Swallowing the Stars: The cheat system only comes when I'm almost a god?

The world of Tianxing Jiuge, South Korean border camp.

The mountainside was cold and damp. The crystal cage was embedded in a hard stone base. The entire cage was completely filled with the water of a cold pool. A naked woman was curled up inside the cage. Her long hair, which was draped in the water, barely covered her private parts, making it impossible to see her face. However, her graceful body and the glimpses of her genitals were enough to arouse the imagination.

The four armored soldiers guarding the prison cell would occasionally glance at the beautiful woman inside, their dry swallowing sounds particularly clear in the empty mountainside.

"Still looking? Don't you want to live anymore? Should we let you in to keep her company?"

The general's furious roar was like a bucket of icy water poured over their heads, startling the men so much that they quickly pulled themselves away from their desires. Their eyes sharpened, and they dared not stare at the woman in the water any longer. The space returned to silence, with only the general's cursing occasionally ringing out.

"A bunch of reckless fools, daring to even covet the Baiyue Fire Demon! Aren't they afraid that when they're about to do something, the demon will just set them on fire and wipe out their lineage!"

"Is this something you peasants can even dream of? Even if you can only look at her and not eat her, this kind of lovely girl who looks like a fairy is still a caged bird kept by noble gentlemen. In the future, a single whispered word from them in the pillow can send your head flying. And you still dare to have such wicked thoughts!"

……

All sorts of profanities poured out of his mouth, and the others didn't notice when Yan Lingji in the water opened her eyes.

The rescuers have arrived!

A deep spatial portal suddenly appeared in front of the crystal cage, and then a strangely dressed woman stepped out.

"Is this the pre-Qin period?"

A pleasant voice rang out, and the pink-haired girl with big thunder looked around curiously. She exuded youthful energy, which made the general and the four armored soldiers next to her stare in disbelief.

"Hey! What kind of vixen are you, daring to cause trouble in my Han army camp! Surrender at once!" The general, having wiped the drool from his mouth, was indeed tough. Several men pointed their weapons at the woman, transforming back into their elite form.

Although the way she appeared was very strange, they had followed Lord Blood-Clad Marquis in his campaigns and had seen a lot of the world. Compared to the witchcraft of Baiyue that could control corpses and the flying technique of Nightfall that could transform into birds, her sudden appearance just now seemed quite ordinary.

Lu Linglong had no interest in listening to what they were saying. She had become furious when she turned her head and saw Yan Lingji naked in the water. As a young person living in the new era and from the Lu family with its upright traditions, she had never seen such cruel methods.

If she hadn't been able to feel the blood still flowing in the woman's body, she would have thought the woman had drowned and that the curled-up body was just a corpse!

Seeing her expression, the general immediately deduced that she was connected to the Baiyue Fire Demon and promptly ordered, "Go! Capture her!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than four armored soldiers brandishing swords and spears charged at Lu Linglong.

But before they could get close, they all felt their blood boiling, their limbs went weak and they lost all control of their bodies. In less than three breaths, they collapsed to the ground bleeding from all seven orifices.

"A ghost! You're a female ghost!" The general was so frightened that he lost control of his bladder and scrambled outside.

Lu Linglong's eyes were bloodshot as she stared intently at the other person's back. The general hadn't run two steps before his body was covered in blood, looking even more miserable than his previous subordinates. He could only use his last bit of strength to turn around, staring intently at the vengeful ghost behind him, before dying.

Bang!

With the matter resolved, she calmed the surging Qi within her body, then raised her hand and shattered the transparent crystal with a punch. With a loud bang, Yan Lingji finally escaped the cage that had imprisoned her since she was a teenager.

"Phew...fresh air!"

Having not seen the light of day for many years, she breathed in the air greedily. The icy, bone-chilling water around her was no longer there, and her skin could finally feel a normal temperature. As the darling of the flames, being able to walk in the sunlight was her greatest happiness.

"You... are Yan Lingji?" Just as Yan Lingji was still immersed in the joy of regaining her freedom, a gentle and energetic voice brought the Flame Demoness back to her senses.

Lu Linglong pointed to the other woman's fair skin exposed to the air, and handed her the clothes that had been prepared beforehand: "Put these on first. We'll talk about what Mr. Lin asked you to do after we go out."

The prison was placed in the mountainside for secrecy, so when the guard died, no one from the barracks at the foot of the mountain would come looking for him for several days. How could the common soldiers know where the general would go?

However, this does not mean that staying in the same place is safe. To put it simply, Bai Yifei, who personally captured Yan Lingji, definitely knows the exact location of her imprisonment. Therefore, it is very necessary to leave before the Han army can react.

……

Do you know how to get to Xinzheng?

On the official road, Lu Linglong's words broke the silence, but the question she asked plunged the scene into silence again.

"Little sister, didn't you lead the way?" Yan Lingji looked at her speechlessly. She knew something was off. She was wondering what the other person was planning to do after leaving Korea, but it turned out she didn't know the way at all!

"Hehe." Lu Linglong scratched her head and smiled innocently, "This is my first time here, and I have no idea where that mountain was. Even though I looked up a map of the various states during the Warring States period, it didn't help."

"Never mind, follow me." Yan Lingji observed the surroundings and then led the group onto another path.

Although she was imprisoned for ten years, the reason Bai Yifei specifically captured her was because she was one of the leaders who instigated the rebellion of the Baiyue people, so she naturally knew the location of the Yue capital.

With their destination in sight, Yan Lingji asked curiously along the way, "By the way, little girl, were you sent by Mr. Lin Yuan? I've never seen you in the chat group before."

"No!" Lu Linglong shook her head: "It was the old Celestial Master who sent me to save you. I didn't join the chat group; I just used the group teleportation function to get here."

"So what did you just say Mr. Lin wanted me to do?"

The cross-domain application was issued by Zhang Zhiwei, and Yan Lingji was aware of it. She just didn't understand what the relationship was between this child and Lord Lin Yuan, and why he could issue the task to her on behalf of the other party. Couldn't he have just said it in the group chat?

Upon hearing Lin Yuan's name, Lu Linglong's expression immediately turned solemn and serious. She took out a strange fruit and two exquisite jade bottles from her backpack and handed them to Yan Lingji.

"This is another Mythical Zoan type Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit. Its ability is a combination of the legendary Qingqiu Fox and a kind of fox spirit called Tamamo-no-Mae from a small Japanese country. It can control fire and has the ability to use illusions to bewitch minds. It is very suitable for you. Brother Lin Yuan spent a lot of effort to find it in Whitebeard's world."

Lin Yuan did say he would give Yan Lingji some pointers, but to be honest, the people he taught could all reach the Domain Lord level on their own and were top geniuses in the Star Domain. She was far inferior to them and probably wouldn't even understand what Lin Yuan was saying. It would be better to ask Whitebeard for a Devil Fruit that would suit her.

Once she leaves the world of One Piece, her Devil Fruit will no longer have the weakness of being afraid of seawater, and there is no other place with the power of Haki. If Yan Ling Ji, who has eaten the Devil Fruit, develops it a little, even Donghuang Taiyi of the Yin Yang School will not be her match. Even if an army surrounds her, it will have no effect on her as she controls the Mind Control Technique. She can go anywhere in the world!

Seeing Lu Linglong's eyes light up when she mentioned Lin Yuan, Yan Lingji smiled like an aunt and couldn't help but tease her. After sending a message of gratitude in the group, she turned to the girl and said, "Is that so? Then please thank Lord Lin Yuan for me."

"Hehe..." The other person knew he had been a bit too obvious, and scratched his head sheepishly. "You should thank him in person. I can't see Brother Lin Yuan until I reach the peak of planetary strength."

"Peak Planetary Realm?" Yan Lingji exclaimed in surprise, "That's no easy feat! Someone with that kind of strength could withstand a small nuclear bomb. Even Zhang Tianshi couldn't have done that before joining the chat group!"

She had seen the Swallowed Star World memory copy that Lin Yuan had posted in the group, but she didn't know how big the gap was between an ordinary ninth-tier planetary-level being and a third-tier planetary-level being like Luo Feng, whose equipment and secret techniques were enough to allow him to fight beyond his level. Therefore, she mistakenly believed that all planetary-level beings had that kind of strength...

"No, I think it's quite simple." Lu Linglong shook her head. "I'm already at the third level of the planetary realm, and the old master also gives me rewards for cross-realm affairs like rescuing you. My strength is improving at a decent rate, and I should be able to meet the requirements in a few years."

"Alright!"

Yan Lingji took a bite of the Devil Fruit, and the strange taste of the fruit made her face contort. She gagged as if she was about to vomit, but she quickly covered her mouth in fright.

Disdainfully tossing the fruit aside, she swore she'd be a dog if she ate another bite!

But after three minutes, her body, transformed by the mythical beast, became even stronger, and the cold poison caused by years of soaking in the icy pool had been resolved. However, the taste in her mouth lingered, so Yan Lingji had to find a way to distract herself.

"Hmm... what's in the other two jade bottles?"

Lu Linglong opened the jade bottle and examined it carefully. She handed the one with more pills to her first: "This is the Youth Preservation Pill. I heard from the Old Master that it was modified by Brother Lin Yuan. One pill can keep a person's appearance unchanged for thirty years."

At this point, her expression turned strange: "Brother Lin Yuan said he wants to see a song and dance troupe whose aesthetics surpass those of the world for two thousand years, and he wants you to find a way to establish one using these youth-preserving pills as a link."

"Hmm? I understand." Yan Lingji was stunned for a moment, but then she understood.

She was the only one who didn't reveal her memory copy to the other group members, for a simple reason: she didn't want anyone to see her pathetic state when she was imprisoned in the water dungeon and used as an object of entertainment; and later on, she couldn't beat anyone, so it wasn't good to spread the image of her as a fire-fighting princess.

But she knew there were many beautiful women in her own world, and the memory copy even included things that happened decades later when she was no longer around. In it, Yan Fei, Jing Ni, and Xue Nu were all stunning beauties, and the other party's intentions were obvious.

"With an aesthetic that's two thousand years ahead of the world, we have to create stockings and high heels!"

"Playing the zither can get Nongyu to perform a melody of birdsong in an empty mountain; dancing can be done by the great Zhao dancer Xue Nu; the Yin-Yang School and the ancient prayer dance of Shu can also be used; if all else fails, there's the assassin Jing Ni to perform a sword dance..."

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