Chapter 98
Lin Lingling had no idea what Chen Huai'an was going on about.
Anyway, as soon as he got home, he locked himself in the guest room and wouldn’t come out.
“Forget it, I’m done with this. I’m exhausted after a whole night of chaos. Time to sleep!”
She cautiously glanced at the muscular cat on the sofa, and just as their eyes met, both she and the cat shivered in unison.
[What’s this human cub staring at me for? Planning to snitch?] — the muscular cat thought, feeling a chill run down its spine.
‘What’s this big demon staring at me for? Trying to eat me?’ — Lin Lingling trembled at the thought.
Just remembering the terrifying shadow reflected on the wall that day made her scalp tingle, so she hurried into the master bedroom.
The muscular cat let out a sigh of relief as Lin Lingling entered the room.
It quickly jumped onto the windowsill to join the big blue fish in eagerly absorbing the spiritual energy emitted by the mysterious spirit plant.
Staying in this place felt like being with a tiger; it couldn’t stand it for even a day.
…
In the guest room.
Chen Huai'an had already opened the electronic girlfriend game.
He stared at the pop-up notifications in confusion.
“Magic cultivator fragments? What the heck is that?”
“And what’s this spider silk armor that’s been delivered? There’s nothing at the door!”
He had been receiving mysterious packages at the door before, but he was sure there was nothing there when he walked in today.
Just as he finished speaking—
Swish—!
A package suddenly appeared out of thin air on the bed.
[Spider Silk Armor — Collected by Chen Xianzun.]
Chen Huai'an stared blankly at the package, his mouth twitching slightly:
“Wow, is this a blatant giveaway? No pretense at all? So all those previous deliveries were just to make it look reasonable?”
He opened the package to find a garment resembling a bulletproof vest, but much lighter. The smooth fabric concealed armor plates made of some unknown material.
He had a strong feeling that these armor plates were probably from a human-faced spider!
The plates were connected by silver threads.
When he tugged on them, he could feel the elasticity of the silver threads, which must be the so-called spider silk.
He had killed a human-faced spider and got a magic cultivator fragment and spider silk armor.
But the opponent had been blown to smithereens…
They had completely drained the last bit of utility from it.
“This is a good item; wearing it will definitely reduce the chance of turning into skin fragments.” Chen Huai'an immediately put on the spider silk armor and added it to his list of items to sleep with, alongside the Black Scale Sword.
[Magic Cultivator Fragment: A token obtained by killing a magic cultivator.]
[Collect ten magic cultivator fragments to unlock the righteous cultivator faction shop.]
“Oh, the human-faced spider is a magic cultivator, and killing magic cultivators drops gear.” Chen Huai'an slapped his fist into his palm, suddenly enlightened.
He didn’t have a particularly strong sense of right and wrong; after all, in many novels and games, the so-called righteous path was just that.
Righteousness lies in the heart, not in the doctrine.
But if the evil path had to look so twisted, he’d still choose to be a handsome righteous cultivator.
“By the way, didn’t I kill a magic cultivator in the game before? Why didn’t I get any magic cultivator fragments?”
Chen Huai'an squinted.
There were only three possibilities—either only real-life kills of magic cultivators dropped fragments, or that magic cultivator hadn’t been completely zapped by lightning at the time, or the fragments weren’t guaranteed drops, with a random drop rate.
In any case, he silently noted it down.
In the room, Li Qingran and Yue Qianchi were both sitting cross-legged, deep in meditation.
He couldn’t help but wonder why Yue Qianchi was bundled up so tightly; wasn’t it hot?
But he was just curious for a moment before opening the
Several options popped up.
[Golden Needle Acupuncture lv2: Spring Needle (Minor Achievement), Opening Meridians Needle (Initial Insight)]
[Qinglian Sword Classic (Initial Insight)]
[Tide Rising Technique (Conditions not met, unable to learn)]
“Looks like I can indeed cultivate the Tide Rising Technique!” The confirmation of his guess filled Chen Huai'an with even more joy.
Although it didn’t specify what conditions were needed for cultivation, he felt it had to involve opening all his meridians.
Regardless of whether that was true or not, opening all his meridians could only benefit him.
“Great! Next, I’ll work on improving the proficiency of the Opening Meridians Needle!”
Chen Huai'an opened the detailed information for the Opening Meridians Needle:
[Opening Meridians Needle (Initial Insight): Opens meridians, but has a high probability of causing disability.]
[To upgrade to Minor Achievement, you need to spend 1999¥ in-game.]
That’s right, 1999¥. Previously, he hadn’t understood it and thought it was just a money trap. But now, he realized that the Opening Meridians Needle wasn’t exactly a necessity, and 1999¥ was quite a tempting price!
“Charge it!”
Chen Huai'an swiped his hand, transferring 1999¥ into the game.
However, the Minor Achievement for the Opening Meridians Needle didn’t unlock.
“Oh! Spending!” He paused for a moment, then suddenly understood.
Just charging money wasn’t enough; he had to spend it!
Alright!
Then he would spend!
He looked around and noticed that Li Qingran and Yue Qianchi were still using the intermediate spirit gathering array. He couldn’t help but shake his head in disbelief: “Chen Huai'an, you’re really going backwards! You actually let Qingran use this mediocre intermediate spirit gathering array? It’s time to step out of your comfort zone! Let’s set up a high-level spirit gathering array for 5.3 hours! Stack two arrays on top of each other for my own use!!”
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Ten spirit crystals fell from the void, surrounding the intermediate spirit gathering array with a high-level one.
The commotion startled both Yue Qianchi and Li Qingran out of their meditative states.
“Is there an enemy?” Yue Qianchi’s eyes narrowed as she scanned the surroundings. Not seeing any enemies, her eyes widened in surprise, exclaiming, “Wuliang Tianzun! Is this a high-level spirit gathering array? The spiritual energy is so rich!”
When the intermediate spirit gathering array had appeared in the room before, she had felt a bit embarrassed, but the joy of having the array to aid her cultivation quickly pulled her out of that awkwardness.
So what if she was seen? It was said that Li Qingran’s master was some kind of elder?
That old monster must be hundreds of years old by now; he wouldn’t have any feelings for a little girl like her.
They were pursuing the Great Dao; how could they have any base thoughts?
Perhaps even if she offered herself, he would just wave her off!
Usually, she wouldn’t even dare to use the beginner spirit gathering array in the sect, but thanks to Su Qinian infusing the spiritual energy from several peaks into Luoxia Peak, the place was now filled with spiritual energy, making it almost as effective as using a beginner spirit gathering array. Otherwise, she definitely wouldn’t have reached the mid-stage Golden Core realm by now.
She had thought that coming out with Li Qingran would mean no chance to cultivate.
But just as bedtime approached, her master had pulled out a medium spirit gathering array.
Now, as midnight drew near, he had even taken out a high-level spirit gathering array.
Looking at the ten spirit crystals in the array’s center, Yue Qianchi swallowed hard.
A high-level spirit gathering array…
Was this something she, Yue, could enjoy?
“Junior sister, your master is amazing!” Yue Qianchi gave a thumbs up to the still-dazed Li Qingran.
“By the way, junior sister, does your master have a Dao partner?”
“Dao… Dao partner?” Li Qingran’s cheeks flushed slightly, but she quickly seemed to realize something, looking at her senior sister warily: “Senior sister, why do you ask that?”
“I was just wondering,” Yue Qianchi said, playfully adjusting her ample bosom, smiling suggestively, “You see, I’m not bad looking myself. Clean up a bit, and I’d definitely be a beauty. If your master doesn’t have a Dao partner, how about…”
“Absolutely not!!!”
Li Qingran crossed her arms over her chest, her face red: “No way!”
“Why not?” Yue Qianchi was a bit surprised; she had just been joking, not expecting Li Qingran to react so strongly.
“Because… because…” Li Qingran’s face was flushed as she bit her lip, lowering her head and avoiding eye contact, mumbling, “Because my master is already an old man, and there’s such a big age gap with senior sister. If they were to become Dao partners, it would be… very strange, right?”
“But I think age isn’t an issue.” Yue Qianchi observed Li Qingran’s little expressions, saying meaningfully, “I could accept an old man too! Unlike junior sister, who only likes young and handsome prodigies~”
“Who says that?” Li Qingran retorted immediately.
Yue Qianchi pressed on: “So junior sister could accept an old man?”
“Ah…” Li Qingran stared blankly at Yue Qianchi, her eyes dazed: “I, I… you…”
“Senior sister, I’m not talking to you anymore!”
Li Qingran was left speechless, fearing that whatever she said might be overheard by her master.
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