It should have been a moonlit night with a gentle breeze...

[Ah Yin attempted to take her own life]

[The system has stopped her]

[As Ah Yin is involved in important events in the original worldline, please take decisive action, host_(:3"∠)_]

Ah Yin tried to kill herself?

Lu Chen, who had been absorbed in practicing his cultivation technique, abruptly rose from bed, utterly exhausted.

Seriously, you love-struck fools are making me laugh out of sheer frustration. He had truly never expected Ah Yin to back herself into such a tight corner. The plan he had already settled on was completely disrupted.

Meanwhile, the system also pinned the news about Ah Yin in the Chat Group. The members, who had been lurking and busying themselves with their own affairs without any Notebook spoilers to read, all surfaced.

[Liu Erlong: Isn't it just that some scumbag cheated you out of your feelings, and your son isn't actually yours? Ah Yin, you need to pull yourself together!]

You fucking... if you don't know how to comfort someone, you can shut up.

[Back to That Day: Yu Erlong, do you really want her dead?]

[Liu Erlong: Piss off! My surname is Liu, not Yu!]

[Yanzi: Anyway, Ah Yin, calm down. You only get one li... life is precious. Surviving after sacrificing yourself wasn't easy, so you have to cherish yourself!]

[Little Princess: That's right, that's right! You're all my friends. I don't want anything to happen to any of you!]

Reading this, Lu Chen, who had finished getting dressed, could not help nodding slightly. Compared with her infamous fit at Shrek's murder-for-hire scene, Ning Rongrong really had improved.

It made sense. She was the daughter of Ning Fengzhi, sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the only daughter among his children, and the most talented of them all. Her background, looks, and talent were all top-class, and on top of that, the two Titled Douluo, Sword and Bone, spoiled her without limit...

Online little princesses were just playing around; Ning Rongrong was an actual princess. Surrounded by people bowing and scraping and deliberately currying favor, it was easy to imagine what kind of personality she would develop.

Ultimately, it was a matter of her upbringing. The Chat Group provided a platform where she could communicate with others as equals. With these relatively normal group members around, Ning Rongrong's personality issues would probably be much better than in the original worldline.

"She should turn out a little better..."

Thinking of Ah Yin, who had just attempted suicide, the Zhu sisters busy fleeing the Star Luo Empire, Xiao Wu freeloading in his house, Liu Erlong being led around by the nose by Gangzi, and Bibi Dong...

Lu Chen suddenly felt utterly weary. It seemed he had drawn his conclusion too soon.

Forget it. Since things have come to this, I'll bring Ah Yin back first.

"System Sis, open the Live Point Map."

[Live Point Map opened (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧]

When he had some free time last night, Lu Chen had marked every group member. A quick glance showed that the Zhu sisters had gathered in their boudoir early that morning, probably still busy preparing their escape-from-marriage proposal.

Dugu Yan was in the Soul Fighting Arena at Heaven Dou Imperial Soul Master Academy, presumably working on her exclusive mission.

Qian Renxue was moving slowly. Judging by her route... the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's ancestral hall? The Heaven Dou Imperial Family actually had one of those?

Liu Erlong was in the principal's office. Quite diligent, wasn't she? (In reality, she had blown up her own wooden cabin and had nowhere to sleep, so she could only move into the office temporarily.)

Bibi Dong was in the Pope's Hall, Hu Liena had returned to Spirit Hall Academy, and Ning Rongrong was quietly lazing around in her bedroom...

As for Xiao Wu, she was already helping herself to a second bowl of porridge.

"Enlarge the map, display a detailed route, and mark Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao as well."

[Enlargement and route planning complete.]

[Tang Hao of the Clear Sky Sect has been marked for you.]

A long red dotted line stretched southwest from the Village Chief's Residence, passing through Holy Soul Village, the mountain behind it, and a vast stretch of dense forest before finally stopping at a white horizontal line. The blue dot representing Ah Yin was right there.

The black dot representing Tang Hao remained in Holy Soul Village. At this hour, he was probably still sleeping in, waiting for Tang San to finish cooking and call him out of bed.

It had to be said that Tang San was truly unlucky to end up saddled with a ready-made father like that. Yet he still occasionally marveled that he was finally a child with a father. All one could say was that the matchmaking system for freaks was excellent.

"Xiao Wu, have you had enough to eat?"

Pushing open the door, he happened to see Xiao Wu swallow the last mouthful of porridge in her bowl. Realizing that Lu Chen might have something important to do, Xiao Wu nodded to indicate that she was finished.

"Heading out, Chen? Have something to eat first."

Lu Yun emerged from the kitchen and, as he spoke, casually pressed two tea eggs into Lu Chen's hand.

Peeling a tea egg, Lu Chen motioned for Xiao Wu to follow him outside.

"Grandpa, something urgent came up. I need to go out, and I won't be back for lunch."

"What about dinner?"

"Hard to say."

"Then don't rush. If you're pressed for time, you can stay overnight in Nuoding City. Take this."

Lu Yun went into the house and, a moment later, tossed him a jet-black token.

Lu Chen caught it. A sword, a hammer, and a dragon occupied three corners of the token. This was Lu Yun's honorary token, also called a Junior Elder Token. It carried extensive authority, allowing free entry into most Spirit Hall Branches. Only certain elders and a very small number of people who had made outstanding contributions to Spirit Hall could hold one for life.

Lu Yun had received it as a reward for proposing his Martial Soul Completion Theory back in the day. Supposedly, someone of extremely high standing within the Hall had personally approved its issuance. It was also one of the reasons the local Soul Master community respected Lu Yun so much.

If he took this thing for a stroll around Nuoding City, Lu Chen could theoretically become the tallest person there-because everyone else would be kneeling.

After saying goodbye to his grandfather, the two headed west, eventually leaving the village altogether. As the village grew farther and farther away, Lu Chen finally stopped and turned to Xiao Wu, his expression unfathomable.

His stare made Xiao Wu uncomfortable all over, as though he had seen every inch of her. Her large, watery eyes wide, she stammered, "Lu... Lu Chen, what's wrong?"

All she received in return was an abrupt question from Lu Chen.

"Xiao Wu, can I trust you?"

"Of course! You can always trust me!"

Xiao Wu blurted it out. When it came to throwing herself at someone, she had never been slower than anyone else.

The moment she said it, she regretted it. A blush swiftly climbed her cheeks. She wanted to explain, only to find her thoughts in such a tangle that she could not say anything.

What could she say?

Lu Chen, I already know everything from peeking at your diary-the reincarnated God King stealing someone else's home, shouldering the mission of saving the world while still finding time to complain about me in the Notebook all day, and all that...

She did not waaant electrotherapy from the system!

"You're a transformed hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, right?"

"Y-you-you-you..."

"Sorry. I wanted to find a better opportunity too, but this is urgent!"

"What are you trying to say?"

This isn't how it was supposed to go!

It should have been a moonlit night with a gentle breeze. I'd sit on a rock watching the moon, and you'd stand beside me, watching me.

I'd smile at you, and you'd take the comb and comb my hair. When the mood was just right, I'd willingly reveal my identity, and you'd smile at me dotingly and say there was nothing wrong with a bunny-eared girl...

This isn't how you act in the picture books!

Xiao Wu stamped her foot, her pretty face taut. Forcing down the urge to turn and run, she simply admitted her identity.

Relying on Xiao Wu's favorability toward him, which was as high as 69 points, Lu Chen had forcibly skipped a huge amount of plot. He could not worry about all that now and continued:

"You might not believe this, but I've always been sensitive to things involving bloodlines, so I can detect powerful Soul Beasts through their bloodline presence."

"I know there's another companion of yours nearby, right?"

"Could you take me to see them?"

Xiao Wu's pupils contracted. So that was how Lu Chen had determined last night that Er Ming was near Dragon Soul Village?

Suddenly exposing her identity as a Soul Beast, then asking her to take him to Er Ming... what exactly was Lu Chen planning?

"Another hundred-thousand-year transformed Soul Beast is dying. I want to save her, but her circumstances are unusual. If I go there rashly, I might be attacked by an extremely powerful Soul Master, so I need your companion's help."

"Then what are we waiting for? Saving her comes first. Let's go find Er Ming right now!"

Xiao Wu felt that her thoughts had never been as clear as they were at this moment.

A dying hundred-thousand-year transformed Soul Beast, possibly guarded by a powerful Soul Master-isn't that Ah Yin?

And Lu Chen already knew about Ah Yin and can sense the presence of powerful Soul Beasts. Everything fits!

[Xiao Wu: @Ah Yin, hang in there! Lu Chen and I are coming to save you!]

[All the women: ???]