I just wanted to cultivate immortality, but I was forced to open a harem

The other women also had gloomy expressions, with their heads hung and bitter faces.

Shinomiya Kaguya said resolutely: "No! I will never allow this to happen! We must hurry over there as soon as possible!"

"Hurry over there, and then what?" Hayasaka Ai asked, biting her lip.

"Of course it is to stop Lin Hezhen from retreating!" Shinomiya Kaguya said without hesitation.

"You're crazy!" Yukinoshita Haruno shouted loudly.

"It is very dangerous for a monk to retreat and break through the realm. His life is in danger at any time. If he is disturbed, he will be seriously injured at best, or even die! If you rush in rashly, you will kill him!"

"So are we just going to watch and do nothing?" Shinomiya Kaguya shouted in despair.

At this moment, several red silk threads suddenly appeared in the void, like living creatures with life, and wrapped around the girls' left ring fingers.

"Ah, what is this?" Sakurajima Mai raised her left hand in confusion.

A red thread of unknown material was tightly wrapped around her ring finger, getting tighter and tighter, like a ring.

The other end of the thread leads to the depths of the distant void, and the end cannot be seen at the moment.

"What's going on with this silk thread?" Yukinoshita Yukino raised her left hand and found that there was a similar red thread tied on her ring finger.

At the same time, several other girls also noticed the red lines on their ring fingers.

"I have it too!"

"Where did it come from?"

"Who tied me up? That's weird."

They all exclaimed.

Hayasaka Airen grabbed the red string on Shinomiya Kaguya's hand and tried to untie it, but the red string did not move at all, and even when she cut it with a knife it was of no use.

"Damn it, it can't be cut. What material is it made of? Miss Kaguya, how do you feel? Are you feeling unwell?" Hayasaka Ai looked at Shinomiya Kaguya worriedly and asked.

"Fortunately, I don't feel any discomfort. The thread doesn't hurt." Shinomiya Kaguya shook her head. "Not only that, this red thread seems to have a warm temperature, which makes me feel very comfortable."

"Really?" Hayasaka Ai breathed a sigh of relief. She stopped and started practicing her martial arts.

After a moment, Hayasaka Ai said seriously, "I sensed the fluctuation of spiritual power on this red line, but it is not strong. And this spiritual power also has a faint sense of affinity. I wonder what its specific function is?"

"Arnold," Kato Hui said softly, "Could this be some kind of contract? I just seemed to have some hallucinations in front of my eyes, and someone seemed to be talking in my ears. I wonder if it has anything to do with it."

Yukinoshita Haruno suddenly had an idea and blurted out, "A friendly smell? Could it be that this was created by Lin Jun?"

"It must be! I sensed the power of the Three Purities' Profound Art of Creation on this red line. Only my senior brother and I practice this technique, so there is no way we are wrong!" Sakurajima Mai said firmly.

Yukinoshita Yukino said worriedly, "But isn't Kazuma in seclusion? Why did he suddenly create these red lines? Did he encounter some difficulties in his practice and use this to remind us?"

"It's possible," Yukinoshita Haruno murmured, "Why don't we go to the Skytree to check on Lin Jun's situation. What if he is asking us for help?"

"That makes sense. We can't rule out this possibility." The girls nodded in unison.

"It's not a distress signal! You little girls are so ignorant!" A strange clear female voice sounded.

"Who is speaking?"

Everyone was startled and looked in the direction where the sound came from, but saw nothing.

"Oh my God!" Ying Lili pointed at the Wuxiang Flying Boat with a look of horror.

"The boat is talking!" She was startled and stepped back in a hurry.

"Isn't this Lin Jun's magic spaceship? It can actually speak!"

"How amazing! Could it be artificial intelligence?"

The girls chattered.

"Hey, stop talking nonsense! I'm not an artificial idiot created by an ordinary person. I'm the spirit of a top-level acquired magic weapon, and my history can be traced back to more than 3,000 years ago. I was born with intelligence when King Wu defeated King Zhou!" said the clear female voice dissatisfiedly.

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"King Wu defeated King Zhou? Does it refer to the historical event in which King Wu of Zhou, Ji Fa, led the coalition of princes to conquer King Di Xin of Shang, and eventually established the Zhou Dynasty to destroy Shang?" Yukinoshita Yukino is indeed an excellent student and knows the ancient history of the Celestial Empire like the back of her hand.

"Yes, I am an eyewitness to the Battle of Muye." A clear female voice said proudly.

"You don't know how brutal that battle was. There were countless immortal cultivators on both sides, as well as demons and monsters. There were countless magical weapons and exotic beasts. The battlefield was littered with corpses and the blood flowed like a river... But in the end, the Western Zhou coalition won."

"My master at that time was the Zhao family, whose surname was Ying and who had been raising horses for the King of Zhou for generations. They were granted fiefdoms in the Qin territory during the Zhou Dynasty and established the Qin State. I became a magic weapon passed down from generation to generation by the Qin royal family."

"Later, in order to find the elixir of immortality, Qin Shi Huang gave me, the Kusanagi sword, and the Yasakani no Jade to the alchemist Xu Fu. They followed him to the island country, and eventually became the three sacred artifacts passed down from generation to generation by the island country's royal family."

"Well, you all know what happened later. Lin Hezhen destroyed the island nation's royal family and refined the three of us into the magic weapon 'Wuxiang'. I became the spirit of this top-level acquired magic weapon."

"So that's how it is. You actually have such a past." After hearing this, the girls sighed.

In this case, the person in front of us is an old grandfather who lived through the heyday of the Celestial Empire’s cultivation world before the decline of Blue Star’s spiritual energy.

Uh, that's not right. Judging from her clear and pleasant voice, she probably thinks of herself as a woman, so she should be called "grandma".

"Well, grandma, do you know what this red line means?" Ying Lili asked curiously.

"Who are you calling grandma?" Wuxiang Feizhou shouted angrily.

"As a magic weapon, I am still very young. How dare you call me grandma? You don't know the rules! And I deliberately used the voice of a queen. Can't you hear it?"

Ying Lili stuck out her tongue and bowed her head to apologize: "Sorry, sorry, I am rude, grandma, no, elder sister."

She has always respected her predecessors, even though the Wuxiang in front of her was just a magic weapon.

"You..." Wuxiang was so angry at her that he couldn't speak.

"Well, sister, don't worry about her for now. Just tell us what's going on with this red line." Sakurajima Mai said anxiously.

"Hmph, forget it. Considering your sincere attitude, I will mercifully tell you." Wuxiang Feizhou snorted arrogantly.

"This thing is called the Marriage Rope, which means a thousand miles of marriage is tied by a thread. There is a marriage thread in the world, and wherever the moon shines, there is a marriage thread. A red thread connects the ends of the earth, and the couple makes a promise under the moon, with the Red Luan as the witness. A thread of fate determines the love for three lifetimes. If there is a love between cultivators, they can become Taoist companions and seek the great way together."

"Ah, doesn't this mean that..."

"That's right, Lin Hezhen is destined to be with you all. Tsk, what a scumbag." Wuxiang smacked his lips in disdain.

"You blame me for slandering him when I was deducing the dream, when that was obviously the truth. But you got angry and embarrassed when I exposed it. What a man. Humph." Wuxiang snorted coldly.

The girls looked at each other, at the red lines on each other's left ring fingers, and all remained silent.

Although they had already expected that the other party was a love rival, they were still devastated when their guess was confirmed.

Lin Hezhen, can't you just love me? Why do you have to mess with other girls? Can't you love one or two less?

The girls were confused and had mixed feelings, but they were all secretly glad that they got the red string. Otherwise, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing if everyone had it but I didn't?

"What does the sudden appearance of the red thread of marriage mean?" asked Sakurajima Mai puzzledly.

Wu Xiang said, "The master is now in seclusion to break through the Tao Entry Stage. Among them, there is a demonic tribulation that is the most difficult to deal with. If you are careless, at the very least you will go into a demonic state and have a hopeless future. At the worst, you will die and never be able to recover."

"In the Heart Demon Tribulation, he will lose his memory of cultivation, and his willpower will be reduced to the level of an ordinary person."

"In the illusion, he will encounter all kinds of illusions, some of which are about family, some are about hatred, and even people he likes or hates... If he can't stand these illusions, he will fall into the abyss and completely lose himself."

"You should know that the path of cultivation is against the will of heaven. The further you go, the more dangerous it becomes. Especially the inner demon tribulation. If you can't get through it, you will be forever trapped in the illusion until you turn into dry bones."

"So dangerous?!"

After listening to Wuxiang's story, the girls' faces changed and they began to worry about Lin Hezhen.

"Then, can senior brother make it?" Sakurajima Mai asked worriedly.

"He can, and he must." Wuxiang said without hesitation, "Only after overcoming the inner demon calamity can he be reborn, truly embark on the path of immortality, and achieve the supreme path."

"I see..." The girls had complicated expressions.

Kato Megumi looked at the red string in her hand and said thoughtfully, "Could it be that the string of marriage between us is related to Kazuma overcoming his inner demon tribulation?"

"That's right," Wuxiang confirmed.

"You have a deep connection with him, so you will appear in his inner demon tribulation. Therefore, the appearance of the marriage rope is actually an opportunity for your consciousness to enter his illusion and help him overcome his inner demon tribulation."

“However, if your consciousness goes in and Lin Hezhen fails to successfully overcome his inner demon tribulation, you will sink with him and be trapped inside, unable to leave.”

"This red line is an opportunity, but also a calamity. It is a guiding stone to help Lin Hezhen overcome the calamity, but it may also be the fuse that leads to your eternal damnation."

"Whether you want to enter the illusion or not, the decision is entirely up to you."

After hearing Wuxiang's words, the girls all fell silent, as if they were considering something.

After a moment, Kato Hui raised her head with a resolute expression, and said without hesitation: "I am willing to accompany him through this calamity."

"In the previous dream, I was just a spectator. I couldn't change anything. I could only watch helplessly as 'myself' died of illness and Kazuma left this world, and our love ended in tragedy."

"I will never let tragedy happen again this time!"

"Yes, that's right!" Sakurajima Mai nodded: "I am also willing to accompany you to overcome the tribulation."

"I do, too!" The other girls also made the decision.

Yukinoshita Haruno said with determination: "Since it is a guiding stone, let's give it a try. No matter what, I will never give up!"

"Have you thought it through?" Wuxiang reminded solemnly.

"No one knows what accidents you will encounter in the illusion. Once your consciousness falls, you will never wake up again, and there will be no room for re-selection."

"This is a life-or-death situation. It's extremely dangerous. If you're not careful, you could lose your life. Are you sure you want to do this?"

The girls looked at each other and answered in unison: "Sure!"

Shinomiya Kaguya said calmly: "I have no attachment to this world, nor do I fear life or death. The only thing I fear is that I can't be with him. If that's the case, what else is there to be afraid of?"

"Everyone is destined to die sooner or later, so I am willing to die with him. Even if my soul is scattered, I will have no regrets."

"Me too." Hayasaka Ai took over the conversation and smiled at Shinomiya Kaguya.

"You are really infatuated. I don't know what Lin Hezhen has done to deserve your efforts." Wuxiang sighed.

"Because I love him!" Yukinoshita Yukino did not hide her admiration for Lin Hezhen, and stared at the red rope in her hand with burning eyes.

"In the past, he saved me when I was most desperate and in danger. Now, it's my turn to save him!" Yukinoshita Yukino said firmly.

"That's a good realization," Wuxiang said appreciatively, "I hope you can succeed."

Kato Megumi requested, "Lord Wuxiang, I want to accompany Kazuma through this tribulation together. I don't want him to suffer alone. Please help us enter his inner demons."

"it is good."

Wuxiang changed from the form of a flying boat to a mirror, and the mirror surface was shimmering, like a pool of spring water ruffled by the breeze, with countless ripples.

At the same time, the mirror body trembled slightly, emitting a soft white light that enveloped the women.

Immediately afterwards, scenes emerged in the girls’ minds, which were the scenes of Lin Hezhen getting to know them.

The next second, the red ropes tied on their left ring fingers lit up with a blood-red light at the same time.

"You have amazing luck," Wuxiang's voice was filled with surprise, "much stronger than I imagined, just like the children of destiny in some other world."

"Luck?" Another professional term that they couldn't understand. The girls looked at each other in confusion.

Wu Xiang explained: "Qiyun is fate and fortune, which represents your blessings. It is similar to destiny, but completely different."

“Destiny is a grain of sand in the long river of fate, nowhere to be found; luck is a flowing torrent, even if you spend your whole life trying to catch up, you can never catch up.”

“When one’s luck is strong, blessings will continue and disasters will be rare; when one’s luck is weak, misfortune will come and disasters will occur frequently. In simple terms, the stronger one’s luck is, the easier it is for one to succeed.”

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Wu Xiang explained: "People with strong luck can turn misfortune into fortune, and may also obtain top-quality qualifications and have the hope of becoming powerful cultivators in the future."

Kato Hui asked naively: "It sounds very powerful, but does it have anything to do with us entering Kazuma's inner demons?"

Wu Xiang replied: "Of course it is related. There is a price to pay for you to enter Lin Hezhen's inner demon. That price is that you need to consume your luck to maintain the existence of the 'you' in the illusion."

“Once your luck is exhausted and Lin Hezhen has not yet overcome his inner demon tribulation, your consciousness will vanish in the illusion and your body will never be able to wake up again.”

"Fortunately, you have a lot of luck, enough to last for a long time in there. When Lin Hezhen successfully breaks through, the illusion will be broken, and you will be able to return to reality. You can also rely on the two-way transmission of the marriage rope to greatly improve your cultivation."

"The illusion in the illusion is Lin Hezhen's deepest obsession. What you need to do is to help him overcome his obsession, defeat his inner demons, and get out of the illusion."

"We remember it." The girls kept Wuxiang's words in their hearts.

After Wuxiang finished his instructions, the mirror emitted a dazzling white light, which intertwined and merged into a long silver river.

The girls were bathed in the white light, as if they were seeing an endless starry sky filled with densely packed stars that were twinkling with tiny sparkles.