Dimensional Invasion: I Can Fish for All Heavens

Chapter 373 Though Huai Zhu was a concubine, Ba Ye had no wife; the price of youthful arrogance would require a lifetime to make up for.
Previously, the Mu family had kept the news of Mu Yunshu obtaining the "Dongfang Huaizhu" template strictly confidential, but this time, when they decided to reveal it on their own initiative, the news spread like wildfire.

Less than three hours after Mu Linyuan announced this decision at the family meeting, the news had already spread like wildfire throughout the upper echelons of Gusu City.

The head of the Suzhou Tian Shu Bureau called immediately to verify; the heads of various families sent congratulatory gifts, ostensibly to congratulate Mu Yunshu on obtaining the "Template of All Heavens Characters", but what they really thought was obvious to everyone.

Even people in Beijing have called to inquire.

Even the Mu family themselves did not expect the news to spread so quickly. In their original plan, it would have taken at least a day for the news to spread, and the reactions from various forces were much more enthusiastic than expected.

While it's true that the holders of the "All-Heavens Character Template" are theoretically worthy of such a reaction, there are also differences in the strength of the "All-Heavens Character Template".
The template "Dongfang Huaizhu" is only at the third level of strength. If any other "All-Heavens Character Template" with the same strength as her were replaced, it would not have caused such a big reaction.

But by some chance, she is "Dongfang Huaizhu".

The speed of dissemination online is even more astonishing.

On the forum, a post titled "Shocking! The eldest daughter of the Mu family in Gusu awakens the Eastern Huaizhu template, and pure Yang Flame appears in the world!" garnered over a million views within two hours of its release, and then spread like wildfire to major social media platforms.

The trending topics list was instantly flooded with related topics:
[Oriental Bamboo Templates Now Available]

Although Huai Zhu was a concubine, Ba Ye had no wife.

[The eldest daughter of the Mu family bears a striking resemblance to an anime heroine#]

[The Dongfang Huaizhu template and the Wangquan Bamboo template have now both become a reality.]

Will Ye Shen pay attention to the Mu family?

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The top ten trending topics were almost all related to the template "Dongfang Huaizhu", and this was true even up to the top twenty.

It's easy to imagine just how terrifying the attention the "Oriental Bamboo" template has attracted.

[Hahaha, I've finally waited for this! Back when Ye Shen obtained the King's Power and Hegemony template, I was already thinking about today, wondering if anyone could get the Dongfang Huaizhu template. Now that dream has finally come true.]

[You know what, the person who got the "Dongfang Huaizhu" template actually looks quite similar to "Dongfang Huaizhu." Although she's a modern person, she has the air of a refined lady from an ancient noble family; of course, it's just the air, since Dongfang Huaizhu only knows how to fight and use magic.]

"But the Mu family of Gusu? I only know the Murong family of Gusu; how come I've never heard of this family before?"

[That's normal. We don't know many families anyway, and who would care about such things if they're not related to us?]

[The fact that they weren't purged after Elder Zhong obtained the Rock King Emperor template means they were relatively clean, if not completely clean, so everything is fine.]

[That's right, but this template came a bit too late. If it had appeared when Ye Shen had just obtained the King's Power and Hegemony template, it might have been possible to establish contact with him. But now, there's probably no hope of that.]

There's nothing we can do about it. After all, Ye Shen is already at the sixth level, and according to rumors, he has even broken through to the seventh level, but it just hasn't spread yet.

He possesses more than nine celestial treasures, and the template for a royal hegemony is a distant memory for him.

On this point, everyone thinks the same way.

The holder of the "Dongfang Huaizhu" template appeared too late.

The current Ye Shen is no longer the Ye Shen with only the "royal power and hegemony" template. In the last list of extraordinary people, more than nine of his heavenly treasures were revealed.

They then took out the "Snow-Snow Fruit," which had never been revealed before, and exchanged it with the shopkeeper for treasures from all the heavens that they did not know about.

They had no idea how many celestial treasures Ye Shen possessed.

Although the template of "Royal Power and Hegemony" was the "key" for Ye Shen to step onto the path of the extraordinary, too much time has passed now, and Ye Shen's power has long surpassed "Royal Power and Hegemony" itself.

Even now that the "Dongfang Huaizhu" template has been created, they don't think anything can happen between the two of them, let alone fall in love with each other like "Wang Quan Ba ​​Ye" and "Dongfang Huaizhu".

The so-called "template," although it requires "role-playing" to improve its compatibility, is actually unchanging in itself.

Mu Yunshu will not become Dongfang Huaizhu because of the template "Dongfang Huaizhu", and Ye Shen will not become Wang Quanbaye because of the template "Wang Quanbaye".

Rather, it's more accurate to say that Ye Shen had already surpassed the template of "royal power and hegemony" long ago.

[On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, at the bamboo pavilion by the Huai River, it was all just a fleeting dream for me.]

[A human falling in love with a demon can have a second chance, but a human falling in love with another becomes a permanent regret.]

[If they hadn't gone outside the circle, Wang Quanba wouldn't have lost his swordsmanship, and things wouldn't have turned out the way they did. But who can say that the young man's choices were wrong?]

The price of youthful recklessness can take a lifetime to pay for.

A large group of people at the start, a large group of graves at the end.

In Fox Spirit Matchmaker, humans and demons can still have the possibility of reincarnation and continuing their destiny, but humans do not have this ability. The story of the Bamboo Leaf Arc is the only one in the series where there is a "love" that has no next life.

A single cut forges a bond, a single sword strike saves a life; a battle of wits with the Poison King of the Southern Kingdom; a single sword strike averts danger; after escaping their predicament, feelings develop between them.

On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, we agreed to meet at the bamboo pavilion by the Huai River.

White egrets swept past the bamboo pavilion's pointed roof, and lotus leaves stretched to the horizon. She steered her boat, parting the ripples, and saw him standing alone deep in the bamboo shadows, a long sword in his arms, his blue and white robes billowing like clouds in the wind.

He said, "Please play a beautiful tune, young lady," but she frankly replied, "I am only good at fighting and magical duels." He laughed loudly, suddenly took her hand, and leaped into the clouds.

Above the sea of ​​clouds, the fiery flames of the Fire Spirit danced with the sword light, like a god splashing cinnabar to color the sky. The rustling bamboo leaves seemed to recite a prophecy: This fleeting glimpse was the beginning of half a lifetime of sweet wine and half a lifetime of bitter cup.

He gave her a sword sheath as a promise: "Once the mask of this world is unveiled, I will surely return to our appointment on the seventh day of the seventh month." But year after year, she stood alone in the bamboo pavilion, only to see her lonely figure reflected in the deep blue Huai River, but never to see her beloved return from the clouds.

The outside world buried all arrogance.

When Wang Quanba and his "Mask" organization ventured outside the circle, they were full of vigor and ambition. However, they were bewitched by creatures from outside the circle. Amidst the blood mist, their close friends' severed limbs were scattered everywhere, and their younger sister died in tears.

He staggered back into the circle, but Kenshin had already been buried outside the circle along with his brothers' bones.

At that time, the Dongfang family was undergoing a dramatic change: Senior Brother Jin Renfeng murdered his master to seize his bloodline and tried to take Huaizhu as his wife. Huaizhu sent away her younger sister Qin Lan and fought the traitor alone with her white clothes stained with blood. When she was in a daze, she murmured to herself, "I still don't know his name."

On the day the sunset was like blood, he walked through the ruins of the mountain villa. The young man who once roamed the clouds had turned completely white-haired, unlike before.

The royal family's bridal sedan chair arrived at their door, a grand eight-bearer sedan chair with dazzling red silk.

He forced her to marry under the guise of "taking a concubine," simply because the proper rites for a principal wife required a formal betrothal ceremony involving three matchmakers and six betrothal gifts, which she could not afford to wait for.

The candlelight flickered in the bridal chamber, and she, dressed in a phoenix coronet and wedding gown, sat amidst the crimson light of the room, listening to the rain pattering on the bamboo leaves outside the window.

Although Huaizhu was a concubine, Ba Ye had no wife. What a beautiful sentence! But who knew that the two of them could never truly open their hearts to each other because of their hatred after marriage?

Wang Quanba practiced swordsmanship every day, and could not rest easy until he eliminated Jin Renfeng.

But a person's talent is limited, not to mention that he had already lost his sword heart.

Thus, the Taoist soldier Wang Quan Fugui was born. Although it was just a plan, it did bring the two people, who each had their own concerns, closer together.

But it was all an illusion.

When Huai Zhu ambushed Jin Renfeng, she was severely injured by him. Giving birth to Fu Gui used all her strength, and in the end, she could only leave behind Wang Quan Baye and Wang Quan Fu Gui before closing her eyes and passing away.

"Finally, never give up on finding your sword heart, because my beloved is, in fact, a peerless hero."

"Huaizhu, I can finally come to see you with a heart full of swordsmanship."

The greatest regret in the world is the tragic end of a hero and the short life of a beautiful woman.

If they are to be reincarnated, may they be transformed into twin lotus blossoms on the Huai River, their roots intertwined yet impervious to frost and snow, listening together to the rain in the bamboo pavilion every July.

However, even though everyone knows that nothing could possibly happen between Ye Shen and her, just the "Dongfang Huaizhu" template alone is enough to attract a lot of attention, right?

[After all, they are modeled after "Dongfang Huaizhu," so even though everyone knows nothing can happen between them, they can't deny that sliver of possibility.]

[If that's the case, it seems the Mu family's status in Suzhou will rise, although it wasn't low to begin with; does anyone know which companies the Mu family owns? I'm thinking of investing in some.]

【No, don't you guys think something might happen between Ye Shen and this Mu Yunshu? I think it's very possible. Ye Shen doesn't have a girlfriend, and she doesn't have a boyfriend either. Plus, she's very beautiful, and given the unique nature of her character template, it's quite possible they'd fall in love.】

【We haven't ruled out that even the slightest possibility, but are you serious? That's Ye Shen, his level of life is far beyond that of ordinary people like us. You don't think that improving one's level of life is simply about extending lifespan, do you?】

【Hmm? Isn't that right?】

[Of course not! An elevated level of life means enhanced senses, meaning that pores on your face, imperfections in your makeup, and even things invisible to the naked eye like mites will be clearly visible; no matter how beautiful you are then, you won't be able to tell.]

Reality is not an anime; as one's level of life increases, one's five senses will naturally also improve.

Things that are invisible to the human eye will become clear in time.

Even if it doesn't penetrate your skin and all you see is bone, the "flaws" of an ordinary person are easy to spot.

Unless you reach a certain level of spiritual development and truly achieve "flawlessness," this "flaw" will always exist.

They acknowledge that Mu Yunshu, who received the "Eastern Bamboo" template, is beautiful, but their perspective on Mu Yunshu and Ye Shen's perspective on Mu Yunshu are destined to be different.

Therefore, the possibility that Ye Shen might fall in love with Mu Yunshu is not nonexistent, but it is extremely close to nonexistent.

(End of this chapter)