The improved female villains regained their memories.

"Of course, our Demon Cave cult leader often praises my novel thinking."

"Interested in learning weapon crafting from me?"

"What nonsense! My life is entirely in the hands of the Demon's Den. Why would I learn from you?"

The blonde girl smiled and asked, "If it weren't for them, would you be willing to learn weapon crafting?"

"It's not impossible."

"Okay, it's a deal. Lead the way."

Under the astonished gaze of the little beggar, the blonde girl summoned an eighth-grade magic weapon and a vast number of seventh-grade magic weapons, destroying the entire Bone Cave.

"Is the promise still valid?"

"……certainly."

And so, the world gained a beggar-turned-artsmith.

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In this world, the royal family monopolizes the knowledge of weapon crafting, and many excellent weapon crafters are also lackeys of the royal family.

The blonde girl was exceptionally talented, a true genius in weapon crafting. The royal family had long heard of her and had repeatedly sent people to persuade her to study weapon crafting at the royal academy. They promised that if she agreed, she could obtain a royal certified weapon crafter certificate without passing the examination.

However, the blonde girl sneered and dismissed it.

"Refining weapons is my path, not my name. Since it is my path, I can decide how to walk it."

She traveled the world, witnessed all walks of life, and generously shared her insights.

then--

The immortal mastered weapon crafting and called himself Li Tianfei.

Zhang Han forged the sword and renamed it Zhang Yijian.

The woman is given a new life and adopts the alias Lin Xueyao.

The beggar rose rapidly through the ranks and was named Chen Ziyun.

Later, the human chess pieces sent by the Heavenly Guardian Sect extinguished the flames of this world's number one weapon refiner.

But the spark she ignited in her early years never went out.

Now, it has spread like wildfire.

Chapter 342 Uninvited Guest

Near Shenlong Lake.

Gardenia Xun's family.

The last clue on the wall converged on the three characters "Hutian Sect". Zhi Zixun used her spiritual energy to draw a deep horizontal line on it, and at the same time marked the four characters "Human Chess Plan".

The note next to the human chess plan is as follows:

The so-called Human Chess Project refers to the Guardian Heaven Sect's use of human will to enhance emotions, using these emotions as a pretext to bind villains. These emotions include familial love, romantic love, friendship, and so on. The project was proposed by a chosen one of the Guardian Heaven Sect. At the same time, this person also used the Dust Light to create a derivative called the System. The System is the supporting point of the Human Chess Project and is responsible for scriptwriting, monitoring the Human Chess players, and other tasks.

As night deepened, the oil lamp in her hand burned brightly. Shi Guijia exhaled deeply, straightened up, and looked at the clue diagrams covering the wall, her brows furrowing deeply.

She spent the entire day studying the clues left by Zhi Zixun, and it wasn't until late at night that she finally understood and read them all.

"Master."

The door opened, and a small head peeked in: "You haven't eaten anything for almost a day, would you like something to eat?"

"random."

"Oh."

The little head shrank back, and with a snap, the door closed and disappeared.

Without anyone to disturb her, Shi Guijia could focus more intently on analyzing the clues left by Zhi Zixun.

"The Guardian Sect, the main world, the system, the human chess game—for so many years, Zhi Zixun hasn't lived in seclusion as she claimed; she's been secretly researching these things all along."

Zhi Zixun had played the human chess game, so she had some understanding of the system, which didn't surprise Shi Guijia. What surprised her was how Zhi Zixun knew so much about the people in the main world. Had she gone to the main world?

Something's not right...

Shi Guijia frowned and muttered to herself.

"The place where Zhi Zixun died is the switch that activates this wall. Could it be that she deliberately died here? Her ultimate goal was probably to lure someone into discovering her clues, and that person is very likely me."

Once you start thinking, it's hard to stop.

If the target were her, Zhi Zixun could probably tell her directly, why risk death? Unless, she is being controlled, her actions are limited, and even if she tries her best, she can only decide where she dies.

She closed her eyes, and the girl with the scent of gardenias seemed to be right in front of her.

What exactly are you trying to tell me?

Revenge? Or defy the heavens?

The girl's words were ambiguous, and in the end, she was simply told, "I'm dead. You'd better figure it out yourself."

The vague words were exactly the same as those of the person I was thinking about.

"you……"

She wanted to curse, but couldn't bring herself to say it.

That's how playing chess is; it makes your heart feel heavy and uncomfortable.

She was just about to get up to find Liu Shaoheng when she suddenly stopped.

The warning devices that had been set up were constantly transmitting messages to her.

Shi Guijia understood what this meant very well.

Or perhaps some immortal is passing by and will leave quickly.

Either the murderer who killed Zhi Zixun has returned.

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After arriving in this world, Ling Tiandu quickly used his spiritual energy to confirm the location of his target. However, he did not rush to kill Yang Luoyi. Instead, he followed Ling Tianxin's instructions and headed to the place where he killed Zhi Zixun.

Soon, she arrived near the Lonely Garden, stood at a distance, and released her spiritual energy to sense it.

Ling Tiandu was now a corpse in a state of rigor mortis, devoid of her own consciousness. All that remained was the will of the person instilled by Ling Tianxin. Her thoughts and actions were solely focused on the tasks assigned by Ling Tianxin, and she was completely absorbed in her missions, caring nothing for the destruction of her body.

She also inherited the cultivation of a celestial being, but because Ling Tiandu dispersed all her talents before her death, she is now in a state of rigor mortis and can only use the various spells she learned before, unable to learn and upgrade on her own.

The most affected are weapon crafting and killing moves. After all, crafting new weapons and developing new killing moves both require talent. Without talent, Ling Tiandu Corpse Zombie can only use the magical weapons he crafted and the killing moves he developed before.

However, because all the magical artifacts he had crafted in the past were in the Guardian Sect, Ling Tiandu, now a corpse zombie, was not carrying any magical artifacts. And this world happens to be the one that values ​​artifact crafters the most.

Therefore, when she released her spiritual energy, it was immediately detected by the warning artifacts set up by Shi Guijia.

However, she herself was unaware of it, and simply flew on the wind, slowly approaching.

She opened her arms and casually took out talismans—all of which she had prepared before coming. One of the yellow ones spontaneously combusted, then split into countless threads that extended into the house.

Soon, she sensed everyone in the room. She closed her eyes and searched for the key person, who was also the person Ling Tianxin had entrusted to her: Shi Guijia.

“The villain cannot be killed. He must be trapped, and then killed, Yang Luoyi.”

She read the mission aloud, word by word, then took out another talisman and burned it to ashes.

A giant bear appeared, its entire body covered in white fur and muscles, with sharp claws and teeth, and a ferocious face.

This is just an ordinary polar bear, not some kind of demonic beast. Ling Tiandu Shi Jiang waved his hand, signaling it to lie in ambush in the shadows.

She closed her eyes and listened to the sound of the wind.

She has no memories of Ling Tiandu herself, nor does she have Ling Tiandu's thoughts and personality. From the moment she became conscious, the person she saw was Ling Tianxin. To her, Ling Tianxin was her "mother".

A good child should listen to their mother.

She opened her eyes and, almost instinctively, said, "Kill, Yang Luoyi, kill..."

After saying this, she landed on the ground and walked step by step toward the Garden of Solitude.

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The first floor facing the wooden door.

Shi Guijia stared at the closed door, quietly watching in the darkness. Liu Shaoheng stood nervously beside her, swallowing hard.

"Master, is what you're saying true? Is the person who came really the murderer?"

Shi Guijia arranged the magical artifacts around her. As the world's number one artifact refiner, she had many magical artifacts. Although she did not bring them all this time, she still brought quite a few, including some one-time use artifacts. Some of them were powerful, while others had other uses. She hid them in the shadows, and the closer they were to the door, the greater their power became.

She checked again, looked away, and answered Liu Shaoheng: "Maybe yes, maybe no, but he's coming straight for the door now, and he doesn't seem to have any good intentions."

"Maybe they were just passing by."

"Should passersby put reconnaissance talismans inside?" Shi Guijia glanced at the boy.

Liu Shaoheng took a deep breath, seemingly nervous, and tried his best to return to a comfortable state. Finally, with a determined look in his eyes, he said, "Then let's run."

Running away is not shameful. As long as you're alive, you can always make a comeback. The most important thing is that Liu Shaoheng is afraid of dying.

Shi Guijia shook her head: "Their target is me. The reconnaissance talisman ultimately focused on me, so the right choice is for me to confront them while you lead the others to escape."

"No!"

Why not?

Immediately afterwards, a dispute arose between the master and disciple. Liu Shaoheng believed that the other party had ill intentions, and since Shi Guijia was a weapon refiner, they would most likely lose in a fight. It would be better to use a magic weapon to run away, since they had already detected the other party. However, Shi Guijia thought, "What does a little kid like you know? The murderer has returned, which obviously means he has another purpose. This is the best opportunity for her to contact the murderer, not only to avenge Zhi Zixun, but also to perhaps uncover the secrets behind it."

"The opponent's aura is profound; he's no ordinary immortal. My flying magic artifact isn't of high grade, so I might not be able to escape." Finally, Shi Guijia revealed the real reason.

Liu Shaoheng's breath almost stopped: "Is it only you, Master, who's going to stall for time?"

"Ah."

"But if you die, who will teach me?"

He was still thinking about his weapon-forging blueprint.

Shi Guijia remained silent, looking at him and saying:

You're really afraid of dying.