Dimensional Hotel
Chapter 372: Yun Qingzi’s Intelligence

Chapter 372: Chapter 372: Yun Qingzi’s Intelligence

Finally, after much cajoling, the long-haired princess managed to finish her nerve-wracking writing assignment, and in the blink of an eye, she dashed out the door—Yu Sheng watched her use her hair to make a glider and leap off the Cloud Viewing Platform, optimistically estimating that she should have already flown halfway down to meet up with Cinderella and the others.

If things weren’t going well, she might be hanging from a tree right now.

Little Red Riding Hood put down her phone, with a helpless expression, stepped forward to help the long-haired princess pack up the pile of papers and workbooks she had tossed onto the coffee table after writing, sorting them into categories and putting them in her backpack.

Yu Sheng watched from the side, and his gaze accidentally fell on the essay title again, causing his eyelid to twitch.

"She’s been like this since she was a kid, hyper when people are around," Little Red Riding Hood said casually, "But even so, she became the ’parent’ for Fairy Tales, at least she’s somewhat reliable when taking on tasks."

"Alright, it’s mainly her essay that caught me off guard..." Yu Sheng tugged at the corner of his mouth and then showed a thoughtful look, "But come to think of it, she seems to be the first one in ’Fairy Tales’ to call me brother? Feels like others just do it out of politeness, but she calls me that so often that I’m almost used to it."

Little Red Riding Hood packed the pencil case and then mused for a moment: "Probably because she actually had a brother before."

"...Huh?" Yu Sheng was truly surprised, "She really had a brother?!"

"Yes, a long time ago."

"A long time ago?" Yu Sheng frowned, "What happened then?"

"Her brother abandoned her," Little Red Riding Hood lifted her eyelids, as if stating something natural, "A lot of us were abandoned by our parents; she was abandoned by her brother."

Yu Sheng: "..."

"But that was when she was very, very young. I even doubt she remembers it now," Little Red Riding Hood shook her head and continued, "I don’t know the specifics; I was still in kindergarten then, only heard about it from other ’parents’ later. She might just have a vague impression of having a ’brother’, or subconsciously feels she should have a brother."

Upon saying this, she paused and looked at Yu Sheng: "So I’ve always felt it’s a good thing she calls you brother—that title has become something joyful for her now."

Yu Sheng didn’t speak, just watched Little Red Riding Hood’s nimble movements. After a while, he suddenly sighed, "You really take good care of your younger siblings."

Little Red Riding Hood raised her head: "Why did you suddenly think of saying that? Though I do believe I’ve done a decent job..."

"Well, just look at the cheerful state of the long-haired princess now, it’s clear you’ve done a great job," Yu Sheng shrugged, "Sometimes I wonder if in her eyes there are no bad people in this world, considering her ever-cheerful personality..."

"Uh, I’ll take that as a compliment," Little Red Riding Hood muttered with a subtle expression, then changed the subject as if inadvertently, "By the way, about that Exotic Realm you guys went to recently, I heard from Little Fish, is it another suspected ’Abnormal Type’?"

"Now it seems very likely to be an ’Abnormal Type’, because inside it has scenes like ’Wilderness’, ’Fortress’, and ’Kingdom’ which appear almost randomly, and all scenes exhibit high ’illusion’ or ’resonance’ traits," speaking of serious matters, Yu Sheng’s expression became more serious, "This structure composed of ’scenes’ is somewhat similar to ’Fairy Tales’, but we haven’t discovered any ’action rules’ similar to Fairy Tales yet."

"Hmm... anyway, stay safe. If you need manpower, just call me or anyone from ’Fairy Tales’, we’re always ready to help," Little Red Riding Hood said, suddenly showing a smile, "I’m not considered child labor now."

Yu Sheng also laughed, raising his hand to gently high-five the girl.

Then he casually picked up Erin, threw her over his shoulder, and left No. 66 Wutong Road, directly heading to Queyun Palace.

Soon after reaching the main hall, he saw True Man Yuanling rushing in, along with Xuan Che appearing beside him.

"I was just in the middle of alchemy, received your message a bit late," as soon as they met, True Man Yuanling said hurriedly, "You said you had urgent matters to discuss? What happened?"

Yu Sheng got straight to the point: "’Yun Qingzi’, have you heard of this name?"

"Yun Qingzi?" True Man Yuanling was momentarily stunned, then quickly searched his memory while thinking aloud, "It feels like I’ve heard of it... where did you hear this name? Why bring it up suddenly?"

"In the dream, but it might not just be a dream," Yu Sheng didn’t hide anything, and directly recounted all the "illusions" he had experienced earlier, "... It’s this kind of scene, seemingly related to certain ’information’ carried from the Exotic Realm I’ve come into contact with recently, all pointing towards the ’Emperor’s Legacy.’ That Yun Qingzi suddenly appeared at the end, he seemed to be an ’observer’ like me, but he was surprised and angry at my presence, attacking immediately upon meeting..."

He carefully described the figure who called himself "Yun Qingzi," then after thinking a bit, he added, "I have a feeling his mental state is not quite right, he seemed really neurotic."

Before True Man Yuanling could speak, Erin, sitting on his shoulder, widened her eyes, "Huh? Why didn’t you tell me when you had such a significant dream?"

"Tell you for what?"

"To help you fight, of course!" Erin replied as if it was the most natural thing, "Have you forgotten how well I can fight in dreams? Besides, the things you might not see through, I might be able to!"

"...I didn’t think of it," Yu Sheng was a bit embarrassed, then tried to explain, "Plus, the situation was so urgent at the time, I didn’t have the chance to call you. The other party attacked without a word, finishing the whole process of making threats before I even realized."

"I don’t care! Next time, you have to call me first thing, especially when you run into such weird dreams!" Erin was oddly a bit puffed up with anger, "It’s so dangerous, and you’re so slow to react in dreams, you wouldn’t even know if you suffered a loss."

"Alright, alright, I get it..."

True Man Yuanling’s expression had already turned serious halfway through listening to Yu Sheng’s account. By the end, his face was even more solemn, clearly having thought of something. After a moment’s contemplation, his gaze suddenly focused, and then he looked up and exchanged a glance with Xuan Che.

"Could it be... the ’Border Desolate Immortal’ Yun Qingzi?!"

"’Border Desolate Immortal’?" Yu Sheng immediately stopped quarreling with Erin, "What do you mean? Is he really a famous person?"

"Not a famous person, but an ancient one," True Man Yuanling answered immediately with a grave tone, "He was a person from the previous ’era’!"

Yu Sheng’s expression turned somewhat blank, "Huh?"

"Remember that I once told you, in the early reformation period of Taixu Spirit Hub, before today’s ’Five Sects Governance’ structure stabilized, there were many powerful ancestors on Taixu Star? Later, as the chaos of the second Singularity Explosion gradually subsided, new forces emerged and reached a consensus, and many ancestors gradually withdrew from worldly matters. Except for those who died early, the remaining either left for distant places, secluded themselves in remote cultivation, or disguised themselves to play amidst the mundane..."

"I remember, I remember," Yu Sheng nodded repeatedly, recalling it clearly, "You mean... this ’Yun Qingzi’ is one of those reclusive ’ancestors’?!"

"I can only think of this one," True Man Yuanling nodded, but his brow furrowed tightly, "But he didn’t just ’retreat’—according to records, we all thought he had died a thousand years ago!"

"...Died?"

"The last time Yun Qingzi appeared to the world was near the border of Feiyu-13b, on a desolate alien planet," True Man Yuanling spoke in a deep voice, "After the ’Five Sects Governance’ structure settled, many powerful ancestors secluded themselves, and he also disappeared from the public eye. But he still emerged every three to five hundred years, mostly near the border. Until a thousand years ago, a terrifying impact was observed by a border post, with an unknown force hitting a deserted star...

"In subsequent investigations, we found some damaged surveillance equipment. The records showed Yun Qingzi was on that deserted star. He seemed to be fighting something but was outmatched. In the final moments, he burned his essence and soul, summoning a void devourment that resulted in that terrifying impact.

"Afterward, we only found fragments of energy-depleted remains at the site and large swathes of scorched earth where blood essence had burned away. Yun Qingzi has not appeared before the world since then."

Yu Sheng listened intently to the story without speaking for a long while, while Erin, on his shoulder, blinked her eyes and after a long pause, blurted out, "Then it really sounds like he did die... His body was blown into scorched earth?"

"That’s indeed been the conclusion all along, but now it seems this elder might still be alive," True Man Yuanling stroked his beard with a serious expression, "For people like him, there are countless unimaginable survival techniques, some nearing reincarnation resurrection. After the battle, we only found parts of remnants on that deserted star, so we truly cannot be one hundred percent certain he perished."

"Is there no way to determine what he was fighting back then?" Yu Sheng suddenly became curious, "Also, what was his personality like before? Was he as neurotic as when I met him?"

"There’s no way," True Man Yuanling shook his head, "A thousand years ago, Taixu Spirit Hub was not as strong and advanced as it is now; Feiyu-13b itself was mostly uninhabited dusty stars, especially the border areas, many of which hadn’t even been explored at the time. At best, there might have been a post or a few self-operating mechanical men. Besides powerful cultivators who could create cave mansions on desolate planets, no one would casually approach such places. The intelligence we could gather was far too limited.

"As for that elder’s temper... I’m not familiar with it, but at least from what I’ve heard, he wasn’t like that, behaving crazily. On the contrary, he had a reputation for being quite gentle and amiable."