Ning Xuan sighed and turned to start cleaning up the bodies of the bodyguards.
Ning Yu joined her, helping to clear the scene.
"Sister, listen to me."
Ning Xuan and Ning Yu piled the bodyguards' bodies together before Ning Xuan spoke:
"We are all created lives, born from a certain ritual."
Ning Yu found the words somewhat familiar, as if the Moon Princess had also mentioned that her body was a container.
"The process in between is a bit complicated, but now, within your body, there is a key that connects to the 'Root'."
"You mean the Moon Princess?"
Ning Yu immediately realized what was being referred to when she heard about the 'key to the Root', as there was only one being in her body—the Moon Princess.
By now, all the bodyguards' bodies had been piled up, and Ning Yu skillfully began cleaning the bloodstains on the walls and floor.
Where Ning Xuan's palm had previously extended a blade, a peculiar probe now emerged, its tip glowing with white light.
Ning Yu noticed that the air around the probe's tip seemed to distort.
The white light, like a welding torch, burned and sublimated any flesh it touched into white ash the moment it made contact with the bodyguards' corpses.
In no time, all the bodies had turned into a large pile of ash on the ground.
They had essentially vanished from existence.
After completing this step, Ning Xuan turned back to Ning Yu and said:
"You can think of it that way, but not entirely. The Moon Princess holds the secret to accessing the Root, but she doesn't want anyone to know, that's for sure."
"Then why did she even show up in the first place?"
Ning Yu felt a bit puzzled.
"No, she came to stop those who want to access the Root. If she hadn't helped, the key within your body would have existed in another form."
Ning Xuan shook her head. The ashes of the bodies had already been swept away and flushed down the drain.
Ning Yu watched her actions, sensing that she must have done this many times before.
These two sisters were both cold-blooded killers who didn't bat an eye at disposing of bodies.
"So, why me? Why is the Moon Princess in me and not in you?"
Ning Yu thought of a new question. If only one person, one container, was needed, why were two girls created?
"Sister, you've forgotten."
Ning Xuan suddenly smiled, as if she was quite pleased with this fact.
"It's okay, though. It's better this way."
"Sister doesn't need to know the details. Just know that the Moon Princess is inside you now. That's a reality that can't be changed."
Ning Yu, hearing her stop at the crucial point, couldn't help but ask further:
"So, can you take this from me?"
"What?!"
Ning Xuan's eyes widened in surprise, hardly believing what Ning Yu had just said.
"Sister must have gained a lot of benefits from the Moon Princess, right? Why would you think that?"
"Because it also means trouble. I hate trouble."
Ning Yu shook her head. She didn't like the idea of being a "chosen one" or having a "destined fate." All she wanted now was a peaceful life.
With someone special.
"No, that's not possible."
Ning Xuan firmly declared the impossibility of such a thing.
"Not to mention whether the Moon Princess can be transferred or not, even if it could be done, Sister would die instantly."
"So, don't think about such unrealistic things."
Her expression softened as she looked at Ning Yu and continued:
"But Sister doesn't need to be afraid. I'll protect you."
Ning Yu had just witnessed her killing methods and knew they were incredibly powerful. Although she hadn't awakened any Origin abilities, her cybernetic enhancements seemed to make her combat capabilities extremely formidable.
"What's the extent of your cybernetic enhancement?"
Ning Yu was quite curious about this.
"That's a secret."
Ning Xuan pouted, not wanting to tell Ning Yu, and looked away.
Ning Yu had to give up and instead asked another key question:
"So, who wants to kill me, and who wants to capture me?"
"Your body holds the key to the Root, so we want to capture you."
Ning Xuan pointed at herself.
Ning Yu understood that she wasn't saying she personally wanted to capture her, but rather that the forces behind the scenes wanted to do so.
"And then what?"
Ning Yu pressed further.
"Through some means, open the door to the Root."
Ning Xuan's explanation was vague.
"What's really there?"
Ning Yu was now very curious about this so-called 'Root'.
"Those who have gone there never returned, so I don't know."
Ning Xuan shrugged.
"So you killed them all because you intended to take me away, not to return and report."
Ning Yu was referring to her killing all the bodyguards earlier.
"Yes, from the beginning, we were just tools for the family."
Ning Xuan's expression was indifferent, as if she had long been accustomed to such things. Now, with her cybernetic devices retracted, she looked just like an ordinary girl.
"If I'm really that important, why was I missing at the start of the disaster? Why did you have to come looking for me?"
"And what does the family have to do with this disaster? Where did these T-viruses come from?"
Ning Yu's thoughts raced, and she thought of many more questions, hoping to get answers from Ning Xuan.
"No one knows why Sister disappeared at the time, but I guess it might have something to do with the Moon Princess."
Ning Xuan shook her head.
"As for the T-virus, I'm not very clear. Father and Mother never told me, so what I know is limited."
"But someone wants to kill you, that's true."
"I've noticed signs within our ranks that indicate someone plans to directly kill you to prevent the ritual to the Root."
It seemed that even within the interior, there wasn't complete unity.
"Then why are you helping me?"
Ning Yu looked into Ning Xuan's eyes.
"Even though Sister has lost her memory, I don't blame her."
Ning Xuan didn't seem disappointed or surprised by Ning Yu's question.
"Since we came into this world, no one has truly cared about us, have they?"
She took a step forward, getting closer to Ning Yu.
"We were just tools to achieve a purpose, even Father and Mother saw us that way, after all, we weren't their biological children."
She continued to analyze.
"We can only rely on each other. So Sister can trust me, because only I wish for Sister's happiness and want to protect her at all costs."
"In my eyes, Sister is not a tool, but my beloved Sister."
Ning Yu listened to her words, but a different thought arose in her mind.
She didn't know much about their childhood past, which was somewhat vague to Ning Yu now.
But she understood one thing clearly.
There was someone else who also wished for her happiness and would protect her at all costs.
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
