600: Chapter 600 Little Love

"Ding! Encounter Quest 'Meeting the God' completed. Rewards obtained: Universal Enhancement Card * 1, Title: God-Meeter [Epic], Seeking the Dao Coins..."

The System prompt brought Zhou Yan back to his senses, and when he truly saw the full appearance of the Mahayana of Love, he couldn't help but be even more shocked.

What met his eyes was a giant mirror mask, and behind that mask, countless mirror masks of varying sizes followed.

Apart from the largest mask reflecting countless faces, various appearances also emerged on those smaller masks.

When It appeared in its entirety, even without deliberately looking at every face, the features of those faces would be imprinted in one's mind.

In just a few seconds, Zhou Yan had already memorized the faces of countless people.

"It truly amazes me. At such a young age, for your first time meeting me, you are actually able to record so many faces of all living beings."

An ethereal voice, impossible to distinguish as male or female, sounded once more. With a soft pop like a bubble bursting, all those masks that had been constantly refreshing their faces vanished,

leaving only one mask, similar in height to Zhou Yan, floating before him.

"Holy crap!"

Zhou Yan swayed, collapsing into the palm of the giant hand, still unable to make sense of the situation.

Seeing this, the mirror mask flew closer, manifested a pair of soft, delicate arms, and gently stroked Zhou Yan's head.

"How is it? Do you feel any better?"

Feeling the warmth coming from the top of his head, Zhou Yan immediately felt much better.

Rubbing his forehead, he also put on a 'mask of pain'.

"No, do you Mahayana all have to meet like this?"

Counting the one in front of him, Zhou Yan had only ever met three Mahayana.

Yu Kou goes without saying; every time he went to see him, he would be dizzy for half a day.

As for Feng Xu, there was no such effect. It might be because they were too far apart on the river of time, or perhaps it was the effect of the buff from Nian.

But whether it was Feng Xu or Yu Kou, it didn't seem like a meeting in the true sense.

After all, one was on the other end of the river of time, existing only in the past and yet to reappear in the future, while the other was already dead, simply exploiting a bug in space.

The one before him might be the first Mahayana he had truly met in the real sense.

Of course, it was also possible that this was just a part of the Mahayana.

The Mahayana of Love was not angry at Zhou Yan's rudeness; on the contrary, It was still radiating traces of love. Perhaps this was also the reason why Zhou Yan was so outspoken after meeting It.

"Let's start with a self-introduction."

The Mahayana of Love circled around Zhou Yan twice, then finally gave a light cough and said.

"My name is derived from 'ai', also meaning 'Love'. You can call me Xiao Ai."

"Xiao Ai?"

A sense of absurdity welled up in Zhou Yan's heart.

How come the other Mahayana had such imposing names, each looking like they had a deep backstory, yet when it got to you, it became 'Xiao Ai'?

This name was the same as a certain AI from his past life, plus the fact that this being's predecessor was also an AI, Zhou Yan couldn't help but suspect that whoever created this one was also a Transmigration practitioner?

Xiao Ai chuckled and rubbed Zhou Yan's head again.

"This name sounds very approachable, doesn't it?"

"Wait, wait."

Zhou Yan brushed away the hand that was messing with his head, took two steps back, and put on a serious expression.

"Let's not talk about that for now. Can you first tell me why you wanted to see me? And regarding the matter with Senior Brother Xie, how do you intend to handle it?"

Zhou Yan's mind was in a mess again.

Based on experience, he had to solve the problem as quickly as possible and talk about the rest later, otherwise, he definitely wouldn't be able to handle it afterward.

"Don't be so serious, and don't be so distant. Here with me, you don't need to be as vigilant as you are with others. I will never harm you, no matter what. You can even stay as long as you like."

Xiao Ai came to the top of Zhou Yan's head again and rubbed it thoroughly.

Hearing the Mahayana of Love say this, Zhou Yan calmed down and reflected on it again.

"It seems that's true. Aside from the initial discomfort that is still there, there really isn't any new discomfort."

He had been a bit biased before; because of the dizziness, he instinctively thought it would get more and more uncomfortable.

Now that he looked at it, not only was the pain subsiding, but his spirits were even much better.

"Right? Right?" Xiao Ai chimed in from the side. "I love this world, I love every one of you, so how could I bear to hurt you?"

"Wait, no, you just hit me the moment we met. You call that not hurting me?"

Zhou Yan suddenly realized, retreated several more steps, and his vigilance skyrocketed.

As expected of the Sect Master of the Joyous Union Sect; the methods of manipulating human hearts were truly formidable.

Presumably, that old geezer, the Sect Master, also fell for it because of this.

Xiao Ai did not show a loving expression like before; the massive mirror face suddenly changed to a crying face.

It manifested a pair of hands to cover its face and began to cry loudly.

"I'm sorry, I'm really, truly sorry. I did such a shameful thing."

"But I had no choice. This is a necessary step for the inspection. I'm really sorry for hurting you, wuwuwu."

"Uh... this... wait, don't cry yet!"

Watching the Mahayana of Love, who had suddenly started crying from the heart, Zhou Yan was a bit at a loss.

He didn't know how many times he had miscalculated the outcome now.

He had thought the other party would suddenly get angry out of shame, expose its Demonic Path nature, and drop the act, but who knew it would suddenly start crying.

A Mahayana being made to cry by a Soul Transformation—this was too absurd.

Perhaps this was also a disguise of the Mahayana of Love, but to lose all face just to trick a Soul Transformation—going to this extent, then Zhou Yan had nothing left to say.

After coaxing for a while, Xiao Ai was finally coaxed into stopping and returned to its previous appearance.

"Oh my god."

Watching the now-coaxed Xiao Ai, Zhou Yan suddenly felt exhausted, having a feeling similar to when he used to coax Han Yue.

"Can we talk about business now?"

Zhou Yan really didn't want to face such a troublesome Mahayana anymore.

To put it bluntly, this Mahayana was like a lunatic; if he were to say it out loud, this being might cry for another half day.

He had to end all this quickly and go back to ask Zhou Su for an explanation.

"I'm sorry, my appearance must have disappointed you." Xiao Ai's mood was still a bit downcast. "My appearance depends on the myriad states of all living beings. When a child with a pure heart like you meets me, I instinctively want to show you a better appearance."

"However, I seem to have messed it all up."

"Alright, so as not to annoy you, I'll keep it short."

Making a wiping-tears gesture, Xiao Ai changed into a face that was cute yet carried a hint of seriousness.

"Regarding the matter of Little Xie, actually, it doesn't matter if you don't pay; you can take him away at any time."

"Back then, Little Mo Yuan brought him here, saying he wanted to treat this child's soul-loss syndrome, so I kept him at the Joyous Union Sect and treated him periodically."

"That so-called debt is actually not Little Xie's, but the cost of Little Mo Yuan's own treatment."

"After all, many of their generation have severed their own names, so they need to come to me for treatment often."

Speaking of this, Xiao Ai made a shushing gesture.

"But you must never speak of this to outsiders."

"Many of them don't want others to worry about them; they are also a group of very loving children."

"So, for the sake of their little secret, please keep it to yourself, okay?"

Zhou Yan felt like he had learned something incredible, scratched the back of his head, and asked.

"Are you allowed to tell me these things?"

Subsequently, he received affirmation from Xiao Ai.

"Of course, understanding the cases of the Seniors is also more conducive to treating your own ailment."

"My ailment? What ailment do I have?"

Zhou Yan had just been a spectator, and in the blink of an eye, the matter had landed on himself.