Chapter Sixty-Four: Main Quest
Now, Young Master Sang had a flood of questions swirling in his mind.
So many that he didn’t know which one to ask first.
And the girl named Nian Nian in front of him didn’t seem to have much patience either.
She pushed up her glasses, squinted slightly, and said:
“I know you have a lot to ask.”
“Pick a few simple ones; I don’t want to talk too much.”
Young Master Sang: “…”
Well, let’s start with the simple stuff.
“Excuse me, what exactly are you?”
“Sys… tem.” She looked down at him with increasing disdain, her beautiful eyes glancing sideways as if she was judging him for asking a stupid question.
Young Master Sang nodded deeply at her brief reply.
Right.
It’s still that useless system of his.
“Why can you suddenly take form?”
“Because you’ve collected the Original Immortal.”
“Why does collecting the Original Immortal allow you to take form?”
“Because you completed a quest; that’s the reward.”
Young Master Sang immediately blurted out, “Oh great, you incompetent system! You have side quests and didn’t even tell me? Just hiding them away, so I can’t earn points, huh?”
“Not a side quest.”
Nian Nian crossed her arms and sighed helplessly.
“… It’s a main quest.”
Young Master Sang: “?”
Wait.
You dare to be useless with the main quest too?
And this book has a main storyline?
“Originally, my system task list has the main quest as collecting the Sky Treasure Earth Vault to restore the full functionality and true identity of the system.”
“However…” She suddenly fell silent, her gaze drifting to the side.
“But what?”
“… It’s nothing.”
Nian Nian’s tone soured again, her voice cold as she said, “Doesn’t the Host just want to live an ordinary and mundane daily life?”
“Not completing the main quest doesn’t affect the Host’s normal existence, right?”
“If the Host wants to continue their current lifestyle, the system doesn’t advise the Host to inquire about the main quest-related information—”
“Wait, how can you be so unhelpful?”
Young Master Sang shot back, “Whether I complete it or not is my business; whether you tell me is yours.”
“I can chime in, but as a system, you should at least inform me, right?”
Nian Nian suddenly shot him a cold glance.
Young Master Sang was slightly startled by her look, shrinking back into the pool, muttering.
“… Never mind, if you don’t want to say it, that’s fine.”
“Telling you is useless.”
Nian Nian continued to fold her arms, sounding aloof: “The only contact the Host has with the Sky Treasure Earth Vault is Si Jingzhu, who is the Original Immortal.”
“The Host has completed the task, and the subsequent main quest cannot be triggered for now.”
“Just pretend you don’t know about it.”
Young Master Sang sneaked a glance at the girl.
Moments later, Nian Nian heard his cautious voice:
“Are you… afraid I’ll complete the main quest?”
Nian Nian’s body subtly shuddered.
“The system is just making a suggestion,” she deliberately coldened her tone even further.
In reality, Nian Nian knew very well.
Having followed this Host for so many years, she understood his temperament the best.
The reason she didn’t want to bring it up was that she was afraid he would get obstinate and start digging for details.
As expected.
The next second, a mischievous smile crept onto Young Master Sang’s face.
“Afraid, huh?”
“Hehehe, then I won’t hold back.”
“System, you better obediently tell me all the information related to the main quest and the clues for the next Sky Treasure Earth Vault.”
“I’m dying to see what you’re really afraid of.”
… I knew it. Nian Nian sighed deeply, rubbing her forehead.
【Foolish Host.】
Young Master Sang: “? Are you scolding me again?”
“Hey, hey, little girl, all day long you don’t learn anything good, just know how to insult people; how unladylike!”
Nian Nian ignored him and changed the subject, saying lightly:
“Information about the Sky Treasure Earth Vault cannot be actively confirmed by the system. The Host must passively interact before unlocking related information.”
In other words.
If you spend your whole life cooped up in the little Demon Cultivation Mountain Gate, working as a minor functionary,
Chances are you won’t encounter another Sky Treasure Earth Vault again.
Upon hearing this, Young Master Sang instantly pouted in boredom.
“Isn’t that just as good as saying nothing at all?”
“If the Host has no other issues, I’m leaving.”
Nian Nian seemed particularly impatient, already preparing to vanish.
“Wait, I still have a few minor questions.”
Suddenly feeling shy, Young Master Sang cleared his throat, his face turning a bit red as he asked:
“Um, does your system… have a physical form?”
“The system can appear in a physical form, but it requires consuming points.”
At this point, Nian Nian suddenly paused, giving him a somewhat cautious and disdainful look as she hugged herself defensively.
Her expression resembling a wary little fox.
… Ahem. No need to be that on guard.
I’m not that kind of person, am I?
“So, for the most part, you exist in a data form and don’t have a physical presence, right?”
Young Master Sang breathed a sigh of relief. “Great. I was worried I’d end up with another mouth to feed at home.”
Nian Nian: “?”
Young Master Sang watched as the girl seemed a bit displeased, the corner of her mouth twitching slightly before she slowly transformed back into data and dissipated into the mist.
While he, on the other hand, continued to sink back into the pool, enjoying his bath time.
… Actually, the system was right.
This main quest was indeed optional for him.
Young Master Sang was just an ordinary person with no grand ambitions.
He felt that finding a peaceful corner in this crisis-ridden cultivation world, living an unbothered life, was already a blessing.
No worries about venturing out and accidentally provoking some big shot and getting annihilated.
No concerns about competing with others for opportunities and falling victim to scheming rivals.
No fears of losing his beloved to some noble scion or sect genius.
His life now was leisurely, carefree, and comfortably secure.
A cozy home with maidens waiting day and night for his return.
An understanding superior, a mentor who’s fiercely protective.
A celestial he had adopted.
Oh right.
And two adorable cats.
Such a life, he wouldn’t have dared to even dream of in his past life.
Though he had been in this world for quite a while now, memories of his past life were already quite fuzzy.
Young Master Sang always felt that the life he was leading now was the one he had been pursuing.
The kind of life he never got to experience in his previous existence.
Just thinking about his past…
Young Master Sang pondered for a moment before shaking his head.
“Forget it.”
“I’ve soaked too long; I’m starting to feel a bit dizzy.”
Just then, he heard Yan Rouwan’s refreshing voice from outside:
“Young Master Sang~ Don’t soak too long; it’s bad for your skin.”
“Dinner is ready; hurry and come eat.”
“Coming!”
