With the tidal message coming from the Scalegorge Ancient Sea, today I finally know that I am me. Little March achieved a sudden enlightenment.
She widened her eyes and turned her head to look at General Jing Yuan, seeking final confirmation.
Jing Yuan looked smilingly at the cute March 7th, then glanced at Dan Heng, who was more embarrassed than he had ever been before. The corners of Jing Yuan's mouth hooked up into a pleasurable arc, smiling without speaking.
It had to be said, to be able to synchronize one's train of thought with people like Star Rail, being black-bellied at heart was definitely indispensable.
Stelle: "Blessing time! The Most Benevolent, Most Good, Most High, Most Strong Venerable One! High Elder March."
Caelus: "Rejoice! The Venerable of the Vidyadhara has returned! He is the Venerable of the Dragon Race who gathers all Vidyadhara power in one body, masters the power of the Dragon Ancestor, and swims freely in the Ancient Sea!"
"The three-year period has arrived; we respectfully welcome the High Elder's return!"
Standing beside March 7th, Caelus pulled Stelle along to bow and shout together, resembling guards protecting a queen.
"Heh heh~"
The corners of March 7th's mouth rose into a very spirited checkmark.
She assumed the posture of an Empress Dowager and raised her arm. Caelus very tactfully went to support her fair and tender little hand.
March 7th nodded in satisfaction, then suddenly thought of something. She blinked cutely, leaned close to Caelus's ear, and asked: "By the way, what does being High Elder imply?"
"Of course, it's rights!" A strange light surfaced in Caelus's eyes.
"R-Rights?"
"As the returning High Elder, you are the patriarch of the Vidyadhara race!"
Caelus described vividly: "In the Vidyadhara race, you are the biggest! You are the face of the Vidyadhara. Let alone the Vidyadhara, even the Xianzhou people would be committing a crime of great disrespect if they didn't smile when speaking to you! Even the Xianzhou General has to show you thirty percent respect. You are a queen without a crown or title!"
"In the future, Lord High Elder must reward us with plenty of beautiful Vidyadhara girls!"
"Good, very good!"
"From now on, this High Elder appoints you and Stelle as this High Elder's Left and Right Protectors!"
"Thank you, High Elder!"
Team Star Rail responded loudly in unison.
The High-Cloud Quintet—minus one—were all stunned watching this.
What the hell do you mean 'the biggest'!?
Dan Heng thought to himself: Since when did the High Elder have such great face? How come I didn't know?
And rewarding beautiful Vidyadhara girls? The feudal imperial system ended eight thousand years ago!
No, it wasn't over yet.
Caelus was seen walking in front of Dan Heng with a strut that disowned his own six kin, his high-and-mighty posture fully displaying the appearance of a lackey.
"Dan Heng, seeing the High Elder, why do you not bow?"
March 7th was stunned at first, then put her hands on her hips with an awesome air, looking like a big shot waiting for worship.
"Dan Heng, although you have merit in helping me grind daily tasks, facing the High Elder's precious daughter, you must absolutely not lose your manners!"
Stelle adopted the tone of a grand eunuch advising a foolish military officer to hurry up and curry favor with the powerful.
Dan Heng equipped a Light Cone; there was only silence.
What made him even more silent were the other three gazes concentrated on him.
Jing Yuan, Jingliu, and Blade all seemed to be watching a play, watching a joke. Even the corners of Jingliu's mouth hooked up into an imperceptible arc.
Dan Heng's scalp went a bit numb, and a long-absent sense of awkwardness welled up in his heart.
Especially with Team Star Rail's echoing chuunibyou manifesto, he felt the shame of being stripped of his clothes in broad daylight, as well as some indescribable complex emotions.
He slightly regretted coming to the Xianzhou.
Worrying about Team Star Rail and March was purely superfluous!
With that leisure time, he would be better off worrying about himself. Dan Heng seriously suspected that Caelus had already guessed he was the reincarnation of the former Dan Feng, but he had no evidence.
"Sigh."
Dan Heng took a deep breath, and the water of the Ancient Sea rippled around him.
Amidst March 7th's stunned expression, waves rushed up to the sky, condensing into the phantom of an Azure Dragon circling the horizon.
The Azure Dragon phantom swooped down and merged with Dan Heng. His long black hair instantly surged to his waist, majestic dragon horns broke through the skin of his forehead, and his clothes transformed into the magnificent robes of the Vidyadhara High Elder.
Dan Heng, floating on a lotus, looked at Caelus with helpless eyes.
The meaning was: Is this alright now?
And seeing this cool transformation scene, March 7th was instantly dumbfounded, widening her smart-looking big eyes.
"Eh! What's the situation?"
She suddenly turned her head to look at Team Star Rail, who had lifted her onto the High Elder's throne, only to see Stelle also revealing a look of horror: "W-What? Dan Heng, you are the High Elder!?"
Caelus rebelled and switched sides on the spot, cupping his hands and bowing toward Dan Heng while shouting loudly: "Greetings to the True High Elder!"
Stelle reacted extremely quickly, jumping to Dan Heng's side with eyebrows raised in cold anger:
"Halt! I am the Left Protector of the High Elder. Bold commoner woman March 7th, you actually dare to impersonate the High Elder; you simply deserve to die ten thousand deaths!"
"Huh?"
March 7th opened her mouth wide. After being sluggish for a few seconds, she fired off complaints like a machine gun:
"You guys jumped ship way too fast! And you were the ones who said I was the High Elder first, right? How did it become me impersonating? Also, your title of Left Protector was appointed by me!"
Jing Yuan, Jingliu, and Blade had varying expressions upon seeing Dan Heng reveal his Imbibitor Lunae form.
A trace of a smile flashed past Jing Yuan's eyes seriously. Since Dan Heng revealed the Dragon Form, it meant he would help the Xianzhou.
Jingliu held silence, nostalgia, and a trace of resentment.
Blade, however, was a bit anxious, like a player whose key plot point had been skipped. He hadn't stabbed Dan Heng with his sword yet, so why did the other party transform directly?
He had been looking forward to stabbing Dan Heng for a long time!
"I am long since no longer the High Elder."
Dan Heng spoke calmly, landing amidst fluttering robes. His cold and cheerless eyes held complex emotions mixed with a bit of relief.
Neither Team Star Rail nor March 7th said or asked anything more because he revealed his dragon appearance; they played and joked with him just as always...
This made Dan Heng feel that his previous certain worries were completely unfounded anxiety.
Just as Dan Heng was thinking this, he suddenly realized that two Gray-hairs and one Pink-hair had surrounded him in a circular formation of Heaven, Earth, and Man. Each of them was sizing him up and down with sharp and meaningful gazes.
"What... is wrong with you guys?"
Dan Heng's heart became apprehensive. Being stared at by three living treasures with profound looks, he felt more guilty than facing Jing Yuan, Jingliu, and Blade in this form. He hurriedly explained:
"I actually didn't intend to hide anything from everyone, it's just that I can't recall those sealed memories..."
Before he could finish, he was interrupted by excited words.
"Brother, you look very fragrant!"
Caelus rested his chin on his hand.
"Wearing women's clothing would definitely be beautiful!"
Stelle's eyes shone.
The originally cool Dan Heng, after his hair grew long, had his entire face become much more feminine—simply a congenital cross-dressing saint body!
"I now believe there might really be a story between Dan Feng and General Jing Yuan..."
March 7th nodded her little head.
...Don't you guys want to ask about anything else?
Dan Heng was sweating profusely.
I beg you, ask something about High Elder Dan Feng and the past, okay!?
Jing Yuan's face was slightly dark. Just which History Fictionologist fabricated that wild history!?
"These two fellows, their brains really have problems..."
Blade shifted his line of sight to Team Star Rail; their brain circuits were even more abstract than Silver Wolf's.
Jingliu watched silently from the side. Imbibitor Lunae had indeed taught some decent friends in this life. Thinking about Imbibitor Lunae being put in women's clothing, even Jingliu felt it was quite interesting.
Thinking and thinking, Jingliu paused. She suddenly realized that her usual inner self would absolutely not generate such psychological activities.
After clearing the Mara emotions, had her mindset indeed undergone some changes?
Stelle and Caelus pressed down on Dan Heng's left and right shoulders respectively. With faces full of emotional relief, they spoke in unison:
"If you are a dragon, that's good too!" x2
Dan Heng: "???"
Dan Heng closed the mouth that had wanted to speak.
"Haha~"
Seeing his old friend's suffering appearance of eating humble pie, the black-bellied Jing Yuan chuckled aloud.
When Dan Heng looked over, Jing Yuan timely restored his amiable squinting eyes, looking toward Blade, who held the Shard Sword with residual bloodstains, and Kafka beside him.
"You two, still remaining on the Xianzhou after escaping trouble, do you wish to stay and return to the Shackling Prison?"
Blade fell silent, gripping the sword in his hand tightly.
To be honest, the goal of forcing Dan Heng to reveal the High Elder's appearance had been achieved, but Blade was not resigned!
Shouldn't the best script be him stabbing Dan Heng once!
But Dan Heng was made to self-destruct his identity by the two Gray-hairs. His emotions hadn't been vented, so Blade was very unhappy. But seeing Dan Heng eat humble pie was also very satisfying; his mood was complex.
"What we needed to do is already done." Kafka answered for Blade.
There was a very strange part in the script given by Elio, with very little information. It seemed to correspond to this current situation: they came, Imbibitor Lunae appeared, and that was enough.
"Mn, you helped the Xianzhou with a favor. I am very grateful. Go. This time, I can pretend I didn't see it."
The Stellaron Hunters were very measured this time. Their goal was nothing more than wanting the Alliance to owe the Astral Express a favor. To use such a formation for this matter really made one feel that Stelle and Caelus were Kafka's biological children.
"General!?"
Yanqing was dumbfounded. The wanted criminals he had desperately chased were just let go by his master like this?
"Don't want to let them go? Little Brother, you fought three of the High-Cloud Quintet earlier; do you want to try fighting three Stellaron Hunters later?"
Before Jing Yuan could speak, Moonscar said with a beaming smile.
"This... I..."
Understanding the teasing in Moonscar's tone, Yanqing shut his mouth. He understood that his approach of fighting one against three was somewhat arrogant.
"Pursuing fugitives, this is indeed correct. But one must think thrice before acting, measure oneself and the enemy, estimate the disparity between the other and self, and plan before acting."
Jing Yuan spoke with deep meaning.
"Yes, Yanqing understands."
Yanqing lowered his head; he was indeed reflecting somewhat.
"Jingliu, remember, you still owe me a reward."
Blade turned his head to look at the white-haired beauty.
"Your immortal body is definitely not something that can be dismissed so simply. The sword of the mortal world cannot kill the flesh of an Emanator; on this point, Destiny's Slave should have told you, right?"
Jingliu's willow-leaf brows knitted slightly.
Blade didn't speak. He just stared fixedly at Jingliu with those bloody eyes for a long time, then looked at Moonscar with an inconceivable gaze. Finally, his line of sight fell back, still staring at Jingliu.
Detecting the trajectory of Blade's shifting gaze, Jingliu's brows moved, then suddenly relaxed as she looked at Moonscar.
Taixu Sword God...
If she could master that marvelous realm that makes people unable to understand, perhaps she could give Blade true death.
"Although I don't know what his condition is, that doesn't count as a sword of the mortal world."
Moonscar nodded cheerfully.
A Reality Distortion Field that interferes with causality and probability—it wouldn't be excessive to use it to beat an Emanator of Abundance, let alone just a product of flesh and blood.
The only thing to consider was how to arrive at that realm.
Jingliu turned solemn, frowning in deep thought.
Did Destiny's Slave foresee the relevant future?
Caelus and the System discussed Elio's precognition. The other party's script would be interfered with by the gacha. Ever since Li Sushang was pulled and entered this world, external causality had joined in, and the future would change in small parts.
If high-star items came to the Imaginary Tree, the magnitude of the timeline change would be greater.
The arrival of the six-star earrings earlier caused Elio's prophecy to appear deviant for the first time. For the Li Sushang who arrived before, Elio was able to foresee a certain amount of the future.
Amidst Team Star Rail's farewell voices, Blade and Kafka left directly, quickly disappearing from everyone's field of view.
Jing Yuan turned his head to look at Moonscar and Jingliu.
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