Chapter 113 | Playing Goddess in a Dying Dynasty

The evening breeze by the riverbank was gentle, and thousands of lights flickered.

The Divine Lady merely glanced at the Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox, which had returned to its original spot with the lotus lantern in its mouth, and then withdrew her gaze.

She slightly lowered her eyelids, her gaze falling upon the commoners on both sides of the riverbank who were looking up.

“Today's matter was due to my lack of discipline, allowing this mischievous little thing to disrupt the mortal world's Lantern Festival.”

Pausing for a moment, she continued, “Since that is the case, I shall gift the mortal world a sea of blossoms.”

With that, she raised her hand and gently waved her sleeve, as casually as if brushing away fallen petals from a desk.

Yet, in an instant, heaven and earth changed colors.

Countless trees that had been reduced to bare, withered branches began to sprout and bud at a speed visible to the naked eye...

Tender green branches unfurled in layers, and in the blink of an eye, they were covered with countless flower buds, all of which burst into full bloom as the wind swept past.

A fleeting moment of magnificent beauty swept through the entirety of Xindu City.

Brilliant peach blossoms bloomed all along the long streets, elegant pear blossoms like white snow piled upon courtyard walls and vermilion eaves, and bright red crabapples hung over carved windows.

Countless petals drifted down from the night sky, bringing a myriad of floral fragrances so rich that even the air itself tasted sweet.

Everyone stared at the incredibly dreamlike scene before them, their mouths agape in shock, unable to make a sound.

A hundred flowers blooming in unison was already a rare and spectacular sight in the mortal world.

Yet, with just a wave of her sleeve, the Divine Lady had made flowers of all different seasons bloom at once, filling the entire city with splendor.

How could such miraculous power fail to leave everyone dumbfounded?

Meanwhile, outside the city.

As Shen Jue and his group rushed back from Creek Valley, they caught sight of the outline of Xindu City from afar.

It was brightly lit, no different from usual.

The only difference was the fragrance of flowers carried by the wind.

Filled with doubt, the group entered the city.

In the next second, they saw it.

Every single flower in Xindu City had bloomed.

This was no exaggeration; thousands of trees and plants had truly burst into full bloom at the exact same moment.

Peach, apricot, pear, plum...

Regardless of the season, and whether they were withered or flourishing, wherever there were branches, flowers burst forth.

The reins in Cheng Ji's hand slipped from his fingers, and his horse snorted uneasily, but he remained completely oblivious.

His mouth hung open, and for the first time, a childlike bewilderment and helplessness appeared on his usually calm face.

“This... this is impossible...” he muttered to himself. “At this time of year... how could there be so many flowers...”

“It must be the Divine Lady!”

Staring at the city full of vibrant colors, Shen Jue's expression shifted from astonishment to absolute certainty. “Aside from the Divine Lady, no one could alter the seasons in a single breath!”

Hearing this, Lin Xun and the other physicians seemed to realize something. Casting all decorum aside, they practically sprinted back to the medical clinic.

When they saw that most of the medicinal herbs planted in the backyard garden had bloomed, the physicians were ecstatic.

One had to know that rare herbs like the snow lotus usually took four to five years to bloom.

As such, a single blooming snow lotus was worth a thousand pieces of gold.

Yet in the blink of an eye, they now possessed countless snow lotuses!

【Lin Xun Shock Value +100】

【Cheng Ji Shock Value +100】

【Ye Qingqing Shock Value +100】

【...】

【Current Shock Value: 835,200】

Looking at the Shock Value on the system panel, Yun Shu couldn't help but sigh in her heart. This performance was truly worth it.

To be fair, the skill of the Peerless National Beauty Set was indeed incredibly flashy—it was practically a cheat code for farming Shock Value!

“We thank the Divine Lady for her great mercy and compassion!”

“Divine Lady...”

Amidst the bows and prayers of the crowd, the spirit fox soared into the air, quietly curling up in the Divine Lady's arms.

Cradling the exceptionally docile spirit fox, the Divine Lady's gaze calmly swept over the crowd below like autumn waters.

Immediately after, she slowly turned around. No longer looking back at the mortal world's lights, she flew toward the star-studded sky.

Layers of bright moonlight wrapped around her body, and a flurry of falling flowers danced in her wake.

Her otherworldly figure flew higher and higher, gradually melting into the watery moonlight.

Eventually, she dissolved into the vast night sky.

Leaving behind only a city of blooming flowers and her still-reverent believers, who gazed toward the moon for a long, long time.

【Cheng Ji Shock Value +100】

【Ye Qingqing Shock Value +100】

【Shen Jue Shock Value +100】

【...】

【Current Shock Value: 1,033,000】

Having farmed another massive wave of Shock Value, Yun Shu contentedly changed into the Goddess of Harvest Set. She then accelerated the growth of the rice crops outside the city, which she and the system had stealthily buried in the soil earlier.

Once everything was completed, she praised the little fox.

“System, you did a great job today. It was worth the twenty thousand Shock Value I spent on your human skin.”

The little fox scratched its head, feeling a bit embarrassed.

“Host, if you hadn't written the script for me beforehand, I definitely wouldn't have known how to act.”

Snuggling in Yun Shu's arms, it asked excitedly, “Host, what are we going to do next?”

“Go back and sleep, of course.” Yun Shu reached out and patted the little fox's head. “I'm a human, not a real deity. If I stay up late too much, I'll get dark circles under my eyes.”

The little fox said caringly, “Host, just wait. I'll go ask the Cultivation System for a Beauty-Preserving Pill. That way, even if you pull an all-nighter, your skin will still be perfectly supple.”

Yun Shu could guess even with her eyes closed that when the system said it would "ask" the Cultivation System, it would actually end up begging.

She lowered her eyes in thought for a moment and asked, “Do you systems trade items with each other normally?”

“We do, but I didn't have any points before, so I couldn't afford anything from other systems at all.”

The system grew more and more embarrassed as it spoke.

Before binding with Yun Shu, its pockets had been cleaner than its face.

“What are points?” Yun Shu probed.

The system answered truthfully, “Points are the Shock Value we earn. Although systems in the Great God Space have different ways of obtaining points, the points themselves are interchangeable.”

A thoughtful look flashed in Yun Shu's eyes.

She was still young now and didn't need to worry about her looks, but everyone would eventually age.

Once her appearance began to change, she would have to reduce the frequency of manifesting before the people, which meant earning less Shock Value.

That was just an unavoidable reality.

“System, we aren't short on Shock Value now. Don't go begging the Cultivation System for a Beauty-Preserving Pill; buy it from them instead. If they have any other good things, remember to let me know.”

With the Cultivation System's Beauty-Preserving Pill, her original worries would no longer be an issue.

In fact, it opened up a whole new line of thinking for her.

The system nodded.

“The Cultivation System's Beauty-Preserving Pill costs five thousand points each, and one pill can maintain your appearance for three years. How many do you want to buy?”

“Let's buy a hundred years' worth first.” Yun Shu was never stingy when it came to spending Shock Value on useful items.

Besides.

Once they discovered the rice fields outside the city tomorrow morning, she would instantly earn back the Shock Value spent on the Beauty-Preserving Pills.