“Luo Tangtang, get ready,” Luo Er called out, running over from outside in a great hurry.
“What’s wrong?”
Seeing the little girl before her looking unusually flustered, Luo Tangtang couldn’t help but feel surprised.
“Luo Yi sent news! We can go to the Supreme Immortal Sect!” Luo Er’s eyes lit up. She also didn’t like being cooped up in Fusang Valley all the time.
“The Supreme Immortal Sect?” Luo Tangtang paused. Ten thousand years in the future, Fusang Valley had already become a part of the Supreme Immortal Sect. So, what about the Supreme Immortal Sect now?
“Where is it?” Luo Tangtang asked.
“The Central Continent, the one where the Yun family is,” Luo Er smiled, her eyes curving. “Didn’t you want to go to the Central Continent? This is convenient.”
“Luo Yi said the Yun family was also involved in founding the Supreme Immortal Sect. Maybe if you go there, you can find the person you’re looking for.”
“Mm,” Luo Tangtang nodded lightly.
Can I really see them? Luo Tangtang looked up at the sky above Fusang Valley, her expression darkening.
“Let’s go!” Luo Er suddenly shot up like a little bullet and patted Luo Tangtang on the head.
“What are you doing?” Luo Tangtang’s head throbbed. The kid had used a lot of strength this time.
“Let’s hit the road,” Luo Er said loudly.
“Hit the road just like this?” Luo Tangtang looked at Luo Er, then at herself. Her meaning was clear: Aren’t we going to pack?
“No need,” Luo Er said concisely.
The next moment, Luo Tangtang saw Luo Er gently tear the void with her hands, and a chaotic space appeared before them.
Tearing space with her bare hands?
Luo Tangtang’s eyes filled with terror.
“What’s your cultivation level?”
“Huh?” Luo Er’s round eyes blinked slightly, somewhat puzzled.
“Why do you ask?”
“Bare… bare hands tearing space?”
“This?” Luo Er pointed to the chaotic space. “Isn’t this very normal?”
“Nor-normal?” A flash of astonishment crossed Luo Tangtang’s face.
“Yeah.” Luo Er put her hands on her hips. “Do you know what people outside call us?”
“Divine Maidens. They call us Divine Maidens.” Luo Er seemed to sneer.
“You could say we represent the will of Heaven.”
“The will… of Heaven,” Luo Tangtang’s eyelashes trembled, and she repeated it, her voice tinged with doubt.
“Mm,” Luo Er nodded.
“Come in first.”
When Luo Tangtang followed Luo Er into the chaotic gate, she found a long, black and white passage with no visible end.
“This world was merely created by a Main God. Every person, every flower, blade of grass, and tree—their fates were already arranged when they came into existence in this world.”
“But the workload of a world is too immense. Even a Main God has oversights, and Luo Yi and I are… people who help the Main God fix these flaws.”
“You’re just telling me all this?” Luo Tangtang asked, her face complicated as she tried to hide her shock.
Luo Er stared at Luo Tangtang for a few seconds, then suddenly smiled. It was a mature smile that didn’t match her appearance, seemingly carrying a hint of arrogance and disdain.
“First, you’re not from this world. Neither Luo Yi nor I know how you got here. Nothing about you will affect this world’s development.”
“Second,” Luo Er looked at Luo Tangtang, as if she couldn’t hold it in any longer, “this is something everyone in this world knows.”
Luo Er said lightly. Paired with her innocent face, the words she spoke were cruel in a way she herself didn’t realize.
Everyone knows? Luo Tangtang’s heart felt as if it had been plunged into an ice cave, chillingly devoid of warmth. This coldness spread from the depths of her heart to every corner of her body, even making her breath feel cold and difficult.
“Don’t be like that. This is their fate. Following the script is the Way of Heaven.”
Luo Er added. At this moment, she seemed like a true so-called messenger of Heaven’s Way—cold, emotionless, a casual word delivering judgment, calmly narrating the fates of others.
What exactly is the system trying to tell her?
They walked in silence.
When a sliver of light appeared at the end, the two stepped out into a secluded alley.
The alley twisted and turned, leading to a quiet, somewhat gloomy and cold place.
As soon as Luo Tangtang entered the alley, she couldn’t help but shiver.
Luo Er, however, had a serious expression. “Let’s get out of here quickly. Something’s not right.”
With that, she quickened her pace.
The two walked and listened in the alley for a long time but couldn’t find their way out.
Luo Tangtang couldn’t help but turn to look at Luo Er. She saw Luo Er looking thoughtful, her eyes seemingly grave.
“This… could it be a so-called ‘ghost-led maze’?”
Just as Luo Tangtang was about to comfort her and tell her not to worry, Luo Er suddenly spoke, her voice filled with a strange excitement.
“I heard Luo San and Luo Si mention this from their world. I was so curious back then. I didn’t expect to actually encounter it myself now.”
Luo Er suddenly grinned, revealing her small, sharp canine teeth.
Luo Tangtang suddenly noticed that she and Luo Er looked somewhat alike.
“Luo. Tang. Tang!” Luo Er said, word by word.
“Here!”
“You’d better be careful!” Luo Er’s smile suddenly grew even brighter.
Just then, a dark phantom suddenly burst through the air from somewhere in the alley, flying towards Luo Er.
It was a large hand.
A bright light instantly shone in Luo Er’s eyes. Without any fancy moves, she simply caught the huge palm flying towards her with her hands. The large hand immediately froze in mid-air, unable to advance an inch.
“Is that all?” Luo Er sounded surprised, seemingly a little disappointed.
However, the next moment, the black phantom in her hand instantly swelled. With a flash, its shape underwent a drastic change, becoming a thin layer, like a blade, glinting coldly.
“Careful!” Luo Tangtang cried out.
In the quiet alley, on the ground lit by dim light, a huge shadow suddenly writhed. It thrashed about on the ground, then, like sprouting roots, rapidly extended outwards, densely packed, and shot towards the sky.
“You take care of the small ones; I’ll handle this big one,” Luo Er said unhurriedly.
Luo Tangtang looked at the black things coiling around her wrists and ankles. They seemed to be formed from resentment. When they touched her bare skin, a wave of sinister cold energy washed over her.
Luo Tangtang frowned. After several months of recuperation, her injuries were mostly healed. But this resentment was very deep! She looked at the resentment filling the alley, flicked her fingers, and severed the strands of resentment before her.
But the resentment seemed endless, seeping in from everywhere, the walls, the ground.
Beside her, Luo Er was also playing an endless game of “you tear, I re-form” with that mass.
Luo Tangtang pressed her lips together. The next moment, flames ignited beneath her feet and spread rapidly outwards. She lightly cut her palm, and blood instantly gushed out. Fed by the blood, the flames blazed even more fiercely.
At the same time, some black shadows, unable to dodge in time, were devoured by fiery serpents. Intense screams instantly rang out, and wisps of blue smoke rose from above the flames.
Luo Tangtang didn’t stop. She took out a long sword and swung it with overwhelming momentum. The sword energy, like a toppling mountain and overturning sea, swept towards the alley with immense force. Instantly, the sky filled with firelight, and dust billowed. With a loud crash, rows of stone walls before her collapsed.
Dust flew up from the bluestone-paved path as well. The sword energy shot straight out, only just stopping at the edge of the alley.
“Wow.” Luo Er raised an eyebrow lightly, a hint of surprise in her eyes. Then, with a slight movement of her hands, the black shadow that had been struggling in her grasp instantly vanished into thin air.
“You certainly made a big scene.”
“What else?” Luo Tangtang said with a sullen face. “Wait for you to finish playing?”
“Tch.” Luo Er pouted, took out a handkerchief, and meticulously wiped her hands inside and out. “You’re getting more and more boring.”
Luo Tangtang lowered her head, silent.
“Who’s there?”
The commotion they made was probably too big, attracting the attention of many people. Some cultivators were also rushing towards them.
Luo Tangtang and Luo Er turned around and saw that the edge of the alley was already surrounded by people.
“It’s the Little Immortal!” someone in the crowd suddenly shouted. The crowd instantly erupted like boiling water.
“Yes, it’s me!” Luo Er grinned smugly and waved at the crowd.
Hearing Luo Er’s reply, the crowd grew even more agitated. Some people even knelt and kowtowed, tears in their eyes, their mouths full of praise for Luo Er.
Luo Tangtang subconsciously backed away a little, her brow furrowed slightly, her expression somewhat grave.
Luo Er, however, looked perfectly at ease.
“Young Mistress.” At this moment, a few cultivators arrived. They bowed respectfully to Luo Er. They all looked to have high cultivation levels and wore embroidered white robes with green bamboo embroidered on the hems.
“Please come with us, Young Mistress,” the leading man, who was very handsome, said to Luo Er with a smile.
“Alright.” Luo Er nodded coolly.
“And this is?” The man looked towards Luo Tangtang.
“Oh, my servant,” Luo Er said.
“I see.” The man glanced at Luo Tangtang, nodded at her, and then paid her no more attention.
Luo Tangtang followed them into a… sedan chair.
The sedan chair was pulled by two pure white horses. The entire body of the chair seemed to be carved from white jade, adorned with fragrant wood. As soon as Luo Tangtang entered, she saw a carpet made of fine cashmere, and there was even a small bed inside.
On the table next to the small bed, many flower-shaped fruits and pastries were arranged.
“Tsk tsk, this is great!” Luo Er immediately lay down on the bed, which sank slightly under her weight due to its softness.
“Aaaah ooooh ooh!”
“This is bliss!” Luo Er started rolling around on the bed.
“I never get this kind of treatment when I’m with Luo Yi, sigh!” Luo Er lamented.
“Food, food!” Luo Er bounced up from the bed again, dashed to the table, and started stuffing pastries into her mouth.
The white horses soared into the air, flying steadily. Luo Tangtang lowered her eyes and said nothing.
“Are we going to the Supreme Immortal Sect now?” she asked.
“Where else?” Luo Er mumbled, her mouth full.
“Mm, then the Yun family…”
“The Yun family? You’ll see people from the Yun family at the Supreme Immortal Sect. Lots of them,” Luo Er said.
“I remember Luo Yi seems to have a little junior sister who’s from the Yun family.”
She tilted her head, looking thoughtful.
“Little junior sister?” Luo Tangtang paused.
“But Luo Yi sneaking off without telling me is too much. It’s outrageous.” As she said this, a flash of anger crossed Luo Er’s face.