Chapter 24
“Ah, tomcat... You better grow up obediently. When the time comes, I’ll personally perform the neutering surgery on you, so you won’t go chasing after other female cats…”
The black cat: ???
【What is this human saying? He wants to neuter me?】
【How outrageous… How outrageous!】
【I must eat him, I must eat him!!!】
But as Chen Huai'an continued to inject the needles, the black cat suddenly realized that the wounds on its body were healing rapidly, and the pain within was gradually fading. The silver needles piercing its body didn’t bring suffering; instead, they transmitted a warm current that made it feel drowsy and comfortable.
【This human… seems to have some use beyond just being a meal… This acupuncture technique appears to be healing? So, there are actually inheritors of the Golden Needle Secret Technique in this era? Interesting…】
【Then I’ll wait until he finishes healing me before I eat him!
By then, the Golden Needle Secret Technique will belong to me!
Hahaha…】
…
【Your electronic girlfriend has absorbed the celestial-grade Hunyuan Butian Dan.】
A window popped up in the game.
Chen Huai'an caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye, and his heart leaped with joy.
He swiftly pulled out the silver needles from the black cat and tossed them into a shoebox, which bounced on the sofa and closed with a snap.
The black cat: “…”
The wounds aren’t healed yet!
“Meow—!!”
【Human, I want you dead!!!】
Chen Huai'an ignored the black cat, which was frantically scratching and raging in the shoebox, and focused entirely on Li Qingran.
【Status: Regulating breath, Dantian forming】
【Cultivation progress: 3679/5999 (Level Six)】
【Remaining lifespan: 273 years】
【Favorability: 50 (Respect)】
“Wow, this status is looking hot!”
Seeing that Li Qingran’s lifespan had reached 273 years, Chen Huai'an felt a mix of comfort and envy. At midnight, the game notification refreshed again, predicting that his own lifespan was only 129 days left.
Chen Huai'an didn’t believe it, but he was indeed a short-lived soul, naturally envious of those who could live long. However, he quickly came to terms with it.
The game’s time was synchronized with real time.
This meant that as long as he poured money into it and ensured that Li Qingran faced no accidents, even if he died, as long as this game account wasn’t destroyed by the game company, Li Qingran would continue to exist for over two hundred years, carrying his mark.
He suddenly felt that spending so much before didn’t seem like a problem after all. Of course, this was under the condition that the game company wouldn’t act unethically.
He had heard many stories of games shutting down, leaving players’ investments in characters wasted, with compensation only being worthless items from other games under the same company.
What difference was that from destroying someone else’s property?
Fortunately, he hadn’t seen that rogue disclaimer when entering the game—“The final interpretation rights of the game belong to the game company.”
Meanwhile, in his phone, strange changes were occurring around Li Qingran.
The curtains stopped swaying, the dust around the small room settled, and the fluctuations of spiritual energy became stable. Chen Huai'an saw golden, plant-like sprouts emerging from beside the girl, their growth area expanding, gradually spreading throughout the room, and buds began to form on the sprouts—something extraordinary seemed to be about to be born!
【Li Qingran is entering the final stage of Dantian rebirth. A first-grade Dantian is likely to attract attention from all sides. Would you like to spend 88¥ to protect Li Qingran?】
“A new money-grabbing tactic?” Chen Huai'an smirked disdainfully.
If he didn’t choose to help Li Qingran restore her Dantian, it would surely fail, and who knows what kind of old monster might pop up to snatch it away… As for whether it could be snatched? The game was developed by them; how they spun the story was entirely up to their programming.
Fortunately, 88¥ wasn’t much, so Chen Huai'an decided to pay.
【Please choose your form of protection:
＜Personal avatar as protector＞100888¥ once.
＜Mount Tiexin as protector＞58888¥ once.
＜Sword spirit protector＞38888¥ once.
＜Ultimate protection package＞35888¥ once, includes a full set of the Little Exorcism Sword Array, a full set of the Xuanwu Array, and 7 Jiuyang Five Thunder Talismans.
＜High-level protection package＞18888¥ once, includes a full set of the Thunder Lock Dragon Array and 1 Jiuyang Five Thunder Talismans.
＜Intermediate protection package＞1888¥ once, includes a full set of the Soaring Sword Array and 10 celestial-grade Five Thunder Talismans.
＜Low-level protection package＞188¥ once, includes a full set of the Thunder Fire Burning Heaven Array, 10 celestial-grade Thunder Fire Talismans, and 1 Jiuyang Purple Thunder Talismans.
＜Custom combination package, add to cart for payment＞ (All of the above are limited-time offers, only this once, buy quickly~♥)】
After reading through the packages, Chen Huai'an couldn’t help but twitch his lips.
He had been so naive.
The 88 bucks was just the key to unlock the spending spree.
If he didn’t pay that 88 bucks, he wouldn’t even qualify to spend!
Now that he had paid the 88 bucks, he had to decide whether to spend more or not!
But thankfully, the additional items weren’t too outrageous. The packages offered were definitely standard ones that could help Li Qingran through this crisis; buying the expensive ones was just for show. He could even predict that when the game officially launched, players reaching this stage would see rich players flaunting their flashy effects, while other players and their corresponding electronic girlfriends would only be left drooling in envy, with most ordinary players opting for the low-level protection packages without any special effects.
Choosing such a package wouldn’t affect game progress either.
Chen Huai'an considered himself no fool, so he chose the low-level protection package.
Strangely enough, he, who thought 15 yuan for takeout was expensive, now felt that the 188¥ package was quite reasonable?
And this was just the limited-time offer price; how much would it have originally cost? Money-grabbing games were truly terrifying!
【Low-level protection package being deployed!】
Chen Huai'an watched as a dazzling array of lightning quickly formed around Li Qingran’s small house, covering a radius of a hundred meters, before vanishing.
At the same time, ten celestial-grade Thunder Fire Talismans were affixed around the house, and inside the room, a large talisman glowing with purple lightning, covered in mysterious patterns and as long as an adult’s arm, was placed on the table in front of Li Qingran—Jiuyang Purple Thunder Talismans.
“Next, it’s definitely going to be a monster siege, right?”
Chen Huai'an crossed his arms, already well aware of the game’s progression.
At this moment, Li Qingran’s Dantian reconstruction had entered its final stage, with the progress bar at 90%.
…
In the Cangyun Realm, Wanquanshan.
In a barren rocky hill where no grass grew.
In a pitch-black deep pool hidden behind towering mountains,
a pair of evil eyes suddenly opened.
“So fragrant! What a delicious scent!”
“This, this scent is from the Dantian, a supreme-grade Dantian! Unbelievable, there’s actually a prodigy capable of condensing a supreme-grade Dantian in this era!”
“Hehehe! Heaven is helping me! Truly, heaven is helping me!!!”
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Chapter 25: The Heavenly Demon Sect - Nightfall
“Senior Brother Lu, is there really activity from the Demon Sect in Wanquanshan?”
“I’ve heard that the people from the Demon Sect capture cultivators to refine pills, skin them for materials to make magical artifacts, and their actions are evil and brutal. I wonder if it’s really that outrageous.”
A group of disciples from the Qingyun Sect descended from the sect’s mountain. Ever since entering the Foundation Establishment stage, they had been using flying swords to travel, leaving no time for idle chatter. Today was a rare opportunity, so as they made their way slowly, they naturally sought some fitting topics to discuss.
“Shut up!” Lu Changtian snorted coldly, casting a dismissive glance at the disciples behind him, and said indifferently, “Even if there are people from the Demon Sect, so what? Wanquanshan is our Qingyun Sect’s territory; even if the old ancestors of the Demon Sect come, they’ll have to behave themselves!”
Upon hearing this, the disciples all displayed expressions of flattery.
“Senior Brother Lu is right!”
“Yeah, Senior Brother Lu is the strongest among the new generation of direct disciples in our Qingyun Sect. His talent is no less than those Demon Sect disciples!”
“If we encounter Demon Sect disciples, we’ll just go all out!”
Lu Changtian appeared expressionless on the surface, but inside, he felt a bit pleased.
That’s right, before, he had Zhao Lingtian, the sect leader’s direct disciple, pressing down on him. Now that Zhao Lingtian’s Dantian was destroyed, he was the number one among the younger generation of direct disciples, the strongest in the Foundation Establishment stage. The Demon Sect was nothing…
Hoo—!
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