The Game with Fairies

Chapter 78

The words of the half-demon youth Luo Feng made Jiang Xiaoyu grin and laugh.

?Jiang Xiaoyu: Telling jokes with such a straight face… you’re quite the character. You’re asking me to find the immortal sword? Suppose I actually find it, am I expected to just hand it over to you obediently??

Luo Feng, however, shook his head.

?Luo Feng: You’ve misunderstood me. If you find the immortal sword Startling Swan, it will belong to you. You are free to take the immortal sword and leave the city with it. I won’t stop you.?

?Luo Feng: Moreover, while you search for the immortal sword, I will provide you with information and help you infiltrate to search for it. I will be cooperating with you as much as possible.?

?Luo Feng: I won’t ask for anything else even if you don’t find the immortal sword. If you do find it, I won’t want the immortal sword either. It will be yours.?

?Luo Feng: All I ask is that once you have the immortal sword, you lend it to me to kill a few people. That will be enough.?

The half-demon youth proposed such a deal.

Jiang Xiaoyu was somewhat surprised.

?Luo Feng: Just rest assured it’s not you I’ll be killing. I, Luo Feng, always keep my word and never go back on it.?

Faced with Luo Feng’s suggestion, Jiang Xiaoyu hesitated.

?Accept his offer, and with his help, you can get the immortal sword faster.?

?This kid is so straightforward… Could it be a trick? Reject!?

These two options popped up in Li Muyang’s field of vision.

And below them, a red warning.

?Your current choice may affect the difficulty of the game later on. Please choose carefully.?

(The difficulty level will not affect the reward settlement.)

“Impact the difficulty later on but not the reward settlement?”

Li Muyang was surprised as he looked at the two choices in his field of vision, noting especially that the difficulty level would not affect the reward settlement. ?

It was almost as if the system was suggesting that Li Muyang should take the easier route.

If this were his past life when he was gaming, Li Muyang would certainly not be superstitious and would have wanted to try the hard mode to see just how difficult the game could get.

But now, it wasn’t just about playing a game.

Based on the situation on Sea of Mist, this system may interfered with reality and provide generous rewards.

After pondering for a while, Li Muyang, who had saved his progress, finally gave up the option of “challenging the higher difficulty,” which was a matter of gamer’s pride.

“I choose the easy mode.”

He decided to accept the half-demon youth Luo Feng’s proposal.

?Jiang Xiaoyu: Alright. I’ll cooperate with you, but you can’t find the Startling Swan Immortal Sword yourself, so what help can you offer me??

?Luo Feng: At the very least, I can now lead you safely out of here without being stopped by the guards outside.?

Following Luo Feng, Jiang Xiaoyu walked outside, and as expected, no one stopped them.

He had been cautious upon entering, failing numerous times, but now he left with ease and swagger.

Once they had left the sealed-off district, Luo Feng was the first to speak.

?Luo Feng: I originally thought the immortal sword was at the bottom of Soul Drowning Lake, but I’ve just dived in and checked. The lake is empty and the immortal sword has clearly moved elsewhere.?

?Luo Feng: The immortal sword is sentient and likely hiding with the fairy’s body. There is still one clue left, but I cannot show myself, so I entrust you to investigate.?

?Luo Feng: In the Confused Alley to the north of Nanjiang City, there is an old man who was a close friend of Fairy Yu. If you seek him out, you might learn the whereabouts of the Startling Swan Immortal Sword.?

After saying this, Luo Feng handed a jade pendant to Jiang Xiaoyu.

?Received Luo Feng’s Jade Pendant x1?

?Luo Feng: This is a personal belonging of mine. Show it to that senior to prove your identity.?

As Luo Feng finished speaking, the mission status in Li Muyang’s field of vision was updated.

?Main Quest Updated?

?Quest Content: Go to Confused Alley to find the Shape-shifter Master and inquire about the whereabouts of the immortal sword.?

“…Shape-shifter Master?”

Li Muyang scratched his chin, feeling that the title sounded a bit odd, almost sinister.

But a friend of Fairy Yu couldn’t possibly be a demon or ghost, right?

He controlled Jiang Xiaoyu to leave and head towards the north of the city.

At that moment, however, he heard footsteps.

Li Muyang paused the game and opened his eyes.

He was currently at the end of a floating flying boat, sitting under a small platform window.

This place was extremely secluded, and with the howling wind being bitterly cold and the walkway being very narrow, hardly anyone would come here out of boredom.

So Li Muyang would hide here every day, quietly playing his game to avoid unnecessary social interactions with another disciple from the Outer Sect—those outer disciples chosen for the outbound team were all eager to climb the ranks.

Those individuals were social butterflies, gathering to chat, make connections, and cozy up to each other as if they wished to become sworn brothers on the spot.

The atmosphere reminded Li Muyang of a few gatherings he had attended during his college graduation and the civil service exams.

He disliked this kind of full of vanity and impatience atmosphere. Moreover, for the current him, there were people who would come over to cozy up to him and disrupting his game progress.

So whenever he played games, Li Muyang preferred to hide in this secluded uninhabited corner away from the crowd.

But now, the voices of a man and a woman in conversation arose.

Then a man and a woman emerged, both dressed as outer disciples.

The woman, surprised, said, “Brother Liu, why have you brought me here? There’s nothing here…”

The woman was quite attractive, and even in a crowd, she would be considered a slender beauty.

That being said, most girls who know how to dress up are generally not bad-looking.

The man was also an outer disciple who had chatted with Li Muyang a few times before—the kind who was always networking.

At this moment, he brought the woman to the corner, chuckled, and wrapped his arms around her.

“…Who says there’s nothing here? Isn’t there a good brother like me…”

“Ah, stop it…”

Like dry tinder meeting a flame, a young man and woman ignited right there on the spot.

Without any preamble, Li Muyang, who was crouching in the corner, hesitated about whether to speak up to make his presence known.

Seeing the two of them pile on top of each other instantly… he decided to continue hiding.

Interrupting at such a moment would probably earn him the enmity of this Liu for life.

Li Muyang closed his eyes in resignation and lay back on the small platform.

The sounds of panting and clapping continued for quite a while—cultivators are indeed physically strong, with more stamina than ordinary people.

Just when Li Muyang was getting impatient, the noise finally subsided.

But the couple did not leave. Instead, they lingered to talk about love.

Just as Li Muyang decided not to bother with the couple and continued to play his game, the man surnamed Liu boasted to the woman with a laugh, “Speaking of this trip to Demon Sword City, my family actually used to live there.”

“I’m quite familiar with this ancient city. That’s one of the main reasons why I was chosen to accompany the group.”

The woman’s sycophantic praise and the man’s smug laughter didn’t concern Li Muyang.

What caught his attention was a key phrase the man mentioned.

“It’s said that Demon Sword City was a place where humans and demons lived together thousands of years ago!”

“Demons and humans crammed into one city to live… isn’t it scary?”

The man surnamed Liu vividly recounted the legends of his hometown.

Li Muyang, who was about to play his game, suddenly froze and his mouth fell open.

A city where humans and demons coexisted…

Thousands of years ago…

What the f*ck?!

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