Upon hearing these words, Zhou Bai’s heart jolted, and as he looked at Lin Muqing in front of him, it felt as if a chill had seeped into his heart.
For a moment, his mind was flooded with thoughts.
"What did she mean by those words?"
Zhou Bai thought for a moment and casually responded, "We don’t even understand the principle behind the immortality of the Heavenly Demon, so it’s impossible for us to learn it."
"It is indeed very difficult." Lin Muqing smiled, "But if there were a chance for you to become immortal like the Heavenly Demon, would you want it?"
Zhou Bai felt a surge in his heart, "Is this... testing me? Or is it that Teacher Lin..."
Suddenly, the image of Xing Jun appeared in Zhou Bai’s mind.
The power of the Primordial Spirit connected with the gemstone in his brain, and then Zhou Bai glanced at his watch.
’Time can be reversed... since that’s the case... I might as well test her.’
With this thought, a longing smile appeared on Zhou Bai’s face, "It sounds quite nice, if humans could become immortal like the Heavenly Demon, I would certainly want it."
"Oh..." Lin Muqing raised her eyebrows slightly, then said, "Is that what you think? Then what if there was a chance to become a Heavenly Demon and help humanity fight against them, what do you think?"
A smile appeared on Zhou Bai’s face, "With infinite life comes infinite possibilities."
"Is that so? Your thoughts are indeed correct, that’s what I think too. With infinite life, temporary victories and reputation are trivial." Lin Muqing smiled slightly, "A friend of mine asked me to ask you, do you know what the last chapter of the Tao Te Ching is?"
Zhou Bai’s heart sank slightly, ’Xing Jun? Is Lin Muqing backed by Xing Jun? However, Qian Wangsun and I have already talked about the Tao Te Ching when we were being questioned. It doesn’t necessarily have to be Xing Jun who knows about it.’
Zhou Bai, "Who is this friend? Maybe Teacher Lin, you could take me to meet him?"
"Xing Jun, does Student Zhou Bai still remember him?" Lin Muqing asked, "He asked me to ask you, whether you would like to reincarnate as a Heavenly Demon."
Zhou Bai slightly startled, then smiled and said, "I would love nothing more."
The two exchanged a smile, just when Zhou Bai was sure that Lin Muqing was a spy for the Heavenly Demon, the door suddenly burst open.
Fang Mo slowly walked in, his gaze sweeping over Zhou Bai’s body, and in a flash of thought, the force of the Primordial Spirit had already bound Zhou Bai.
Fang Mo, "Tough work, Muqing."
Lin Muqing shook her head, her gaze coldly fixated on Zhou Bai, "It’s better to weed out students with problematic ideas sooner."
Fang Mo laughed, having already recorded their conversation, and no matter how much Dao School wanted to protect its students, he now had enough evidence to take Zhou Bai back to the Night Army for questioning, the charge being suspected of having connections with Xing Jun and inclinations toward joining the Heavenly Demon.
As long as there was an excuse to take Zhou Bai back, he had plenty of ways to pry secrets from him.
Zhou Bai’s expression slightly changed, and he said, "Who exactly are you? Spies for the Heavenly Demon?"
Fang Mo smiled and telekinetically moved Zhou Bai in front of him, "We are from the Night Army, currently suspecting you of colluding with the Heavenly Demon, please come with us."
Zhou Bai’s expression slightly changed again, thinking to himself, ’The Night Army? Is Lin Muqing also from the Night Army? Did the Night Army send someone to plant her by my side?’
With lightning-fast realization in his mind, Zhou Bai had already activated the gemstone’s time reversal ability.
He knew arguing was useless with this espionage department, the Night Army. Even if he claimed he was merely testing her, they could forcefully take him away. Moreover, once these words were recorded, it would be a stain; who knows if he was sincere, so Zhou Bai directly used time reversal.
In an instant, he was back ten minutes ago, then he waited, had a meal, and chatted.
Faced with the repeated tests from Lin Muqing, Zhou Bai righteously said, "Eternal life would only cause chaos in society. Plus, I believe that even in the face of death, humanity will ultimately triumph over the Heavenly Demon."
Lin Muqing was slightly stunned and tried testing Zhou Bai few more rounds, all of which Zhou Bai righteously deflected.
Zhou Bai did not want to entangle with her further and immediately said, "Teacher, I must press on with my time and leave now."
Lin Muqing wanted to stop Zhou Bai, but he appeared resolute, "With the human race in peril and the fearsome Heavenly Demon, I must seize every minute and second to cultivate."
A flicker of an expression crossed Lin Muqing’s face as she looked at Zhou Bai with a somewhat different gaze.
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However, just as he walked out a few meters, Zhou Bai turned back and said, "Teacher, it’s not good to leave the food, how about I take some with me?"
Lin Muqing laughed, "Take it with you. Take it all, I can’t finish the rest anyway."
Zhou Bai promptly packed up all the food on the table, left through the door, leaving behind a contemplative Lin Muqing.
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Zhou Bai returned to his dorm, traded all his food for laziness points, and obtained more than four thousand laziness points.
"I sold it for so many laziness points, it looks like this meal was really worth it."
"But turns out, Teacher Lin is a part of the Night Army, it seems they are really interested in Little Pei’s movements too."
"That was close, luckily there was the gemstone’s time reversal, otherwise it would have been troublesome."
"And Fang Mo, this guy is also from the Night Army? So him being my teacher... Does that mean the Night Army is targeting me?"
Zhou Bai was shaken, frowned slightly, but had no good solution. He could only tell himself to be careful and to be even more cautious in his actions from now on.
Zhou Bai looked at his panel.
Taoization: 20.0%
Primordial Spirit Value: 1134
Divine Diagram: Nine Calamities of the Celestial Being
Laziness: 23490
"Just right, with these additional four thousand laziness points, I have just enough to activate the next star point."
Poor Disaster: If you ask for it, they must loan it, and not loaning is not an option. Note: Borrowing with skills is not shameful.
Cultivation Method: (Omitted)
Laziness (0/23000)
Instantly, Zhou Bai injected 23000 laziness points into the star point.
Neither his body nor his Primordial Spirit felt anything special.
Only a surge of information about Poor Disaster entered his mind, and somewhere in the cosmos, he felt that something unusual had happened to the world, making it a bit different from before.
However, this slight oddity soon vanished from Zhou Bai’s mind, and he started thinking about how to use Poor Disaster.
"Is it really like this?" Zhou Bai exclaimed with surprise, "Poor Disaster, so as long as I ask, they must loan things to me?"
In fact, the rule was a bit more complicated than what Zhou Bai described.
Basically, the stronger the target compared to him, the lower the value of the objects that can be borrowed.
Then Zhou Bai thought for a moment and said to Christina beside him, "Tina, lend me some of your cat fur."
Christina was about to refuse, but suddenly her head swayed, feeling that lending it wouldn’t be a big deal. She licked off a big clump of fur and handed it over to Zhou Bai.
Zhou Bai then tried to say, "Christina, can you lend me the gemstone to play with?"
Christina decisively refused, "Play what play! Is that something to play with!!"
Zhou Bai understood, indeed, the more valuable and significant the item, the lower the probability of it being lent.
Of course, if his cultivation level was much higher than Christina’s, maybe the gemstone could be borrowed too.
But at the end of the day... what use was this?
Zhou Bai was annoyed, "This skill is quite a rip-off, isn’t it? Not everyone is like Christina in real life, who would lend things indefinitely? Who am I supposed to use this skill on?"
"Classmate? Teacher? Leader?" Zhou Bai thought about it and kept shaking his head. Not only does this go against his moral code, if he borrows without returning, what would happen to his reputation? How would he continue being the hope of humanity, a genius of Dao School?
Then Zhou Bai looked at the next dim layer of the Divine Diagram, and a faint stream of information flowed into his mind.
’The next layer, Ugly Diagram, can be generated when the strength breaks through to the 2nd realm, requires 50000 laziness points.’
"Needs 50 thousand laziness points?" Zhou Bai sighed, "It’s really an Ugly Diagram, sigh, how am I supposed to cultivate with this. Do they want me to destroy my own appearance?"
Zhou Bai couldn’t figure out the cultivation method for the Ugly Diagram, and could only look into it when the time came.
Just then, Jing Xiu knocked on the door, Zhou Bai quickly had Elsa, who was lying on the bed, turn back into her dog form, opened the door, and saw Jing Xiu standing outside.
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