Chapter 245
She was neither a postage stamp nor a beautiful tool.
The real Liang Yuchuan... well, still foolish and still bad, sometimes so foolish that Tu Lan was left speechless.
—“Song Qiu! Last time we met, didn’t Tu Lan say that the one called Song Ci was bullying you?! Don’t worry, I killed her last night!”
As she said this, Liang Yuchuan patted her chest, grinning with a look that said, “Don’t be too moved.”
After being reborn for so long, Yu Xunge felt a suffocating sense of helplessness for the first time. She pressed her hand to her chest and leaned against a big tree, her breath barely a whisper: “Do you know who she is?”
Liang Yuchuan was taken aback: “Who? The one bullying you? Didn’t Tu Lan say she dumped all the work on you, stole your credit, and called you a lowly owl, unworthy of the Song surname, and that you should go work as a mule for the Moon Fox?”
Tu Lan dramatically covered her heart with a sparrow’s wing, choking back tears: “... She is Song Gui’s beloved youngest daughter, the sister of Song Ji.”
Liang Yuchuan looked even more confused: “So what?”
Yu Xunge pointed at herself: “And I, Song Qiu... am the fifth granddaughter of Song Gui’s grandfather’s second younger brother’s third son.”
Liang Yuchuan understood the difference between distant relatives and close kin, realizing the concern about being hunted down. But she thought Yu Xunge was just too timid, living a life that was far from enjoyable!
She wasn’t really stupid; she was careful when she killed. It was rare for her to want to be nice to an outsider, yet Yu Xunge didn’t appreciate it.
Liang Yuchuan felt a bit annoyed and wanted to lose her temper, her brows knitting together. But thinking of the help Yu Xunge had given her family and the warnings from Liang Peizhou and Liang Sha, she held back her anger and patiently explained, “Don’t worry, I was very careful when I silenced her. They won’t trace it back to us.”
Yu Xunge: “Bloodstains, hair, skin flakes?”
Liang Yuchuan: “I wasn’t hurt.”
Yu Xunge: “Your face and figure?”
Liang Yuchuan: “I was attacked from behind; she didn’t see me!”
Yu Xunge: “The skills you used?”
Liang Yuchuan: “I used my divine gifts and skills. I forgot to introduce myself: I am the Water God, S-rank. Do you understand the weight of that?”
Yu Xunge understood, but she was more concerned about whether the method of death and the residual skills at the scene would allow them to divine Liang Yuchuan’s identity. To be honest, she didn’t trust Liang Yuchuan’s cleanup skills, mainly because she might not have the ability to block divination.
Moreover, being attacked from behind was even more dangerous. The wings were the source of the power of the oak owl, not just for flying. She had seen all sorts of strange wing skills; even a feather touching something could leave a clue.
As long as the oak owl found out about “Xin Cu,” they could trace it back to her frequent interactions with “Song Qiu.”
Liang Yuchuan laughed at her caution, while Yu Xunge couldn’t help but chuckle at Liang Yuchuan’s overconfidence.
The difference between them was that if they both had to set fire to a house, Yu Xunge would scout the place in advance, create an alibi to eliminate her own suspicion, find arson tools that wouldn’t be traced back, and clarify the forces behind the other party to see if she could provoke them... After everything was in order, she would choose a night, quietly set the fire, and return without telling anyone.
As for Liang Yuchuan? Ah, was she really going to set fire to that house? She would raise her hand and say, “Wait a minute, let me finish this cappuccino. After I finish my coffee, I’ll put on my mask, sunglasses, and gloves, then drive straight to the destination, toss in a torch, and leave while enjoying the breeze, posting on social media about how cool I am.”
Liang Yuchuan: “By the way, Song Qiu, you’re quite skilled at this.”
Yu Xunge: “…” The conversation was going nowhere.
She gave up. After all, she was planning to defect; it was just a matter of doing it a bit earlier.
After parting ways with Liang Yuchuan, she immediately used her current identity to gather a batch of fruits with various uses. She also used the tools at hand to create dozens of intermediate healing potions and mana potions. Fortunately, her current identity was decent, and she had a 12-slot backpack that could barely hold everything.
In addition, she also misappropriated a good set of equipment for herself and obtained several B-rank skill books—one each for wind, fire, ice, water, and lightning—attack skills that allowed her to cast spells while moving.
【Gale Bullet】【Fire Tail】【Ice Breath】【Rain Needle】【Lightning Ball】—while their attack power and features couldn’t compare to A-rank skills, they made her offensive capabilities more comprehensive.
Skills and attribute points were different; skills followed the soul. Even if she left the tower, she could still use them, and these were the treasures within the tower! Once she got them, she learned them right away.
Unfortunately, she was just a peripheral figure of the Song lineage, her divine gifts were lacking, and she had just arrived, leaving her no time to climb up. Currently, she was only managing a level four treasury, which had nothing of value.
On the fifth day, she received the arrest warrant from the oak owl.
【Chapter 385: Tower · Defector Owl · Song Qiu · Xin Cu · Spicy Scallion】
That day, when Yu Xunge got up to gather for breakfast, she sensed something was off. Someone was watching her, and there was the scent of sleep-inducing fruit in the food. Even as she picked up her bowl and chopsticks, the few oak owls who had been secretly observing her in line began to close in.
Yu Xunge quickly stuffed Tu Lan into her pet space, used Phantom Shift to appear outside the logistics department’s equipment warehouse, and accessed the magic array to retrieve the only A-rank skill book.
【Blood for Blood】 A-rank (Passive): Each time you kill a target, you will restore 0.01% of your health.
This was a skill book used to maintain order in the level four treasury she managed, and it was extremely practical for battle!
After leaving the camp, she discovered that Liang Yuchuan had sent her a message.
【Xin Cu】: I’m wanted now.
【Xin Cu】: How thrilling!
【Xin Cu】: Haha, you’re wanted too? I heard them calling you a defector owl.
Yu Xunge: “…”
They really were not meant to get along!!
Yu Xunge learned 【Blood for Blood】, then took a detour to evade her pursuers. After preparing some food in the wild, she returned to the battlefield that night, ready to assassinate a group of low-level oak owls.
She was genuinely worried that once she went out, she wouldn’t be able to act against the oak owls again. This was different from facing the Blue Star people; it wasn’t about distinguishing between sides and right or wrong, but rather a reflex on a psychological level.
On the battlefield, killing enemies required her to keep her mind alert, processing a massive amount of combat information every second. Each time she reminded herself that she was currently an oak owl, she had to avoid killing oak owls; it was all a form of psychological suggestion.
It was like playing a game, where the entire world was divided into red and blue teams. Years of experience had conditioned her to associate blue with “kill” and red with “comrade,” “ally,” “not to be killed.”
She urgently needed to kill some oak owls to counteract this psychological suggestion.
Additionally, she needed to steal some attribute points to strengthen herself before leaving; she was only level 27, and her attributes were far from sufficient.
Tu Lan had already flown back to her head, and the two of them arrived at the outermost part of the camp. Before using Phantom Shift, Yu Xunge habitually opened her Hunting Eye and discovered a target just ten meters away. She immediately drew her knife and stealthily approached, only to find that the other party was also slowly walking toward her.
In the moonlight, the two Blue Star people, each holding a dagger and crouching on the ground, faced each other.
Liang Yuchuan’s murderous intent was replaced by astonishment, and she even looked a bit touched. She said, “You... you came back to find me? Didn’t I tell you I already escaped?”
Yu Xunge: …
Tu Lan: “Oh wow! So this is why you had to come back!”
Yu Xunge: “What good does it do you to make me angry?”
Tu Lan: “Not at all! I’ll die before you do, because before you can make me mad, I might just die laughing at your misfortune!”
Yu Xunge would swear on her divine gifts that Tu Lan’s growth was not her fault; she wasn’t that infuriating.
Yu Xunge had grown accustomed to Liang Yuchuan’s self-indulgence and remained unfazed: “Oh, the more I think about it, the more annoyed I get. I’m going back to kill some oak owls to vent my frustration.”
Liang Yuchuan looked at Yu Xunge with admiration and said, “Let’s go together; it’s on the way.”
Yu Xunge refused: “No need, we might get caught together.”
Liang Yuchuan actually preferred to act alone. She had just mentioned her mother’s instructions casually. She said, “Alright, then I’ll look for some too.”
After Liang Yuchuan left, Yu Xunge persuaded Tu Lan back into the space.
Tu Lan was reluctant: “I don’t want to! What if I can’t keep up with the plot when I come out?”
Yu Xunge sighed: “I’m just going in to assassinate oak owls. What could happen? I’ll kill them and leave.”
Tu Lan: “Really?”
Yu Xunge: “Absolutely.”
After convincing Tu Lan to stay back, Yu Xunge began her work.
She didn’t rush to use her disguise skill; since the identity of Song Qiu was already compromised, there was no need to complicate things while doing bad deeds. It was not only meaningless but also made it easier for others to discover that she had a disguise skill, which wouldn’t be beneficial for her escape later.
She took her dagger and chose a direction far from Liang Yuchuan. The oak owls here were generally around level 20. Yu Xunge didn’t kill the patrols; the patrolling oak owls were tied with alarm peppers, and if one died, the peppers would immediately shoot up into the sky and explode, clearly signaling to all oak owls that an outsider was causing trouble.
Yu Xunge directly used Phantom Shift to enter the camp, modified her luck value, and began sneaking into one wooden house after another to steal attribute points. She stole from each oak owl three times, and regardless of whether she succeeded or not, she would immediately attack, moving at lightning speed, making it impossible for anyone to notice that she was continuously using skills.
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