Meanwhile, on the other side…
The moment Wei Qing returned to his little den, he couldn't wait to pull the weapon called Undying Sever out from his consciousness.
In an instant, a crimson flash swept past, and the pitch-black hilt settled firmly into his palm.
Just gripping this new weapon, Wei Qing could feel the portion of power within him that belonged to the Hunt beginning to boil.
Mmm. You can tell Lan really likes this Undying Sever.
Standing in his small courtyard, Wei Qing stared at the blade in his hand—the faint, drifting blood-red effects that clung to it.
Cool. Seriously cool.
Cool enough to reignite the long-suppressed, embarrassingly edgy soul inside him.
After playing with Undying Sever for a while, Wei Qing finally had the time to inspect the so-called system.
There was no "system spirit" like the ones in the novels from his previous life. Just an introduction so brief it was practically useless—meaning he'd have to explore everything on his own.
After studying it for a bit, Wei Qing finally figured out what the system actually did.
Simply put, it lived up to its name: the Super Traitor Cultivation System.
It existed for one purpose—training traitors.
Based on the host's environment and needs, it would issue corresponding main quests and side quests, guiding the host down the "most correct path" to becoming a fully qualified double-crosser.
Though considering that absolutely unhinged beginner tutorial earlier, Wei Qing had serious doubts about what this system considered "correct."
At the moment, none of the side quests had triggered yet—but there was one main quest.
[As a qualified traitor, now that you've already become a servant of two masters, of course you should find a third to meet the 'three-masters' standard!]
[Please become an Emanator of Abundance and complete the "Three Masters' Servant" achievement.]
"..."
What the hell is wrong with you, system?
Wei Qing felt deeply slandered. This brain-dead AI would've been better off giving him a system sprite at least.
Putting aside whether becoming a "three-masters' servant" helped a traitor at all—this choice for the third master was completely insane.
On the surface, Wei Qing now belonged to the Xianzhou Alliance and followed Lan, the Aeon of the Hunt—and the Hunt's relationship with Abundance didn't even need explaining.
In the shadows, Wei Qing was an unknown Emanator under Nanook, an Emanator Lord of Destruction born specifically to destroy Abundance.
Even if he somehow managed to become an Emanator of Abundance… what exactly did the system expect his two current "bosses" to think of that?
And the system wouldn't even show the reward up front, acting all secretive about it. What was the difference between that and those corporate executives who love dangling vague promises in front of employees?
Honestly, Wei Qing was starting to suspect again that he'd been noticed by Aha.
With how deranged the Aeon of Elation could be, once it learned about a "special existence" like him, messing with him was absolutely on the table.
Suddenly, the jade communicator in his pocket vibrated.
Wei Qing took it out—only to find a message from Jingliu.
Weird. Why would she be looking for me at a time like this?
[Jingliu: I ate.]
???
But barely two seconds later, the message was immediately retracted.
Then she sent another.
[Jingliu: Want to go watch a movie together?]
Wei Qing froze.
And maybe because he didn't reply fast enough, Jingliu sent yet another message.
[Jingliu: Or if you'd rather go for a walk, that works too.]
Wei Qing: "..."
At this point, even an idiot would understand something had happened.
It didn't make sense—normally Jing Yuan wasn't that big of a blabbermouth. So how had Wei Qing been exposed so quickly?
Wei Qing was just about to go find Jing Yuan and ask what the hell was going on when Jing Yuan messaged him first.
[White-Haired Lion Head: This is bad, Wei Qing—you're finished!]
[White-Haired Lion Head: My master and the General walked by earlier. They heard everything you said!]
[White-Haired Lion Head: Just so we're clear—I didn't sell you out!]
[Your Majesty, PhD-to-be: Hah…]
[White-Haired Lion Head: ???]
So… that meant his whole "simp confession" act had been overheard.
Great.
After turning off the jade communicator, Wei Qing's emotions got complicated.
To be honest, it was a bit of a social death. If General Teng Xiao heard it, maybe he could still bullshit his way out somehow—but now even the confession target herself knew.
Looks like I'm going to have to move to another Xianzhou ship…
After sulking for a short while, Wei Qing fell back into thought.
What did Jingliu mean by this?
Was she… inviting him on a date?
To be fair, it wasn't strange that he'd overthink it. He'd just said something like that, and immediately afterward Jingliu came in to "tease" him like this.
But it couldn't be that she was inviting him out just to formally reject him face-to-face, could it?
…Hiss. The more he thought about it, the more possible it seemed.
After all, by any normal measure, they weren't that close.
Among their shared circle of friends, Wei Qing actually had comparatively little contact with Jingliu.
Her personality was far too cold and distant—even her own disciple, Jing Yuan, couldn't really be called "close" with her.
If Wei Qing hadn't studied swordsmanship under her for a time back then, he probably wouldn't even have her contact info.
If anything, the woman he was truly familiar with was Jingliu's best friend—Bai Heng.
Most of Wei Qing's interactions with Jingliu happened only when the group gathered, or because of Bai Heng. It was hard to imagine there was some secret "hidden route" between him and Jingliu.
So what was he supposed to do now?
Before Wei Qing could reach any conclusion, the system—silent for a long time—suddenly moved again.
[Ding! Detected that the host is being targeted by the dangerous individual "Jingliu," Sword Champion of the Luofu. The host's traitor identity is at imminent risk of exposure.]
[System analysis suggests the host has aroused suspicion through certain details. Side quest issued: Please attend the meeting alone and use your world-shaking wisdom to dispel the suspicion.]
Tsk. A brain-dead AI is still a brain-dead AI—this quest is complete nonsense.
Wei Qing stared at the system prompt, utterly speechless.
"'World-shaking wisdom'? Is this thing insulting me?" he muttered. "And what do you mean I'm 'about to be exposed'? How did you even analyze that?"
The system, of course, didn't answer. It just displayed the quest in that cold, unblinking way—silently urging him:
Go on. Don't chicken out.
Whether it was because of the system quest, or because he'd already been leaning that way anyway, Wei Qing finally sent his reply to Jingliu.
[Your Majesty, PhD-to-be: Deal.]
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