Quick Transmigration: Still Life Fairy

Chapter 145 Trials and Tribulations - I Am the Protagonist

"You? You're nothing but Jiang Huaigu's dog, not worthy to fight me!"

Ju An's water dragon suddenly swung its tail, striking Yun Le's water dragon squarely and sending it flying.

"you!"

Yun Le was so angry that his chest heaved violently. He simply closed his eyes and focused on controlling the water dragon.

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"Three people in one world have connections to the dragon race? What kind of odds are those?" Junran was still muttering to himself.

A thought flashed through Yu Liu's mind, and she reached out and tugged at him.

"what happened?"

"What you just said reminds me of something we've forgotten." Yu Liu reached into her hand and pulled out a listening bell. "Didn't we already know? Ju An is a time traveler! Otherwise, he wouldn't know who the protagonist of this world is!"

Upon seeing the eavesdropping bell, Junran suddenly remembered: "Oh right, so in that case, they weren't in this world from the beginning, at least not Ju'an."

Looking up at the three water dragons locked in battle in the sky, Junran's expression turned solemn: "Being sent to the same world and forced to kill each other, it all feels like a conspiracy."

He paused, his expression suddenly contorting into a ferocious grimace: "I knew my temples were throbbing!! So there's another mastermind behind it all?! I'm going to die!! They're so powerful, yet they're being completely manipulated by the mastermind. We're just two weaklings, we'd be crushed in a heartbeat. Now I'm starting to wonder, did the Jade Emperor have ulterior motives for sending you here?"

"Um... Uncle Jade Emperor wouldn't go so far as to harm me, would he?"

Yu Liu wasn't sure either. The main problem was that every time she went to a world before, she was checked and there wasn't much danger. If there was, Yue Sheng would give her special instructions. But this time, there were no instructions at all, and she was just sent here like this. There were other gods in this small world, so there was no way the people in the divine realm wouldn't know...

"Of course it is! Oh ho ho, Ying Qing, look at Xiao Yu Liu's bewildered little eyes, it makes me want to laugh so hard, hahaha~"

In the dimly lit space, a young man wearing a white T-shirt and jeans kept slapping his thighs, laughing so hard he couldn't straighten up. Ying Qing, who was standing quietly beside him, had a black line on his face. Looking at the person laughing so unceremoniously, he shook his head helplessly.

"Your Majesty, please mind your image."

he reminded.

"Oh ho ho, this expression is really funny, hahaha..." The Jade Emperor ignored him and laughed so hard at the image on the illusion mirror in front of him that Ying Qing could even see the drool coming out of the Jade Emperor's mouth in the dim light.

"His Majesty!"

"Oh dear, Yingqing, don't be so serious. It's fine for me to be serious in formal occasions, but here it's just the two of us, so let's not worry about these details!" The Jade Emperor looked at the serious-faced Yingqing and winked playfully.

Ying Qing's eyebrows twitched, and a well-shaped mark appeared on his forehead.

"His Majesty!"

"Alright, alright, you've lectured me enough, and I've had enough of it. Stop saying those things. Anyway, no one else will know I look like this!"

The Jade Emperor waved his hand, appearing completely unconcerned.

"What's wrong with you, Hu Shi, after you've finished your medicine at Limen?"

In the darkness, a strange voice came from a corner of the space. By the dim light, one could see a disheveled person quietly huddled in the corner. The person had a Western appearance and was none other than the God of Darkness that Ying Qing had captured earlier.

"Tsk!" The Jade Emperor frowned in disgust, raised his hand and sent out a beam of light that transformed into a sharp sword, piercing the chest of the God of Darkness.

"puff--"

"You're speaking so rudely, you'd better shut up!"

Ying Qing also looked at the God of Darkness in the corner and sighed: "Your Majesty, you really acted rashly this time. Yu Liu is still young, and it is too early for her to face these things."

"Moreover, you shouldn't have put yourself in such danger."

Before he could finish speaking, Ying Qing received a heavy slap on the forehead: "What do you mean by 'risking my life'?! Do you think I wanted to?! If it weren't for the fact that only the two of us knew about that matter, and you weren't seriously injured by Hades, would I have had to take action myself?! I am the Jade Emperor, ruling over this realm of gods, with countless capable subordinates. Yet when I need someone, I have to personally step in. As your subject—shouldn't you reflect on this?!"

"Yes, it is my fault!"

Ying Qing hurriedly knelt on one knee, lowered his head, and admitted his mistake.

"..." After a few seconds of awkward silence, the Jade Emperor angrily turned around and returned to his seat: "I'd be stupid to argue with you about this!"

"Ho ho ho ho~"

Strange noises came from the corner. The God of Darkness watched the scene before him, where the leader of the Eastern God Realm and his subordinate had turned against each other, and a smug smile appeared on his face.

"Shut up, you're awful!"

With a flick of the Jade Emperor's finger, the God of Darkness suffered a new wound.

But his face still wore a gleeful smile, contrary to his predicament.

"Your Majesty, will our plan really succeed? Have you overestimated Yu Liu?" Knowing the Jade Emperor's personality, Ying Qing stood up on his own, looking at Yu Liu in the illusion mirror with worry in his eyes: "If we fail, the consequences will be unimaginable."

His gaze toward the God of Darkness in the corner was filled with murderous intent.

The God of Darkness chuckled disdainfully, and his voice echoed in the air: "Go ahead and kill me if you dare!"

It was a sound he produced through his mind, and his pronunciation was much clearer and more accurate.

"Don't worry—I will grant you your wish! Soon, I will completely—kill you!"

The Jade Emperor leaned back in his chair, lazily pointing at the God of Darkness with a sharp gaze: "Don't try to provoke us into killing you anymore. After all, we both know perfectly well that we can kill you, but we can't destroy your divine position—or rather, your divine essence. As long as your divine essence isn't destroyed, you might be resurrected. It's just a matter of time. So stop trying any tricks. They're annoying!"

"So what?" The God of Darkness sneered, "You say you'll kill me completely, but you also say you won't. You contradictory Eastern leader, I really don't know how you got to this position!"

"A contradiction?" The Jade Emperor smiled lazily. "I'm just saying I won't kill you now, so please behave yourself and don't harbor any illusions, because your life—I've already gambled it away!"

The Jade Emperor looked up at the void: "You don't need to know the consequences of losing the bet, but if you win—you will completely disappear! Even your divine essence will be crushed into dust, a total death!"

"This—how is this possible?!"

"Why is it impossible? There's always a way! After all, wasn't our Eastern Divine Realm's number one god—the Tai Ming Divine Lord—destroyed by you in the same way?"

When he said this, the Jade Emperor's expression seemed too nonchalant, but the overwhelming aura that suddenly burst forth from him revealed his fury at that moment.

"You...you guys...know about that method, right?"

The God of Darkness was no longer as arrogant as before, because he clearly knew the consequences of using that method.

"Yingqing, look! Wasn't I incredibly terrifying just now?" The Jade Emperor suddenly laughed triumphantly, showing off to Yingqing: "Look, he was completely terrified! The Western gods are so arrogant, protecting a half-finished product with layers of protection, it's already unusable. I'd be a fool to waste manpower on that thing. That God of Darkness doesn't even think before he speaks. Those Western gods are truly stupid!"

The God of Darkness: "...You were lying to me all along?!?"

"Lie to you? How could I lie to you?" The Jade Emperor became serious in a second: "What I said is true, and the thing I use will never make my people pay such a high price as you have."

At this point, he changed the subject: "However, anything that can truly affect God is never free; a price must be paid. So... I will use you as that price!"

The God of Darkness's pupils dilated instantly, fear beginning to spread in his heart: "You...you all..."

"Oh, don't be nervous!" The Jade Emperor became frivolous again: "We've never used this before, so it's not certain whether it will succeed or not. Why are you so worried?"

Hearing this, the God of Darkness was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he heard the Jade Emperor mutter to himself, "But it doesn't matter, since this thing can be used multiple times anyway. If it doesn't work the first time, we can just try again!"

"You...you're playing me?"

"Yeah, you're angry! Come and hit me if you dare!"

The Jade Emperor stood not far from the God of Darkness, wiggling his buttocks in front of him, looking utterly shameless.

Another "well" character appeared on Ying Qing's forehead.

"Your Majesty! Yu Liu is about to collapse. Should we send someone to help them? If something happens to Yu Liu, I'm afraid..."

Ying Qing hesitated, as if he wanted to speak.

The neglected Illusion Mirror diligently relayed Yu Liu's location, and while the Jade Emperor and the God of Darkness were talking, Yu Liu and Jun Ran fell into danger.

Originally, the two of them were standing by and watching the fierce battle in the sky. Because they were not skilled enough to get involved, they could only watch silently. But as the saying goes, disaster can strike from the sky, and Yu Liu and Jun Ran were unlucky enough to encounter this situation.

Ju An was determined to kill Jiang Huaigu. No one knew what deep-seated hatred existed between them, but his actions seemed to indicate a fight to the death. Jiang Huaigu, on the other hand, was doing his best to control his water dragon to avoid Ju An. However, Yun Leshi, who had infiltrated the scene, made it extremely difficult for him to dodge. This, in turn, benefited Ju An. Both Jiang Huaigu and Yun Leshi were his enemies, so killing either one wouldn't be a loss for him. Therefore, Ju An acted without restraint. Then, just as he had said, Yun Leshi's strength was insufficient. Although she tried her best to stop Ju An, she was still beaten badly.

This complicated situation didn't last long. The water dragons they controlled weren't unrestrained; they couldn't use them for as long as they wanted. After discovering his ability, Ju An had experimented with it. The summoned water dragon could only exist for one hour before dissipating. So his time was limited. Yun Leshi's presence greatly increased the difficulty for him to kill Jiang Huaigu. Realizing he couldn't delay any longer, he suddenly abandoned his pursuit of Jiang Huaigu and instead turned around to grab Yun Leshi with his dragon claws. The sharp claws pierced Yun Leshi's water dragon, tearing out more than a dozen wounds. Then, with a flick of his tail, he released his claws, and Yun Leshi's water dragon was thrown out before it could even react.

And their destination was precisely where Yu Liu and Jun Ran were.

"I think I've caught your bad luck, really!!" Yu Liu looked up at the water dragon rapidly approaching from the sky. Its enormous body covered too much area; even if she ran now, it would be too late. She looked at Jun Ran and said very seriously.

Junran: "..." What does this have to do with me?! I don't want to be unlucky all the time either!! ╯︵┻━┻

In the end, Yu Liu took out all the defensive weapons she had stored on her, stacking several layers of protective shields in front of her. As for the rest... she'd leave it to fate. After all, she was a god; she wouldn't be crushed to death...

"If the water dragon is allowed to continue its downward assault, Yu Liu, given her current physical condition, will certainly be severely injured, though not necessarily killed. If she is injured, then... Your Majesty!"

Before Ying Qing could finish speaking, the Jade Emperor raised his hand to stop him.

"I'm not worried, why are you?" The Jade Emperor looked at the illusion mirror in front of him without any tension. He calmly rested his chin on his hand and said, "Don't worry, Yu Liu will be fine, and I will be fine too."

"But... Your Majesty, you were really too reckless this time. Yu Liu is not capable enough; she cannot handle the current situation!"

The Jade Emperor nodded slightly: "Hmm—I know, that's why I've never placed my hopes on Little Jade Willow!"

"Huh?" Ying Qing was dumbfounded.

"Oh ho ho, it's rare to see any other expression on Ying Qing's usually serious face. I've already told you, don't try to guess what I mean. Look how embarrassing it is that you've misunderstood me!"

The Jade Emperor spoke to Ying Qing with a grin.

"The person I truly hoped for—look, isn't he here?"

In the illusion mirror, just before the enormous water dragon was about to fall on Yu Liu, the sky seemed to suddenly turn dark red for a moment.

"呲-"

"Bam—"

A beam of light flew straight from the horizon, carrying flashing electricity, and passed directly through the water dragon's body. Under the immense energy, the water dragon was directly burst open, turning into a curtain of water that fell all over the sky. Aside from a little pain, the water that hit the body could not cause any major damage. The electric current attached to it was not strong either, and it only caused a slight tingling sensation when it hit the body, but it was not serious.

"I know better than anyone what Xiao Yuliu's strength is, so I wasn't completely unprepared before planning this. I never placed my hopes on Xiao Yuliu. The reason I sent her was to use her as bait to lure out Tai Ming Shenjun!"

The Jade Emperor's expression became somewhat inscrutable: "Little Jade Willow and Tai Ming have met in several worlds before. Each time, Tai Ming left his power on Little Jade Willow. This power is enough to deal with the current situation."

"So, although Xiaoyu Liu's situation looks dangerous, there's no need to worry! 罒w罒, Tai Ming, that wife-protecting maniac, will definitely protect her well, hehe~"

Ying Qing: "..." Can't you just finish what you were saying?! ╯︵┻━┻