This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered
Chapter 288 - 279: Isn’t that who and who?

Chapter 288: Chapter 279: Isn’t that who and who?

"Hahaha." Liang Yi lay on the deck, looking at the vast cloud sea as huge as mountains, laughing heartily with his mouth wide open.

"What the hell are you laughing at? Can you first get rid of the claw marks on your neck, meow!" Master Orange sounded annoyed, even though he had broken a few whiskers, there were corresponding cat claw marks on Liang Yi’s neck.

That’ll teach you to pluck my fur!

"Ouch, how can your claws be so sharp?!" Liang Yi touched them gently and felt a burning pain.

Even a body cultivated with Qinglian Creation couldn’t withstand Master Orange’s claws, and that was when he wasn’t even using his full strength.

"Afraid of an Innate Divine Object, are you, meow!" Master Orange raised his left paw, extending his claws from the pads, and from up close, Su Youyi could even see the stream of light passing through them, with laws circling around.

"The Golden Silk Tiger’s Innate Divine Ability is right here in these claws, and this Lord just happened to enhance them with the aura of the Great Dao during my reincarnation, turning them directly into an Innate Divine Object, meow!"

Although Master Orange’s proud tone really deserved a beating, Liang Yi, who had tilted his head slightly to look at Master Orange’s claw, knew it wasn’t boasting; those claws had truly become an Innate Divine Object.

"What a world, even a cat’s claws are Innate Divine Objects." Liang Yi said helplessly, starting out fully equipped with divine gear, as if he was already living at the finish line.

"The two of you are just like little kids, fighting at your age." Su Youyi took out a box of simple healing ointment from her ring, scooped a little with her slender jade fingers, and knelt beside Liang Yi, slowly applying the ointment to the red marks.

"It was him who started the fight!"

"It was him who started the fight, meow!"

Both the man and the cat responded in unison.

"Hiss!" Liang Yi suddenly gasped, twitching in pain.

Turns out Su Youyi saw that Liang Yi was still not being honest even after being injured, so she got a little angry and pressed down harder.

"Little Orange was just born a few months ago, can’t you be a little more considerate?" Su Youyi was really helpless. How could she not have noticed before that her senior brother was so childish?

"But now is the most relaxing time!" Liang Yi, however, looked a bit dazed, staring blankly at the slowly moving vast cloud sea above, uttering a sentence that seemed to come out of nowhere.

Although Su Youyi didn’t quite understand, she could hear the relaxation in her senior brother’s heart at this moment, her finger applying the ointment paused briefly, and the usually tense body of her senior brother relaxed.

Now she remembered that her senior brother was just a teenager after all, his precocious behavior since childhood had given him a mature style in his actions.

She rarely saw her senior brother so relaxed, or rather, almost never in her memory. Before joining the sect, he had to hustle everywhere for their survival, and after joining the sect, due to a lack of cultivation aptitude, he had put double the effort into studying, and after changing his fate in the Ten Thousand Miles Mountain, there was a sense of isolation and a strange tension in his heart.

It wasn’t until now that her senior brother seemed to empty his mind for the first time, letting go of everything in his heart, just simply enjoying the clear breeze of nature and the company of a lovely person beside him, as well as an old friend in the distance.

Master Orange, not far away, heard Liang Yi’s words loud and clear; he understood the meaning quite well.

Being alone in a foreign land is tough, let alone in another world.

Under the current circumstances, having an old friend from the same place, and the love of this world, for someone like Liang Yi who was by nature a homebody, it was truly satisfying.

The feeling of crisis in his heart since crossing over to this world had only now been temporarily relieved.

That’s why many people like to stay aimlessly wandering around in vehicles; only in a vehicle do they feel a moment of relaxation, allowing their minds to rest without thinking about anything.

Unfortunately, no matter who it is, there’s always a time to get off, and one can only continue on the path they have chosen.

Now, Liang Yi was skillfully piloting the Floating Tower Ship, flying at speeds not much slower than those of regular Escape Skills, and with surprisingly low consumption.

Due to time constraints, Liang Yi and his companions did not take the opportunity to stay longer in the territory governed by the Complete Heaven Sect, nor had the chance to appreciate the local customs and scenery, planning to rest in Taibai City at the foot of Complete Heaven Sect’s mountain before heading up the mountain, which made Su Youyi a bit regretful.

"When we’re more relaxed later, I’ll take you around the Mystical Mechanism Continent." Liang Yi noticed his junior sister’s downcast mood and promised with a smile.

"Mm!" Su Youyi’s eyes glistened with a delighted smile, she knew there were pressing matters to attend to, so she obediently agreed.

Taibai City was the largest and most prosperous city under the Complete Heaven Sect, its status almost equivalent to Qingliang in the Immortal Dynasty of Xuanzhou. However, Qingliang City was the main base of the Xuanzhou Immortal Dynasty, so in terms of prosperity and security, it was much stronger than any other power’s cities.

The city lies at the foot of Complete Heaven Sect Mountain, with hundreds of millions of Cultivators and commoners living together, forming a famous metropolis on the Mystical Mechanism Continent. From Taibai City, one cannot see the entirety of Complete Heaven Sect but can only see countless stars twinkling non-stop, the doing of the Sect Protection Array.

Nowadays, Taibai City has gained even more vitality due to the influx of Abnormal People over the past few days.

Previously, players only operated around Qingliang City, so although the Cultivators and ordinary folks of Complete Heaven Sect had heard about the various deeds of the Abnormal People, they are only seeing them in person for the first time today, and it’s exactly as the rumors described.

The most tangible feeling for the lower-level Cultivators and commoners in Taibai City is that the arrival of the Abnormal People has caused their happiness index to skyrocket.

With strategies from the beta testers, ordinary players nowadays have been able to save themselves many detours and trouble. At least things like rummaging through an NPC’s house are unheard of in Taibai City, though brawling has become much more frequent.

To the guard Disciples in the city, these Abnormal People are just like chickens pecking at each other, but they still pose some hindrance to public security.

However, after a few days, the new players have gained a very clear understanding of the game. The overhyped promotions they initially thought were exaggerated turned out to be real after experiencing them, with the playability extremely high indeed.

After the open beta of "Mystical Mechanism," the freedom is extremely high, no longer restricting players’ destinations. Go wherever you want, which has caused some players with extreme curiosity to face good chances of dying.

Not because they went to some dangerous place, but simply because they went to the brothel without paying. Which player wouldn’t be curious about brothels?

These true freeloading players, after being killed several times, are now repaying their debts by selling their bodies in the brothels and directly missing out on the best opportunity to level up. This has also served as a warning to other players who were getting restless.

A player called Taibai Ge, level 2, is currently wandering around the streets with a dumbfounded expression, wearing the white coarse hemp clothing rewarded for completing a quest. Right now, he is taken aback—utterly astonished by the truly lifelike game scenery around him—and equally fraught with worry.

He can’t pick up any quests!

There are many Task Points, but alas, there are even more players, and he had to queue in a tavern for half an hour to get a task to slaughter cattle and sheep, after which he couldn’t get a second one.

With so many players around, there will always be someone better than you. Although everyone’s level seems about the same now, the gap between players is also quite evident.

The last Taibai Ge saw was a level 2 player who got recruited by a tavern to be a head chef, earning not only a hefty experience reward but also a substantial commission of spiritual coins.

And cooking in the game is completely different from in the real world, filled with various novelties and absolutely not dull—it’s incredibly relaxing.

Now, Taibai Ge just wants to find some quests to do down south of the city, quickly level up to third level, and then buy a fishing rod with the initial spiritual coins given, and fish outside the city.

His aim in playing the game is relaxation. He doesn’t have strong ambitions for level or equipment, and his favorite thing to do is to fish in virtual games.

He’s also a bit of a scenery enthusiast. Some landscapes in the game are heart-stirringly beautiful, while others are as soothing as spring rain. Fishing amidst these scenes can also relax his body and soul, shedding fatigue.

"Ouch, damn!" Lost in thought, Taibai Ge wasn’t paying attention and bumped into a young man around a corner.

The peripheral glance he had of the slim youth suggested he was fine, but it was Taibai Ge who staggered a few steps back and nearly fell.

"Are you okay?" Liang Yi apologized and reached out to steady the somewhat unstable pedestrian in front of him, as he had been absorbed in chatting with his Junior Sister and hadn’t noticed someone suddenly pop up beside him.

Elder Ju had noticed but was too busy chewing on the new flavored roasted fish Liang Yi had bought for him. By the time he thought to warn, it was already too late.

"I’m... I’m fine..." Taibai Ge cursed his bad luck internally, constantly rubbing his waist where he had accidentally bumped into a protrusion on the wall when stepping back.

"Taibai Ge?" The brief contact made Liang Yi’s eyes flash with the young player’s information, though the name sounded familiar.

"Liang Yi, did you bump him so hard he got internal injuries?" Elder Ju said, holding a small dried fish and pointing at Taibai Ge.

Liang Yi lowered his head to see the waist that Taibai Ge kept rubbing.

"Did you get hurt? Let me heal you."

"Oh!" Taibai Ge was finally able to clearly see the figures of Liang Yi and his companions, standing rooted to the spot in shock, motionless.

The pain in his waist was gone, so was his anger—his mind filled with a million exclamations of astonishment.

"Isn’t that the guy from the forums? And isn’t that Su Youyi, the sweet and beautiful girl standing beside him?" Taibai Ge couldn’t remember the man’s name but was familiar with the stunning young girl standing quietly beside him.

He threw out a Reconnaissance scroll and saw their names above their heads: Liang Yi, Su Youyi, while the Level showed as [???].

"Holy crap, it really is them!"