“Sister, have you seen Chen Xiaoyan?”
“No, how about you?”
“I hasn’t seen her either. Didn’t someone say they saw that big boss in the square? Where is she?”
Thirty-some Tianxiang players gathered at the Tianxin Mountain square.
They had received news that the person in charge of distributing daily sect quests was online and located at the square.
However, when the group arrived, they couldn’t find any sign of the woman.
“She didn’t log off again, did she?”
“Let’s go look halfway up the mountain. Ugh, these people are so annoying.”
“Ignore them. Finding the big boss to get the quest is what matters.”
“I haven’t done my daily quest in 2 days, sob…”
“Sigh, you’re telling me? Casual players like us only rely on sect quests to increase our Spiritual Qi.”
“I’m so frustrated. Why did Lady Shen give the quest distribution to Chen Xiaoyan? Now I don’t even have a reason to go see Lady Shen.”
Ignoring invitations from players of other sects in the square, the thirty-some women rushed toward the player courtyard halfway up the mountain. After they left, another three Tianxiang players emerged from the crowd.
One of them watched their hurried departure, lost in thought.
“Sister, should we follow them?” Yuyu Won’t Heal asked while hopping beside her.
Yunyun Doesn’t Want to Heal shook her head. “We aren’t desperate for that little bit of Spiritual Qi. Tensions between Xueyan Pavilion and Wushuang Building are rising; they could start a war at any moment. It’s better not to go and deal with her attitude.”
“Sister, if we face that monster Chen Xiaoyan, can we really win?” Yunyun Doesn’t Want to Heal’s beautiful face turned solemn.
Xueyan Pavilion had significantly more Tianxiang players than Wushuang Building, not to mention that she and the renowned Chongchong were there. The gap between the healer groups was too wide. In a head-on collision, the chances of victory were slim—pitifully small, in fact.
Seeing her sister remain silent, Yuyu Won’t Heal stopped questioning her. She knew a bit about the disparity between the two guilds herself.
Wushuang Building didn’t have much of a chance against just Xueyan Pavilion alone. Now that the Sword Pavilion had joined as an ally, no guild in the entire Immortal Realm could stand against that alliance.
“That woman Mu Qingxie is so wicked. We clearly didn’t provoke her, yet she’s coming to attack us.”
Hearing her sister’s indignant grumbling, Yunyun Doesn’t Want to Heal just smiled. This girl was too naive sometimes. The Jianghu was never as simple as it appeared on the surface. It was only natural that Mu Qingxie would not allow a threat like Wushuang Building to exist. Besides, since that incident in Ping’an Town, the two guilds had a bit of a grudge.
“Alright, no matter how much you complain here, Mu Qingxie won’t hear you. Let’s go back to Shangjing City and report the mission to Master Wushuang.”
Yunyun Doesn’t Want to Heal had a mission: recruit as many Tianxiang players as possible. She knew Tianxiang players were different from those of other sects; there were many casual players who just liked the scenery. Trying to recruit them for war was likely a long shot.
Reality matched her thoughts. Very few agreed, and most who were willing had already been recruited by Chen Xiaoyan. Compared to her, they preferred hanging out with the Tianxiang Big Sister. This left Yunyun Doesn’t Want to Heal feeling quite helpless.
“Sister, I’m not complaining!” Yuyu Won’t Heal said urgently.
“Yes, yes, let’s go.” Yunyun Doesn’t Want to Heal nodded dismissively and teleported away from Tianxin Mountain.
“Stupid big sister!” Yuyu Won’t Heal puffed out her cheeks angrily. She glanced toward the middle of the mountain for a moment, hesitated, but did not teleport away immediately.
***
Chongchong’s words were so sensible that Chen Xiaoyan almost gave her the Tortoise Spirit Ring on the spot. Fortunately, she was stopped by reason at the last second. If she handed over the ring, she would have to face Mu Qingxie’s wrath.
The wrath of her boss and landlord was something she couldn’t handle right now. Most likely, her salary would be docked, and she would be kicked out. Although she had some savings and wouldn’t starve, she was an undocumented person. If she were kicked out, she wouldn’t even be able to stay in a hotel and would have to sleep on the streets. If she slept on the street and ran into an Immortal Realm player, that would be a disaster.
‘I’ll just find a high-quality ring to give the girl later.’
Then, Chen Xiaoyan sent private messages to the Tianxiang players who had previously agreed to help. She told them to gather at the square in 10 minutes.
“Xianyun!” Chen Xiaoyan walked out of the inner room and called out to Xianyun, who was still messing with the peach blossom tree in the courtyard.
Hearing someone call her name, Xianyun immediately turned around. “Big Sister?”
“Go down to the square in 10 minutes and bring them here. We need to discuss things.”
“Them?”
“The sisters who agreed to play with us a few days ago.”
“Understood.” With that, Xianyun rose and used Qinggong to vanish quickly from the courtyard.
Chen Xiaoyan was incredibly envious. ‘If I had that kind of speed, that girl Chongchong would be eating my dust.’
There was no helping it; this was the price of her special setup. High healing output? It was exchanged for her constitution.
‘I wonder if Lady Shen has any more of that medicinal bath. The effect was quite good.’ Although the improvement to her constitution wasn’t very obvious, the effect was still there.
“Sister Xiaoyan, do I have a task?” Yilian Youmeng, who was sitting on the roof catching the breeze and sunbathing, asked anxiously.
Chen Xiaoyan looked up. The sun was blinding, so she shaded her eyes with one hand. Yilian Youmeng was sitting on the roof beam. Her small pink embroidered shoes were set aside, revealing two white little feet swinging back and forth.
“What are you doing up there?”
“Looking at the scenery. Sister Xiaoyan, do you want to come up and look? The view is really good.”
“Be careful, don’t fall off.”
Yilian Youmeng suddenly grinned. She grabbed her embroidered shoes with her right hand and kicked off the beam. She leaped into the air, performed a somersault, and landed steadily on the ground with her arms spread wide.
“I have Qinggong in the game. How could I possibly fall?”
“Uh…” Chen Xiaoyan’s lips twitched slightly. ‘Fine, I shouldn’t have said anything.’
“Sister Xiaoyan, where’s my task?” Yilian Youmeng put on her shoes, her expression seemingly excited.
“You don’t have a task.”
Yilian Youmeng was greatly disappointed. With no dungeons to run and no tasks to do, she was so bored she felt like she was growing grass. “Sister Xiaoyan, just give me a daily sect quest to do.”
“Fine.”
Seeing that this girl was also the type who couldn’t sit still, Chen Xiaoyan opened the task interface and immediately issued today’s sect quest to her. Yilian Youmeng flipped through the task list. Her eyes suddenly lit up, and she pumped a small fist.
“Nice! There’s a new task. Sister Xiaoyan, I’m going to do the quest now!”
‘A new task?’
Chen Xiaoyan flipped through her own task list, but it was full of repeatable quests. She lost interest instantly. She waved her hand. “Go on. Come back as soon as you finish the new task. We’re having a meeting soon.”
“Roger that!” Yilian Youmeng made an “OK” sign. Her little feet kicked off again, and she jumped over the courtyard wall, vanishing into thin air and leaving only layers of afterimages behind.
Chen Xiaoyan looked outside the courtyard and sighed deeply. ‘It seems like in this National Beauty team, I’m the one with the weakest constitution.’
‘Whatever, so what if their constitution is strong? They still can’t out-heal me.’
Tianxiang was all about healing volume. Even if one was fast and physically strong, could they increase their healing output? At that thought, a proud smile appeared on Chen Xiaoyan’s face, and she turned to walk back into the inner room.
Just then, the courtyard gate was suddenly pushed open. She turned back in confusion, only to see Yilian Youmeng running back in a panic.