Xiao Yue's transformation (Part two)

P. S.: I finished writing this chapter this morning, but when I checked this afternoon, I realized I hadn't updated it yet. I accidentally pressed the wrong timer, sorry! One chapter at 8:30 PM as usual.

The sudden sound also attracted the attention of Mizheng and Su Huayu. Under the Moonlight, Lu Yuling's white dress fluttered, and her beauty complemented the lonely moon in the sky. Her fair skin and stunning face were even more breathtakingly beautiful when illuminated by the Moonlight.

Even Mizheng, upon seeing Su Huayu, was momentarily stunned, then closed his eyes, repeatedly muttering, "Form is emptiness, emptiness is form..."

"So beautiful." Even Su Huayu couldn't help but exclaim in her heart when she saw Lu Yuling. To be honest, Su Huayu herself was already a beauty that was one in a million, but when she faced Lu Yuling, she couldn't help but feel ashamed of herself. Lu Yuling's beauty was so beautiful that she didn't seem like a woman from this world.

"Hehe, Lu Yuling, are you jealous?" Zhuge Xiang was slightly taken aback when he saw Lu Yuling come out, but then he laughed and teased her, going up to her with his arms outstretched in a friendly gesture. "Come on, since you're jealous, I certainly won't favor one over the other."

In response to Zhuge Xiang's embrace, Lu Yuling simply tossed the iron cage holding Xiao Yue towards Zhuge Xiang, looking as if she had unloaded a burden, and said, "You little burden, I've been keeping you safe for so long. In the Inner Sect, it's caused quite a stir. Now I'm bringing it to you."

"Troublesome?" Zhuge Xiang was slightly taken aback when he saw that Xiao Yue was actually locked in an iron cage by Lu Yuling. Xiao Yue's appearance was no longer the listless girl she once was. But why did Lu Yuling lock Xiao Yue up?

"Zhuge Xiang, you've finally shown up! Quickly release me and teach that stinky woman a lesson!" Xiao Yue, who was locked in the iron cage, shouted happily when she saw Zhuge Xiang.

"Don't be so hasty in letting you out. What exactly did you cause trouble in the Inner Sect?" Zhuge Xiang asked, staring at Xiao Yue. Lu Yuling's claim that it had caused chaos in the Inner Sect was clearly not baseless.

"What trouble? What trouble did I cause? I just stole a few hundred pieces of equipment?" Xiao Yue clearly didn't take the matter to heart in the Divine Sense Transmission.

He then exclaimed joyfully, "Zhuge Xiang, you have no idea! I've finally completed a transformation and unlocked the Divine Ability of the Moon Devouring Divine Dog. I can devour equipment to improve my cultivation and accelerate my growth. Quick, get me some more equipment! I've been locked up these past few days, and my cultivation has been stuck."

"Hundreds of pieces of equipment!?" Even though Zhuge Xiang was somewhat prepared, he was still stunned and widened his eyes upon hearing Xiao Yue's words.

A few days ago Xiao Yue was listless, lethargic, and extremely sleepy. After thinking it over, Zhuge Xiang understood that this was probably because the divine beast was about to undergo a transformation, or a crucial moment in its growth. However, Zhuge Xiang never expected that after the transformation, Xiao Yue would need to devour equipment in order to quickly improve its cultivation.

"Hundreds of pieces of equipment, where did you get them? Could it be...?" At this point, Zhuge Xiang clearly thought of something bad.

As expected, Xiao Yue's answer confirmed Zhuge Xiang's idea. Xiao Yue, taking advantage of her small size and low profile, had actually stolen hundreds of pieces of equipment from the Inner Sect.

One can imagine that the theft of hundreds of magical artifacts from disciples at the inner sect headquarters of Mowu City would naturally cause a great sensation. If Lu Yuling hadn't intervened and locked it up, this matter would have been exposed.

"Don't worry about the equipment, I'll make sure you're satisfied." After a moment's thought, Zhuge Xiang opened the iron cage and released Xiao Yue. As he spoke, Zhuge Xiang glanced at Mizheng and Su Huayu beside him, his expression turned serious, and he walked to the side, saying to Lu Yuling, "Come here, I have something to discuss with you privately."

"Okay," Lu Yuling nodded gently, her expression unchanged, and followed Zhuge Xiang. Mizheng and Su Huayu did not follow.

"Yi Bufan, do you remember him? I ran into him," Zhuge Xiang asked Su Huayu as the two approached.

Qing Mingzi's real name is Yi Bufan. When Zhuge Xiang first heard his name, he felt it was familiar, but he didn't have time to think about it much at the time. In the days that followed, Zhuge Xiang realized that when Su Huayu confessed the secret of her Three Souls Reincarnation, she mentioned that Yi Bufan was related to her failure to break through to the Deity Transformation stage.

"Oh? You ran into him? Do you have any clues?" Although her initial request for Zhuge Xiang to investigate was just an excuse to expose her secret to Zhuge Xiang, Lu Yuling still found it difficult to remain calm upon suddenly hearing news about Yi Bufan.

Despite her fragmented Memory from the Three Souls Reincarnation, Lu Yuling knew that she could find clues from Yi Bufan.

"Not yet, but I already know the general situation of him." Shaking his head, Zhuge Xiang explained Qing Mingzi's situation to Lu Yuling. In short, Zhuge Xiang had two missions related to Qing Mingzi.

Lu Yuling's request to investigate did not trigger a system task. However, the Winged Human Race Elder's request to investigate the reason for Ice Maiden's Qi Deviation was a system task, and the Winged Human Race Elder had promised him a reward. Secondly, Su Huayu asked him to investigate the matter between Qing Mingzi and Su Haitang, which was related to two system tasks involving Zhuge Xiang.

"Keep an eye on Qing Mingzi's whereabouts in the Shadow Hall. We should be heading back to Ink Martial City soon," Zhuge Xiang said.

The Zombie incident is almost over. As for Situ Zhaixing, he just needs to wait for Dongfang Yan to send over the reward. There's nothing else to do in Rakshasa City, so Zhuge Xiang should naturally return to Ink Martial City.

"Okay," Lu Yuling nodded, her expression somewhat solemn. With the intelligence capabilities of the Shadow Hall, finding Qing Mingzi's whereabouts shouldn't be too difficult.

Zhuge Xiang was preparing to return home. Su Huayu didn't want to stay in Rakshasa City, and since she had also asked Zhuge Xiang to help her investigate her parents' affairs, Su Huayu said she would go back to Ink Martial City with Zhuge Xiang.

As for Mizheng, his reason for leaving because of Situ Zhaixing was merely to gain experience. Now that Situ Zhaixing's matter has come to an end, Mizheng said that he would exchange his points for what he wanted at the Corpse Extermination Alliance and then return to Lingtai Commandery.

After resting by the campfire for a night, the four humans and one beast parted ways. Zhuge Xiang and the other two set off for Ink Martial City, while Mizheng stayed behind to exchange for supplies before leaving.

Along the way, nothing major happened. Occasionally, a few people would appear and try to seize the Record Badge on Zhuge Xiang's body, but Zhuge Xiang would easily kill them. However, Lu Yuling's cultivation level had actually broken through to the Third Layer of Void Splitting Realm, which surprised Zhuge Xiang.

Although he had stayed in the Land of Death for nine months, it must have been only a few hours for Lu Yuling. In the real world, he had only been away from Ink Martial City for about ten days. How did Lu Yuling manage to break through her cultivation level?

Having revealed her cultivation at the Third Layer of Void Splitting Realm, Lu Yuling understood Zhuge Xiang's astonished gaze. Without any intention of hiding anything, she frankly told Zhuge Xiang Lu Yuling the main reason she joined the Shadow Hall because she valued its intelligence capabilities.

In the past few days, she used the power of the Shadow Hall to find a place in her Memory fragments where Snow Lingzhi had been growing for three thousand years was hidden. It could not only improve her cultivation, but also repair the wounds on Lu Yuling's soul. That's why her cultivation reached the Third Layer of Void Splitting Realm in one fell swoop.

Zhuge Xiang nodded in agreement with Lu Yuling's words. It was no wonder. Senior Sister Ice Maiden was just one step away from entering the Void Returning Stage. After a hundred years of cultivation, she naturally had a lot of information about resource treasures in her Memory. Although her Memory was incomplete, with the intelligence power of the Shadow Hall, combined with her fragmented Memory, she was able to find things that could improve her cultivation. This was the reason why Lu Yuling stayed in the Shadow Hall.

Although she was surprised by Lu Yuling's cultivation level, Lu Yuling was truly shocked as Zhuge Xiang continuously crafted magical Magic Artifact and fed them to Xiao Yue along the way.

Seeing Lu Yuling's shocked expression, Zhuge Xiang simply smiled and said, "In the Land of Death, there were only a few people, not much fighting, and my cultivation level was almost stuck. So for those nine months, I just tinkered with Forging, Alchemy, and Appraisal Technique to pass the time."

"Passing the time?" Even though Lu Yuling had developed a strong resistance to the abilities Zhuge Xiang had displayed, she couldn't remain calm this time. Pointing at the Seven-star magic tool that Zhuge Xiang had just crafted, she said, "Nine months and you've actually become Junior Seventh-Rank Artifact Forger? This is just you passing the time?"

"Hehehe, Zhuge Xiang, you really are a genius, a great genius!" Xiao Yue took a bite out of the Seven-Star Magic Artifact and praised Xiao Yue loudly through Divine Sense Transmission.

After five full days, Zhuge Xiang finally stood at the gate of Ink Martial City again, took a deep breath, and felt somewhat emotional.

He left on the Asura Warship that day, thinking it was just a simple attack mission, but unexpectedly encountered the Corpse King and was sucked into the Land of Death. After coming out, he encountered Situ Zhaixing and the Zombie attack in Rakshasa City. All of this took Zhuge Xiang almost a year. In any case, he finally returned.

"Is this Ink Martial City? No wonder it's the number one city in Yanling Commandery," Su Huayu, who came from Rakshasa City, exclaimed in admiration as she looked at the scale of Ink Martial City.

Although she was also an Asura Sect Inner Sect, she had never been to Ink Martial City before. Clearly, the scale of Ink Martial City was indeed far superior to that of Rakshasa City.

After passing through the bustling streets, Zhuge Xiang finally entered the Inner Sect Battle Hall. The noisy Battle Hall suddenly fell silent as Zhuge Xiang entered.

After nine months in the Land of Death, Mo Wuyan returned. Although he told everyone about the situation Land of Death, and that Zhuge Xiang was alive and had even defeated Dugu Jue to become the Squad Leader of the 108th Combat Squad, they still couldn't hide their shock when they saw Zhuge Xiang and sensed his Fourth Layer Void -Void Splitting Realm cultivation. (To be continued...)