Hidden Moth

Chapter 626 364: From Spring Rain to Autumn Frost

All happenings and characters in the Illusion Realm were his knowledge evolving, but notably, he didn't realize it at the time, executing each action seriously.The people in the Illusion Realm might have had NPC attributes, yet he never treated them as NPCs, but regarded everyone as real people in reality.

It wasn't until he dissected the Illusion Realm that he realized how everything occurred and why it evolved in such a manner. No wonder he always saw everyone with a certain transcendent perspective in the Illusion Realm.

If the Illusion Realm was a story, he himself was the author.

He heard Mei Guyu say again: "So, you experienced three months and twenty days in the Illusion Realm?"

He Kao shook his head and said: "No, actually the real experience was one month and twenty days. Two months passed inexplicably, as if nothing happened in a flash. It wasn't until I dissected the Illusion Realm that I realized the timing was off."

In the Illusion Realm, after He Kao finished taking pills and returned to Qi Yuan, the date was June 30th. But just a week later, it was new student registration at Qi Yuan University, and the time had already reached early September.

July and August, the whole two months inexplicably slipped by.

Just like many times people experience in life without anything memorable, as if it disappeared.

Mei Guyu: "Oh, what an interesting situation that must be? If Brother doesn't wish to speak..."

Before she could finish, she was stunned, because He Kao had sent a Divine Thought, conveying almost every detail of the Illusion Realm experience.

Achieving Sixth Realm Cultivation enables mastery of Divine Thought.

The core wonder of Divine Thought lies in its ability to directly transfer information, including various complex and indescribable details, making the other party feel as if they are personally experiencing it.

Such vast information flows like a compressed package, incomprehensible to ordinary people, but it poses no problem for Mei Guyu, as this is the best means of communication between them.

Except for a few situations He Kao deemed unsuitable to discuss, almost everything was told to Mei Guyu, which made Mei Guyu slightly embarrassed.

Traditionally, the Illusion Realm is neither spoken of nor questioned, and unless the disciple is willing, even a teaching master wouldn't deliberately inquire. Yet before Mei Guyu finished speaking, He Kao had told her everything.

Embarrassment lasted only a moment, then Mei Guyu asked with surprise: "So you are the Hidden Moth!"

By telling the experience in the Illusion Realm, He Kao effectively confessed his Hidden Moth identity, and the situation of the Hidden Moth Sect was no longer a secret to Mei Guyu.

Previously, only Jiang Daozhen, Gu Chun, and Li Xiuyuan, these three elders were aware, and now there is also Elder Xiaomei.

He Kao smiled and asked: "Didn't you know earlier, Sister?"

According to the Magic Sect's lineage, Mei Guyu and He Kao were peers, and He Kao was a few years older than Mei Guyu, so the term 'Brother' Mei Guyu called out was very smoothly spoken.

He Kao is the Sect Leader of Hidden Moth Sect, having now broken through to Great Success Cultivation, his status is faintly equivalent to Sect Law Hall Elders, thus calling her 'Sister' was also quite natural.

Mei Guyu openly replied: "No one told me, nor did I probe, so I didn't know about the Hidden Moth identity."

He Kao smiled bitterly: "Couldn't you guess?"

Mei Guyu gave him a glance: "I didn't guess!"

Her answer is interesting, Lan Jiwan in the Illusion Realm guessed but wouldn't ask, while Mei Guyu in reality didn't even guess. If Hidden Moth wanted to voluntarily admit the identity, she would know; otherwise, lacking evidence, she wouldn't know.

Then she added: "I will keep your secret, besides the three elders already aware, I won't mention it to anyone else, and I also thank you for trusting me so much."

He Kao: "Since Sister entrusted her life to me, even handing the Rainfall Divine Sword for my safekeeping, I surely can trust Sister too."

Mei Guyu smiled faintly: "Now that Brother has broken the gate, and I have too. This Steel Ruler is yours, and it should return to its rightful owner. It's nurtured and refined by me, becoming a sword upon my breakthrough, named Frost Condensation."

She came with a bag on her back, with a Steel Ruler, identical to He Kao's, inserted in the side. After putting the bag under a tree far away, the Steel Ruler turned into a sword light flying over, and she reached out her hand to pass it to He Kao.

He Kao was momentarily stunned but then responded, initially not taking the sword but quickly bowing and clasping his fists: "Congratulations on achieving Seventh Realm, Sister!"

After Mei Guyu cut down enemies with her sword in Joy Valley, she entered the Vacuum Realm. This is the challenge one must go through from Sixth Realm to Seventh Realm, losing all Divine Power and Mana, thus she handed the Rainfall Divine Sword to He Kao for safekeeping.

Now with He Kao's cultivation breaking into Great Success, Mei Guyu also broke through the realm, showing the mysterious fortune of opportunity indeed.

Mei Guyu gave the Rainfall Divine Sword to He Kao, then to conceal the truth, she carried the Steel Ruler made by He Kao.

Although she lost Divine Power, her Cultivation Realm remained, this Steel Ruler was continually nurtured by her... After breaking through, it was naturally refined into a Magic Sword. This can be considered an unreplicable opportunity.

Cultivators value opportunity most, today hers needs the Rainfall Divine Sword back, thus gifting this Magic Sword to He Kao.

Mei Guyu: "Let's both celebrate, consider this Frost Condensation Sword as a gift."

He Kao rubbed his hands: "Oh, how can I feel good about this! You gave a gift, yet I didn't prepare anything."

Mei Guyu: "It was yours to begin with, and don't you have that Pure Yang Pill to share with me another day? I'll consider this as a return gift."

He Kao didn't decline further and extended his hand to accept the magic sword, which resembled a stainless steel ruler. His gaze slightly focused, for he sensed another spiritual presence.

The spiritual sense was not directly sent by Mei Guyu, but rather it came from the sword's own spirituality when he communicated with it using his divine sense.

This is still Mei Guyu's divine ability. Those with Tier Six Cultivation can master spiritual sense, while Tier Seven can progress further to grasp Divine Control Thought.

The so-called Divine Control Thought refers to endowing an object with spiritual sense, as if giving it spirituality. The profound, indescribable information through it can transcend time and space, much like the techniques in xianxia novels for creating items like jade slips.

The Frost Condensation Sword carries within it the Divine Control Thought, which imparts its marvelous use alongside methods of refinement and control.

The Frost Condensation Sword is certainly not a divine artifact; only legendary Tier Nine cultivators can create such artifacts. Even if Mei Guyu broke through to Tier Seven, she wouldn't possess that kind of skill. Yet its marvelous use closely resembles the Rainfall Divine Sword.

Mei Guyu had only ever carried a single Rainfall Divine Sword as her magical artifact, so she didn't entertain other thoughts while refining the Frost Condensation.

He Kao put away the Frost Condensation Sword and summoned the Rainfall Divine Sword, returning it with both hands and said, "The divine sword returns to its rightful owner." After a moment of thought, he asked, "Why did you name the magic sword you gave me Frost Condensation during the summer?"

Mei Guyu blinked and had a somewhat playful expression: "Because you returned from autumn!"

Is that really the reason? It makes perfect sense! Isn't it to correspond with the name "Rainfall"? He Kao didn't ask further; after all, the two swords are still the same at the moment—they are both stainless steel rulers.

The two had each brought a steel ruler when they came and left the same way, with almost no change visible.

He Kao returned the Rainfall Divine Sword and didn't obtain the Celestial Net Umbrella or the Sharp Qi Shuttle from the Illusion Realm, but he did gain another magic sword, Frost Condensation, and more importantly, confirmed his Tier Six Cultivation.

The two left Qihuang Spirit Garden together, and He Kao drove Mei Guyu back to the Sesame Apartment in Qi Yuan. It was already daylight, and Meishan Noodle Shop had opened, so they went in to eat a bowl of noodles.

Mei Wenhua came over to greet them in person, and He Kao smiled and asked, "When is Xiaowang coming back? It's been a while since we've seen him."

Xiaowang is Wang Yuhuan, and He Kao had known that Mei Wenhua took him in. Recently, Mei Wenhua took over the adjacent store, expanding the noodle shop's business area, and Wang Yuhuan was the one assisting with these tasks.

Mei Wenhua: "He's practicing with his senior brother and will be back in a few days."

He Kao: "Once he is back, he can help you out, so Sixth Uncle doesn't have to be so busy every day."

Mei Wenhua chuckled: "Busyness is self-imposed, but being busy is good. It's better than not knowing what to do."

They came quite early, and there were still many empty seats in the noodle shop, but while they were eating, it gradually filled up.

Several colleagues from the company came in for breakfast and, seeing He Kao and Mei Guyu eating together, some specifically greeted them, and others winked playfully. Mei Guyu and He Kao pretended not to notice.

A customer complained while ordering, "Boss, why is your delivery service always closed and not accepting orders?"

Boss Mei accompanied with a smile: "Business is busy, can't keep up."

Meishan Noodle Shop was on the delivery platform but often didn't accept orders during peak dining hours. No matter how fast the staff worked, there was a limit to how much they could produce in a certain time; they were already too busy with dine-in orders.

There were several other fast-food restaurants nearby, and they were almost all envious of Meishan Noodle Shop's business. The shop had encountered troublemakers several times, and there were always harsh negative reviews on the delivery platform.

There were many reports and complaints, such as substandard hygiene, failing fire safety checks, and even allegations of adding poppy shells to the soup... any issue you could think of.

It's unclear how Boss Mei handled it, but everything was eventually resolved.

As for those who intentionally caused trouble, it's unknown how Boss Mei dealt with them, but several nearby restaurants inexplicably closed down, and the noodle shop's business improved even more.

He Kao had heard of these things but hadn't bothered to inquire, merely snickering inwardly that someone tried to bully the outsider Mei Wenhua but ended up troubling a Tier Five Heart Stealer, not knowing the word "death"!

After the meal, He Kao returned to his apartment, finally settling his mind for sitting meditation, as if just waking from a great dream.

He spent the whole day inside his apartment without going out, consolidating and adapting to his current physical and mental state, and reviewing the experience in the Illusion Realm from the beginning.

Everyone in the Illusion Realm didn't appear out of nowhere. The intelligence provided by the Ancestral Hall included not only details about Hu Weidong's background but also mentioned the circumstances of individuals like Julie, Weng Xi, and Hilary.

Some of the information couldn't be verified for accuracy, as it merely collected some rumors or speculations.

The events that occurred in the Illusion Realm could be seen as projections of reality, basically dividing into four categories: some were almost certain to happen, some were merely possible, some were his worries, and others were his expectations.

As the Illusion Realm evolved, it demonstrated the most likely way things would occur... all must be discerned clearly.

He Kao couldn't possibly know everything; there would always be things he didn't know or anticipate, and a single event could have different outcomes, so it was normal for these events not to happen in reality.

Of course, if those things did happen, it would also be quite reasonable!

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