Cangyuan World.
Rear mountain, Patriarch's Cave Abode.
The Azure Origin Patriarch, who was cultivating, sneezed. His brows immediately furrowed slightly.
One had to know that his current realm had reached the middle stage of Void Shattering. He was only one step away from entering the late stage of Void Shattering.
At such a realm, could he sneeze for no reason at all?
Absolutely impossible.
As he formed hand seals and calculated something, the Azure Origin Patriarch's brows furrowed even more deeply.
He found nothing. Strange.
"Patriarch, it is time to give your lecture."
An elder's voice came from outside the cave abode, reminding the Azure Origin Patriarch to go and expound the Dao.
Hearing this, the Azure Origin Patriarch's expression relaxed slightly.
It was fine if he found nothing. Cultivation was what mattered most now.
Once he cultivated to the great perfection of Void Shattering and gained at least some ability to protect himself, he could break through the world barrier and leave.
When the system had still been around, it had only described the benefits of breaking through the world barrier. As for what lay outside, he truly had no idea.
Performance World.
Lin Hao bid farewell to his family and set off on the road back to the sect.
There was no need to think about it.
This journey was definitely not going to be peaceful.
Wilderness.
Lin Hao moved through it at great speed, no longer interested in the so-called scenery.
His experience from the trip here had already told him that the longer he delayed on the road, the more trouble he would encounter.
He passed through forests and crossed grasslands.
Why was there another person up ahead?
As Lin Hao hurried onward, he saw a figure in the distance growing larger and larger.
A cry for help drifted to his ears, coming closer from afar.
"Are you not afraid of my family's revenge?"
It was a woman's voice. Crying for help out here in the wilderness, she must have run into some danger.
Gu Yuan appeared beside Lin Hao, wanting to see what other tricks the production crew had up their sleeves.
The figure grew larger and larger.
It was a woman in white. Her clothes were somewhat torn, a trace of blood stained the corner of her lips, and the longsword in her hand had already broken in half.
She looked flustered. From what she had said, someone was apparently pursuing her.
So it was a hero-saves-a-beauty plot.
The directing team really was obsessed with traditional xianxia.
"Brother, please save me!"
The woman ran to Lin Hao's side, her face immediately filling with joy as though she had found reinforcements.
What?
Someone was chasing her?
Lin Hao raised his head and looked into the distance.
Apart from a few trees, there was only grassland and several small hills.
Where was this pursuit?
Strange.
"Miss, there's no one chasing you."
Lin Hao glanced at the delighted woman in white, puzzled, then looked into the distance again to confirm.
The woman in white was visibly stunned.
No one?
How could that be?
Hadn't the production crew arranged for people to chase her? Why had they disappeared?
"Miss, please keep your distance."
Lin Hao coughed twice, stopping the woman in white as she tried to approach him.
A woman appearing alone in the middle of nowhere—
It was strange. He had to remain cautious.
"Someone really is chasing me!"
The woman in white gritted her teeth as she looked at Lin Hao's reaction.
But where were they?
Right.
Where were they?
Director's room.
The production crew had gone completely frantic.
How had the extras they arranged suddenly disappeared?
Hadn't they been right behind her just moments ago?
Director: Extras team, what's going on?
Extras team: I don't know either. There were clearly people behind her. How could they have vanished?
The person in charge of the extras team looked utterly bewildered. Everyone nearby had seen the actors being sent out.
They could not have simply vanished.
Extras team: 10086, 10087, 10088, where did you go?
Holding a walkie-talkie, the person in charge of the extras team called out to the three extras.
Unfortunately, there was no response at all.
Gu Yuan, who had been watching the show while floating nearby, was laughing at the production crew's blunder.
But in the next instant, his expression changed.
Something was wrong!
Spatial fluctuations!
Spatial fluctuations had existed just now.
They felt exactly the same as when that visitor from another world had appeared before, though the energy level was different.
In an instant, Gu Yuan appeared at the furthest distance from Lin Hao that he could manage.
His gaze locked onto that patch of space.
Others could not see it, but he could.
That space was fluctuating.
Like ripples on water, it undulated.
If the production crew had not made a mistake, three extras really had been chasing the woman in white just now.
As for their disappearance... it might be related to these fluctuations.
Spatial fluctuations were exceedingly mysterious.
Other worlds could come to this world, so this world could surely travel to other worlds as well.
The only question was whether these spatial fluctuations were accidental, or created by another world.
It seemed the arrival of the other world was not far off.
Unknown depths were hidden within Gu Yuan's translucent eyes.
The pace truly had to be accelerated.
Elsewhere.
Lin Hao, who had still been refusing the woman in white, suddenly collapsed unconscious onto the ground.
The woman in white tested him, then followed the production crew's instructions and dragged Lin Hao into a cave.
She stripped off his clothes and tossed them aside, then removed her own outer robe and trousers before lying flat beside him.
Then...
Then, of course, there was no then.
What were you expecting to see?
[This is what you used to hook me? What was the production crew thinking?]
[No, I'm a distinguished VIP. Why can't the rest be unlocked? Am I not worthy? I can upgrade to Supreme VIP.]
[Huh? That's it for today's Acting Cultivation?]
[No way, Director, this is what you're showing us? What is there to watch? At least give us some plot, some action. One-star review.]
All kinds of comments flashed across the bullet screen.
What was this called?
A classic cliché!
Either the male lead was poisoned, or the female lead was poisoned. The poison would definitely make them lose control of themselves, and ordinary methods could not cure it.
After some back and forth, the male and female leads would fall in love.
Very cliché.
The night passed without incident.
Lin Hao and the woman in white lay there all night.
When sunlight shone into the cave entrance.
Lin Hao's nose twitched slightly, then he rolled over on the ground.
Holding his forehead, he had no idea what had happened.
Yesterday, he had been talking with a woman in white, and then... what had happened after that?
The pain in his head made it difficult for Lin Hao to think clearly. He could only sit up from the ground.
But when he saw the woman beside him, he instantly became fully alert.
He looked at his own body, then at the ground, then at the woman.
He was done for.
Anyone could guess what had happened last night.
But he had no memory of it at all!
He had never encountered anything like this even before his rebirth.
"You scoundrel! What did you do to me last night?"
At that moment, the woman in white opened her eyes. Once she realized what had happened, she immediately drew her sword and shouted.
How would I know?
Lin Hao, who had been falsely accused, stammered as he spoke. He truly did not know how to handle this.
Poor child. He had no idea he had fallen into a honey trap.
"Miss, I'm sorry. I... I'll take responsibility."
"I am an outer disciple of the Azure Mountain Sect. My name is Lin Hao. I will marry you."
Lin Hao let out a long breath, mentally prepared himself, and spoke with a serious expression.
The woman fell silent and said nothing.
"Forget it. Let's pretend it never happened."
"No, I will take responsibility!"
"You can't take responsibility. My father has already betrothed me to the Holy Son of the greatest family in the Central Region. Your status as an outer disciple of the Azure Mountain Sect is nowhere near enough."
The woman in white sighed, put on her outer robe, and gave Lin Hao no chance to continue speaking.
She walked out of the cave and into a thin mist that had risen at some unknown time.
By the time Lin Hao chased after her, she had already vanished without a trace.
Gu Yuan: "..."
He had no way to evaluate this plot.
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