Chen Huaian had never thought that one day he would actually achieve bubble tea freedom.
However, he didn’t need to add milk when drinking bubble tea.
His tea bags came with special functions, which could make the brewed tea emit a faint dairy fragrance.
For drinks like bubble tea, too much dairy flavor could easily put the cart before the horse and taste greasy.
It was precisely this faint dairy fragrance that made it a fine product.
Just like the one he was drinking now.
He dared to say that this unique flavor could only be enjoyed by him in the whole world.
But in fact, he wasn’t enjoying it particularly.
Because the progress of the main quest 3.0 gave him a rude awakening.
[Main Quest 3.0: Countdown to the opening of Central Continent Secret Realm is 21 days, please increase the survival rate of your electronic girlfriend in the instance! For every 30% increase in survival rate, you will receive a heavenly clue prompt. Current survival rate is 61%.]
[Heavenly Clue Prompt One: Unlocked]
[Heavenly Clue Prompt Two: Unlocked]
Chen Huaian thought that Li Qingran, who had reached the middle of the foundation-building stage, possessed an excellent dantian, a single water spirit root, the Su Xian Sword, and also had good sword techniques and internal martial arts, her survival rate in the Central Continent Secret Realm’s Small Secret Realm should at least be 100%, or at worst she still had thunderfire talismans for self-defense?
That thunderfire talisman could even kill someone with a Golden Core.
But when he opened the task system, he found out that his little girlfriend’s survival rate was only a pitiful 61%!
What’s the difference between 61% and zero?
In an instant, Chen Huaian felt as if the sky had collapsed.
What kind of nonsense is this Central Continent Secret Realm? Is the difficulty level so high?
High enough that even his Schrödinger external cheat couldn’t ensure Li Qingran’s 100% success?
He clicked on Heavenly Clue Prompt One.
[Heavenly Clue Prompt One: After Li Qingran enters the instance, the player cannot interfere with anything inside the instance, only watching. (Click to expand detailed description)]
Not allowing him to interfere?
This was the first time he encountered such a situation.
Chen Huaian opened the description.
<Description> The Central Continent Secret Realm is an independent small world with its own Tao rules. Players cannot intervene in everything within the small world across three worlds.
Alright, just this rule alone already maxed out the difficulty of the Central Continent Secret Realm.
He then clicked on Heavenly Clue Prompt Two and the corresponding description.
[Heavenly Clue Prompt Two: There will be a large number of Demon Cultivators and some beast cultivators appearing in the Central Continent Secret Realm.]
<Description> Demon Cultivators are powerful, adopting a strategy of eliminating them one by one. All disciples of the Sword Pavilion died in battle, Li Qingran exhausted all efforts but could not defeat them.
Chen Huaian: “???”
Isn’t that too brutal?
How could this be possible?!
Previously, he had heard from Su Qinian that the Central Continent Secret Realm was a grand gathering of all righteous sects in the Cangyun Realm. The Small Secret Realm held an annual event, while the Large Secret Realm held one every ten years. This year was rare because both the Small and Large Secret Realms were opening simultaneously, making it a spectacular occasion.
Since it was a grand gathering of righteous sects, how could Demon Cultivators and beast cultivators infiltrate?
If he didn’t know about this matter, it would be fine.
But since he knew now, he had to find a way to stop it.
Chen Huaian pondered for a moment and decided to prepare two plans.
Firstly, the iron must be hard itself; enhancing Li Qingran’s strength was certainly the most important thing. Secondly, he would give Su Qinian an early warning.
Currently, he didn’t know who the enemies were or where they would come from, but he could let Su Qinian notify other sects, so everyone could prepare beforehand.
Although doing so might alert the enemy prematurely.
Still, it was better than letting the Demon Cultivators and beast cultivators infiltrate without knowing.
Besides these, he could also use heavenly deduction. If the heavenly deduction could reveal something, perhaps some dangers could be nipped in the bud.
So he pressed the sound transmission talisman and said to Li Qingran, who was concentrating on making pillowcases in front of the table: “Qingran, go call Su Pavilion Master now. Your master has something important to discuss with him!”
…
A short while later.
By the side of the water pool at the top of Sunset Peak.
Su Qinian and Li Qingran sat opposite each other.
However, Li Qingran was just listening secretly.
And Su Qinian bowed deeply to the air above Li Qingran’s head: “Ancestor, what do you want me to do?”
[Yesterday evening, old man observed the stars, calculated with my fingers, deduced the heavenly clues, and discovered that there will be a great calamity approaching in this Central Continent Secret Realm!]
Su Qinian’s mouth twitched.
Alright, you’re also into deducing heavenly clues now?
Could it be that the great cultivators in the Cangyun Realm who have been frequently deducing heavenly clues recently are you?
This thought flashed through his mind momentarily.
He believed that the Ancestor had the ability to deduce heavenly clues, but for the Ancestor to deduce the heavenly clues of the Cangyun Realm from a distant subspace and even cause celestial anomalies sounded like a tall tale.
However, Chen Huaian’s next sentence made him tense up all over.
[This great calamity may lead to less than one in ten of our Sword Pavilion disciples surviving!]
“What?!” Su Qinian slammed the table and stood up, two streaks of murderous sword intent flashing in his eyes as he roared: “Which sect dares to kill our Sword Pavilion disciples within the Central Continent Secret Realm?”
Struggles within the Central Continent Secret Realm were quite common, but overall, the atmosphere among the disciples of various sects was relatively harmonious.
It wasn’t that there were no grudges or vendettas, but the act of wiping out sect disciples to the point of exterminating the sect almost never happened.
[It’s not the righteous sects, but the Demon Sect!]
As soon as these words were spoken, Su Qinian’s first reaction was disbelief.
The Demon Sect was almost eradicated in the Cangyun Realm.
Once a Demon Cultivator appeared, they would surely be eliminated by the disciples and elders of various sects within three days. How could a group of Demon Cultivators suddenly appear and pose a threat to the Central Continent Secret Realm?
“Ancestor, is there any definite information? It’s not that I don’t believe you, but this really doesn’t make sense.” Su Qinian looked troubled.
Knowing there are Demon Cultivators isn’t helpful either.
If we knew exactly who and where they were, he could just rush in with his sword and cleanly solve everything.
[Alright, let me calculate!]
Chen Huaian directly opened the heavenly deduction interface.
With no money now, he could only perform a free calculation once a day.
He was also uncertain whether he could deduce the location of the Demon Cultivators.
But previous heavenly deductions always provided good responses, giving him confidence.
Regardless, if it doesn’t work out, he’ll just bluff.
Let the Sword Pavilion raise their guard, that’s all.
Who cares about the life or death of other sects?
“Help me deduce the locations of all Demon Cultivators! Hmm… Directly display them on the map!” Chen Huaian typed in.
A loading circle appeared on the heavenly deduction system interface, spinning for a long time before popping up a bright red warning box.
[Are you sure you want to deduce the locations of all Demon Cultivators and display them on the map? Note that the karmic consequences involved will result in a significant loss of your fortune!]
Loss of fortune? So be it.
Chen Huaian snorted coldly.
Staying in the Zero Containment Room all day, could it explode?
“Confirm, deduce for me!”
[Heavenly deduction in progress…]
Boom—!
The weather in the Cangyun Realm suddenly changed dramatically.
Dark clouds gathered over Sunset Peak, lightning flashed, and thunder roared.
A terrifying pressure descended from the sky, and a massive golden vertical pupil opened within the dark clouds.
At the moment it scanned over him,
Su Qinian felt as if he was completely stripped bare.
He stared dumbfounded at the gloomy sky, his throat feeling like it was stuck with a rock, only able to emit a hoarse “huh huh”.
Myriad Celestial Lord!
The one who was deducing heavenly clues every day…
was truly their Sword Pavilion Ancestor!
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