Chapter 74: Forgotten

“Mirror Butterfly greets benefactor Wei.” Mirror Butterfly said in a calm and polite tone.

After greeting Wei Chen, Mirror Butterfly turned toward Dream Butterfly.

“Lady Dream Butterfly, it is already the fourth nightwatch. Please go to bed soon. Tomorrow during snake hour you have an appointment with Ancestor Gu Tianyang. It is not good to meet him with dark circles under your eyes.”

Author Note:

“Oh, I almost forgot!” Dream Butterfly exclaimed. “Thank you, Sister Mirror Butterfly.”

Mirror Butterfly nodded and asked, “Shall we start the substitution? Is he one of the special cases the matron mentioned?”

Dream Butterfly did not answer. Instead, she turned toward Wei Chen, as if asking for his opinion.

“Substitute? What kind of substitute?” Wei Chen asked. He had some idea of what it might be, but he still wanted to confirm.

Mirror Butterfly smiled faintly as she explained. “It is the substitute of the flesh. Lady Dream Butterfly’s physique does not allow her to accept the guests’ lustful union. She can only entertain the guests. In cases where the guest is a special guest who is difficult to placate unless he receives what he wants, or for guests who receive the highest reception from Lady Dream Butterfly just like you did, they will receive the substitute service.”

“Wait… do the guests know that you substitute for her?” Wei Chen asked out of curiosity.

Mirror Butterfly laughed. “Haha, what are you asking, benefactor Wei? Of course they know. As an entertainment establishment, we dare not offend any guest who can afford the accompaniment of Lady Dream Butterfly. All of them are either greatly influential or have strength far beyond our reach.”

“And they accept this?”

“Most of them do…” Dream Butterfly answered, then continued, “But some of them do not, such as Young Master Murong. He did not accept. The matron does not dare announce my physique, so everyone believes that I will only offer my body to the one I love.”

After listening to the explanation, Wei Chen nodded in understanding.

“I see… so because this establishment needs to make money, they cannot announce your physique. Doing that would crush all the hope in those poor SIMP hearts. I get it…” Wei Chen concluded.

“SIMP?” Dream Butterfly tilted her head in confusion while Mirror Butterfly listened with interest. “What is that?”

Hearing the question, Wei Chen smiled wryly.

“SIMP is a word from my old home. You two do not want to know its full meaning, trust me. You only need to know that it is a derogatory term referring to those poor suckers who are ready to pay all their savings to a girl who might not even care about them. For example, some poor fool who willingly gives away his life savings or business to a girl hoping to win her affection. But the girl may or may not be interested in that loser, and usually, she is not.” Wei Chen explained with a wry smile.

(Author Note: SIMP = Sucker Idolizing Mediocre P*ssy.)

Hearing this, Mirror Butterfly giggled and spoke to Dream Butterfly. “If that is the case, you have many SIMPs idolizing you, Lady Dream Butterfly.”

Dream Butterfly could only lower her head as she blushed in embarrassment.

“Hahaha, you do not need to be embarrassed. Turning someone into a SIMP takes skill.” Wei Chen said with a laugh before he stood up.

“Since it is time, I will not disturb your rest, Dream Butterfly.” Wei Chen said, then walked toward the exit.

“Wait!” Dream Butterfly shouted.

Wei Chen stopped and turned toward her. “Huh? Is there something you need?” he asked.

Dream Butterfly pressed her lips into a thin line as if she was trying to decide something.

“Er… my lord… it is… Meng Yu.” She said with a quivering voice.

“Huh?”

“Meng Yu is my name… my true name. I just wanted you to know.” Dream Butterfly said softly.

“Oh! I will remember it. See you again then, Meng Yu. Good night.” Wei Chen waved his hand as he said goodbye, then left the Immortal Dream Chamber.

“He is a strange man, is he not, Lady Dream Butterfly?” Mirror Butterfly said as her eyes gazed at the entrance where he had just left.

“Yes… he is a bit strange, but he is a good man.” Dream Butterfly agreed.

“Yes… he is too good to be true. Most cultivators, especially those as strong as him who can destroy a battle formation alone, usually have some arrogance in their demeanor because of their confidence in their strength. They also often look down on mortals. Even if they idolize a mortal, deep down they still believe they are superior. But he is devoid of all that.” Mirror Butterfly analyzed, then continued.

“It is as if he is not someone who lives in this world.”

— About 4 AM —

Wei Chen finally arrived at the luxury inn where he stayed with Mo Xingyao. He went in, walked up the stairs, and went straight to the floor and the room where Mo Xingyao had stayed.

But the moment he reached the corridor in front of the room, he saw a group of inn cleaners busy cleaning and taking out the quilt from inside the room. They were placing it into the cleaning cart parked outside, which was already full of quilts and bedding waiting to be washed.

“Huh?” Wei Chen was stunned at the scene. He walked toward one of the cleaners.

“Excuse me, where is the person who stayed in this room? Did she move to another floor?” he asked.

“Huh? She already checked out, of course. Why else would we be cleaning the room?” the cleaner replied, looking at him as if he were an idiot.

Hearing this, he was completely confused. Why did this girl not tell him first? And now, how was he supposed to travel from here to the martial exchange meeting place?

This world was so big. Even though that place was considered near this city, the actual distance was no different from traveling from Beijing to Paris.

— Meanwhile – Thousand Treasure Pavilion Flying Ark —

In the sky somewhere over the wilderness, inside Mo Xingyao’s bedroom, she enjoyed the view outside the window of her room on the flying ark, watching the pale moon.

She had just finished her work after spending a long time using her U-Phone to contact the people at the sect and asking the staff at the headquarters whether her father had come out of seclusion or not.

She had already prepared everything she could, either to control the spread of the news that the old man Wen Moyuan had discovered the map or to prepare her forces in case some greedy sect barged in or caused trouble in her city.

It would be best if her father came out of his secluded cultivation.

Come to think of it, maybe she needed to ask Wei Chen to help her in case something went wrong. That guy was strong enough to go toe to toe with a Soul Transformation cultivator after all.

“Sword Leader Wang,” Mo Xingyao called out.

In an instant, Sword Leader Wang appeared in front of his young miss, kneeling on the ground and ready to receive orders.

“Yes, young miss? How may I serve you?”

“Call that guy Wei Chen here. I have something to ask him,” Mo Xingyao said as she let out a long sigh.

Maybe she could even give that guy a favor. After calculating all the benefits she gained after he consumed her twenty-five million spirit stones, she had already gained several times that amount in a short period.

Honestly, the moment she heard about the map that might lead to another primordial realm from her secretary at the headquarters, if the benefit were translated into spirit stones, she had already made more than one hundred million spirit stones, and that was just a conservative estimate.

This was because a primordial ruin was not something one could find simply by throwing money around. If it were that easy, someone could spend one hundred million spirit stones and see if they could discover a Primordial Era Secret Realm.

Or maybe she would ask her father to teach that guy the Sky Severing Demonic Arts. It was one of the strongest demonic path combat techniques after all. Even people from the righteous path often wanted to learn it.

Besides, if that guy learned this technique, she could tie him to her father’s sect, the Sky Severing Demon Valley, and she would gain a helper on the level of the Soul Transformation Realm.

What a clever plan! Let’s do this!

While Mo Xingyao was busy thinking about how to convince Wei Chen, Sword Leader Wang was hesitant to correct his young miss.

“Err… young miss… you… you forgot to call him back with you,” Sword Leader Wang said reluctantly.

“Huh? What…?” Mo Xingyao was confused by the usually decisive Sword Leader Wang.

Then she slowly digested what Sword Leader Wang had said… and then it dawned on her.

“Aaaaahh! I left that guy back in Azure River Capital City!!” Mo Xingyao blurted out as she clutched her own head.

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