73: Isn't it Sect Master Bai Luoli?

As dusk fell, Qin Feng scrambled out of Second Senior Sister Li Xiaoxiao's Immortal Cave, practically crawling for his life.

He felt as though both his body and spirit had been subjected to some inhumane "research" and "devastation."

Especially his kidneys.

He seriously doubted that the Talisman with the eerie green glow that Second Senior Sister had stuck to his waist was any "Muscle Fatigue Test Talisman." That thing was still making his lower back feel cold and twitch uncontrollably.

"There isn't a single normal woman in this Sect..."

Dragging his falling-apart body, Qin Feng made his way toward his own Immortal Cave, grumbling in his heart with tears in his eyes.

His Revered Master, Zhao Muxue, hid a needy and jealous fragile heart beneath her icy queen exterior.

Junior Sister Lin Yao lived in the skin of an innocent fairy, but harbored a little devil who loved to stir up trouble.

Third Senior Sister Ye Nianxin was gentle, yes, but once she fell in love, that reckless spirit of devotion made even him, the "beneficiary," feel terrified.

Now, there was also Second Senior Sister Li Xiaoxiao.

A Talisman fanatic obsessed with "Scientific Cultivation" who wanted to slice him up for research at any moment.

Qin Feng felt that he wasn't building a harem at all; this was simply a Hell-difficulty survival challenge!

"Sigh..."

He let out a long sigh and weakly pushed open the door to his Immortal Cave.

His own kennel was the most comforting place after all.

Qin Feng casually set up a few Restrictions, threw himself onto the cold jade bed, and sank into the soft bedding, too lazy to move even a finger.

The consecutive "battles" of the past few days—from being the center of attention at Yingxian Hall, to the "in-depth exchange" with Third Senior Sister, and then being treated as a lab rat for "repeated research" by Second Senior Sister—had left him physically and mentally exhausted.

All he wanted now was a good sleep; to Hell with his Revered Master, his Junior Sister, and his Senior Sisters.

His eyelids grew heavier and heavier, and just as his consciousness was about to sink completely into darkness.

[Ding!]

That cold, mechanical prompt tone exploded in his mind without any warning!

Qin Feng shuddered, instantly becoming more than half awake.

It's here!

His heart leapt with joy.

Every time the System spoke up on its own, it meant something good was about to happen!

It would either reward a Cultivation Technique or a Medicinal Pill, or at the very worst... ahem, a new skill.

What was it this time?

Qin Feng was filled with anticipation.

[Congratulations to the Host for adding another Dao Companion. The System is deeply gratified and specially rewards you with: one Bai Luolo contact jade pendant and half a token of affection.]

Qin Feng froze on the bed, the joy on his face instantly solidifying.

His mouth opened slightly, and he was stunned for a full five seconds before he could find his voice from the extreme shock.

"Sy... System, what did you just say?"

His voice carried a tremor he hadn't even noticed himself.

[Congratulations to the Host for adding another Dao Companion...] The System repeated.

"Stop! Not that sentence! The one after!" Qin Feng roared in his mind, interrupting it.

[Reward: one Bai Luolo contact jade pendant and half a token of affection.]

Bai Luolo...

These three words were like three invisible heavy hammers, slamming fiercely against Qin Feng's heart.

His breathing stopped.

"Bai Luolo?!"

Qin Feng leaped up from the bed, his voice cracking from shock.

"Did you make a mistake, dammit! Isn't it Sect Master Bai Luoli?!"

He remembered it clearly!

At Yingxian Hall, that woman who wanted to take him as her disciple in front of everyone, and after he refused, pushed him into the limelight with the position of "Saint"!

The Sect Master of the Tianxuan Sect, Bai Luoli!

How did it become "Bai Luolo" when it reached the System?

Did the System make a mistake? Did it mix up the names?

This thought gave Qin Feng a glimmer of hope.

After all, faced with an existence of Bai Luoli's level, he couldn't even summon the thought of resisting.

She was a woman even more terrifying and overbearing than his Revered Master, Zhao Muxue!

If the System had really bound him to such a woman as a "Dao Companion"...

Qin Feng felt his kidneys start to ache faintly again.

[This System cannot make mistakes.]

However, the System's subsequent response was like a basin of ice water poured from head to toe, chilling him to the bone.

[Please explore it yourself, Host.]

After saying this, the System fell silent again, and no matter how Qin Feng called out in his mind, it did not respond at all.

Qin Feng stood there blankly, feeling as if his brain had turned into mush.

It cannot make mistakes?

Explore it yourself?

What the Hell does that mean?

He subconsciously reached out.

A flash of light appeared in his palm.

A jade pendant that was pure white and as warm and smooth as mutton-fat jade, and half a token made of an unknown metal engraved with intricate patterns, lay there quietly.

On the jade pendant, two delicate little characters were engraved in an extremely ancient immortal seal script.

Luolo.

Qin Feng looked at the jade pendant, then at the half-token, feeling a massive headache coming on.

Bai Luoli...

Bai Luolo...

What exactly is the relationship between these two?

A shocking yet incredibly logical guess sprouted wildly in his mind.

Sisters?

Or... the same person with different names?

His gaze fell on the contact jade pendant, and a strong urge surged in his heart.

Should he... try it now?

The night was as dark as ink.

The Immortal Cave was deadly silent, with only the night-luminescent pearl in the corner emitting a cold, faint light.

Qin Feng sat cross-legged on the cold jade bed, with the two items floating in front of him.

One was the pure white jade pendant, as warm and smooth as top-grade mutton-fat jade.

The other was the half-token made of an unknown metal.

He stared fixedly at these two things, his brows knitted into a knot, filled with gravity and confusion.

Bai Luolo.

He reached out and gently touched the contact jade pendant with his fingertip.

The jade pendant felt warm to the touch, and a faint, flowing light slowly rotated inside. The two "Luolo" characters engraved in ancient immortal seal script were delicate and graceful, carrying a feminine softness that had absolutely nothing to do with the aura of that overbearing female Sect Master.

Qin Feng tried to probe it with a wisp of spiritual energy.

He wanted to see who this so-called "contact jade pendant" could actually contact.

However, as soon as his spiritual energy touched the surface of the jade pendant, it was like hitting an invisible wall, bouncing back lightly without making a sound.

"Hmm?"

Qin Feng's brows furrowed even deeper.

That shouldn't be right.

With his current cultivation at the Early Golden Core Stage, plus the overbearing and unparalleled spiritual energy quality of the "Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength," even ordinary Magic Treasure Restrictions should have had some reaction.

But this small jade pendant was like a bottomless black hole, dissolving all his probes into nothingness.

He refused to believe it.

The golden Divine Elephant inside his body trembled slightly, and a more majestic and condensed Dragon-Elephant Power flowed along his fingertip, surging toward the jade pendant once again!

This time, he used almost thirty percent of his power!

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