Starting as a Magical Girl, I Alone Shall Rule for Eternity

Chapter 223: The Crisis of the Engagement

From the moment he learned about Mi's ability, Jiang Si had already considered it.

He would pull her into the Saint Hall to complete the final piece of the Main God Space.

After all, once inside the Main God Space, if he didn't retrace the classic path of the Central State squad, it always felt like something was missing.

It lacked soul.

He sat in his private space—now, after several missions, the Main God Space had expanded considerably. Each squad member had an independent private space, and the central area for accepting tasks was still vast, the size of a full square.

His private space was the largest and most concealed.

It directly occupied two top-tier allocations, for Jiang Si and Shion.

From here, he could clearly see how the three members of the Central State Demon Squad were persuading Mi.

Among them, Helen, the former Magical Girl hunter, was especially crucial.

Because she and Mi were acquaintances.To put it bluntly, Helen had contributed to the various equipment the Witch Association used against Magical Girls. While interfering with dreams was Mi's own ability as a witch, the technology to interfere with others' dreams without using mana relied on Helen and old-world technology.

After they had dealt with Mi over there, Helen followed Ruo Yun to the vicinity of his private space.

"Is the Saint Hall Envoy, the Heavenly Being, present?"

"Present."

Ruo Yun let out a slight sigh of relief, then took out the Mirror Kingdom's core artifact.

A rather complex and mysterious hexagonal mirror surface.

"Following your instructions, after we captured that enemy from the old world, we obtained this from her."

Ruo Yun reported the gains from this mission. "Although we couldn't enter the Mirror Kingdom, I successfully established a connection with the Prince of the Mirror Kingdom. The Prince currently seems to be in urgent need of money. We can probably purchase related materials from the Mirror Kingdom through trade..."

Jiang Si nodded, gesturing for Ruo Yun to place the mirror surface by the window. He picked it up and examined it.

That's right, it was the core of the Mirror Kingdom's damage reflection.

No one knew, not even the Prince of the Mirror Kingdom, what Jiang Si had brought out from the Heart Image Remnant back then.

There wasn't just research data on Full Bloom from the Mirror Kingdom there, but also quite a bit about the Mirror Kingdom's system core technology.

During this period, Yueji had almost completely deciphered this content. The most critical parts were the two extremely useful technologies that Jiang Si had been very interested in back then: skill reflection and damage transfer.

Damage transfer could be set aside for now, as this thing seemed to be the exclusive ability of that Alice-what's-her-name from back then; only they could use it.

But skill reflection could indeed be replicated.

As the core of the Void Mirror.

The prestige of a Supreme Emperor's Weapon naturally couldn't be low. Jiang Si had pondered long and hard over its abilities and ultimately chose the Void Mirror.

Using the entire Mirror Kingdom as a sacrificial offering to forge the legendary Void Mirror!

It could reflect others' skills, and the Void Mirror's own abilities like sealing, transference, and many other spatial capabilities could also be replicated...

It absolutely must not disgrace the name of an Emperor's Weapon!

"Ruo Yun."

"I'm here, Saint Hall Envoy."

Jiang Si thought for a moment and said, "Recently, the Sect Master of the Azure Cloud Sect has been involved in some transactions with me."

"Ah?"

Ruo Yun was momentarily stunned upon hearing this. "Oh..."

She felt a bit awkward inside, after all, she still didn't want the Saint Hall to get too close to the Azure Cloud Sect.

Jiang Si also knew what she was thinking and simply said, "The Saint Hall doesn't care about the other party's identity. Whether it's the Disaster Control Bureau, the Witch Association, the old world, or the Azure Cloud Sect, cooperation is the same."

"Ruo Yun understands..."

So Jiang Si continued, "The Azure Cloud Sect has recently opened up a new realm, Lush Leaves, which focuses on the fusion of different types of mana. However, the source of mana has become a difficult issue. Therefore, the Azure Cloud Sect's Sect Master hopes our Saint Hall can provide them with magical tools capable of independently storing mana. This is a large order."

Jiang Si had realized this matter even before going to South China.

Lush Leaves is about control over mana fusion and manipulation, but generally, disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect only possess one mana nature.

Unlike Jiang Si, who holds five Blooming seeds, Polluted Magic, and dregs' polluted magic, other inner sect disciples, without special opportunities, find it difficult to break through to Lush Leaves on their own.

Even if they cultivate together with fellow disciples, becoming thoroughly familiar with the fusion of two or even three or more types of mana, if they don't have teammates from other Magical Girls to assist them, they still cannot unleash the full power of mana fusion.

However, once they reach the level of manipulating three-colored mana, they can slightly control a bit of Polluted Magic—not using it, but incorporating Polluted Magic into their own techniques.

To create a big fireworks display.

Thus, it can be called a pseudo-holding of Lush Leaves Blooming Peak Great Perfection—because the minimum standard for the Lush Leaves realm is the independent and stable use of three types of fused mana.

The reason Thousand-Pinweed could break through this point is that she can use her own magic to convert Pure Mana into dregs' polluted magic.

Possessing two stable, different types of mana, first releasing thirty-five portions of Pure Mana, then releasing seventeen portions of dregs' polluted magic, finding the optimal ratio, and then accidentally tossing in thirty-eight point five one eight five one eight five recurring portions of Polluted Magic to go boom boom boom.

Therefore, she became the first disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect to formally step into Lush Leaves.

But this method is useless for other disciples.

Only Shion and Thousand-Pinweed can use the "Reparo" magic.

He had to consider providing another stable source of magic for the remaining disciples.

After listening, Ruo Yun also nodded. "This isn't a big problem. The Disaster Control Bureau and the Witch Association have both researched small tools for storing mana. Recently, Helen and I have also been researching tools capable of storing large amounts of mana. We are currently expanding on it. Because continuously injecting mana is too troublesome, we plan to make it into a mana storage converter. After recording mana of different natures, the user can use this converter to convert their own mana into other natures of mana to inject for storage..."

Jiang Si immediately nodded with satisfaction upon hearing this.

The reason he had taken Ruo Yun under his wing back then was precisely for this day.

To create a mana converter. If she were purely within the Azure Cloud Sect, whether following Bai Mei or under Bingtang, Ruo Yun would never have had any contact or exchange with the witch hunter, Helen.

This is the necessity of the Saint Hall. After all, as the righteous path's leader, the Azure Cloud Sect cannot tolerate harboring filth. Only the Saint Hall can simultaneously accept both Magical Girls and witches.

Having said that, Jiang Si pulled up the Main God's task list.

"Then I'll entrust this task to you. The orders from the Azure Cloud Sect, the more the better. The Azure Cloud Sect wants to take them all. Whether to convert them into points is up to you."

Ruo Yun immediately said, "I want to purchase more materials from the Prince of the Mirror Kingdom..."

"Mm, handle it yourself."

"Thank you, Saint Hall Envoy!"

After Ruo Yun accepted this long-term task, she didn't leave immediately. Instead, she tugged at Helen.

This previously quite arrogant Magical Girl hunter then shakily stepped forward.

"Saint, Saint, Saint..."

Jiang Si impatiently cut her off: "Alright, whatever it is, say it quickly."

Ruo Yun couldn't help but laugh.

Though initially, she had also been quite fearful of the Saint Hall Envoy.

It was only after spending a long time in the Main God Space that she could somewhat converse normally.

Now, seeing her teammate so nervous, she patted Helen's back and took her hand. "Don't be afraid, take your time. The Saint Hall Envoy won't kill you."

Only then did Helen relax, taking a deep breath.

"After exchanging with Miss Ruo Yun, I, I discovered a safe usage method for the Witch Association's Disaster Beast transformation." Helen flusteredly pulled a ring from her pocket. "This ring can, without using mana, bring one's physical body close to or even identical to the level of Disaster Beast transformation."

"What do you mean?"

Helen immediately pulled up the task list. One of the tasks was called Disaster Beast Transformation Expansion.

"It's a task in the Main God Space, to allow humans to normally use the power of Disaster Beasts without being polluted." Helen took a deep breath, trying to calm her nerves. "This ring can achieve that."

"Oh?" Jiang Si immediately took the ring. "How is it used?"

"As long as someone who has undergone Disaster Beast transformation gets this ring, they can briefly transform their physical body into a Disaster Beast state, but won't be interfered with by Polluted Magic. More importantly, there won't be any leakage of Polluted Magic."

Helen scratched her head. "Although the requirements are a bit many, it's a relatively safe achievement of Disaster Beast transformation. We can find those people from the Witch Association who failed in their Disaster Beast transformation experiments to form a related legion, strengthening the Saint Hall's armed forces..."

Ruo Yun also nodded repeatedly. "Combined with my mana weapons, in the future, the Central State Demon Squad might not be inferior to the Disaster Control Bureau and the Azure Cloud Sect!"

She wasn't talking about the Saint Hall.

After all, in Ruo Yun's eyes, the Saint Hall was already greater than the Azure Cloud Sect and the Disaster Control Bureau.

She wanted her Central State Demon Squad to also be greater than the Disaster Control Bureau and the Azure Cloud Sect.

Jiang Si was slightly surprised by the ambition of these two.

But he quickly nodded. "It's good that you have this drive to improve."

Helen and Ruo Yun immediately excitedly high-fived.

Both of them looked extraordinarily happy.

After all, ever since returning from South China, the two had been researching these things precisely to prove their capabilities before the Saint Hall Envoy.

Now being acknowledged, they felt the joy of getting a perfect score on a final exam.

But then they heard Simo Tu say, "This matter is quite dangerous. You must conduct many experiments, confirm its safety before use. Do not tarnish the name of the Saint Hall."

"Yes!"

After casually brushing them off with a couple of words, Jiang Si didn't pay it any more mind after the two left.

The task was assigned; he wasn't worried they wouldn't do the work.

Most importantly, it was this ring.

Casually putting it on his ring finger, Jiang Si began to feel the power of the ring.

It could actually stir the power of the Calamity Dragon!

The ring had a strange power that altered the skin, strengthening his physical body. It could even allow his body to transform into a more formidable dragon form without any fluctuations of Polluted Magic.

Jiang Si looked at the ring on his finger. After injecting a bit of corrupted magic power into it...

He saw that, through the ring, his entire hand was gradually turning into a dragon claw!

Looking at the dragon scales and sharp claws, Jiang Si took a deep breath.

Disaster Beast transformation without mana.

Although not comparable to the complete transformation into the Golden Calamity Dragon King at Lush Leaves Peak Great Perfection, it could undoubtedly fight against Lush Leaves!

For him, this undoubtedly added another trump card.

Azure Sky Dragon Transformation Technique!

His physical body could rise another level in strength. This time, he might finally be able to touch the realm of Blooming Peak Great Perfection.

Even facing Bai Mei with just his physical body, he would have the power to fight!

Of course, this wasn't the main point anymore. Although his physical body had been bottlenecked for a long time, Jiang Si ultimately wasn't in a hurry.

What was important was...

Jiang Si took out his Miracle Seed.

Because of the conflict issue with Polluted Magic, he had never been able to achieve power stacking.

But now, perhaps he could try using the dragonized state to undergo Magical Girl transformation...

...

Disaster Control Bureau Central Bureau, the independent tower building in the southeast direction.

The entire tower was actually kept quite clean and splendid. Entering through the main door, one could see a huge banner.

"Welcome the Azure Cloud Sect for guidance and inspection!"

Surrounding it were various decorations, even statues of Shion and Lady Bingtang, adorned with garlands of flowers.

Even Thousand-Pinweed, who had always been prejudiced against the Disaster Control Bureau, couldn't help but feel favorable towards the Magical Girls of the Central Bureau upon seeing this scene.

After all, when she first heard that the Azure Cloud Sect was sending true-transmission and inner sect disciples to exchange with the Disaster Control Bureau, Thousand-Pinweed thought it was just technical aid to the underdeveloped.

In the city she was stationed in, prejudice against the Disaster Control Bureau was quite severe. They had caused her plenty of trouble and even snatched many Magical Girls from her, which made Thousand-Pinweed very dissatisfied.

Now, seeing the Disaster Control Bureau's attitude so good, her anger inevitably subsided quite a bit.

However, in front of Bingtang, she still maintained a stern face.

Back when she was in her stationed city, she had said she would absolutely not accept cooperation with the Disaster Control Bureau, so she absolutely wouldn't give them a good look.

Bingtang didn't really mind. She just led the two to a small tea room first.

There were no outsiders in the tea room. Four Leaf, Six Leaf, Qinghua, Yumo...

"The Disaster Control Bureau specially vacated an entire building for us, so don't be too reserved."

After saying this, Bingtang sat to the side and continued handling her documents.

Whether it was company-related documents or documents related to cooperation with the Disaster Control Bureau, almost all had to be reviewed by Bingtang personally. She had been extremely busy these past few days.

Qinghua immediately sidled up next to Thousand-Pinweed.

Xingxuan looked at the group of true-transmissions. The only one she knew and was close to, Bai Mei, wasn't here, so for a while, she sat quietly and obediently to the side, not daring to speak.

She actually kind of wanted to go to the Disaster Control Bureau's teaching building; she knew more people there...

But since they had already come here, it naturally wasn't good to run around.

"So? How is the Sect Master's boyfriend?"

Seeing Qinghua's grinning, winking face, Thousand-Pinweed snorted coldly. "Not great. I don't know how the Sect Master could take a liking to him. His temper isn't that good, he's not that handsome, and most importantly, he's childish!"

Four Leaf and Six Leaf snickered beside them, while Yumo said softly, "He, he's not that childish, is he?"

"Hmph, being obsessed with web novels just like Xingxuan, how is that not childish?"

"Well, aren't you obsessed with Harry Potter too?" Yumo wrinkled her little nose. "You're the childish one."

Thousand-Pinweed didn't expect the usually timid Yumo to argue with her on this matter.

She knew that aside from the Sect Master, Yumo never dared to provoke trouble. Within the sect, she was practically invisible, only ever following the Sect Master around.

Did liking the Sect Master mean you had to love the crow and its nest, liking her boyfriend too?...

Feeling somewhat unconvinced, Thousand-Pinweed said, "He's so childish he mistook a marriage certificate for an engagement certificate. I didn't point it out, and he didn't even notice. And when I looked at that marriage contract, it wasn't our Sect Master's name on it either. He went and signed a marriage certificate with someone else. Hmph, fickle. This definitely has to be reported to the Sect Master..."

As she spoke, she sensed something was off.

Suddenly, it was silent.

Bingtang's hand paused for a moment. She looked up and glanced towards Thousand-Pinweed.

Thousand-Pinweed immediately felt a bit uneasy.

Looking around, not only Four Leaf, Six Leaf, and Xingxuan, but even Qinghua's expression had become quite unpleasant.

It was the first time she had seen Qinghua make such an expression... as if the sky had fallen. Uncharacteristically speechless, she just secretly stared at Bingtang over there.

Yumo was even frowning, pressing down on her hood, softly denying, "Impossible..."

Four Leaf and Six Leaf said they needed to use the restroom. The two sisters cautiously left the room.

"I'm not lying, you know." Thousand-Pinweed sensed something was wrong. Her heart actually felt a bit guilty, but she still pulled Xingxuan. "Right, Xingxuan? We both saw it, that marriage certificate."

Xingxuan felt her martial soul and soul rings were all giving warnings. She didn't really want to get involved in the current situation.

But since she had indeed seen it, she nodded. "Mhm. When he discovered it was a marriage certificate, he was a bit unhappy. I said it could be used as an engagement certificate, and then he became happy."

Hearing Xingxuan's words, Bingtang finally looked up and smiled. "It's probably some misunderstanding. Jiang Si couldn't possibly betray the Sect Master."

Thousand-Pinweed didn't dare to deny it either, just nodding honestly. "Hopefully..."

"Mhm, I'll go ask about it later. Don't worry."

Only when Bingtang returned to leaning over her desk, typing on the keyboard, did the atmosphere in the room ease up.

Qinghua also let out a sigh of relief, patting her chest, and pulled Thousand-Pinweed over. "Don't talk nonsense, dummy!"

"What? I didn't lie."

"We almost entered a total annihilation route!"

"Let's not talk about this. I brought you that Harry Potter fanfic from over there..."

"Not playing."

"Please, Lady Qinghua, play it. It's really fun."

"Unless you change it into a flight sim game and make both Ginny and Hermione romanceable characters."

"Wow, that would cause an uproar..."

Just as Thousand-Pinweed was earnestly begging Qinghua to play the Harry Potter fan game she and her clubmates had carefully created...

The door suddenly opened. Four Leaf and Six Leaf, who had left earlier, ran back in.

Both girls wore bright, innocent smiles, "The Sect Master is back..."

Four Leaf immediately grabbed her sister and coughed. "It's, it's the Sect Master's boyfriend who's back!"

"We bumped into him on the way."

"So we brought him over."

The two sisters spoke one after another, almost as if one person was talking.

Then, each holding one of his arms, they brought Jiang Si in from outside the door.

Jiang Si looked around and nodded. "Nice environment."

Bingtang immediately said with a smile, "Mhm, the Disaster Control Bureau put a lot of thought into it, specially prepared for us."

As they were talking...

Six Leaf suddenly hugged Jiang Si's left hand and raised it, her big eyes sparkling. "Wow, a ring! Such a pretty ring!"

Everyone's gaze was immediately drawn to it.

On the ring finger of his left hand, a white, beautiful ring with a real diamond made the entire room fall silent.

"A... wedding ring?"

Xingxuan asked instinctively.

Then, she felt the pressure in the room, in an instant...