Qin Luming's Mount

Who was I? Who did you think I was? Who did you think I thought I was? Who did I think I was? Who should I have been?

There was no need to dwell on such questions. Qin Luming had pondered many tangled questions before, only to end up with no meaningful answers.

The questions held no meaning, so naturally the answers held no meaning either.

Fairy Jiang seemed completely untroubled.

"Can other people not see you?" Qin Luming asked Fairy Jiang, who had been floating above his head.

Che Yun was standing not far away, and she had shown no surprise just now. That was enough to answer the question, so Qin Luming was no longer worried that Fairy Jiang floating above his head would startle anyone.

Fairy Jiang nodded. "I am a God King. For the radiance of a God King to be reflected in others' eyes, those insects must first wash their eyes clean before they can barely earn a one-in-a-billion chance at such an opportunity."

Generally speaking, didn't people need to wash their eyes after seeing something filthy? Or after witnessing something too eye-searing?

Qin Luming did not explain that. He had seen the radiance of God King Jiang before, and he had noticed that when Zuozuo, Caicai, and Zhou Nan appeared, their radiance was all intensely scorching, like concentrated sunlight.

Fairy Jiang's was somewhat different. When she descended, it had also been a blaze of searing light... but Qin Luming preferred to call it "divine light," because golden light flowed within it, shooting outward and transforming into the forms of living beings from countless worlds.

Even now, sacred light shone beneath her skirt. The texture of that light carried a higher-order aura, seemingly fundamentally different from the light that had appeared with Zhou Nan, Zuozuo, and Caicai.

What did the difference in light signify? Qin Luming was curious, but he did not ask right away.

Once he had confirmed that no one else could see her, it became much more convenient for Qin Luming to leave. He sent a message in the group chat and bid farewell to the rescue team members. Everyone knew he had been among the first batch of rescuers yesterday, so no one said much. More people would be arriving today, and for now, manpower was not lacking. What they lacked was crucial information that could lead to rescue discoveries.

Qin Luming walked down the mountain, while Fairy Jiang continued floating above his head. He noticed that the relative distance between them never changed. Sometimes, when he turned his head, she would rotate along with the direction he faced, like a puppet under his control and influence.

Why was that? Qin Luming found it a little strange... but there was no helping it. How could he not be curious when he was with a god? Every movement, every word, every action of hers drew his attention involuntarily.

"God King Jiang, you'll definitely return to the Divine Kingdom someday, right?" Qin Luming asked.

"Yes."

Her voice drifted down from above, floating gently like silk and bamboo entering the ears, indescribably pleasant, yet still carrying an imposing tone.

"Then what conditions would make you choose to return to the Divine Kingdom?" Qin Luming wanted to have some idea. Judging by the way she acted, she seemed to have come here without any concrete plan, simply taking things one step at a time.

"First, write your novel properly and strengthen my divinity. I need to find the Pure Grace Divine Bow first, so that my power can be used more fully in future battles. If the Pure Grace Divine Bow is still in Lin Jiangxian's hands, she should be quite easy to bully right now." Fairy Jiang looked at the staff in her hand and gazed at that primordial divinity particle sphere. "I learned long ago that after her first battle with the King of Passionate Love, she developed serious problems. She is most likely also in the early stages of rebirth now, with her consciousness and abilities in complete disorder."

Easy to bully? Qin Luming was a little uncomfortable with her choice of words. Was it really the conduct of a God King to openly say she was going to bully someone?

"Alright." Saying things against one's heart was a mark of adult maturity. Qin Luming did not voice his doubts.

After walking for a long time, they finally reached a suburban road. The ride-hailing app showed that there were hardly any cars nearby, so Qin Luming waited patiently and added a 200-yuan bonus.

Ride-hailing drivers were often unwilling to take orders that were too far away. Even if the dispatch system assigned one, they might call and ask the passenger to cancel... Qin Luming did not care whether that practice was right or wrong. He only cared about receiving the service.

With the bonus, a car was dispatched quickly. Qin Luming explained what a car was to Fairy Jiang and asked whether she wanted to ride with him. Fairy Jiang insisted on floating above the roof.

Perhaps that was simply the conduct of a God King. Qin Luming had no objections. She was not like Zuozuo or Caicai, the sort of person for whom he felt responsible to discipline and care for.

The car arrived quickly. After getting in, Qin Luming sat in the back seat and checked his novel on the app. Before setting out to search for people yesterday morning, he had written thirteen hundred words and posted them as a chapter. It barely counted as maintaining his update streak. Once he got home today, he could write more.

Sigh, he wondered whether writing would feel forced. If it did, there would be no point in writing at all. He had no way not to compare the Fairy Jiang in his novel with the real one.

It felt very... very awkward.

As he was reading the novel, he suddenly caught sight of someone in the seat beside him from the corner of his eye. Fairy Jiang was no longer floating on the roof.

"What's going on?" The driver froze for a moment, staring blankly at the rearview mirror.

Fairy Jiang raised her eyelids. Her dark, clear eyes tilted upward, meeting the driver's gaze. The driver's heart immediately shuddered. Suppressed by some kind of overwhelming presence, he trembled and hurriedly turned his head away, staring fixedly at the lane ahead.

"Oh, she was hiding behind me. You didn't notice her when we got in." Qin Luming hurriedly explained.

Although such an explanation could never dispel the driver's many doubts, what else could Qin Luming do?

"Maybe, haha." The driver could not make sense of it no matter how hard he thought. It was broad daylight, so it did not seem like he had seen a ghost... Drivers in this profession encountered plenty of strange supernatural incidents, but that did not mean they could remain calm about them.

According to the statistics in ride-hailing driver groups, nearly every veteran driver had carried passengers who felt somewhat inhuman.

The driver glanced at the faint sunlight beginning to fall on the black asphalt. The engine sounded steady, the car was running normally, and none of the abnormalities that often accompanied supernatural situations had appeared. He relaxed slightly.

This little girl's looks and clothes were full of pressure, and her bearing was imposing. Thinking about it carefully, an actual ghost should be much gloomier, not possessing this sort of elegant, dignified feeling... though her gaze was a little too fierce, carrying the sense that she did not regard other people as human at all.

Qin Luming turned to look at Fairy Jiang, not quite knowing what to say. He lowered his voice. "Don't you like floating?"

"Why are you speaking to me so quietly... Did you sense the aura of the King of Fighting Landlords?" Fairy Jiang looked at Qin Luming suspiciously, then sneered. "I would like to see whether she has the courage to fight me fairly."

"No." Qin Luming shook his head and lowered his voice further. "You were floating on top of the car, then suddenly came inside, and you even let other people see you. Why did you do that?"

"After leaving the foothills and entering this area of human habitation, life force has become even thinner. There are too many fine particles in the air." Fairy Jiang frowned slightly. "Also... I'm a little cold."

"Huh? A God King can get cold?" Qin Luming truly could not understand. A God King could travel through countless worlds, capture a primordial black hole, summon corona storms hot enough to melt everything, yet she was afraid of the cold?

"I must use as much divinity and life force as possible to maintain the stability of the primordial divinity particle sphere. As a result, I am instead in an extremely delicate state that requires balance. In other words... for now... for now, I am relatively weak." Fairy Jiang lowered her voice slightly as well. Admitting that she was currently rather weak was, after all, something deeply shameful.

"Then why did you just say you wanted to fight someone fairly?" Qin Luming knew he had no right to sympathize with a God King, but whether it was the King of Passionate Love or Aizen King, some aspects of their personalities seemed to run in the same line. For example, the King of Passionate Love had been weakened after her battle with Lin Jiangxian, yet still wanted to fight the King of Fighting Landlords. Now Aizen King had clearly also suffered a loss in strength, yet wanted a "fair fight" with the King of Fighting Landlords.

"Precisely because I am relatively weak right now, it would be fair to her," Fairy Jiang said calmly.

Qin Luming felt that the day she turned back into a tree and absorbed the Divine Kingdom's core to shape and reforge her godhead was probably not far off.

But that was none of Qin Luming's business. If he ever found clues about the King of Fighting Landlords, he would definitely do his best to arrange a fight between the two of them.

"Also, didn't you just say that other people weren't qualified to glimpse the radiance of a God King?" Qin Luming hesitated, but still tried to understand the logic behind Fairy Jiang's words and actions.

The corners of Fairy Jiang's lips lifted slightly.

This was the first time Qin Luming had seen something resembling a smile on her face. Although it carried even more arrogance, he had to admit that Fairy Jiang's smiling face gave him the same shock as climbing an icy snow-covered mountain and seeing the true face of the starry sky.

The impact struck his heart, and Qin Luming could not help turning his head away... The exquisite beauty between her brows and eyes was an unparalleled splendor that did not seem possible in this world.

"I permitted your mount to witness my divine radiance. Once my body adapts to the laws of this world, I will be able to control my divine radiance freely, and I will no longer need to block others' gaze at all times." Fairy Jiang spoke calmly, glancing at Qin Luming as she did.

Qin Luming actually understood her look... She seemed to be saying that this was his good fortune, and that he should show immense gratitude and praise God King Jiang for her divine favor.

Qin Luming showed no emotion. So in Fairy Jiang's eyes, this car and its driver were merely his mount.