My figurine came to life?
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Dou Qi Continent
Northwestern region
Today, two unexpected visitors, a young man and a woman, arrived in a small frontier town called Mo City.
Mo City lay near the desert, and the weather was exceptionally hot and dry.
After walking at an unhurried pace for quite some time, the two caught sight of a map shop called "Ancient Map."
Unlike other shops, it was neither lavish nor ostentatious. Instead, it seemed to carry a faint air of antiquity.
"Sister Rongrong, is this the place?"
The young man glanced at the two large characters for "Ancient Map" on the sign, then turned toward the green-haired, fox-eared woman traveling beside him, who stood a head shorter than him, and asked in puzzlement.
The woman he called "Sister Rongrong" was petite, like a loli, and her chest was utterly unremarkable. Her long green hair was particularly striking, her ears drooped, and two distinctive demon markings adorned her cheeks.
With narrowed eyes and slightly upturned lips, she seemed to be smiling all the time, giving an impression of both slyness and gentleness.
Her clothing was predominantly yellow, accented with white and green. Her long skirt trailed along the ground and covered the tops of her shoes, fully displaying her elegance.
"According to the description in Potato's original novel, this should be the place..."
The green-haired woman called Sister Rongrong tucked a copy of "Battle Through the Heavens" under her arm. Her eyes were narrowed, and her lips maintained that smile that suggested everything was in hand.
"Oh." The young man nodded.
The young man's surname was Luo, his given name Yang, and his courtesy name Wenxuan. He was eighteen years and five and a half months old. He was not a native of the Dou Qi Continent, but had come from the distant Blue-White Star.
Half a year ago, he had been wiping dust off his figurine cabinet at home. Just as he reached the base of his 1/6-scale Tushan Rongrong, he picked up the figurine itself, and his vision went black. When he opened his eyes again, he had already transmigrated deep into the Magical Beast Mountain Range on the Dou Qi Continent.
When danger struck, the "Tushan Rongrong" figurine in Luo Yang's hand, which had transmigrated with him, came to life. With strength comparable to a four-star Dou Wang on the Dou Qi Continent, she decisively slew the magical beasts hunting him.
Tushan Rongrong-the Rong from "the capacity to embrace makes one great"-was Tushan's second-in-command. Nicknamed Thousand-Faced Demon Rong, she never overlooked anything in her calculations. Her martial prowess might fall short of her two elder sisters', but her intellect was MAX.
With Tushan Rongrong as his strategist, Luo Yang's endeavors were bound to sail smoothly with favorable winds, singing triumphantly all the way.
He had thought Tushan Rongrong was his golden finger, only to discover one night that his consciousness had actually returned to the figurine collection room in his home.
Moreover, he could use the so-called "Power of Cause and Effect" to bring his figurines to "life," just like Tushan Rongrong.
"Cause and effect" referred to the things he did in another world and the characters he came to know and met. By interfering with their cause and effect, he obtained corresponding amounts of merit or karmic burden based on how much he influenced the course of the future. The two were collectively called cause and effect.
Apart from Luo Yang, Tushan Rongrong, whom he had activated, could also enter that space.
During his time in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Luo Yang drew Dou Qi into his body and embarked on the path of cultivation. With his "ordinary" aptitude, he soon broke through to Dou Zhe, while also accomplishing several major things...
Befriending the Calamity Poison Girl.
Quelling the rebellion in Qingshan Town.
Saving an injured female Dou Emperor.
Three heroes battling the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
With Tushan Rongrong around, Luo Yang missed out on some of the steamy perks he could only have enjoyed alone. Still, he missed none of the affection gains he ought to have farmed, nor a single flirtatious date. Perhaps one day they would bear fruit.
Because Tushan Rongrong had read the copy of "Screw the Heav..." "Battle Through the Heavens" that Luo Yang had given her.
Tushan was in the matchmaking business to begin with. Seeing that Luo Yang was still single, Tushan Rongrong was quite happy to play matchmaker, too. However, the dating process absolutely could not be that vulgar.
Tushan Rongrong was the strongest Red Thread Immortal, after all.
Several more months passed, and Luo Yang broke through from Dou Zhe to Dou Shi.
This was not because Luo Yang's cultivation talent was too heaven-defying, but because Tushan Rongrong had already expanded his cultivation ceiling. The stronger the figurines he activated and the more of them there were, the greater Luo Yang's talent became, and the faster he leveled up.
After leaving the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Luo Yang and Tushan Rongrong came to the Tagor Desert.
Passing through Mo City, Tushan Rongrong intended to win over this legendary angel investor, Ice Emperor Hai Bodong.
In the original novel, Hai Bodong had been a very important benefactor on Xiao Yan's path of growth. Snatching this friendship first would not only add a Dou Huang expert to their side, but also yield quite a lot of cause and effect.
Luo Yang and Tushan Rongrong walked side by side into "Ancient Map." The shop's interior was not particularly spacious. The faint glow of two Moonlight Stones lit it quite brightly, and their gazes swept over the interior.
Very few people were inside buying maps. Its quiet, deserted atmosphere dispelled quite a bit of the dry heat drifting in from the desert.
Their gazes roamed before finally settling on an old man behind the counter, his head lowered as he carefully made a map.
The old man was clearly quite advanced in years. Although his hair had already turned entirely white, the withered hand holding his black drawing pen remained steady and strong.
At this sight, both Luo Yang and Tushan Rongrong guessed the old man's identity.
He was precisely the target of their trip, Hai Bodong.
"Hai Bodong, a four-star Dou Emperor at his peak, known as the Ice Emperor, one of the Ten Great Experts of the Jia Ma Empire..." With "Battle Through the Heavens" tucked under her arm, Tushan Rongrong looked at the aged figure. Without the slightest beating around the bush, she went straight to the point and exposed his identity.
Crack!
The ink pen moving slowly in his hand jolted suddenly and snapped with a crisp sound.
Hai Bodong stared fixedly at the broad black smear of ink across the map, then abruptly raised his head, his eyes locking onto the fox-eared woman in green.
A faint chill gradually gathered in his cloudy eyes.
"Who exactly are you?"
Hai Bodong lightly tapped a spot on the tabletop, and the open door slammed shut with a bang.
Beast ears on her head-could she be a magical beast in human form?
In his earlier years, Hai Bodong had heard that magical beasts could take human form after cultivating to a certain level or consuming Transformation Grass, whereupon their cultivation speed would advance by leaps and bounds.
Although his cultivation had been sealed and his Dou Qi had fallen to that of an eight-star Dou Ling, he still possessed the discernment of a Dou Huang expert. He could sense that the fox-eared woman's cultivation was at least at the Dou Wang level.
An icy, formidable presence spread out from Hai Bodong's body.
He was confident that, as a former Dou Huang expert, dealing with a mere Dou Wang would be a trifling matter even with only Dou Ling strength now.
Just as the icy presence pressed toward the two, Tushan Rongrong released her demon power to shield herself and Luo Yang, blocking Hai Bodong's probe.
"Twenty years ago, Hai Bodong ventured deep into the Tagor Desert and fortuitously obtained a map fragment. While being pursued by Medusa, queen of the Snake-People Tribe, he was gravely injured, and his cultivation was sealed down to the Dou Ling level. Concealing his identity, he hid in a corner of Mo City and opened a... map shop."
Tushan Rongrong calmly continued recounting Hai Bodong's past experiences, her narrowed eyes slowly opening a sliver.
"Since you've already recognized me, why bring up these old affairs? Whatever your purpose is, just say it. This old man hates beating around the bush most of all..."
(There is no system, so there is no panel. I'll update the stats at the end of the chapter whenever a new character appears or the protagonist receives a major update.)
[Name: Luo Yang · Wenxuan] [Sex: Male] [Age: 18] [Height: 179 cm] [Weight: 73 kg] [Length: 16.1] [Likes: Tushan Rongrong] [Body: Virgin] [Personality: Chuunibyou, greedy, lustful, flamboyant, overbearing, extremely prone to holding grudges] [Race: Human] [Sins: Greed, wrath, delusion, love, hatred, malice, desire] [Cultivation: Dou Shi ★★] [Attributes: Lightning + fire] [Talent: Average] [Weapons: Qinggang Sword, Qilin Bow] [Skills: Fox Thought Technique, Moon-Gazing Palm, Disguise Technique, Star-Shifting Technique...]