The Game with Fairies

The Inner Sect truly stands above the rest, even their flying boats are bigger than those of the Outer Sect.

Apart from Li Muyang and his sister, as well as Guan Xiaoshun, there are over a hundred outer disciples on the flying boat, all selected from the Outer Sect to participate in the trip to Demon Sword City as laborers.

The tasks of these outer disciples on the flying boat are simple. Stay alive and don’t cause trouble.

There are servants on the flying boat to handle the menial tasks, so the outer disciples have nothing to do until they reach Demon Sword City where they’ll be put to work.

Yan Xiaoru, as an elder of the Demonic Sect, is bound to make an impressive entrance when inspecting the cities under her jurisdiction.

Li Muyang’s group of outer disciples is essentially part of Yan Elder’s display of power.

–To put it simply, they’re like gang members following their boss to a fight, there to boost numbers and make a statement.

With nothing to do, Li Muyang spends a great deal of time on gaming.

《Legend of Sword and Fairy》, this new game, has no time restrictions and a much larger map.

It’s probably the game with the largest map that Li Muyang has ever played.

Nanjiang City, a city inhabited by both humans and demons, is indeed bustling and lively.

Unfortunately, with the fall of Fairy Yu, the city’s stable prosperity is unlikely to last long.

While controlling Jiang Xiaoyu in stealth mode to find a way into the broken bridge, Li Muyang inadvertently overhears conversations among the city’s demons plotting to devour their neighbors or enemies.

And it’s not just once.

With Fairy Yu gone, the demons in the city have already started to set their sights on the living humans within.

Ironically, the city’s residents are completely oblivious, humans and demons celebrating together, rejoicing over the death of Fairy Yu, the tyrant who had confined them.

【Jiang Xiaoyu: …this Luo Qunshan is really persistent.】

As the constable with the 【Luo Qunshan】 health bar pops up again, Jiang Xiaoyu’s invisibility is seen through, and the stealth mission fails.

Li Muyang shakes his head but doesn’t mind.

After two days of exploration, he has figured out the process of sneaking in.

Although the Invisibility Charm on Jiang Xiaoyu is of very poor quality, with careful maneuvering to avoid Luo Qunshan’s patrol range, detection can still be avoided.

And even if Luo Qunshan does spot him, as long as he quickly gets out of Luo Qunshan’s sensing range, he will lose its target and won’t find the invisible Jiang Xiaoyu.

Through repeated failures, Li Muyang has roughly determined Luo Qunshan’s sensing range to be about ten in-game zhang.

As long as he moves out of this range within two seconds of being discovered, the system won’t register a failure.

The only trouble is that Luo Qunshan appears unpredictably in the alleys, wandering everywhere.

And the invisible Jiang Xiaoyu, moving slowly and cautiously, dares not run fast, so he often bumps into the patrolling Luo Qunshan.

However, after two days of failure, Li Muyang gradually discerns Luo Qunshan’s patrol patterns.

Although he fails this time, Li Muyang has already seen the broken bridge ahead.

So he doesn’t care, reloads the game, and tries again.

As Jiang Xiaoyu uses the Invisibility Charm in the game, Li Muyang carefully moves forward, skillfully avoiding the constables blocking the street corner, and tucks Jiang Xiaoyu into a corner on the side of the street.

After hiding in this corner for about two seconds, the constable with the 【Luo Qunshan】 health bar appears at the crossroads ahead.

Luo Qunshan looks around and then continues forward, disappearing around the corner.

Li Muyang silently counts to twenty before moving Jiang Xiaoyu forward, past the street corner where Luo Qunshan had just been.

In this manner, he proceeds cautiously, avoiding Luo Qunshan’s patrol range.

This time, Li Muyang’s Jiang Xiaoyu isn’t even detected by Luo Qunshan and silently reaches the area near the broken bridge.

【Jiang Xiaoyu: To walk in so boldly and go completely undetected, I’m truly a genius!】

The drunken Jiang Xiaoyu boasts with self-satisfaction.

Li Muyang rolls his eyes at this dialogue.

He controls Jiang Xiaoyu to stand on the broken bridge and looks around.

The calm lake surface is undisturbed.

The arch-shaped broken bridge stands abruptly on the lake, with no connection ahead, making it a dead end and looking somewhat odd.

【Jiang Xiaoyu: Legend has it that the broken bridge is where Fairy Yu grieved. Her husband drowned here before she attained enlightenment, and she came here again at the time of her demise… Could the Startling Swan Immortal Sword be hidden under the bridge?】

【Jiang Xiaoyu: But where is Fairy Yu’s body? Why is it not here?】

【Jiang Xiaoyu: Although Fairy Yu is dead, the Startling Swan Immortal Sword has a spirit, and others wouldn’t dare to touch her body, right? Could the immortal sword have taken Fairy Yu’s body away?】

Jiang Xiaoyu stands on the broken bridge, muttering to himself in confusion, searching.

There are a few drops of blood on the bridge but no sign of Fairy Yu’s body or the Startling Swan Immortal Sword.

Just then, Li Muyang sees from a third-person perspective that several figures are approaching the broken bridge.

Jiang Xiaoyu also notices these people.

【Jiang Xiaoyu: Not good! Those are the demon leaders from the city. I can’t let them find me.】

After speaking, Li Muyang controls Jiang Xiaoyu to hide under the broken bridge.

Soon, those figures arrive above the broken bridge, right over Jiang Xiaoyu’s head.

These people are dressed lavishly, but their faces bear obvious malice.

One of them even reveals a demonic form, with a human body but the head of a River Dragon.

This River Dragon speaks first.

【Lord Bifeng: Although Fairy Yu is dead, her body is nowhere to be found, and the Startling Swan Immortal Sword has also disappeared. Why call me here instead of searching for them?】

Lord Bifeng speaks, and one of the demons responds.

【Crimson Flame King: Fairy Yu’s body disappeared mysteriously. We suspect she fell into this lake, and among us demons, only you, Lord Bifeng, are adept in water. So we ask you to dive in and investigate while we protect you from outside.】

Upon hearing this, the River Dragon immediately shakes its head.

【Lord Bifeng: The water of Soul Drowning Lake corrodes demons. I would lose a layer of skin if I went down… No, I refuse.】

The old River Dragon firmly declines, while the other demons continue to persuade, trying to convince him to dive into the water.

And from afar, more figures appear.

This time, they are humans.

The previous 【Luo Qunshan】 is among them.

But what caught Li Muyang’s attention was not this Luo Qunshan, but the old woman leading the group.

【Granny Gu: Fairy Yu is dead, and instead of taking care of your tribes, you all gather here. Why?】

The hunched, gloomy old woman appears, and not only is Li Muyang dumbfounded, but even Jiang Xiaoyu hiding under the broken bridge is startled.

【Jiang Xiaoyu: (Granny Gu? What is she doing here? Shouldn’t she be in Black Cloud Village?)】

【Jiang Xiaoyu: (Granny Gu, who never leaves the village, is in Nanjiang City… Could it be that Black Cloud Village is gone?!)】

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