Although the Author gave up, the novel formed its own world. The Male Lead was willing to offer his soul to summon Mingting to fulfill his wish.
The Male Lead didn't seek revenge or to win anyone over… He simply wanted a lifetime of freedom and joy, free from such humiliating subservience.
That worked just fine for Mingting!
At the same time, the male lead also reminded Mingting that He Huan is a femme fatale, and everyone in the Cultivation World loves her. No one can resist her charm.
He warned Mingting to be extremely careful not to lose his heart, and end up stripped of dignity and pride in the end.
[It seems that like this vacation world isn't so relaxing after all!]
The system was a little worried.
After all, He Huan's constitution meant she could attract countless people, especially those of the opposite sex.
So many men would scramble to sacrifice everything for her… live for her, die for her, offer up all they had, as if poisoned.
This bizarre immortal ability was downright lethal!
The author's imagination had to be something else to create a Female Lead like this…
And to top it off, the author gave He Huan an incredibly overpowered cheat.
He Huan's father, the Medicine Immortal, was afraid that she would be reincarnated as a mortal and suffer in the Cultivation World, so he specially gave his daughter the ability to read minds.
The terrifying thing about this mind-reading was that no matter how powerful the person is, even if they are Divine Transformation Ancestor, as long as He Huan willed it, she could hear their innermost thoughts.
With the ability to read minds and her innate ability to enthrall people, the Female Lead naturally charmed everyone she met.
This was also why that while He Huan is not the most beautiful female immortal in the Cultivation World, she could still firmly grasp the hearts of those elite geniuses.
[Boss, what are you going to do?]
[First, I'll take a bath and groom my feathers.]
This was Mingting's first time transmigrating as a non-human, so he was beyond excited.
He took a long bath, meticulously cleaning every single feather before perching atop the parasol tree.
His phoenix tail, blazing like fire, cascaded through the air. The fiery red feathers were as gorgeous as blood, and were sprinkled with a thin layer of gold powder by the sunlight, which was dazzling from a distance.
Mingting admired his own gorgeous plumage with great satisfaction. He spent a full two hours preening before reluctantly shifting back to human form.
There are still a hundred years before He Huan descends to the mortal realm to experience the tribulation. While a hundred years seemed long, to cultivators, it was but the blink of an eye.
In a hundred years, she will descend to the Cultivation World and stir up storms, ensnaring the Cultivation World's most brilliant talents.
["Boss, why don't we just hide somewhere? Or when she descends, we can ascend directly to the Immortal Realm?] Fengtian suggested.
[That fits our 'lie flat and relax' vacation principle.]
"No." Mingting refused outright.
"Running away with my tail between my legs isn't my style. Besides, I want to see for myself what this 'femme fatale' is all about."
"What I don't get is… I'm better-looking, richer, more refined, and of nobler bloodline than her. Why aren't I the one everyone's obsessed with? Are they blind?!"
'The tone here felt… a little off.'
Fengtian wiped the non-existent sweat from its forehead.
"So we just wait?"
"No, let's go save someone first!"
Mingting traveled nonstop for seven days and nights with Fengtian, and came to the territory of Zhenshan Sect.
Currently, there are many large and small forces in the Cultivation World. Zhenshan Sect, Sword Sect, Tianji Tower, Yuxian Sect, Seven Stars Island, and Ten Thousand Buddha Gate are among the best.
According to Mingting's understanding, Sword Sect specialized in swordsmanship, Tianji Tower is full of fortune-tellers, Yuxian Sect is a group of beautiful women who used poison, Seven Stars Island is renowned for artifact and pill refining, and Ten Thousand Buddha Gate is full of monks.
And the most down-to-earth was Zhenshan Sect.
The founder of Zhenshan Sect, Wan Fang, was most skilled in the Mountain-Suppressing Fist, that's why he named the sect 'Zhenshan'. (T/N: Zhenshan means Mountain-Suppressing.)
Of course, Zhenshan Sect does not rely on fists and physical combat. There are nine peaks in the sect, and they covered alchemy, artifact forging, beast taming, formations, swordplay… everything.
However, every disciple who entered the sect had to learn the Mountain-Suppressing Fist first.
The reason Mingting came here was simple: because someone in Zhenshan Sect was undergoing a tribulation to ascend to the Divine Transformation stage today.
By the time he arrived, the tribulation was already halfway through.
The sky was choked with dark clouds, blotting out the sun, moon, and stars. Silver lightning snakes writhed within, relentlessly striking the highest mountain peak.
[Is someone undergoing tribulation?]
Fengtian was very curious.
The once-towering peak had been sheared down by the lightning. And on the bare top, there's a man in tattered robes. He surrounded by swirling spiritual energy as it desperately repaired his body.
"He is the 'Light of Righteousness' in the Cultivation World, Elder Le Qing of Zhenshan Sect. In the original plot, he failed to withstand the heavenly lightning and perished. If he had successfully crossed the tribulation and became a Divine Transformation Ancestor, Zhenshan Sect would not have gradually declined."
In the Cultivation World, strength dictated everything. Le Qing was powerful and fiercely loyal to his sect. He is the real power of Zhenshan Sect and a hardliner against the demonic factions.
If he were still alive, Leng Rong would never have risen to prominence.
It was precisely because Le Qing failed to cross the tribulation and died that the head of Zhenshan Sect accepted Leng Rong as a disciple.
After discovering that Leng Rong has the rare single-element ice spiritual root, he poured all the resources of the sect into training him.
As a result, the person was indeed trained, but ice spiritual roots came with an icy temperament.
Except when it came to the Female Lead, which Leng Rong was utterly devoted, whether facing his teacher or the elders in the sect, he is very indifferent.
The Zhenshan Sect, which originally a major force in the Cultivation World, became the first to fall when the demonic factions launched a full-scale invasion.
The sect master and elders fought to the death, hundreds of thousands of disciples perished, and a once-great righteous sect was wiped from existence.
It was really pitiful and tragic end.
"So Le Qing can't die…"
Mingting was not a kind-hearted person. Although it was a vacation world and he could stay uninvolved, but after two lifetimes as a human, he had deep feelings for the human race.
At the very least, he couldn't stand by and watch the Cultivation World turn into the hellscape described in the novel, with demons running rampant and tragedies happening at every turn.
Those so-called Main Characters treated this world as their playground for love and revenge, dragging countless innocents into their mess. Who gave them the right?
[I knew Boss wouldn't just sit around...]
Fengtian sighed.