The male supporting character was actually myself.

Watching the male soul being gradually pulled away from its body and into its body, it screamed in terror, "The wild fake master has revealed its true colors! Oh my, what a lewd and disgusting appearance! He really is a greasy lecher! What a terrifying transformation! The difference between a man's soul and a girl's body is just too great!"

It paused for a moment, then hurriedly took out its phone to record a video and sent it to its host, saying, "Host, look! This is the true face of this wild fake master!"

Jiang Chen, who is searching for the Wind Feather:

!!(o'?'o)?o????

As expected of someone at the top of the food chain in the mission world's setting, the Nascent Soul Realm expert's move is terrifyingly powerful!

"My God, is this the legendary possession?"

"No wonder Miss Mu has such a strange personality; it turns out her body is possessed by a man's soul!"

"Hopefully Elder Cheng can force the possessing soul out, and perhaps Mu Qianjin's soul can slowly recover."

"It's terrifying, I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes..."

…………

Inside the prison, Cheng Tinghe tried her best to force out the soul that had taken over another person's body.

Of all the cases of soul possession I've encountered, this is the only one where the soul's state is intact and could potentially be fully revealed for more detailed research.

If they can succeed in one fell swoop, they might be able to gain a deeper understanding of the soul by studying the possession technique, which could even directly affect the breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm!

The others consciously took a few steps back and whispered among themselves, not daring to disturb the big shot at all.

[Ding! Detected that the host has suffered a dimensional reduction attack, and their soul is about to leave their body, requiring urgent assistance. Emergency measures are forcibly activated, deducting ten points of favorability, and a teleportation card is automatically used to help the host escape.]

The system notification suddenly sounded, startling Mu Liuli awake. She then felt dizzy, as if she were being spun wildly on a roller coaster, with her body flying in front and her soul chasing behind.

The next second, everything went dark and a cool mountain breeze blew in. She shivered before she could see clearly that there was no magnificent and luxurious bedroom; nor was there a beautiful woman beside her who was so alluring that it made her blood boil.

At this moment, Mu Liuli stood in the desolate wilderness, with a village in the far distance that seemed to have a few scattered lights.

The sky was somewhat overcast, and the faint chirping of some kind of bird carried on the cold wind sounded rather eerie.

"System, what are you up to now?" The warm, smooth touch of the beauty still lingered on her fingertips; the stark contrast between before and after made Mu Liuli furious. "I haven't had enough yet..."

[This system detected signs that the host's soul was being drawn away and arrested, and initiated an emergency self-rescue to save the host from danger. Currently, the system's favorability towards the host will drop to 35 points. Please continue to do bad things, do more bad things, otherwise the system will be implicated and the favorability will drop to zero, at which point it will automatically unbind and the rewards will be reset to zero.]

Am I inferior? !

Mu Liuli was completely dumbfounded. After a while, she asked uncertainly, "Are you serious? I was having a great time getting close to a beautiful girl, how did I suddenly become dangerous? Is she trying to kill me?"

[The host is in an illusion, not actually interacting with a beautiful woman. The truth is—a Nascent Soul Realm expert is using martial arts techniques to force out the host's possessed soul. This system has detected the danger and initiated a self-rescue procedure.]

Chapter Twenty-Four: The Bug Emerges

"Mu Donghai, I curse your ancestors for eight generations!" Mu Liuli finally understood.

Upon learning that the previous blissful experience was a deceptive trap, and that Mu Donghai had hired accomplices to kill her in revenge for her daughter, she was so enraged that she jumped up and down, cursing loudly.

Fortunately, the stench system didn't fail at the crucial moment. It activated the teleportation card, bypassed the torture instruments, and deliberately chose a sparsely populated remote mountainous area to teleport over, thus escaping disaster.

"System, you bastard... you should at least use your brain before making decisions on your own. Oh right, sorry, I forgot you don't even have a brain. This is the middle of nowhere, not a ghost in sight, where the hell am I supposed to do anything bad?!"

"It's pitch black, I can't see anything, I have no phone, no money, I'm..."

Before Mu Liuli could finish her complaint, a series of crackling whip sounds accompanied by sparks rang out from her body.

[The system has been found to have insulted the system that saved it in a moment of crisis. It has been subjected to a severe punishment, so please be mindful of your words and actions.]

"Damn it..." Mu Liuli was whipped to the ground, her whole body convulsing and gasping for breath in pain, but that couldn't relieve the pain that went deep into her bones. She swallowed the rest of the curse that was about to come out, so as not to get whipped again.

In the past, it would just give a warning, and I thought it was just saying things to scare me.

Who the hell would have thought that the stinky system would actually come for real!

It's numb, I don't know how it did it, there are no whip marks on my body but it's burning and throbbing from head to toe.

Already hungry and exhausted, she was subjected to a merciless whipping and electric shock, causing her to collapse on the ground in pain and give up.

Since it's so far from the village and it's pitch black, I might as well lie down and get some sleep and find my way around after daybreak.

It's the 21st century, and you can easily find people even in mountainous areas. As long as you're in a populated area, you can do bad things and earn rewards!

A martial artist at the second level of Qi Refining has a much stronger overall physical fitness than an ordinary person. There were ready-made piles of wild grass in the wilderness. Too lazy to move, she curled up in the dry pile of wild grass, smelled the faint scent of withered grass and soil, and drifted off to sleep.

"Don't worry, host. I'll keep an eye on her and make sure she doesn't harm others. Take a rest if you're tired, meow!" The fluffy dumpling that had been teleported over to act as a monitor and location locator yawned. After reporting the situation to its host, it hung up the video call and found a comfortable position to curl up and start snoring away.

Jiang Chen, living deep in the mountains of the south, looked at the vast mountains under the night sky with a sense of helplessness.

"Where exactly is Feng Lingyu's cultivation cave? It's the 21st century, don't you find it inconvenient to travel to hide deep in the mountains?" He was already moving very fast by controlling the large ball of light, and with the help of the soul artifact to "scan", the work efficiency was still unsatisfactory.

The plot does not mention the exact location of Feng Lingyu's cave dwelling, making it quite difficult to find a low-profile Golden Core Realm expert cultivating in the vast mountains, which are mostly primeval forests.

Under the starry night sky, a ghostly shadow occasionally flashes through the dense jungle, whether it's an owl silently gliding through the air in search of food, or a nocturnal mouse.

The giant sphere of light that Jiang Chen was controlling had a faint glow flowing around it, allowing him to see his surroundings clearly.

But it was clear that he and the light sphere did not belong to the same plane as the mission world. Even when he passed by a python that was flicking its tongue and waiting to catch its prey, it was completely unaware.

It can even easily pass through any physical object, but Jiang Chen always feels uncomfortable and tries to avoid obstacles.

"Ha! I've finally found you, but the person you're looking for isn't here." A clear voice suddenly rang out from the quiet mountain forest. Caught off guard, he immediately stopped and held his breath, his soul weapon already in motion, flying towards the source of the voice.

A rustling sound came from the dense bushes not far away.

Jiang Chen had already "seen clearly" from the first-person perspective of the Soul Weapon that the other party was a short-haired girl wearing professional mountaineering clothes, with brand-new equipment on her shoulders, who was getting up and walking from the riverbank toward him.

"Hey handsome, I'm talking to you, why don't you acknowledge me?"

"You can see me?" Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes, watching the other person emerge from the bushes.

The girl casually brushed the fallen leaves off her shoulder, stood in front of the ball of light, tilted her head and curiously examined it, then reached out and touched the large, transparent ball of light. "Oh wow? This is really interesting, it's like a soap bubble!"

A look of amazement appeared on her face, but the next second she passed through the ball of light with a little force, clearly her touch was different from her own.

Jiang Chen reached out and touched the ball of light. It was cool and slightly elastic, like a wall that completely separated him from the mission world.

"This thing would be really convenient for traveling, but it seems like I can only see it but not touch it." The girl sighed, looking somewhat disappointed. "I was hoping to use the light orb to get back, but it looks like that's not going to happen. I'm probably going to get scolded when I get back."

Jiang Chen: ...

I understand, you're a bug in this mission world, right?

Otherwise, how could we see a sphere of light that doesn't exist on the same plane?

"Do you know where the person I'm looking for is?" Jiang Chen reached out but couldn't touch the other person's hand. Instead, he passed right through it as if he were touching any other object.

Before using a character card to enter another person's body, one's existence is merely a soul state.

The Bug Girl, unwilling to give up, reached out and touched him a couple more times. She realized that he was indeed only visible but could not interact with her in reality. With a helpless sigh, she said, "Of course, you want to find the alchemist Feng Lingyu, right? I've been waiting for you here for a long time. Come with me and I'll show you where he lives."

Why did you wait for me?

How did you know I was looking for Feng Lingyu?

"Are you a martial artist...?"

…………

Jiang Chen followed behind her as they climbed to the top of the mountain, asking her a series of questions along the way.

Bug Girl climbed the mountain as if it were flat ground, pointed to the starry night sky, and smiled sweetly, saying, "You were sent by the Heavenly Dao to save the world, and I am just someone who sneaked over to lend you a hand."

I come from the Nanshan sect, so I guess I can be considered a martial artist.

However, we don't practice martial arts, but rather divination and fortune-telling. A few days ago, I saw you in the divination results.

She turned to look at Jiang Chen, who was in the ball of light beside her, and took out an ancient mirror from her pocket. "Look, since I joined the Nanshan Sect, I have never seen such a clear divination!"

I even saw the 'future' that my master spoke of for the first time.

In the 'future', I saw you searching for Wind Feather in this mountain forest, but you couldn't find it.

Although my master said that I am not allowed to leave the mountain because I have not yet reached the Foundation Establishment Realm, I feel that since you were sent by the Heavenly Dao to save the world, and you happen to be in trouble and need help, and I happen to see you, it must be a great destiny. So I naturally have to lend you a hand.

After all... I love this world too, and I don't want it to go astray and be polluted by bad things.

Upon seeing the familiar mirror-like magical artifact, Jiang Chen's eyes lit up!

Bug seems to really like using mirrors. I wonder if this mirror will allow him to see something...

"How do you know I was sent by the Heavenly Dao? Can you see it?"

"How could that be!" The bug girl laughed so hard she almost fell over, waving her hands as she explained, "My master said that the so-called Heavenly Way is the rule of all things, the principle of all things, and everything has certain rules."

The Heavenly Dao exists within all things, neither born nor dying. Even if one cultivates the Great Dao to the point of reaching the Nascent Soul stage, it is impossible to see the materialized Heavenly Dao.

I know you were sent by Heaven because you bear a mark on your body.

She pointed at Jiang Chen, spread her arms, and described, "He's surrounded by such a huge aura of fortune; only those recognized by the Heavenly Dao can possess such a powerful halo."

Moreover, you possess a very peculiar aura that feels somewhat familiar to me. Although I've never seen it before, I believe it to be the aura of the Heavenly Dao, and you bear its imprint.

"As for why I know it's the mark of the Heavenly Dao..." the bug girl paused and revealed a sweet smile, "probably because I'm the chosen one."

My master said I am a very special being in this world—I bear the marks of reincarnation, and it's highly likely we had a connection in a past life. So, seeing you in the 'future' told me I had to come and help you!

She looked up at the sky and said firmly, "This is my destiny."

A thought struck Jiang Chen, and he quickly pressed for an answer, "Is your destiny to help me?"

"To be precise, it's about helping you get this place back on track." As the bug girl spoke, she led him to the mountaintop. Under the vast night sky, the Ten Thousand Mountains were vividly colored, like a sleeping giant beast.

She pointed in a direction, "Do you see that lotus-shaped mountain over there in the distance? Feng Lingyu lives in the center of that lotus mountain. You're fast enough to get there in time. Now, while we still have some time, let's sit down and chat."

Jiang Chen and she sat on a huge rock at the top of the mountain, where the mountain breeze was very refreshing.

"How should I address you?" He introduced himself first: "My name is Jiang Chen. Come to think of it, we should be old acquaintances."

The girl smiled sweetly and shook her head, saying, "We've only met once in this world, and we'll never see each other again anyway, so what's the point of knowing what to call me? If you really want a name, you can call me Nanshan, Nan as in nanmu tree and Shan as in mountain."

Oh open?

Another Master Nanshan!

"You're probably referring to when we met in other reincarnations, right?" Nanshan was clearly very talkative, his clear voice rattling like a machine gun. "Actually, there's no point in talking about it. Once I reincarnate, I won't remember anything. Besides... remembering some things isn't necessarily a good thing; it's better to forget them."

Since we were born and raised here, why dwell on the past?

But you must be having a tough time, right?

It's a cycle that keeps repeating itself. There are people and things we can't forget, yet we'll never see them again, and we're still burdened with heavy responsibilities, driven forward. If you ask me, it would be better to simply forget everything and choose a peaceful place to live out our days happily, rather than constantly running around like this.