Chapter 96: This Idea Is Really Perverted

The daily sect tasks are all repetitive, so there’s no need to bother doing them.

Just a few points of spiritual energy, and I’m supposed to exhaust myself cleaning the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion?

No way!!!

As soon as she left the Tianxin Pavilion, Chongchong stared at her big eyes in shock and grabbed Chen Xiaoyan.

“Sister Xiaoyan, be honest with me—Is Vice Sect Leader Shen your mom? Or did you receive some secret mission?”

“Why so many secret missions? Sister Shen just asked me to return the necklace to you, and to apologize, she gave me a piece of equipment as a gift.”

“And, NPC is my mom? Are you cursing me? Bring it on.”

Chen Xiaoyan was unhappy and lightly tapped her on the head.

Normally, this girl would have snapped back angrily by now, but she was still too shocked to react.

An NPC gifting equipment to players was pretty normal.

But Shen Qingqing’s sneaky move was something Chongchong had never seen before.

She made Sister Xiaoyan return the necklace to her, then gave her a gift in return.

No matter how you looked at it, it had a certain… flavor to it.

If it were a real person, it would be hard not to suspect some ulterior motive.

“I didn’t mean that, it’s just… sigh, forget it. Sister Xiaoyan, what kind of equipment did Vice Sect Leader Shen give you? Can I see it?”

“Here.”

Chen Xiaoyan handed her the white jade hairpin and silk ribbon directly.

Chongchong took the two magical artifacts and used the game system to appraise them.

The moment she saw the stats, she was stunned again.

“Holy crap! What is this?”

“Auto-charging, can block one fatal attack, and can briefly boost movement speed to escape. Isn’t this a guaranteed lifesaver?”

“And this one lets you control enemies by inputting spiritual power, with no time limit. Whoa~”

Greed filled Chongchong’s eyes.

She wanted it. She really wanted it.

Such ridiculous divine equipment—if it were posted in the World Channel, it would blow up instantly.

“The silk ribbon isn’t that exaggerated; it’s not that effective against high-level enemies. Plus, it has quite a high requirement—it needs enlightened spiritual cultivation…”

Speaking of which, Chen Xiaoyan seemed to recall something and asked, “By the way, Chongchong, you should have about a thousand spiritual energy now, right? Have you improved your cultivation?”

“I have.”

Chongchong nodded and returned the white jade hairpin and ribbon to Chen Xiaoyan.

“Follow me.”

Chen Xiaoyan tossed the two artifacts into her backpack and pulled her toward the Demon Suppression Tower.

She wanted to test if other Heavenly Fragrance players, after improving cultivation, would have their healing produce critical hits and consistently boost healing by 20%.

Half an hour later.

Chen Xiaoyan walked out with a puzzled Chongchong.

As expected, the attribute increases from cultivation improvements affected all players.

“Chongchong, are there any strong players among the Heavenly Fragrance sect recently?”

“I haven’t paid attention to that. Sister Xiaoyan, do you need something?”

“Nothing big. I just want to recruit two more Heavenly Fragrance players to join us. We only have three people now, which is a bit too few.”

“Stare~”

“Hm?”

Chen Xiaoyan suddenly felt an intense chill and looked in the direction of the cold sensation, only to find Chongchong staring at her with a resentful expression.

That little resentful look was as if Chen Xiaoyan had done some unforgivable, heinous crime against her.

“Uh… why are you looking at me like that?”

Is it a problem for me to expand the team?

“Sister Xiaoyan, don’t you think having me and Xianyun isn’t enough?”

Chen Xiaoyan didn’t understand what Chongchong meant and didn’t dwell on it.

“We only have three people now. Adding two more makes five, which is barely enough. In the future, not only will we have matters at the Snow Smoke Pavilion, but we also need to look after the Sword Pavilion.”

“Hmph.” Chongchong snorted unhappily.

“That many? Can you handle that many?”

“Many?”

Now it was Chen Xiaoyan’s turn to look confused.

Handle?

Handle what?

“I actually think it’s still a bit few. If there were more Heavenly Fragrance players who knew how to play, I’d probably recruit ten or even more healers into the team.”

“Ten? Two hands, two feet, all taken—where are you going to hang them? What, ten fingers? One per person?”

Chongchong transformed into a sarcastic onmyoji with a mocking tone.

Chen Xiaoyan was utterly confused.

“Chongchong, I think your way of thinking is on a totally different wavelength from mine.”

“No, I’m not.”

“Yes, you are.”

***

Chongchong was very resistant to expanding the number of healers in the team and absolutely refused to recruit more Heavenly Fragrance players.

She hadn’t realized it earlier, but later Chen Xiaoyan suddenly understood.

Turns out she was jealous.

Taking off her helmet, Chen Xiaoyan lay on the bed, shaking her head with a wry smile.

Looking out the window, it was already night.

Get up, shower, eat, then sleep.

She had been playing Immortal World for almost a month, and every day was the same.

She hadn’t eaten lunch at all.

Only breakfast and dinner.

Picking up her phone, she ordered takeout and then prepared to get out of bed.

But as soon as she sat up, that familiar weakness and dizziness hit again, even worse than before.

Her limbs felt like they were filled with lead—moving was extremely difficult.

These symptoms scared Chen Xiaoyan so much that her face went pale, and she felt a bit apprehensive.

She knew this was the result of playing the game too much.

Tomorrow, she decided not to play and would go to the hospital for a checkup.

Making money was important, but life was only one.

Chen Xiaoyan grabbed her phone again and logged into Penguin Chat to send a message to Mu Qingxue, Chongchong, and Xianyun that she wouldn’t play tomorrow.

As expected, all three blew up her chat immediately.

They kept asking if something had happened and if she needed help.

Chen Xiaoyan felt warm inside reading their messages.

But she didn’t dare meet them in real life.

She replied briefly that everything was fine and to not worry, then closed Penguin Chat.

After more than ten minutes, Chen Xiaoyan slowly regained the ability to move.

In the bathroom, holding her hair, she was dumbfounded.

What the hell—Is this really my hair?

She measured it—almost reaching her waist.

A flicker of fear flashed in her eyes.

What’s going on?

Her body was clearly acting weird.

It was just around her shoulders a day or two ago, now it was almost down to her waist.

The growth speed was abnormal no matter how you looked at it.

In the mirror, that familiar yet strange face was still the same as before.

But why did it look so odd?

Touching her face, it was smoother and whiter than before.

If you weren’t looking closely, you’d think it was a fairly androgynous girl.

Chen Xiaoyan angrily smashed the wall.

Damn it, there’s definitely something wrong with that game.

No way this is normal.

I’ll stream myself washing my hair upside down just to prove it.

Or maybe I should just quit?

That thought suddenly popped into her mind.

But quitting would mean becoming a millionaire would be out of reach.

Money on one hand, life on the other.

Chen Xiaoyan rubbed her head irritably, unable to choose.

In this world, not having money is also deadly.

Fine, I’ll go to the hospital for a checkup tomorrow and then decide.

If nothing’s wrong, I’ll keep playing; if there is, I’ll take a break.

No matter how much money you have, you need a life to spend it.

So, here’s the problem.

Tomorrow she had to go out for the checkup with this flowing long hair?

Just thinking about those strange looks like she was some kind of pervert made her lose the courage.

But if she didn’t go out, how could she get the checkup?

Looking at the delicate face in the mirror and the hair tied in front of her chest, a strange thought suddenly popped into Chen Xiaoyan’s mind.

What if I crossdress?