253: The joy of being a lazy bum! I've got a new superpower!

The arrival of Ye Linghan and Su Chen turned the already bustling Wen Tianlai Theater into the center of a total carnival.

Liu Ruyan, the Demon Sect Saintess, seemed to have found a long-lost soulmate.

She pestered Ye Linghan all day; the two women, both possessing a streak of madness in their bones, hit it off immediately.

When they weren't researching how to change the plot of the empresss sorrows to be more sentimental and heart-piercing,

They were personally stepping onto the stage to give directions to the actors, passionately teaching them how an "Empress" should be domineering and how a "Mistress Empress" should be resentful.

Ye Linghan, this Demoness, also seemed to find unprecedented pleasure in this novel "role-playing" game.

When the mood struck her, she would even suit up and take the stage herself.

Sometimes, she was the mysterious heroine in the play who killed the Marquis of Champion with a single finger.

Other times, she was the Nine Heavens Goddess who splurged 100 million Spirit Stones just to win a smile from Divine Master Su.

She performed with great joy, and the audience below watched in intoxication, their cheers and applause nearly blowing the roof off the theater.

The entire Great Xia Imperial City fell into an unprecedented gossip feast because of this absurd play at Wen Tianlai Theater, which was becoming increasingly close to "reality."

As the "male lead" at the center of the storm, Su Chen instead welcomed his long-awaited... salted fish time.

The two crazy women had found new toys and finally had no time to bother him.

This news was simply wonderful!

Su Chen lay sprawled out on the softest beast-hide couch in Heaven Character Number One Private Room, enjoying the meticulous service of the Demon Sect maids with a clear conscience.

Crystal-clear spirit fruits were peeled and respectfully brought to his lips.

The freshly brewed Fire Spirit Tea was kept at exactly the right temperature.

There were even two enchanting Demonesses kneeling by the couch, one massaging his legs and the other kneading his shoulders with just the right amount of pressure.

This decadent and extravagant life was even more pleasant than at the Divine Son Peak of the Everlasting Su Family!

【Comfortable! This is what you call life!】

Su Chen let out a satisfied groan in his heart.

【Forget all the fighting and killing, forget the schemes and intrigues, all of you get lost and stay away from This Divine Son!】

【It turns out that as long as I lie flat enough, no asura field can affect me in the slightest.】

After a few days of such a god-like life, Su Chen felt that his salted fish heart, which had been drained by successive scares, was finally refilled with vitality.

It was time to do some "proper business."

Under the pretext that "This Divine Master has some inspiration and needs to go into seclusion to create a new script, do not disturb," he dismissed all the maids and slipped back to his room alone.

After double-locking the door and setting up over a dozen soundproofing and Divine Thought detection Barriers, Su Chen finally pulled out the golden diary from his Storage Ring like a thief.

【My baby, I missed you so much!】

Su Chen stroked the cover of the diary with an affectionate look, appearing more intimate than if he were seeing a long-lost relative.

He impatiently flipped to a new page, his pen tip moving across the paper like a Dragon.

【Year X, Month X, Day X, Weather: Sunny. My mood is like drinking iced sour plum soup during the dog days of summer—in one word, great!】

【I've finally escaped the surveillance of that tsundere Empress Ji Hongxue and temporarily fled the claws of that Crazy Woman Ye Linghan. The joy of a salted fish has once again returned!】

【Speaking of which, that Enchantress Liu Ruyan is truly a genius! Using a play to annoy Ji Hongxue is like a bloodless knife that kills the heart—brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! Ye Linghan too, even going for a guest role, she really doesn't mind making things bigger.】

【However, the more they mess around, the safer I am. I really hope they can perform this play for eight or ten years, ideally with a nationwide tour, then my salted fish life will be secured.】

After venting about the recent gossip, Su Chen got down to business and began searching for the subsequent plot of the "original work" in his mind.

【Let me see... what kind of trouble is that career-focused Ji Hongxue going to stir up next?】

【Oh, found it.】

Su Chen's pen tip paused slightly.

【Tsk tsk, this woman is a ruthless character at heart.】

【According to the script, the Jiuli Divine Dynasty's side has been unable to attack for a long time and is being pressured by the Netherworld Heavenly Demon. Internal conflicts will rapidly escalate, and they'll prepare to settle everything in one final battle.】

【And Ji Hongxue will intentionally show a few weaknesses to lure the main army of the Jiuli Divine Dynasty into the pre-set battlefield—Black Wind Abyss.】

【Then, the most shocking move comes.】

【Under the manipulation of a group of civil and military officials, for the sake of the so-called common people, she will use her own Imperial Body as the formation core to sacrifice the Dragon Qi of the entire Great Xia Divine Dynasty, detonating the endless Earth Vein Evil Qi beneath Black Wind Abyss to play a hand of mutual destruction with the Jiuli Divine Dynasty army and that Netherworld Heavenly Demon!】

【Trading her own life for the entire major threat, and by the way, completely Sealing the Heavenly Demon.】

【Crazy! A total lunatic! Can't she think of a more normal method?】

Su Chen shook his head with a headache as he wrote.

【No, if she dies like this, my status as her "fiancé" will be awkward. When the sky falls, the tall people hold it up, and she's that tall person. If she's gone, won't all the trouble come for me?】

【It seems I still have to find a way to remind her, so she doesn't actually get herself killed. After all, a qualified shield is not easy to find.】

Su Chen calculated in his heart and wrote the last stroke.

He was just about to close the diary.

When that cold, mechanical System prompt sounded right on time!

【Ding! Detected that the host's diary recorded key plot nodes and successfully revealed the subsequent crisis of the Destined Heroine, producing a major impact on the worldline. Special reward: Divine Ability — "Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations: Insects"!】

Su Chen was slightly stunned.

【Oh? The System has new stock? And it's top-tier stuff like the Seventy-Two Transformations?】

He immediately concentrated, and a stream of profound and obscure information was instantly branded into the depths of his Divine Soul.

【"Seventy-Two Earthly Transformations: Insects": A supreme transformation Divine Ability. One can transform into any kind of insect at will. After transformation, one perfectly inherits all characteristics of that insect, and one's aura merges with heaven and earth. It is impossible to see through unless one is in the Dao Ancestor Realm.】

【Note: The duration of the Divine Ability is related to the host's cultivation and the life level of the insect transformed into.】

After Su Chen finished digesting all the information, the laziness in his eyes vanished, replaced by an irrepressible, brilliant gleam!

The corners of his mouth began to curl up wildly.

【Holy shit?!】

【Holy shit holy shit holy shit?!】

【This... isn't this the ultimate Divine Infiltration Skill tailor-made for me?!】

【Turning into a mosquito, a fly, a tiny ant... doesn't that mean I can go anywhere in the world, eavesdrop on whatever I want... cough, investigate whatever intelligence I want?】

Su Chen's breathing suddenly quickened slightly.

In his mind, some images he only dared to think about in dreams now became incredibly clear.

【Jiejie... Jiejiejie...】

Su Chen actually let out a laugh exclusive to villains and wiped away non-existent drool.

【This Divine Ability is very much to my liking!】

He happily put away the diary, feeling that his salted fish life had suddenly gained countless new pleasures to explore.

His gaze pierced through the walls, looking far off in the direction of the imperial palace.

A bold, exciting, and inquisitive thought grew wildly in his heart, no longer able to be suppressed.

【That woman Ji Hongxue was just humiliated by Ye Linghan and now has to worry about the Jiuli Divine Dynasty's affairs; the pressure must be huge, right?】

【As her "fiancé," I should, by both emotion and reason, go and "care" for her, to see if she's taking things too hard and doing something foolish because the pressure is too great.】

【Yes, it's decided!】

No sooner said than done!

In Su Chen's eyes, the excited light of inquiry and exploration flickered.

With a thought, he unhesitatingly activated the newly acquired Divine Ability!

“Transform!”