The fairies I flirted with in the game became real?!

Hearing Yu Chan's voice, Li Muyang's heart skipped a beat.

After quickly giving a few more instructions to the moon-biting Jiao, he logged off amidst the dragon girl's disappointed pleas for him to stay.

When Li Muyang opened his eyes back in reality, he immediately walked out of the room.

"Has Elder Yan arrived?"

After Li Muyang spoke, he instinctively looked up toward the sky above Mei River City.

At that moment, a flying boat floated in the sky above Mei River City.

The streamlined and lengthy flying boat was exquisite and mystical, suspended above the firmament, faintly emitting a pale cyan light.

Mei River City was but a small county town; its people had never witnessed such a scene and were all exclaiming in amazement.

The City Lord of Mei River City, accompanied by all the local officials great and small, hurriedly ran beneath the flying boat to kneel and worship, waiting for the commands of the exalted Sect figures.

However, there was no divine decree from the flying boat hanging high above the firmament.

Only a few streaks of escaping light shot up from the city and entered the flying boat.

Afterward, the mysterious flying boat changed direction and flew away, trailing a long beam of light.

Clearly, the flying boat had come to pick someone up and had no intention of dealing with the mortals below.

Even so, the officials of Mei River City remained kneeling on the streets for a full hour, not getting up until the flying boat had completely disappeared and they were certain it would not return. Only then did the City Lord, with great caution, dare to rise with his subordinates.

Aboard the departing flying boat, the atmosphere was somewhat solemn and stiff.

Yan Xiaoru, who had not been seen for many days, was pale, haggard, and silently sat in the seat of honor without uttering a word.

After Li Muyang and the others boarded the flying boat, they saw that the interior was empty.

This flying boat, temporarily borrowed by Yan Xiaoru, carried only her.

But the two maids accompanying Li Muyang, as well as Aunt Su, who posed as a maid, quickly went to take care of various tasks on the flying boat.

Li Damu and his wife were settled into a cabin.

Li Yuechan, who was nominally an Inner Sect Disciple, cautiously excused herself and also withdrew.

Soon, only Li Muyang was left in the empty hall.

Yan Xiaoru, looking exhausted, was seated in the place of honor. She let out a soft sigh and said, "Are you alright..."

Yan Xiaoru looked weary, yet her eyes still held a tinge of concern as she gazed at Li Muyang.

With only the two of them left in the room, Li Muyang also relaxed.

He straightforwardly found a chair to sit in and said, "The escape was tiring, but I'm not injured."

Once Li Muyang sat down, he began to speak of his own accord, "I managed to tame a powerful demon beast by chance. I can summon it from the void and command it to kill enemies."

"Although the demon beast has no cultivation, my rough estimate is that its power is not inferior to the Purple Mansion Realm."

"An ordinary Purple Mansion Realm being caught off guard could even be killed instantly."

The assassination ability of the Jade-Blade Mantis was indisputable.

This was a born assassin.

Upon meeting again, Li Muyang laid all his cards on the table, thoroughly introducing the Jade-Blade Mantis.

Having heard this, Yan Xiaoru nodded slightly, "Aunt Su mentioned it in the message through the bluebird, just not in such detail."

Having said that, Yan Xiaoru fell silent once more.

Li Muyang, sitting not too far from her, scratched his head.

The air fell into a strange and awkward silence.

Before meeting, Li Muyang had a bellyful of words he wanted to say and a multitude of questions he wanted to ask.

But precisely because there was so much to say, now that they were actually face to face, he didn't know how to begin or what to ask first.

Mainly, Yan Xiaoru's indifferent and wooden demeanor was entirely at odds with the joy he imagined they would share after a long separation.

Seeing her so cold made him almost doubt whether his past entanglement with her was just a dream...

The eerie silence lasted for quite a while.

Li Muyang felt he must break this deadlock.

After pondering for a long time, he finally spoke up.

"I've encountered some things recently..."

No sooner had Li Muyang's words fallen than Yan Xiaoru calmly nodded.

"The Red Luan Star stirs, encountering peach blossoms... Right?"

"Right... No, wrong!" Li Muyang reflexively retorted, but after denying it, he froze for a moment.

It was because he remembered Glass Immortal Maiden's confession to him.

But Yan Xiaoru shouldn't know about that!

Stunned, he looked at Yan Xiaoru, only to see her sigh softly, her voice ethereal as she said, "I can vaguely see some of the changes in the Qi around you, the Red Luan Star stirs, and there's a brilliant romantic encounter."

"Now, there are at least five women who adore you, I'm not wrong, am I?"

Yan Xiaoru looked at Li Muyang and whispered, "I am the last bloodline of the Heavenly Machine Pavilion left in the world, this is the deepest secret hidden within me. So I can see the changes in someone's Qi and guess their circumstances through these changes."

Yan Xiaoru spoke lightly, revealing a shocking secret.

Li Muyang's eyes suddenly widened.

"Heavenly Machine Pavilion..."

Even he, who was lacking in common knowledge of the cultivation world, had heard of the Heavenly Machine Pavilion.

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But according to worldly rumors, the Heavenly Machine Pavilion had perished over a thousand years ago.

Yet the person before him, Yan Xiaoru, was of the bloodline of the Heavenly Machine Pavilion, and only 29?

Li Muyang was in utter shock.

And since Yan Xiaoru had started talking, naturally she intended to explain things clearly.

Facing Li Muyang's astonished gaze, Yan Xiaoru whispered.

"The Heavenly Machine Pavilion that people speak of was destroyed one thousand three hundred and ninety-seven years ago."

"However, the bloodline of the Heavenly Machine Pavilion did not come to an end, but instead went into hiding, lurking in the shadows to avoid the catastrophe."

"Until twenty years ago, my parents perished from the hereditary curse of 'Five Declines of Heaven and Man,' turning to ash, leaving me as the only bloodline of the Heavenly Machine Pavilion remaining in the world."

Yan Xiaoru looked deeply at Li Muyang and said, "Although the Heavenly Machine Pavilion survived the dark turmoil and the apocalyptic catastrophe of ancient times, the great changes in the laws of heaven and earth left a curse within the bloodline of the Pavilion."

"The more people of our lineage practice the Life Extension Technique and scrutinize the heavenly Dao, the faster they die."

"But even if we don't practice the Life Extension Technique to scrutinize the heavenly Dao, once we reach a certain age, we will suffer from the Five Declines of Heaven and Man and die prematurely."

Having said her piece solemnly, Yan Xiaoru continued to look at Li Muyang and spoke.

"On the day my parents died, I decided that I would end the bloodline of the Heavenly Machine Pavilion with my generation and not let future descendants suffer."

"Therefore, I cannot provide you with children to continue the lineage of your Li family."

Yan Xiaoru said calmly and indifferently.

"It happens that you are quite popular with women, the Red Luan Star stirs, and besides them liking you, you must also hold some affection for them, as the Qi would not connect otherwise," she continued with her serene tone.

"As such, let them bear children and continue the lineage for you... I have no objections to that."

Yan Xiaoru's tone remained nonchalant.

But Li Muyang instantly broke into cold sweat on his back.

Five?

Where the hell did these five come from?

How come I don't know about so many? Isn't there just Glass Immortal Maiden?

And Yan Xiaoru, saying such outrageous things so dispassionately... She's purposely being sarcastic to me, right?

Is this immature ghost angry?

Li Muyang carefully observed the woman before him, shrinking his neck, and cautiously asked.

"So... uh..."

Scratching his head, Li Muyang said, "You have always refused me because you don't plan to have children?"

But Yan Xiaoru shook her head: "No, not for that reason."

She looked at Li Muyang indifferently, and suddenly her lips curved into a small smile.

"I refuse you because I want to kill Gong Yanghong, I want to destroy the Refinement Demon Sect."

"That task is far too dangerous, and I didn't want to drag you into it and send you to your death."

Yan Xiaoru smiled at Li Muyang and said, "But if you insist on seeking death, then I can only take you with me."

"Now that I have informed you, you don't have a way back in this life, you can only follow me into the darkness."