The Game with Fairies

Chapter 142

The news of Elder Ge of the Artifact Refining Hall’s puppet Corpse Cranes malfunctioning spread quickly within the sect.

Originally, this was hardly known, but after those dozen or so puppet Corpse Cranes fell, they were coincidentally discovered by a disciple of Elder Pei from the Medicine Refining Hall.

Elder Pei Lianshan of the Medicine Refining Hall had an old grudge with Elder Ge Hongshan of the Artifact Refining Hall.

Elder Ge Hongshan specialized in talismans and the art of artifact refining, self-proclaimed as the number one Artifact Refining Grandmaster of the Demonic Path.

His personally refined magical puppet artifacts were powerful, far surpassing those of other artifact refiners, and he took great pride in this.

But now, the Corpse Cranes refined by Ge Hongshan were mysteriously broken, malfunctioning out of nowhere.

After Elder Pei learned of this, he let his disciples spread the word and mocked Elder Ge for his lack of skill and production of inferior puppets.

It was a minor issue.

Which artifact refiner could guarantee they would never make a mistake?

However, Elder Pei’s disciples fanned the flames, openly and secretly ridiculing Elder Ge.

Elder Ge Hongshan was furious when he heard the news.

The two elders already had old grievances, and now a small matter had suddenly sparked a conflict between them.

The direct disciples of Elder Ge and those of Elder Pei had several confrontations, with the most severe one resulting in four direct disciples being seriously injured and thirteen Inner Sect white-robed disciples dead.

After the situation escalated to this point, other elders of the Demonic Sect began to intervene and persuade, and only then was the matter barely glossed over.

This was the hottest event in the Demon Refining Sect recently, spreading throughout the entire sect, and even the outer disciples at the foot of the mountain had heard about it.

When Li Muyang in the Hall of Enforcement heard this news, he immediately became worried.

He had secretly experimented twice and found that Elder Ge’s Corpse Cranes were actually driven by some kind of illusion technique, which happened to be restrained by the Spiritual Vision Eye.

“This Spiritual Vision Eye is even more fierce than I thought…”

The so-called seeing through illusions actually meant literally ‘breaking’ the illusion?

He had thought it was like the penetrating vision of the mythical Sun Wukong.

Realizing he was the culprit, Li Muyang immediately became cautious, fearing that Ge Hongshan would discover him and come looking for trouble.

Li Muyang even planned his escape route.

Fortunately, Ge Hongshan did not find him, the real culprit, and was busy contending with his old enemy, Elder Pei.

…….

As the incident finally settled down, Li Muyang also breathed a sigh of relief.

Life in the Inner Sect of the Demon Refining Sect was much more leisurely than in the Outer Sect.

As disciples of the Hall of Enforcement, Li Muyang and his peers’ main duty was patrolling.

Teams of five would ride flying boats, patrolling over the floating islands and near the twelve settlements of the Outer Sect to prevent spies from infiltrating.

They would change guard in Yunxiao City once a month and inspect the city.

When not patrolling, they were free to move about as they pleased.

Even during patrol duty, it wasn’t every day. Once every three days was sufficient.

Li Muyang and his group of inner disciples could even freely ride flying boats to Yunxiao City for leisure.

They had great power, good treatment, and no strict restrictions.

Compared to the Outer Sect disciples who were almost like confined cattle, the Inner Sect white-robed disciples were indeed superior.

However, Li Muyang was not interested in leisure activities.

Apart from occasionally socializing and drinking with his colleagues, he almost confined himself in the bamboo house, content with playing games.

To outsiders, he appeared to be diligently cultivating.

This monotonous lifestyle of not stepping out of the door was daunting to other inner disciples, but Li Muyang enjoyed it.

After all, in his previous life, he was not fond of socializing.

With a computer and games, he could stay indoors for days.

Now, spending his days playing games in the bamboo house, with meals delivered by his little sister, was like living his dream of a hikikomori gamer’s life.

……

After completing the third stage of ‘Deadly Weed’, he had now started the nurturing phase of the fourth stage.

However, the nurturing of the fourth stage was somewhat dull.

Like the second stage, it was mostly daily interactions.

There was no crisis, no conflict.

In the game, Li Muyang, accompanied by Xiao Yecao, left the Myriad Great Mountains and Black Cloud Village.

During the day, the two wandered through the mountains, playing and experiencing the many beautiful sights and local delicacies.

At night, they would camp in the wilderness and cultivate under the moonlight.

After Xiao Yecao started on the path of cultivation, her aura became increasingly rich.

Initially, she had a faint demonic aura and practiced the Netherworld Demon Technique diligently.

However, noticing that Li Muyang disliked her gloomy appearance, the little girl pondered for several days and quietly changed her cultivation technique.

When Li Muyang discovered this, the little girl had already shed her demonic aura and nurtured a faint ethereal immortal aura.

From demon to Dao, she shed her demonic shell and condensed an immortal spirit.

Xiao Yecao’s actions truly shocked Li Muyang.

–This little girl actually changed the Netherworld Demon Technique on her own? And succeeded?

The heck? Are there no rules and justice in this world?

She, a little fox without any sect heritage or master’s guidance, managed to change a top-tier demonic technique just by blindly thinking and practicing?

Li Muyang was greatly surprised and very curious about the cultivation method Xiao Yecao modified after her changes.

However, after Xiao Yecao babbled on for a while, Li Muyang was left completely clueless.

He didn’t understand a thing.

The cultivation method that the little girl had modified was so obscure and profound that ordinary people would find it headache-inducing, and the phrases and vocabulary were only comprehensible to Xiao Yecao herself.

Perhaps this is what it means to have the bearing of an immortal. To casually create one’s own cultivation methods…

Li Muyang sighed, deciding not to concern himself with Xiao Yecao’s cultivation any longer.

At this point, Xiao Yecao had reached the Golden Core realm, surpassing Li Muyang in cultivation level, insight, and talent.

Although it was Li Muyang who had introduced her to the path of cultivation, facing the genius Xiao Yecao now, he felt like a father with only an elementary school diploma, looking at his daughter who had been admitted to a prestigious university, not understanding even the topics she talked about.

On the path of cultivation, Li Muyang could no longer be of help to Xiao Yecao.

All he could do was accompany her as they traversed the lands of this mythological era, appreciating the landscapes and the customs of the times.

When they saw steep and beautiful mountains, they would climb them on foot.

Upon encountering strange and wonderful rivers, they would sail upon them.

They admired the morning glow and enjoyed the evening red like blood.

They drank in the moonlight and watched the mist rise after the rain.

They measured the land with their feet like ordinary mortals, walking step by step between mountains, rivers, and towns.

They listened to storytellers sing outside taverns, watched dynasties change from atop city walls, tasted fine wines in the marketplace, and even laughed uproariously as they overturned tables in gambling dens.

When they passed through villages troubled by demons, Xiao Yecao would exorcise them.

When they saw heartless people causing harm, Li Muyang would let vengeful spirits take their revenge.

Together, they journeyed, leaving their footprints across the lands they traversed.

And so, they spent ten years in such a carefree manner, playing in the human world, until they finally arrived at a simple little city.

This was Xiao Yecao’s true hometown, the land where her ancestors had lived for generations.

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