Miss Loser is too enchanting
Chapter 149: Wuyou Island (2)_1

Chapter 149: Chapter 149: Wuyou Island (2)_1

Dugu Qianye looked around the room; it was very clean and refreshing. Although it couldn’t compare to the luxury of the other areas in the Divine Temple, it was still better than what an average family could afford. She couldn’t help but sigh, "This really is a product of the Divine Temple, even the prison cells are this advanced!"

Dugu Qianye nodded at Xiao’er to indicate that she had seen the button.

"Is your food delivered here every day, or do you go to the dining hall to eat with everyone else?" Xiao’er asked again.

"You can even have food delivered to your room?" Dugu Qianye asked. What kind of treatment is this for a prisoner?!

"Someone like you can," which meant, given your noble status and the fact that your judgment is still unclear, you are entitled to such treatment.

"I’d rather go to the dining hall and eat with everyone else," Dugu Qianye said. That way, she could also see who else was detained here.

"Then I’ll go back now," Xiao’er said upon receiving Dugu Qianye’s reply.

"Alright. I’ll be in your care from now on," Dugu Qianye said. It was necessary to maintain a modest and polite front.

After Xiao’er left, Dugu Qianye walked over to the window. She pushed it open only to see the boundless ocean. Steep cliffs loomed outside, and occasionally, rows of man-eating fish would surface, their teeth clacking.

Xiaohuo transformed into human form and came out, looking down at the man-eating fish with a look of disdain and said, "Such ugly fish!"

"Hehe, ugly or not, it doesn’t matter to us. They can forget about eating us in this lifetime," Dugu Qianye remarked. It seemed that the Divine Temple had intentionally arranged for her to stay here, aiming to scare her off and discourage her from thinking about escaping.

Unfortunately for them, they didn’t realize that her courage wasn’t something that could be shattered with mere intimidation.

"Sister, how long are we going to stay here?"

"Not long," Dugu Qianye answered.

After some rest, it was time for dinner. Xiaohuo, disliking such a desolate place, returned to the Refining Demon Pot to cultivate. Dugu Qianye followed the route Xiao’er had given her and fumbled her way to the dining hall.

By then, the dining hall was already seated with about a dozen people, who all looked over at Dugu Qianye as she entered.

"Look, a new arrival," someone said.

"I just got here this afternoon," Dugu Qianye walked over, sat down with that person, and asked, "What about you all?"

"Haha, we’ve been here for quite a while," the man said with a big laugh.

"How long is a while?" Dugu Qianye naively inquired.

"A while means, uh, I can’t remember exactly, but it’s been a long time. Haha!" the man continued to laugh. He seemed to love laughing, as even after an unknown number of years here, it hadn’t ground away his cheerful nature.

"Little one, how did you end up here?" the man asked. The subtext being, how did you offend the Divine Temple?

"I killed the junior master of Rain Hall. They wanted to kill me directly, but there’s some sort of major ritual happening soon and the Divine Temple has a rule against killing anyone during this period. So, I was brought here," Dugu Qianye shrugged her shoulders with a helpless expression, "They said they’d release me after the ritual."

"Haha, young brother, don’t you know that once you arrive here, you can never leave?" the man laughed heartily as if mocking Dugu Qianye’s naivete.

"Ah?! Really?" Dugu Qianye asked, aware in his heart, "If you knew what goes on here, how could you possibly be allowed to leave?"

"Of course. Come on, follow me from now on. It’s better to have company here every day! It’s been a long time since any newcomer arrived, the old folks are lonely."

"Hehe, I haven’t asked senior your name yet," Dugu Qianye said.

"My name? My name, let me think, my name..." The man seemed to fall into recollection, repeating the phrase over and over, "My name, what is my name? Why can’t I remember my name? What is my name? Ah——"

Suddenly the man fell into madness, smashing the table to pieces and running outside.

Dugu Qianye was startled by his sudden frenzy and froze on the spot.

The other people in the dining hall burst into laughter. Someone said, "His name is Weng Yuzi, he’s been here for nearly a hundred years. Guess he’s so old he doesn’t even know his own name anymore."

Dugu Qianye regained his senses, went over to sit at another table, and asked, "Senior Weng said it’s been a long time since any newcomers arrived?"

"Yes, it’s been a long time. Ever since I arrived, no one else has come. I used to be the newcomer here, but now that you’ve arrived, the title of the newcomer is yours!"

"Uh, how long have you been here, senior?" It seemed he was only following the one who came after him.

"Hmm, it’s been about ten years or so."

"Ten years?!" Dugu Qianye exclaimed, saying, "Has the Divine Temple really not detained anyone else here for so long?"

"We’re talking about those who can live here," the man suddenly leaned in close to Dugu Qianye and said mysteriously, "I know the Divine Temple often brings people here, but many of them don’t get treated like us and are taken to the torture chambers instead."

"Torture chambers?"

"Yes. It’s just... young brother, you haven’t told us your name yet," the man suddenly changed the subject and asked for his name.

Dugu Qianye noticed that Xiao’er and another were carrying over a cage full of dinner meals. Seeing Dugu Qianye mingling and laughing with the old man, the two said nothing, simply distributing the meals to everyone.

"My name is Baili Xie. How should I address you, senior?" Dugu Qianye took the meal that Xiao’er handed over and placed it in front of the man.

"I’m Liu Jilin, but others call me Old Six because I’m the sixth child in my family," Liu Jilin said.

"Hehe, Brother Liu, come on, let’s eat, I still don’t know what the food tastes like here. It does look good though," Dugu Qianye said, looking at the dinner in front of him.

"The dinners here are quite good. Especially because there’s a different vegetable dish every day, they taste amazing. You should try it. It’s just a pity they don’t serve alcohol," Liu Jilin said with a tinge of regret, "Otherwise, eating a big meal and drinking heartily, with some vegetable dishes on the side, tsk tsk, that would be the life!"

Dugu Qianye smiled and took a bite of the vegetable dish Liu Jilin had mentioned. It did taste good, but there seemed to be an addictive substance mixed in, so after one bite, he didn’t touch that dish again.

Xiao’er and the other watched as everyone finished their meals and, when they came to collect the dishes, noticed that Dugu Qianye’s vegetable dish was nearly untouched. The two exchanged a glance and continued to clear up.

After dinner, everyone went out to the courtyard to take a walk, look at the lotus flowers, and smell the scents of the garden. Life seemed carefree. But the scenery had been the same for ten years, and everyone was tired of it, so they all went back to their rooms early.

At night, the people here were not allowed to visit each other’s rooms. If someone did leave their room, Xiao’er and the others would soon find out and quickly show up. Those who were caught would not be punished, but the next night, they would not be served their vegetable dish. Without the vegetable dish, they would feel uncomfortable all over. That’s why no one would leave their own rooms at night.

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