Let Me Tease You [COMPLETED]

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Ye Junchi usually dropped by once in a while to check on JiYuan; fortunately, he didn't stop by tonight.

JiYuan doesn't know where his sharp dagger went; he couldn't find any handheld tools for self-defense at the moment. Thinking about System's guarantee, he walked out of the room with nothing in his hands, but an unconditional trust in System's words. There were not many people in the palace, though he would occasionally stumbled upon patrol soldiers but they didn't inquire too much about it. So after a few deceiving words, JiYuan arrived at the back door he found a few days ago.

Looking at the distant dark mountain, the miasma at night was indeed thicker; from the foot of the mountain till the utmost top. Even the piece of sky above the mountain looked duller than other places.

JiYuan swallowed. Comparing to the mountain, he preferred to stay in the palace where the food and drink were delicious and he can sleep whenever he wanted. Repeatedly preparing himself in his heart, JiYuan started to move out. He deliberately walked in a very slow pace; hence it took a long time before he arrived at the foot of the mountain. Shivering with cold plus feeling sorrowful in his heart, JiYuan said, "System, I think I am going to be pressed down by this mountain for 500 hundred years."

[T/N : JiYuan was referring to the legend 'Journey to the West' where the Monkey King was being punished by Buddha to live under a mountain for 500 hundred years.]

System : "You think too much, no Monk Sanzang will come to save you. If you really get pressed down into the mountain, then it will be forever and won't be able to reincarnate."

JiYuan : ".....please speak nicely."

He shuddered, then slowly followed a small path into the woods, towards west according to System's advice. The gloomy forest was shrouded in a dead silence, the narrow trails started to merge together the deeper he went. Dense leaves and branches covered sky on top of him, not sure if there were a lot of demons and ghosts hidden inside the shadow; giving a heavy pressure in people's heart. In the mountain, the miasma lessened and turned a bit lighter. Occasionally when JiYuan looked up, he could see the cold bright moon; embedded in the curtain of dark skies. The moon light being blanketed by a faint mist of miasma suddenly emitted a ghostly feeling.

JiYuan's scalp started to feel numb, he poked System while trembling, "2333, I am scared....."

System : "You can still laugh at this moment, it seems like you are not afraid. Good luck."

JiYuan furiously replied, "Who laughed?! I was calling your serial number!"

[T/N : The joke refer to forum post in China. This way to laugh requires typing out at least one 2, then at least two 3s to follow, depending on how funny the thing is. 233 might be "haha" and 23333333 would be "hahahahahahha."]

System went silent for a moment then said, "Don't be afraid, I'll help you."

Pausing a bit, it started chanting, "Prosperity, democracy, civilization, harmony, freedom, equality...(China Socialist core values)"

"I thank your whole family ah!"

As they walked while exchanging nonsense, JiYuan felt slightly relieved. He squeezed out his fuzzy memories of philosophy knowledge, to debate fiercely with System regarding the philosophy of materialism and idealism; unable to stop himself from basking in the radiance of materialism. What of demon and ghost, it's all fake. Fake! His self-hypnotism was disillusioned by the sound of System's urgent reminder, "Run towards the left, something is coming!"

Following System's warning was a stench of fishy smell. JiYuan hurriedly dodged, feeling remorseful in his heart for betraying his philosophy.

System's tone didn't return to its fierce tone during the debate.