Jixin City, outside the Northern Gate.
The guild members coming in and out of Jixin City couldn’t help but cast curious glances at Li Yunxian and her group.
Before long, someone approached them.
The newcomer cautiously sized them up, finally fixing their gaze on Li Yunxian, who stood at the forefront, and asked, “Where are you from? I don’t recall seeing you in the city.”
The Northern Gate was also an area used by the Jixin City guild.
If someone wasn’t recognized, that was understandable. But for a group of over a hundred people like Li Yunxian’s… it was impossible that none of them were known.
Here, in Everything, people would only casually inquire.
In the real world, such a large group could easily be suspected as disguised aliens or outright Hunters coming to attack the city.
In smaller towns, all cultivators combined wouldn’t even number this many!
And in Everything, the only real thing to be wary of was whether some strange crisis was about to occur.
Still, the person approaching didn’t seriously suspect these people to be weird entities.
After all, Li Yunxian’s group looked exhausted yet exhilarated—no ordinary strange creature could appear so abstract.
“Hm, we’re from Yinhai City,” Li Yunxian answered straightforwardly.
In Everything, there were no major conflicts between cities.
When neighboring cities encountered tricky crises, they often helped each other.
There was no need to hide anything.
“Oh, Yinhai’s… ah?! Yinhai?” The other person’s realization halted halfway as they suddenly sensed something was off.
They looked up at Li Yunxian’s group, then toward the distant forest.
Theoretically, Yinhai was indeed to their north, but…
“Didn’t Yinhai just experience a beast tide outbreak?!” the person exclaimed in shock.
Being the neighboring city, and with many people recently going there for trade, the first wave of offline players had already passed the news about Yinhai’s beast tide through offline channels.
Seeing the shocked expressions of the Jixin City people, those following Li Yunxian showed satisfied looks.
They had worried that the people in Jixin City might not know.
But it turned out the news had already spread!!
That was… excellent!!
They hadn’t stayed at the spawn point with the others but had followed Li Yunxian to Jixin City.
What they were most eager to see was exactly this—the stunned expressions on the faces of the Jixin City people upon hearing of their exploits.
—Of course, a large factor was also that their storage magic devices were full to capacity.
“Yes, we fought our way out!!” Before Li Yunxian could speak, the others couldn’t contain themselves and swarmed the newcomer, chattering loudly about their great feats.
How they killed ten Foundation Establishment stage beasts in one go.
Or how they had slashed through the claws of a Gold Core Beast.
Beast tides of demons and monsters were, to them, as simple as cutting through melons and vegetables.
Li Yunxian glanced at the boastful speakers, feeling that her memories and their words didn’t match at all.
They’d at least doubled the truth!
Li Yunxian chuckled.
Yet seeing them so happy, she said nothing.
Even when they were challenged, and as they shouted, “Boss! Boss! It’s like this, right?” she nodded supportively.
Sometimes, as long as everyone was happy, the truth didn’t matter much.
Especially when everyone was bragging, no one left out.
From afar, those in Jixin City who watched their companions suddenly get surrounded grew tense and cautiously approached one by one.
Then those who had arrived too late to claim the first bragging spot took notice.
As a result, these nervous Jixin City guild members, with no surprises, became the next targets of trouble.
Li Yunxian couldn’t help but laugh.
And here she was thinking these guys forgot they needed to log off.
Before Li Yunxian’s group even entered the city, news of their breaking through the beast tide was already circulating in Jixin City.
It was indeed fresh news.
As Li Yunxian stepped into Jixin City, she immediately noticed the many curious eyes around her.
But she paid no mind, instead looking at Ying Wenhe, who had followed her quietly and hadn’t participated in the storytelling.
“I’m logging off. From here on, it’s in your hands,” Li Yunxian said.
It had taken four hours to fight their way to the spawn point.
Then, with so many people not wanting the trip to be wasted, Li Yunxian had stayed several more hours at the spawn point with everyone.
Another few hours had passed by the time they reached Jixin City.
Li Yunxian checked the time; it was already noon the next day in the real world.
She really had to log off.
Besides, she had only promised to bring everyone to Jixin City—not to handle any socializing or formalities.
She watched as some officials approached, their attire clearly marking them as Jixin City guild administrators.
Patting Ying Wenhe’s shoulder, Li Yunxian said finally, “You’re the only guild member among us.
Anything between the two city guilds isn’t your concern!”
Ying Wenhe only caught the phrase “It’s all up to you now.”
It was his first time receiving such an important request.
She understands me!
Ying Wenhe’s heart stirred; just as he was about to say something promising, Li Yunxian’s figure vanished in the blink of an eye.
Before he could react, a guild administrator in Jixin City had come up to him.
“Hello, may I have a moment to talk?” the person asked.
Ying Wenhe straightened his chest. “Of course.”
Unlike those who only knew how to boast, he would fulfill Li Yunxian’s request and boast about her properly!!
Li Yunxian had no idea that her decisive departure would leave the remaining people free to do as they pleased.
Once fully logged out of Everything, Li Yunxian breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the familiar surroundings.
Glancing at her phone, she saw several messages asking why she hadn’t come to class that morning.
Mostly from classmates.
Her teacher’s side was quiet.
If things were truly calm, these classmates wouldn’t have immediately suspected something was wrong for her absence, but rather assumed Professor Li had arranged it.
Li Yunxian smiled softly and replied.
“No issues, just focused on breaking through the acupoint and lost track of time.”
After answering, she didn’t forget to send a message to her teacher as well.
“Teacher, I’ll be at the workshop on time this afternoon.”
Soon after, Li Tianying replied.
“Okay.”
A completely casual reply.
But if she hadn’t been paying attention, given how busy Li Tianying was, she wouldn’t have noticed the message so quickly.
If it was truly urgent, she would have called.
Li Yunxian’s eyes curved into a smile.
It felt really nice to be cared for.
She put away her phone and took out a Bu Ling Dan from her storage magic device, popping it.
***
In the next moment, Li Yunxian’s aura trembled.
With the pill’s powerful and rapid spiritual energy, three acupoints were struck open in succession.
If you’re going to put on a show, you have to do it properly.
Since she had told others she was breaking through acupoints, she needed to show some real progress.
With her work somewhat done, Li Yunxian pressed her rumbling stomach, then rose and headed outside her villa.
Having spent so much time and mental energy in Everything, she didn’t want to eat the Pi Gu Dan she had made for herself.
She decided to treat herself to a proper meal.
Li Yunxian thought this as she casually entered a restaurant.
No surprises—no coincidences.
Not long after she sat down, Pei Dongyuan and several classmates from the literature and martial departments walked in.
Seeing Li Yunxian, their eyes lit up and they didn’t hesitate to join her table.
“What a coincidence!” Pei Dongyuan greeted cheerfully. “Running into you here again.”
“I’ve only been at Tiantong for three days. Three times in three days—must be fate!”
Li Yunxian looked up slightly at Pei Dongyuan.
The first two encounters could be called coincidences, but today definitely was not.
The other students lacked spiritual senses, but Li Yunxian had one.
After daily training with that Heavenly-Grade Smelting Furnace, Li Yunxian had compressed her soul to the size of a palm.
This change didn’t boost her personal combat strength—not counting the increased damage when fragmenting.
But it greatly expanded her spiritual sensing range.
Within a five-hundred-meter radius, nothing escaped her perception.
That distance was neither too close nor too far, but she clearly sensed that just moments ago, Pei Dongyuan and his group had been heading toward another direction near this restaurant.
Suddenly, without any hesitation or looking around, they turned around and directly entered this restaurant’s front door.
What a coincidence.
Clearly, they were here for her.