novelraw Chapter 272: This Is Absolutely Impossible, The Two of Them Are Absolutely Impossible
Chapter 272: This Is Absolutely Impossible, The Two of Them Are Absolutely Impossible
Damn it!
What kind of grudge is this? They were actually using RMB to put a bounty on her head!
They were clearly the ones who attacked first. They got killed in self-defense, and now they held a grudge against *her*?
’Just as I thought. They pick on the weak.’ They didn’t dare mess with Si Xuan, so they were taking out their frustration on her!
Xu Su was furious. She wanted to check the world channel to see how many players were after that one-hundred-yuan reward.
But she never expected the world channel to have already exploded. Not only that, but the Qingxuan Sect’s elite chat group had blown up too.
Xu Su was a nobody in the game Immortal World. Although she’d been the subject of a popular forum thread six months ago for being saved by Si Xuan twice, she had long since been forgotten. So, after Ge Feifei posted the bounty, many people had no idea who she was.
It was only when they searched for her that they discovered the "Dao Companion" section of her relationship status was brightly marked with ’Emperor Si Xuan’!
Holy crap!
Holy-freaking-crap!
Emperor Si Xuan actually has a Dao Companion?
And she’s a nobody in the Golden Core Realm?
That happened so quietly!
And now Ge Feifei, ranked sixth on the server’s beauty chart, suddenly puts out a bounty for the life of Emperor Si Xuan’s Dao Companion?
This whole situation was enough for people to imagine a trashy, ten-thousand-word melodrama full of love, hate, and revenge...
Players who were online started frantically posting on the forums, trying to find out which goddess this ’Little Susu’ was. All that was known was that her master was Nanyang, one of the four great Elders of the Qingxuan Sect. Beyond that, there were no other rumors about her.
Soon, the six-month-old thread was bumped to the top. Even the disciples of the Qingxuan Sect itself couldn’t believe that the coveted position of Sect Leader’s Wife had gone to this little newbie.
This was Emperor Si Xuan we’re talking about!
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call him the number one player on the entire server!
Some players offered a different, more thoughtful perspective. This Little Susu was, at the very least, the Qingxuan Sect’s Leader’s Wife and the Dao Companion of the foremost of the server’s three Emperors. Surely her life was worth more than a hundred RMB?
Reminded of this, other players also came to their senses. If someone really killed the Qingxuan Sect Leader’s Wife, there was no doubt they would face the wrath of the entire Qingxuan Sect’s top brass. This was the Sect Leader’s Wife, not some minor disciple. If their own Sect Leader’s Wife was killed, wouldn’t that make the killer a mortal enemy of the Qingxuan Sect?
Killing her meant being prepared to have your account deleted. Besides, anyone strong enough to kill a Golden Core Cultivator would have to be at least in the Nascent Soul Realm. A Nascent Soul cultivator wasn’t some small fry; they could even be an Elder in a smaller sect. After working so hard to reach the Nascent Soul Realm, who would be willing to ruin their account and start over for a mere hundred yuan?
And that was assuming Xu Su had no magical artifacts whatsoever. If she had even a single defensive treasure, even a Nascent Soul Realm expert would likely be sent packing.
And as the wife of the Qingxuan Sect Leader, could she possibly be without any defensive artifacts?
It was unthinkable that she wouldn’t.
Most importantly, for a disciple of the Cangyue Sect to issue such a bounty... was this a public declaration of war against the Qingxuan Sect?
Whether it was for a personal grudge or a true declaration of war between two major sects, this was the first huge, server-wide drama of the new year.
On the official forums, several new threads about the incident would pop up every few minutes with a refresh. Many players who weren’t online even logged in just to get in on the gossip.
Just as the hype was reaching a fever pitch, someone discovered that the bounty had been canceled!
No one had even accepted the quest yet. It hadn’t even been half an hour, and it was already gone...
Did she chicken out?
Meanwhile, the Qingxuan Sect’s elite chat group had exploded.
Sika: [Damn, Susu, you’re a beast! You bagged the Sect Leader without a peep? I didn’t see that coming at all!]
Beiyue: [Guys, this is too much for me. I thought the boss was destined to be single forever, but he got a partner before I did! But what’s the deal with this Ge Feifei? How dare she put a bounty on our Sect Leader’s Wife?]
Mountain Tiger Hunting: [Is this really a love triangle? Where did this Ge Feifei even come from? Wait, no! When did Little Junior-Niece Susu and the boss hook up? I’ve never even seen them talk. And I remember Little Junior-Niece Susu has a boyfriend, right?]
Nanyang, whose profile picture had been grayed out, suddenly came online: [HOLY SHIT! My phone is about to explode! So many people are messaging me, saying my disciple and the boss became Dao Companions! How am I the last one to find out?!]
You Shan: [Nanyang, you’re finally online. So, Little Susu went from being your disciple to your sister-in-law. How do you feel about that?]
Nanyang: [Feel my ass! This is absolutely impossible! The two of them? No way! @Little Susu, my good disciple, hurry up and explain what’s going on!]
Liu Yun: [Ge Feifei canceled the bounty. She knows what’s good for her. Does she really think having a Divinity Transformation Stage Dao Companion means she can run wild in the game? I’ll beat the crap out of her!]
... A long series of chat messages quickly flew across the screen.
Xu Su quickly scrolled through. Half the messages were denouncing Ge Feifei and Yan Yue, and the other half were expressing shock that she and Si Xuan had become Dao Companions. Countless messages tagged her, with a few tagging Si Xuan as well.
Si Xuan was still doing a quest, so she didn’t know if he’d even seen the group chat. Xu Su didn’t dare disturb him. After clicking the "Follow" button, she decided to just explain things in the chat.
’They’re all on the same side. Becoming Dao Companions for a sect quest isn’t a secret, so there’s nothing to hide...’
Nanyang: [I knew it was impossible! The boss isn’t that kind of person. I can’t even imagine what he’d be like in love, let alone a shotgun wedding! It couldn’t happen without any warning signs!]
Beiyue: [Whatever, he’s still technically not single anymore, and I still can’t handle the shock!]
Sika: [SadTurtle.jpg So, it was all for a quest? I just imagined this whole epic love story for you two...]
Xu Su was speechless: [It’s all for the sect quest.]
’What love story? In the past six months, we’ve exchanged fewer than twenty sentences combined...’
Sika: [Susu, the college entrance exams are coming up, and a bunch of couples at our school have broken up. Are you going to break up with your real-life boyfriend?]
Xu Su was taken aback by the sudden question, but she answered frankly: [No.]
Sika: [Oh, so you guys are planning to go to the same university? Otherwise, a long-distance relationship would be hard to maintain, right?]
Xu Su had never mentioned in the group that her boyfriend wasn’t her age, so Sika and the others had all assumed they were high school sweethearts...
After a moment’s hesitation, Xu Su typed: [My boyfriend is a few years older than me. It won’t be a long-distance relationship.]
Sika sent a shocked bunny sticker: [He’s not a classmate?! Is he your childhood sweetheart, the boy next door? Or an upperclassman who’s a few years older? Suddenly I’m so curious, how did you two meet?]
Xu Su froze, feeling awkward. How was she supposed to answer that...
Sika had been very friendly to her ever since she joined the group. Seeing how earnest the question was, Xu Su felt bad ignoring it. Without much more hesitation, she started typing on her keyboard: [Neither. We met outside of school. He’s the friend of a classmate’s older brother.]
Nanyang: [HOLY SHIT! I knew it was hard to chase after the pretty girls in college, but are these animals so desperate they’re going to high schools now to find naive girlfriends?]