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Chapter 74 I Fight the Immortal Master?

After a three-second pause, Liu Zhidong finally snapped out of his daze—Liu Shuyue's resistance had suddenly become much stronger, and he realized that this person was Chen Xuan.

"I...I'm fine. What...did something happen here?" He forced a slight smile onto his new body's lips, enduring the excruciating pain from the conflict between his soul and spirit.

Although we don’t know who this Chen Xuan is, he must be quite familiar with Liu Shuyue!

Don't be fooled by him, he's not me! Liu Shuyue cried out silently in her heart.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Suddenly, a furious threatening voice came from the depths of his soul. The gentleness and patience he had just pretended to have vanished. "If my identity is exposed, then I will kill him right here! Since I can't inherit your relationship, I will definitely not let it become an obstacle to me!"

Her resistance immediately weakened.

"Didn't I ask you to get a blood test before?" Chen Xuan handed him a form. "The results came back. The DNA doesn't match. You have no blood relation to the Liu family."

Beep... um... what?
Liu Zhidong realized he couldn't understand what the other person was saying. What he found even more incomprehensible was that Liu Shuyue couldn't understand either.

He couldn't glean any useful information from Liu Shuyue's emotional responses.

Liu Zhidong had no choice but to take the form and glance at it.

The various inexplicable symbols and patterns instantly made him tilt his head back.

No, this is not something he can figure out in a short time.

"Thank you, I think so too..."

"But why did you go to the Northeast for so long? Didn't you say before that the round trip would take at most two or three days?" Chen Xuan walked to the shop entrance, closed the roller shutter and curtains, "I just went to the Liu family. They said you had been in seclusion for five days. I was worried that something might have happened to you, so I summoned you back."

Summon... what?

What kind of ability is this? Faced with this completely unexpected scene, he could only maintain a smile and say, "You really do care about me. But there's a reason I was delayed. You'd never guess what I discovered in those mountains..."

"Oh, I don't care about that. What I care about is that you still owe me rent."

Chen Xuan's words immediately froze Liu Zhidong's smile.

Huh? The reason you're so hung up on him is because you owe him money?! How much could a mere rent be worth?
"This... I am a celestial master, I certainly wouldn't forget."

Chen Xuan then picked up the barcode scanner and pointed it at him. "Really? That sounds nice, but you owe too much. You should pay back some money first."

"What kind of magical artifact is this?" Liu Zhidong asked in his heart, while sensing Liu Shuyue's emotional changes.

Then he caught a fleeting word.

Abilities...trading...magical artifacts?
Literally, the two do seem to have some kind of "special deal".

"The rules are the same as before. You can put it anywhere, and I'll appraise it." Chen Xuan patted him on the shoulder, and then Liu Zhidong was surprised to find a strange semi-transparent box appearing in front of him!

At this point, Liu Shuyue's resistance weakened further.

"If you don't want to be found out, you'd better cast the spell quickly, just use your imagination." Her tone was filled with intense worry and resentment. "Then get out of here as soon as possible, the farther away from him the better!"

"You're going to use all your learning to pay back the rent you owe?" Liu Zhidong frowned. In a flash, he understood the essence of the deal.

“Otherwise, do you think this is just an ordinary room?” Liu Shuyue retorted.

Liu Zhidong could sense that she hadn't finished speaking, because the thoughts surging in her heart betrayed her—as long as she stayed here, her wishes would come true, and this was the greatest opportunity she had encountered since coming down the mountain—this was Liu Shuyue's truest thought.

After a moment's thought, he decided to do as instructed. After all, both the way he arrived here and the man before him gave him an air of mystery. Although he didn't know how Liu Shuyue had encountered such an opportunity, continuing this relationship would be far more beneficial than harmful to him.

While searching through Liu Shuyue's memories, Liu Zhidong placed the peripheral abilities he had selected into the box.

Most of these spells were plundered from rogue and evil cultivators, so it's not a big deal to lose them.

The four low-grade spells then disappeared, and he gained an ability called "Dance Genius".

"These are all the lowest-level abilities. Keep going... These can only cover the interest at best." Chen Xuan's disdain was practically written all over his face.

“I owe him a lot, so you need to choose some gold or purple spells, the kind that are marked as Grade 2 or Grade 3,” Liu Shuyue explained immediately.

At this moment, Liu Zhidong also saw some fragments of memories—in order to save the people fleeing famine in Qingzhou, Liu Shuyue traded away her Thousand Thoughts Sword and Heavenly Cloud Skill.

These images, which come from the depths of the soul, cannot be faked.

This man had indeed helped her a lot.

Liu Zhidong thought for a moment, then cast four more spells, this time including a purple "Heavenly Thunder Token" and a golden "Demon-Slaying True Sword." Since he would no longer need to slay demons for anyone, and the responsibilities bestowed upon him by the Lotus Cloud Sect had become dust, he might as well discard this sect's secret technique specifically designed for demons.

The opponent offered an ability called "riding skills".

"Is that enough now?"

After the transaction was completed, Liu Zhidong suppressed his displeasure and said.

"Let me calculate, two more rounds should be enough." Chen Xuan raised the barcode scanner, and the transaction box appeared in front of Liu Zhidong for the third time. More? This guy is far too greedy!

Even disciples of sects need ten years to learn these spells, and at least thirty years to reach the Great Perfection! And he's still not satisfied?

Wait... why has Liu Shuyue's resistance completely disappeared?

Now he can control this body just like he used to... He even has the illusion that the other party is indulging him.

"Hurry up!" Chen Xuan urged, still pushing for the goods to arrive.

"Oh no!" Liu Zhidong suddenly realized that he had possessed Liu Shuyue's body, and his soul and spirit would be unknowingly influenced by her. The emotions of the possessed cannot be hidden; in other words, even if Liu Shuyue gave all her abilities to the person before her, she wouldn't complain. It was precisely this attitude that made him fall into Chen Xuan's trap!
Liu Shuyue did not give up resisting; instead, she joined forces with the other party to deceive her magic!
They can't even communicate, so how can they cooperate like this?

"Want to die? Let these spells accompany you to your grave!" Liu Zhidong's killing intent surged, and dozens of Thousand Thought Swords immediately appeared from all around.

Liu Shuyue's brief resistance returned in an instant!

Liu Zhidong felt his lips move slightly, as if he wanted to uncontrollably say the words "hurry up".

However, Chen Xuan pointed the barcode scanner at himself.

Just as the Thousand Thoughts Sword was about to pierce him from all directions, he pointed directly at Liu Zhidong and said, "I demand—a coin toss!"

Tick.

The surrounding light suddenly dimmed.

The Thousand Thoughts Sword pierced through Chen Xuan at that moment, but it did not cause him any harm, as if it had just pierced through the air.

What kind of trick is this now?!

Liu Zhidong discovered that his attacks could no longer touch his opponent at all.

At the same time, three gaseous hands and a light blue eye appeared in the center of the arena.

Chen Xuan then saw "two people".

One was Liu Shuyue, her eyes vacant, maintaining her sword-wielding posture; the other was a black spider with countless tiny tentacles surging across its body. The latter was coiled above Liu Shuyue's head, its eight slender legs tightly binding her.

Seeing such a horrifying scene, Chen Xuan actually breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew he had made the right bet. The coin toss works on the conscious subject and is not affected by appearances or pretense. In other words, whoever agrees gets to the table.

To be honest, Chen Xuan was a little surprised when he saw the other person's abilities with the barcode scanner. This person was much stronger than Liu Shuyue when they first met, both in terms of the level and the quantity of their abilities. Many of them were purple-rarity spells. If they really went head-to-head, he would almost certainly lose.

After all, he can only bring four abilities in total. His usual combat combination is the Thousand Thoughts Sword and Heavenly Cloud Skill from the Lotus Cloud Sect. How can he fight against professional disciples?

But once you bring the other person into the game of coin toss, the two of you are essentially on equal footing.

This was the first time Chen Xuan had used this ability.

Before even calling for a coin toss, he must decide the terms of the bet and the stakes each party will pay. Once his ability is activated, these conditions are immediately communicated to both parties, without requiring him to explain them again.

The number of rounds is a fixed three-game system. In case of a tie, the number of games will be automatically extended, and the player can choose whether to bet on the winner or the loser.

Chen Xuan decided to lose the bet—meaning whoever guessed wrong twice would lose the game. And the loser's stake wasn't ability, but their life!

It truly distinguishes between superior and inferior, and between life and death!

Chen Xuan had already sensed something was wrong in the other world when Liu Shuyue hadn't returned for a long time. She was always very punctual; if she said she would return in two or three days, she would definitely do so. Even if she was delayed, she would have sent a message using a sound transmission talisman.

So he decided to use the guest retrieval function immediately instead of waiting for the other party to return from the northeast.

The moment he saw Liu Shuyue, he realized that the person in front of him was no longer the immortal master he knew.

Because the other party's first reply gave them away.

If it were Liu Shuyue herself, knowing she would be returning home late, she would definitely explain the reason first, rather than asking questions.

By the time the other party recovered from the shock of the instantaneous movement and tried to explain what had happened in the northeast, it was obviously too late.

Chen Xuan then scanned the barcode with a barcode scanner, and the evidence became conclusive.

The opponent possessed many familiar abilities, such as the Thousand Thoughts Sword, the Heavenly Cloud Technique, talismanic arts, and the Demon-Slaying True Sword… This strongly suggested that he was none other than Liu Zhidong, the previous disciple of the Lotus Cloud Sect mentioned by the Liu family. As for why a disciple of a prestigious sect had become a strange spider demon, that was not something he could figure out in a short time.

Most importantly, using the customer recall function can still teleport Liu Shuyue to the first floor of the store.

This means that the woman in front of them was not created through disguise or magic.

Then there are only two possibilities.

Mind control... or possession of the soul.

(End of this chapter)