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An unpleasant voice came from behind him. Luo Zhen looked down and saw a small, pink-haired boy in front of him.
"The little one is so cute, where are your parents?"
Fu Xuan puffed out his cheeks, then, realizing he was meeting a guest, pulled them back down: "Manager Luo Zhen, I think you know very well that I am the Grand Diviner of the Grand Divination Bureau. There's no need to say such things."
"I can't help it, I can't resist teasing cute kids."
Luo Zhen said, "You want to resolve the damage that Qing Que's rumor caused Jing Yuan, right? It's simple, give me your phone."
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Volume 1: 035 - Are you the Envoy of Pleasure?
cell phone?
Fu Xuan could understand that Luo Zhen really wanted the jade omen, but he couldn't figure out his intentions.
Thinking that this was a test, she handed over her jade tablet.
Luo Zhen quickly figured out how to use it, logged into the website using Fu Xuan's account, and posted a message.
"I am Fu Xuan, the Grand Diviner. Today I saw some false information about General Jingyuan on the internet, so I came here specifically to refute it."
"General Jingyuan has no illegitimate children. You can see that he is over eight hundred years old and is almost at the limit of human lifespan. He has not yet started a family. The reason is simple: he likes men."
"He won't even have children, let alone illegitimate ones. I hope everyone will stop believing and spreading rumors. You can guess who the man he likes is."
General Jingyuan was already very popular, and with Luo Zhen adding relevant tags and Fu Xuan's real-name verification, he quickly attracted a lot of attention.
AAA Luofu Douzhier: "Really? Is that true?"
Fu Yangrou: "Shocking news! It turns out that this is what happened. Such a secret would probably never have been revealed if it weren't to clarify the rumors about the general."
A user commented on the Diting (谛听) app: "Click here to see cute Diting videos? Great value for money?"
Chiming said online: "Normally, the lifespan of a celestial being is a thousand years. Most of them will be possessed by demonic spirits when they are eight hundred years old. Because of the battles, the negative emotions of the Cloud Cavalry accumulate even faster. Many of them may be possessed by demonic spirits when they are five or six hundred years old. It is indeed possible that the general was not married when he was eight hundred years old."
Rainbow7854: "Not necessarily. I know a fox-person who is also nearing the end of his lifespan and has not yet gotten married. He simply doesn't want to start a family, not because he is attracted to the same sex."
Zhao Xiang: "I'm just sitting in the front row watching the show. Luofu is really lively. I'd love to go and have a look if I ever get the chance."
A user posted online under their real name: "Fu Qing, why are you joining in the fun? This isn't like you at all. Could your account have been hacked?"
Invincible Swordsman 123: "Fu Xuan, you are a high-ranking official, yet you openly spread rumors and slander the General. You are not worthy of being among the Six Emperors!"
Anonymous: "Is this what a power struggle looks like? It's terrifying."
Sparks flew: "Let's fight! Let's fight! Hehe."
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Luo Zhen looked at the lively comment section in front of him and nodded in satisfaction.
Since it was posted by Fu Xuan himself, the relevant authorities in Luofu dared not delete the post.
He said:
"The rumors have been cleared up, don't worry, now no one will believe that Jingyuan has an illegitimate child."
Fu Hua took back her phone and saw the message Luo Zhen had posted, along with the replies below. She felt a wave of dizziness wash over her.
"What have you done with my phone?!"
"The right thing to do is to cover up one rumor with another."
Luo Zhen remained unfazed. "Your constant denials will only encourage conspiracy theories to spread. See how many people have come to believe what I've said?"
“A classic case is that I have seen the world and there was a public figure who was falsely accused of bullying others in high school. The way to refute the rumor was that he never went to high school.”
"It was very effective. It made everyone laugh, and they immediately realized that what came before was a rumor because it fit the character's traits perfectly."
"But he later clarified that he had actually attended high school and had spent six months at a vocational high school."
Luo Zhen said, "The key to communication studies is simplicity. The simpler something is, the more the public can accept it. This is common sense, my friend."
Fu Xuan opened his mouth, hesitated, and ultimately said nothing.
Luo Zhen was right; this was the simplest method, and Fu Xuan clearly understood this.
Furthermore, such rumors are most credible only if they come from someone of her high position and power, as everyone assumes she wouldn't lie.
The matter was resolved, though not perfectly, but she still felt uneasy, as if she had been tricked.
"And what about my reputation?"
Fu Xuan gritted his teeth, "Bleaking this kind of information has completely shattered my image of being aloof and reliable. It makes me look like a despicable person who enjoys gossiping behind people's backs!"
"It's very simple. Delete that message now, and then say that your account has been hacked and that you didn't send that message, but don't clarify or say it's a rumor."
Fu Xuan did as instructed, but unfortunately the effect was not obvious. The comments were divided into two camps. One camp firmly did not believe that the account had been hacked. How could the account of the Grand Diviner of the Imperial Divination Bureau be hacked?
The other group responded with "Ah, right, right, right," interspersed with various dog emojis, which made Fu Xuan's blood pressure spike.
Qingque felt a sense of satisfaction watching Fu Xuan's expression constantly change.
So even the Grand Diviner can make such an expression. The shopkeeper is really something, able to manipulate the Grand Diviner with just a few words. If I had that ability, I wouldn't be constantly given extra work, and I would have been slacking off at the Grand Diviner's office long ago.
Fu Xuan realized that the so-called denial was useless. In just a short time, she had already seen screenshots of that message in several of her groups.
Her jade pendant lit up, and after the call connected, Jing Yuan's face appeared, filled with curiosity:
"Fu Qing, were you really hacked?"
"It doesn't count as account theft."
Fu Xuan looked at Luo Zhen and said, "He posted it to dispel the rumors about having an illegitimate child."
Jing Yuan laughed heartily: "So there are guests after all. This idea is really ingenious. It seems to be working very well. People who were joking about me having an illegitimate child this morning have already accepted that I like men. The rumors have been dispelled."
"May I ask where this guest comes from?"
"Just an ordinary passerby."
Luo Zhen said, "You can think of me as someone who travels around like Akivili, except we've been to different places."
"It turns out that it was the Wuyi Temple, which shares a similar philosophy with You Yuntianjun, that attracted the attention of Master Yi Er.
Jing Yuan noticed that Luo Zhen had absolutely no reverence for the Pioneer Star God.
"I don't know what the purpose of your visit to Luofu is, but as the General of Luofu, I am still able to help."
"I just came here for a visit after accepting Qingque's request."
Luo Zhen said, "If the general needs any help, he can come to me. My commission is quite cheap."
"We will definitely cooperate if the opportunity arises."
Jing Yuan said, "Since Fu Qing is here, then I'll trouble Fu Qing to show this guest around and let him experience the Luofu style. I have important matters to attend to, so I'll have to leave now."
Jing Yuan still had faith in Fu Xuan's abilities. Since no warning had been given, it meant that it was safe. She would wait for her to investigate and report back.
He believed that Fu Xuan could handle all of this.
On the other side, Fu Xuan looked at Luo Zhen and felt more and more that something was wrong. The pleasant smile on his face, his style of causing trouble and having fun, and his connection with opening up one's destiny path all pointed more and more to a certain group.
"You wouldn't happen to be a follower of the Celestial Lord of Eternal Joy, would you? Being able to ignore the Celestial Ship's defenses and come and go as you please, are you perhaps the Envoy of the Order of Pleasure?"
Volume 1: 036 - I am the Immortal Boat T0
Fu Xuan thought about it more and more and it seemed more and more likely.
Perhaps the other universes that Qingque mentioned were just a hoax, a common trick of those who follow the path of joy.
So far, Qingque has only obtained some information about novels, comics, and songs, and has not shown any extraordinary power.
The Pleasure Walker's abilities are quite bizarre; it's possible for him to infiltrate the Immortal Ship silently.
Moreover, he just mentioned the pioneering star god Akivili. As we all know, the Pleasure Star God once disguised himself and infiltrated the Star Train, looking for an opportunity to blow it up in two. It can be said that he has a close connection with the pioneers.
Of course, the most interesting thing is that even after doing such a thing, Pam, the conductor of the Starry Sky Train, still has someone else he dislikes the most.
"Envoy of Pleasure?"
Luo Zhen laughed and said, "That's right. I am Sambo, the Envoy of Pleasure, and I live at No. 6 Yalilo. Go ahead and put me on the wanted list if you dare."
Fu Xuan certainly wouldn't believe Luo Zhen's nonsense. He might be the Envoy of Pleasure, but Sangbo was unlikely to be.
"Don't think we can't do anything to you, this is a celestial ship."
"Precisely because this is a celestial vessel, you must not touch me."
Luo Zhen's smile gradually widened, "Because I have the legal immunity of the Immortal Ship."
"what?"
Fu Xuan said, "On the Immortal Ship, no one is exempt from the law!"
"really?"
Luo Zhen smiled, and the Blue-Eyed White Dragon activated!
White dragon horns, wings, and tail appeared on his body, instantly transforming him from a human into a little dragon.
Fu Xuan exclaimed in surprise: "The Vidyadhara Clan! Not only that, this majestic dragon statue... you are also the Vidyadhara Dragon Lord!"
Luo Zhen's lips curled into a smirk, "The Dragon King has returned!"
The Vidyadharas are a rather unique race. When their lifespan ends, they return to the ancient sea, transforming into a pearl-like egg, waiting to hatch and emerge from the water as a young child.
This cycle repeats itself, and the individual Vidyadhara is immortal. However, the reborn Vidyadhara will lose most of his/her past memories, thus it can also be considered a kind of reincarnation.
The problem is that the Vidyadharas are infertile and cannot increase the population. Once they die an unnatural death, they cannot be reborn as eggs. In other words, every death reduces the population.
Given this special circumstance, coupled with the immense contributions and sacrifices made by the Wisdom Clan to the Immortal Ship, the laws of the Immortal Ship usually make exceptions for the Wisdom Clan.
Luo Zhen remembered that after the Huanlong incident, when the Ten Kings Division confiscated the Medicine King's Secret Manual, they found letters between Dan Shu and Chi Ming Long Shi, which also involved Jianmu.
Long Shi Gou Chen sent ten branches of the Jianmu tree to Dan Shu, which is an indisputable serious crime in the Immortal Ship.
Then, the Ten Kings' Court, which claimed that even the Six Emperors had no right to interfere and would never give face, was addressed by Judge Han Ya as follows: "As for the 'Bright Vision'... there is only so much we can do. With the chaos having reached this point, it is really not advisable to escalate the conflict."
The subsequent assassinations of Dragon Lord Bailu and Danheng by the Chiming Clan went unpunished until Hu Lei escaped from the Youju Prison and launched a brutal attack on the Yunqi Army in the martial arts arena.
General Jingyuan followed Danheng and personally caught Long Shitaoran, who was attempting to assassinate Danheng again, in the act, before finally arresting him.
This shows that the Ming Clan possesses the most robust magic resistance among the three races in the Immortal Ship, making them arguably the top-tier (T0) race.