The fairies I flirted with in the game became real?!

Chapter 151 You're Hot and Cold to Me

"This is a farewell letter, listing the reasons why I must leave..."

In the dawn's early light, Li Muyang hummed a tune softly, his hands resting on the railing of the Flying Boat, overlooking the vast city emerging on the plains ahead.

He was in good spirits.

Behind him, a line of Outer Sect Disciples stood in serious contemplation, waiting for the Flying Boat to land.

However, Li Muyang, now draped in a white robe, was much more at ease.

He stood at the front of the Flying Boat, gazing at the large city in the distance that grew ever closer, full of emotions.

Yunxiao City, such a large city, was entirely different from the last one he visited, Demon Sword City.

Demon Sword City was an ancient city with a curse, sparsely populated, and almost all its residents were miners and their families, rendering the whole city desolate and bleak.

But Tianjiao City was different; it was a super-large city under the control of the Refinement Demon Sect.

The city was vast, adjacent to the sea, with a prosperous port and thriving economy, becoming the economic hub of the south.

Escaping Lights occasionally flew across the sky, along with various Flying Boats displaying different flags from time to time.

Along the distant coastline, ships sailed to and fro.

On the flat lands, official roads crisscrossed with carts and wagons full of goods, entering and leaving.

The teeming crowds and bustling scenes were infectious even from the aerial vantage point.

Li Yuechan, his thrifty younger sister, came up from behind him, her curiosity piqued. "Brother, what are you humming? I've never heard this tune before. It's pretty good," she said.

Li Muyang laughed and casually dismissed it, "Just humming anything, don't mind it."

He glanced at the large city ahead and then said,

"This Tianjiao City is said to be nearly as large as Yunxiao City, ranking high within the whole dominion of the Demon Sect."

"The City Lord of Tianjiao City is a Spirit Travel Realm expert of the Demon Sect. Although not an Elder, his official rank is on par with the Elders."

"This trip to Tianjiao City, we can really have a good look around."

With his cultivation level improved and his understanding of the world deepened, Li Muyang's pressure to survive had finally lessened considerably.

He no longer needed to hide away every day in self-imposed isolation and could occasionally go out for a stroll to relax.

Even the most homebound person would want to soak up the sun and get some fresh air when the day is sunny and bright.

In Li Muyang's eyes, the Tianjiao City before him was simply an ideal leisure and vacation spot.

The game "Call of the Mountains," although only available for a limited time, still had three months before the limit, so there was plenty of time.

Having arrived in Tianjiao City that day, everyone was called up on deck to gather, and Li Muyang, who had been playing the game throughout the journey, took the opportunity to come out for some fresh air.

Seeing Li Muyang observing Tianjiao City with great interest, Li Yuechan blinked.

The girl said with a giggly smile, "Brother, don't tell me you've made another breakthrough? You've spent every day cooped up in your room cultivating during this trip, and when it comes to diligence, among all of us, only Brother Cheng can match you."

"But even Brother Cheng occasionally has to deal with matters and would come out for a walk."

"You, on the other hand, have stayed in your room all day, except for meals. You hardly ever come out."

Li Yuechan continued with a smile, "Sister Ning said that even Elder Yan praised you after hearing about your deeds."

Her words caught Li Muyang off guard.

"Uh... Elder Yan praised me?"

Li Muyang unconsciously scratched his head, feeling slightly uncomfortable.

Since his return from Demon Sword City, his relationship with Yan Xiaoru had become awkward.

Although Yan Xiaoru had promoted him to the Enforcement Hall, he had not seen her even once in all the time since he joined.

This aloof and proud female elder seemed to be deliberately avoiding Li Muyang.

Li Muyang couldn't figure out the female elder's current state of mind and didn't dare to provoke her.

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After all, she could crush Li Muyang with the flick of a finger.

For safety's sake, Li Muyang didn't want to provoke her—the risk was too great.

So when he heard Yan Xiaoru praise him, Li Muyang was not pleased but felt rather uncomfortable instead.

He subconsciously scratched his head.

"Eh... it's okay, I guess. The road was boring anyway, and cultivating was a good way to pass the time."

Li Muyang gave a forced laugh and skipped over the topic.

"Speaking of that tune just now, how about I teach you to hum it? Didn't you say it sounded nice?"

Li Muyang grasped at straws, desperately changing the subject.

Li Yuechan nodded enthusiastically, "Sure! That melody is so strange; I've never heard such an odd song before."

The young girl clearly saw her elder brother was changing the subject, but instead of calling him out, she happily continued along with it.

She really liked the strange tune.

Although the lyrics were very blunt and far from refined, the folk songs in Jiuyuan City were even more so; the young girl didn't see anything amiss.

The siblings began to hum quietly together, taking turns with the verses.

But they hadn't started long before Li Muyang was teaching the line "You blow hot and cold with me; am I a lover or a friend, should loving you be taken too seriously" when Yan Xiaoru's cold voice suddenly rang out on the deck.

"All Inner Sect Disciples, come inside. I have something to explain!"

Yan Xiaoru's tone was icy, suggesting she was in a bad mood.

Li Yuechan shrank back slightly, whispering, "Brother, Elder Yan seems to be in a bad mood today..."

Li Muyang scowled at her, "Don't talk nonsense."

With Yan Xiaoru's cultivation, who knew if she could hear the deckside conversation between the siblings.

If they carelessly offended the elder, the consequences would be dire.

The two siblings left the deck with the other Inner Sect Disciples and entered the cabin where they saw the expressionless Yan Xiaoru.

In the empty lounge, Yan Xiaoru sat at the head with an emotionless face, flanked by her personal maid and her only direct disciple, Ning Wan'er.

Twenty Inner Sect Disciples filed in, standing respectfully before her to listen to instructions.

However, for some reason, Li Muyang had the feeling that Yan Xiaoru gave him a strange look as he came in.

But when he looked again a second later, Yan Xiaoru was not looking at him, as if the glance had been an illusion.

"...This trip to Tianjiao City is, on the surface, to inspect administrative affairs and deal with the matter of the Chaotic Soul Valley's young valley master recklessly taking lives in the city. In reality, we have another task at hand!"

Yan Xiaoru looked at the disciples in white robes before her, and said expressionlessly, "Our sect recently received confidential information that an Ancient Immortal Artifact of Immortal device level is going to appear in Tianjiao City."

"But Tianjiao City is crowded and not far from the border. To prevent desperate measures from the Path of Immortality, this operation must remain covert—no word of it can leak out."

"The Sect Master has ordered me to select twenty reliable disciples to accompany me under the pretense of handling the murder case caused by the Chaotic Soul Valley's young master, in reality, to search for the whereabouts of the Ancient Immortal Artifact in the city."