This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered
Chapter 66: Maple Leaf

Chapter 66: Chapter 66: Maple Leaf

"This Daoist Skill is on par with Qinglian Creation; however, haven’t you progressed too fast?"

Just half a year ago, you broke through to the Fourth Realm, and now within half a year, you’ve jumped three levels? If we really calculate it, the experience required after level 41, for these three levels combined, is enough to match the total from level 0 to 30.

"Eh? Too fast? I’m actually holding back intentionally. Master said progressing too quickly could easily discourage other geniuses in the world, and also told me to solidify my foundations more."

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Looking at his junior sister’s innocently joyful smile, Liang Yi started to question who among them really had the cheat enabled.

"Am I too unmotivated? Or is the garbage system not up to par with a child of this realm?" Liang Yi fell into deep self-doubt.

If this system had any self-awareness, it would probably be so angry it’d self-destruct on the spot.

I might not be human, but you really are a lucky dog!

Summoning a sphere of clean water, Liang Yi gargled it. Such minor injuries did not require even a breath for him, someone cultivating Qinglian Creation, to recover completely.

"Let’s go, if Master has allowed us to leave seclusion, it must be because the Xuanzhou Immortal Dynasty’s sect competition is about to start."

Liang Yi took Su Youyi’s hand, preparing to find Chen Hua.

Meandering through mountains full of Red Leaves, Su Youyi picked and chose, finally selecting the most beautiful leaf from the endless fallen ones and handed it to Liang Yi after a good while.

"Senior brother, look, isn’t this maple leaf beautiful?"

Looking at Su Youyi’s excitement as if she had found a treasure, Liang Yi rubbed his temples and took the palm-sized maple leaf.

Holding the maple leaf up against the warm sunlight in the sky, its veins were clearly visible under the sunlight.

"Not bad taste, eh? Can I keep this as an amulet?"

Liang Yi raised an eyebrow and looked down to ask his junior sister.

"Yeah, of course, but I want a maple leaf from you too, senior brother!"

"Alright, alright, I’ll look for one."

Liang Yi turned his head to look around, taking in a fiery red sea with maple leaves fluttering down from the trees from time to time.

"Oh?"

The two happened to be under a maple tree. Just as Liang Yi was struggling to find the perfect maple leaf, a falling leaf swayed down from above them with the wind and landed exactly on top of Su Youyi’s head, making her shrink her neck in surprise.

"It’s fate then, it’ll be you."

He reached out to pluck the maple leaf from the top of Su Youyi’s head.

Liang Yi held out his palm, placing the two maple leaves together, and circulated his mana. He had learned countless unique and ancient Daoist Skills in the past half year.

Su Youyi stood on tiptoes and watched with curiosity as her senior brother handled the leaves, under the flow of mana, the slightly dry maple leaves regained their vitality, and even glowed with radiance.

Gradually, the size of the leaves began to shrink without changing their proportion, and the texture became jade-like, eventually turning into the size of a pendant.

Liang Yi took out two silk threads from his Storage Ring, making a pendant from the leaf his junior sister gave him, and the other into a bracelet.

"Wow, senior brother, how did you do that?"

Su Youyi’s eyes turned into stars as she admired Liang Yi.

"It’s just a basic Refining Technique from the talismans, won’t you take a look?"

"Ugh, there are too many Daoist Skills in there, it’s not like a recipe book, I get dizzy looking at them."

"You, you, why don’t you just try it on?"

Liang Yi patted Su Youyi’s little head and handed her the bracelet.

"Senior brother, you put it on for me!"

Su Youyi lifted her arm, presenting her pale wrist, looking at Liang Yi with a warm, smiling gaze.

Looking at his junior sister’s slender wrist, the memory of a poem from his previous life suddenly surfaced in Liang Yi’s mind:

"The person by the bar is like the moon, with wrists as if frosted snow."

Indeed, it suits Junior Sister the most.

Taking the bracelet, I helped Junior Sister put it on and carefully checked to make sure nothing was missing. Su Youyi was thrilled, turning her wrist this way and that to admire it.

The two most important things she wore were the necklace made from Willow Wood Stone gifted by her Senior Brother before, and now, the maple leaf bracelet.

Her laborious choice to gift the maple leaf to Senior Brother, then having him give it back to her, was because he once told her in a bedtime story during their childhood: the maple leaf symbolizes longing and can also express the genuine feelings for a loved one.

"Let’s hurry, Master must be getting anxious."

Liang Yi casually hung his own pendant around his neck and, using his movement technique, took his Junior Sister, still immersed in a sweet atmosphere, towards the mountain peak.

Youdao Mountain peak.

Dressed in white, Chen Hua stood by the cliff, admiring the sea of clouds that had undergone strange changes.

At this moment, a voice came from behind.

"Master! Junior Sister and I have arrived."

Two figures suddenly appeared on the deserted mountaintop, one of them speaking.

"Oh? A bit earlier than I expected, I thought you two might dawdle a little longer."

Chen Hua turned around, teasing his two beloved apprentices.

"Master Master, look! The bracelet Senior Brother made for me!"

Su Youyi rushed to Chen Hua’s side, raising her arm to share the joy in her heart.

"A maple leaf, huh? That has quite a good implication."

Chen Hua smiled and nodded, but he seemed somewhat distracted looking at the bracelet on Su Youyi’s wrist.

"Junior Sister, compose yourself, your grin is about to reach your ears."

Liang Yi couldn’t bear to watch from behind and gently pulled Su Youyi’s ear, bringing her back. He didn’t originally know the symbolism; who would bother remembering that on a whim? But since Master had specifically brought it up, combined with Junior Sister’s thoughtfulness, he could easily guess.

"Oh."

Su Youyi also realized that she got a little carried away and quickly composed herself.

Looking at Chen Hua, who was still lost in thought ahead, Liang Yi felt a little strange; ever since his master had seen the maple leaf bracelet, he seemed a bit absentminded.

But Liang Yi didn’t think too much about it, perhaps it was a case of being struck by old emotions?

"Master, is it the commencement of the Xuanzhou Immortal Dynasty sect competition?" Liang Yi asked tentatively.

"Oh yes, the Immortal Dynasty has already sent out invitations today, the ones in your hands."

Chen Hua finally snapped out of his daze.

"If there’s nothing else, let’s get ready to go."

Liang Yi and Su Youyi took out the golden Cloud Summit Invitations and after opening them found they were inscribed with fine handwriting:

August 13th at Qingliang in Immortal City.

Liang Yi calculated the time; it was in five days, coinciding with the internal testing period. He then belatedly remembered that during the internal test, approximately more than a thousand player gamers were recruited, focused in Qingliang within Immortal City.

When they first entered the game, all they knew was that there seemed to be a martial arts event taking place in the city. However, it was the players’ first encounter with such a realistic virtual game, and everyone was too excited to care; they were itching to stir up trouble in the city.

Of course, the end for the trouble-causing players was quite tragic. It might have been a different story if they had caused trouble elsewhere, but where was this?

Xuanzhou Immortal Dynasty, Qingliang in Immortal City! The place where the Great Emperor of the Immortal Dynasty resides!

Daring to cause trouble here really indicated a death wish. Those who attempted vandalism hadn’t even completed their deeds before they were thrown into prison for a month. By the time they were released, a third of the internal testing time had passed, leaving them with deep regret and serving as a cautionary example for the other internal testers.

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