A New Discovery in the Mission?
13: Chapter 13: Master, Please Let Me In!
A New Discovery in the Mission?
“This little girl sure has quite the temper.” Zhang Xuan shook his head at the tightly shut pavilion doors.
He was certain Yun Yao was inside.
Where an immortal resided, there would be traces of Dao resonance.
Though he was currently a mortal, he still possessed that much knowledge.
But what could he do if Yun Yao refused to open the door?
Zhang Xuan stroked his chin, his eyes darting back and forth.
“I’ve got it!” An idea flashed through Zhang Xuan’s mind.
He sat down in front of the pavilion and suddenly began to wail loudly.
“Master!
Master, open the door!” “Master, have you abandoned me?
It’s so cold out here, Master!” “Master, how can you bear to leave such a well-behaved disciple out here?” “Master…” In an instant, the area before the pavilion was filled with mournful wailing—a scene that would bring tears to anyone who heard it.
Yun Yao was indeed meditating on the top floor of the pavilion.
When she heard Zhang Xuan’s cries, dark lines appeared across her forehead.
She had originally intended to use this silent treatment—the cold violence of refusing to see him—to force her master to acknowledge his identity.
She never expected her master to counter with such shameless behavior.
As expected of her master.
Only he could have come up with this method.
In the past, her master had always used this technique against others.
Now that it was being used on her, she truly understood how terrible it could be.
… “Master, Little Yao wants candied hawthorn again!” “Again?!
You’ve eaten me out of everything I have!” “Little Yao, be good.
That stuff is too sweet.
It’s bad for your teeth if you eat too much.” “No!
No!
Little Yao wants it!
Little Yao wants it!” “Believe it or not, I’ll spank you!” “Even if you spank me, I still want it!
Little Yao hasn’t had candied hawthorn in three days!” The man in the green robes holding a sword was completely helpless.
Thinking about it, he really hadn’t bought the little girl any candied hawthorn for a few days now.
But what could he do when he had no money?
Suddenly, the man in green had an idea.
He pulled the little girl over to the candied hawthorn vendor and stood there silently, watching the vendor with the little girl, their eyes fixed intently on the candied hawthorn in his hands.
“Would you like to buy some candied hawthorn?” The man in green shook his head.
The little girl glanced at him and then also shook her head, though drool was already dripping from the corner of her mouth.
The vendor immediately grew wary.
What was going on?
The vendor moved to a different spot.
The man in green followed with the little girl.
The vendor’s mouth twitched, and he left entirely.
The man in green followed with the little girl, never saying a word along the way.
He simply trailed the vendor closely, their two pairs of big eyes locked onto the candied hawthorn.
After several hours, the vendor finally couldn’t take it anymore.
“Big brother, please stop following me!
I still have a business to run.
How about I just give you a stick of candied hawthorn?” The little girl’s eyes lit up instantly.
She took the candied hawthorn and popped it into her mouth, her eyes crinkling with delight.
The vendor fled for his life.
“Well?
Is your master awesome or what?” The little girl nodded eagerly, her eyes filled with adoration as she looked at the man in green.
“Master is the most awesome!” “Hehehe…” … “Master, it’s so cold outside.
I’m so hungry.
Please, Master, let me in!” “Master… your disciple is about to perish.
Your only disciple is about to be gone…” Zhang Xuan’s voice from outside the pavilion interrupted Yun Yao’s memories.
The warmth in her eyes vanished in an instant.
She closed her eyes, her brows tightly furrowed, thoroughly annoyed.
Her master’s techniques were actually destabilizing her Dao heart that had been cultivated over hundreds of thousands of years.
“Master, if you won’t admit it, don’t even think about coming in!” Yun Yao snorted coldly in her mind and shut off her five senses entirely.
Outside the pavilion.
Zhang Xuan wailed for several hours.
When he finally received no response and his voice had grown hoarse, he finally stopped.
“This little girl is really hard to coax these days!” He looked at the still-closed pavilion doors with a helpless expression.
Fine, if you won’t let me in, then I won’t come in.
Let’s see how long you can hold out, little lady.
Zhang Xuan let the matter go and turned his thoughts to the current situation.
“System, what’s the deal with this exposure value?” Zhang Xuan asked inwardly.
During the disciple acceptance ceremony, the suspicion from both Yun Yao and Guyue Fangzheng had actually triggered something called an exposure value.
This was something he hadn’t encountered before, and now that he had time, he needed to understand it.
In previous reincarnation missions, to avoid exposing his identity, he had basically avoided anyone who knew him.
This time, having someone delivered right to his doorstep was something he truly hadn’t anticipated.
[Exposure value represents the degree to which the host’s past identities have been exposed.
The more people suspect the host’s identity, the higher the exposure value!] [As the exposure value increases, the host will passively awaken special abilities corresponding to that identity.
This will increase the risk of further exposure, so please proceed with caution!] [Once a past identity is fully exposed, the exposure value will reach 100%, and this reincarnation mission will be deemed a failure!] Hearing the system’s explanation, Zhang Xuan finally understood.
Whenever someone suspected his identity, the exposure value would appear.
The exposure value was related to the degree of identity exposure, but mere suspicion wasn’t enough to fully expose his identity.
For example, even though Yun Yao was now certain of his identity, he refused to admit it no matter what.
Yun Yao couldn’t force him.
That didn’t count as full exposure.
Only when his identity was completely revealed to the public would it count as full exposure.
As for the exposure value increasing and awakening abilities corresponding to that identity… Zhang Xuan strongly suspected the system was deliberately stirring up trouble.
“Damn it, what’s with awakening abilities?” “I’m already at risk of exposure, and now you’re pulling this nonsense?
You’re practically handing evidence of my identity to others!” Zhang Xuan cursed the system furiously in his mind, but the system was ultimately just an inanimate object and did not respond.
After cursing for a while, Zhang Xuan could only think about what to do next.
“Now that I’m the young master of Azure Cloud Sect, I can’t just die too carelessly.
That could cause problems…” Thinking of this, Zhang Xuan suddenly froze.
“Wait, this is my final mission anyway.
What does it matter if I die carelessly?” “As long as the mission is completed, that’s all that matters!” Zhang Xuan felt like he had discovered a brilliant point.
For the final mission, all he had to do was die and he would transcend.
So what was there to be afraid of?
After transcending, who cared if anyone discovered his past identities?
It wouldn’t matter at all.
He might even step forward and declare that those identities were all him if they failed to figure it out.
In that moment, Zhang Xuan felt as if the sky had opened up.
Everything became clear.
There was nothing to be done about it.
His previous reincarnation missions had created a mental habit.
He was afraid of dying carelessly and making the next life’s mission harder to complete.
He remembered the life where he was Medicine God.
His fiancée refused to believe he was dead and searched the entire world for him, nearly crossing paths with him in his subsequent lives.
Now none of those problems existed.
As long as he didn’t expose his identity during this life’s mission, everything else could go however it needed to.
The faster he died, the better.
“If I want to die quickly, I need to go looking for trouble.” “Although the mission requires me to die while protecting the sect, there’s so much room to work with here!” Zhang Xuan narrowed his eyes, a sinister grin spreading across his face.
When it came to causing trouble and stirring up chaos, who in this world could compare to him?
Right now, he was practically begging for some prodigy or old monster to come to Azure Cloud Sect.
Then he would ride right into their face and go all in.
At the same moment, Guyue Thirteenth Ancestor, who was hurrying toward Azure Cloud Sect, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
“Someone is plotting something?” “But it doesn’t seem to be targeting me alone?” Guyue Thirteenth Ancestor furrowed his brow slightly.
An immortal’s sixth sense came and went quickly, and even he couldn’t perceive much.
Finding no answers, Guyue Thirteenth Ancestor shook his head and continued toward the Southern Region.