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Chapter 17 The Little Maid's Ascension to Immortality 6

Cheng Menqin frowned, puzzled as to why he couldn't find the Jade Pool. He wondered: Could the name of the mountain given in the original text be wrong? The Jade Pool is not located on Bai Nai Mountain, but rather on the mountains surrounding Bai Nai Mountain.

Cheng Menqin suddenly remembered that System 0814 had reminded him that Melissa was also in this world.

Could it be that Melissa took it beforehand? Thinking of this, Cheng Menqin's expression suddenly turned serious.

"Brother Wang, Brother Wang! What are you thinking about, Brother Wang?" Mo Xing asked cautiously when he saw Wang Fenglang standing there motionless for a long time with a very bad expression.

Cheng Menqin snapped out of her daze and remembered that she was still inside Wang Fenglang's body, so she continued to act according to Wang Fenglang's persona: "I'm fine, I just didn't expect that rumor to be false, which made us both come for nothing."

"You're upset because of this? That's alright then. When we get down the mountain, I'll treat you to something nice, young master," Mo Xing said with a grin. "Besides, there are plenty of opportunities in the world, and what belongs to us will naturally come to us."

"You're right, I was overthinking it." Cheng Menqin replied to Mo Xing perfunctorily, still thinking about other places nearby that could help people quickly improve their cultivation.

"I don't even know where Melissa is," Cheng Menqin thought irritably. "The current situation is alright; she doesn't know me, and I don't know her. But if she knows more than I do, then she'll get more opportunities, and the extra missions will almost certainly be hers—that's absolutely unacceptable."

"Let's go back first. It wouldn't be good if we delayed everyone's time for treasure hunting and cultivation," Cheng Menqin said, leading Mo Xing back to their encampment.

When it was time, the students went up the mountain to search for treasure, leaving only a group of servants to clean up the leftover dishes. Taking advantage of the fact that there were few people around, Caihua secretly called Lianhualing back and had her crawl into her sleeve.

Lotus Spirit transformed into a small snake and coiled around Caihua's upper arm.

After confirming that it was not noticeable from the outside, Caihua felt relieved and led Lianhualing to pack things with the others, planning to go down the mountain after the students returned from their treasure hunt.

Seeing that Ayaka had completely gained Lotus Spirit's trust, and that nothing could threaten her life anymore, System WQBYRZM decided to take Lu Renkui to another world.

System WQBYRZM said to Lu Renkui, "Host, get ready, we are about to leave this world."

"Okay, okay," Lu Renkui said, closing her eyes to prevent the white light from blinding her.

"Alright, host, get ready." System WQBYRZM entered a string of code, and a blue panel quickly appeared. System WQBYRZM pressed the "Disengage" button, but the result surprised her—a message popped up saying that their extra mission completion rate had not reached 60%, and they could not leave the world.

"System, system! Have we arrived yet?" Lu Renkui closed her eyes for a long time, wondering why they hadn't arrived yet—last time, they arrived in Caihua's consciousness space in the blink of an eye.

The system WQBYRZM looked at the task panel that popped up, which read "Extra task progress 5%". After a long silence, it said to Lu Renkui, "We accidentally received an extra task. Only when the extra task reaches 60% can we leave this world."

Lu Renkui opened his eyes, somewhat bewildered by the system WQBYRZM's words: "Did we accept an extra mission?"

"Perhaps because we helped Ayaka obtain the Lotus Spirit, the main system automatically assigned us an extra task." System WQBYRZM looked at the task progress bar and felt overwhelmed.

Looking at the mission panel, Lu Renkui asked, "So, we need to complete this mission to leave this world?"

"Hmm... It's not necessary to complete the extra task. Either complete 60% to leave this world, or wait for someone else to complete the extra task."

"Which possibility seems most likely at the moment?"

“Complete this extra task.” The system WQBYRZM showed Lu Renkui the content on the screen: “This is the task progress leaderboard, and we are currently in first place.”

"So the main system assumes that we are raising Ayaka as the protagonist of the world."

"That's true. I originally thought that an opportunity that wasn't very useful wouldn't have any impact. I didn't expect to be forced to accept this task." System WQBYRZM pressed his forehead, because the original text didn't describe Lotus Spirit much.

The lotus spirit appears later in the story, and her main purpose is to heal the male protagonist. As the male protagonist, Jingan, grows stronger and his physical and mental strength improves, he gradually no longer needs the lotus spirit, and the lotus becomes a mascot or decorative object for the harem.

“Since we’ve taken on this mission, let’s do it seriously and try to get it to 60% completion before leaving this world.” Lu Renkui leaned closer and, after seeing the progress leaderboard, asked with some confusion, “Why are the remaining two all asterisks?”

“Protect the privacy of task workers to prevent them from being maliciously competed against or being maliciously outcompeted by them,” the system WQBYRZM replied.

Lu Renkui said with some surprise, "It's so useful! With this function, I don't have to worry about being killed."

"These asterisks are really annoying," Melissa said, looking at the extra mission progress leaderboard with some frustration. She and another person were currently in second place. Who would be in first place?

System 0733 says there are two other people in this world who also have systems. Melissa wants to know who the person ranked first is. Could it be Cheng Menqin?

But all of this is unknown, and Melissa can only watch with frustration as the person in first place shows only 5% progress on the mission.

"Ma Meiyun." Melissa called to Ma Meiyun, who was sweeping outside, and urged her to come in immediately. She lowered her head and asked Zhang Chenmian, "Your Highness, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Take this manual." Melissa took out a manual she had mastered in another cultivation world from her own space and gave it to Ma Meiyun: "This manual is for you. Be serious. I want to see your cultivation improve within a month."

"Yes, Your Highness." Ma Meiyun was somewhat flattered and accepted the manual with slightly trembling hands.

"Alright, go back now. I'll have someone else cover your land for today. You go and cultivate, do you hear me?"

"Yes," Ma Meiyun said, bowing her head. "This servant takes her leave." She then took the manual and went to a place to cultivate.

On the other side, Cheng Menqin also took out a cultivation manual from another world from his own space and gave it to Mo Xing. He had also seen the task progress leaderboard. He and another person were tied for second place, and the first place was likely to be Melissa. He had to complete this extra task before Melissa so that he could widen the gap between the two of them.

“Brother Xing, I found this cultivation manual on the mountain. After reading it, I found that the techniques in it are not suitable for me. The physical techniques are more suitable for you.” Cheng Menqin handed the manual to Mo Xing under a pretext.

"Brother Wang, when did you find this? Aren't we always together?" Mo Xing took the manual and looked at "Wang Fenglang" in front of him with a puzzled expression.