Everyone ascended, but I didn't get on board

Chapter 191 The Fourth System

Old Man Juanshan appeared at the door and walked in with a puzzled look on his face.

Qiu Ci was also stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it, he understood that when they were surrounded, the two from the Federation must have secretly notified Juan Shan to come over. After all, he was the leader of the exploration team and also a cultivator from the Federation, so he would not sit idly by.

Juanshan frowned and glanced at everyone present. Under the gaze of the Mahayana cultivator, everyone lowered their heads and avoided his gaze. He looked at the person still embedded in the ground and the familiar spiritual energy aura around him, and immediately understood what was going on.

"Master, you promised to hide your strength," he whispered, "you haven't hidden it at all."

"Uh, I was so angry that I couldn't help myself." Who told these people to be so arrogant? Targeting the Federation was one thing, but their words and actions that belittled women were just too much to resist. She never expected that even in a world where people cultivate immortality, there would still be such feudal remnants of gender discrimination on this continent.

"How about I talk to them tonight?" Juanshan suggested. He understood the Venerable One's temperament; she wouldn't take action unless things went too far. There was only one possibility that she would personally intervene: these people deserved it. "Don't worry, Venerable One, I'll act quickly. I guarantee they won't even be able to escape with their souls."

"No, no!" She was just fighting and didn't mean to kill anyone. Do you know how hard she tried to control her strength so as not to kill them with one punch?

Seeing that she truly had no intention of eliminating the root of the problem, Juanshan walked straight to the stage and casually made a hand gesture to pull everyone out of the pit, including Huo Yanting, who had already fainted. "Those who have the strength should go to the hospital for treatment. As for today's events, I will ask the temple for clarification."

"..." The group of people immediately shrank back, not daring to reply, and quickly helped each other slowly off the stage. Miao Jia, along with another injured person, helped Huo Yanting to leave.

Just as the two groups were about to part ways, a clear electronic voice suddenly rang in Qiu Ci and Juan Shan's ears.

[Ding! New romanceable character detected! Difficulty rating: 99!]
Autumn Farewell: "..."

Juanshan: "..."

What the hell?

The next moment, the woman who had just been supporting Huo Yanting with a worried expression suddenly stopped, turned around and looked in their direction, then stared straight at the old man Juanshan's face.

Miao Jia's eyes widened suddenly, her face filled with a look of utter disbelief.

[Ding! Please start the conquest mission as soon as possible. Target's current favorability: 0]
"System, are you crazy!" Miao Jia's face turned pale, and she seemed about to stagger. "Isn't Huo Yanting the target? Who else do you want me to pursue?"

[Ding! Target scanning in progress... Name: Juanshan Shou; Identity: Special Envoy of the Repair Bureau, Captain of the Seventh Secret Realm Exploration Team; Cultivation Level: Mahayana Stage; Age... Zzzzz...]
Before the system could finish speaking, the system, Xiao Er, who had been nestled atop Juanshan's head and dressed in a bird-like skin, chirped, and the system's voice instantly transformed into crackling electricity.

"System?" Miao Jia panicked, but fortunately the current only lasted for a short while before returning to normal.

[Ding! Host, please quickly win over the new target, gain their favor, and make them love you to the core.]
I love you to the bone?

Qiu Ci glanced up and down at Juan Shan, then silently took a big step back. "I never expected you to be this kind of old man."

Juanshan: "..." No, I didn't, Master, please listen to me.

This is because the other system selected me as a target, it has nothing to do with the old man! Are you serious about suddenly retreating to the corner?
[Ding! Target canceled! Please continue with the current target: Huo Yanting.]
Autumn Farewell: "..."

Juanshan: "..."

Miao Jia: "..."

What's going on? Why was the target suddenly canceled? For a moment, not only they, but even Miao Jia was stunned. Before she could think it through, the other man who was supporting Huo Yanting with her began to urge her impatiently, "Miao Jia, what are you suddenly spacing out for? Hurry up and take Young Master Huo to the hospital."

"Ah! Oh, okay!" Miao Jia finally came to her senses and immediately helped the person leave the training ground quickly.

Qiu Ci and the others didn't linger. After giving a few instructions to the other two, they returned to their respective hotels to rest.

"Master, that little girl also has a system." After setting up several layers of isolation arrays, Juanshan couldn't wait to speak.

"I can tell!" Qiu Ci nodded. "And it seems like the other person has taken a liking to you and is planning to win you over."

Juanshan's expression froze, unsure whether to laugh or cry. He put on a frustrated look and said, "Master, please don't make fun of me. I'm already quite old. How could I possibly be interested in a young girl like her? I know how many wrinkles she has on her face."

"But isn't this your illusion? Your real appearance isn't like this." His new body is also very young, young enough to participate in the junior high school league, definitely a male high school student.

“Master!” Juanshan’s face darkened for the first time as he said seriously, “Even if it’s just the two of us, we shouldn’t joke about a virtuous young girl.”

Qiu Ci paused for a moment, then instantly realized what she meant. "Sorry, it's my fault." She almost turned into one of those chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) types, so she quickly got back to the point, "Regarding that system, have you figured anything out?"

Juanshan also regained his composure and said in a deep voice, "Although that little girl is bound to the system, there are no Star Messengers around her."

“No, there isn’t.” Qiu Ci nodded. Although he felt that the girl was a bit strange before, he only felt that her words and actions were a bit inconsistent. He didn’t think about the system because he didn’t see the system’s little light orb. Otherwise, he would have noticed it when they met at the hotel.

If the system hadn't suddenly spoken, she wouldn't have noticed. After thinking for a moment, she asked directly.

"Damn system, did you discover anything just now?"

[Master, perhaps because of the distance, I didn't detect the presence of the system on the other party just now. However, there was a very slight data fluctuation when they issued the task.]

"Data fluctuations?"

[Yes, Xiao Er noticed it too.] The birds on the mountaintop also flew out. [That's why I was able to intercept them in time when they were scanning the host.]

So that's where the static noise came from?

Juanshan suddenly remembered something and quickly said, "Master, do you still remember the disciple named Di Zifan from Twin Star Academy?"

“Of course I remember.” Qiu Ci nodded. “If it weren’t for the coordinates he had, we wouldn’t have come to the Divine Radiance Continent. His system…”

She paused halfway through her sentence, then suddenly realized something. "You mean, this Miao Jia, like Di Zifan, doesn't carry a real system, but rather a lower-level subsystem, with its physical form residing on her primordial spirit?"

The insect system that Di Zifan had back then was just like that. It resided in the other person's primordial spirit, absorbed the power of the primordial spirit to live on, and then issued some strange and wonderful missions. This is indeed similar to Miao Jia's mission.

"But I didn't find anything unusual about Miao Jia's primordial spirit." With her cultivation level, she could tell at a glance whether there was a problem with the other party's primordial spirit; it was impossible for her not to notice.

"Since this system can reside in the primordial spirit, perhaps it can also reside elsewhere," Juanshan speculated.

Makes sense!
Qiu Ci thought it was very likely, and it seemed she would have to find an opportunity to see Miao Jia again.