Volume 2, Chapter 99 – True Celestial Jade Sword

How to deal with that Immortal Venerable?

Honestly, Lu Zhuxin herself hadn’t figured it out yet.

“System…” Lu Zhuxin asked, “Who exactly is Qu Qingtang?”

[Host, haven’t you already asked this question many times?]

[Qu Qingtang is the final heaven-fated female lead, someone you must conquer.]

[Bzzt… Qu Qingtang is #￥&*…]

Lu Zhuxin rubbed her forehead.

As expected, she still couldn’t see it.

However, regardless of who she was, that woman was somewhat dangerous for Lu Zhuxin.

Can’t beat her in a fight, can’t kill her.

Lu Zhuxin now felt that when she’d agreed to Qu Qingtang’s terms of surrender earlier, she’d agreed too rashly.

Sighing inwardly, Lu Zhuxin said to the two fox demon maidservants, “Qu Qingtang’s natal sword is in my hands. She no longer has Venerable Saint level combat power.”

“Let her be.”

Before figuring out that woman’s true face, Lu Zhuxin had no good ideas for dealing with her.

Hu Xian’er seemed to want to say something but hesitated.

“What is it?” Lu Zhuxin asked. “Is there another problem?”

“Your Majesty… are you really going to let that group of sword cultivators leave?” Hu Xian’er asked. “Earlier, they intended harm toward Your Majesty.”

“Them…” Lu Zhuxin tilted her head.

Honestly, Lu Zhuxin didn’t really take that group seriously.

Without Qu Qingtang, this Immortal Venerable, pushing things behind the scenes, with just two sword sect masters alone, they couldn’t possibly stir up any trouble in Mingzhao City.

As for those other low-level sword sect disciples… they had been captured just to make up the numbers anyway, so they were even less important.

“It’s fine. Letting them leave is nothing,” Lu Zhuxin said. “After all, I already promised Qu Qingtang. I can’t go back on my word.”

“Besides, even if I let them leave, they’d still have to actually be able to safely leave the Demon Realm.”

Lu Zhuxin wore a smile on her face.

Hu Xian’er nodded. “I understand, Your Majesty.”

“Your Majesty, are there any other arrangements?” Hu Xian’er asked.

“Other things…” Lu Zhuxin thought of Song Shixuan, who had escaped from Hu Xian’er’s grasp.

“Have little Shiyuan and Huang Shangshang take that letter from Song Shixuan back,” Lu Zhuxin said. “Whether or not they can return to Lingxiao Sword Sect, that letter must properly fulfill its purpose.”

…

After simply arranging all the follow-up matters, Lu Zhuxin wearily returned to her sleeping chamber.

Too many things had happened today, making her feel somewhat exhausted.

Lu Zhuxin sat on the soft mattress, hugging her tail with vacant eyes.

“Qu Qingtang… what exactly does this woman want to do?”

Lu Zhuxin absolutely didn’t believe anyone would approach her for no reason and without harboring any ill intentions.

That woman’s deliberate approach must have some reason behind it.

And that System too.

Compared to the System’s reluctance when Lu Zhuxin was conquering Song Shiyuan, the System seemed very eager for Lu Zhuxin to actively approach and conquer Qu Qingtang.

It was too obvious. It would be hard for Lu Zhuxin not to notice.

Anyone could tell there must be something fishy going on.

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Lu Zhuxin took out Qu Qingtang’s natal sword.

The sword was three feet three inches long. Though a wooden sword, it wasn’t light in weight.

The wooden blade fell into her hand, not as cold as an ordinary iron sword would be.

The blade body was very solid, the edge of the sword blade also very smooth.

The peach blossom carving on the guard was very exquisite. Lu Zhuxin could even smell a faint peach blossom fragrance.

“Qu Qingtang’s natal sword…” Lu Zhuxin closed her eyes slightly.

When this wooden sword fell into her hands, it was just like an ordinary, unremarkable wooden sword. She couldn’t sense any spiritual energy fluctuations.

It was completely impossible to imagine this was actually an Immortal Venerable’s natal sword.

“System… according to my own settings, if Lingxiao sword cultivators lose their natal swords, their strength would greatly diminish,” Lu Zhuxin asked the System in her mind. “That’s right, isn’t it?”

[Host, are you doubting the settings you wrote yourself?]

The System responded.

“…Not really, just want to confirm once more,” Lu Zhuxin spoke to herself.

If it truly completely followed the original text settings she wrote, then Qu Qingtang without her natal sword would indeed have greatly reduced strength and pose no threat to the fox clan.

[That’s right, Host. Qu Qingtang’s natal sword is in your hands. Qu Qingtang poses no danger to you at all, so please feel free to boldly go conquer Qu Qingtang.]

The System’s answer was completely within Lu Zhuxin’s expectations.

Lu Zhuxin clearly remembered that when she went to conquer Song Shiyuan before, this System hadn’t had this attitude.

“Heh…” Lu Zhuxin chuckled softly.

Was Qu Qingtang really the same as the settings Lu Zhuxin wrote?

She’d handed over her natal sword too casually. This made Lu Zhuxin have to suspect whether, aside from the natal sword, Qu Qingtang had other means to preserve her strength.

Or perhaps, was this wooden sword truly Qu Qingtang’s natal sword?

Lu Zhuxin wasn’t certain.

She raised her hand, her fingers lightly brushing over the wooden sword’s blade.

Suddenly, a burst of chaotic static came through.

[Bzzt… Detected… bzzt… consume *%￥ value to activate Creator’s Privilege (Incomplete)…]

“Huh?” Lu Zhuxin froze.

So what exactly was this Creator’s Privilege (Incomplete) of hers anyway?

How could randomly touching anything trigger activation?

The last time this was triggered seemed to be when Lu Zhuxin touched the Fox Palace formation disc.

Could it be…

Lu Zhuxin looked at the wooden sword in her hand.

Should she try it or not?

However, activating this Creator’s Privilege required consuming Lu Zhuxin’s fortune value.

And Lu Zhuxin had no idea how much fortune value she had left.

She also had no idea how much fortune value activating this would consume.

So… should she activate it and try?

Why not try… after completing that custom quest earlier, she should have obtained quite a bit of fortune value.

Lu Zhuxin successfully convinced herself.

Because she knew if she didn’t try this thing, she’d be driven mad by her own curiosity.

“Confirm activation,” Lu Zhuxin silently recited in her mind.

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[Bzzt… Currently connecting with current small world…]

[Opening Creator’s Privilege (Incomplete) for Creator Lu Zhuxin.]

[*& value @# points consumed…]

[Bzzt… Conducting activation check… current check value is 87… Creator’s Privilege (Incomplete) activation successful…]

[Bzzt… Creator Lu Zhuxin has obtained True Celestial Jade Sword usage rights, duration thirty minutes.]

Lu Zhuxin felt the peach wood sword before her undergo some kind of change.

It no longer seemed like an ordinary wooden sword, but had become part of Lu Zhuxin’s body.

As long as Lu Zhuxin willed it, she could freely command it.

Lu Zhuxin released her hand. The immortal wooden sword let out a soft cry, floating up and circling around Lu Zhuxin.

Lu Zhuxin found this interesting. She reached out to grip the hilt, able to sense the terrifying sword intent contained within this wooden sword.

Lu Zhuxin gripped the sword and lightly swung it forward.

From the immortal sword in her hand, a violent burst of sword light suddenly exploded.

Boom!

Transforming into a crescent moon shape, it shot straight toward the heavens.

Lu Zhuxin looked up at the huge hole in her ceiling, her gaze somewhat dazed.

In front of the Fox Monarch’s sleeping chamber, in the very center of Fox Palace, a massive slash mark had also appeared.

Countless buildings in Fox Palace had been cleaved open, countless restrictions torn apart.

“Whoa… this sword is this fierce?!”

Lu Zhuxin didn’t even know whether she should first marvel that she could actually wield this sword to this degree, or first marvel that Qu Qingtang’s natal sword was really damn powerful.

[Host, what did you do?]

The System’s surprised voice came through.

[Why can you use Qu Qingtang’s natal sword?]

Hearing the System’s voice, Lu Zhuxin regained her composure.

“Don’t know. You should ask Qu Qingtang about that.”

“When little Shiyuan gave me her natal sword before, I could also use it like this.”

That was because Song Shiyuan had specifically placed restrictions in her natal sword, recording Lu Zhuxin’s aura, so Lu Zhuxin could freely use Song Shiyuan’s natal sword.

[Qu Qingtang also released the usage rights of her natal sword to you?]

“You’re asking me? I’m not Qu Qingtang,” Lu Zhuxin said. “If you really want to know, you should go directly ask Qu Qingtang.”

[…]

The System was speechless.

“Your Majesty! What happened!”

“Why is there a sword cultivator’s aura here?”

Hu Mei’er rushed in frantically.

…

On the other side, Qu Qingtang also saw that sword qi shooting skyward.

A trace of darkness flashed through her eyes, her slightly lowered gaze also appearing somewhat sinister.

“Perhaps I shouldn’t have given her my natal sword.”

“Our adorable yet heartless deity… really knows how to create some unexpected surprises.”

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However, a sword already handed over wasn’t easy to take back.

…

After soothing away the worried Hu Mei’er, Lu Zhuxin’s excitement continued for half an hour.

She hugged Qu Qingtang’s natal sword, finding it more pleasing to the eye the more she looked at it.

Just like a child who’d just gotten a new toy.

If Lu Zhuxin could have gotten this sword earlier, why would she have feared any Jiang Hongliang or Liu Funing?

The True Celestial Jade Sword was Qu Qingtang’s natal sword, containing half a lifetime’s cultivation of an Immortal Venerable.

An ordinary Eighth Realm cultivator couldn’t withstand such a strike, right!

Lu Zhuxin held up the sword like a happy child. “Little Qu! Your sword! Is mine now!”

[Bzzt… Duration expired.]

[True Celestial Jade Sword usage rights have expired.]

Lu Zhuxin’s excited expression instantly froze on her face.

The peach wood sword in her hands became just an ordinary wooden sword again.

“Ah! Looks like it can only be used as a trump card hidden at the bottom of the box.”

Activating the Creator’s Privilege required consuming fortune value.

Lu Zhuxin wasn’t certain how many more times her fortune value could withstand consumption.

“What a shame…”

Lu Zhuxin dejectedly flopped onto her soft bed.

A wave of exhausted weakness suddenly surged from within her body.

At this moment, Lu Zhuxin discovered another problem.

“Why does wielding Qu Qingtang’s natal sword consume so much demonic power?”

“Is it because I’m not a true Venerable Saint?”

The simple playing around just now had actually consumed a third of the demonic power in Lu Zhuxin’s body.

Lu Zhuxin recalled how Qu Qingtang and the Nether Abyss Demon Venerable looked when fighting earlier.

Could Venerable Saints’ control over power be so strong precisely because when they fought, their consumption of true essence spiritual power was too great, so they had to improve their control over power to conserve every bit of spiritual power?

Thinking it over, Lu Zhuxin felt this possibility was very likely.

“Ah! Never mind!”

“Rest first! Deal with the rest tomorrow!”

As a human who had transmigrated here, Lu Zhuxin had always maintained good sleeping habits.

Staying up late harmed the body and wasn’t good for beauty.

Lu Zhuxin hugged her fluffy cherry-pink large tail and slowly entered dreamland.

…

“Mm… where is this place again?”

Lu Zhuxin opened her eyes.

Everything she saw was a vast red.

Inside the room, large red double happiness characters were pasted everywhere.

On the table were also placed lilies, peanuts, red dates, and other foods that only existed in the mortal realm.

Beside a silver wine pot, two small silver wine cups were also placed.

“This is… whose bridal chamber?”

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Lu Zhuxin furrowed her brows. She looked down at herself.

She discovered that at some point, she was wearing that incomparably magnificent wedding dress she’d worn during the day.

“Something’s wrong!”

“Extremely wrong!”

Lu Zhuxin wanted to stand up. Jingling sounds came from various parts of her body.

Only then did she discover this jingling sound was coming from her neck, wrists, and ankles.

Gilded chains extended from her wide sleeves, climbing all the way to the pillars around the red bed.

Lu Zhuxin clenched her jade hands into fists, pulling forcefully left and right at these chains, discovering they didn’t budge at all.

A delicate and weak fox demon couldn’t break free from these chains’ restraint at all.

“What’s going on?!”

“What’s happening?!”

“Why am I tied to a bridal bed?!”

“System? Are you there?!”

Lu Zhuxin silently called for the System in her mind.

The System gave no response.

Lu Zhuxin cursed silently in her heart.

Creak. A soft sound came as a wooden door was pushed open nearby.

Lu Zhuxin caught a faint, elegant orchid fragrance.

This was like the scent of magnolia.

It was Qu Qingtang’s scent!

Lu Zhuxin turned her head and saw Qu Qingtang also wearing red wedding attire.

On her already devastatingly beautiful face, she now wore light makeup. The cold feeling slightly lessened, adding a few points of charm instead.

“Qu Qingtang? Where is this? Why am I here?” Lu Zhuxin asked.

Qu Qingtang didn’t directly answer Lu Zhuxin’s words. Instead, she slowly approached the red bridal bed.

Her tall figure, borrowing the swaying candlelight, cast a shadow that completely enveloped Lu Zhuxin.

Lu Zhuxin felt pressure from that tall beauty’s body. She instinctively sensed danger, subconsciously shrinking back.

The chains pulled taut, making jingling sounds.

The next moment, a slightly cool touch assaulted Lu Zhuxin’s cheek.

Qu Qingtang reached out her hand, her fingertips lightly tracing across Lu Zhuxin’s tender skin.

Like a snake’s tongue licking.

Lu Zhuxin felt goosebumps all over her body. “Qu Qingtang, what are you doing?!”

Qu Qingtang’s lips curved slightly. She could sense the little fox under her palm trembling lightly.

Even the fluffy fox fur on the tail hanging behind her had been scared into standing on end.

“Little fox, you’re asking when you already know?” Qu Qingtang’s fingers lightly caressed Lu Zhuxin’s cheek, slowly lifting her chin.

Forcing her to meet her gaze.

“We—”

“Will be getting married tonight, entering the bridal chamber!”

Lu Zhuxin’s pupils quaked with shock.