"Only a 3% chance of winning... that's indeed a bit low."
Valensa frowned. The ice cream she was about to feed Tia suddenly veered off course and ate it herself, leaving Tia with nothing to bite. Tia was so angry that she wanted to bite her.
So Valensa immediately covered Tia's mouth with a kiss, so that the ice cream ended up back in Tia's mouth, but now it tasted like Valensa in addition to the strawberry flavor.
After openly displaying their affection amidst the complex gazes of Friggia and Qingyi, Valensa looked at Qingyi very seriously:
"How can I help you increase your strength and thus improve your success rate? Would a large amount of faith power be helpful to you?"
"Of course it helps... In fact, this is the best help, after all, I am a creature of pure faith."
The woman in green nodded vigorously, then asked with a strange expression:
"But is it alright for you to do this? Aren't you a holy knight of that true god? Aren't you afraid of divine punishment for spreading my faith?"
"As long as you don't do it in this world, of course there's no problem."
Valensa smiled, looking quite confident, and said:
"Moreover, the prototype of you, Qingyi, is also very conducive to the spread of faith."
"Are you planning to ask Sister Wu and Sister Wei for help?"
Tia immediately understood Valensa's meaning. After thinking for a moment, she nodded repeatedly with shining eyes in agreement.
"That's indeed a good idea... Miss Qingyi's prototype is a game character, and the faith she gained is all from players' love for game characters. And in both Sister Wei's world and Sister Wu's world, there are many people who like to play games."
"good."
Valensa smiled and kissed Tia again:
"If Qingyi were some other type of false god, it would be much more difficult to spread her faith quickly among Wei and Wu, since their world is a technological civilization and most people still firmly believe in science... Fortunately, Qingyi's prototype is a game character, which makes things much simpler."
They are all decisive people, and once they have come up with a feasible solution, they will naturally implement it immediately.
Valensa once again approached Vi and Asakura Mai to conduct a cross-world deal, allowing Vi and Asakura Mai to use their own influence to create a high-quality, popular game in their respective worlds, with the original character of Qingyi as the protagonist.
This was a simple matter for both Wei and Asakura Mai.
On Wei's side, after Arasaka Corporation completely won the corporate war, it became the most powerful entity in that cyberpunk world.
Aside from not officially calling herself queen, Miyuki Arasaka wields power almost equal to that of the Queen of the World, and Vi is her queen and Grand Marshal.
Arasaka Company has the capability to gather the world's best game developers and, with conditions they cannot refuse, have them work 18 hours or more a day to create the game Valensa needs in the shortest possible time.
Compared to Vi, Asakura Mai's conditions were somewhat worse, but still sufficient to meet Valensa's needs for making games.
The Asakura family was one of the oldest and most powerful families in that island nation, and the Asakura Shrine was one of the most popular and famous shrines in the world.
This gave the Asakura family a strong influence in the secular world, with many Fortune 500 companies having shares held by the Asakura family, or even being secretly controlled by them.
As the person with the strongest spiritual power in the history of the Asakura family, Mai Asakura has a very high status. Even her own grandfather, the head of the family, respects her opinions in many matters.
If Asakura Mai wanted to use her family's influence to make a game, she wouldn't need to give many reasons; just saying "I want to play" would be enough to make the workers stay up all night every day.
And since Japan is an island nation, which can be considered the birthplace of anime and manga games, they have a knack for making anime and manga characters popular, so Valensa is very confident about it.
The woman in green needs the power of faith to restore her strength, so dealing with the Fog Demon can't be rushed.
While waiting for Vi and Asakura Mai to finish making the game, Valensa spent most of her time with Tia at the Allied Forces base, helping Tia develop new weapons and providing inspiration, praying to the Sun Goddess in various ways to strengthen herself, and also using her intuition to find out the spies of the Central Continent Empire.
As one of the core figures of the Allied Forces, Himika did not return to Jade Island during this period. Instead, she stayed at the Allied Forces base and personally participated in a lot of the Allied Forces' construction, especially the intelligence department, which consisted almost entirely of ninjas carefully selected and trained by her.
Valensa met Himiko at the Allied Forces base. She told Himiko about the man and woman in the center of the Icefield and even took out the Flame Spear and handed it to Himiko.
Himika was indeed very happy, and she did know about the man and woman.
"This is the Sunfire Burning Love Halberd, one of the treasured artifacts passed down through our Holy Sect, Yang Sect. Only the Sect Master of Yang Sect can possess it."
Himiko gently stroked the handle of the Flame Halberd, giving Valensa a playful look:
"As for why it's called the Sunfire Burning Passion Halberd, you should have experienced it for yourself, right?"
"The weapon that scumbags love to use the most."
Valensa gave a curt comment, then added meaningfully:
"Is this what your Holy Gate is like?"
"After all, we are also called the Demonic Sect, so we have some rather special weapons and techniques that may not be so popular."
Himika shrugged indifferently and continued:
"This Flame Halberd is indeed very important to me... but not the halberd itself. Although it is a very good inherited treasure, I value the cultivation technique stored inside it even more."
"Gong method?"
Valensa asked curiously.
"Yes, cultivation technique."
Himika nodded:
"Didn't I tell you before? Our Holy Sect is divided into seven factions, Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. The Yin and Yang factions have a higher status, while the Five Elements factions (metal, wood, water, fire, earth) assist us."
Among the Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, the Fire and Metal Sects have always been very close to the Yang Sect, and are considered direct subordinates of the Yang Sect. The Water and Wood Sects are closer to our Yin Sect, while the Earth Sect has always been neutral.
Therefore, this treasured artifact inherited by the Yang Sect Master contains not only the true techniques of the Yang Sect, but also the true techniques of the Fire Sect and the Metal Sect… These three techniques are extremely important to me, because I lost them all when I fled the Eastern Continent, which has prevented me from rebuilding these three sects ever since.”
"Now that the true teachings have been found, can you rebuild the Yang, Metal, and Fire sects?"
Valensa frowned and pondered for a moment before bluntly giving her opinion:
“Rebuilding the Gold Sect and the Fire Sect is no problem. After all, with a formidable enemy at hand, every additional force we have will increase our chances of victory… But let’s forget about the Yang Sect. I don’t want my future job to be hunting down flower thieves all over the continent.”
"Ha... It seems you really learned your lesson from the Sunfire Spear, huh? You've actually come to equate Yang Sect disciples with womanizers in your mind."
Himiko first chuckled and made a couple of jokes about Valensa, but seeing Valensa's resolute expression, she readily nodded without much hesitation.
"Alright, then we'll do as you say. We'll only rebuild the Fire Sect and the Metal Sect, and let the Yang Sect disappear completely from history."
After saying that, Himika gave a self-deprecating smile:
"After all, I am also a very greedy person... I also hope that in the future, the Holy Gate will only be the Holy Gate of our Yin Sect. Why should we rebuild the Yang Sect and share power with each other?"
This statement is undoubtedly convincing and reassuring.
Valensa didn't say anything more, but instead asked about the story of the man and woman, as she was still quite curious about it.
"Their affair... it really caused a huge uproar back then, almost triggering a full-scale war between our Holy Gate and Sword Pavilion, and even causing a small country to disappear in the turmoil."
Himika recalled for a moment and said:
"I don't really know the truth, after all, it happened more than 1400 years ago. I only read about it in books and heard it from my elders."
The man who used the Sunfire Burning Love Halberd was once the young sect master of our Holy Sect Yang Sect. He was also an outstanding genius who reached the realm of perfect heaven and man in his forties... which is what we now call the Moon Radiance level.
However, it's not hard to guess from the fact that he was able to gain the approval of the Sunfire Burning Love Halberd that he is a scumbag who is quite fond of women... Behind his rapid attainment of the Celestial Perfection realm are many pitiful female cultivators who were played with by him, drained of their cultivation, and then abandoned. Among them are even many of our Holy Sect's fellow disciples. Therefore, that guy has a very bad reputation among his fellow disciples, and even worse reputation outside. It can be said that he is hated by both heaven and man.
So the young master of the Sword Pavilion at that time, who was also the sword master you mentioned, was a super genius who was proficient in sword formation techniques. She wanted to kill that scumbag and seek justice for all the female cultivators whose cultivation prospects had been ruined by him.
The duel between two super geniuses was quite a spectacle at the time... The elders of the Holy Gate and the Sword Pavilion did not stop it after learning about it; on the contrary, they encouraged it, as they all wanted to see and compare their own super geniuses to see who was more powerful.
So the two of them agreed to a duel.
As for the result... naturally, that scumbag from our Yang Sect won. In terms of cultivation, he was actually no higher than the young master of the Sword Pavilion. He relied entirely on the special effects of the Sunfire Burning Passion Halberd to disrupt the opponent's Dao heart, break the young master's sword formation, and cause the young master to be defeated by the Flaming Halberd.
If that's all, it's not a big deal. These kinds of duels between geniuses among the younger generation are still very popular in our area. At most, losing means losing a little face.
But as you know, the men of our Holy Yang Sect are not only cultivators, but also all womanizers who lust after beautiful women... So how could he possibly resist a young master of the Sword Pavilion who was defeated by the Flaming Halberd and forced to become aroused?
He couldn't resist any longer, so he not only defeated the young master, but also captured him and locked him in a cave, where he had sex with him extensively... In short, when the young master reappeared, he had completely become the scumbag's spoils and plaything.
This was a huge slap in the face to Jian Ge... Unable to tolerate it any longer, Jian Ge immediately issued a kill order against that scumbag, saying they would hunt him down to the ends of the earth.
Unfortunately, that scumbag had also harmed many of his fellow disciples, which meant that after he got into trouble, not many of his fellow disciples were willing to help him, and some even gave his information to the Sword Pavilion for free.
Under these circumstances, the fate of that scumbag is predictable... Those who were willing to help him were either implicated to death or left him. Even his homeland, Chu Shang, was destroyed in a war due to the wrath of the Sword Pavilion.
The ending I read in books and heard from my elders was that the scumbag was besieged and killed in the war that destroyed the Chu Shang Kingdom, and his inherited treasure, the Sunfire Burning Love Halberd, was lost along with it... I never imagined that he didn't die back then, but instead ran to the center of the northern ice plains and created the Netherworld Calamity, which has plagued America for so many years.
"So that's it..."
After hearing the story, Valensa nodded, then looked at the flaming halberd with a complicated expression:
"So, that special additional mental attack isn't an effect of your Holy Yang Sect's secret technique, but rather a special effect of this weapon?"
"Yes, this weapon was designed with the main idea of using mental attacks to counter female cultivators."
Himiko smiled, then held the Flame Halberd horizontally and placed it in front of Valensa:
"So? Do you like this weapon? You helped me retrieve the true teachings of the Holy Gate, so I'll give you the Sunfire Burning Passion Halberd as a token of my gratitude. What do you think?"
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"Huh? I like this kind of weapon? You'd better not be talking nonsense!"
Valensa paused for a moment, then straightened her back and said righteously:
"I am a paladin! How could I possibly like such a demonic weapon?"
"...You really don't like it?"
Himiko looked at Valensa with amusement, then held up two more fingers:
"First of all, this Sunfire Burning Passion Halberd is really powerful. It is one of the sect's treasured weapons, crafted by our Holy Sect's founder using a variety of rare and precious materials. It is also among the top-tier inherited treasures. You should have experienced this firsthand."
Secondly, it also has a special psychological attack effect targeting women. Any woman who falls to this halberd will be consumed by inner turmoil, allowing you to do whatever you want... Don't you really want it? We're good friends, even though we're from different generations, right? Why are you pretending to be so proper in front of me?"
"My seriousness isn't an act! I really am serious!"
Valensa snorted in annoyance, but she didn't refuse outright this time. Instead, she took the Flame Halberd back into her hand, examined it from all angles, thought it over carefully, and even swung it a few times to get a feel for it.
"It is indeed a fine weapon, and I happen to be lacking a polearm... But isn't it one of the symbols of status for the sect leader of your Holy Yang Sect? Is it really alright for you to just give it to me like this?"
"...Precisely because it is one of the symbols of our Holy Yang Sect Master's identity, giving it to you is the most appropriate way to handle it... Do you understand?"
Himika spoke with a profound meaning.
Valensa thought for a few seconds, then nodded in understanding.
The reasoning is simple: according to the rules of the Holy Gate, the Yang Sect and the Yin Sect are of equal status. If a new leader of the Yang Sect emerges in the future, it is possible that he will share power with the Himiko.
Himiko certainly doesn't want to relinquish her power, nor does she want to break the rules set by the Holy Sect's founder, so the Flame Halberd would be a hot potato in her hands.
If she takes the Flame Halberd but doesn't rebuild the Yang Sect, she will inevitably be the subject of gossip, especially after the Jin and Huo Sects are rebuilt.
It would also be difficult to explain to the deceased founders of the sect.
But if Valensa were to ask for the Flame Spear as a thank you gift, that would be a different story.
Finding the lost true teachings is a great favor to the Holy Sect. It would not be unreasonable to ask for a treasure like the Flame Halberd in return for such a favor. Even if the ancestors of Himiko were resurrected, they would not be able to say much.
After sending the Flame Halberd away, Himiko had a legitimate reason not to rebuild the Yang Sect and to continue to hold power over the sect.
"This can hardly be called a thank-you gift."
After figuring all this out, Valensa rolled her eyes at Himiko again:
"But you owe me another favor!"
"Okay, okay, I owe you another favor~~"
Himika didn't mind, smiling as if coaxing a child, and then thought for a moment and said:
"Is there anything else you want? How about I pick out some pretty female ninjas, or some beautiful maids from my Jade Island to give to you?"
"Let's forget about this. Tia would kill me if she found out."
Valensa waved her hand dismissively and swung the Flame Halberd once more:
"It is indeed a fine weapon... but how do you intend to make it completely mine? Heirloom treasures are all locked to bloodlines, right? Without the corresponding bloodline, it's difficult to unleash its power... Are you suggesting that you teach me the cultivation techniques of your Holy Yang Sect?"
"Yang Sect Kung Fu? Pfft!"
Himika was amused again:
"We can't practice that kind of technique... It's a secret method for cultivating masculinity. Men who practice it will have excessive masculinity and high libido. Otherwise, why do you think the men of the Yang Sect are all seen as lecherous scoundrels and womanizers by outsiders?"
Women should definitely avoid this... Just as a man with too much yin energy will become effeminate, a woman with too much masculinity will become like a female gorilla. You don't want your limbs to be as thick as your waist and your whole body to be covered in hard muscles, do you?"
"Uh...is this technique really that terrifying? Maybe I should just give up on it."
Valensa cooperated by showing a scared expression before asking curiously:
"But how am I supposed to use this weapon if I don't practice the Yang Sect's techniques?"
"It's very simple, just refine it again."
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