Signing-In: The Lazy Moon Goddess

Bewildered, Mo Jue asked, "What do you mean?"

"How did you know?" Fu Lili asked in shock.

Qi Shiru asked in confusion. "What the hell is happening here?"

The words spoken by Yue Xuexia, who was standing in front of them, startled all the disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect, but they were astounded by all the various interpretations. The first disciple is taken aback by the words that Yue Xuexia uses in relation to his junior sister, Fu Lili. Fu Lili is taken aback that someone other than her and their master is aware of her hidden illness, which even her senior brother and junior brother were unaware of. Qi Shiru, on the other hand, is perplexed by the circumstances as a whole.

Yue Xuexia glanced at the errand boy. She was appointed when she saw him about to waste the pail of water she needed.

"Ah~ if that pail is wasted, I'm not going to heal your senior sister!" Yue Xuexia said.

Qi Shiru trembled and nearly fell, but luckily, he hugged the pail before it fell. Yue Xuexia requested that Fu Lili sit cross-legged on the ground, and with a wave of her hand, golden needles appeared in the center of her fingers. 

Yue Xuexia asked while checking Fu Lili's pulse. "Where did you get such a gu? Heart-eating gu is one of the evil curses that can exist in this world, especially for cultivators like you. It seems you protected your heart and internal organs well, but it started eating your qi, which greatly weakened you."

"Ten years ago, when Senior Sister Tan Bingyu and I went to some hidden ruin in the north, we bumped into some evil sect disciples. Those guys like to practice evil things like ghost control, gu poison, blood curses, and all. The ones we bumped into were a group of Gu practitioners; they saw through Senior Sister Bingyu's physique and wanted to use her as a fridge." Fu Lili storied.

Yue Xuexia is confused about how one uses a human as a freezer. How was that even possible?

Taiyang answered her confusion. "Nine Meridian Yin Physique is a special type of body that allows one to turn their yun qi into ice. Their body temperature is lower than normal, and they can emit frost as long as qi is used. Evil ones like those who were born are interesting as they can be used as toys."

While everyone is stunned by Taiyang's casual remarks, Yue Xuexia stays composed for reasons that are unclear. Perhaps since Taiyang and the system are at her side, she was able to feel fear instead of panicking.

Yue Xuexia said, "Anyways, let's begin. You! Bring me the pail."

"Yes!" Qi Shiru said as he placed the pail of water beside his senior.

Yue Xuexia gave the knife to Fu Lili and said, "Make an incision at the tip of your fingers and let it bleed. Place your hand above the pail of water." She summoned a bit of her natal flame and threw it in the water, keeping the temperature at a human's level. Her natal flame had elements of ice and fire, so water couldn't extinguish it.

Fu Lili followed orders without question; she also chose to believe the young woman in front of her, who was revealed to be a divine doctor and the one who had roused her elder sister. The scent of blood wafted through the room as Fu Lili sensed something moving inside her body, which turned out to be her heart.

Fu Lili was stunned. "This is! Urgh!" Pain and achiness spread all over her body.

Yue Xuexia commanded, "Hold her down!"

Mo Jue and Qi Shiru firmly held Fu Lili as she sat down. She tried to struggle, but two men were enough to firmly hold her there.

"Bear with it! The pain and itchiness mean that the Gu is awake and is trying to escape!" Yue Xuexia threw a few golden needles and blocked the other path except for Fu Lili's injured fingers.

ARGH!!!

Fu Lili began to convulse from unbearable pain and itching, and when Taiyang saw this, he set up a noise-canceling barrier in the room. Meanwhile, Mo Jue, watching his junior sister, saw a small bulge that was actually climbing up his junior sister's collarbone, as if it wanted to go to her head, but a needle blocked the path on her throat, so the wiggling thing could only back off somewhere else.

Qi Shiru mumbles, "Senior Sister had something inside there moving? Is that the Gu?" He looked disgusted at such a scene.

That sight even made Mo Jue's face pale and serious. Imagine what it is like to feel something living moving inside your body; it can be so painful that it makes you want to scream.

Mo Jue whispered, "Junior Sister, bear with it!"

ARGHHH!!

Having been observing the entire time, Yue Xuexia saw that the Gu's trail had shifted to Fu Lili's left arm, where incisions were made on the tips of her fingers. Yue Xuexia took a step back and headed in Taiyang's direction.

"Once it comes out, be careful! Don't let it change the host!" Yue Xuexia said.

A few minutes later, the moving shape on Fu Lili's hand moved from her arm down to her fingers, and Mo Jue and Qi Shiru saw a small, fat, white worm crawl out of her middle finger, its mouth full of sharp layers of teeth resembling a great white shark's. It paused at the tip for a moment, feeling around for the new vessel, but it was blind and could only see by feeling the warmth in the air, and the pail of water was the one that was closest to it, so it jumped into the water immediately. Once the Gu Worm fell into the water, it began swimming comfortably.

After taking off her needles and applying sacred healing to Fu Lili, Yue Xuexia grew somewhat pale as a golden-silver light glow appeared in her palms and fell on Fu Lili, turning her whitish complexion rosy in the presence of everyone in the room.

Qi Shiru tried to help Yue Xuexia but was blocked by Taiyang's arm, which caught Yue Xuexia, who was about to fall asleep.

Taiyang asked, "What is it, Xue'er?"

"My... Jade Bracelet..." Yue Xuexia mumbled as her eyes were about to close, but she was trying her best to keep herself awake.

Taiyang sighed and said, "I will buy it for you. Sleep for now."

"Um," After hearing Taiyang's remarks, Yue Xuexia fell asleep entirely. This is a side consequence of using her god-tier power, sacred healing, with a mortal body; each time she used it, she would fall asleep. Additionally, there was a limit to how often she could use it—three times a day was the maximum.

Mo Jue asked, "Is she alright?"

"No worry. She is only a bit tired. You guys came here for a reason and not only to meet Tan Bingyu. What is it?" Taiyang asked

Mo Jue asked, "We wanted to know how many Jade bracelet amulets the Venerable is going to buy. But now... It's no longer important. We would like to give our thanks to the divine doctor. Please accept these gifts from us. We will formally prepare a suitable gift as thanks next time."

A delicate, silk-like armor, the ice-jade butterfly armor can stave off attacks from a thousand-year-old Sun Chrysanthemum flower herb, a blue jade with a sword imprint in it, and a Foundation Stage cultivator once.

Mo Jue said, "This is my Jade Talisman. If you visit the Heavenly Sword Sect in the future, you can find me with this. Please excuse us, esteemed Lord."

"You can leave," Taiyang said as he carefully carried Yue Xuexia in his arms, and with a wave of his hand, the furniture in the room was replaced with a soft bed, and he placed Yue Xuexia on it.

The Heavenly Sword Sect's disciples made their final bow and left, opting to return early to the sect to tell what had happened and to see how Fu Lili was doing.

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Mo Jue was carrying his junior sister on his back on their way home to the sect. Fu Lili woke up in the middle of the journey.

Fu Lili slowly opened her eyes and noticed the scenery had changed. "Senior Brother, where are we?"

"Senior Sister, we exchanged the ginseng and were about to go back to the sect. We didn't buy the Jabde Bracelet Amulet anymore, as there is no need to go into ruins now that Senior Sister Tan is awake and you're healed," Qi Shiru said.

Fu Lili mumbled, "I'm healed." She ran her qi through his whole body and noticed that the pain before was completely gone. She was excited about this result.

"Eh? How did this happen?" Fu Lili exclaimed.

Mo Jue asked, "What's wrong?"

"Senior Brother, I'm at the 8th level of Qi refinement, almost at peak. How did this happen? Didn't the divine doctor only remove the Gu in me?" Fu Lili said.

Qi Shiru asked in confusion, "Can a divine doctor help people increase their cultivation?"

"Let's ask the master when we get back. I also don't know much about divine doctors; I only know they are extremely rare even in the cultivation world. Let's hurry and return as soon as possible," Mo Jue said.

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Back to the auction house...

The auction ended before Yue Xuexia even knew what she wanted to buy, so he just bid on everything that looked like something she would find useful. The total amount that was paid for with Yue Xuexia's card was 1 trillion rmb. The Crimson Cloud Auction House did not want to ask for payment, but Yue Xuexia felt it would be risky to owe someone she did not know well, so she paid for everything.

When Tan Bingyu woke up, too, she sensed that she was about to reach a new height, given the chance. She also received news from her mistress regarding Mo Jue, Fu Lili, and Qi Shiru, and she was overjoyed to learn that her mistress had removed the Gu from Fu Lili's heart and saved her life.

Yue Xuexia asked, "So, are you going to the Heavenly Sword Sect and take back your original position?"

"There is no need, Mistress. I am more happy to serve and protect the Mistress. Moreover, I can visit them when the Mistress feels like going to the Cultivation World," Tan Bingyu said with a smile.

Yue Xuexia looked bewildered and said, "I'm a mortal. Why would I go to the cultivation world?"

"Maybe if there is time, I can bring you to see it for fun. It's twice the size of this mortal world. The cultivation world is just that big," Taiyang said.

Yue Xuexia said, "Isn't that big already?"

"The immortal world is ten times larger than it," Taiyang said.

Tan Bingyu said, "Immortal world exists!"

"How come it's too big?" Yue Xuexia said in shock.

A little while later, Lin Chiyu and his two old masters made a reappearance before this group, bringing with them a variety of valuables from their treasury to show Yue Xuexia.

Lin Chiyu said upon his arrival, "I'm sorry for being late. There are some things that need to be moved first. Enter!" The Staff of the Auction House started carrying treasure one at a time and filled the room with treasure leaving Yue Xuexia and Tan Bingyu dumbfounded as for Taiyang, in his eyes these aren't treasures but merely toys so he remained calm.

Tan Bingyu whispered to Lin Chiyu, "Oi. Did you empty your treasure grove?"

"Well, a bit~" Lin Chiyu responded.

Yue Xuexia asked, "What is this for?"