Chapter Ninety-Four: Made Manifest!

With a sharp blast, Shen Qingli barely avoided the strike and looked again toward the staircase.

Ye Qingqing was gone.

The green-haired system remained on guard, scanning the surroundings. “Master, watch out on the left!”

Shen Qingli reacted at once. With a slight flick of her fingers, a vine burst from the ground and lunged straight left.

A soft scoff sounded.

The woman dodged with a flash of movement, and in that brief sound, Ye Qingqing’s position was exposed in the darkness. Coldness rose in Shen Qingli’s eyes. Her fingertips gleamed, and countless vines shot toward that direction.

“Damn it!”

Ye Qingqing had never taken Shen Qingli seriously, and naturally had not expected her to have such methods now.

While dodging, a sudden sting flashed across her cheek. She stared in shock, reached toward the pain, and when she saw the blood on her fingers, anger surged in her eyes.

“You actually dared to scratch my face!”

“Master, be careful. The spiritual power in her is surging several times stronger.”

The green-haired system warned her, though inwardly it found the sight a little frightening. As expected, a woman’s face was not something to be touched.

“Do you still have the freezing talismans?”

As she evaded the objects Ye Qingqing kept hurling at her, Shen Qingli asked in a low voice.

“Yes, yes, Master, I’ll exchange one for you right now!”

The green-haired system immediately delivered a freezing talisman into Shen Qingli’s hand, and she flung it straight at Ye Qingqing.

She was successfully immobilized.

“Shen Qingli, you little slut, let me go right now!”

Ye Qingqing only felt herself suddenly unable to move. Other than speaking, she could do nothing at all.

“Master really is amazing! Master is mighty!”

Hearing the system’s cheers, Shen Qingli stepped indifferently to the woman’s side, picked up a broken shard of porcelain from the floor, and brought it close to her face.

“I’ve frozen your body, but there’s no ice on the surface. So now you’re at my mercy. If you don’t want me to ruin your face, you’d better answer whatever I ask.”

How could Ye Qingqing be willing to submit? “You dare?”

“Shen Qingli, let me tell you this: if you dare hurt me, that’s the same as hurting Brother Jinchuan. He will never let you go!”

Seeing her still spouting useless nonsense, Shen Qingli gave a cold laugh and leaned closer.

The sharp porcelain shard pressed against her cheek; a slight movement would split the skin open.

Ye Qingqing could feel that sensation with startling clarity.

“No, no, you can’t. My face, my face absolutely cannot be scratched!”

She still wanted to become famous!

Since that is so, you should know what to say, shouldn’t you?”

Shen Qingli spoke lazily. A slight movement sent a shiver through Ye Qingqing.

“I’ll talk. I’ll tell you anything.”

Seeing her finally comply, Shen Qingli tossed the shard aside.

“There’s only one thing I want to know. What are Xie Jinchuan and Rong Qiaoyi really up to?”

Seeing the woman’s probing gaze, Ye Qingqing seemed to think of something and deliberately put on a helpless, frightened expression.

“Brother Jinchuan wants to bring someone back to life. He needs test subjects, and you are one of them.”

“And Sister Qiaoyi is helping him...”

Bring someone back to life.

Thinking of the figure Shen Qingli had once seen in Ye Qingqing’s memories...

Her expression darkened a little. Though she still felt something was off, she could not help but subconsciously think...

Seeing Shen Qingli lapse into distraction, Ye Qingqing clenched her teeth and immediately broke through the talisman’s effect, striking straight at her with a palm.

At the critical moment, the green-haired system released its energy and helped Shen Qingli block the blow.

Ye Qingqing seized the chance and fled at once.

“Cilantro, are you all right?”

Shen Qingli asked anxiously, picking up the cilantro that had suddenly turned corporeal.

By now, as its owner’s subconscious had shifted, the cilantro had become a tiny white cat.

“Master, don’t worry. I’m fine. It’s just that the energy I finally built up has been depleted. But, Master, why do I suddenly see you so clearly now?”

“Oh no, oh no, am I going to die?”

“Master, before I die, could you spare some of your spiritual power for me? I don’t want to be a system that starves to death...”

Looking at the little cat paw reaching toward her, Shen Qingli raised a brow, though she too was deeply astonished.

“How did you suddenly turn into a physical form?”

At those words, the cat paw froze.

Then the incredulous voice of the green-haired system rang out in her mind.

“What? What! I actually became corporeal? Hahaha, I knew it—I’m your incredible system, so of course I can become physical!”

“But why... would it be a little white cat?”

“Master, can’t you imagine me as a fierce beast instead?”

A fierce beast?

While sending spiritual energy into him, Shen Qingli drawled, “If you really became a fierce beast, you’d need to go to the zoo.”

Thinking of the fact that this world was not one of cultivation, the green-haired system reluctantly gave up.

“Master, the spiritual power is enough now. But you absolutely must not believe anything that woman said. She was definitely saying that on purpose so she could escape.”

Shen Qingli looked at the little paw resting on the back of her hand and lowered her eyes.

Not believe it?

But...

Thinking of all the signs from before, Shen Qingli sighed.

Holding the green-haired system, she stood up, turned on the lights, and swept a glance around the messy room, pressing a hand to her forehead.

“Well, this still needs cleaning.”

She waved her hand, and all the broken things went into the trash. The entire living room was transformed in an instant.

It looked as though nothing had ever happened.

“Master, I think you may have misunderstood something. It would be best to ask President Xie yourself and clear it up.”

No sooner had the words fallen than the green-haired system felt itself lifted up, and the enlarged face of Shen Qingli filled its view.

Oh, my, my master is truly beautiful!

She’s practically the most beautiful woman in the heavens.

What Rong Qiaoyi, what Qingqing—take them all and get lost!

“Do you think that if I go ask him, he’ll tell me the truth?”

“Do you think I never gave him a chance?”

“Since he doesn’t want to say, I don’t want to know anymore either. I’d rather earn money, get rich, and enjoy handsome men in peace!”

By the end of the sentence, Shen Qingli’s clearly excited tone made the green-haired system’s mouth twitch.

Enjoy handsome men, indeed...

Even someone as lovely as Gu Qingming, and you never went to enjoy him.

Realizing what it was thinking, the green-haired system immediately lifted a cat paw and covered its own mouth.

Ah, was that even something it could think about?

“I know what you’re thinking. It’s just that Gu Qingming isn’t suitable for me.”

The two of them shared spiritual awareness, so naturally they knew what the other was thinking.

Shen Qingli tossed the green-haired system aside. “I’m going to take a bath and get some rest.”

After watching its master go into the bathroom, the green-haired system thought it over, then nimbly moved its body and leaped straight across to the building opposite.

It had to tell the Immortal Lord everything that had happened tonight, one by one!