Chapter 549: You're My Brother?
Chen Huaian had always been an extremely curious person.
Especially when White Sword was someone who had helped him out of trouble?
So the moment White Sword appeared, he immediately used his game system to investigate White Sword's identity.
However, all he obtained was vague information.
[Name: ??? Alias: White Sword Age: ???]
[Strength: Quasi-Immortal]
Question marks everywhere, a whole bunch of question marks!
Since obtaining the Electronic Girlfriend game system, this was the first time he encountered so many question marks.
This definitely wasn't due to a difference in strength.
Moreover, he was also at the Great Ascension Stage - he could see Tu Shan Yue's information without any question marks.
Even when viewing Real Person Jade Compassion at her Quasi-Immortal stage, there were no question marks, just slightly less information displayed.
Therefore, there must be something unusual about this White Sword.
Relying on his backup plans and trump cards, he decisively activated Heaven's Calculation.
The system responded :
[Your question does not require Heaven's Calculation.]
[Player, please confirm whether you wish to know White Sword's true identity. Warning! Once known, this cannot be undone!]
[If player learns White Sword's identity, you must strictly keep it secret, otherwise face the consequences!]
All these words were highlighted in red, carrying a strong sense of warning.
Chen Huaian wasn't one to be easily intimidated and immediately chose to uncover the truth.
He thought the system's response would be ordinary.
But he was genuinely shocked.
[White Sword's true identity is - the external incarnation of the Malicious Corpse severed by Chen Huaian through Sever Three Corpses, Master of the Void Abyss Sword.]
[Player must keep this absolutely secret. If information is leaked, you will face the consequences!]
The "face the consequences" warning repeated three more times.
Chen Huaian was completely dumbfounded.
He remained stunned long after White Sword had left with Tu Shan Yue and the Five Demon Saints.
"Who am I?" he asked the customer service.
[Player is Chen Huaian.]
The customer service started playing dumb: [He is White Sword.]
"Didn't you say he's the Malicious Corpse severed by Chen Huaian?" Chen Huaian was so angry his vision darkened. This update ıs available on 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡⁂𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢⁂𝘯𝘦𝘵
[This system cannot comprehend the information provided by the player. Please try another question!]
"Customer service, if you're being threatened, blink once - make the system interface flicker!"
[This system cannot comprehend the information provided by the player. Please try another question!]
Chen Huaian was speechless.
No matter what he asked, no matter how he threatened or coaxed, the system customer service stubbornly refused to acknowledge anything.
As if the system that had just revealed those secrets and issued countless warnings was a completely different entity.
When he checked the customer service response logs, he couldn't even find the previous responses - they'd all been deleted!
"Oh, this venerable one understands now." Chen Huaian narrowed his eyes. "It's known that Sever Three Corpses requires severing the Malicious Corpse, middle corpse and lower corpse. Currently this venerable one is the main body, and you as this venerable one's game system are bound to me - we prosper and perish together. The information you just revealed seriously threatens both our safety, hence your repeated warnings!"
"Now you're afraid of exposure, so you're playing dead!"
"After all, as an external incarnation, White Sword already possesses Quasi-Immortal strength - his main body must be a True Immortal!"
"You're afraid that continuing to talk might alert him, bringing disaster upon this venerable one and yourself, isn't that right?!"
At this moment, Chen Huaian felt he had insight into everything.
He was basically Sherlock Holmes' equal.
[This system cannot comprehend the information provided by the player. Please try another question!]
"Fuck your ancestors!" Chen Huaian lost his composure, stomping his feet in anger.
"Ahem, that..." Xiao Feng watched with a strange expression as Chen Huaian yelled at the air and stomped the ground. "Chen... Sword Master... This old man understands that joining the Heavenly Demon Sect is cause for celebration, but... there's no need for such breast-beating and foot-stomping. It's giving this old man some pressure."
Old Demon Xiao's voice snapped Chen Huaian out of his rage.
He suddenly remembered there was an old demon watching him nearby.
Getting definitive answers about the identity issue would take time.
Shifting his attention to Old Demon Xiao, Chen Huaian immediately flashed a wild grin: "Senior Xiao Feng, what wonderful fortune to meet you again! Perhaps this is heaven's arrangement! Hehehe!"
Ah~ that familiar, heartwarming, delightful laughter.
So quintessentially demonic cultivator.
"Hehehe!" Old Demon Xiao laughed too, his voice even hoarser, more sinister and evil than Chen Huaian's.
Then his smile abruptly vanished as his eyes gleamed sharply:
"Little Brother Chen, this old man doesn't recall meeting you before... could you tell me in detail when we last met?"
The smile didn't leave Chen Huaian's face, though it stiffened slightly.
Seriously? He'd already demonstrated the Heavenly Demon Art, yet this old man still wanted to get to the bottom of things?
Were all demonic cultivators this cautious?
Chen Huaian considered making something up - if he didn't spin a good tale, this green-skinned old demon might turn shit-yellow in the next second.
And then from shit-yellow to menstrual red.
Then he'd be completely screwed.
"This old man asks not because he doubts you," Xiao Feng continued seeing Chen Huaian's silence. "This old man simply prefers clarity in all matters. You could say it's this old man's way of doing things. I dislike any unknowns in my surroundings, whether people or objects."
Chen Huaian's smile grew more forced.
He wouldn't rest until everything was under his control, would he?
[Detection! Host facing critical decision point! Wrong choice may endanger life!]
[System provides three answer options, please choose!]
<1> Answer 1: Father-in-law, I'm Little An! Don't you remember? When you worked in the palace, I carried the chamber pots for you and Her Majesty!
<2> Answer 2: Fellow Daoist Xiao, long time no see! When we traveled together last time, we even flirted with Yaochi fairies together - do you recall?
<3> Answer 3: Little brother, don't blame mother. During that famine, selling me was her only choice. If she hadn't sold me and elder sister, you wouldn't have had food to survive - there'd be no you today. Let's just say fate works in mysterious ways. Later I also joined the Heavenly Demon Sect and cultivated the Heavenly Demon Art, but by then you were already the lofty sect master. I didn't want to disrupt your life, so I never revealed our relation.
Chen Huaian's lips twitched.
These three options - each one more absurd than the last.
And each seemed equally plausible.
But as the saying goes, when in doubt choose the longest option. After brief hesitation, Chen Huaian directly selected the third.
"Little brother! Don't hold grudges against mother for her harsh decision! If she hadn't sold me and elder sister, our whole family might have perished in that famine - there'd be no you today!"
"What?!" Hearing this, Old Demon Xiao's gaze toward Chen Huaian immediately changed.
His vision blurred slightly as he stared at Chen Huaian's face, gradually overlapping it with the hazy memory of a child's figure from his past.
"You're... my elder brother?!"
He exclaimed involuntarily.