Chapter 26: Isn’t This Standard Procedure?
“Stop joking.”
This was Jiang Tianya’s father’s reply to him.
He was busy, and after saying this, he replied with a frown, “I’m very busy and don’t have time to deal with your whimsical questions.”
His father’s words stopped Jiang Tianya from saying anything further.
After his father left, his mother looked at Jiang Tianya with some disappointment, “When will you learn to be sensible? Have you thought about what I told you last time?”
Jiang Tianya said in a deep voice, “I don’t want to go abroad.”
His mother simply said softly, “Then it’s up to you.”
Jiang Tianya felt very annoyed, and messages kept popping up in the game group.
He hadn’t logged into the game since logging off at midnight, and now he suddenly wanted to relax in the game.
When he logged in and exited the safe area where he had logged off, the courtyard, the outside was already a bustling scene.
The house next to A Wu’s was being built with a simple stove, but it didn’t look much like building a house.
His game ID was Jiang Ya, and he walked over and asked, “What are you guys doing?”
The one doing the construction was Zhou Xiao.
Zhou Xiao looked up and said when he saw him log in, “Big Shot is online? We’re planning to expand the kitchen and build a wine workshop. We have a player in our group who knows how to brew wine and plans to use brewing technology to exchange for money with mortals below the mountain.”
“Big Shot Miao Miao said to try combining spirit herbs with these to transfer their medicinal effects, to see if we can avoid making them into single pills.”
Jiang Ya was a little surprised, “Is that so?”
Unfortunately, he wasn’t interested in that for now at this stage.
Zhou Xiao suddenly said, “And the player who went down the mountain seems to have discovered that the game’s main quest should have appeared.”
Jiang Ya was stunned, “What main quest? Isn’t our main task to help the Sect become stronger?”
“That’s an obvious task, but there are side quests, so how could there not be a main quest? This morning in the game, the player with the ID Fan Guozhou and A Wu discovered it while going down the mountain to sell spirit herbs.”
“The apothecary said that the Myriad Immortal Sect will be holding an Immortal Worship Ceremony next month, and major Sects from the Yunzhou Continent will send people. This sounds like an extraordinary event. A Wu has known about it for a long time and didn’t reveal any information to us.”
Jiang Ya, “This Immortal Worship Ceremony sounds extraordinary. Our Sect probably doesn’t have the qualification to participate, right?”
Zhou Xiao nodded, “Probably, but since it’s a major event in the game, they can’t possibly not let us players participate, right?”
It was just how they would participate.
Zhou Xiao didn’t know either.
An event like this, which involved Mighty Cultivators, was not something for them, mere Qi Condensation stage shrimps, to get involved in.
A Great Expert could kill a lot of minor cultivators with a sneeze.
But knowing there was such an event, if they didn’t participate, they at least had to get a whiff of it. Otherwise, would players be content?
Whether they were content or not was unknown, but Song Jiulai was currently walking on the road towards the edge of Cave Demon Valley.
She didn’t bring much equipment. Currently, her mind was filled with the Yunzhou Continent’s complete material list and the two techniques she had cultivated.
The most basic Fireball Technique and Water Control Technique.
Cheap and effective.
They could deal with First Order Demonic Beasts.
The most crucial point was that if she encountered extreme danger, the System’s existence could still save Song Jiulai’s life.
That’s what it said.
Of course, if she encountered high-level cultivators, there would be no solution.
As she passed Wang’an County and headed towards her destination, she occasionally encountered a few cultivators.
They were all like Song Jiulai, not high level, but at least in the mid to late stage of cultivation, all heading out for training.
They were in a hurry and didn’t cause trouble.
Those in the early stage like Song Jiulai were still a minority.
Not long after leaving Wang’an County, traces of Demonic Beasts began to appear on the road.
However, most of them were harmless, like the Spirit Stealing Rats on the Flying Sparrow Sect mountain.
There was a reason for their existence.
Song Jiulai wasn’t bored; at least she had the System to argue with in her mind on the way. Until she passed a forested area, she suddenly felt a tightness at the back of her head.
Then she heard a woman’s startled cry, “Be careful!”
Song Jiulai reacted almost instinctively, flicking her hand, and a fireball the size of a head appeared. Turning her head, she saw a snake-like Demonic Beast, as tall as a person and covered in fleshy lumps, that made her skin crawl, lunging at her.
A First Order Demonic Beast, a Toad Snake.
Covered in tumors, it wasn’t very lethal, but it was disgusting, and the venom from the tumors could contaminate spirit herbs and crops.
It would also actively attack mortals and cultivators.
It belonged to the category of harmful Demonic Beasts.
But with one Fireball Technique from Song Jiulai, the Toad Snake was knocked back, making a ‘hissing’ sound.
Two of its tumors were burned open by the fireball, and venom flowed out onto the ground, immediately causing a patch of green smoke to rise.
“Mom!”
This was Song Jiulai’s first direct encounter with a Demonic Beast. She felt no fear, only disgust.
She had practiced the Fireball Technique relentlessly since the first day she awakened her Spiritual Root.
She didn’t know about other things, but practicing a high-damage magic technique first was always the best.
She had spent a full two days to grasp the knack of it, and now the Fireball Technique was quite handy.
But it shouldn’t be difficult to deal with a First Order Demonic Beast?
A woman in a pink dress also appeared. Like Song Jiulai, she was in the early Qi Condensation stage. Seeing Song Jiulai’s large Fireball Technique, she was startled and immediately said, “There’s something strange about this Toad Snake, be careful.”
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Song Jiulai immediately conjure two more large Fireball Techniques.
The Toad Snake was repeatedly forced to retreat with ‘hissing’ sounds.
The woman was even more surprised.
The aura of this cultivator felt like hers, only early Qi Condensation stage, yet could she continuously cast Fireball Techniques without pause?
Song Jiulai didn’t feel anything unusual. After three Fireball Techniques, the Toad Snake was finally smoking all over. Seeing that it was about to die, Song Jiulai immediately added another one.
“Boom–”
This ugly Toad Snake still met its demise.
Looking at the snake’s corpse, Song Jiulai, suppressing her disgust, still retrieved the snake’s body.
Oh no, the Mustard Seed Bag that Senior Sister Su Huanli gave her was dirty!
But this snake could be sold for money, there was no other way!!
From now on, if players want to raise Demonic Beasts, their list must be reviewed by me. Anyone who dares to raise such a snake will be kicked out of the game directly.
After casting four Fireball Techniques, she only felt a little breathless.
The woman in the pink dress walked over and said cautiously, “I am Lin Qian from the Peach Blossom Sect.”
“So you are Senior Sister from the Peach Blossom Sect. I am Song Jiulai from the Longevity Sect, an affiliated Sect of the Flying Sparrow Sect next door.”
As she said this, she subconsciously extended her hand to shake the other person’s, but seeing the other person’s bewildered look, she snapped back to reality and retracted her hand.
Song Jiulai was a little puzzled, “I haven’t even reached the edge of Cave Demon Valley yet, and Toad Snakes are already appearing?”
According to the terrain information she had memorized, Toad Snakes were always driven away due to their strong polluting nature. She had only been away from Wang’an County for a short while, so they shouldn’t be here.
Lin Qian immediately said, “I wanted to tell you earlier that this Toad Snake is strange. I was originally out to gather herbs, but I didn’t expect to run into this Toad Snake. Even with one Fireball Technique from me, it only scratched its skin. Seeing that the situation was bad, I ran.”
Lin Qian’s eyes also showed some admiration, “Your Fireball Technique is used so well. Are you in the early Qi Condensation stage? Even the mid-stage Senior Brothers and Sisters in my Sect don’t use it as well as you do.”
Song Jiulai, “……”
Huh?
Isn’t this standard procedure?
There will be another chapter later this afternoon.
