100: Chapter 100 A Mission

Half a year later.

On a vibrant rocky slope.

Several children with fox ears were playing.

Suddenly, a powerful aura erupted from beneath their feet; the terrifying pressure instantly forced them to collapse to the ground, gasping for air.

Just as they were about to burst into tears, a figure that brought them peace of mind appeared.

The pressure on them vanished instantly.

"Senior Tushan Qing! Thank you!"

"Wuwuwu~ That was so scary..."

"Is there some monster locked up down there? It scared us to death!"

"What monster? It must be some secret mech, our own Yao Race mech!"

"No, mechs don't have such oppressive pressure. It must be a monster!"

...

The children discussed back and forth, then turned their gaze to the calm smile of the handsome man before them.

"Senior Tushan Qing, tell us, is it a mech or a monster?"

Tushan Qing watched them quietly, a mysterious smile on his face.

"Neither, oh~"

"Ah? Then what is it?"

"Just a traveler in a foreign land."

The children wanted to ask more, but the handsome man waved his hand, a gesture used by the Tushan Fox Demon to see guests off.

"Fine..."

Being children, they weren't affected for long, and soon they were playing on the lawn in the distance again.

"I envy them so much..."

A cold, clear voice sounded beside Tushan Qing.

"Yo! Our Saintess has finally come out of seclusion."

He turned his head to look.

He saw a young girl standing quietly in a white dress adorned with intricate gold patterns. She held her hair with one hand, her dark golden eyes revealing a youthful liveliness, and her white hair fluttered in the wind like the pure, first snow on the mountains.

She was barefoot, stepping on the grass, making her look like a spirit integrated with nature, indescribably beautiful.

Xing Yaoyan twisted a strand of hair with her fingers, her gaze looking tenderly at the carefree fox demon children in the distance.

She noticed that as time passed and her strength increased, the integration between her and this body was becoming deeper. Both her actions and mindset were gradually becoming more feminine.

"How long have I been in seclusion?"

"Half a year."

"Half... half a year?"

Xing Yaoyan stumbled immediately, and the beautiful image she had created vanished.

She had actually expected this Breakthrough to take some time, but she hadn't thought it would be this long.

This was actually thanks to the golden fruit she got from Qian Mo; she didn't know what that thing was, but it was so potent.

However, despite being in seclusion for so long, her gains were significant.

Her Spirit Sea had expanded, and her Power Of Will had increased. The number of slots for copyable skills had also increased by one. Skills like the Golden Light Domain and Golden Armor Mode, which previously required converting massive amounts of Power Of Will, could now be used directly, though the consumption was a bit high.

Most importantly, she discovered she had gained a passive skill—Spirit Eye, which allowed her to see the lines of weakness on locked targets. Combined with her Malice Perception, the effect was far greater than one plus one.

This time, the third Holy Mark in her Spirit Sea was particularly huge, almost twice the size of the previous two.

The three Holy Marks echoed each other, forming a golden pattern in the center. Although Xing Yaoyan didn't know its specific function yet, she could feel that this thing would definitely be very useful...

"What, have you tucked away your ears and tail now? I saw that little girl from the Cat Demon Clan, in order to keep up with you, broke through to the third rank and still keeps her cat ears and tail even now."

"Ah?"

Xing Yaoyan also knew that in the eyes of the Yao Race, incomplete transformation was a symbol of low strength. She didn't expect that as a royal, Ying Linglong would disregard her royal dignity because of her.

"Actually, it's not like I did it on purpose..."

The aura on the girl changed, and her familiar white wolf ears and wolf tail appeared.

After breaking through to the third mark, there was simply too much Power Of Will in her body, and the Power Of Will allocated to transformation automatically increased, so she really hadn't intentionally fully transformed.

"Hmm... this looks much more pleasing..."

Tushan Qing smiled as he watched the girl's change, teasing her.

Hearing this, Xing Yaoyan subconsciously pulled a mirror from her storage space to examine herself carefully.

It seemed that other than her temperament being a bit better, nothing else had changed. Oh, her hair was a bit longer...

"Stop being vain; your friends are waiting for you."

"Hey, what do you mean I'm being vain... I'm not that kind of delicate girl..."

As a man in her past life, Xing Yaoyan hated it most when people said she was being vain. This was also because she had been deeply influenced by her parents' traditional thoughts when she was young, believing that men shouldn't care too much about their appearance.

Looking at the stubborn girl in front of him, Tushan Qing just smiled without saying anything.

"Snap!"

He snapped his fingers casually.

The next moment, Xing Yaoyan found herself on the streets of the Southern District of the Imperial City.

"Greetings, Your Majesty, greetings, Saintess..."

The surrounding Yao and humans were not surprised by the sudden appearance of the two; they just customarily bowed respectfully, then went about their work without being too affected.

"These red lanterns? These red calligraphy on the doors?"

Xing Yaoyan widened her eyes and looked around. The whole street was decorated with lanterns, and every household had red spring couplets and calligraphy on their doors. This was exactly the atmosphere of the Spring Festival from her past life!

"Is it the New Year?"

"Hmm... you could say that. Humans call this the 'Spring Festival'. Because there are many humans in the Southern District, we let them decorate the streets of the Southern District like this."

Tushan Qing explained slowly from the side.

"But over there, today is exactly the end of the festival. Look, haven't they all returned to work..."

Watching everyone bustling about in the festive red ocean, Xing Yaoyan felt her eyes moisten for a moment.

They say "one misses their family more during festivals," and as a "stranger" who is "alone in a foreign land," how could she not feel the same...

Thinking about it now, the college student who was the pride of her family had transmigrated to this dangerous other world and even had her gender swapped. Her parents, who were waiting to enjoy their old age, had lost their child in middle age. Thinking about it, she felt she had let them down.

"Xing Yan, what's wrong?"

Tushan Qing's hand waved slightly in front of Xing Yaoyan's eyes, interrupting her homesickness.

She realized at that moment that she was already teary-eyed.

"Nothing..."

Just a little homesick...

She said the last sentence in her heart.

If it were Senior Hu Wang, she might have said it out loud, but with Tushan Qing, she always kept her guard up.

Soon, they arrived at the palace.

Ying Linglong, Leng Xiaoyue, Ying Dian, and other prodigies that Xing Yaoyan had met before were waiting in the hall in an orderly manner.

Seeing Xing Yaoyan and Tushan Qing, everyone's expressions were different.

"Ahem... I called everyone here today because of a mission..."

Tushan Qing didn't waste time and got straight to the point.

"Due to the approaching 1092nd 'Star Calamity', our Kingdom of Myriad Demons has reached a temporary joint agreement with the Human Alliance to completely pause internal fighting and face the crisis in a few years together."

"You will enter the four best Ability Universities of the Human Alliance to learn advanced human technology, while humans will send high-level elites to our Yao Race's battlegrounds for practical training."

"Humans claim this 'Star Calamity' is unprecedented in scale, but you don't need to worry about that. What you need to do now is to be good exchange students for friendly exchanges between the Yao Race and humans."

"You must give those Human Race prodigies a little shock from the Yao Race. Over there, you don't need to worry about being targeted by the human higher-ups. You don't need to be low-key; as long as you don't beat them to death, just beat them to death for me!"

This was the first time Xing Yaoyan saw a sharpness in Tushan Qing's eyes that was completely different from usual.

The demons were excited and started rubbing their hands, and different powerful Demonic Power fluctuations filled the air.

With these words from the King, they didn't need to fear anything.

Hehe... Human prodigies, let us show you flowers in a greenhouse that geniuses tempered in slaughter are not something you can compare to...

"There are twelve demons here in total, three for each Ability University; draw lots from the box to decide."

"Ah... do I have to go too..."

Xing Yaoyan looked at the eleven eager Yao Race prodigies in front of her and pointed at herself blankly.

"Of course, you are the leader of our new generation of the Yao Race. How can you not go?"

Tushan Qing smiled and handed over the box, signaling for her to draw first.

Under the respectful gazes of the other demons, Xing Yaoyan was forced into a corner and had to reach into the box with a forced smile.

Please, don't, please don't...

"Longxiang! The Saintess drew Longxiang Ability University!"

Damn it... my luck is really damn good...

(Volume One End)