Chapter 262
Tu Lan was puzzled. "How do those cultivation novels say that someone can go into seclusion for decades or even centuries without communicating with anyone? How can modern people handle such a life without phones or games?"
Yu Xunge casually replied, "Maybe it’s because they’re just slacking off in there that it takes them so long. The actual time spent on breakthroughs might only be a few days. Then they look up and think, 'Oh my, I’ve been in seclusion for a hundred years! I can’t drag this out any longer; my disciple is about to grow old and die. I must break through!'"
Tu Lan rolled around in her arms, laughing.
Though she said that, she was starting to understand that state of mind. Once you set a goal for yourself, time seems to fly by. It was just like her high school days, which passed in the blink of an eye. She had set a goal to create a dish that scored 95 points, and by the time she achieved it, half the year had already gone by.
The forty days before leaving the tower felt even more torturous than the previous two hundred years. Yu Xunge was counting the days, marking a vertical line on the wooden wall beside her bed every morning.
The owl next to her bed began to look at her with increasingly strange eyes, finally mustering the courage to ask if she had just come out of prison.
Yu Xunge stared at her for a moment, then sighed deeply, her face lined with weariness. "I have many stories. Give me a skill book, and I’ll tell you all about them."
The owl replied, "Get lost!!!"
When the day finally came for her to leave the tower, Yu Xunge felt a bit nervous. She told Tu Lan to return to the space first and not to come out unless she called for her.
As the time for the "Master of Slacking Off" finally reached 300 years, Yu Xunge felt a sense of liberation, as if she had just been released from prison.
Unlike when she entered, the moment she stepped out of the tower felt like stepping naked into a hot spring on a winter day. The warmth that surged from the depths of her soul made her realize just how cold she had been all along, a fact she had been oblivious to.
She slowly became aware of her body, her strength, feeling as if she had entered a temple where both body and mind were at peace. Then, a bell tolled, shaking her very spirit.
When she opened her eyes, she saw the sky of Jiyue City. The battle song she had heard countless times on the battlefield of the owls rang in her ears.
Looking around, she saw thousands of owls gathered there. Opposite her stood a "Hawk Emperor," smiling as he watched her, and beside him was another owl—Feng Cang?!
Feng Cang's gaze swept over the pile of… fluffy wind scythes, searching for something.
Yu Xunge immediately looked at the tower's peak, where "Fate Is Never on Time" was located. She noticed that all the moon sand inside had vanished. This discovery filled her with joy; it was the best outcome. All the moon sand had fallen into her hands, and the task from Blue Star was complete. However, she couldn’t shake the feeling that the moon in the sky above Jiyue City wasn’t as bright as it used to be.
Only then did she take the time to look around. One, two, three… five. There were only five wind scythes.
Six meerkats floated in the air, bathed in moonlight. Though they hadn’t used their flying abilities, everyone seemed to be "flying."
She and Team S were the last to enter the tower, so this should be the complete list of those exiting. Fifty-one had entered, but only five had come out?
Before she could distinguish who the wind scythes were, a notification rang in her ears.
【Ding—Detected player as the "Destined Savior" of Owl Spirit Feng Ran】
【Owl Spirit Feng Ran voluntarily gifts you her orange-red wings】
【Accepting the orange-red wings will not change your race】
【These wings will take root in your soul, becoming inseparable from you】
【You will gain all the talents of these wings】
【And randomly inherit one skill from the divine talent 'Marshmallow' of Owl Spirit Feng Ran】
【If you refuse, the wings will have no place to reside and will completely dissipate】
【This may be the new life you have been seeking】
【Or perhaps a nightmare from which you cannot awaken】
【Do you accept?】
【Chapter 350: 'I Said Marshmallows Don’t Expire!'】
Yu Xunge raised her gaze to Feng Cang, who stood outside the tower's shield, looking at her and the other wind scythe nearby. Her eyes darted back and forth between Yu Xunge and that wind scythe, as if she couldn’t get enough of the sight.
Her expression was calm and restrained, but after spending so many years as Feng Ran, how could she not see the joy hidden in Feng Cang's eyes?
Following Feng Cang's gaze to the wind scythe, she noticed that behind it, an orange-red glow was coalescing into a right wing bone. The bend of the wing bone was nearly level with the top of the wind scythe's head. The right wing bone had four segments, resembling the number "7" written from large to small, starting from the shoulder blade. The tip of the wing bone hung down to the wind scythe's knee, the glow less brilliant than the upper half.
At that moment, the left wing bone also began to form, mirroring the right wing.
Orange-red light feathers began to grow from the bones. Unlike the feathers of the owls, these light feathers did not cling tightly to the bones but fluttered in the wind. The light particles that formed the feathers spread slightly in the night breeze, moving in the same direction, like flowing fire!
The orange-red wings of the owls numbered in the thousands. As long as they were intact, there was hardly any difference between them. Feng Ran's orange-red wings would look the same, but after spending ten years together, she recognized at a glance that the orange-red light wings behind the wind scythe belonged to Feng Mu.
Feng Mu… it was actually Feng Mu! She wasn’t a remnant consciousness of the owl spirit; she had always been the tower climber?!
But all players had disguised their information using the skill "Faking Documents" before entering the tower. Even her pocket watch couldn’t probe their information.
Three hundred years had passed, and she had long forgotten the disguises everyone had used. The only thing she could identify was probably the wind scythe standing on a snowboard.
Yu Xunge closed her eyes, her feelings complex.
【I accept, I accept!】
She had "Furious Moonlight," "Absolute Clarity," "Soul Resistance," "Reversal Moment," and "Just Wait, I’ll Be Back." With so many means and profound points, plus the ability to grind various skills through the game with "Mind Hunter," she couldn’t possibly give up the orange-red light wings. She wouldn’t lose.
The sensation of the wing bones slowly growing from her back was so vivid that she didn’t need to adapt or learn how to use the wings. Three hundred years of time with the owls had made her as familiar with the wings as she was with her own limbs.
In her mind, the five skills of "Marshmallow" flashed by quickly.
Finally, it settled on a skill she was relatively less keen on.
【I Said Marshmallows Don’t Expire】: Revives a being that has died within the last natural day. Casting time: 5 minutes. Cooldown: 10 natural days (the cooldown cannot be reduced by any means; the cooldown timer only starts after successfully reviving a being).
A skill that was entirely beneficial to her.
This skill couldn’t be used on herself. Most of the time, she fought alone, and the only potential target would be Tu Lan. But the moment Tu Lan died, she would return to Dragon Island and turn into a dragon egg, making her 5-minute casting time for revival useless.
Perhaps she could turn it into a skill crystal and store it with Tu Lan for emergencies? She just didn’t know how quickly her resurrection skill from her immortal talent would activate, or if it would be fast enough for Tu Lan to use "I Said Marshmallows Don’t Expire."
Compared to this revival skill, Yu Xunge wanted the other four skills that could heal or provide buffs even more.
However, objectively speaking, this skill was indeed the most precious among the five, and Yu Xunge felt content.
When the ritual was completely over, Yu Xunge opened her eyes to find that all five wind scythes had accepted the light wings of the owl spirit.
No one could refuse the power of the owl wings and a divine talent skill.
Two orange-red, one black, one emerald green, one deep blue, and one pure white.
The wings of the three major royal families—Feng, Tao, and Song—were all gathered. The wind scythe on the snowboard actually had emerald green wings.
The light wings unfurled behind each meerkat, and as the night wind blew, the light feathers swayed. Each side of the wings, once fully extended, would be nearly four meters wide.
But the sight of the magnificent wings made of light stuck on the meerkats’ backs… felt so out of place.
It was like a pet sneaking into its owner’s evening gown; the best way to describe it was—meerkats lost in a miracle.
As the ritual concluded, Yu Xunge hadn’t noticed any abnormalities, either on her panel or in her physical sensations.
The six wind scythes exchanged glances, and everyone realized that the moon sand in the clock was gone. The task was over; could they leave early?
But skills couldn’t be used inside the shield.
Just as the "Hawk Emperor" stepped forward to say something, all five wind scythes moved. Their wings spread out behind them, and they charged out of the tower's shield, scattering in all directions!
If they didn’t leave now, when would they?
—"Capture them!!"
All the owls surged forward, unleashing various skills in a high-altitude explosion. Even Feng Cang joined in, but most of her skills were for control.
Last time, when the blood elves climbed the tower, the Hawk Emperor hadn’t given such an order. This time, it was clear they wanted to capture them for the moon sand. Earlier, when they accepted the wings, the "Hawk Emperor" had been glancing at "Fate Is Never on Time."
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