Hujiang.
Wen Xishu could imagine that there were numerous urban legends, monsters, and ghosts in that area. That place must be of a very high level.
He would surely visit again.
Master Lingqing put his palms together and slightly bowed to Wen Xishu:
"In any case, thank you for everything you have done for Rokkasho... salvation is also a form of crossing over, benefactor, this is for you. Perhaps it might help you."
Wen Xishu liked such people who are neither stubborn nor sanctimonious but can hit the core directly. He accepted the gift from the Mage...
It was a wooden fish. The kind that adds to merit with each strike.
Wen Xishu wasn’t sure if this thing counted as an item or could be taken, but after thinking about it, he still took the wooden fish.
He also put his palms together:
"See you at Hujiang."
"Alright, see you at Hujiang."
After making the promise, Wen Xishu finally received the prompt that the mission had been completed and he could return to Deceit Tower.
...
...
In fact, the journey to the 42nd floor of the Desire Tower had already ended.
In the following time, Master Lingqing bid farewell to Wen Xishu and went to other places in Rokkasho.
What Master Lingqing had to do was to build a safe haven. To provide shelter for the few survivors in Rokkasho.
Wen Xishu guessed... he had killed one Corruptor and seven Eerie-level beings.
Theoretically, when he went to Deceit Tower again, the number of survivors in the Deceit Tower would increase and not be limited to just a few.
It seemed that the Mage’s mana was also gradually increasing.
Wen Xishu could feel that this might be the most positive and highly qualified character he had encountered in the apocalypse.
Honestly, he was quite worried whether this character would suffer some great calamities that would change his heart once he reached Hujiang.
But everyone has their own story; all Wen Xishu could do was to offer his blessings.
After all, Wen Xishu could not wait until Master Lingqing had built the sanctuary.
He did not have much time left, but fortunately... he could see a simulation of a new fate trajectory.
[Due to changes in the plot of the Desire Tower, the 42nd floor of the Deceit Tower "Seven Terrifying Nights in Rokkasho" will be restarted.]
[All players currently participating in this mission (excluding invitation holders) will have their memory modules synchronized to be modified.]
[Memory module modification in progress.]
[Deceit Tower opening logic repair simulation.]
[Simulation starting.]
[After parting ways with the destined person, Master Lingqing began building the sanctuary in Rokkasho.]
[Master Lingqing’s mana strengthened day by day as the apocalypse approached, yet he did not become complacent but felt deeply the difficulty of responsibility.]
[Master Lingqing drew 108,000 Forbidden Curse Talismans to protect the sanctuary; no ghosts could approach, and the survivors would have a safe stronghold under the protection of the talismans.]
[The deaths of several key figures in Rokkasho caused some matters to be halted, and Hujiang’s special officers came to investigate, arresting Master Lingqing as the mastermind.]
[Though the way to Hujiang wasn’t dignified, to the Mage, he finally went to Hujiang, and moreover... entered a crucial place.]
[Rokkasho was a large-scale experiment, far surpassing Hujiang in scale, but Hujiang was the origin of all evil experiments.]
[Master Lingqing, as a new experimental subject, began to be researched. The Mage himself did not resist.]
[After undergoing inhuman torture and experiments, Master Lingqing’s body became more eerie and terrifying, but he didn’t twist his heart.]
[Master Lingqing, along with other part of the experimental subjects, escaped the laboratory and formed the Hujiang Demon Cleansing Monks.]
[In the Hujiang battlefield, a new force would appear—the Demon Cleansing Monks.]
[Your favorability with Eerie · Master Lingqing rises to 95.]
[You have attracted the attention of Libra; your favorability with Libra +7.]
This was the entire simulation result.
After reading the simulation, Wen Xishu was quite shocked.
Rescuing Rokkasho, being taken away by Hujiang’s officials as an experimental subject, subjected to inhuman torture... yet finally finding a breakthrough, forming the Demon Cleansing Monks force with some experimental subjects.
What kind of unyielding will was this? Wen Xishu wondered if, seeing Master Lingqing being captured, it meant that he would turn evil and become a tenfold stronger being?
But the Mage didn’t turn evil; he held firm to his will and original intention.
Wen Xishu sighed, still feeling too weak; if only he became strong enough...
Now he wished to go to Hujiang’s battlefield and fight side by side with Master Lingqing.
At the same time, Wen Xishu noticed two things—
First, he had actually attracted the attention of Libra; this constellation, honestly, had really focused on him for the first time, unlike the collective watch of Scorpio.
"What does Libra care about? What is its appearance related to?"
This made Wen Xishu curious; could it be that the god of Hujiang is Libra?
But it shouldn’t be, because if that god were truly Libra, Libra should have decreased his favorability rather than increased it.
Second: Originally, there was no "Demon Cleansing Monks" force in the Hujiang battlefield. The leader of the Demon Cleansing Monks must be Master Lingqing.
But in the previous trajectory, Master Lingqing was in another place, sheltering monsters.
Yet since he had influenced Master Lingqing, the Mage’s thoughts began to change fundamentally.
From the initial "sealing all evil beings to provide space for the survivors," it transformed to "even if I seal all evil beings, evil will continuously emerge from the source; I must go to the source to cleanse everything."