Today, I would like to express my special thanks to Suifengsan, Qixin Yinli, Manbu Xinghe, and Luo Tong Mengxin.
There were twelve teleportation arrays in the entire city, and Si Chen sealed eight of them.
He left only the four arrays in the suburbs: east, south, west, and north.
He then split his spirit into three clones, along with his original body, to station himself and his clones in front of the arrays to screen for suspicious individuals.
Normally, he could have left this work to his subordinates.
However, he knew Yun Zheng’s temper too well. If the fox spirit were truly allowed to escape, Yun Zheng would certainly peel his skin off.
Thus, he had no choice but to divide his spiritual power into four portions to keep watch.
After all, only he had seen the fox spirit, so he would be able to recognize him even if he were in disguise.
Because most of the teleportation arrays had been suddenly sealed, the remaining four were now experiencing long queues.
Sheng Muxue headed to the west suburban array, where the line was almost as long as the Great Wall.
However, thanks to the queue, Sheng Muxue managed to overhear some useful information while waiting.
The crowd was whispering that the Yaoguang Star Lord had sealed so many arrays and used clones to guard each one because the Divine Venerable was getting married today.
They speculated that he was afraid of cultivators or demons taking advantage of the chaos to invade and disrupt the wedding.
They were all envious, wondering which lucky fox demon had caught the Divine Venerable’s eye and was being wedded as the divine consort.
Truth be told, none of this was useful.
But the praise from the other immortals afterwards made Sheng Muxue feel extremely comfortable.
Many people were saying that this fox demon must be the most beautiful person in the Three Realms.
Sheng Muxue loved hearing people praise his appearance; after all, he was a genuine superficial person who lived for beauty.
Unfortunately, to avoid being screened, he currently had to wear the face of an unremarkable woman, and his physique was even ten times rounder than his original form.
He had become completely different from his original self.
Therefore, he was confident that the Yaoguang Star Lord would absolutely not be able to recognize him.
When it was finally Sheng Muxue’s turn, the guard took one look at him and let him pass directly.
Si Chen also took only one glance at Sheng Muxue and let him through without any suspicion.
Sheng Muxue felt a surge of joy and walked toward the circular stage of the teleportation array without rushing.
However, as he brushed past Si Chen, he was suddenly called back: “Wait a moment.”
Sheng Muxue possessed strong psychological fortitude and was not at all flustered. He used a disguised, high-pitched female voice to ask, “Yaoguang Star Lord, is there something wrong?”
Si Chen scrutinized Sheng Muxue thoroughly from head to toe. Although this person’s appearance was completely different from the fox spirit’s, and even his gender had changed, the scent was very familiar.
In truth, his sense of smell was not as sharp as that of the demon race, and because his spiritual power was divided into four, he could not easily sense if the other party was unusual through spiritual perception.
Holding to the principle that it was better to misidentify than to let one slip by, Si Chen said, “Go over there and stand in front of the Kunlun Mirror.”
The so-called Kunlun Mirror was a magical artifact that could accurately identify a person’s original appearance. It was a mirror.
This artifact could make any disguise or transformation impossible to hide, whether changed by pills or spells; even disfigurement would not work.
Sheng Muxue had not expected the other party to have such a trick up his sleeve.
If he were illuminated by this mirror, he would likely be finished.
But if he made an excuse not to go, it would seem as though he had jumped into the Yellow River and could not clear his name.
Seeing Sheng Muxue hesitate, Si Chen’s suspicions deepened: “If you do not go, I will have you sent to the Thunder Reprimand Department to be interrogated thoroughly.”
Sheng Muxue had never heard of the Thunder Reprimand Department.
The system lay beside his ear and explained, “It is the cruelest place for punishment in the entire Immortal Realm. Generally, those who enter lose an arm or a leg at the very least. Most end up mentally deranged, and it is impossible to walk out unscathed.”
Sheng Muxue did not dare to talk to the system in front of Si Chen, so he had to communicate through eye contact: “Does your pill have any resistance to appearance-identifying artifacts?”
The system understood the look in Sheng Muxue’s eyes and replied uncertainly, “It should, probably, maybe, possibly resist it.”
Hearing the system’s lack of confidence, the last shred of hope Sheng Muxue had vanished.
Now, the only way was to turn around and run.
But could he outrun Si Chen? After all, the man was a divine official and had many people with him. Even with his spiritual power divided, he was unlikely to be so weak that he could not catch him.
Should he ask the system to restore his spiritual power from his previous life for ten seconds?
Forget whether he would sleep or not, he should just escape first.
However, before Sheng Muxue could ask the system to restore his spiritual power, his body floated up uncontrollably.
It felt as if the collar of his dress was being gripped by an invisible force, pulling him into mid-air.
Following that, he was tossed by this force in front of the Kunlun Mirror.
Si Chen flew over to his side, grabbed his arm, and straightened him out in front of the mirror, intending both to have him identified properly and to prevent him from escaping.
Sheng Muxue looked at the plump self in the mirror, and his heart jumped into his throat.
Truth be told, he had never been this nervous during his college entrance exams.
The mirror surface suddenly emitted a white light, drowning out Sheng Muxue’s image in the mirror.
Immediately after, that plump body vanished.
Sheng Muxue’s eyes went dark as he faced the white light, his heart feeling completely cold.
But in the next second, as the white light faded, the mirror surface displayed two golden characters: “Passed.”
Sheng Muxue was stunned: “Huh?”
He turned his head to look and found the system looking as if its energy had been completely drained. He more or less understood what had happened.
The system floated over like an injured little pet, resting weakly on Sheng Muxue’s shoulder, its voice as faint as a mosquito’s: “Big Brother, I used all my energy to help you change the identification result. But I might not be able to hold on. I need to sleep for a while. Perhaps I will never wake up again. You don’t need to worry about me. Quickly, go.”
Before the system could finish speaking, it fell straight off Sheng Muxue’s shoulder.
The cartoon expression on its face disappeared, just like a mobile phone running out of battery and shutting down.
Sheng Muxue instinctively used both hands to catch the system’s limp little body, only to realize that its body was not intangible but had the texture of jelly.
Though he was very touched, why did he feel a sudden urge to take a bite?
Sheng Muxue was the type of person who would eat anything if he were desperate enough; eating the system would be nothing.
But since the system had sacrificed itself to help him escape, he managed to restrain himself.
He would definitely not abandon the system.
Thus, he tucked the system into the storage pouch at his waist.
When he had time, he would think about how to charge it with high-voltage electricity to bring it back to life.
The most urgent task was to escape from Luoyun City first.
Si Chen’s gaze had been entirely fixed on the two golden characters on the mirror surface, so naturally, he did not notice Sheng Muxue’s actions.
He found it strange.
Had this mirror been upgraded?
It had never displayed characters before.
In the past, it would show the person’s original appearance immediately upon identification, and it would not change if it could not identify them.
This was the first time it had displayed characters.
But the Kunlun Mirror was someone else’s artifact; he had borrowed it from the Tianji Star Lord.
And the Tianji Star Lord was the greatest master of magical artifacts in the cultivation world; no one could modify the artifacts he created without authorization.
Perhaps it had truly been upgraded by him.
To confirm what he was thinking, Si Chen contacted the other party via mental transmission.
But the other party did not respond to him.
Sheng Muxue waited in front of the mirror for a while. Seeing that Si Chen remained silent while staring at the mirror, he pretended to be impatient and urged him: “I have already been identified, does the Yaoguang Star Lord still have any complaints? Can you hurry up and let me use the teleportation array? I am in a hurry to meet my lover in the next city. It was so hard to find a cultivation partner; if he gets angry and abandons me because of this, will you take me in?”
Si Chen glanced at Sheng Muxue’s chubby, round face and waved his hand helplessly.
Indeed, it would not be easy for someone with this appearance to find a cultivation partner.
Moreover, there was no way he could overlap this fat woman with the charming, seductive appearance of Sheng Muxue.
And when he thought of how Sheng Muxue had licked his finger yesterday, Si Chen felt his throat tighten inexplicably, his Adam’s apple rolling heavily.
It must be that damned charm that had not yet worn off!