The Game with Fairies

Li Muyang didn’t plan to teach Xiao Yecao the demonic spells, but rather started with the simplest cultivation techniques.

Then, he quickly witnessed what was meant by ‘the stature of an immortal’.

Xiao Yecao, who had never been exposed to the path of cultivation, merely listened to Li Muyang reciting the original text of the 《Netherworld Demon Manual》, and even before Li Muyang could explain the content, the little girl had already closed her eyes and entered a state of sensing qi.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth surrounded her, and Xiao Yecao quickly entered a state of cultivation.

Li Muyang was dumbfounded.

“Is she that monstrous?”

For ordinary people, the first step in cultivation was to sense qi, which, even with guidance, would take a day or two to learn how to draw qi into the body.

However, Xiao Yecao, without any guidance, simply listened to Li Muyang reciting the original text of the demonic manual and began to draw qi into her body, attempting to cultivate.

And she did so while cultivating and opening her eyes to ask questions.

“Ah? Elder Brother, why did you stop?”

The little girl asked curiously: “Keep going, what comes after ‘the netherworld awakens instantly, and the splendid light shines brightly’?”

The complex and difficult 《Netherworld Demon Manual》, even with Yan Xiaoru’s handwritten notes and explanations, was very challenging for Li Muyang to cultivate.

But Xiao Yecao, experiencing cultivation for the first time, easily grasped its essence.

Li Muyang was speechless and choked up, fully understanding the difference between a genius and a mortal.

Comparing goods can lead to discarding them, but comparing oneself to others can led you to be miserable.

Not to mention, Xiao Yecao was not just any genius.

She was the stature of an immortal!

Li Muyang finally felt the weight of these four words.

He didn’t delay any further, continuing to recite the original text of the 《Netherworld Demon Manual》, with no need to worry about explaining or teaching, as this girl, who had never been exposed to cultivation, could learn on her own.

The spiritual energy around her body was dense, and a mass of spiritual energy quickly formed in her dantian, the sea of qi.

Li Muyang stood by her side, reciting the cultivation techniques of the 《Netherworld Demon Manual》 from start to finish.

Starting with the cultivation techniques of the Qi Refining Realm, Li Muyang recited the methods for Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Cave Profound, Divine Travel, Purple Mansion… He finished reciting the cultivation techniques for each major realm from the 《Netherworld Demon Manual》 in one breath.

Two hours had passed at this point.

In the wilderness, Xiao Yecao felt the spiritual energy around her body suddenly contract, and the vortex of spiritual energy within her dantian rapidly expanded throughout her body, merging into her flesh. R

The little girl opened her eyes, and a glint of divine light flashed through them.

Her smile was one of delighted surprise.

“Elder Brother, I’ve reached the First Layer of the Qi Refining Realm!”

Xiao Yecao was overjoyed. “The cultivation technique you taught is so powerful, I reached the First Layer of the Qi Refining Realm so quickly.”

Li Muyang, who had witnessed this miracle, twitched the corners of his mouth.

He had a bunch of explanations he wanted to say, but when the words reached his lips, all he could muster was one sentence.

“…it’s not the technique, it’s you who’s ‘powerful’.”

Reaching the First Layer of Qi Refining in two hours, so this is an immortal?

Alright, alright, this is how we’re playing it, huh?

Li Muyang sat down and said, “Let’s continue cultivating. Since you’re progressing so quickly, I’ll find a way to delay things a bit.”

After all, Granny Gu only asked him to steal something. She didn’t set a time limit.

Since there was no time limit, there was no rush.

Li Muyang wasn’t in a hurry to find Wei Sandao anymore and began to secretly cultivate with Xiao Yecao.

Even when he occasionally met Wei Sandao, he didn’t think about stealing.

As time in the game rapidly accelerated, Jiang Xiaoyu’s life became somewhat monotonous, but Granny Gu didn’t rush Li Muyang.

Due to the mysterious death of Steward Wu, the group of demonic cultivators in the cave seemed to have grievances against Black Cloud Village.

Li Muyang personally saw Granny Gu descend the mountain and enter the cave at the invitation of a cave master to meet with the enigmatic Temple Seal Lord.

Li Muyang was not privy to the content and outcome of the meeting, but the relationship between Black Cloud Village and the group of demonic cultivators in the back mountain seemed to have become tense.

The demonic cultivators in the cave no longer entered Black Cloud Village and were completely entrenched in the cave in the back mountain.

Now, only NPCs like Li Muyang, who were both villagers and demonic cultivators, moved between the two places.

However, the group of villagers who used to smile kindly at Li Muyang and Xiao Yecao now had a much stiffer attitude.

Although Jiang Xiaoyu was also a villager, after joining the group of demonic cultivators and starting to cultivate the demonic path, he seemed to be regarded as an outsider by the villagers.

Seeing the strained relationship between the villagers and the demonic cultivators, Li Muyang was very pleased.

During these ten days, Xiao Yecao’s cultivation level had soared.

Now, Xiao Yecao had successfully established her Foundation and had become a cultivator of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

However, the Foundation Establishment Realm was indeed not worth much during ancient times.

Li Muyang tried to have Xiao Yecao attack the demonic cultivators in the cave, but even the weakest of them could easily kill Xiao Yecao.

After reloading the game, Li Muyang had Xiao Yecao continue cultivating.

Previously, without a point of reference, he couldn’t judge the strength of these foreign demonic cultivators.

But now, with Xiao Yecao in the Foundation Establishment stage, Li Muyang was fairly certain.

The weakest among this group of foreign demonic cultivators were at least at the Golden Core stage.

And the group of stewards including Wei Sandao were likely in the Divine Travel Realm.

Those three cave masters above the stewards, as well as the Temple Seal Lord… Damn, the ancient times really were full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers.

He had thought Wei Sandao and Steward Wu were weak due to the small commotion they caused during their fight.

He hadn’t expected that within the small Black Cloud Village, there were so many powerful and monstrous experts.

Li Muyang urged Xiao Yecao to continue cultivating while observing the movements of the demonic cultivators and the villagers of Black Cloud Village.

On the twentieth day of the game’s progress, Xiao Yecao successfully entered the Golden Core stage.

But at the same time, Wei Sandao took the initiative to seek Li Muyang out.

While Li Muyang was taking Xiao Yecao to the cave to draw blood, Wei Sandao, who usually hid deep in the cave and rarely went out, suddenly appeared on the mountain path and stopped Li Muyang.

“Kid, I need your help with something.”

Wei Sandao looked at Li Muyang with a gloomy expression and said, “I have something that I need you to deliver to Granny Gu.”

“Although you’re one of us, you’re also a villager of Black Cloud Village. She will accept it if you deliver it.”

With that, Wei Sandao took out a red wooden box.

The air was immediately filled with a strong smell of blood.

Li Muyang was taken aback by the scent of blood—wasn’t this the treasure Granny Gu asked me to steal?

Now you’re giving it to me directly? To deliver to Granny Gu?

Li Muyang’s face turned strange, but he didn’t say much.

He habitually saved the game and then took the red wooden box.

Under Wei Sandao’s instructions, he chose a dark and windy night to deliver the box to Granny Gu.

In the eerie late night, Granny Gu sat on the stone steps in front of the ancestral temple, seemingly having anticipated Li Muyang’s arrival.

When she saw Li Muyang take out the red wooden box, Granny Gu snorted coldly.

“Wei Sandao took the initiative to have you deliver this to me? It seems this brute is scared.”

After saying that, Granny Gu glanced at Li Muyang and said, “Little Fish, aren’t you curious about what’s inside the box? Don’t you want to open it and see?”

Li Muyang chuckled awkwardly and said, “How would I dare to peek at something Granny wants…”

In fact, he had already looked—looked after saving the game.

Upon opening the box, he died instantly.

Inside was a human head.

Whoever opened the box would see their own face on the head, and then the person who opened the box would be immediately beheaded.

It was so f*cking sinister.

Both Li Muyang and Xiao Yecao tried it. As soon as the box was opened, they died without a sound.

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