This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered
Chapter 116: [NPC Template Privileges Upgrade]

Chapter 116: Chapter 116: [NPC Template Privileges Upgrade]

"Don’t be nervous."

Liang Yi saw that his brother was so nervous that he couldn’t even speak clearly and signaled Wu Yangshuo before taking the two to an unoccupied room next door.

"Would you like a cup of tea to calm down?"

Although Su Youyi didn’t know what his senior brother was planning, it seemed that he wanted to have a good talk with them.

"Thank you, thank you thank you..."

"Ah."

Bai Xiaomo covered his face with a sigh, wondering if it was still timely to end their brotherhood—how embarrassing it was to lose face in front of the goddess.

"Pff."

Su Youyi was also amused by Ju Xiaobei’s reaction, finding the Abnormal People quite interesting.

After Liang Yi sat opposite Bai Xiaomo and Ju Xiaobei and waited until they had calmed down a bit after drinking their tea, he asked gently, "Feeling better?"

"Yes, yes!"

Although Ju Xiaobei still felt flattered, he was much better compared to before, at least now he could communicate normally.

"I heard from Bai Xiaomo that you discovered some mysterious forces planning to cause trouble after the Immortal Dynasty sect tournament? Can you talk about what happened?"

"It’s no trouble, I’ll tell you everything from the beginning."

Ju Xiaobei dared not look Liang Yi in the eyes for fear of being bent, and after organizing his words, he began slowly, "That day, I accepted a task from an old lady in the South District to deliver something to her son..."

Su Youyi sat beside Liang Yi listening with both curiosity and seriousness.

Although Bai Xiaomo had already known the general process of the event, Ju Xiaobei had not told him the specifics of it, so now he was leaning over, eagerly listening to his good buddy’s explanation.

"That’s roughly what happened."

The story wasn’t long; it only took the time of drinking a cup of tea for Ju Xiaobei to stop and take a sip of tea to moisten his throat.

Liang Yi propped his head up and his brain raced. Ju Xiaobei was delivering something to an old lady’s son while on a quest, and by mistake, he entered the wrong house. There, he heard two people in the courtyard saying that all their agents had been placed and they were just waiting for the final tournament to begin before activating the Great Formation to deliver a heavy blow to Xuanzhou in the Immortal Dynasty.

Ju Xiaobei, who was eavesdropping, went dark before he could hear the next sentence and resurrected at the respawn point.

Congrats on losing one Level, and he also got a triggered quest added to his task list, which was a terrifying main quest!

After his attempts to find the entrance to the tournament failed, Ju Xiaobei was somewhat lost until he casually opened the livestream link sent by Bai Xiaomo, which gave him an idea.

Although when players communicate, any mention of their Level or quest panel will be automatically censored, under normal circumstances, players generally don’t mention these in front of NPCs unless it’s necessary.

When Ju Xiaobei recounted his experience just now, he referred to the triggered quest as his own speculation, so Liang Yi wasn’t sure if the censorship would apply to him.

After Ju Xiaobei finished speaking, he and Bai Xiaomo looked at Liang Yi with some worry, not knowing if this NPC would believe their words as there was no evidence—a simple word from the start, the entire quest relied on guesswork.

Naturally, Liang Yi believed them, but if it wasn’t for his own understanding of players, another person might have considered these two to be Abnormal People having another fit and thrown them out.

His current contemplation wasn’t on credibility, but rather on the fact that the System had actually shared this quest with him.

"Ding! Share the main quest [Ominous Clouds Over the Immortal Dynasty Tournament]"

The quest description and such were mostly similar to what Ju Xiaobei had said, but there was one part of the quest reward that Liang Yi couldn’t understand.

"Quest Reward: [NPC Template Privilege Upgrade]"

Liang Yi had never heard of this reward before, and he had no idea what its specific functions and permissions were. Since his transmigration, although his panel template showed him as an NPC, he had actually been following the path of a player. He had originally thought that the System had automatically classified him as a player because it had never encountered such a situation before, but now he realized it was actually due to his own lack of permissions.

However, he finally understood why there were no main storyline missions in the first two versions of his previous life.

It turned out that the starting mission for the main storyline was actually triggered during the internal testing phase—damn, what a genius planner!

In his previous life, Ju Xiaobei definitely didn’t complete this mission, otherwise the game’s early pace wouldn’t have been so slow, allowing players one or two versions’ worth of time to aimlessly develop their characters.

It was just uncertain what kind of changes would happen if he changed this history from its source this time around. Moreover, he had to complete this mission; he had a premonition that this [NPC Template Permission Upgrade] would be critically important for him.

"To be honest, I don’t really believe what you said."

Liang Yi’s words sent Bai Xiaomo and Ju Xiaobei’s hearts sinking into an ice cellar—if Liang Yi didn’t help them, they really had no other way to get in.

"But, in consideration of our acquaintance, I’ve decided to take you in with me, my friends!"

Liang Yi didn’t say this just to tease them; in communicating with players, you absolutely couldn’t let them think "this is what I’m entitled to," otherwise they would become even more presumptuous.

Otherwise, try leaving your house unlocked in some building game and letting players stand at your doorstep—see if you’ll find anything left in your house down to a single pair of underwear, and I’ll admit defeat!

He wanted Bai Xiaomo and Ju Xiaobei to know he was taking them because he regarded them as friends, to make them truly grateful to him from the bottom of their hearts, so that they would be easier to use in the future.

The hearts of real big shots are always dark, and Liang Yi was no exception.

"Really!!"

Under the dramatic turn of events, Ju Xiaobei was almost moved to tears—he had indeed put too much into this damn mission, having died two or three times, unable to do other tasks in the meantime, and falling behind in level.

Now, he finally saw a glimmer of hope, and his excitement was beyond words.

If before Ju Xiaobei was attracted solely by Liang Yi’s appearance and temperament, now it included some recognition and gratitude.

Bai Xiaomo keenly noticed the change in his bro’s gaze towards the big shot, solemnly patted his keyboard, and stared at him seriously.

"So you too..."

Ju Xiaobei was somewhat surprised; he thought he was the only one.

"Yes!"

Bai Xiaomo’s gaze reciprocated, having...

The two clowns embraced each other passionately in front of Liang Yi and Su Youyi; from today onwards, everyone was a loyal fan of the big shot.

Brothers for life!

Su Youyi poked her senior brother, signaling with her eyes.

Liang Yi spread his hands, indifferent to the worldly affairs.

Although these two were bros, he hadn’t heard about any romance between them—could it be another butterfly effect of his own?

Su Youyi watched the two men eye to eye, as if she had opened the door to a new world.

Scared, Liang Yi hurriedly covered his junior sister’s eyes—go ahead and be gay, why pollute my little Youyi?

Bai Xiaomo and Ju Xiaobei also realized the atmosphere between them was a bit off and quickly let go of each other, pretending nothing had happened.

"Don’t be nervous, this kind of thing actually happens from time to time in the Cultivation World, I can understand."

Liang Yi said with a full dose of schadenfreude.

Bai Xiaomo and Ju Xiaobei felt a mix of wanting to cry and laugh, and after exchanging a glance, they got a wicked idea:

"Should we kill this scoundrel to clear our names?"

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