March 7th
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: You there?
Lin Chuan waited patiently for a few minutes, and the notification sound rang out as expected.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Not here
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Got tricked by some bastard surnamed Lin into redeeming a prize
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: And died of exhaustion halfway there
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: What do you mean?
Shouldn’t you be thanking me?
I gave you such a huge surprise.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Heh.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: I think people who are cheap should at least have some self-awareness.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Then you’re definitely not talking about me.
I think I have plenty of self-awareness.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Scram.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: You wouldn’t have the heart to make me scram.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: I beg you, stop disgusting your brother, alright?
Silence for a moment.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Thanks
The other party recalled a message.
“Tsk.” Lin Chuan felt it was a pity.
He hadn’t managed to take a screenshot, missing such a great opportunity.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: By the way, how was your trip?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Did you just recall something?
Without giving the other side a chance to fly into a rage out of humiliation, Lin Chuan, well aware of the importance of the art of distraction, quickly typed the next line.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Pretty good
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: I faced some things I never dared to face in the past, clarified my future direction, and resolved my inner conflicts.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: I have shed my mortal coil and ascended to godhood!
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Is there any risk of recovery from this kind of symptom?
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: You’ve only been out for two days and you’re already undergoing a complete transformation?
Are you going to seek the Dao and cultivate immortality next?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: How did you know?
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]:?
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Speak human.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: I’m preparing to explore the extraordinary.
You know, the extraordinary—the kind where you can fly, burrow through the earth, pluck the stars and seize the moon, change the world with a single thought, and travel through time, space, or even other universes.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: How did your illness get even worse?
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Stop chatting for now.
Hurry up and register for a specialist at the hospital to get checked out.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: I’m serious.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: I’m serious too.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Haven’t you been groggy all day lately?
It might be an issue caused by too much pressure from your family in the past.
If you’re sick, you need to get treated.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: I’m serious.
Go register at the psychiatric department when you get back.
I’ll go to the hospital with you.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]:…
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Don’t you like researching folklore and mythological legends?
Have you never thought that the things recorded in books aren’t actually ancient exaggerations, but historical records?
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: I’ve thought about it, but only in my imagination.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Only people with eighth-grade syndrome think divine beasts will fall from the sky.
Mature adults know that the sky only rains down torrential storms, oh, and maybe hail.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: But your question is actually quite interesting.
After all, when it comes to things like myths and legends, you can’t really say they’re completely fake either.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Let’s hear your brilliant opinion.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Calamities, wars, natural phenomena that people didn’t understand, certain coincidences, and a vague understanding of the unknown.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Whether it’s myths or folklore, they were originally just ways for ancient people to understand the world and the life experiences they summarized.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Hm?
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: For example, if you want me to believe there was really a giant named Kuafu who chased the Sun and died of thirst, I definitely wouldn’t believe it.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: But if someone told me…
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: That thousands of years ago, there really was such a person who ran desperately for something, chasing just a sliver of light, never stopping even if they ran themselves to death…
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Then I would truly find it quite great.
I’d admire them.
Seeing this, Lin Chuan fell silent for a long time.
Behind the screen, he could almost see his only friend since transmigrating, perhaps typing these bittersweet words just to keep him company and shoot the breeze.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: What if, one day, I told you that part of what I write is actually true?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: For example, what if I’m not actually from this world, but transmigrated here?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: That would also explain why I can write so many excellent works so easily, just like a protagonist in a copycat novel?
Transmigrating to a world without those works and acting as a porter of sorts.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]:…
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Makes sense
[And with what shall the yearner answer]:?
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: No wonder
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: I was wondering how a normal person could sleep until noon and still casually write so many books.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: So you’re from an otherworldly realm.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Then your original world must have been a story about a hero saving the world, and you were the one crouching at the end, waiting to destroy the world—a tentacle monster!
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: This makes much more sense now.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Scram.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: I’m a normal person, and I was a normal person over there too.
I just opened my eyes, found myself transmigrated, and then went to report to our dorm.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: I don’t believe you
Lin Chuan was about to send another “Scram,” but then he saw another message pop up from the other side.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Alright, I’ll stop teasing you.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Actually, if we go by what you said, it does explain things.
After all, some of those things really don’t seem like something you could have come up with out of thin air on your own.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: So, what genre was your original world?
Sword and magic?
Cultivating immortality, or urban superpowers?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: It was an ordinary, everyday world.
Its relationship with this place is like a parallel universe, with only a few differences.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Which differences?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: The national football team didn’t win seventeen consecutive World Cup championships.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]:?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Actually, it’s even worse.
They didn’t even qualify, and the fans cursed them, saying, ‘They really have no shame at all.’
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]:?
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Is your world a Lostbelt?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: And also…
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: There’s more?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Leonardo da Vinci was actually a man.
He still painted the Mona Lisa, but her nickname really wasn’t Lisa.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: I think I understand.
Your world was probably pruned by the Counter Force.
No wonder you ended up here.
So you’re actually the last survivor of your world, bearing a heavy mission to reclaim your homeland or something?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Stop messing around, there’s more.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Cao Xueqin didn’t finish Dream of the Red Chamber either.
He passed away after writing eighty chapters.
Later, someone named Gao E wrote a sequel for him, but it wasn’t 108 chapters, it was 120 chapters.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: That actually sounds somewhat reasonable.
To be honest, I don’t understand how he kept going either.
But forty chapters?
I’m guessing the sequel wasn’t very good.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Yes, it couldn’t compare to the original.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: That’s great then.
You got to read both versions.
Send me those forty chapters some other day.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: I didn’t memorize them
.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: I knew it, you lazy dog.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: There was just no need to memorize them.
No new messages popped up on the screen for the moment.
Lin Chuan pulled down his hat, looking quite like a Stand User.
Then, carrying his visa, he prepared to board the plane to Japan.
He was going to visit that man named Jotaro Kujo.
Who knew, maybe Star Platinum really existed in this world?
He glanced at the screen again.
There seemed to be no new messages, so he typed a few words and sent them over:
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: I’m boarding the plane.
Let’s chat tonight.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: OK
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: But…
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: If it’s really like you said, Ah Chuan…
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Then you must really miss home, right?
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: It must have been tough.
But it’s fine, you have me.
Just come to my house for Chinese New Year.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Stop letting your mind wander all day.
Let bygones be bygones.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Eat well, live well, and hang in there!
[And with what shall the yearner answer]:…
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Yeah.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Also, don’t get so sentimental.
My sexual orientation is perfectly normal.
You’re a good person, thanks.
March 26th
…
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: I’m back from Japan.
Didn’t find what I wanted.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: It’s fine.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: He’s just a minor athlete, isn’t he?
It’s his loss for not meeting our Great Author Lin.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Do you know you really sound like one of those treacherous officials in TV dramas?
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Then where is my official salary?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]:?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: WeChat Transfer ‘19999’
The other party refunded the transfer.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: How is your mom doing?
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Not particularly well.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Thanks to you telling my mom to go to the hospital, they found a tumor during the checkup.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: What’s the situation?
What stage?
Where is it?
Is it serious?
Should I come back to visit?
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: It’s not a big problem.
It was caught early, and it’s still a small tumor.
A surgery will fix it.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Do you need me to come back?
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: No need, you can go ahead with peace of mind.
There’s really no problem at all.
Besides, you’re not a doctor, so just go have your fun.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Ask me if you don’t have enough money.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: It’s really not a big deal.
After reimbursement, the medical bills are only a bit over ten thousand.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Alright, got it.
Don’t return the rest, treat yourself better.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: 6 1
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: By the way, there are still a few days left.
Where do you plan to go next?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Wherever your ID is.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Longhu Mountain?
Are you really going to seek the Dao and cultivate immortality?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Might as well give it a try.
If it doesn’t work out, I’ll just treat it as sightseeing.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: OK, then I’ll wait for your good news.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Remember to take me with you on the day you ascend to immortality.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Actually, never mind, I still have to take care of my parents.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: I’ll take them all along.
It’s no trouble at all.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Alright, Brother Chuan, you’re a true friend.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Gotta go, my dad’s calling me.
Bye.
March 31st
…
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: So you didn’t find any cultivation methods at Longhu Mountain either?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Actually, I kind of did.
Supposedly, it’s a unique method left behind two thousand years ago, though it was newly printed.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Does it work?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Nope.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: I knew it.
Two thousand years is definitely not genuine.
Last week’s would be more like it.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: [Photo]
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: [Photo]
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Took a few pictures for you.
Here, I think this part is made up quite realistically.
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Hiss…
Why does this look a bit familiar?
Don’t tell me someone pirated and printed the stuff I made up on the internet?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: You’re unbelievable.
Why would they happen to print exactly what you posted?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Let’s not talk about that.
Is your mom’s surgery the day after tomorrow?
[Unofficial Celestial Master of Longhu Mountain]: Yeah, hopefully everything goes smoothly.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: It definitely will.
April 2nd
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: You there?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: I got in touch with someone selling ancient texts.
I’ll show you a genuine antique once I buy it.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: By the way, when is your mom’s surgery?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]:?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Has it already started?
That’s so early.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: I won’t disturb you then.
Take good care of your mom.
April 3rd
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: How did it go?
Waiting for a while.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Where are you?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: No, really, what are you doing?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Don’t tell me your phone fell into a river.
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: You are seriously unbelievable.
I’m really going to suppress you when I get back.
…
April 3rd
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Hello?
[And with what shall the yearner answer]: Zhou Mingrui?
A long silence.
The last reply was on March 31st, which meant Zhou Mingrui had lost contact after April 1st.
April 1st, 2018
Lin Chuan suddenly remembered what day that was:
April Fools’ Day.
The first day “Lord of the Mysteries” was published.
Apparently in china You can use it to reply to almost every message that others send to you.
When you find someone boring, have no words to say, or something happens beyond your imagination (whatever it’s good or bad), or a person acts or talks like a fool, etc., you can say “6”.
Apparently in china You can use it to reply to almost every message that others send to you.
When you find someone boring, have no words to say, or something happens beyond your imagination (whatever it’s good or bad), or a person acts or talks like a fool, etc., you can say “6”.