Chapter 280: Thought Translator
Time rewound to two days ago.
Deep within the Immortal Spirit Holy Land, inside an artifact refining room protected by layers of arrays, three bronze rings quietly floated above the central array, emitting a faint, ghostly light.
The room was filled with the special fragrance of smelted spirit materials, and the night-luminous pearls embedded in the walls illuminated the entire space.
Chen Xingcai rested her chin in her hands, tilted her head to look at the floating magic weapon, and asked with a confused look: "What is this?"
Today, she had specially changed into a short outfit convenient for artifact refining, her jet-black long hair tied up high with a red rope, making her look exceptionally spirited.
Bai Li's tail swayed proudly behind her, its fluffy hair brushing against the ground with a rustling sound.
In her pair of amber fox eyes, a cunning light glinted: "What silly question are you asking? Isn't this the magic weapon we three refined together?"
"Yeah..." Chen Xingcai nodded, "But didn't I only handle the silencing array for the bronze ring on the left? So what do the other two rings do?"
"Ah—so the one on the left was for silencing? I only handled the array on the right that can simulate 'Mind-Reading' to convey inner thoughts. What about the one in the middle?" Xiao Ling'er also urged: "Sister Bai Li, stop keeping us in suspense, tell us quickly."
"Hehehehe..." Bai Li suddenly let out her characteristic cunning laugh. With a wave of her paw, the three bronze rings immediately interlocked and spun in the air, letting out crisp clashing sounds. "This combined magic weapon comes with a creative idea from a genius like me!"
With a flick of her tail, the three bronze rings immediately arranged themselves into a triangle.
"The left ring is responsible for silencing, the middle ring can distort the inner thoughts transmitted by the target, and the right ring can then transmit the distorted thoughts to a fixed target—this is the 'Thought Translator'!"
"Thought Translator?!" Chen Xingcai and Xiao Ling'er exclaimed in unison.
Bai Li proudly raised her head, her nine tails fanning out: "As long as that Shen Qingwu transmits his inner thoughts, we can use this magic weapon to arbitrarily modify and relay them, making him reap the consequences of his own actions!"
Chen Xingcai's eyes lit up, but then she thought of a problem: "What if he doesn't use his inner voice?"
"Good question!" Bai Li praised, raising her paw. "That's the purpose of the silencing array—when the time comes, we'll make it so he can't speak, so won't he have no choice but to use his inner voice?"
"Genius!" Chen Xingcai and Xiao Ling'er rarely praised in unison.
Bai Li's tail wagged even higher, the whole fox exuding an air of pride that said "Praise me."
"But..." Chen Xingcai tilted her head, "How are we going to make that Shen Qingwu reap the consequences of his own actions?"
"Hmm..." Bai Li hugged her tail, looking conflicted as she fell into deep thought.
Instead, it was Xiao Ling'er at the side whose eyes suddenly lit up: "I remember! It seems two disciples from the Black Iron Sect have come to deliver a letter these past few days."
"Black Iron Sect?" Chen Xingcai blinked, "Is there something special about them?"
Xiao Ling'er coughed lightly, her cheeks slightly red: "It's said that this sect only accepts male disciples, and the cultivation arts they practice are incomparably fierce and powerful, so in this kind of environment, it's unavoidable that..."
"Unavoidable what?" Chen Xingcai and Bai Li leaned in at the same time, both pairs of eyes gleaming with the light of gossip.
Xiao Ling'er stammered, unable to say it out loud, and finally transmitted her thoughts to the two with a flushed face.
She thought they would blush as red as she was, but unexpectedly—
"So that's how it is!" Chen Xingcai suddenly clenched her fist and smacked her palm, "I've seen this kind of plot in story scripts before!"
Xiao Ling'er's eyes widened: (What kind of story scripts are these! What on earth does Xingcai usually read?!)
Bai Li's eyes, however, lit up, the fur on her tail bristling with excitement: "So it can even be like that, then I need to adjust my plan... like this... and this... it can even be like this?"
She muttered to herself, the tip of her tail getting so excited it tied itself in a knot.
Xiao Ling'er finally couldn't take it anymore: "You two... don't you find this strange?"
Chen Xingcai and Bai Li turned their heads at the same time, saying in unison: "Strange about what?"
"Nothing... it's nothing..." Xiao Ling'er silently took half a step back, her heart collapsing internally: (Damn it! So I'm the only one with pure thoughts?!)
Time returned to the present—
On the flying shuttle's deck, the mountain wind howled past, making everyone's robes flutter. Shen Qingwu's gaze slithered over Bai Li's body like a snake's tongue, the greed in his eyes almost becoming tangible.
The young woman's back, leaning against the railing as she gazed into the distance, outlined a breathtaking curve. The waist of her uniform was cinched extremely tight, making her already slender waist seem even more so.
As the mountain wind blew, her clothes fluttered, and her full, rounded hips were faintly visible. The sight made Shen Qingwu's Adam's apple bob, the heat in his eyes so intense it seemed like it could burn through the young woman's clothes.
But little did he know that behind him, the Shi Gang and Shi Lie brothers' bell-like eyes were staring fixedly at his slender neck.
Their bronze Adam's apples slid up and down with swallowing motions, and the veins on their muscular, sinewy arms bulged.
"It should be about time~" Bai Li estimated in her heart.
She then suddenly turned around, the movement as fluid as flowing water, carrying a fox's unique elegance. Her slender fingertips gently brushed across her vermilion lips, and the corner of her eye swept past Shen Qingwu, that beauty mark on her eye startlingly red under the sun.
In this moment, though not a single word was spoken, it was filled with a myriad of charms.
The waist wrapped in her uniform twisted gently with her steps, each step seeming to tread on the tip of Shen Qingwu's heart. The moment she entered the cabin, she glanced back, the flowing gaze carrying three parts charm and seven parts provocation, making Shen Qingwu's blood rush instantly.
"Senior Sister Bai~"
He eagerly chased into the cabin, the tip of his nose still filled with the young woman's unique gardenia fragrance. But the instant he stepped through the cabin door, he froze—in the empty cabin, only the gauze curtains swayed gently. Where was the beauty's trace?
"Strange..."
Shen Qingwu took a few steps forward and rubbed his eyes. That familiar fragrance still lingered at his nose tip, but his eyes confirmed the room was indeed empty.
Could it be his own hallucination? But he had clearly seen her enter.
Just as he was bewildered—
"Bang!"
The heavy sound of the door closing exploded behind him, startling Shen Qingwu into a shudder.
But the next moment, the corner of his mouth hooked into a smug smile: "So Senior Sister Bai likes to play this kind of game?"
He excitedly turned around, but the smile on his face froze the instant he saw the scene before him.
At the cabin door, two tower-like figures stood on the left and right, completely blocking the exit.
On Shi Gang's bronze skin, the veins bulged, his thick arms a full circle thicker than Shen Qingwu's thigh. Shi Lie was cracking his knuckles, a strange smile hanging on his lips.
What was even more terrifying was the light glinting in their eyes. No matter how he looked at it, it seemed... familiar.
Shen Qingwu immediately felt a chill run down his spine and subconsciously opened his mouth:
"Se-Senior Brothers? What... what are you two doing in here?"
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