Ark Heroine Development Plan

Guan Yueli sat up and wiped her tears: "I didn't laugh enough."

Then continue laughing.

Chen felt that his temper would be at least two levels better after he left here today.

I don’t know how long it took, but Chen was already numb, and Guan Yueli finally stopped laughing.

"Yeah, it's okay. Ahem, it's really okay."

The woman rubbed her cheeks vigorously twice, indicating that she really would not laugh anymore.

"Okay! Just ask me if you have any questions! Hahahahahaha——"

But when he saw Chen's face, he started smiling again.

Another minute...

"I promise I won't laugh this time! Seriously!"

Guan Yueli swore to the sky, then stared at Chen Meng intently.

"I absolutely won't... Hafufufufufu—"

Chen slapped Guan Yueli's face with both hands, squeezed her cheeks, and looked at her expressionlessly: "Is that enough?"

"That's enough to provoke."

So, Chen was finally able to talk to Guan Yueli, who had barely returned to normal.

"What was that dream about?" she asked straight to the point.

"It's just that thing. Didn't you experience it completely?" Guan Yueli replied, rubbing his cheek.

"I'm talking about... the cause." Chen stared at Guan Yueli. "This dream seems to be completely under your control. So, can you explain to me why I dream about you every day?"

"Uh……"

Guan Yueli said in a low voice with a guilty conscience: "Can we not talk about this?"

Chen just stared at her expressionlessly.

"Okay, okay, I know. I'll tell you, but don't be angry."

Guan Yueli cleared his throat and said, "Everything has to start from that night..."

"Speak plainly, concisely and clearly."

"Actually, there was a small problem with Tianxia Buwu."

The woman hooked her little finger and brought it close to her face, narrowed her eyes, and whispered, "It's just a small problem."

"Didn't Xiao Chen borrow my power back then? The conditions for that kind of borrowing are a bit complicated and have something to do with the soul. I can't explain it to you clearly right now. You just need to know that I left a part of my soul with you, Xiao Chen, so you can borrow power from me."

"and then?"

"Then, when I was taking back the soul that was given to you...something unexpected happened."

Guan Yueli shrank her neck. "I thought I had collected them all, but I didn't expect... there seemed to be a few fragments left with you."

Chen nodded expressionlessly. "So, it's because of that little fragment of your soul that I dream about that scene every night?"

"That's about it."

"I have a fragment of your soul in me, can't you sense it?"

"That's not how it works." Guan Yueli scratched his head and said innocently, "Would you notice if a hair fell off your body? Soul fragments aren't really part of my soul; they're just tiny, insignificant afterimages that have faded from my soul. How would I notice them? At most, it would make me feel a sense of familiarity with you, Xiao Chen. But I already feel very close to Xiao Chen."

Chen finally understood. It turned out that he had been dreaming about Guan Yueli since the night she used Tianxia Buwu. It turned out that it was Guan Yueli's fault!

When she went to ask how to solve the sequelae of Tianxia Buwu that day, she also wanted to ask herself why she dreamed of Guan Yueli, but she couldn't say it out loud. Fortunately, Guan Yueli gave her the answer. Chen Ben thought that she would be like her colleagues and would have fewer symptoms as time went by.

But… absolutely not.

Naturally, Chen did not attribute this problem to Tianxia Buwu. After all, all her colleagues were really well, and the pressure on her was indeed relieved. It was just this dream... that was problematic.

Guan Yueli observed Chen's expression and asked softly, "Xiao Chen, you're not angry?"

"What are you angry about?"

Chen calmly asked Him, "Since this is a side effect of Tianxia Buwu, then it doesn't matter. To gain such power, one must pay an equal price. That's what you said."

"If the price is just this little, then I can totally accept it. Besides... apart from dreaming about you, there aren't any other drawbacks."

"Why do you make it sound like dreaming about me is a terrible thing?" Guan Yueli muttered somewhat unhappily.

Chen didn't respond, but continued to ask, "The you in my dream... is different from the you I usually dream of when I'm asleep. What's going on?"

"That's because I activated it for you." Guan Yueli replied as if it was a matter of course. "Xiao Chen, how could you possibly activate my soul fragment? You just dream about it every day."

Chen's temples twitched twice, but he said nothing.

"I helped you activate that afterimage, and then... Xiao Chen, you should have received my compensation, right?"

"……compensate."

Chen immediately recalled the horrific pain: "You call that compensation?"

Guan Yueli was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened: "You can't even withstand the impact from before, right?"

Chen frowned slightly: "I did hold it back, but you mean... those weird things you said afterwards?"

Then she was looked up and down by Guan Yueli, as if he was looking at a fool.

"Xiao Chen, you..."

The woman hesitated to speak: "Aren't you a little stupid?"

"I'm so sorry for being so stupid."

"But you really didn't gain anything?" Guan Yueli was extremely surprised. "I thought you could get something good. It just happened to be me during that period, at that moment. It was obviously the most suitable for you, but you didn't get it. What a pity."

"so……"

Chen frowned. “What do you mean? What should I get?”

"Power." Guan Yueli said as if it was a matter of course. "Others who receive Tianxia Buwu will receive gifts from the Hundred Ghosts, but Xiao Chen, you are not among them. You have self-awareness, and I am merely influencing you. It is you who is harnessing my power, not me using your body, so you shouldn't gain anything."

"But... I was careless, so I wanted to use this fragment of my soul to make it up to you."

Guan Yueli stretched out his hand and tapped his forehead: "My power at this stage is the most suitable for you among all the powers I possess. After all, you are not suitable for the killing flow at all."

She lightly hooked her fingers, and the Mingwang placed on the knife rack appeared in Guan Yueli's hand in the blink of an eye.

Gently stroking the jet-black scabbard, Guan Yueli's tone was full of nostalgia:

"This is... the power of perfect weapon control."

"To be precise, it is the ability to combine oneself with weapons and refine pure martial arts."

"This is what I realized before I came out of seclusion. It's the foundation of the Three Aspects of the Ming King. If you can comprehend even a little bit of it, then the Chi Xiao in your hands will be more obedient than the most obedient child in kindergarten."

Then, Guan Yueli continued to look at Chen as if he were a fool:

"So, Xiao Chen."

"Have you ever failed your sister Guanyue's good intentions?"

Chen, who already knew how precious this gift was, had a somewhat stiff expression - because she didn't know how much she had in her hands.

The girl could only answer somewhat unnaturally: "Probably..."

Guan Yueli looked at her for a long time, and finally said indifferently: "Forget it, anyway, I have delivered the compensation. Whether you can get it is your business, Xiao Chen. You can't blame me."

Chen didn't say anything. In fact, she just kept dreaming about Guan Yueli and was not affected by her at all. In fact, she was getting benefits from Guan Yueli for free. There was no need for Guan Yueli to give her any compensation, but she still gave it to him.

The things I owe her...seem to be gradually piling up to the point where I can no longer pay them back.

Chapter 142 - Bug fixed and ready to open the dungeon

"Ah this."

After listening to Guan Yueli's story, Nian's expression was very subtle.

"So she's been being awkward for so long just to avoid letting me know that she dreams about you every night?"

The white-haired woman sighed with deep emotion: "What a pure little girl... Could you please stop harming her?"

"How have I harmed her?" Guan Yueli asked innocently, "I don't know, okay?"

"If I hadn't asked you to interrogate her, she would have turned into your shape in a short time." Nian looked at Guan Yueli with disdain.

The impact of Guan Yueli's soul fragments on everyone is immeasurable. Apart from herself, there are very few people in this world who can compete with her will.

Even if it was just a fragment, a remnant of Guan Yueli's infinite soul, it was enough to subtly change Chen's way of thinking, and would make her unconsciously and sincerely move closer to Guan Yueli.

"Well...it hasn't even started yet."

Guan Yueli also felt a little guilty, which was rare. As she said, that fragment was no different from a hair that fell from her body. She really didn't notice anything unusual about Chen. If Nian hadn't been in a hurry to solve Chen's problem, Guan Yueli would have reacted only when Chen had already started to be affected and the signs first appeared.

That problem... is a big one.

However, both Guan Yueli and Chen were lucky. The soul fragment happened to appear during a period when Guan Yueli was least threatening. Without violent emotional fluctuations, no direction to choose, and naturally lacking that extremely overbearing self-will, Chen's soul had not been affected by Guan Yueli in the past few days, except for dreams about her.

But as time goes by, even if Guan Yueli is more peaceful during this period, Chen will be affected more and more seriously, so it is indeed thanks to Nian that he must force Guan Yueli to reveal Chen's secret.

"I thought the old dragon head wanted me to deal with the trick that seafood left on Miss Chen, but I didn't expect..."

Nian rubbed his forehead. "So you wanted me to rush you to solve the trouble you caused. Compared to you, that guy is nothing."

"No, no, no...actually, think about it carefully."

Guan Yueli said seriously, "After Xiao Chen left, I thought about it for a while, and I don't think it's necessarily my fault."

"What? You almost broke a girl and you're not admitting it." Nian sat two seats away in disdain: "Li, it seems I need to get to know you again."

"If it was really just a mistake, why wouldn't I admit it?"

Guan Yueli curled her lips. "But the key is, the problem this time wasn't entirely my fault. My sword never makes mistakes. I can be sure that after that night, I completely collected all the souls that were attached to Xiao Chen."

"What's going on with Xiao Chen? Could it be that she has created your soul herself?" Nian complained.

"Yup!"

Guan Yueli punched his palm and said, "I feel like she made this."

"..."

"Hey, little Niannian, are you suffering from Alzheimer's?"

Before Nian could open her mouth to dislike Guanyue Li Qingqi's way of shifting the blame, Guanyue Li took the initiative to dislike Nian for not being able to understand what she said.

The woman placed her hands on Nian's chest and rubbed it twice: "Did you swallow all that knowledge along with the chili peppers and turn it into these two lumps?"

Nian was extremely angry: "How dare you say that to me? Aren't your two balls more excessive than mine?"

"So, can you understand?"

"Hmm...you mean, she might have had a strong...need for you even when you took her soul?"

Nian thought for a long time before coming up with this word: "Because her soul happened to merge with the part of you that was attached to her body at that time, and it was her will that played the subjective role, so this little girl... somehow pulled off a remnant of her body at the moment you took away her soul?"

"That's what you said." Guan Yueli nodded somewhat depressedly, "I can't think of any other possibility."

Nian was silent for a moment. In fact, apart from this, she could not think of any other possibility, because Nian did not believe that it was really Guan Yueli's mistake that caused such a problem to Chen - if it was anything else, Guan Yueli might have made a mistake, but only in swordsmanship and all extensions related to swordsmanship, the facts determined by Guan Yueli must be absolute and correct.

So, she couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "How deep must that little girl's obsession with you be to have been able to pull out a fragment of her soul at that moment... and you still say you didn't harm her!"

"Don't give me that." Guan Yueli poked Nian's forehead. "That night she was just craving my power, not my body. Oh... Strictly speaking, she was still craving my body, but there's a difference!"

"If I really wanted to harm her, why not just tell her about this? In that case, Xiao Chen would be in my bed within three days, and maybe even with you."

Nian wanted to say something but stopped himself, and felt like cursing.

But... what Guan Yueli said was not wrong. If she really wanted to torture Chen, she should tell Chen about this. If Chen knew that the problem arose because she "wanted" Guan Yueli so much, then Chen would definitely have no way to survive in front of Guan Yueli.

The white-haired woman thought about it and said, "That's right. Anyway, when it comes to girls like this, you never take the initiative, never refuse, and never take responsibility. You won't take the initiative either."

The innocent girl is completely out of Guan Yueli's hunting range.

"Of course it's more than that." Guan Yueli said with a smile, "I promised Xiaoxing that I would never attack Xiaochen."