Quadruple split.

Chapter 2386 Xiaole's Journey to the West

Game time PM18:47
Northwest Continent, Eastern part of Kasero Grassland, Lieyang Hills

It was clearly sunset, but at this moment, three graceful figures were standing in silence on the green grass that was still shrouded in sunlight.

The first one is a beautiful girl with waist-length black hair, wearing an intricately shaped black and white hunting robe, beige tights, and wooden clogs. She has fair skin, a sweet face, and lively eyes.

The second one is a beautiful girl with waist-length black hair, wearing an intricately shaped black and white hunting robe, beige tights, and wooden clogs. She has fair skin, a sweet face, and lively eyes.

The third one is a girl who looks exactly like the two beauties above except that her temperament is not so sweet. She has waist-length blue hair, a white robe and scarlet hakama with patterns drawn with countless ghost heads, and holds a "royal coin" with a large number of black zigzag paper strips connected to the top. Although her skin color is also fair, she looks more seductive, with black sclera and pale pupils.

That's right, these three are none other than Mo Tan's good sisters inside and outside the game. They are the core members and absolute C-position of [Haunted Church]. Their strength has been further improved after [Battle of Guilt]. At this moment, they are already ranked fifth in the personal combat power rankings. Not only is their strength infinitely close to epic, they are also the practical strongman who has obtained the only epic quality title [Changle] among the well-known players except for 'Cordoba', the beautiful returnee girl Onmyoji Gu Xiaole whose ancestral home is in J Province of China... and her two Shikigami.

Among them, the one whose appearance, dress and even text description are exactly the same as Gu Xiaole herself is the one she cannot create in reality. Although the lower limit is extremely low, the upper limit is far beyond the 'Origami' of other Shikigami. By the way, the lower limit here is for the Shikigami lineup under Gu Xiaole. After all, even if they can't beat a dog (Shikigami·Inugui) at home, after being strengthened by [White Zetsu·Shura Hell], Origami still has the strength to kill conventional high-level strongmen in seconds if they take the initiative!

Of course, if it had not been strengthened, Origami's combat power would probably be only at the embarrassing level of an ordinary high-level. Although it should be no problem to beat up the likes of Big Flower Morning Glory, even Tian Xingdao, a more outstanding high-level player, could defeat it head-on in a fair duel.

Origami is also very self-aware. After being folded out by her lord, this shikigami girl has a very clear "self-positioning". In stark contrast to the bad-tempered Hougui [Miao] who likes to give people the middle finger everywhere (she restrained herself after being killed by Ji Xiaodao), Origami insists that she is just a vase used to be cute and to adjust the atmosphere. Thanks to her lord who is very talented in this aspect, Origami is indeed very likable.

But the other shikigami present had a completely different style of painting.

Although they are of the same nature as the "Samurai Souls" in the concept of Onmyoji or the "Benming Ghost" in the concept of psychics, Gu Xiaole's Samurai Souls in the game [Boundary of Innocence] have encountered huge problems——

For example, outside the game, the Samurai Shodown played by Xiaole Tani does not have independent thoughts, but is an extension of his own will. However, the Samurai Shodown in the game is very disobedient, and the probability of backlash is ridiculously high.

For example, Samurai Shodown outside the game has only two appearances. One is a one-to-one replica of Gu Xiaole's clothes when he is summoned, but if he wears a skirt, it is a skirt, and if he wears a school uniform, it is a school uniform; the other is like Sister Xiaole now, wearing a hunting robe and other normal Onmyoji standard equipment.

All in all, in Gu Xiaole's impression, he had never summoned a Samurai spirit that looked like a shrine maiden no matter how you looked at it!

Although this "past" refers to the past which was not that long ago, the process of Gu Xiaole conquering his own Shikigami was extremely difficult. After the [Battle of Guilt] ended, Gu Xiaole was even ready to temporarily give up the Samurai Shodown and wait until he reached the epic level before trying again.

Unfortunately, as the saying goes, plans cannot keep up with changes, and things do not always go as planned. As a member of the champion team of [Guilt Discussion Battle·Team Battle], Gu Xiaole, who received the same reward as the character 'Hei Fan', of course also obtained the epic professional mission that countless people dream of.

The task content seems very intuitive, and the text does not have many words in total, namely -

'Choice: Raise the control of Samurai Shodown to over 1% / Serve as an important figure in any epic-level large-scale mission and contribute no less than the top %'

It can be seen that this task seems to be easy to complete intuitively. After all, when the rewards are all for the promotion to the epic profession [Grand Onmyoji], in principle, this kind of "choice" task only requires you to choose one to complete. No matter which condition is met, the result is the same as getting [Grand Onmyoji].

but--

If you think about it carefully, these two conditions are actually not very easy to meet. As for tasks, since only regional tasks and world tasks are considered "large-scale tasks", the number of tasks that meet the requirements is too small when their quality is forced to be [epic]. In the past few days, Gu Xiaole has been hanging out in the official forums and several portals, and has joined several high-end player mutual assistance groups, but he can only find large-scale tasks of "ordinary", "excellent" and "excellent" quality. There is no epic quality task for him to get involved.

Of course, if Gu Xiaole really wanted to find someone, she only needed to contact large player forces such as [Red Constellation], [Wind-Breaking Bird], and [Card Master]. Her fifth place in the individual list and the title of the overall champion of the Guilt-Asking Debate Team Tournament were definitely enough to get them to share some good tasks with her. But Sister Xiaole didn't want to owe favors to anyone, so unless she was forced into no other choice, she didn't really want to deal with those professional players.

Precisely because of this, Gu Xiaole is still hesitant about whether to participate in the [Continental Level World Mission: City of Innocence] and its linked limited-time secret realm [Deep in the Jungle] announced on the official website after the large-scale upgrade of the Realm of Innocence. He wants to join in the fun, but is also a little afraid of trouble.

To sum up, although there are many fallback plans, Gu Xiaole is still somewhat helpless when it comes to the mission.

As for the other condition...

As mentioned earlier, Gu Xiaole had tried to conquer his own 'Samurai Shodown' many times before this mission, but unfortunately with little success. Although he could use its power to fight when the time, place and people were all right, as for the more specific degree of control... Although there was no detailed data displayed, Gu Xiaole felt that even the most optimistic estimate was less than 10%!
To be honest, after realizing that the task of [Great Onmyoji] that could restore his strength to the same level as outside the game was so difficult, even Gu Xiaole, who had a very good mentality, couldn't help but feel depressed.

Just when she was about to go into seclusion and find a place with a strong yin energy to have a good talk with Samurai Shodown, Ji Xiaoge brought her an interesting news.

Just east of the Savage Highlands in the northwest continent, there appeared an ancient ruin that made people feel very uneasy. Although it was most likely not a large-scale mission, Gu Xiaole, who was very interested in the things buried underground and even chose archaeology in order not to arouse suspicion, agreed without hesitation and prepared to go to Xiaogezi to relax. In addition, the half-dragon guy who had met once in the public space before seemed to be there. Because it was not long since they met, even though the two had only met once and had not spoken a few times in total, Gu Xiaole still had a deep impression of him.

Of course, this deep impression is not the point. The point is that if Gu Xiaole's judgment is correct, the relationship between the half-dragon boy and Ji Xiaoge is definitely not simple. Or to put it more clearly, she thinks the two are most likely in love, at most the kind of love that neither of them is aware of.

I have to go there!

Without any hesitation, Gu Xiaole left the "retreat" on the same day she promised Ji Xiaoge, and headed for the northwest continent with determination, intending to observe that young man Mo in the capacity of a "family member".

Admittedly, the other party left her with an inexplicably good impression last time, but that was only under the premise that 'Brother Mo is Yujiang's good friend'. This time it was another matter -

Unlike Yi Dong and others, as the only one in the small group who knows very well what's going on 'under the table' and is even an 'abnormal' person herself, Gu Xiaole still has a little understanding of the situation of the Ji family twins. Because of this, she understands better than anyone how terrifying Ji Xiaoge's beauty and charm that seems to defy the underlying logic of the world is.

Admittedly, in reality, the girl's charm was suppressed within common sense by her almost omnipotent father in the outrageous way of "deceiving the world", and there are talents with similar effects in the [Realm of Innocence], but even so, Gu Xiaole is still a little worried.

After all, in the eyes of most people, extremely beautiful appearance and extremely wealthy family background can easily make feelings not "pure".

This is not an unreasonable prejudice. After all, a person's appearance will gradually decline with age and other reasons, and their family circumstances can easily fluctuate due to various accidents. In this case, a partner who was attracted to their appearance or financial strength from the beginning is naturally more likely to change his or her mind.

As for the commonly used sayings such as "I like character/personality/background/mentality" that are highly praised by people, in fact, from an objective point of view, they are more stable than the above two traits.

Although Gu Xiaole did not have a very deep impression of these miscellaneous things, considering that Ji Xiaoge's situation was a bit too special, she felt that it would be better for her to keep an eye on her for a while. Her requests did not need to be too outrageous. As long as the other party was not completely going for Xiaoge's pretty face, she would not take any action.

After all, as long as she doesn't meet that kind of super scumbag, Gu Xiaole feels that a girl of Ji Xiaoge's age can fall in love and break up freely.

In short, driven by these reasons, Sister Xiao Le embarked on a journey to the northwest continent, and then... as expected, she encountered trouble.

The problem that a strong person like Xiaole who has reached the epic realm considers as a "trouble" and cannot be solved in a short period of time is precisely her disobedient Samurai Spirit.

This matter is simple to explain. The general process is that Gu Xiaole found a place with extremely strong yin energy and was particularly suitable for retreat and released the Samurai Soul. However, before she started the talk therapy, she received news from Ji Xiaoge. When she made up her mind to go to the northwest continent to find the other party first, she suddenly found that the Samurai Soul could not go back!

That’s right, there’s no going back!
Originally, the Samurai Spirits who could be sent back to the 'Life Talisman' with just a thought from Gu Xiaole, can no longer go back!
Not only that, although this person looks exactly like Gu Xiaole, his style has nothing to do with Onmyoji. He is just a Samurai spirit of a [Ghost Witch] and cannot even be forced to become a spirit. In other words, if Gu Xiaole wants to take an airship to the Northwest Continent, he has to buy two adult tickets.

Gu Xiaole, who had already bought more than 200,000 gold coins from [Golden Baby Studio], naturally had no problem with the ticket money, but the problem was that if he brought such an unstable and uncontrollable existence as Samurai Shodown on board, an extreme air crash in which everyone on board could die could occur if he was not careful, and this was something Gu Xiaole could not accept.

It is true that the average crash rate of the ships of the Exploding Tank Airlines can reach 70%, but because its remedial measures are very complete and even provide small disposable anti-gravity life-saving kits, the mortality rate is extremely low. But if Gu Xiaole's Samurai suddenly makes trouble...

Even though there are many experts in places like Guilt Debate, Destroyer Mercenaries, Jackdaw Castle and even Dunbuya City, under normal circumstances, the probability of having high-level professionals among the passengers of an airship is less than 10%. This means that if Gu Xiaole chooses to take an airship, most of his companions will be killed by a single stare from the Samurai Shodown.

In desperation, Gu Xiaole had to travel by land, and he could only travel during the day, because the Samurai spirits would be strengthened after dark. Although they would not be out of Gu Xiaole's control, if there were other people traveling together, if this guy suddenly lost control, it was possible that he would cause trouble before being suppressed.

But even so, Gu Xiaole's speed of travel was still not slow. It only took him three days to reach the Fiery Sun Hills in the northwest continent. From then on, he only needed to take the Kaselo Grassland and then reach [Loya] after passing through the Toriel City-State, the Principality of Freya and the Barbarian Teeth Wilderness.

However, Gu Xiaole was worried that even if Samurai Shodown reached [Loya], he would become a hidden danger in the team, so he temporarily stopped at the Fiery Sun Hills where the environment was most able to suppress it, and continued to try to understand each other with his Shikigami.

The result...

The bad news is that Gu Xiaole talked for two hours, but Samurai Shodown ignored her and didn't even look up at her.

The worse news is that when Gu Xiaole summoned Origami to comfort him, this idiot who had never met the Samurai Shodown before mistook his master and actually started to act coquettishly with the Samurai Shodown.

So what’s the good news?

The Samurai Spirit who had ignored Gu Xiaole all the way actually paid attention to Origami!
Chapter 2377: End