Night, a small courtyard halfway up the mountain.
Two lanterns hanging under the eaves emitted a faint glow, illuminating the yard.
A cool breeze swept through the night, carrying the scent of peach blossoms, gently brushing against their beautiful faces.
“Xiaoyan sister, it’s only ten points of spiritual energy at ten o’clock. That’s really too little,” after finishing her cultivation, Chongchong complained.
“Having any at all is already good enough.
Are you picking and choosing because your own spiritual energy has exceeded eight hundred, so ten points seems insignificant?”
In the Immortal Realm, there were no main story quests.
All tasks were triggered randomly, which seemed quite free.
But on closer thought, this also cut off players’ paths to quick leveling.
To improve strength, besides cultivating their techniques, they had to go out and gain experience through trials.
If lucky, they might encounter hidden quests, like Blood Daozi.
If unlucky, nothing happens, just a waste of time.
However…
If you went down the mountain for experience, you’d lose the sect’s daily missions.
So, this game only had two options.
Either stay in the sect and live on a basic allowance, or go down the mountain and take your chances.
It was that simple.
As for the Demon Suppression Tower, it was decent at first, but fell apart later.
The experience from the second floor was negligible for someone at level eighteen like her.
The third floor required level thirty to enter, so it was useless.
“It’s not that it’s too little, it’s just that sitting in meditation for one or two hours only yields ten points of spiritual energy, which feels very unrewarding. Oh, Xiaoyan sister, should we go down the mountain and explore the map?”
“Explore the map?”
That meant unlocking other teleportation arrays by exploring.
If you didn’t unlock the teleport points, you couldn’t teleport there.
If something happened, you’d have to ride a horse all the way.
“Alright, if there are no more missions, we’ll go out to explore the map.”
“Yay!”
“But…”
Chen Xiaoyan suddenly paused, then continued, “You have to finish the sect’s daily missions and daily cultivation before you can go.”
“Okay, I’ll listen to Xiaoyan sister.”
“Then it’s settled. Log off and rest now. See you tomorrow, good night.”
“Good night.”
After seeing Chongchong log off, Chen Xiaoyan immediately opened the private chat channel.
She replied to messages from several friends one by one.
She also asked for the QQ numbers of those three bosses.
[Chen Xiaoyan: My QQ number got exposed, so I turned off the verification. I’ll add you.] ×3
After waiting for over ten minutes, Hongchen Jiumeng and Light Green Mist replied, but Plain Face Enthusiast did not.
[Hongchen Jiumeng: Are you okay? ***]
[Light Green Mist: Okay, ****]
[Chen Xiaoyan: I’m fine. Jiumeng boss, do you know Plain Face Enthusiast?]
[Hongchen Jiumeng: Not really. Do you need him for something?]
[Chen Xiaoyan: No, just asking.]
[Hongchen Jiumeng: Hmm, if you need help, just tell me. And don’t call me boss.]
[Chen Xiaoyan: Hehe, thanks Jiumeng.]
After waiting another half hour, Chen Xiaoyan finally received a reply.
But it wasn’t from Plain Face Enthusiast.
[Mu Qingxue: Didn’t you say you’d add me? It’s been so long, are you really giving up?]
[Chen Xiaoyan: No, I just forgot your QQ last time.]
[Mu Qingxue: Okay, then I’ll wait tonight. If you don’t add me, I’ll donate that money in your name to charity.]
[Chen Xiaoyan: That’s a bit ruthless. Don’t worry, I promise to finish the task.]
Reality
Chen Xiaoyan took off her helmet, her expression darkening.
Plain Face Enthusiast was clearly online but deliberately not replying to her.
So the high chance was that he was the one who exposed her QQ number.
She’d see if he replied tomorrow.
If not, then it was certain.
That guy would have plenty of opportunities to be dealt with later.
For now, the priority was to add the friends and collect the money.
Chen Xiaoyan got out of bed, grabbed some stickers from her desk, and quickly wrote down the three QQ numbers.
“Huh, when did my memory get this good?”
The three QQ numbers each had nearly twenty different digits.
She had originally planned to log into the game again to write them down, but unexpectedly, these twenty digits could be recited backwards and forwards in her mind.
Amazing!
However, Chen Xiaoyan didn’t think much of it, attributing it to good luck.
Then she picked up her phone, opened QQ, sent friend requests to these three numbers, and turned to the kitchen to cook.
No, make that cooking noodles.
“Beep beep”
Chen Xiaoyan walked out of the kitchen holding a simple bowl of egg noodles.
Sitting at the dining table, one hand grabbed her phone while the other picked up some noodles, blowing on them gently.
[Sword Meteor agreed to your friend request.]
[Old Dream agreed to your friend request.]
[Light Green Mist agreed to your friend request.]
[Sword Meteor: (Transferred 200,000.00)]
[Old Dream: Is this Chen Xiaoyan, big sister?]
[Light Green Mist: Hello! Is this Chen Xiaoyan, the big shot?]
Chen Xiaoyan created a new group on QQ named “My Big Sucker Boss.”
Then she added the three people into the group.
Light Green Mist: My big sucker boss? Big shot? What’s that supposed to mean?
Hongchen Jiumeng (renamed): It means we’re all big suckers.
Mu Qingxue (renamed): Am I really a big sucker?
Seeing everyone changed their names, Chen Xiaoyan also renamed her “Word Spirit Assassin” to Chen Xiaoyan.
Chen Xiaoyan: No way. How could you be suckers? Suckers wouldn’t spend 100,000 on dungeons.
Mu Qingxue: I propose a fine.
Hongchen Jiumeng: Support.
Light Green Mist: Fine.
[Hongchen Jiumeng: (Transferred 100,000.00)]
[Light Green Mist: (Transferred 100,000.00)]
[Light Green Mist: Big shot, Mu Qingxue and Old Dream are too mean. Don’t play with them anymore.]
[Hongchen Jiumeng: Are they seriously fining you?]
Light Green Mist: The big shot is too arrogant to call us suckers. Can you stand for that? Pause payments, payments must be paused.
Hongchen Jiumeng: Yeah, they must know who the real boss is.
Chen Xiaoyan rubbed her forehead. How did she end up inviting two clowns?
And now it felt like some spy movie.
Forget it. For the sake of the money, she’d just play dumb.
Four hundred thousand deposited.
Looking at those zeros in the QQ balance, she had never seen so many zeros in her life.
Luckily, she didn’t sell her helmet at the start; otherwise, there wouldn’t be this achievement today.
“Four hundred thousand…”
She had only run two dungeon instances and earned what ordinary people would struggle years to make.
How to say it?
Chen Xiaoyan was proud, but more than that, she felt worried.
Why worried?
Because this money came way too easily.
[Mu Qingxue: Xiaoyan, are you interested in joining the Snow Mist Pavilion?]
[Chen Xiaoyan: Your guild?]
Seeing this message, Chen Xiaoyan felt confused by Mu Qingxue’s strange behavior.
Aren’t you afraid of men?
Are you trying to create an all-female guild?
[Mu Qingxue: Yes, the Snow Mist Pavilion is divided into two sections: the Moon Pavilion and the Sun Pavilion. The Moon Pavilion only allows female players and is managed by me. The Sun Pavilion has no gender restrictions.]
[Chen Xiaoyan: It sounds like a good idea, but guild wars would get really complicated.]
[Mu Qingxue: You noticed that too? Indeed. That’s why I’m inviting you to manage the Sun Pavilion and recruit some Tianxiang players into it.]
[Chen Xiaoyan: No way, I have no experience managing guilds.]
[Mu Qingxue: Experience comes from practice. If you don’t try, how will you get any?]
[Chen Xiaoyan: Fine, as long as you don’t mind me managing the Sun Pavilion like a mess.]
[Mu Qingxue: Don’t worry, even if it falls apart, we can regroup. For me, anything solvable with money is not a problem.]