Mo Ke nonchalantly glanced around the dilapidated shack she was living in. She did not forget the first mission task she had to complete after integrating completely with her new body.
A direct confrontation with the antagonist!
Mo Ke tried not to make any unusual movements that could alert the enemy, but she used her spiritual powers and started to slowly spread out her senses to carefully scan her surroundings.
As expected, she quickly detected an abnormal presence in the room. It was still very weak and relied on an external object to continue cultivating in a spiritual form. Even more terrifying was the fact that it actually stuck really close to her back and although communication was still impossible, Mo Ke could feel that the aura it emitted was filled with excitement, like a predator that had found its prey!
Unfortunately, it had met the wrong opponent today. The current Mo Ke is not a naive little girl who was sick or helpless, but a mature soul who had at least 20 years of living experience under her belt! Without hesitation, Mo Ke lightly touched her ring and retrieved the artifact she had received from the Guardian beforehand. Then, she decisively turned around and immediately aimed it at the spirit!
The artifact activated almost instantly. Fwoosh~
Without any resistance, the evil spirit that was casually floating in the air was directly imprisoned by the artifact....
Mo Ke smiled brightly at how easy it had been.
Antagonist? Defeated in one blow! How easy was this? Let's see if this evildoer can still wreck havoc while being imprisoned in this Legendary Artifact - The Genie Lamp!
Hahaha! Hahahahaha!
Mo Ke laughed loudly. Then, she was shocked by her own reaction. She felt surprised of herself!
She had never felt or expressed this kind of emotions so clearly before in her past life. It was a genuine laughter. Not a thankful smile or a polite laugh... Just pure joy and amusement at her easy victory!
However, it did not last long.
All of a sudden, a different feeling washed over her. Her joy receded while a nostalgic and slightly sour feeling took over. Mo Ke frowned as she felt a slight stinging pain in her chest. Images in her memory appeared in her mind and she was forced to reminisce the experience that did not truly belong to herself.
Ning Xin - A gentle and caring older sister. A mentor and a spiritual support to Ke Ke.
Fa Xue Yu - The alter ego of Ning Xin. A powerful temptress, a seductress, the ultimate lover.
However, according to Mo Ke's analysis from a different perspective, Ning Xin was just a persona the evil spirit created in order to manipulate and alienate Ke Ke from others while monopolizing all her trust and loyalty for itself instead. At the time, Ke Ke's young mind was unable to discern the hidden bad intentions and she became a pawn to her schemes. Fa Xue Yu was instead the real persona hidden within the spirit. It was not until the spirit was able to gain Ke Ke's trust enough that she was able to possess her body and subsequently share the use of her body that Fa Xue Yu really showed her true colours.
Of course, Fa Xue Yu was another talented individual. She also had strong capabilities that made her powers seemed even more formidable. According to the Guardian, Xue Yu was an anomaly that sometimes randomly occur in the realm, an unknown variable that was out of its control. However, as 'Ning Xin' had not shown any hostility to the main hero and even showed adequate value in supporting the hero's mission in the beginning, the Guardian did not eliminate her right from the start. This decision also created the most unstable factor in the Guardian's plan for the hero's growth and journey.
As the antagonist slowly corrupts and disrupts the hero's path, the Guardian became more and more helpless to interfere. In hindsight, this was also caused by the Guardian's lack of experience in handling such matters.
As such, the Guardian nursed a very strong grudge against the antagonist and directly gave Xiao Mo an artifact to seal the evil spirit the moment she arrived in this realm. Therefore, it was as if Mo Ke had received a cheat code to defeat the antagonist without lifting her own finger!
Of course, as the mission also had a certain amount of risks, Xiao Mo had even negotiated other favourable terms and received a substantial amount of cheat code-like benefits from the generous Guardian before agreeing to cross over to this world.
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After defeating the first red flag in her mission, Mo Ke started to recall other information about her current situation and what she needed to do to settle down in the current timeline while progressing smoothly with her mission.
Based on her memory, her nominal brother, Xu Yao, was currently on his way to earn some money and bring back the sustenance needed to take care of his sick younger sister (Ke Ke). However, he ended up in a few unfortunate incidents and then gained blessings from his calamity.
Not only did he found a powerful Master to back him up, he even found someone who is willing to feed and cloth them siblings while offering them a place to stay long-term. He had also contracted his first Golden-Finger in this realm, arranged by the Guardian. However, that meant that he would not be back in another two or three days.
The Ke Ke in the previous timeline had actually fallen ill as she had used her powers to shield and protect Xu Yao when he went out. Anyone who caused misfortune to fall on her brother will be hexed with a curse. They will have their luck sucked away and transferred to the victim, which is Xu Yao. This was also why Xu Yao was able to gain so much on this trip.
On the other hand, Ke Ke received a powerful backlash as her ability resulted in a much bigger ruckus than expected. Her pitiful 6 year-old body almost collapse and it was the evil spirit Xue Yu who upon realising how its prey will really disappear if it didn't do anything, made a bold move. It sacrificed a part of its cultivation to forcefully suppress the spiritual fluctuations within Ke Ke's body. The half-conscious Ke Ke also noticed this change and that became a core reason why she had trusted the evil spirit so easily.
Nevertheless, for the Mo Ke now who had taken over the body, it was no longer a big issue for her to tide over the backlash.