Tide Listening Pavilion, third floor.
After the renovations, the original prison had long since vanished without a trace.
In its place was the Nine-Curving Corridor, linking different areas, along with an indoor pool where several carp swam to their hearts' content.
Beside the pool stood a clump of emerald jade bamboo, so green it seemed ready to drip.
Zhong Shenxiu sat comfortably in a grand chair. Beside him was a woman in white, smiling sweetly. She had a pointed little face and an air thick with scholarly refinement.
"By the way, I've always forgotten to ask—what was your name again?"
He set down the ancient scripture in his hand and suddenly asked.
"Everything this servant has was granted by Master. It was only because of Master that I obtained a new life. I beg Master to grant me a name."
The scholarly girl bowed gracefully to the ground.
"Very well... 'On the mountain of books, diligence is the path.' I'll call you... Qin Weiyin."
Zhong Shenxiu made the decision casually.
This Qin Weiyin was naturally the former master of Tide Listening Pavilion.
After completely taking control of her, Zhong Shenxiu felt that although an Information Being possessed many conveniences, it was inconvenient for her to appear before others. Thus, he lent her a hand.
He merely made a slight alteration to the information on her template, and Qin Weiyin easily broke free from her Cultivation Deviation, successfully taking human form.
Moreover, she retained the ability to transform into a Civilization Demon at any time. Her strength had not diminished but increased instead; she could perhaps now rival a cultivator of the eighth cultivation realm—the "Perceiving the Netherworld" realm.
Those who reached Perceiving the Netherworld possessed incredibly fine perceptions, could sense various mysterious sources, and had mastered certain techniques for protecting