Ningguang:If we can enter the world of Demon Slayer*, does that mean we can re-enter the world of the Lingyun Grotto?*
The benefits from the Fire Qilin last time had given her a taste for more.
If there was a Fire Qilin, were there other mythical beasts in the world of Storm Riders?
Keqing:I think that should be possible. But I don't think the Fire Qilin is the strongest. The world of Digimon is the most powerful. We should get a few more Digimon. When we've raised them, won't we become the strongest nation?
Ganyu:The world of the Devil Fruits is also very good! Keqing ate the Flower-Flower Fruit. If there are other Devil Fruits, they can be given to others to eat.
Su Han:You're all overthinking it. The missions are completely random. Who knows which world the next mission will be in?
If it were really that simple, this wouldn't be called the Multiverse Mission Group. It would be called the Dungeon Mission Group.
Zhongli:But one day, we will eventually travel to a familiar world again. If the opportunity arises, we must cherish it.
Xiangling:Mm, that's true.
Hu Tao:Right! That Uncle Kau was pretty nice. Next time I meet him, I'll teach him some of our techniques. Hehe.
She had already completely learned the Maoshan Daoist Arts.
Hu Tao was very fond of the knowledge within, especially the art of talismans.
It was just a pity that Qiqi had been nowhere to be found these past few days, so she hadn't even had a chance to experiment.
Kaedehara Kazuha:I want to spar with someone from the world of Devil Fruits. That way, my Haki will improve faster.
Sucrose:I hope to encounter a world of technology. That way, we can invent even more things.
The book on otherworldly engineering had been a great inspiration to her. If there were similar books or worlds, Sucrose would be very eager to visit.
Su Han:Don't worry, all the worlds you like will appear. In three more days, it will be the tenth mission. Who knows what changes will happen then.
Ningguang:My guess is that the group's functions will increase, and perhaps the difficulty of the missions will also rise.
Zhongli:Mm, that is what I was thinking. The public missions for Level 1 members are too few. And the items that Level 3 members can buy cost millions of points, which is extremely difficult to accumulate.
Take the Flame-Flame Fruit and the Koromon for example. They cost five million points. A three-star mission was only worth fifty thousand. How many of those would they have to do? Assuming a three-star mission refreshed every three days, it would take one hundred missions. That was nine hundred days to redeem one item.
Su Han was also thinking about this problem. The price for Level 3 items was clearly too high. Perhaps a Level 2 group chat would come with some great benefits.
Watching the group's lively discussion, he silently opened the system messages and checked the rewards for the last mission.
[Ding! Congratulations to member Kaedehara Kazuha for completing the 3-star mission. As the Group Leader, you have received an additional reward: 5,000 Points.]
[Ding! Congratulations to member Kaedehara Kazuha for completing the 3-star mission. As the Group Leader, you have received the primary mission reward: Lightning Spirit Body.]
[Lightning Spirit Body]: A special constitution obtained by being infused with powerful lightning. Allows for easier mastery of the Electro element, and the body has a greater affinity for lightning.
"Could this be Zenitsu Agatsuma's constitution?" Su Han muttered to himself, looking at the reward.
He had originally thought the reward would be Tanjiro Kamado's sense of smell, but he never expected it to be Zenitsu's constitution.
In the world of Demon Slayer, Zenitsu had been struck by lightning, thereby obtaining a special constitution. Although he couldn't perform the other forms of Thunder Breathing, his Thunderclap and Flash was terrifyingly fast.
Su Han closed his eyes and felt the changes in his body. He already had the Pure Yang Body, and now he had a Lightning Body as well. The two fused together without any conflict.
The activity of the Electro element in his body increased by about ten times.
Su Han tried to use his lightning and found that the rampaging Electro element was as obedient as a toy in his hands. With just a thought, the lightning would automatically change its shape.
"What are you doing?"
Just as Su Han was playing with his lightning, Shenhe slowly walked over from outside.
In her hands, she was holding a stack of joss paper and some incense and candles. The maid beside her was carrying some fruit.
Su Han retracted his lightning and smiled. "My strength improved a little today; my control over lightning has gotten stronger. Have you bought everything?"
"Mm. I bought everything you said to," Shenhe said, holding up the items in her hands to show that she hadn't missed a single thing.
Su Han nodded. "Let's go."
The two of them walked side-by-side along a small path towards a dilapidated village.
Looking at the familiar road, Shenhe turned and asked, "How did you know this was my hometown?"
At first, she had thought Su Han had asked her to buy these things to mourn someone else, but she never expected he would bring her here.
Su Han smiled. "You haven't been back for a long time, have you?"
"Mm. I came back a few times before, but looking at the ruined houses, I didn't know what to do, so I could only leave."
Home was a very distant word for Shenhe.
There had indeed been a beautiful time in her memory, but it had been very brief.
By the time she looked back, her home had already become a ruin, overgrown with weeds.
The memories of the past were all shattered.
The two of them walked past many abandoned houses and finally stopped in front of two graves.
An elderly man was standing there. His hair was gray, but his eyes were sharp and full of spirit.
"My lord, you've brought Shenhe back?"
"Mm. Thank you for your trouble," Su Han replied.
"Hehe, it's no trouble. To be able to help you, my lord, and to see Shenhe again, I am already very satisfied."
The old man looked at the two of them holding hands and was moved to tears.
A-He finally has a home now. You can let go of everything, Minghui.
The old man soon left, not wanting to disturb Su Han and Shenhe. For him, this was enough.
Looking at the neatly tended graves, Shenhe said in a low voice, "You've been very thoughtful."
"He was your father, after all."
Before he had transmigrated, what had moved him most was Shenhe's story.
At the age of six, she should have been enjoying the love of her parents, but she encountered one misfortune after another. Her mother fell gravely ill, and her father went mad with grief. In the end, her mother passed away, and Shenhe's father, Minghui, after coming to his senses, chose to commit suicide in his sorrow.
A few days ago, Su Han had found the old man, Mingjun, and asked him to tidy up the graves of her parents, because today was the anniversary of their deaths.
Shenhe placed the incense and candles and said calmly, "Actually, I stopped hating him a long time ago."
When she was very young, she had learned the truth from her master. Love, hate—those things were very thin and unsubstantial in Shenhe's eyes. If not for meeting Su Han during this time, perhaps she would have never felt the existence of love.
Su Han placed the fruit offerings and, hearing Shenhe's words, said, "Of the eighty-thousand words in the world, only the word 'love' hurts the most."
"Your father was not a good father, but he was definitely a devoted husband."
Hearing this, Shenhe savored the words, and her eyes lit up. This one sentence had truly revealed the essence of human love.
The two of them did not stay there for long. When the incense had burned out, they left.
Not long after they had departed, a red figure, carrying a bag of fried tofu, appeared before the graves.
"To think he would bring his little lover to pay respects at the graves. I didn't expect that fellow to be so cultured. 'Of the eighty-thousand words in the world, only the word 'love' hurts the most…'"
"His words have even moved my heart. Sigh."
Yae Miko took out a cup of wine and gently sprinkled it in front of the grave, a tribute to the man who had gone mad for love.
Su Han did not know that Yae Miko had been following him.
But from the second day on, this woman began to pester him for those scripts, whether it was Demon Slayer or the ideas for those novels.
For basically an entire morning, his mouth did not stop moving, and Yae Miko recorded it all with a pen, not missing a single word.
If Baixiao hadn't urged them that the food was getting cold, they would have still been discussing the novels.
Looking at the late-arriving Su Han, Ningguang said unhappily, "What did you two talk about? How come you didn't leave the room all morning?"
"Some matters regarding novels. Yae Miko came to find me yesterday. I provide the themes and ideas, and she finds people to print them. We split the profits fifty-fifty," Su Han said, explaining the collaboration one by one.
Of course, the matter of the bet, he naturally did not dare to say. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't be getting any food.
Ningguang asked, puzzled, "Then why don't you open a novel shop yourself? We have the money and the people."
"The key is that it's troublesome! And the Yae Publishing House is not only famous in Inazuma, but it also has a reputation in other countries. I just have to move my lips, and I can earn a large sum of Mora. It's no different from picking up money off the ground. If we were to start from scratch, who knows how much manpower would be wasted."
He had also thought of becoming a plagiarist to earn Mora, but he was simply short on manpower, so he had given up the idea.
Yae Miko's arrival had perfectly filled this gap. With her, he could even lie down and earn money.
Hearing this, Ningguang warned, "You'd better be careful not to be cheated by her. I've often heard people say that the foxes of Inazuma are the most deceitful. And the matter of the group, remember not to expose it."
"I'm planning to have her join us. I've already signed a confidentiality contract with her."
"Why?"
Su Han explained, "For Liyue to develop as a single country is, after all, a bit slow. More friends means more paths. And the group will continue to expand in the future. How can our Liyue have so many top-tier experts? Don't worry, I will never leave Liyue."