Oh Damn, Isn't This My Best Friend Gao Moumou?!

As Yu Jiaojiao skillfully jumped onto Shuhang 'Shuhang shoulder, she noticed a faint golden light surrounding Song Shuhang, seemingly protecting him.

Yu Jiaojiao blinked. "Oh my god, is it the Merit Light protecting me?"

She was half dragon and half demon, so she was very sensitive to the Merit Light —after all, the Merit Light protected her from demons and monsters.

Yu Jiaojiao had no ill intentions towards Song Shuhang, which is why she wasn't repelled by the Merit Light when she jumped up.

"Haha, you mean this? It's a long story. I recently learned the 'Soul-Deliverance Method.' Then, quite by chance, I encountered many pure Fifth-Grade Spirit Emperor level souls. I then delivered them all in one go, which condensed the Merit Light protecting my body," Song Shuhang.

"A lot of Spirit Emperor -level souls? And then you're waiting to perform rituals to help them pass on, allowing you to condense Protective Merit Light go? Your luck is absolutely insane!" Yu Jiaojiao rolled her eyes. "Shuhang, tell me honestly, are you the Venerable White in disguise?"

"Perhaps Venerable White just happened to think of me that day and sent me a blessing from afar?" Song Shuhang replied—besides, he didn't feel that he had been lucky lately.

He felt he was having a pretty rough time lately.

If he were to accidentally use the Appraisal Secret Method, he would start spurting blood from his entire body;

While learning the 'Soul-Deliverance Method', I even experienced the taste of death;

Moreover, his Spirit Ghost was forcibly taken away by someone;

Oh, and his first love has already been extinct once, and is now in the form of Spirit Ghost. Especially the last point, just thinking about it makes my eyes well up with tears—because his first love was actually bound by a contract!

Yu Jiaojiao fell into deep thought. Could Venerable White's blessing really be that effective? Should she try getting a protective amulet?

Led by Yu Jiaojiao, Shuhang headed to the small, dark room where the 'author' was imprisoned.

Along the way, he told Yu Jiaojiao about how his 'Spirit Ghost' had been forcibly borrowed, and how the 'powerful being' who had borrowed his Spirit Ghost was heading to the Eastern Sea.

Yu Jiaojiao said, "Spirit Ghost can be forcibly 'borrowed'? I've never heard of such a thing before."

Once Spirit Ghost signs a contract with the original body, the spirit and the original body become one.

Borrowing the 'Spirit Ghost' is, in a sense, like borrowing Song Shuhang's arm—and without severing it. How can you borrow that?

Song Shuhang smiled bitterly, but he also gained some benefits after the Spirit Ghost was borrowed. For example, now the Spirit Ghost is a rare 'High-Rank Spirit Ghost', and it is a treasure that even cultivators at the Seventh-Grade Venerable level or above would covet.

"I understand. I'll help you keep an eye on news from the Eastern Sea. I'll let you know immediately if there's any special intelligence," Yu Jiaojiao said, patting her chest with her little paws. It was just a small favor.

"Thank you, Jiaojiao," Song Shuhang.

The vast Eastern Sea is too big for him to handle. Now, all he can do is wait for Yu Jiaojiao's information and hope to find traces of the Spirit Ghost.

"Don't worry, from your description, that senior doesn't seem to have any ill intentions. Moreover, a senior with that level of strength Word-Follows-Law. Since he promised to return the 'Spirit Ghost,' he definitely will," Yu Jiaojiao comforted her.

"I hope so," Song Shuhang.

"Let's go, put our worries aside for now. Let's go see that author and ask him to write us an interesting story," Yu Jiaojiao said happily.

Along the way, Song Shuhang casually asked, "Jiaojiao, where did you find that author?"

Yu Jiaojiao chuckled and said, "It's located in the Jiangnan Region."

Song Shuhang nodded, but his mind involuntarily drifted to his friend Gao Moumou —who was also from the Jiangnan Region.

Shuhang's three roommates, Gao Moumou, Tubo, and Yangde, are all from the Jiangnan Region. Therefore, their accommodation is semi-commuter school, with them at school from Monday to Friday and going home on Saturdays and Sundays.

Thinking of Gao Moumou, Shuhang couldn't help but recall how, not long ago, Gao Moumou excitedly wanted to introduce him to a female online friend named "Yu Jiaojiao".

Wait, the more I think about it, the more something feels off...

"Jiaojiao, how did you find that author?" Song Shuhang asked again.

Yu Jiaojiao chuckled, "It's a long story. A few days ago, I created a new chat account and searched for that author's account. He added me very quickly."

"That sounds like a familiar trick," Shuhang asked again, "Jiaojiao, what's your new account ID?"

"That's my real name, Yu Jiaojiao. I think my name sounds nice," Yu Jiaojiao said.

Song Shuhang: "..."

A growing sense of unease crept into my heart.

Yu Jiaojiao spoke of this with great interest, continuing, "Then, that day I pretended to be a shy young girl, and in a few words during a chat with the author, I successfully got his home address. Oh, and something very interesting happened in between; the author even asked me for a photo."

Song Shuhang: "..."

This is bad; this tactic is becoming increasingly familiar.

Song Shuhang asked, "And then, whose photo did you send to that author?" Yu Jiaojiao couldn't possibly have sent her current photo. After she advanced to the Fifth-Grade, she would definitely be a beauty in human Transformation, but right now she's in a half-human, half-fish form.

"Of course I posted my own! That author is one of my favorites, I can't fool him with someone else's photo." Yu Jiaojiao chuckled. "But I posted a photo of myself with my mom when I was little, back when I was just a tiny little salamander. Oh, and by the way, my mom is a real beauty, that author got a good deal."

Song Shuhang: "..."

He felt a little flustered.

It can't be such a coincidence, can it? Things in this world don't happen by such coincidences, do they?

Furthermore, Jiaojiao, did your father, True Lord Flood Dragon Overlord, know that you were casually sending beautiful photos of your mother to strangers online?

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When Song Shuhang landed, it was already 11:58 PM.

Now, after exchanging a few words with Yu Jiaojiao, a new day has begun.

Wednesday, August 7th, early morning.

"We're here, this is the room right in front," Yu Jiaojiao said, pointing to the 'little dark room'.

At the door, the two maids glanced at Shuhang, then reached out to push the door open!

"Wait, you two, don't open the door yet!" Song Shuhang called out.

He now strongly suspects that the author in this "little dark room" might be his close friend Gao Moumou —if so, how can he face his best friend?

So, let him prepare mentally first!

It would be best to let him peek through the crack in the door to confirm who the 'author' inside is.

But Shuhang's voice came a step too late.

The two maids were actually half-demons at the Second-Grade Realm. With a wave of their hands, they released a gentle force from a distance, and pushed the door open without even touching it.

The gate slowly opened.

Song Shuhang: "..."

[It can't be Gao Moumou, it can't be Gao Moumou, please don't let it be Gao Moumou!]

"Shuhang, what are you doing?" Yu Jiaojiao looked at Song Shuhang in confusion, sensing that he was acting strangely.

At that moment, the door opened, revealing the 'author' sitting in the boss's chair in the 'small dark room,' enjoying a massage.

Sensing the door open, the author also looked up.

Shuhang's gaze met the other person's.

Song Shuhang was dumbfounded: 0_0!

In the bright light, Song Shuhang saw that familiar face.

He was rather handsome, wearing a new pair of trendy glasses. When the author looked up, the lenses reflected an eerie light—these glasses must have been bought from the same store as those worn by the author, the Young Master Phoenix Slayer.

That's right, it was his close friend Gao Moumou!

That Gao Moumou, didn't he vehemently deny being a 'web author' before? Why was he dragged over by Yu Jiaojiao and locked in a dark room to write in the end?!

But that's not the problem now; the problem is how he's going to face Gao Moumou.

Song Shuhang's mind raced.

A quick apology: [Ah, I'm so sorry, Gao Moumou. It was all a wonderful misunderstanding. Yu Jiaojiao is my friend, and it's because I'm making a movie and wanted to find an author to write interesting stories, so Yu Jiaojiao ended up bringing you along.] Then, could this be followed by a 300-word apology essay?

Or, a preemptive strike. "[Holy crap, Gao Moumou, what are you doing here, you idiot?]"

Or, feigning ignorance: [Oh? Gao Moumou? You're here as well? What a coincidence! I just arrived as well.]

Inside the room, Gao Moumou was also looking at the visitor's face at the door.

Then Gao Moumou was also stunned.

Isn't this his close friend Song Shuhang?

Holy crap, when did Shuhang become so fast?

Just a few minutes ago, he had two young girls dressed as maids send him the address of this place. How come Shuhang arrived so quickly?

Could it be that Shuhang happens to be nearby?

The atmosphere became eerie.

"Old Gao." Song Shuhang forced a smile and waved to Gao Moumou.

"Damn, Shuhang, you got here so fast! I just had someone text you this address a few minutes ago, and you're already here?" Gao Moumou sat up from his office chair and waved to Song Shuhang. "Shuhang, were you around here just now?"

[Have someone send you this address via text message]?

So, the text message he received on the Puppet Silver Dragon was sent by someone arranged by Gao Moumou?

Song Shuhang chuckled dryly.

How incredibly coincidental is that?

"Stop standing at the door in a daze, come in, come in. Oh, and keep your voice down, Mei Yi just fell asleep. Don't wake her up," Gao Moumou called out again.

Only after he pointed it out did Song Shuhang notice that on the luxurious double bed next to him, Mei Yi's petite body was curled up in a ball, sleeping soundly.

Song Shuhang: "..."

He had a groove in his throat, but he didn't know how to spit it out.

At this moment, Yu Jiaojiao, who was sitting on Song Shuhang's shoulders, was dumbfounded: 0_0!

Does this author know Song Shuhang?