“So the true name of the Longyuan Empire’s Empress is Li Xunxian?!”
“Of course it is! How many times do you need to ask?!”
Li Weigui was completely letting loose now. Facing Luo Taozhi, she no longer felt the slightest bit of fear.
If it came to it, she’d just die. What was there to be afraid of?
“If there’s anything else you want to ask, I’ve pretty much told you everything I know.”
“Mm. Nothing else. You can go.”
Luo Taozhi waved her hand, signaling Li Weigui to leave.
“That’s it? You’re letting me go? Then… can I have my index finger back?”
“Go on, get out of here. Find a place to reattach it yourself.”
After saying this, Luo Taozhi directly tossed Li Weigui and her severed finger outside.
“Oh, and once it’s reattached, come back and clean up. You’ve stained the room with your blood.”
“Tch…” Li Weigui clicked her tongue as she looked at the tightly shut door and the finger that had been thrown out, quickly catching it.
“It was you who cut it off…”
She muttered softly under her breath, then picked up her severed finger and placed it back where it belonged.
The severed finger and the smooth wound touched. The flesh, bones, and blood vessels at the cross-section began to fuse at a visible speed. The flesh at the break seemed to have its own consciousness, with fine, dense granulation frantically sprouting and intertwining.
A pale pink aura of blood wrapped in a faint white glow precisely bit the misaligned bone splinters together. The severed meridians, blood vessels—one by one they aligned and fused.
In just a few moments, the severed finger and the wound had perfectly merged.
Li Weigui flexed her finger. A faint numbness lingered at the tip. She pouted.
She wasn’t going to go back in that quickly. She wanted to teach this ruthless hand a lesson!
At least… at least she’d wait an hour before going back!
Yeah, let her know that she had a temper too!
Meanwhile, inside the room, Luo Taozhi couldn’t care less about the person outside.
She had only wanted to get some basic information about the Longyuan Empire from Li Weigui. She never expected to stumble upon such important intelligence.
The Li Xunxian that Xiao Nanchu knew was actually the current Empress of the Longyuan Empire?!
According to Xiao Nanchu, he had only just joined that so-called Immortal Sect with Li Xunxian.
But based on what Li Weigui had revealed, the Empress had joined the Immortal Sect a full thousand years ago!
That couldn’t be… Was that guy’s account really not in the same time and space as hers?
Luo Taozhi found it hard to believe. She opened the friends list and searched for the ID “Xiao Nanchu.”
No results… She couldn’t find him?
That ID “Xiao Nanchu” was absolutely real—she had used her charm technique to trick it out of him, so it couldn’t be fake.
And now she was no longer in the Novice Village, so there was no reason she shouldn’t be able to search for him.
That meant Xiao Nanchu really wasn’t here!
No way! Xiao Nanchu’s real-life body was still in the room next to hers!
So how had this game, using some unknown method, sent Xiao Nanchu’s consciousness back a thousand years?
Was he existing both in the present and the past at the same time?!
The Myriad Transcendence Art!!
That was one of the three secret arts of the Sacred Land, only eligible for Golden Core Cultivators to study. Yet Xiao Nanchu, a mere mortal body, had managed to cultivate the foundation of the Myriad Transcendence Art!
Luo Taozhi’s suspicion about the origin of this game grew stronger and stronger.
No!
She had to go offline right now and check on Xiao Nanchu!
…
[Congratulations, player [Left Hand High Damage, Right Hand High Damage]! Your EXP is full!]
[Lv9 → Lv10!]
[Congratulations, player! You have successfully leveled up to Lv10. Current EXP is locked. Please go to the Novice Village Chief to undergo a Class Change, or complete a self-driven Class Change to continue leveling.]
[Detected that the player possesses the skill manual [Qi Training Art (Gold)]. Class Change conditions unlocked. Automatically changing class to [Cultivator].]
[Congratulations, player! You have successfully changed class to [Cultivator]!]
[Congratulations, player! You have acquired the skill: [Qi Gathering]!]
…
After cutting down the last Little Wild Wolf, the system sound effect that Xiao Nanchu had been longing for finally rang in his ears.
Finally!
He had finally reached Lv10!
Not only could he finally leave the Novice Village, but he had also pushed the progress of the other account’s mission halfway.
The system had dinged and clanged a whole bunch. Scanning through it, only the class triggered by the Qi Training Art seemed interesting.
[Cultivator]
[Gold Class]
[Class Change Requirement: Possess at least one cultivation-related skill manual. (Class rarity is determined by the rarity of the skill manual.)]
[Description: A perfect class. Both the lower and upper limits depend on the player themselves.]
And the skill [Qi Gathering] brought by the class change… using it felt very familiar.
It was a bit like the feeling Luo Taozhi had taught him when manipulating Spiritual Energy, and the way it manifested seemed very similar to how she used Sword Qi in the dungeon!
Trying to imitate her, Xiao Nanchu realized he couldn’t achieve what she did—perfectly coating her sword with energy. He couldn’t control it well at all. A huge surge of qi burst out, and the mana consumption was terrifying. He simply couldn’t use it as a passive like she did.
But it didn’t matter. As long as he practiced long enough, he would eventually be able to do the same as Luo Taozhi!
He looked at his attribute panel.
[ID: Left Hand High Damage, Right Hand High Damage (Switchable)]
[Level: Lv10]
[Class: Cultivator (All Attributes +10%)]
[Health Points: 1755 (1050+300)]
[Mana Points: 1430 (1000+100)]
[Mental Power: 42 (35+5)]
[Qi Attack: 1261 (750+220)]
[Qi Defense: 1118 (750+110)]
[Available Attribute Points: 5]
[Acquired Skills: Qi Training Art (Gold)]
[Skills: Shield Bash, Slash, Block, One Who Stands Alone, Qi Gathering, Dizzying Roar, Vigorous]
[Equipped Gear: Wolf King’s Cloak (Green), Wolf King’s Fang Pendant (Green)]
Mm… this was definitely not an attribute panel that a Lv10 player should have.
Vigorous was a skill he had obtained from the Golden Treasure Chest opened after clearing the dungeon. Its effect was to directly restore 20% of max Health Points and Mana Points upon use. The consumption was a terrifying 500 mana points, and the cooldown was a full 24 hours.
He allocated the five available attribute points, which appeared every 5 levels, into the Health Points category.
[Health Points: 1755 (1050+300)] → [Health Points: 1820 (1100+300)]
His Health Points had increased again, now not far from 2000.
Xiao Nanchu looked at his attributes with satisfaction. It was impossible not to feel pride.
His initial attributes were terrifyingly high, and on top of that, he had two equipment slots to wear. While others could at most deal three-digit damage, he could easily hit four digits!
This game was basically Easy Mode for him!
He found it hard to believe that anyone could surpass him in this game, except for Luo Taozhi.
He had noticed during the boss fight in the dungeon that Luo Taozhi’s movements were much faster than during their PK in the Novice Village.
Although both were fast in his eyes, her movements now were noticeably smoother. It made him a bit uneasy.
He suspected that if they had another PK now, he might not even have a chance to touch her.