure Shen Ying. "Don't worry, Master. I'm just extremely worn out."

Shen Ying frowned. "Are you sure?"

"Yes." He nodded.

Shen Ying looked at Father Niu, who nodded as well. Lonemoon sighed, "His meridians are indeed fine." He really did use too much God Power. "We have to quickly destroy this planet. What should we do next?"

"We should buy a bomb and throw it down there." Shen Ying turned back to the screen and tapped on it. Suddenly, it flickered. All around, they saw bombs being put in place. "There just happened to be many on sale in the Star Network's black market." She scanned her surroundings and selected the cheapest one among them. Immediately, an alert sounded in the room.

[Ding! You don't have enough funds to make the purchase!]

Lonemoon: "..."

Yi Qing: "..."

"Er..." Shen Ying hesitated. "I forgot to fill up my game currency."

Fill what f*cking game currency? Didn't you always hack into networks?

"How should we change accounts?" Lonemoon pursed his lips and sighed.

"Huh?" Shen Ying stared blankly back at him.

Lonemoon was already stepping forward and tapping on the wristband that he still had on. The next moment, there was another alert. A screen appeared in front of him. The words "Shen Ying" changed to "Father Niu".

Raising his hand, he picked the most expensive type of bond.

There were a series of beeps and a familiar alert sounded.

[Ding! Purchase successful! Please visit us again next time!]

A moment later, a luxury explosive device which was all blue in colour appeared in front of the group.

Shen Ying: "..."

Yi Qing: "..."

(⊙_⊙)

Shen Ying raised her head to look at the screen and was almost blinded by the number of zeros she saw on Father Niu's account.

"Father Niu, did you hack the Star Network's bank?"

"Hack what bank?" Lonemoon rolled his eyes at her like a true CEO. "Wasn't this the money we earned from playing that game earlier on?"

"Er... didn't we get wiped out?"

"They wiped out my points," Lonemoon explained casually. "But the corpses that we killed were still under my name. I took the chance these couple of days to tidy things up."

"Then... you sold those beasts?" Wasn't that rubbish? How were they so valuable?

"I checked the industry chain in the Star Network as well while I was at it. I sent the corpses to a recycling company and split them into their respective parts before selling them. I've only just received half of the amount I sold them for. I'm still waiting for the other half to come in!"

As he spoke, he scanned the number in his account. Indeed, the huge number was still increasing. They listened to the sound of the number rising.

Shen Ying: "..."

Yi Qing: "..."

"Why are you staring at me?"

"No... Nothing. It's just that we feel the sudden urge to call you Daddy!"

"Get lost!"

——————

With Father Niu's huge financial support, the three of them managed to finish their task in just one day. Shen Jing kept to her word and retrieved two pieces of paper, on which she wrote the words "Plane Permit". She handed those pieces of paper to her.

Lonemoon looked at the A4 paper in front of him and did not react for a long time.

This was too freaking careless, wasn't it? Didn't she say that she would not hand out the permits so easily? The permits were just pieces of paper! Lonemoon shot a look at Shen Ying beside him and resisted the urge to vomit blood.

Yi Qing, on the other hand, was beyond shocked. He did not realise that anything was wrong. From the moment he landed on Earth, he had been feeling like something was dragging him back. Suddenly, that feeling was gone.

"That's right – you said earlier that there's a problem with Shen Ying's body. What's the problem?" Lonemoon asked.

"Little Ying..." Shen Jing turned to the woman next to her, her expression softening. Her gaze was overflowing with love and affection as her eyes welled up. "Every time I think of my cute Little Ying being dragged into a foreign plane to suffer, my heart hurts! But don't worry now, I will surely settle scores with those bastards!"

Shen Ying: "..." There is nothing worth living for.

Yi Qing: "..." Did Master's older sister activate some kind of special characteristics?

Lonemoon: "..." This woman is obsessed with her younger sister, isn't she? She must be!

What's more, this cheat Shen Ying did not even suffer!

"I can't find out what's wrong with her body, but i've already found a similar plane as the one you all described!" As if recalling something, Shen Jing pulled out a screen and began tapping away on it. "I've already contacted the manager over there. She will send a permit over here soon. After that, I'll go over and check things out for you. I'll find out exactly what's wrong with your body."

"A similar plane." Lonemoon hesitated. "Is there another immortal cultivator plane?"

"Yes." Shen Jing nodded. "There's no way of estimating the plane's coordinates. Apart from our plane and the plane that you all went to, there are several other planets that are very similar to both."

"Can you really find out the problem with Shen Ying?"

"I can't say for sure." Shen Jing sighed and frowned. "But I have to try."

Once she finished speaking, an alert sounded throughout the house.

"They've sent over the permit!" Shen Jing stood up as yet another screen popped up in front of her. On the screen was just one word written in red: Permit. Shen Jing raised her head and swiped the screen. The word split open and a gate opened right in front of her. A long white path began to form right before their eyes.

"Let's go." Shen Jing nodded toward the group of them. She took one step forward, then disappeared.

The few of them exchanged meaningful looks. This was the first time that all of them, apart from Shen Jing, were going to meet another manager. It was understandable that they were a little nervous. What's more, they had no idea how the other manager was going to look.

Lonemoon sucked in a deep breath and took a step forward as well. There was a flash of white, and immediately, they found themselves in a whole other environment.

They heard the familiar sound of.. cooking!

Then, there was a young woman's voice.

"You're here? Give me a moment. Let me clean up and I'll be right over!"

Shen Ying: "..."

Lonemoon: "..."

Yi Qing: "..."

What the hell?

Chapter 291: Friends in the Plane

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Lonemoon became increasingly confused as he looked at the other "manager". She was dressed in home clothes and slippers. She held a gaming console in her hands and she was clicking on it rapidly. She gritted her teeth as she cursed under her breath.

"The one who destroyed our tower in the middle is coming. Stop dreaming, stop him!"

"Why are all of you still going your own ways? Gather over here!"

"The Big Dragon is out, the Big Dragon is out. Go over and steal it now. Fatty, what are you doing? Go big, go big!"

"Holy shit, what are you pulling onto me for? Do you even know how to play this game!"

The group sat quietly on the couch for over half an hour, yet she still did not stop. Instead, she became more and more engrossed in the game, as if completely forgetting that there were four visitors right next to her.

Didn't Shen Jing say this was a pretty good immortal cultivator realm? Why was the manager's place so up-to-date? In fact, it was more similar to their modern world. There were even similar models of gaming consoles back in the modern world where they came from.

Lonemoon was just about to ask if Shen Jing had brought the through the wrong door when a man suddenly walked out of the kitchen. He was dressed in a warm-looking uniform, yet he emanated a certain cold Qi. Just one look at him made them feel cold to the bones. The man looked awkwardly at the visitors, put down the food in his hands, and approached them.

"Yu... Yao," he called the woman who was still engrossed in her game. He sounded just as cold as he looked. Yet, his expression softened slightly as he looked at the woman and snatched the gaming console out of her hands.

"Eh?" The woman tried to snatch it back. "Master, I'm about to win..."

"Yu Yao!" The man frowned and looked briefly at the group of people seated at the couch.

The woman paused, then turned to follow his gaze. She pursed her lips. "I'm sorry, I forgot you were still here."

She immediately stood up and cleared her throat. "Little Jing, it's been a long time since we last met." She smiled warmly at Shen Jing. When she turned to face Shen Ying, her eyes twinkled. "Is this your Little Ying? She's so adorable and cute!"

"She is, isn't she?" Shen Jing smiled. She pulled the other woman's arm and continued fawning, "You have no idea – she was even cuter when she was a child! I still have a photo of her when she was younger."

"Do you? Let me see it!" The two of them huddled close together.

"Look, this was taken when she was one. This one was taken when she was two."

"Whoa! It's true! Look, she was so chubby. How did you raise her? What milk powder did you use?"

"This could be a science. I did not feed her just any milk powder."

"You have so much experience – why don't you share it with me. I could use the same tricks on that little one at home."

"Alright, alright! Let me tell you..."

Shen Ying: "..."

Lonemoon: "..."

Yi Qing: "..."

The two of them were about to begin sharing all of their experience with rising children. The three people remaining on the couch frowned. Shen Ying pursed her lips and could not help but pull the woman next to her back. "Older SIster..." Do you even remember why we're here?

Shen Jing paused. Slowly, she kept the gaming console. "Yao Yao, I already told you about my situation awhile ago. This time, I brought Little Ying here to let you examine her for yourself. Your plane is quite similar to hers. I guess you'd be able to tell exactly what her problem is."

"Relax." The woman beat her own chest twice. "Your problem is my problem as well. Let me solve it." She turned to face the group and smiled specifically at Shen Ying. Then, she raised out a hand and said, "Little Ying, how are you? I'm a good friend of your older sister's. I'm Zhu Yao."

"Shen Ying." Shen Ying shook Zhu Yao's hand.

Zhu Yao turned back to face Shen Jing and asked, "Oh yes, you didn't explain very clearly in your message – what exactly is wrong with her body?"

"I can't retrieve her body's data. I suspect she's even gone over all the limits," Shen Ying answered in a low voice. "This only happened after she got dragged into that deviant plane."

Zhu Yao nodded, then gestured for Shen Ying to stand up. She circled around her and frowned. "That's strange. I don't see anything wrong with her!" Immortal Qi aside, Shen Ying did not even have a bit of spirit Qi flowing in her. This was not possible for someone who had been to an immortal cultivator realm.

"You can't tell either?" Shen Jing's expression fell.

Zhu Yao pondered for a moment. As if recalling something, she suddenly turned back and said to the cold man, "Master, why don't you take a look at Little Ying for me?" She turned to explain to the group, "My master knows more about the immortal cultivator realm than I do."

The man frowned and gestured toward the two men on the couch. "The two of their cultivation levels are not lower than mine. If they can't see what the problem is, I probably will not be able to as well."

"Well, we have no choice but to use the system's Heavenly Eye then." She activated a screen out of nowhere. "Before the Realm Spirit left, it gave me a detection system. It's meant to detect any bugs in the plane and alert me to them. Through the system, once can detect anomalies."

She glanced at Shen Ying and started up the system, explaining, "If there really is something wrong with Little Ying's data, the system will surely detect the bug. It will also say "BUG" on the screen. This way, if we trace back to the reason..."

"We'll be able to find out exactly how she turned out this way?" Shen Jing exclaimed in excitement.

"Yes!" Zhu Yao nodded. "But only the manager will be able to read the words on the system.

With a beep, a light flashed onto Shen Ying's forehead and moved slowly down to her toes. Indeed, Shen Ying's figure began to blur on the screen that Shen Jing and Zhu Yao were looking at. In its place, words appeared.

The words were getting bigger and clearer. A moment later, one big word was written on Shen Ying's face: BOSS.

Zhu Yao: "..."

Shen Jing: "..."

(⊙_⊙)

What the hell?

Why did it say "BOSS"? Was it not meant to say "BUG"? And why were the words in gold and not in black?

"Yao Yao, didn't you say... there would only be three letters?" Why were there four now?

"I... I don't know either." She had never seen a situation like that. To the system, a "BUG" could be fixed, but what could be done to a "BOSS"?

"Will it still be able to detect the reason?"

"Let me try!" Zhu Yao paused and sprang into action. She pointed to the screen and began to tap on it. There were a couple of beeps, and then a line of red words bounced onto the screen – Wrong target, error receiving information!

"I don't think so!" Zhu Yao frowned apologetically. "I'm sorry, Little Jing. I can't help you."

"No worries. We only came here to try our luck. In any event, I can't figure out the problem as well. You haven't been the plane manager for very long. It's expected that you would not be able to detect the problem."

"That's right, I'm still a newbie..." She trailed off mid-sentence, as if suddenly thinking of something. Zhu Yao's eyes immediately widened. "Why don't I introduce you to someone? He would definitely know!"

"Who is he?"

"The manager of the plane where I came from." Zhu Yao quickly tapped on the screen in front of her and tried to call that other manager. She made three calls, but the other party rejected all three calls. Zh Yao, however, was used to this by now. She attempted to reach the manager for the fourth time.

Immediately, a man appeared on the screen in front of her. He looked ferocious – like he would eat her up any moment. He shouted, "Are you courting death?"

Chapter 292: Super-Existence

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

"Hahaha..." Zhu Yao laughed out loud. "Big Guy, is Guo Guo in?"

"No! Get lost!" The man answered nastily. He was just about to hang up when a gentler voice sounded.

"Yao Yao, it's you!" A younger woman suddenly appeared on the screen, pulling the man away. "I haven't seen you for a few days. Where have you wandered to?"

"I returned to the immortal cultivator plane to finish some business," Zhu Yao replied. She became serious. "Guo Guo, can you ask that person from your home to help me? I have a friend..." She told Guo Guo everything regarding Shen Ying.

"Hmph!" The moment Zhu Yao finished speaking, the man from before tutted. "What do other planes have to do with me?"

"Is that a good friend of Yao Yao's?" The woman asked.

"Of course." Zhu Yao nodded.

The man's expression turned sour again. "We're not free-"

"Help!"

"Alright."

The next moment, the air in the house twisted. A passage through space appeared in front of them.

Shen Jing: "..."

Zhu Yao: "..."

Yu Yan: "..."

The trio that was observing the entire thing: "..."

———————

According to Zhu Yao, her good girlfriend's partner was a knowledgeable manager. He was the manager of the plane that she was from. It was a world extremely similar to the one Shen Jing came from. For as long as she could remember, he had been the manager of that plane. If anyone could figure out the problem with Shen Ying, it would be him.

After he analysed Shen Ying's numbers, he lost that initial contempt and disgust on his expression. The screen in his hands displayed a bunch of data, all in red.

"How is it?" Yi Qing asked anxiously. "May I ask what exactly is wrong with my master?"

The man gave a strange face and scanned Shen Ying from head to toe. He sat down and replied, "Nothing."

All of them paused. What did he mean?

"If I'm not wrong, she's better than everyone else here." He glanced at Shen Jing and Zhu Yao, then added, "Including us."

"What do you mean?" Lonemoon stared blankly back at him.

"Although I'm not fully certain, I'm about 80 to 90 percent sure." He gave Shen Ying an inexplicable expression and asked, "Do you feel the limits of your strength?"

Shen Ying paused. "Limits?" Were there?

"Then I should be right!" He looked like he had not even expected an answer from her. Strolling next to Guo Guo, he sat down and addressed Shen Jing. "You are a manager as well. You should know the nature of our existence, right?"

"We're above the plane's existence," Shen Jing answered almost immediately.

"That's right," the man continued. "We are higher than the planes. We either came into existence at the exact same time as the planes- like me – or we received acceptance from the planes – like you – or we were chosen by the planes – like that freeloader." He pointed to Zhu Yao.

Zhu Yao: "..."

"In sum, we are practically one with the plane," he continued. "That's why we're allowed to manage the planes. Any person, matter, or thing to do with the plane is within our management. Nothing can avoid our eye. That's of course unless... that person, matter, or thing has left the plane, like the freeloader who received rights to manage the plane from the plane's consciousness."

Zhu Yao: "..." Enough, stop calling me a freeloader.

"I know that," Shen Jing said in a low voice. "But Little Ying belongs to my plane. I can sense the connection with her, yet I can't figure out her problem."

"That's because she voluntarily allowed you to connect with her. Otherwise, you would not be able to sense her existence."

Shen Jing paused. Everybody in the house turned to Shen Ying at once.

Huh?

Shen Ying looked confused. Silently, she put down the apple that she picked up. What? Can't I eat?

Yi Qing, who was next to her, handed her an immortal fruit out of habit.

"How can that be!" Shen Jing exclaimed, unable to understand. "Little Ying is my biological sister. Of course she belongs to my plane."

"Wasn't I a free gift to you when you topped up your cell phone plan?" Shen Ying interrupted.

"Nonsense!" Shen Jing glared at her. "I picked you up from the garbage bin."

Shen Ying, "..."

Yi Qing: "..."

Lonemoon, "..."

What was the difference?

"I brought her up since she was a baby. You could say that we have the same blood flowing through our veins," Shen Jing continued. "Compared to others, she has the deepest connection with my plane. How can she avoid my sensing?"

"If you don't believe me, use your plane purview to test it." The man pointed to Shen Ying.

Shen Jing paused and turned to Shen Ying, her eyes narrowing. Suddenly, a strong aura radiated toward the group. For a fraction of a second, the entire room became filled with a high pressure. An inexplicable fear rose up in all of their chests so that they could not even speak up in objection. Lonemoon, who was from the same plane as Shen Jing, let out a cry and fell to his knees.

Holy shit! Not him again?

凸(艹皿艹)

Lonemoon felt his heart get heavier and heavier. It threatened to blow up in his chest.

"Older Sister!" Shen Ying stepped forward, between Shen Jing and Father Niu.

Suddenly, as if she had broken something, the pressure disappeared. Even Shen Jing stepped backward.

"Little Ying..." She looked at her in disbelief.

"That's what I said," the man announced. "She's no longer under the purview of your plane."

"..." Shen Jing hesitated.

Everyone present looked confused. They did not understand exactly what the man was trying to say. Even Zhu Yao looked dazed. She looked to Guo Guo, pleading her for an explanation.

"Put it simply – what's wrong with her?" Guo Guo asked the man.

"Yes, Honey," the man answered. He held Guo Guo's hand as he said, "In other words, her body has changed so that the nature of her existence is different now. It's changed in a way that even we, managers, would not understand."

"What do you mean?"

"Let me put it this way – if everything in the plane is ordinary, then managers are considered extraordinary. We have greater powers than everything in our planes."

"That, I know," Shen Jing responded.

The man continued, "Do you still remember what your body felt like when you first transmigrated?"

Shen Ying tilted her head. "Hungry?"

"That's right." The man nodded. "You're Shen Jing's assistant and her younger sister. You already had a body very similar to a manager's. Your older sister has been training you to become a manager. But when you transmigrated, your body happened to be at the tip of ascension. That was the point at which you were about to become a manager. The moment you transmigrated, your body absorbed the powers of both planes so that the nature of your existence changed. You ascended by two whole stages. That consumed so much energy, resulting in you feeling hungry."

"You mean that I'm... a manager?" Shen Ying looked at him quizzically.

"No, you've accumulated the powers of two separate planes," he explained seriously. "You're not just a manager, you're-"

"More than a manager!" Shen Jing finished his sentence.

"..."

(⊙_⊙)

"If we say that a manager exists on a higher level than a plane," the man said slowly, emphasising every word, "you now exist on an even higher level than managers."

Everyone: "..."

So that's what "BOSS" meant?

Chapter 293: An Other-Worldly Confession

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Shen Ying and the group sought help in a confused state and returned home in an equally confused state. Lonemoon at least finally understood why Shen Ying was so scary. It was no wonder that immortals, divine beings, demons, and even the Godfiend – who was akin to a manager – had nothing on her. Even realm gates, which ordinary people found so difficult to walk through, could be torn open by her easily.

So it was all because she wasn't even on the same level as the rest of them! Lonemoon still did not understand what it meant to absorb the power of the planes, but on further thought, he could imagine that the difference between her and them was similar to the difference between 3D and 2D people. In other words, she could tear them apart with her own two hands. No matter what quality of paper they were drawn on, they would still be paper to her!

Somehow, he knew that he would need some time to absorb all of these things. Shen Jing too did not look like she wanted to stay any longer. After hearing the explanation of Shen Ying's situation, she opened the gates to their own plane and started to return. Shen Ying, however, continued to chew on her fruit carelessly, as if she had no idea about her own strength.

"Chef! Chef?" Lonemoon nudged the person next to him, who was staring blankly into thin air. "Let's go!"

"Oh." Yi Qing nodded. He turned around and glanced at Yu Yan, who was embracing Zhu Yao. Then, he followed the group into the plane passage.

So they... were master and disciple as well.

"Little Ying, I can't help you with your situation as well," Shen Jing sighed. She looked worriedly at the people in front of her. Now that she understood Shen Ying's situation, she could not decide if it was good or bad. "Try your best to adjust to it."

"Oh." Shen Ying nodded, as if she did not find anything wrong with it.

"As for your transmigration, I still have to investigate the reason." She frowned, as if recalling something. "Did you say that you were playing a primitive game when you transmigrated?"

Primitive... Father Niu felt a knife cut through his heart.

Seeing Shen Ying nod, Shen Jing continued, "I followed this lead. Given your current situation, I don't think you're suited to manage the plane's matters. Your holiday is extended until further notice."

"Yes, Older Sister. No problem, Older Sister." Shen Ying's eyes twinkled.

"I have other matters to tend to. I'll be back in three days." She turned to open another space portal. Before she entered it, she said, "Don't get into trouble." Then, she disappeared.

Shen Ying finally relaxed her entire body. She immediately looked like a pile of sand once again. Walking to the computer, she picked up two familiar-looking wristbands and handed one to Chef before putting the other one on. Her eyes brightened as she turned to Lonemoon.

"Father Niu, let's go hack some systems!"

"Get lost!"

Apart from eating, sleeping and playing, do you have anything more meaningful to do?

Shen Ying sighed, but did not push him further. "Chef, let's go!"

She was just about to activate her wristband when Yi Qing unexpectedly handed his back to Shen Ying. He lowered his gaze. Many emotions flashed across his face, as if he had been suppressing them for a long time. Obviously, they were about to explode out of his chest. "Master..."

"Huh?" Shen Ying stared blankly back at him.

He clenched his fists by his side, determined. Standing up, he looked at Shen Ying with an extremely serious expression. Then, he took two steps forward and fell to his knees before kowtowing to her.

"What are you doing?" Shen Ying exclaimed, jumping back. Even Lonemoon looked over in surprise.

Yi Qing's expression was even more resolute. He looked directly at her and loudly said, "Your disciple has troubles and he needs Master to help him."

"What... What troubles?" Shen Ying was taken aback by how serious Chef looked. "You don't have to be... that serious, do you? Get up first."

"This has been on your disciple's heart for countless years, and I haven't found the solution. It's beginning to breed mental demons. I hope Master will listen to your disciple." When he finished, he kowtowed once more. His head hit the floor with a resolute thud.

"Alright, alright, alright. I'll listen. I'll listen, alright?" He was scaring her. "Talk."

"Your disciple is very fortunate to have you as his master. I've learned a great deal from you.," he spoke slowly, emphasising every word. "In your disciple's heart, Master is someone who has guided me throughout life. Ever since I joined you, I have put all your matters and worries on my heart, prioritising them above all else."

"Yes."

"I've followed Master for so many years, trying to do my best as your disciple. I took pride in learning from you and following in your footsteps. As time went by, your disciple found hidden desires in his heart. I did not notice them before, but now... I cannot get rid of them." He clenched his fists by his sides one more, looking extremely ashamed and embarrassed.

Shen Ying instinctively asked him, "What are they?"

Yi Qing began to tremble. He looked unable to carry on but after awhile, he raised his head and took in a deep breath. "I'm your disciple, and I'm proud to be. Developing to my fullest potential and helping you develop the sect far and wide is my duty. But... I don't want to! I'm selfish and I don't want Master to have disciples all over the world. I don't want Master to have any other disciple. I don't want anyone else coming close to Master. I don't want Master to leave my sight for even a second. These are the selfish desires I have harboured in my heart for a long time. I have been unsuccessful in getting rid of them."

"..."

"Your disciple wants to be by Master's side forever. I want to accompany Master and be your only disciple forever. I don't want anyone else to be by your side, and I want... Master to remain beside me forever."

"..."

"Master, you taught me to be upright yet I've harboured such selfish desires. I've let Master down, but no matter how hard I tried, I could not get rid of these desires. In the past few thousand years of searching for Master, I became more and more buried in these desires and thoughts. All I can do now is to ask for Master's guidance!"

"..."

"I don't want to separate from Master anymore. I just want Master... all to myself."

Pui...

Lonemoon, who heard every single words, could not help but spit out his mouthful of drink and break out in maniacal laughter. However, he choked and began to cough non-stop. As he coughed, he beat his own chest. Yet, with his other hand, he gave Yi Qing a thumbs up.

"Hahaha... ke ke ke... Brother, your righteous confession was really out of this world. It's unbeatable – too strong!" This was the first time he saw such a serious and raw confession. "Even I am almost moved by you."

"What do you mean?" Yi Qing frowned.

"I never would have thought, Chef! I never expected you to have such tricks up your sleeve. It's coming at the wrong time, though." When he finished speaking, he doubled over in laughter once again.

Yi QIng's expression hardened. Very seriously, he said, "Everything that I said came straight from my hard. I did not lie at all. Can Fellow Daoist Lonemoon please not not take me as a joke?"

Hey, he's addressing me as "Fellow Daoist". He really is angry!

"I'm really asking Master for guidance as to how to solve my problem. I want to get rid of these selfish desires before I make a huge mistake. If I acted out of place in the past, I'm pleading with Master to punish me accordingly!"

"Punish? Wait!" Lonemoon suddenly thought of a possibility. He looked at Chef like he was an alien. "You... you really don't understand that you like Shen Ying? You don't know that you want to chase her?"

"..." What?

He likes... Master!!!

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Chapter 294: Niu-Style Counseling

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

"What... What?!" Yi Qing stared blankly at him, as if was just beginning to realize where the conversation was headed. A moment later, he snapped back to reality. His serious expression turned red as if something exploded behind it. He began to panic. "I... I... like Master?" He instinctively glanced at the woman in front of him. Before he even met her eyes however, he looked back down like a child who was caught doing something wrong.

He... This feeling he had toward Master was... fancy? Did he really fancy Master?! If fancying Master meant that he would get to be beside Master forever, he guessed he did fancy her.

"You really don't know!" Lonemoon exclaimed incredulously. He was not even clear of his own feelings, yet went ahead to confess to Shen Ying. From the way he was acting, it was obvious she was his first... whatever.

"Mas... Master." Yi Qing seemed to shrink back into his own body. Where he was confidently pleading for guidance earlier, he now looked like a deflated basketball. Guiltily, he kept sneaking glances at Shen Ying.

"Hey, say something!" Lonemoon nudged Shen Ying.

"Say... say what?" Shen Ying cleared her throat. This sudden confession from Chef did make her feel a little awkward. She did not know what to say or do.

"Are you trying to be as stupid as him?" Lonemoon rolled his eyes. "At least say something in response to what he told you." After awhile, Lonemoon added, "I'm telling you, you won't be able to find someone else like Chef... who cooks so well." They were brothers who fought alongside each other after all. Lonemoon felt obliged to help his brother out.

"Ah, so troublesome!" All this dating business.

Troublesome your ass!

"Chef." Shen Ying turned to face Yi Qing seriously.

Yi Qing paused, unable to digest the truth that Lonemoon had just revealed to him. Unable to keep from blushing, he looked at Shen Ying. "Mas... Master?"

"Have you figured out what exactly you want to say to me?"

Yi Qing paused, his eyes clouding over once more. He stared at Shen Ying for a few moments without reacting.

"Ah." Shen Ying sighed. "Then let's leave it as this first. Talk to me when you're ready." She waved her hand, intending to dismiss the meeting. "It's almost noon – it's time to cook lunch."

She stood up and gestured for Chef to get to work.

"I like Master!" Yi Qing suddenly announced. He seemed to have figured out his feelings. He spoke even louder than he did before and raised his head to look at Shen Ying squarely in the eye. Yet, his face remained red as a tomato. Emphasizing on each word, he said, "If your disciple's intention to Master all to myself indicates that I like Master, then I've already liked you for a long... long time."

Shen Ying, "..."

Lonemoon, "..."

Holy shit, this was a much better confession!

A long time later...

"But... But I think I don't really like you!"

"..."

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Lonemoon felt a bit colder over the past few days since Yi Qing unexpectedly confessed and failed.. Although they acted no different from usual – the one who always played games continued to play games and the one who always cooked continued to cook – he felt a certain tension in the household. As an observer, Lonemoon was getting increasingly uncomfortable. This was especially so when he met Yi Qing's devastated eyes..

Most importantly...

"Hey, why don't you manage this?" Lonemoon pointed at Yi Qing busying himself.

"Manage what?" Shen Ying stared blankly back at Lonemoon.

"What else!" Lonemoon rolled his eyes. "Chef is starting to cook again."

"What's so weird about him cooking?" He's a chef!

"It's not weird that he's cooking, but he doesn't have to cook more than ten dishes per day, does he?" Lonemoon pointed at the table full of food. From the day he confessed, Chef had not left the kitchen. He cooped himself in there all day long to cook.

He had seen his fair share of people who turned to alcohol after falling out of love, but he had never seen someone turn to cooking! It was tiring for Lonemoon to buy groceries as well!

"I said I'm full, but he wouldn't stop!" Shen Ying shrugged. Suddenly, she thought of something. "Oh yes, Father Niu, remember to pay for the gas."

"Get out!" He glared at her. A moment later, he blurted, "Do you really have no feelings for Chef?"

"Just a bit... I think?"

"If you do, then go for it!" Lonemoon exclaimed. "Since when did you become so wishy-washy?" Did she not notice that Chef was devastated?

Shen Ying narrowed her eyes at him. "He's different."

"How is he different?" Lonemoon asked, puzzled. "He did not understand his own feelings earlier on, but don't tell me you didn't as well? All these years, who couldn't tell that he was interested in you? I'm sure he would have dug his own heart out for you if you had asked him to."

"That's why... he's different!" Shen Ying frowned and sighed. "I do have some feelings for him, but it's just a little. I don't know how long they'll last, and I don't know when they'll vanish. I'd rather not start a relationship that is bound to fail."

Lonemoon was startled. He looked at her incredulously. "You were afraid that you'd hurt Chef even deeper if you broke up with him."

Shen Ying looked away. "I guess... so."

"Are you crazy?" Lonemoon suddenly reached out to touch her forehead. "You're not having a fever! And you've eaten. Why are you acting retarded?"

"Get away." Shen Ying swatted his hand away.

"Where has all your logic gone? Why aren't you using it now?" Lonemoon rolled his eyes. "Do you know what you're doing? You're playing hard to get!"

"..." Huh?

He finally threw those words in her face. Immediately, he felt much more satisfied. "Is there anyone else like you, who would think about breaking up before even starting the relationship? How do you know you would break up with Chef? Relationships are hard to predict. Not all of them will come to an end as time passes."

"I'm not-"

"I know that compared to you, Chef's feelings run much deeper. He's also much more intense. You know it and Chef knows it as well. But it's not going to be a competition between the two of you – who cares who loves the other more or less? Why are you just thinking about what would happen if you break up? Why not think about how much joy you would both gain if you get together?"

"No, I'm afraid-"

"You're afraid that you would hurt him more in the future. But he's already hurt now!"

"But-"

"You're not from the future. Nobody knows what's going to happen. Who would know what the outcome would be if you don't try it out? Why are you so afraid to take risks when it comes to relationships?"

"..." Alright, as long as you're happy.

"When did you become such a negative little brat? In the past..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Ying jumped to her feet, startling him.

"You mean... I should accept him and see how it goes?"

"That's right, what are you afraid of?"

"All right!"

Huh?

Father Niu paused, suddenly having a bad feeling in his gut.

Chapter 295: For the Sake of Transmigration

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Shen Ying scanned him from head to toe and gave him a weird look. As if thinking of something, her expression changed. Her eyes twinkled. "Father Niu, you're very right! I've decided to listen to you!"

"Ah! Huh?" She's agreeing just like that?

"We already agreed – Father Niu is giving me permission to do it."

"What... What?" Agree? What did we agree on?

"So you have to bravely take responsibility if anything goes wrong in the future, hey?"

"What do you mean?" Lonemoon looked confused. Bravely take responsibility? Speak clearly!

Shen Ying did not respond to him. She walked briskly to the kitchen and excitedly dragged Chef out to the living room.

"Mas... Master?" Chef looked lost. "Is there something urgent?"

"Come back with me and talk about life."

"Ah! Huh?" Yi Qing paused. "Master, what did you want to say?"

"Let's get on the bed before we talk!" She opened the door and pushed Yi Qing onto the bed. There was a huge crash and the door was closed.

Lonemoon, "..."

Hey, hey, hey, practice some abstinence. Mind your image. What are you trying to do in broad daylight? And he was still here as a lightbulb. He did not want to hear any weird sounds!

——————

Before Yi Qing could react, Shen Ying leaned over really closely. She was almost stuck to his body.

"Mas..." His heart began to race wildly. Before he could speak, Shen Ying's cold voice sounded by his ear.

"Chef, I want a way to go back to that world."

Yi Qing hesitated, then his eyes widened. He could go back?!

"Master, together!" He asked anxiously.

"Yes." Shen Ying nodded before leaning closer again. "But... you might have to be put at a disadvantage."

"All right!"

"I haven't said what I have to do and you're agreeing?"

"I'll trust whatever Master says."

"..." Shen Ying kept silent. she averted her gaze uncomfortably. A moment later, she said in a low voice, "Well... you know that theoretically, my older sister would never allow me to leave this plane. If I suggest it, there will only be one outcome."

"Wh... What?"

"She will break my leg or break both of your legs!"

"..."

"Unless... I have the power to be independent."

"Independent?" He stared blankly at her. Master is so powerful, and they had already shown that she was the strongest in the plane. How was she not independent?

"That's not how we see things in my household." Shen Ying pursed her lips. "My older sister's idea of independence is... to start a family."

Yi Qing paused. He finally understood what she was saying and nodded. "I will play along with Master."

"Well... Let's make things clear first. I'm not trying to play with your feelings!" Shen Ying tried to explain. "You're great and I do like you a little, but not to that extent. To me, relationships are unnecessary. I had no intention of getting into a relationship. That's why I'm used to you playing my chef rather than my boyfriend. I'm not sure if I will become like you in the future or if I will forever-"

"Master." Yi Qing cut her off. His eyes began to well up. "I know. I never wanted to change anything. This... is great!" He never hoped for her to return his feelings. He was satisfied just being allowed to stay by her side. In those long and dreadful 3000 years, all he dreamt of was being reunited with her. Now that he was, he had no other wishes!

However...

"Master, can you promise me something?"

"Yes?"

"No matter what Master decides, I will always be Master's disciple and chef. If there comes a day that Master intends to... "date", can you... can you consider me first?"

Shen Ying paused.

A while later...

"All right!"

****

A few moments later.

"Master."

"Yes?"

"Why are we discussing this in the cupboard?"

"... My older sister will hear us."

"So.. she won't hear you if you climb on top of me?"

"..."

Er, they should probably sit down instead.

***

A... another moment later.

"Master."

"Yes?"

"Will your older sister really break my leg?"

"Don't worry, Father Niu is here. She will break his first!"

"..."

"Then... she won't have energy to break ours."

"..."

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Lonemoon's back felt chilly from time to time recently. No matter how he tried to activate his immortal Qi, he could not warm himself up. His right eyelid also would not stop twitching. It was almost like something huge was about to happen. It could be that the plane was rejecting him. Somehow, he just felt like something was amiss.

Chef and Shen Ying, on the other hand, seemed to really be an item now. Yet, they didn't look one bit like a couple. Shen Ying continued gaming every single day, slumping around like a pile of mud. Chef was still Chef. Each time he looked at Shen Ying, he looked a little more focused, like he had figured something out. He was no longer cooking more than ten dishes a day. The two of them were exactly the way they used to be.

It made Lonemoon suspect whether he had imagined Shen Ying dragging Yi Qing into the room for half a day.

"Are you really together?" It really did not look like it!

Lonemoon had been planning to buy the apartment across from Shen Ying so as to avoid any awkward situations. Yet, that very night, Chef continued to sleep in his own room. He did not look like he had the slightest intention to move to Shen Ying's room.

Shen Ying hesitated and turned to face him. She curled her finger toward Yi Qing, who was holding fruits at the time. "Chef, come here!"

"Master?" Yi Qing paused cutting his fruits and looked over in confusion.

Shen Ying reached out and grabbed his collar, then pulled him toward her. She planted a kiss squarely on his lips without any hesitation. Yi Qing, on the other hand, immediately dropped all the fruits he had been holding and blushed.

She turned to face Lonemoon. "How's that?"

"..."

Was this animal abuse?

Lonemoon was just about to pass a sarcastic comment when they heard something falling to the floor. They turned and saw that a figure had just landed. Shen Jing, who had been gone for several days, was now standing in front of them.

Lonemoon, "..."

Yi Qing: "..."

Shen Ying, who was still holding on to Yi Qing's collar: "..."

Shen Jing scanned the group coolly, her expression darkening, so her face looked like the bottom of a wok. The temperature in the room dropped.

The entire house was now filled with a palpable silence.

As if something illuminated his mind, Lonemoon suddenly understood why he had been feeling cold intermittently over the past few days. Suddenly, what Shen Ying said to him previously made sense.

Lonemoon was so caught up with the drama that he had forgotten there was a Demon King in Shen Ying's own house, who was a control-freak over her own sister. Faintly, Lonemoon heard a bell ringing in the distance.

Two words repeated themselves constantly in his mind – he's dying, he's dying, he's dying...

Chapter 296: The Mastermind behind the Forced Transmigration

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

An hour later.

Shen Jing looked at the three people standing in front of her who were timid as sparrows. They felt a chill straight to their bones as she looked at them.

"In other words... you're with the brat from the deviant world now?"

Shen Ying trembled and weakly mumbled, "Yes..."

"Are you going to follow him to that plane?"

"... Yes."

She glanced at Lonemoon. "And you matchmade them?"

Lonemoon shivered. "I...." did?

"Good!" Shen Jing sighed, as if she was trying to repress something. "Come over here for awhile!"

Before Lonemoon could react, he felt something tighten around his collar. His entire body flew forward and suddenly he found himself in a room.

The next moment, a blood-curdling scream sounded from inside.

"Wait... why me? What has it got to do with... Ah! Pain, pain, pain... Wait, what's that! Put it down... Help... Shen Ying, you betrayer!"

"You let my sister fall into a trap and you're trying to kidnap her to her to your deviant plane. I'm going to kill you!"

Shen Ying and Yi Qing, who were left behind, could not stop trembling.

Father Niu, we will be filial to you in the future.

A half hour later...

"Father Niu, are you still alive?"

Lonemoon held onto his swollen face as he sucked in a cool breath. "You freaking did this on purpose!"

Ah~ Pain, pain, pain...

F*cker! She knew that Shen Jing would not agree to her returning to the immortal cultivator plane. She was not even troubled about whether she should agree to Yi Qing's request. She was only afraid that Shen Jing would get angry. That was why she got him to share the blame. This woman was too scheming.

"Don't get caught up with the details." She had already beaten him up. Her older sister was now cooling down. "Chef, tend to Father Niu's injuries."

"Yes Master, no problem Master!"

"Get lost!" We're cutting ties! We're definitely cutting all ties!

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"Older Sister, this is..." Shen Ying pointed at a non-human-like figure beside Father Niu and asked warily.

"The main culprit behind your transmigration to the deviant plane." Shen Jing, who had cooled down a bit by then, looked to the two people on the floor and said coolly.

The two of them immediately shivered.

Shen Ying took a closer look and found that the person looked quite familiar. Suddenly, she started. "Kaitian!"

"Little Ying.." The person who had been beaten up more severely than Lonemoon raised his head and smiled wryly. That caused his wounds to act up. He was completely unrecognisable.

Lonemoon paused and only then realised that there was someone else there with them. For some reason, he could not understand what Shen Ying was saying. Wasn't Kaitian their assistant? Did he push Shen Ying into the deviant world on his own?

"You're a divine being," Yi Qing suddenly said.

"What!" Lonemoon exclaimed. On closer inspection, he found that there was a certain God Power in the man's body. Yet, it seemed hidden. Nobody would notice it if they did not look for it.

"Hi~ Indeed, I am from that world," Kaitian laughed, looking at Shen Ying. Seeing that she had no intention of objecting, he conjured a seal to tend to the wounds on his face. "Little Ying, I'm sorry. I indeed sent you to that world by force."

"Why?" Shen Ying asked.

"Well... I had no other choice!" His face scrunched up, like he was about to cry. "Our world had no manager. As time goes by, it will surely disappear forever. I tried many different ways but I could not solve the problem, until I stumbled upon this realm. Shen Jing trained you according to the standards of a manager since you were young. That's why I thought... Maybe I should make you the manager of our plane."

"You wanted Shen Ying to take over that world?"

"Yes!" He nodded. "But I didn't expect you to mutate while transmigrating. According to what Shen Jing told me, you've already become more than a manager. This means that you're meant to be the manager of our plane."

"Heh!" Shen Jing tutted. "You mean to say... the sister that I took pains to bring up has to clean up your mess?"

"No, no, no! That's not what I meant, Boss!" Kaitian immediately got worked up. He glanced at Shen Ying and said, "My realm is extremely weak now. As soon as the three of us elders disappear, it will be gone."

"Three?" Yi Qing paused, as if thinking of something. His eyes widened. "You're the god of creation!" He's the last of the three.

"You've heard about me?" Kaitian stared at them blankly.

"We have met the other two." Lonemoon frowned. "They were the ones who sent Shen Ying and I back." On further thought, Lonemoon added, "They could not wait to get rid of us."

"What!" Kaitian jumped to his feet. "These freaking bastards! I was wondering why Little Ying returned so quickly. Boss had not even realised she was gone."

His heart stopped for a moment. He had hidden the message so that Shen Jing would not be alerted to Shen Ying's disappearance. He also did not interact at all with anyone from that plane. Yet, the manager that he went through so much pain to find got sent back by his bastard teammates. Initially, he thought that if Shen Ying was allowed to remain there for a few years, she would surely develop feelings for that place. Although he knew he would bring Shen Ying back eventually, he also knew that his chances of persuading her to go over to his realm then would be much higher.

Shen Ying was not a real manager and there was a risk that she would not have been able to withstand the pressure of the plane. However, she had Shen Jing supporting her. If anything happened, Shen Jing had no choice but to help her.

He had thought of everything. It was a pity that his own people ruined his plan. Could he feel any worse than he did at that moment? Kaitian was absolutely shattered.

"If I had known, I would-"

"You would what?" Shen Jing suddenly said. "You mean to say that if I hadn't found out, you would not have brought her back?"

Kaitian shivered and immediately knelt back down. "I know my mistake, Boss."

"Kaitian, I've been too kind to you. Did you forget whose plane this is!" Shen Jing's voice suddenly sounded extremely cold. A terrifying aura seemed to be projected from her body. Kaitian, who was kneeling, suddenly felt a strong pressure pressing down on him, forcing every inch of his body to stick to the floor. He began to cough up blood. "What does your plane dying have to do with my sister? Why should she help you?"

"Boss..." Kaitian's eyes widened with the sheer effort he had used to say that one word.

"Don't forget, I had the power to adopt you as my assistant and I also have the power to destroy you!" She sounded almost menacing. The moment she finished speaking, there was a crack. The floor beneath Kaitian split open and a white flash of light shone onto his forehead. It seemed like something was going to fly out of there.

"Older Sister..." Shen Ying stepped forward between the two of them.

Shen Jing paused. The light on Kaitian's head suddenly disappeared.

"I'm firing him. Why are you interfering?" Shen Jing looked at her. Upon recalling something, her expression darkened. "Don't tell me that you really want to be the manager of that rotten plane?"

Chapter 297: Taking Over the Plane

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Shen Ying looked over and hesitated before saying, "Older Sister, I want to go back there."

"I don't agree to that!" Shen Jing retorted immediately. "Apart from this plane, you're not allowed anywhere else. Sit down!"

Shen Ying stayed put. She repeated, "Older Sister, I want to go there."

"I said no, and that's that!" She frowned deeply. "Do you know how dangerous it is to take over another plane? Have you forgotten how many times you've been attacked by invaders when you were younger?"

"I did not."

"Then why do you still dare to go over? Setting aside whether you can handle an invasion, what if you are rejected by the plane?"

"The chances of that are too low. It won't happen."

"Who says so? What if... what if it really happens? Will you wait until then to have regrets?"

"Older Sister..."

"No way!"

"But... you can't stop me."

Shen Jing paled. She turned to Shen Ying in disbelief. There was pain in her eyes. "What did you just say? Say it again."

Shen Ying clenched her fists by her side and took a step forward. She held on to her sister's hands with both of hers and said, "Older Sister, I'm not a child anymore. You don't have to protect me." You've made me strong.

Shen Jing stared blankly back at her for awhile. Then, she sighed as she paced back and forth in the living room, as if thinking about what to say next.

Suddenly, she stopped and walked back to Shen Ying. "You really... have to go?"

"Yes."

"Alright." She turned to sit down on the couch. Her entire body seemed to relax as she leaned back. "I promised you – when you're independent, I will no longer manage all of your affairs. Just think carefully!" Her expression suddenly cooled as she faced Chef. "And you're right. Given your current powers, I cannot stop you." She went through great pains to raise a younger sister. Now, she's about to sprout her own wings and fly off. How Shen Jing wished she could tear the kidnapper of her sister apart!

"..."

"You've already thought about it. Given your current powers, you can easily control any plane that you want. You could even create an entirely new one on your own. Are you sure you want to return to that world?" Shen Jing turned to glare at Kaitian, who was still on the floor. She added, "That plane never even had a manager. I don't know how much of a mess you will have to clean up."

"Actually, there is no need for you to worry. Little Ying has already settled the biggest problem there was," Kaitian suddenly blurted from the ground. "What's more, I can help her."

"Hmph!" Shen Jing tutted. "You're making it sound like I'm going to let you go back there."

Kaitian immediately shrunk back.

"I can bring Father Niu and Chef," Shen Ying said. "They're better than Kaitian."

Kaitian: "..." Alright, just stab me with a knife.

"He can." Shen Jing pointed at the man who had taken over their home's kitchen. Then, she glanced at Lonemoon. "But he... he's from this world. If he goes over there...." It could affect the plane.

"What if he becomes the manager's assistant?" Shen Ying asked.

"Assistant?" Shen Jing frowned and turned to study the betrayer, Kaitian. Becoming a manager's assistant would indeed change the dynamics of the plane. "You've thought about it. You can only have two assistants and you can never change them." This was the only reason she was still letting Kaitian live!

"Mm." Shen Ying nodded. "Father Niu is enough." She could already smell the lifelong holiday she was about to get.

Lonemoon, who was suddenly being recognised: "..."

Shen Ying was only saying this so that the three of them could return to that world, right? That must be the case. Why was he feeling so uneasy then?

"Forget it, you already have a super-existence greater than this plane's. I can no longer control you. Make your own decisions. But before that..."

She turned around and glared at Kaitian once again. Kicking him, she said, "Since Little Ying has already decided to take over that plane, I will not pursue your little actions. But make sure that you solve the mess that you've left behind there, otherwise..."

"Yes, Boss! No problem, Boss!" Kaitian hurt everywhere as he straightened his back. That's great, his plane finally had a manager. His efforts all these years had not gone to waste.

He was elated, happy to the point of tears...

ू*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ)

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Lonemoon did not dare imagine that he would be able to return to the immortal cultivator realm so soon. Shen Ying was now even the manager of that world. In other words, they could go anywhere they wanted in the Three Realms. Technically, they could already do that before. But now that they were returning to a familiar place, he felt especially emotional.

Shen Ying scratched the air lightly and a white passage opened up. A familiar gust of immortal Qi charged toward them. They could also faintly see the familiar horizon through the passage. Shen Ying was a manager after all – the passage that she opened was a notch better than the one the Godfiend opened for them.

Within seconds, they found themselves back in the Divine Territory of the Godfiend. Kaitian's real name was Kai Tian [1. Sky Opener]. Indeed, he was the last of the three ancient gods. Perhaps because he had tolerated enough under Shen Jing, the moment he arrived back in the Divine Territory, he dragged the Godfiend and Meng Po out for a three-hour long lashing. The two of them stood in front of him quietly like a badly behaved grandchildren.

Actually, all of these only happened because the two of them did not recognise Shen Ying as the person whom Kai Tian had sent over to be their manager. Kai Tian travelled to many planes in search of a manager until he arrived at Shen Jing's. When he met Shen Ying, he purposely hid the plane that he was from so as to create the impression that he could not be sent back. This was why Shen Jing agreed to keep him as her assistant.

Behind her back, he tried to connect his world with Shen Jing's so that he could send Shen Ying over. Yet, Shen Jing was a control-freak with regards to her sister. She always kept a close watch on her, so he never had the chance. That was until Shen Ying went on a holiday. During that period, however, the Godfiend who had been waiting for a long time in his own world, predicted that Lonemoon could help their plane solve the problem. He found the connection with Lonemoon's world that Kai Tian had earlier created and mistook Lonemoon as the one whom Kai Tian had found to fix their world's problem. So the Godfiend took matters into his own hands and pulled Lonemoon over himself.

Lonemoon trained for several hundred years but never showed any potential of managing the plane. Moreover, Kai Tian never responded to the Godfiend. The Godfiend was beginning to give up hope of ever finding a manager for their world.

What's more, ever since Shen Ying transmigrated over, she had practically been on a long-term holiday. She did not demonstrate her power to manage the plane at all. Instead, her powers became mutated after the transmigration so that even the Godfiend could not sense her limits. This threatened the Godfiend, causing him to treat her as an invader.

Once he found the chance, and after he got the demonic realm out of trouble, he sent Lonemoon and the invader Shen Ying back where they belonged.

Initially, Lonemoon really wanted to beat the Godfiend up. But since Kai Tian had already given him a good lashing, Lonemoon resisted the urge to do so. Kai Tian briefed them on what they had to do and was now heading back to Shen Jing's plane. Afterall, he was already sealed as Shen Jing's assistant. Even though he was one of the gods of creation of this plane, he no longer belonged here. He had no choice but to return to continue working his job

Mm, he probably would also have to do what used to be Shen Ying's job.

Chapter 298: Hiring an Assistant

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

"Boss, we have been waiting for you for a long time. You are finally here." The Godfiend who finally understood what was going on looked at Shen Ying with his eyes twinkling. He no longer had a fake smile plastered on his face. Instead, he looked absolutely obedient.

Lonemoon pursed his lips. Waiting my ass. He was the one who kicked them back to the plane they came from.

"Sect Master, I knew you were different from others." Meng Po, who had been dragged down by Godfiend, gazed at Shen Ying excitedly.

"Boss, I was blind to not have been able to recognise you earlier. From this day forward, we will fight to the death to create a harmonious and perfect Three Realms."

"Sect Master, under your leadership, the Three Realms will surely get better and better."

"Boss, may all the living spirits on the Three Realms become one."

"Sect Master, may the plane continue to boast in glory from now until forever."

Shen Ying, "..."

Yi Qing: "..."

Lonemoon, "..."

Enough, the two of you ancient gods only got where you are by bootlicking others, isn't it!

"Shen Ying!" Lonemoon nudged the woman next to her. "Didn't Shen Jing say that you're supposed to subdue this plane before you become its manager? You should know how to operate this plane, right?"

"Huh?" Shen Ying paused just before she bit down on the fruit in her hand. Without any pressure from Shen Jing, the lazy Shen Ying was back once again.

"What huh? You can start now!" She would only be able to open the gates to the plane if she subdued the plane. What's more, according to Shen Jing, it would be extremely dangerous to attempt to do so. It was only reasonable that Lonemoon felt extremely anxious.

"Oh." Shen Ying nodded. She walked forward lazily and closed her eyes. Within two seconds, she opened her eyes again and declared, "It's done!"

"... What? That's it?" Didn't Shen Jing say there would be danger? Didn't she warn them to be careful?"

"Yes." Shen Ying nodded.

That was way too fast. There was no lightning and no special effects. Shouldn't there at least have been a contract for her to sign? Why was it so easy to take control of this plane? Were there no standard procedures in place at all?

"That's right!" Shen Ying exclaimed, as if recalling something. She turned to the Godfiend. "Do you have paper and pen?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The Godfiend immediately nodded, causing his head to move as fast as a woodpecker's. Immediately, a table and chair appeared before their eyes. He smiled brightly and said, "Boss, please."

Shen Ying sat down and picked up the brush on the table. She began to write with it. A moment later, she picked up the piece of paper and asked, "Give?"

"What's this?" Lonemoon took hold of it.

"Proof that you and Chef are my assistants!"

Lonemoon paused and looked closely at the paper. Then, he managed to read what was written on it.

[This order proves that Father Niu has been honourably designated as assistant manager of <Q23333 Immortal Cultivator Plane>. By order of the committee of managers, * year, * month, * day]

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What the hell? Was it so easy to designate an assistant manager? Just a piece of paper did the trick? What's more, the handwriting on the paper was almost illegible. If this woman did not know how to use a brush, why did she not just retrieve a pen? And why did an "official document" refer to him as freaking Father Niu!

Lonemoon was dangerously close to vomiting blood. The next moment, the paper in his hand lit up, and the light slowly spread around his body. He felt a chill shoot through his body and a strange symbol floated toward him. It was an inverted 8. Before he could make out what it was, the handwriting from the paper also began to float, as if it had come alive. They surrounded the inverted 8 and closed in around it. The inverted 8 seemed to explode between the words. Then, everything disappeared.

Lonemoon's body relaxed. He could not comprehend what just happened, yet some strange connection that had been pulling against his body seemed to break. He found that the immortal Qi in his body was flowing out steadily, and his cultivation level was also dropping. As he lost his Young Emperor cultivation, he realised the immortal Qi remaining in his body was insufficient for him to even train.

He clenched his fists. Far from feeling like a mortal, he felt... invincible! He felt like all 3000 worlds were within his reach. Even the Godfiend and Meng Po, who seemed immeasurably strong earlier, seemed to become weaker before his very eyes. They seemed almost as weak as babies now.

All except... Shen Ying, who was still looking at him lazily, looked like a mere mortal. For some reason, he felt like he would be unbeatable.

Was this how it felt to be an assistant manager? He felt like the equivalent of a General Manager in his company.

Lonemoon's heart jumped. He turned to look at Yi Qing, who was also holding onto a piece of paper. "Chef, you..." Lonemoon trailed off mid-sentence and his eyes widened. "Holy shit!"

Yi Qing did not look as relaxed as Lonemoon did earlier. Instead, Chef looked extremely pale. He was even breaking out in a cold sweat. There were many symbols floating all around him, but Shen Ying's ugly handwriting continued to float next to all of those symbols, not breaking any one of them. As time went by, Chef looked more and more sickly. He began to sway and lose balance..

"Chef!" Shen Ying reached out and caught him just in time. Her expression hardened as she saw the countless symbols floating all around him. Turning to the Godfiend, she asked, "What did you do to him?" These were the limits this plane was placing on Yi Qing.

The Godfiend tensed up as his legs turned to jelly. He fell to his knees and said, "Boss, this... this has nothing to do with me. He was the one who chose to transmigrate earlier. I could not stop him."

"Sect Master," Meng Po interjected. "When Elder Yi Qing transmigrated to look for you, he used all of his cultivation to open the plane gates. Now, his body is close to the breaking point. It is no wonder that he is unable to withstand the sealing as assistant manager."

"What!" Lonemoon exclaimed in disbelief. "He transmigrated on his own! Isn't it only the Godfiend who can open the plane gates?"

"I... Even we don't have the power to open the plane gates as and when we want to," the Godfiend answered. Otherwise, he would not have waited so long before sending Shen Ying and Lonemoon back to where they came from. "What's more, there's a manager in that plane." He had already used all his powers to ensure that he would not be discovered.

"But Shen Ying already healed him earlier." Chef did look close to death when they first saw him after he transmigrated. But Shen Ying had already used her special healing techniques to heal him. On the planet of death, Yi Qing also managed to transform into a phoenix. There seemed to be nothing wrong with him. What was happening to him now?

"This is caused by him being in a different plane. He was not from there," the Godfiend continued. "There was no manager in this plane before you arrived. That is why although you healed Yi Qing in the other plane, he reverted to the state he was in before he left here."

Chapter 299: Chef Returns

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Lonemoon lowered his gaze and saw that deep wounds had indeed started to appear all over Chef's body, as if something invincible was cutting into him. Bright red blood flowed out of the wounds and dyed Shen Ying's top. Lonemoon saw Chef's condition before. Given the conditions of this plane, he had no hope of recovering.

"I'm going to make a new body for him." This is just a physical body. Given his powers, it would not be difficult to create a new one.

"No," Shen Ying stopped him.

"Why not?"

"He already has the assistant's seal on this body." Shen Ying glanced at the black words surrounding the symbol. "If he's in a body other than his own, the seal will be rejected." And this seal could not be retracted.

"Rejected?" Lonemoon paused. Rejection of the body... Wouldn't that mean...

"He's going to become a Floaty?"

"Hmm."

Shit! Shen Ying said before that she could only have two assistants and they could not be fired In other words, Shen Ying could not retract the seal on Yi Qing's body.

"Then what should we do?"

"Actually, there's another way to resolve this," Godfiend said as he raised his hand.

"Speak, what other way is there?"

The Godfiend explained, "Only his body is injured. If he goes back to the mortal world and changes his body, he will be alright again." The reincarnated body will belong to him.

"Isn't that nonsense!" Lonemoon rolled his eyes. Who didn't know that? But...

"I'm not going!" Chef shouted. He grabbed Shen Ying's hand. "If I reincarnate, I have to go through the River of Forgetfulness. I will forget everything and forget Master. If I don't remember..." He turned pale, and his aura weakened. A few moments passed before he completed his sentence. "If I don't remember, then... who's going to cook for Master when she gets hungry?" What if she starves? What if nobody can cook food to her liking?

Lonemoon, "..."

Shen Ying, "..."

The Godfiend: "..."

Meng Po: "..."

Flips table!

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Was cooking the most important thing! He was freaking going to collapse, yet all he could think about was cooking. How professional was he! Shen Ying wasn't hiring him to be her assistant. Yi Qing was more like her personal nanny!

"Don't you have any other solutions?" Lonemoon pursed his lips. Cooking aside, if Chef went through the River of Forgetfulness and forgot everything, would he still be the same Chef?

"Actually, you can... retain your memories," the Godfiend suggested weakly.

"What do you mean?" Wasn't it true that once a soul passed through the River of Forgetfulness, it would lose all its memories from its past life? How would it still retain memories?

"It's just that Meng Po has to personally bring a part of him down to be reincarnated." The Godfiend turned to Meng Po.

Meng Po started, as if suddenly recalling something. She nodded profusely. "That's right, I can bring a part of him down. Then he would not have to go through the River of Forgetfulness and lose his memories."

"There's no need!" Shen Ying suddenly said. Everyone in the group turned to face her.

Shen Ying raised her arm to tap on the words and symbol in front of Yi Qing. The symbol and words immediately shot into Chef's forehead, causing his entire body to glow with a white light. Slowly, the white light engulfed him.

"Master..." Yi Qing began to panic. He held onto Shen Ying's arm.

"I will look for you!"

Shen Ying looked straight into Yi Qing's eyes. His expression flickered, then he let go of her. A moment later, his body shrunk within the white light. Shen Ying raised her arm once again and Yi Qing flew far away that they could no longer see him.

"Where did you send him?" Lonemoon asked warily.

"Nowhere? I just sent a file back to the lower realm."

"Huh?" What did she mean?

Shen Ying did not respond. Instead, she turned to face the Godfiend. "After this..." It was time to settle scores.

The Godfiend's entire body became much heavier. A huge pressure filled the air all around him so that he could no longer resist it and fell to his knees. The Godfiend did not have a physical body, yet his figure twisted and writhed in pain. He looked like he was going to disappear before their eyes.

Shen Ying walked slowly toward him. With each step, the pressure around the Godfiend got heavier and heavier. Her voice was firm, and she no longer sounded as lazy as she normally did. Emphasising each word, she said, "Indeed, I would not feel settled before I beat you!"

"Wait, Boss..." the Godfiend began to beg for mercy. "I can explain. I did not know this would happen... Help!" Before he could finish speaking, Shen Ying swung her hand.

The entire divine realm echoed his terrifying scream.

Shen Ying was really angry this time. She showed no mercy at all. They heard the divine realm crack apart. As she continued to take her rage out on the Godfiend, his screams became louder and louder so that even the bystanders began to tear up.

So.. Lonemoon turned away, choosing not to look

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Shen Ying punished the Godfiend for over half an hour before she finally rested. She broke her own record. There was no more flesh left on the Godfiend. Nobody could use any technique to help him recover – they had no idea exactly what Shen Ying had done to him. All the Godfiend could do was continue lying on the floor, writhing and groaning in pain. This was the most suffering that the Godfiend had ever been through.

If not for the fact that Chef had already arrived at the lower realm, Shen Ying probably would not have stopped.

"Let's go." Shen Ying opened a passage and waved at Father Niu.

"Sect Master, Elder Lonemoon, how about I send the both of you there?" Meng Po hurriedly suggested after seeing what happened to the Godfiend. "I'm the most familiar with the lower realm. I can find Elder Yi Qing for you immediately."

Lonemoon was just about to reply her when Shen Ying said, "No need."

"But Sect Master..."

"Meng Po." Meng Po was going to object but Shen Ying stopped her. "Don't call me Sect Master anymore."

"Huh?" Meng Po paused.

"I understand why you had to send us back the last time, but... I'm still mad." Shen Ying looked seriously at Meng Po, the child she raised single handedly who chose to stand with the enemy. "So... you're no longer Invincible Sect's disciple."

"..."

Once Shen Ying finished speaking, she turned and brought Father Niu into the lower realm.

They left behind a Meng Po whose face was completely drained of any colour. She stood where she was, as if she had lost her soul. She did not move for a long while.

Perhaps she had been standing there for too long. Godfiend, who was still lying on the ground, tugged at her sleeve. "Hey, are you alright?"

Meng Po remained where she was.

"What's going on?"

"..." There was still no response. Then, he heard a splat. A drop of water fell onto the Godfiend's arm.

"Eh? Why are you crying?"

It was then that Meng Po finally reacted. She fell down onto the ground and began wailing. "Wah... This is all your fault, all your fault, all your fault! I told you not to send Sect Master back, but you didn't listen. You said it was for the benefit of the Three Realms... It's all your fault – that's why she's angry with me!"

"You don't have to be this devastated, do you? I didn't know that she was the manager that Kai Tian found."

"I don't care! Return Sect Master to me, return her to me! Wah..." The more she spoke, the harder she cried, and the harder she hit the Godfiend.

"Wait, don't hit me! Ah! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!"

"Wah..."

"..." Why was everyone beating him!

Chapter 300: First Plane Warning

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

By reloading the data, Shen Ying referred to readjusting the physique of chef back to his original state before the injury. This was one of the authorities of the Manager. The Manager takes charge of everything in the plane which naturally includes time and space.

Except that once the reloading is done, the chef would return to the level of newbies, which meant that he had to return to the lower realm to practice until his body was fully grown to receive the temporarily stored assistant seal.

"So you are making the chef practice again from the beginning?" Lonemoon's eyes widened. The chef was already at the level of Supreme Divinity, and a reloading meant that millions of years of hard work would go completely wasted.

Hmm, he was absolutely not gloating!

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"Nope!" Shen Ying shook her head. "He will still have the same body."

"What do you mean?"

Shen Ying glanced at him and said, "He is from the divine race!"

The smile froze on Lonemoon's face. He said immediately, "Holy shit! I do hate those who are born at the finishing line!" They remain at the finishing line even after their account data was restored.

"Where did you send him then?"

Shen Ying raised a hand and waved. In an instant, the two had arrived among green hills and waters. There was a small village right in front of them, with many working in the field.

"Here!"

"Why do I find this place a bit familiar?" Lonemoon sensed it instinctively, and in an instant everything in this world came to his mind. "Holy shit! Isn't this the Three Azure Realms?" It was the same Lower Azure World that they transmigrated to at first, but it had already become one of the 3000 worlds at the moment. "You brought chef back here?"

"Hmm," Shen Ying nodded and pointed to the front. "There he comes."

Sure enough, a child whose height didn't even reach his waist walked towards them. Despite being much smaller, the face was exactly the same as the younger version of him when he first came to the Divine World. A data reload indeed- even the body shape went back smaller. But the good thing was that those horrible wounds on his body had disappeared.

Lonemoon felt relieved, moved to the side of the child in a flash, and waved his hand in greeting, "Chef, how are you..."

Before he finished, the child walked past him towards the lane on the side, as if he had not seen him at all. His small face was cold, and not a single look was directed towards him.

"..."

What the hell?

Lonemoon was stunned for a while, forgetting even to put down that raised hand. As he watched the chef walking away, he only understood what was happening after a long while. He went back to Shen Ying's side, again in a flash. "What's the matter? Didn't you say that he wouldn't lose his memories?" From that attitude, he didn't look like he knew them at all.

"It was just sealed," Shen Ying replied. After thinking she added, "The heritage, I mean."

Lonemoon was stupefied, and after an instant he got it: the dragon clan has its heritage, which naturally still existed in chef's memory. His body remained an Innate Sword Embodiment just like before, but was not yet fit to bear the dragon clan's heritage. Therefore, the only way was to seal it first, and unseal it later slowly, probably after a long time. This meant that he still did not have any cultivation at the moment.

Why did I suddenly feel somewhat comforted?

"Wait!" he suddenly realized a problem. "In that case, won't we have to stay here until he has grown up before going back?"

"That's right!"

"How the f*ck is that right!" What difference is there between that, and reincarnation? Is it really okay for you, as a Manager, to slack like this?

However, they couldn't just leave the chef here too. As he was virtually the same as a real mortal, you never know what could happen to him if you leave him here.

"Go and stop him," Lonemoon gave Shen Ying a push. "You've got to recognize your disciple, right?" Although he was the divine race by birth, nobody could know how long it would take before he could receive the assistant seal if he doesn't practice.

"Oh."

"Go ahead. Get your disciple back."

Only now did Shen Ying walk slowly towards the child.

The child who was once more stopped, did not immediately walk away from the side this time. He stopped, before lifting his head and looking at the woman in front of him. His eyes were confused, "You..."

Shen Ying bowed down, looked down at the child in front of her, remembered Father Niu's words, and said with a sincere expression, "Do you... know how to cook?"

The child: "..."

Lonemoon: "..."

Silence fell around them in an instant.

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The next moment...

"Oops, he's run away."

The child gave her a cautious look, turned around and squinted towards the direction that he came from.

"Of course he has!" Lonemoon felt a pain in his stomach. "I asked you to recognize your disciple. Who told you to ask him about cooking?" It was lucky that he didn't take her as a mad person.

"Oh." Shen Ying still looked lazy: that was just what she said in the past.

"Never mind, he should be staying right in this village." Lonemoon took a deep breath. "Let's hurry up and find him again. We must let him start practicing as soon as possible, so that he can retrieve his memories sooner."

Just as Lonemoon was going to drag Shen Ying and go ahead chasing, a sharp sound came from beside his ears. It sounded three times as if an alarm was touched, and the sound was vaguely familiar.

"This is..." Lonemoon was taken aback, unable to react for a moment.

"Plane warning?" Shen Ying said, as she raised the hand caught by Lonemoon, and pointed at the wristband he was wearing, which was lit with red light.

Lonemoon only remembered now that the wristband was among a large pile of things that Shen Jing pressed on Shen Ying. She was in a bad mood, and only said "They will be useful." And it can actually send a plane warning?

Just as he was thinking, an image suddenly appeared in front of him. The Godfiend looked anxious and said through a voice transmission, "Boss, it's not good. The karma in Three Realms suddenly started to stir. I can't control it."

"What?!" Lonemoon was shocked: Godfiend takes charge of the order of this plane, and karma was the foundation of stability of this world. Stirring of karma proves that something big has happened in the plane. "Shen Ying, do you feel anything?"

"Not yet!" Shen Ying shook her head.

"Then let's return to Godfiend to take a look."

"But on chef's side..." she pointed not far away.

"Keep an eye on the chef! I will be right back." Lonemoon confessed quickly, before his body shape flashed and he disappeared in place.

Shen Ying was stupefied, put down her hand slowly, before she finished the second half of the sentence.

"... there is something strange."

Well, never mind, it doesn't matter anyway.

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Yi Qing lived in a dilapidated small hut at the fringe of the village. The house wasn't big, apparently an abandoned house, only barely fit for living. In front of the house was a big tree, beside which was a half-collapsed house, with some things stored inside.

Yi Qing, who was again a little kid, stood in confusion for a while when he saw Shen Ying standing outside. Then he seemed to remember that she was the one who stopped him on the road just now. His small eyebrows wrinkled, and they just looked at each other for a long while

Then he ventured to ask, "Are you hungry?"

Shen Ying nodded, "Hmm." The way one does without breakfast.