Not long after, the number of people kneeling before Lin Shu increased to two.
Under interrogation, Shi Yan confessed that both he and Xiao Shitou were Demon Cultists from the Yi Qi Sect.
But when Lin Shu tried to ask about the Yi Qi Sect’s plans and motives, Shi Yan declared that cultivators should have backbone, and so should members of the Yi Qi Sect, flatly refusing to answer.
Xiao Shitou didn’t share his sentiment. Having personally learned Shi Yan’s principles of “Demon Cultists should betray each other for personal gain whenever possible” and “Better my fellow dies than me,” he very decisively spilled nearly everything.
“So all of this is really to revive that Yi Qi Immortal…” Lin Shu muttered for a moment, deep in thought.
Standing beside him, Sanqing Fairy stomped her feet in indignation, her little fists waving, face fierce. “How dare they! To use such an absurd excuse to perform live sacrifices on cultivators! It’s simply vile!”
Lin Shu shot her a glance and said irritably, “Didn’t I tell you to get up? Go back to kneeling!”
“Oh!”
Sanqing Fairy shrank her neck and knelt back down beside Shi Yan, looking obedient and sweet.
Seriously!
Did she think that just because she personally helped deal with two measly Qi Refining weaklings, she could clear herself of suspicion?
Lin Shu wasn’t that easy to fool!
Off to the side, Shi Yan and Xiao Shitou were both utterly dumbfounded. Could it be that this Guardian of Tianque Sect could make an immortal kneel and throw away all dignity—was he actually an immortal himself?
Lin Shu gathered his thoughts and asked again, “Tell me, is she… the Yi Qi Immortal your sect is searching for?”
At these words, the three of them all waved their hands frantically, a chaotic scene unfolding as they each began arguing, nearly starting a debate.
“Enough, enough! You, speak first!” Lin Shu pointed at Shi Yan.
Shi Yan was about to answer, but glanced at the Sanqing Fairy next to him, who was glaring viciously, grinding her teeth like a fierce dog as if to say, “If you dare say anything wrong, I’ll beat you up!”
Shi Yan, of course, shot back a disdainful look, then turned to answer Lin Shu: “How could our Yi Qi Immortal possibly be a woman?”
Sanqing Fairy breathed a sigh of relief.
“And our Yi Qi Immortal is a being of vast vision and supreme wisdom! What majestic presence! How could they possibly be…”
Halfway through, Shi Yan stopped himself.
Sanqing Fairy mulled it over, and immediately got angry again!
This guy was insinuating she was stupid and narrow-minded!
Just as a fight was about to break out, Lin Shu interrupted again: “Are there any portraits or statues?”
Anyone who mixed in with Demon Cultists knew that these faith-based cults wouldn’t just imagine a god they’d never seen. So Lin Shu wanted to look at their artifacts to judge the Yi Qi Immortal’s appearance.
Naturally, to prevent Shi Yan from playing tricks, he confiscated Xiao Shitou’s things too.
Shi Yan had a wooden statue, which looked old—wrapped head-to-toe in black robes, making it impossible to see the “Yi Qi Immortal’s” true appearance. Judging by the figure and broad shoulders carved, though, it was probably a man.
Xiao Shitou had a painting scroll. Open it up, and by comparing the details, Lin Shu could glean some clues.
As the scroll slowly unfurled, the first thing in sight was a back of a head, then brawny biceps and triceps, eight proud, imposing abs, a round and solid XX, and powerful thigh muscles…
With a loud smack, Lin Shu flung the scroll aside.
How could anyone deduce anything from this?!
The whole painting only showed a back of a head, not a single face. Compared to the statue wrapped fully in black robes, this scroll wouldn’t even pass the censors!
“You should pay me medical expenses for having to look at that!” Lin Shu clenched his fists in outrage.
“Spare me, please, sir! But this really is a scroll circulated in the sect!” Xiao Shitou kowtowed frantically.
After listening to their pleas for a while, Lin Shu finally calmed his frustration.
“Forget it, forget it! I’ll spare your lives. When we get back to the sect, you’ll face proper interrogation!”
Waving his hand, Lin Shu used a magic treasure to bind them both and tossed them aside, intending to hand them over to his junior sisters when they woke up.
“Haha! See! I told you! There’s no way this fairy would be some meat-headed muscle brute!” Sanqing Fairy laughed, hands on hips.
“What if the scroll is fake?” Lin Shu raised an eyebrow.
“No way! Absolutely impossible!” Sanqing Fairy stomped her feet in anxiety, stammering, “Even if it is fake! This fairy could never be a villain!”
“This fairy is so sweet and clever, full of grace… uh, in short, beautiful! How could a bad person look like this?”
With that, Sanqing Fairy put her hands beneath her round chin in a flower shape, smiling like a chrysanthemum blooming in autumn…
If only her literary skills were higher, she’d have used even more flattering words to enrich her “primeval good fairy” image.
“Ahem! Yet to be verified!” Lin Shu reminded himself sternly that this scene wasn’t over, and forced himself not to laugh.
But in truth, looking at the Sanqing Fairy’s performance, Lin Shu was almost convinced.
Impossible!
Definitely not!
If the Yi Qi Sect believed in this goofball, within two years the entire Daqian would be left with just two Demon Cults!
Seeing Lin Shu’s attitude, Sanqing Fairy looked a bit hurt, covering her forehead and squatting down to sob.
“Actually… I don’t really expect you to spare me. It’s just that I was born in a tiny tribe in the wilderness, lost my parents young, had to fight for food with the other clansfolk every day… and couldn’t win…”
“Why are you getting all sentimental?” Lin Shu couldn’t help but laugh, quickly stopping her.
If he let Sanqing Fairy go on, he’d become the bad guy! But after all, he was just a small-time cultivator who borrowed power to act tough.
Right! Lin Shu suddenly remembered something important—what should become of Sanqing Fairy now?
In this era with so few immortals, letting a low-IQ, out-of-touch fairy wander around was just asking for trouble—if something happened, Daqian would surely blame them as accomplices.
More crucially, he was the one who’d altered the Sacrificial Text to summon the fairy, so a lot of responsibility lay with him.
Thinking of this, Lin Shu asked, “What do you plan to do now?”
“Huh?” Still lost in ‘sorrow,’ Sanqing Fairy didn’t react at first, then finally replied, “Eat, drink, play, and have fun!”
Lin Shu slapped his own forehead, a mass of black lines hanging over his head.
No! He really couldn’t let her go out on her own! He had to find a way to settle her down!
“You…”
Before he could finish, a panel floated up before Lin Shu’s eyes, displaying three options.
[Say: “You can go now!” and let Sanqing Fairy leave. All base Attributes +100000]
[Say: “At this point, you still want to leave?” and keep Sanqing Fairy at your side. Constitution +♾️]
[Think of a way to arrange a job for Sanqing Fairy. Random Attribute +1]
Ahahaha! As expected of an immortal!
Ignoring the first option, Lin Shu noticed, for the first time, the symbol for “infinity.”
If he picked the first, Sanqing Fairy would probably be grateful, then once out of the secret realm, cause trouble everywhere—and Lin Shu would have to clean up the mess.
As for the second…
Options related to “Constitution” usually appeared when Lin Shu took a beating.
He glanced at the Sanqing Fairy, who was staring at him wide-eyed, trying to “cute her way out,” and looked at her with disdain.
She wouldn’t beat me up, would she???
No, wait!
If she figured out she’d be fine as long as she didn’t enter my spiritual space and didn’t face the great system directly, she’d definitely come back and beat me up!!!
Can’t pick that!
Lin Shu’s alarm bells rang as he set his sights on the third option. Seeing [Random Attribute +1], he breathed a sigh of relief.
That damned sense of security!
But [Think of a way to arrange a job for Sanqing Fairy.] was a bit too vague.
What job exactly, the system didn’t say.
He couldn’t have her shoveling dung, could he?
Lin Shu asked, “Fairy, what are you good at?”
Sanqing Fairy obviously didn’t expect Lin Shu to ask that. After a moment’s thought, she repeated, “Eat, drink, play, and have fun!”
Lin Shu slapped his forehead again, feeling his life shrouded in darkness.
“If it weren’t for the fact that a sudden appearance of an immortal in Tianque Sect would cause too much attention, I’d send you to the sect’s museum as an exhibit…” Lin Shu muttered to himself.
“Huh? What did you say?” Sanqing Fairy hadn’t heard, but she had the sense that Lin Shu was up to something rude.
“Nothing!”
Just imagine—disciples discouraged by the hardships of cultivation, visiting the museum only to see Sanqing Fairy eating, drinking, and playing her way to True Immortal, and if that didn’t anger them into sudden enlightenment, then the effect must be lacking!
Wait!
There really might be a suitable job for Sanqing Fairy!
That random thought about the “educational value of the fairy” sparked a new idea in Lin Shu’s mind.
He glanced at the system panel, then shifted his gaze to his little junior sister, sleeping soundly not far away. A bold idea formed.
“Fairy! How about becoming my junior sister’s system?”
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