Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens.

Chapter 673 The Supreme Heavenly Court, Unifying the Three Realms!

"Dongqing." After interrupting Xia Dongqing's musings, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden said, "I need to tell you that from the moment you received the interview invitation from Convenience Store No. 444, everything you've experienced is completely different from this world. Do you understand what I mean?"

After a slight pause, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden explained, "Your experience working at Convenience Store No. 444 as a night shift employee took place in another world and has nothing to do with this world. In that world, apart from a very few people, they should absolutely not appear in this world."

"You...you mean what you're saying..." Xia Dongqing suddenly woke up, thinking about the series of experiences she had after joining the No. 444 convenience store, especially the last time when Wang Xiaoya called herself the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden.

At this moment, Xia Dongqing seemed to finally realize that the person in front of him was not the Wang Xiaoya he remembered, who was sometimes silly and cute and sometimes eccentric.

Staring intently at the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, Xia Dongqing said, "So... you're not Wang Xiaoya, right?"

A complex look flashed in her eyes. After nodding, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden said, "I have already told you that I am the God of War of Kunlun in the Heavenly Realm, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden of mythology, not the Wang Xiaoya you know."

"Then... what about Xiaoya?" Xia Dongqing didn't realize that his voice was trembling as he said this.

“Wang Xiaoya doesn’t exist at all.” Jiutian Xuannv explained, “Or rather, you can think of Wang Xiaoya as a part of me, which is roughly equivalent to… equivalent to me creating a model character named Wang Xiaoya based on my own image when I felt like it.”

Xia Dongqing suddenly felt a chill, a chill that came from nowhere.

Faced with this Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden who looked exactly like Wang Xiaoya in his memory, he felt a sudden, inexplicable fear.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden also knew that dwelling on this issue with Xia Dongqing would only make him more resentful.

She simply steered the conversation directly to Zhou Jie.

"You just said that you met Zhou Jie before, and that she was still working?"

Nodding, Xia Dongqing truly didn't know how to face the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden.

Even though the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden had previously explained that she and Wang Xiaoya were not the same person.

However, Xia Dongqing did not have a clear understanding of this. At most, he felt that the current 'Wang Xiaoya' was very different in personality from the female college student he had met at the No. 444 convenience store.

This kind of personality change is actually quite normal. After all, when he joined 444 Convenience Store, he had just graduated from university and was preparing for graduate school entrance exams, and now he is a first-year graduate student.

At that time, Wang Xiaoya was a college student.

University is the time when students are closest to society. It's perfectly normal for a college student to undergo a personality change in just over a year, going from a naive and lively student to someone who has changed their personality.

But at this moment, Xia Dongqing truly realized that the Wang Xiaoya he knew was, from beginning to end, just a character created by the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden in front of him... a character like a 3D model.

With a complex look in his eyes, Xia Dongqing let out a long breath and said, "When I met Zhou Jie before, she was working at a restaurant, but she didn't seem to want to have anything to do with me. We just met once and exchanged greetings."

Upon hearing this, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden immediately said, "Let's go, let's go find Zhou Jie now."

Before she finished speaking, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden grabbed Xia Dongqing's arm and headed out of the mental hospital.

"Wait! What about Zhao Li?"

"Let him wait here. We can't possibly take a madman to Zhou Jie, can we?" Jiutian Xuannv said without turning her head.

Xia Dongqing turned around and glanced at Zhao Li, who was hugging the peach wood stake, seemingly oblivious to what had happened, his mouth agape and screaming incoherently.

Unfortunately, Zhao Li completely ignored their departure.

After being released from the mental hospital, at the request of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, Xia Dongqing had no choice but to take her to the restaurant where he had first met Zhou Jie.

To their disappointment, the restaurant owner told them that Zhou Jie hadn't been there for several months. As for her whereabouts, the restaurant owner certainly didn't know.

After all, the restaurant owner had only hired a waiter. Now that the waiter had quit, the restaurant owner had no right to inquire about what he would do next.

However, they did get some clues from the restaurant owner.

According to the restaurant owner, Zhou Jie left because a man came to the restaurant, and that man seemed to know Zhou Jie before.

"What's that man's name?" the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden asked impatiently.

Xia Dongqing looked at the restaurant owner with anticipation.

In their eyes, the man who took Zhou Jie away must be Luo Fu.

The restaurant owner looked troubled, and after thinking for a while, he shook his head and said, "Sorry, I really can't remember."

"Is his surname Luo?" Xia Dongqing pressed.

With a furrowed brow, the restaurant owner said, "No, although I can't remember clearly, that man's surname shouldn't be Luo."

The clues had gone cold again. Xia Dongqing pondered for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Since he's not surnamed Luo, could that man be surnamed Su?"

As if given a hint, a flash of inspiration struck him, and the restaurant owner nodded repeatedly, saying, "Yes, yes, I remember now, Zhou Jie seems to have called that man Mr. Su."

“It’s Su Yue.” Xia Dongqing’s expression was grave.

From the moment she learned that everything she experienced before joining Convenience Store No. 444 took place in another world.

Xia Dongqing felt an instinctive resistance to anyone who came from that bottle world into this world.

His past experiences give him the feeling that his fate was entirely orchestrated by others.

This feeling was not unfounded, after all, Xia Dongqing's life was indeed arranged, and even all the hardships he encountered were actually arranged by Zhao Li.

"Su Yue?" Without Wang Xiaoya's memories, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden thought for a moment before saying, "Is he the man who, after his wife died, was willing to suffer the corrosive effects of ghostly energy and yin energy, still wanting to keep his wife's soul by his side?"

“That’s right! It’s him.” Xia Dongqing nodded.

The restaurant owner looked at Xia Dongqing and Wang Xiaoya with a surprised expression.

In the restaurant owner's opinion, Xia Dongqing and Jiutian Xuannv were clearly not mentally sound. After all, in the restaurant owner's mind, there were no demons or monsters in this world.
Xia Dongqing was already used to being stared at with the strange look that restaurant owners gave her.

After becoming an orphan, Xia Dongqing went from being blind to being a normal person due to the power of the remnant soul of Chi You within him, but his eyes could still see ghosts.

At that time, Xia Dongqing was just a child and didn't know how to hide himself at all.

From childhood to adulthood, he has received countless strange looks because of this.

Even someone like a restaurant owner wouldn't be enough to cause him emotional distress.

But Xia Dongqing is used to it, while Jiutian Xuannv is not.

Ever since she defeated Chi You and became the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, the goddess of war in Kunlun, the celestial realm, she has been accustomed to being high above others, whether in the mortal world, in Kunlun, or even in the underworld. How could she possibly accept such a contemptuous look from a restaurant owner?

"Hey, why are you staring at us with that weird look?" Xia Dongqing was startled and quickly pulled Jiutian Xuannv aside, then said to the restaurant owner with an embarrassed smile, "Sorry, boss, she's not very bright. She's gotten addicted to playing murder mystery games. Thank you, boss."

After thanking the owner, Xia Dongqing ignored Jiutian Xuannv's struggles and dragged her away from the restaurant.

Upon arriving on the street, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden said, "Mortals are truly pitifully ignorant."

“Yes, yes, I’m just a mortal too.” Xia Dongqing rolled his eyes at the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden.

"Never mind." The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden waved her hand and said, "Dongqing, now that Su Yue has also come to this world, have you encountered them before?"

Shaking his head, Xia Dongqing said, "No, I only saw Zhou Jie once by chance when I was looking for a job, but Su Yue... I really didn't know they existed in this world."

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden gave Xia Dongqing a deep look.

However, he did not tell Xia Dongqing that life forms from the bottle world should not exist in this world, either theoretically or in reality.

"Shall we go find Su Yue now?" Xia Dongqing frowned, looking a bit annoyed, and said, "But... we have no idea where Su Yue is."

Even the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden couldn't solve this problem.

Although Kunlun in the celestial realm seems supreme, there are many powerful beings hidden in the shadows in this world.

There is no truly supreme Heavenly Court that unifies the three realms.

Even the Book of Life and Death in the underworld cannot fully grasp the souls of all living beings.

This naturally makes it more difficult to find a person.

"Alright, stop thinking about it!" The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden patted Xia Dongqing's shoulder and said, "As long as we confirm that Su Yue and Zhou Jie are in this world, we can find them using the most basic method."

"How do we find it?" Xia Dongqing asked curiously.

"Of course we should ask the underworld officials for help," said the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden as a matter of course. "Those soul ferrymen each have their own jurisdiction in the human world, and their relationships are intricate and complex. As long as we find one who is willing to help, it won't be long before we can determine the location of Su Yue and Zhou Jie."

Xia Dongqing's eyes lit up immediately. He had to admit that the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden had indeed come up with a good idea.

However, this method has one problem: who should be asked for help?

Among the ghost messengers, Xia Dongqing only knew one, Zhao Li, who was currently insane in a mental hospital.

Besides Zhao Li, there is only Mulan.

But now that he's jumped out of the bottle world, Xia Dongqing doesn't even know if Mulan still exists in this world.

"Don't worry about it, just watch me," said the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, taking full responsibility.

It's unclear which ghost messenger the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden contacted, but relying on the ghost messengers who each had their own jurisdiction, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden quickly found several places that resembled Su Yue and Zhou Jie.

The reason for saying "suspected" is entirely because Zhou Jie, Su Yue, and even the deceased Qingqing are not on the Book of Life and Death in the underworld at all.

That seemingly ordinary world, like a modern everyday life, actually contains many beings that are not bound by the constraints of the underworld.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden and Xia Dongqing had no choice but to visit each of the places suspected to be where Su Yue and Zhou Jie were, to personally confirm their identities.

Those underworld ghost messengers have already helped them narrow down the search area considerably.

In order to save Zhao Li, Xia Dongqing and Jiutian Xuannv immediately began searching for Su Yue and Zhou Jie in the city.

Inside an urban village.

When Luo Fu sent them to this world, both Zhou Jie and Su Yue were in dire straits.

The reason is simple: there is no trace of their existence in this world.

In other words, their social circle simply doesn't exist, and they themselves are essentially identityless in this world.

They simply dared not go to places with strict household registration management.

As a result, the relatively chaotic urban villages naturally became the first choice for Su Yue and Zhou Jie.

Fortunately, Su Yue met Zhou Jie by chance. Otherwise, it's unimaginable what kind of life Zhou Jie, who had only a college degree and no identity, would have had in a world where she didn't even have a formal identity.

Don't assume that modern society is free of its dark side.

On the contrary, in this world with extraordinary powers, the seemingly harmonious society has a more terrifying dark side, hidden too deeply.

Inside the low-rent housing in the urban village.

I just completed an online order.

Su Yue couldn't help but turn around and look at her side.

From an angle unseen by ordinary people, Qingqing, like a virtuous wife, was bent over the table, working on clothing design with a pen.

"Qingqing." Su Yue stretched.

She looked up, smiled sweetly, and asked, "What's wrong? Are you tired?"

"No." Su Yue was a little downcast. "When do you think the boss will come looking for us? We've been living in this world without any identity. I really don't know if our previous choice was right or wrong."

Upon hearing this, Qingqing put down her pencil, came to Su Yue, gently hugged her husband, and said, "No matter which world we are in, as long as we are still the same as before, that's enough."

“You’re right.” As expected of a love that can transcend life and death, Su Yue quickly cheered up again and said, “I’m just a little worried about Zhou Jie. She’s different from us.”

Mentioning Zhou Jie, Qingqing couldn't help but frown.

Unlike the couple, who, even in this world, still possess the survival skills they once had, they can still live with ease.

Since being found by Su Yue and his wife, Zhou Jie has been able to find work in urban villages that does not require identification but also pays very little.

In most cases, Zhou Jie needed financial assistance from Su Yue and his wife.

"I wonder when the boss and his wife will come looking for us," Su Yue remarked.

"Su Yue, do you think we can take the initiative to try to contact the boss's wife? Zhou Jie can't just stay like this forever, can she?" Qingqing tentatively suggested.

(End of this chapter)