"So... when is my task considered completed?" Feng Yongrui asked.
"The main task in this world is to 'Report your daily life in Xu Chao's mansion to your Boss', and you have to keep doing it 'until your Boss succeeds in ruling the world'," the System said.
"And my Boss is Chen Tengfei, right?" Feng Yongrui asked.
"Correct. As for how Chen Tengfei rules the world, you don't need to bother with that. You won't need to interfere with anything else. As long as you faithfully complete your task and Xu Chao doesn't find out who you are, then everything should be fine," the System said.
Feng Yongrui took a deep breath and nodded his head. It seemed pretty simple.
"So... since you already have the background information of this world, do you want to buy anything?" the System asked tentatively.
Feng Yongrui: "..."
System, I can hear the greed in your voice... Try to hide it a bit, okay?
"I don't think I need to buy anything," Feng Yongrui decided.
"Ah! Host, I just remembered. The person you will become is also called Feng Yongrui, but this time, it's a little different from the previous worlds," the System suddenly spoke.
"Different? What's wrong?" Feng Yongrui asked.
"In the previous two worlds, you could be yourself, right? When you first met Ma Bo, it was you, Feng Yongrui, who met Ma Bo, not the original 'Feng Yongrui'. This meant that the person Ma Bo knows is YOU."
"In the second world, you met the protagonist as yourself. Prior to your arrival, the protagonist has never met 'Yin Yongrui' before, so you could also act as you pleased..." the System trailed off.
"But now, 'Feng Yongrui' has already entered Xu Chao's place and started working there for some time, so you have to act and talk like the original 'Feng Yongrui'... Host, do you understand?" the System asked.
"...I see," Feng Yongrui nodded. "Well, what kind of person was the original 'Feng Yongrui'?"
"Hmm... fastidious, very picky, and well... you'll see later on, Host," the System grimaced.
"He sounds like a difficult guy... System, you said this task would be easy..."
"Host, the transfer is complete. Initiating --"
"Beep, beep..."
Feng Yongrui: "..."
Had he just been ignored?!
Feng Yongrui felt himself thrown into the darkness. He blinked several times, and he finally saw lights all around him.
"Why are my knees so sore?" Feng Yongrui muttered lowly.
Feng Yongrui looked down and almost gasped out loud. He was kneeling on the ground?! What was this situation??
Feng Yongrui was currently kneeling, prostrating himself on the ground. His forehead was almost touching the ground, so he could not see what was in front of him.
"Uhm..." Feng Yongrui began to call to the System.
"NONE OF YOU ARE GOING TO ADMIT IT, HUH?!" a loud voice exploded throughout the room.
The sound waves from the speaker resonated through the entire room and Feng Yongrui felt a chill run down his spine. He didn't know whether his reaction was because he was afraid of the man or because the sound waves carried powerful demonic aura.
That's right, Feng Yongrui could clearly sense it. This room was filled with demonic aura -- in fact, it was quite suffocating.
Feng Yongrui could feel it in his body: he didn't like the aura in the room. Something inside his body was desperately revolting against the demonic aura...
Feng Yongrui ran through the System's information once more. He was 'Feng Yongrui', the spy that Chen Tengfei had planted in Xu Chao's manor. Since he was Chen Tengfei's spy... he was probably someone from the Cloud Realm.
Since demonic auras and pure auras were bound to clash, the feeling that Feng Yongrui had at the moment was probably because his body (and the innately pure aura in his body) couldn't stand the suffocating demonic aura in the room.
This was what Feng Yongrui reasoned, and his guess was correct.
"YOU WON'T ADMIT IT?" the loud voice boomed across the room again and Feng Yongrui shuddered.
Just who was this person, why was he shouting, and why was he kneeling on the ground?!
Could anyone explain the situation to him??
Feng Yongrui lifted his head slowly and peeked tentatively around him. He quickly noticed that there were many people around him who were kneeling as well. Most of the people who were kneeling were wearing blue, coarse-looking robes. When Feng Yongrui looked at himself, he saw that his clothes was the same color as them.
However, several other people who were kneeling on the ground were wearing green colored robes. Feng Yongrui guessed that the color of the robes signified something, perhaps a difference in rank.
The kneeling people around him were trembling, and a few were sobbing quietly, but none of them dared to lift up their heads. Feng Yongrui did not dare lift up his head any further and returned to his original position.
"Hey, the Master is asking you a question... Why aren't any of you answering?" a snarky voice sounded in the room.
"The Master is asking... Which one of you is the dirty spy working for the Cloud Realm?" the voice said.
Feng Yongrui felt his heart beating faster than before, and his palms started sweating horribly.
"...I just came here, and now I'm exposed already?" Feng Yongrui wailed inside his heart.
"This time, the task doesn't seem too hard... how could I fail just like this?" Feng Yongrui muttered.
"You! Come here!" the snarky voice barked and pointed at a servant who was trembling profusely.
"Come here!"
Feng Yongrui heard the sound of someone being dragged, as well as the servant pleading in a pitiful voice.
"Search him!" the snarky voice said harshly.
Feng Yongrui felt dread creeping up into his heart as he heard the sound of the servant begging them to spare his life.
Slowly, Feng Yongrui lifted up his head to look at the situation. The servant's pockets, clothes, and robes were searched by two guards.
These guards wore black, tight-fitting robes that made them look like ninjas. On their foreheads were two protruding horns, like the horns of an Indian antelope (garna). One of the guards fished out something from the servant's robe, but Feng Yongrui could not see the item clearly.
"Sir, we found this!" the guard said.
The servant's face turned pale and a glint flashed through his eyes. Before the guards could stop him, a small dagger materialized in his hands and he charged forward.
Feng Yongrui inhaled sharply and looked at the person the servant was aiming for. In front of all the kneeling servants, there was a person sitting on a dark black "throne-like" seat.
Since he was quite far and since he didn't dare to lift his head too high, Feng Yongrui could not make out the person's face, but he could guess who it was. It must be Xu Chao!
The servant lunged at Xu Chao, the dagger aiming at Xu Chao's throat. The latter did not budge at all.
In one swift motion, the servant stood behind Xu Chao with the dagger at Xu Chao's throat. Feng Yongrui looked at Xu Chao's expressionless face and almost screamed.
Xu Chao, you may not be worried about your life, but I'm worried! I need you! Feng Yongrui cursed inside his head.
However, Feng Yongrui did not dare to act rashly. The guards did not seem troubled. Instead, they looked like they were hesitating to say something.
Next to Xu Chao was a middle-aged looking man -- well, he wasn't exactly a man. He had a goatee as well as a pair of Saiga horns (horns shaped like a Saiga antelope's horns). He had one hand, while the other was shaped like a bird's claw.
Feng Yongrui had no idea what kind of demonic creature that man was, but he guessed that this person was the one with the snarky voice from before.
"Xu Chao! You disgusting Shadow Demon! Your life is now in my hands! Everyone stay back! If you dare move one step closer, I will kill him right now!" the servant yelled.
Feng Yongrui felt himself frowning, and he looked more carefully at the servant. Why did this person have... pure aura? That dagger was also made of pure magic!
Then... the spy that Xu Chao was looking for was this guy?
Several other servants next to Feng Yongrui had also lifted their heads to look at the commotion, so Feng Yongrui dared to lift his head even higher to look at what was happening.
"That's someone from the Cloud Realm..." he heard some servants whispering.
"It turns out he's the spy... What a terrible guy, he made us get punished as well..."
"Those rotten immortals dare to attack our Master in broad daylight... Are they crazy?"
Feng Yongrui gulped and turned his attention to Xu Chao, who was still sitting down leisurely. His posture was completely relaxed, as if the person whose life was threatened and the person whose neck was bleeding wasn't him.
Feng Yongrui was screaming inside his heart.
That person... was his boss?? Well, that person was the person he had to spy on??
"Host, don't tell me you're scared..." the System sneered.
Feng Yongrui: "..."
Feng Yongrui muted the System and looked at the Cloud Realm spy who was holding the dagger.
***
Feng Yongrui: I just arrived, and now I have to face a situation like this...
System: Host~~ Good luck~~
Feng Yongrui: "..."