Chapter 166 - System vs. System (XVI)
After descending from the mountain, Ren Tingfeng left some of his disciples behind and asked them to accompany those who had been caught on the mountain to the city of Tokyu to explain that the mountain ghosts from a thousand years ago had not come back to life and that the people had been caught by roving mountain bandits.
As for the tomb raider who escaped death beforehand and claimed that his companions had been dragged into the ground, he was in an awkward position and his testimony could not be trusted, perhaps because the tomb raiders had not shared the spoils equally among themselves and had been found out after beating each other to death.
In any case, they try to help Su Ji and Cheng Wuyun to make sure that everything is in order.
After making the arrangements, Ren Tingfeng intended to leave with Wen Yujing, but Wen Yujing said gently, “Third Brother, you go first.”
”Something wrong with the Sixth Master?”
Wen Yujing was quite courteous: “When we meet, it’s fate, we still need to see this gentleman through the mountains to catch his exams.”
He was referring to Ye Jiming.
Ye Jiming was stunned.
He had only come to Tokyu Mountain because he missed the fish and wanted to see them, and had planned to part ways with them once he got off the mountain.
He would like to see what Wen Yujing is trying to sell.
Ren Tingfeng waved his hand in a normal way, “Go ahead, but don’t say you’re going to the mountains to pick an immortal herb, as you used to do, and then go away for three or five years and never return.”
Wen Yujing smiled and watched Ren Tingfeng and his disciples, including Yan Jinhua, go away, then turned back to Chi Xiaochi and said, “Wait here while Master goes to see Sir Ming off.”
Chi Xiaochi raises an eyebrow slightly.
This is a deliberate attempt to sidetrack him.
Chi Xiaochi still wants to fight: “Master, why don’t we join together ……”
Wen Yujing had already reached Ye Jiming and, with his hands behind his back and his sleeves akimbo, he repeated, “Wait a moment.”
Chi Xiaochi cocked his head behind Wen Yujing and winked at Ye Jiming: fend for yourself.
Ye Jiming was also a bit puzzled, but he was used to being arrogant and arrogant, and he thought he had done nothing wrong, so he felt nothing to fear from this gentleman of Wen’s refined and elegant style.
So, with an arch of his hand, he said, “Please do.”
Tokyu Mountain covers an area of 800 miles, and as it is not easy for a mortal to ride a sword, Wen Yujing walks ahead of him and leads him around the mountain.
No words all the way.
After walking about a mile, Ye Jiming lost his patience.
At the moment of the sword’s release, the Ye Jiming scholar’s clothes exploded, his trunk and suitcase were destroyed, and his clothes flew, while a heavy black and gold sword rested silently on Wen Yujing’s neck from behind.
Ye Jiming, not wanting to pretend any longer, said coldly, “Where else do you want to go?”
Wen Yujing was not surprised, standing with his hands behind his back, letting him point his sword at his neck, his voice clear and cold: “Is your son not going to catch the exam?”
There was no one else here, so Ye Jiming didn’t have to hide it, and his bookish spirit was as evil as it could be: “When did you see that?”
”It’s not hard.”
At this point, Wen Yujing is stunned for a moment, before realising that he sounds like Chi Xiaochi and laughing softly.
Ye Jiming was offended by his laughing, and seeing that he was taking it easy and had no intention of fighting, which made him look reckless and impetuous, he snorted inwardly, “I guessed it, what are you going to do?”
Wen Yujing circled around and played back the taiji: “Sending the Duke to catch his exams.”
Ye Jiming : “……” sounds as annoying as sending a male to his grave.
As the two meetings went on, Ye Jiming realised that this man was not an excuse to get rid of Duan Shujue, but an opportunity to get rid of himself.
However, he was always wary, and even though he knew what he was doing, he did not dare to relax completely.
Wen Yujing was at peace: “My lord, let’s get on with it, the sooner we get you there, the sooner I can turn back, Shu Jie is still waiting for me to return. You don’t want him to get anxious.”
As soon as he heard him mention Duan Shujue, Ye Jiming knew it was bad and immediately defended him, “I have only met Duan Shujue …… a few times, so I don’t really know him well.”
”I know.”
”You are his master and I don’t want to fight with you.”
”It’s a coincidence, so am I.” Wen Yujing Wen Wen said, “It’s my disciple’s business to make a few friends, so why should I care much.”
Ye Jiming: The “……” line is so grand that he doesn’t really believe it.
But Wen Yujing’s words were so earnest that, while Ye Jiming was thinking about it and almost believing him, Wen Yujing reached out, gently twisted the tip of the black gold sword between his thumb and forefinger, rubbed it together and said, with his eyes closed, “A good sword.”
Ye Jiming was shocked and tried to pull his sword away, but when he tried to withdraw the blade, he was shocked to find that he could not even move the tip of the sword with the two fingers of the swordsman!
He was aroused, gripped the hilt of the sword and was about to pull it out when he suddenly felt a surge of pure astral energy coming along the sword, followed by a slight burning sensation in his palm that made Ye Jiming’s scalp tingle.
A pale golden brand is impressed on his palm, inscribed in large, dragon-flecked letters.
”Come”.
Ye Jiming : “……!!!”
The first thing he did was to adjust his pulse, fearing that this hypocrite might have poisoned him.
Ye Jiming covered his right hand and stepped back alertly: “…… Wen Yujing! What is this?!”
Wen Yujing pulls out the blue umbrella with one hand and instantly replaces it with a soft sword, backhanding it and wrapping it around the hilt of the black and gold longsword.
”Useful.” Wen Yujing incoherently said, “…… but preferably it won’t be used.”
Ye Jiming gritted his teeth and attempted to wipe off this labyrinth.
Ye Jiming would not have been so angry if the gilt had been decent, but it was a dog-like “Lai”, which was shockingly rustic.
But it was as if the gold letters had grown into the flesh, and not only could they not be erased, but the more they were rubbed in, the brighter they became.
Ye Jiming was about to vomit blood as he blurted out, ” Wen Yujing, how dare you insult me like that!”
Wen Yujing gave a gentle bow, “Your Excellency misunderstood. It’s just for a rainy day.”
Ye Jiming did not listen to his explanation, but during the brief exchange of blows, he had already made a judgement that this man was not an easy man to fight, and that he would not be able to take advantage of him, and that he was Little Fish’s master, so even for Little Fish’s sake, he should treat him with courtesy and should not completely tear up his face.
Having weighed the pros and cons, Ye Jiming took a breath and lowered his hand to his sword: “Has anyone ever told you that you look like a decent man, but you are really annoying?”
You can’t do it, but you won’t let him do it?
Wen Yujing is slightly stunned by what is clearly a painless comment.
Ye Jiming’s comments are, by definition, something he should never have heard before.
Since being formatted, most of the systems he used to know well have come to comfort him, and he has barely managed to piece together a general perception of himself in the midst of everyone’s comfort.
The more common adjectives used were “nice”, “gentle” and “not a bad person”, so he naturally thought he was such a person, but Ye Jiming’s thoughtless remark vaguely pieced together the scattered memories he had already stirred up.
…… He seems to have heard a similar comment somewhere.
Ye Jiming took some advantage of his mouth, and seeing Wen Yujing lost in thought, he thought he had been stabbed, so he gave a slight hum of satisfaction, put the palm he had marked with a golden seal behind his back, threw his sword out, turned over and said with deliberate provocation, ” Gentleman Wen, I am leaving, there is no need to see him off, we will meet again if we have a chance.”
Wen Yujing was not annoyed either, arching his hand and saying, “Take your time, Sir Ye.”
Ye Jiming, who thought he’d fought a good fight, nearly toppled off his sword: “……”
How did he learn his first name?
The poor man had easily recovered from his words and intended to take advantage of the opportunity to retreat and leave in a majestic manner, but he was unexpectedly attacked by Wen again, and now he had lost his momentum when he started to talk again.
As he watched Ye Jiming leave, Wen Yujing turned his back and walked slowly and alone in the moonlight, collecting his thoughts.
Inspired by Ye Jiming, some extremely fragmented audio clips emerged in his mind.
It was 023’s voice, sounding a little angry: “Why this again? 061, are you annoyed, how many times? Tell me yourself, how many times have you played this film?”
He heard his voice again, “Is it okay? Not a lot either.”
089 A lazy voice came in, “Yeah, not a lot, just eighty or ninety times. …… Seriously, 61, when is your daughter-in-law planning to act in the new movie? Can you give us an accurate message?”
”He’s not, don’t say that.” 061 heard himself deny 089 slightly more seriously, “He’s my neighbour’s brother.”
061 Rather nave.
He has never spoken to 023 and 089 in such a sweeping manner in his own surviving memory.
”Hsing Hsing, brother, brother.” 089’s voice rose again, “Then can you give your brother a dream, so that he can be good and make a few more movies a year? You feel your conscience …… feel good ah, our friends gathering, you always show his movies, is not very good?”
”Every time there’s someone in who hasn’t seen it.” He still tries to argue, “He’s acting well again.”
023 couldn’t stand it: “But we’ve both been there every time!”
He also seemed a little embarrassed, “Sorry sorry sorry, his new film has been finished and will be released in about two months.”
023’s heart smoothed out a bit: “I’m really not finished with you if you put this on at the next party.”
089 said, “How about putting a sign on the door of the room next time, Do not enter for brain dead fans.”
023: “That’s right, brain dead and brain dead fans don’t enter.”
089: “…… What are you looking at me for, say the words clearly or Daddy is going to be sad.”
023: “If you’re capable of being sad, you’re capable of getting out, spit out my chips before you go out.”
The flashbacks are not pleasant and are accompanied by an extremely severe headache that makes Wen Yujing’s gait unsteady and his thoughts confused.
Yet he wanted to know more, about the past, about himself.
Until a voice woke him up, “Master?”
He looked up to find Chi Xiaochi, who was using the body of Duan Shujue, leaning against a tree with his sword in his arms, staring at him in surprise.
…… Chi Xiaochi does take the persona of Duan Shujue seriously, standing regally, upright and dignified even when no one is around.
And he passed by the tree without even noticing the presence of the other man.
061 , or Wen Yujing, realising that he had lost his temper, immediately apologised gently, “Sorry, Master was thinking.”
Chi Xiaochi nodded slightly, “Master has sent Brother Ye away?”
He was wise enough to know that Wen Yujing must have been suspicious of his identity when he offered to send Ye Jiming alone, but Wen Yujing, being of a non-human race and of a generous nature, would not do anything to Ye Jiming, so there was no need to worry too much.
Sure enough, Wen Yujing said, “Well. Send it away.”
Chi Xiaochi said frankly, “It is my apprentice’s fault for not informing Master of Brother Ye’s identity beforehand, and I ask for Master’s reprimand.”
Wen Yujing endured the sharp pain of the crossed sword and said gently, “Master is not forbidding you to make friends, but I hope you will go out more and meet more people. You need to see everything and everyone, to know what is good, good, evil and ugly, and to digest and integrate them, before you can realize your true path. It is my fault that I always kept you in the mountain and gave you the wrong impression that you were not allowed to make friends.
Wen Yujing is rarely so talkative, calling Chi Xiaochi a little surprised: “Master?”
Wen Yujing also realised this and smiled helplessly, “Perhaps I’ve grown tired of staying in the mountains, and I’ve grown delicate, so I’m a bit tired after walking around for so long. May I ask Shu Jie to take me back to the mountain?”
Chi Xiaochi nods once.
Wen Yujing then crouches down, his body glowing with light, and soon transforms into a small ball of cat with white whiskers and claws, quietly shrinking into a small ball of wool, like a delicate little ball of wool.
Chi Xiaochi picks up the cat, puts it in his hood behind him and rises up with his sword.
Wen Yujing, who was holding in the hood, gently hugged the fabric in front of her and warmed her heart thinking about the name 089 had just used for Chi Xiaochi.
Ren Tingfeng returned to the mountain and gave a detailed account of the incident to Chi Yunzi, who, having heard the events, applauded and said, “Great goodness.”
He is not an old-fashioned man, and he has a compassionate and intolerant heart towards good demons and good devils.
In his previous life, he led a group of people to kill Duan Shujue, but only because it seemed to him that Duan Shujue, as a shark, had concealed his identity and infiltrated the mountain, which was too much like a plot.
Chi Yunzi was so concerned about Tokyu Mountain that he sent a letter to several other Taoists of the mountain, asking them not to lay hands on the mountain ghost if they heard rumours about Tokyu Mountain.
This is the end of the Tokyu Mountain route.
The only person left unhappy about the whole Tokyu Mountain incident is Yan Jinhua.
He goes in with great ambition and returns with nothing, his plan to take the elixir of the Mountain Ghost through Duan Shujue’s hands completely collapses, leaving the Mountain Ghost to be the focus of everyone’s attention and him to follow the story like a fool.
It’s hard to describe the feeling of being forced to steal a scene when you have the script in your hands, and being kicked off the first actor’s throne, falling off a cliff until you become a nobody.
He was not a local resident and had played with confidence before because he knew he had a huge chance of winning, as in the case of a pair of kings with four deuces in his hand in a landlord fight, and his opponent had all open cards, so naturally he thought it was a great situation where he could win without losing, but as a result of his own mishandling, he directly threw out the four deuces with two kings, and his stable fishing platform was blown to pieces. He found out that his opponent’s hand was so good that even with an open hand he could have knocked his beans to minus 20,000, so naturally he panicked.
…… commonly referred to as a broken heart.
Chi Yunzi used to regret that Yan Jinhua’s talent was so limited that he had to stop there.
However, after all, he was Chi Yunzi’s own pupil and could not really be left alone.
Chi Yunzi summoned him to his home, but he refused to change his ways and even started drinking in private.
In contrast, Duan Shujue, who has been hand-trained by his lazy mentor, is becoming more and more knowledgeable.
After his return from Tokyu Mountain, Wen Yujing was more relaxed with him, allowing him to move around and go out on business.
Duan Shujue, however, knew how to behave and never overstepped his bounds, and was praised by others as a good teacher by Wen Yujing.
Of course, unbeknownst to the casual observer, inside Duan Shujue’s hood or getaway towel is often a small ball of warm thread that sucks up fish on a daily basis.
Chi Yunzi was so envious that he often wondered how good it would be if he were his own disciple.
Yan Jinhua, who was confined, was so angry that he cursed at the fishermen’s pool every day and urged his system to ask when it would take care of Wen Yujing, the fox and the tiger.
He loathes Wen Yujing, but he is also aware of Wen Yujing’s usefulness.
This is an extremely important springboard and if done correctly, he is certain to pull down these two men who are stepping on his head in one fell swoop!
Don’t look at Duan Shujue now, but beware of falling on high ground!
In contrast to Yan Jinhua’s eagerness, the system is a little more hesitant about the next course of action.
It had enough evidence at hand, and although it had not been judged by a higher system, it was 80% sure that Wen Yujing was, itself, a system.
A possibility occurred to it.
Could this be the setting in The Sailor Moon?
After all, “The Sailor King” is a bad piece of writing and many settings have yet to be developed, so I can’t judge it.
If so, it definitely has priority over itself and would probably be dismissed even if it was reported.
Yan Jinhua, however, was not so concerned and was urged day after day that the system could not but submit the information already collected to the main system.
Yan Jinhua waited for three days in fear and trepidation for the decision to come from the autonomous system. The system has been in place for three days.
The result, however, was a great disappointment.
”Determination report: the object is actually an abnormal invasion system, but after comprehensive determination and analysis, it does not affect the progress of mission completion, the host can assist it to improve the story system and obtain the world progress value.”
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