In the middle of the night, they actually checked into the Xianzong Inn.
Since they were both lightheaded from drinking, they were too lazy to go home. Jiang Mengxin did it for the convenience; besides, she wasn’t short on money.
The rooms here were clean and spacious.
The decor was much more beautiful than the interior of Su Mumu’s small Blue Tile House.
“Damn! You’re selling out your teammate! Can’t you just charge forward?” Su Mumu lay at the head of the bed, clutching her phone and flailing her arms and legs.
‘She’s playing so seriously…’ Jiang Mengxin felt a bit awkward as she idly scrolled through videos.
They were huddled on one bed, sharing a single duvet.
Ultimately, it was a bit hot with two people.
Jiang Mengxin gently lifted the corner of the blanket.
Just then, a text message arrived on her phone—
**[Class teacher Old Wu: Good evening, Jiang Mengxin. Do you have time right now?]**
**[Jiang Mengxin hits good luck: Yes. What’s up, Old Man Deng?]**
However, just as that message was sent, a call rang out moments later.
“Who is it?” Su Mumu glanced over and asked.
“Old Man Deng,” Jiang Mengxin said. “Should I answer?”
“Answer it. Ask him for some money to buy some skins,” Su Mumu said.
“Uh…” Jiang Mengxin’s lips twitched. “Wait, it’s a video call.”
“Is something going on?” Su Mumu asked.
“I don’t know.” Jiang Mengxin thought for a moment and decided to answer.
The phone vibrated lightly, and then Old Wu’s wrinkled face appeared on the screen.
“Jiang Mengxin, are you near the campus? A C-rank mission just came down from Xianzong, and we’re short-handed. Are you interested in helping out?”
“What kind of mission is it? At this hour?” Jiang Mengxin complained slightly.
“A large number of Xuantie swords have gone missing from the campus. It’s very strange… With this volume, there might be a hidden danger lurking, so there will be extra credit for this,” Old Wu said.
“But I don’t have time right now. I have some… business,” Jiang Mengxin said awkwardly.
“Can you push it back? We really need people,” Old Wu urged.
“Tonight isn’t great. It just happens to be —” Jiang Mengxin was halfway through her sentence when a dull pain shot through her waist.
She couldn’t help but turn her head and grumble, “Mumu! I’ve said it so many times, be gentler! It hurts!”
“Oh, oh… sorry, sorry,” Su Mumu whispered, quickly pulling back her elbow. Because she was too excited while gaming, she had poked Jiang Mengxin’s waist several times.
“You two…!?” On the video call, Old Wu’s face was filled with shock, and his voice trembled. “I see. My apologies for the interruption!”
“Wait —!?” By the time Jiang Mengxin looked back at her screen, the video call had already been disconnected.
It was cut off so abruptly.
It was almost like he was fleeing in a panic. From the looks of it, Old Man Deng had clearly misunderstood something.
Ahahaha…
Jiang Mengxin thought for a moment and then set her phone to Do Not Disturb.
Right then, Su Mumu won her game. She put down her phone with a look of satisfaction. “Old Man Deng hung up?”
“Yes,” Jiang Mengxin replied.
“He hung up that fast? What did he want?” Su Mumu asked.
“There was a mission. Apparently, a thief broke into the campus and stole a lot of Xuantie swords.”
“Psh, what’s the point of stealing those things?”
“Then what would Mumu steal? Steal the Crystal?” Jiang Mengxin covered her mouth and giggled.
Su Mumu curled her lip. “I’ll steal your heart.”
Jiang Mengxin laughed even more wildly.
“Fine! Then let’s settle the score first. You poked me fifteen times just now. Five were super hard, and ten were small… You even touched my 36D on the sly. Don’t think I didn’t notice.”
“It was a routine inspection to see if they’ve shrunk,” Su Mumu whistled and turned her head, pretending to be busy looking at the ceiling.
“How kind of you.” Jiang Mengxin smiled. “Then should I help Mumu with an inspection too? We can’t leave out… any part of your body—”
“…!”
“You’re not wearing panties again?”
“I already showered… Don’t touch there… Hey…!”
“Tsk, completely naked.” Jiang Mengxin withdrew her hand, feeling bored.
“You’re actually acting disgusted now?” Su Mumu glared at her indignantly.
“Hahaha.” Jiang Mengxin stuck out her tongue. As expected of a little devil, she always had ways to tease people.
Su Mumu’s composure completely broke.
And so, she furiously launched a war of revenge…
***
Days continued peacefully like this.
For several consecutive days, Su Mumu stayed in her room, idling her time away.
This was because something seemed to have happened lately; a large number of shops had been forced to close, and classes at the school were suspended.
The reason given was: There is a thief and robber within Xianzong, and a comprehensive investigation is required.
Originally, Jiang Mengxin had planned to investigate the fox demon sightings.
But with all this chaos, she had no choice but to stop her investigation.
Su Mumu sat bored at her desk, playing on her phone and scrolling through videos. She had been lying in bed for several days and felt like her back was going to turn stiff and snap.
There was another problem—
During these past few nights, Su Mumu’s body would occasionally feel cold.
Furthermore, she felt extremely exhausted and could never get enough sleep.
That was right; the effects of the monster-suppressing pill were about to wear off.
And the Yaoshen powder in the house was completely used up…
Su Mumu was very troubled. If the lockdown continued, she wouldn’t be able to control herself and would turn back into a fox demon!
The pharmacies were closed now, too.
Even if she snuck out, she had nowhere to look for Yaoshen powder…
“Sigh!” Su Mumu sighed. She stood up and walked to the full-length mirror nearby, examining her features. Her brow was filled with worry.
In fact, she had also noticed that her appearance was becoming more and more like a vixen’s.
Simply put, she looked more and more like a fox demon.
Or, you could say she was becoming more beautiful…
‘Am I really unable to hide it anymore…?’
‘It’s coming much faster than I imagined!’
Su Mumu rubbed her cheeks, trying to cheer herself up.
Suddenly, the phone on the desk chimed with a notification.
Su Mumu went to check it, feeling puzzled.
**[Jiang Mengxin hits good luck: Mumu, I’m so bored. Do you want to go out for a stroll?]**
**[AAA infrastructure demon Su Mumu: Huh? We can go out now?]**
**[Jiang Mengxin hits good luck: The students from the elite class are going to the trial secret realm today, so the lockdown is lifted. The shops and everything are running normally again.]**
**[AAA infrastructure demon Su Mumu: Okay! Let’s go, go, go!]**
Su Mumu was overjoyed. She could finally go outside.
She scrolled through the news, and sure enough, the Changsheng immortal sect’s announcement wall had posted: All order will be temporarily restored, for one day only.
‘God is on my side!’
‘I can go buy Yaoshen powder now!’
Jiang Mengxin arrived quickly. The distance between their rooms wasn’t far, only a few minutes’ walk.
When they met, the greeting was the usual exaggerated head-rubbing.
“You brat, why do you always rub my head!” Su Mumu swatted away the delicate hand on top of her head, annoyed.
“It’s cute. I want to rub it,” Jiang Mengxin said with a giggle.
They walked along the path, passing by the campus, which was quite lively.
It was crowded with students, and there seemed to be some teachers there as well.
“What are they doing?” Su Mumu asked curiously.
“The trial secret realm is about to open, right?” Jiang Mengxin asked. “Want to take a look?”
‘Hmm… I guess.’ Su Mumu thought to herself that she wasn’t in a huge hurry anyway. The path ahead was blocked by people, and they couldn’t get through for the time being.
They might as well wait.
After a moment, at the campus entrance, the cold stone bricks beneath their feet began to glow as mysterious lines connected.
The profound dao runes were activated.
Amidst a howling gale and the screams of the surrounding crowd, a massive black tunnel condensed in front of the campus entrance. It emitted a faint, dark light that was eerie and intimidating.
“It’s here…” Jiang Mengxin stood on her tiptoes, her face full of curiosity.
“Is there a new world inside?” Su Mumu muttered.
“Yeah. The textbooks say it’s a small, isolated new universe,” Jiang Mengxin explained.
“It’s speculated to be a central node of the multiverse that gets projected to specific coordinates in certain worlds over time. It’s very strange and mysterious.”
“Uh, I don’t get it,” Su Mumu said, feeling out of her depth.
A group of students began to file into the tunnel.
At the same time, Su Mumu noticed Old Wu not far away. He seemed to be looking for something, his face serious. She had never seen him look so earnest before.
‘Is he peeking at some beautiful middle-aged lady? Lol.’
Su Mumu yawned.
Just as she squinted her eyes and rubbed away some tears, a sudden sound of rushing air reached her. Her instinctive alertness made her suddenly turn her head.
In her field of vision, a golden rope coiled toward her with extreme speed, like a venomous snake opening its fangs to bite.
Su Mumu was at a loss for a moment.
In the next instant, she felt a powerful shove on her shoulder. Her body couldn’t help but stumble, and she fell to the ground.
“Mumu, look out!” Jiang Mengxin’s voice rang out at the same time.
“Ow…” Su Mumu frowned in pain. “What’s going on…?”
However, when she raised her eyes, what happened before her caused her heart to stop.
Jiang Mengxin had been snatched away!