Chapter 63 – The System's Strange Reward

Zhongli looked at Paimon and Lumine before him.

“But I am the God of Contracts. Over thousands of years, countless contracts have been established through my hands.”

“If a transaction is not profitable, I would never intervene lightly.”

“The deal with the Cryo Archon was the final contract I established as the God of Rock—a contract to end all contracts.”

Zhongli waved his hand as he spoke.

“As for what the Tsaritsa placed on the other end of the scale as her bargaining chip…”

“You will uncover the answer yourself during your future journey.”

Zhongli smiled as he gazed at Lumine and Paimon.

“It seems the gap between me and Zhongli the riddle-master is still quite large.”

Qiu Bai stroked his chin and chuckled as well.

“By the way, aren’t you going to see the Rite of Parting?”

“Even though the main figure of the Rite of Parting isn’t actually dead, it would be a shame to miss the ceremony after all the time spent preparing it.”

Qiu Bai looked at Lumine and Paimon with a smile.

“You’re still laughing about it? You’ve got some nerve.”

“Oh, right, Qiu Bai, what’s the deal with the girl at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor who looks so much like Qiu Xue?”

Lumine and Paimon looked at Qiu Bai with confusion. Could it be that Qiu Bai, as a deity, had three family members?

“Hmm, she is indeed my sister. Do you remember my headaches from the other day?”

“She is my Origin from a thousand years ago, which developed its own consciousness and separated from me.”

Qiu Bai looked at Lumine and Paimon and explained slowly.

Even Zhongli hadn’t anticipated this. When he first entered Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, he sensed the presence of a Demon God.

But when he met Qiu Yue, he dismissed the thought.

At first, Zhongli thought it was Qiu Bai transformed into Qiu Xue again.

But upon closer inspection, he realized it was different—this Qiu Yue was a Demon God who had recently come into being.

Moreover, she seemed to recognize Zhongli. After a private conversation, he learned Qiu Yue’s identity, which left Hu Tao standing nearby utterly bewildered.

Recalling this awkward scene, Zhongli couldn’t help but let out a light cough.

“What about Qiu Xue? She looks so much like Qiu Yue—they must be related, right?”

Paimon waved her hand and continued.

“Well, that’s a long story.”

Zhongli glanced at Qiu Bai beside him with a teasing smile.

“Little Paimon, are you talking about Qiu Xue?”

Qiu Bai smiled slightly, and in a flash of light, transformed into the female form of Qiu Xue.

The woman’s face was exquisitely beautiful, her lips like crimson clouds. Her pale blue eyes held a hint of cool detachment. She stood about 1.7 meters tall.

She wore a black-and-white dress, her long black hair secured by a black-and-white hairband.

Her slender legs were clad in white stockings, which accentuated their beauty.

Her jade-like feet, wrapped in transparent stockings, exuded an indescribable allure.

Yet, at first glance, she gave off the aura of an otherworldly Adeptus, untouchable and pure—a strange harmony with that very allure.

Lumine widened her eyes, staring at Qiu Xue’s stocking-clad legs and delicate feet.

“Goodness, what official could resist such temptation?”

Lumine crouched down, her face slightly flushed, gazing with an almost infatuated look at Qiu Xue’s legs and feet.

Noticing Lumine’s gaze, Qiu Xue blushed and also looked down at her own feet.

“Wearing stockings without shoes really does feel strange.”

Then, she used her Divine Power to conjure a pair of shoes, covering her jade-like feet.

Lumine glanced at her jade-like feet wrapped in shoes, stood up, her gaze tinged with disappointment.

Yet she couldn’t help stealing glances at Qiu Xue’s beautiful legs from time to time.

“Th-this… Qiu Bai and Qiu Xue are the same person!”

Paimon’s mouth hung open in shock as she stared at the exquisitely beautiful woman.

She never would have imagined that Qiu Bai and Qiu Xue were actually one and the same.

“This is part of my Authority as the God of Yin and Yang.”

“I can transform into a female form, or I can take on a male form.”

The woman’s delicate, beautiful face looked at Lumine and Paimon, her lips as red as cinnabar parting slightly as she smiled at the bewildered expressions before her.

“The Authority of the God of Yin and Yang?”

“What does that mean?”

Paimon waved her hands, asking with some confusion.

She was still a bit dazed, unable to process it all just yet.

“What is called Authority is something each Demon God possesses from the moment of their birth.”

“And one of my Authorities is the ability to change gender.”

Qiu Xue looked at Lumine and Paimon and explained with a smile.

“But this Authority has a flaw: the longer I maintain a gender transformation,”

“the more my personality and behavior will align with that gender.”

Qiu Xue placed her hands over her abdomen, gazing gently and demurely at Lumine and Paimon as she explained.

Her sweet voice, paired with her delicate beauty, left Lumine and Paimon momentarily entranced.

“I think I like Qiu Xue a bit more.”

“So gentle and refined, not like Qiu Bai, who’s always so unserious.”

Paimon rested her chin on her hand, looking at the lovely Qiu Xue as she spoke slowly.

Qiu Xue walked over to Paimon on her beautiful legs and patted her head.

“Little Paimon, Qiu Bai and I are the same person, you know.”

“If you talk about me like that, I might just turn back and spank you.”

Qiu Xue smiled gently, stroking Paimon’s head as she spoke.

“Wh-what should I do then? Paimon doesn’t want to be spanked.”

Paimon recalled Qiu Bai’s sword strike and looked at Qiu Xue with a hint of fear.

“Then you’d better run, little Paimon.”

Qiu Xue covered her mouth with one hand, her beautiful eyes filled with amusement as she watched the flustered Paimon.

“Oh, right! Goodbye, Sister Qiu Xue! Let’s run, Traveler!”

“I don’t want Qiu Bai to spank me!”

Paimon turned to look at Lumine beside her, stomping her feet anxiously.

“Paimon, you’re the one getting spanked.”

“It’s not me, so why should I run?”

Lumine placed her hands on her hips, looking slyly at Paimon.

“System.”

“What was the reward for being evenly matched with Childe?”

Qiu Xue touched her chin, only now remembering there was still an unopened reward.

“Ding!”

“Reward granted: one pair of stockings condensed from the Law of Yin!”

“Pfft—”

Qiu Xue truly couldn’t hold back, her face already beginning to flush with embarrassment.

“Should I say I saw this coming?”

“Can’t you give out normal rewards, you useless system!”

Though cursing the system inwardly, she still glanced at the stockings’ description.

She examined the stockings carefully in the system space. Sure enough, just as she’d guessed, they were black stockings.

Similar to the white pair, but with golden patterns opposite to those on the white stockings.

“Ding!”

“Stockings condensed from the Law of Yin can nourish the soul!”

The system’s voice echoed in Qiu Xue’s mind.

“So that’s it. Black stockings nourish the soul, white stockings nourish Divine Power.”

“Ding!”

“Back to the host! Two pairs of stockings can merge into one!”

Qiu Xue twitched her lips fiercely. System, you really know how to play, don’t you? Even stockings can be turned into a game by you.

Then let me see what they look like after merging.

Curious, Qiu Xue clicked the synthesis button in her heart.