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After an hour and a half of relentless theoretical bombardment from the Summoning Department’s instructor, the practical segment finally arrived.
As a Qi cultivator, Ye Xingchen naturally found himself at ease, but Su Liyue, in her female form, was suffering.
Having sat for far too long, her bottom was numb, and even her skirt had developed several creases from the pressure.
Despite their distinct bodies, their senses were shared, allowing Ye Xingchen to distinctly feel the aching numbness that permeated Su Liyue’s female form.
She discreetly rubbed her numb bottom.
She began to seriously ponder whether she should develop a ‘note-taking automaton’ puppet technique, and the like.
Wouldn’t that, in essence, only increase the number of meaningless meetings?
This excessively long theoretical lecture was every bit as dreadful as those from her previous life’s company leaders.
Up on stage, the instructor droned on endlessly, while below, students struggled to stay awake.
The most infuriating part was the final ‘stab in the back’: “If only you had remembered every key point I mentioned…”
Su Liyue gazed at the blue sky and white clouds, utterly resigned.
She had believed that transmigrating to a magical world would free her from such torment, yet the instructor of this foreign realm had perfectly replicated the ‘bullshit literature’ of Earth’s leaders, deeply reawakening her dormant memories.
The familiar suffocating sensation nearly made her reflexively blurt out the long-forgotten phrase, ‘Received, understood.’
Finally, the instructor adjusted their glasses:
“If you had paid proper attention, would someone still be drawing even the most basic summoning array incorrectly this morning?”
Feeling the numbness transmitted from her female body, Ye Xingchen couldn’t help but inwardly roar on Su Liyue’s behalf.
‘You spent 90% of the time talking about familiar dietary pairings, for crying out loud!’
Jiuwu, the phoenix, had long since collapsed on Mu Wanqing’s lap, seemingly having given up its soul.
Its tail feathers drooped listlessly, resembling a desperate distress signal.
“Now, group practice!” The instructor waved their magic staff. “Group one to the eastern lawn, group two to…”
“Yueyue~” Mu Wanqing, still cradling Jiuwu, leaned her face close. “Let’s be in a group together! It’ll be perfect for Jiuwu to guide you~”
Cradled in Mu Wanqing’s arms, Jiuwu suddenly stiffened, its small wings awkwardly frozen mid-air.
It secretly glanced in Ye Xingchen’s direction, and upon seeing him watching with a faint, knowing smile, immediately used its wing to form the character ‘five,’ signaling its unwavering loyalty to its master.
Gazing at the lively pair, Su Liyue suddenly felt her own ‘dual identity’ troubles paled in comparison…
“Perhaps we should call Ye Xingchen over as well?” Su Liyue suggested, feigning nonchalance, her fingertips unconsciously twirling a loose strand of hair while her gaze subtly darted toward the corner.
“Eh?” Mu Wanqing tilted her adorable little head.
“But the instructor clearly said two per group, so if we add him, wouldn’t that make it…”
“Mainly because he doesn’t have a familiar!” Su Liyue began to spout nonsense with a perfectly straight face.
“And by the terms of our contract, I’m his master! If we don’t bring him along, that silly boy will surely be all alone.” As she spoke, her gaze couldn’t help but drift towards the corner again.
Ye Xingchen, her male self, was pretending to intently flip through a book, yet it was conspicuously held upside down.
‘Uh… good thing I noticed from an outsider’s perspective.’
On his end, Ye Xingchen quickly adjusted the book.
‘If I could leverage the convenience of our contract to transfer Ye Xingchen’s spirit sword, Qizai, from his male body to my female body, wouldn’t that be incredible…’
“Ohh~” Mu Wanqing suddenly drawled, her eyes curving into crescent moons, looking precisely as if she were relishing some juicy gossip.
“So Yueyue wants a threesome, huh? And you specifically dragged me along. Could it be that you’re thinking again… about how to have a little Xingchen together?”
“Absolutely not!!” Su Liyue instantly bristled, her cheeks flushing crimson.
“I’m just craving his sword!”
“Which kind of ‘sword’?” Mu Wanqing blinked, feigning innocence.
“I recall the holy scriptures stating, ‘When the hero’s sword enters its sheath—'”
“Stop, stop, stop!!”
Su Liyue flusteredly lunged forward, clapping a hand over her mouth, and exclaimed in mortified anger.
“I’m talking about his spirit sword that can fly! Qizai! Didn’t you see it this morning?!”
‘She would crown her best friend the “Chariot King” (TL Note: ‘Che wang,’ literally ‘car king,’ is Chinese slang for someone exceptionally skilled at making suggestive or explicit jokes) of this other world!’
Unbeknownst to Su Liyue, Mu Wanqing had already pulled out a small notebook, nodding as she wrote.
“Mmm-hmm, so Yueyue likes flying ‘two-person play’…'”
“Qingqing!!” Su Liyue stamped her foot in exasperation.
How had their conversation circled back to having children again?!
She seriously suspected her best friend’s thought process had been corrupted by something strange, reaching a terrifying level comparable to that Saintess of the Jade Pond!
“Got it!” Mu Wanqing suddenly clapped her hands.
“Yueyue is interested in his sword that ‘moves on its own’!”
“It’s Sword Control Art! Sword Control Art!! Don’t use such bizarre descriptions!!”
Just then, Jiuwu, the phoenix, cocked its head and sauntered over, slowly tracing an equation in the air with its magnificent tail feathers: 1+1+1=3.
After the equals sign, it even drew a crooked, swaddled baby.
Su Liyue: ‘…’
She wailed in despair inwardly, finally realizing that her conversation with Mu Wanqing was like being trapped in a bizarre Möbius strip.
No matter where they started, it would inevitably and hopelessly spiral towards the inescapable conclusion of ‘threesome leading to having children’!
“Qingqing, I’m seriously beginning to suspect that ‘Lao Gan Ma’ (TL Note: A famous Chinese chili sauce brand, here humorously linked to ‘gan ma’ meaning godmother) is a brand you transmigrated back in time to endorse!”
(TL Note: Isn’t there a clip of John Cena speaking about lao gan ma in mandarin?)
Su Liyue suddenly straightened her small face, pointing a trembling finger at Mu Wanqing.
“Lao Gan Ma?” Mu Wanqing tilted her head in confusion, her hairpins swaying with the movement.
Jiuwu, the phoenix, mimicked her, cocking its small head as well, achieving a hundred percent synchronization between bird and person.
“Why add the ‘Lao’ (old) character? And what are ‘transmigration’ and ‘brand endorsement’?”
“Because all day, every day, you’re thinking about being the godmother (‘gan ma’) to my future children!” Su Liyue huffed, hands on her hips.
‘I’m already over a thousand years old; if I really had a child, by seniority, wouldn’t they have to call you ‘Supreme Ancestor Godmother’?’
Mu Wanqing, however, remained completely oblivious to these underlying currents.
“But Yueyue, if the child calls me godmother, what should Ye Xingchen call me? Sister-in-law? Or… according to the records of the Marriage Scroll, in this situation, it should be called…”
“Stop! Hold it right there! No nesting dolls! If you keep going, I’m afraid a certain sword will turn into the ‘Great-Great-Grandfather’s Sword’! At that rate, Qizai might have to change its name to ‘Ancestor Seven’!'”
In a different dimension, Qizai, who had been playfully drawing hearts with its sword qi, suddenly shivered.
The once perfect heart instantly warped, ultimately transforming into a crooked, eggplant-like shape, as if protesting this dreadful association…
In the distance, Ye Xingchen, still pretending to read, suddenly sneezed.
‘Who would have thought that girls in this world could “drive” (TL Note: ‘Kai che,’ literally ‘driving a car,’ is Chinese slang for making suggestive or explicit jokes) so terrifyingly well.’
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