“Senpai, w-what is this?”
Li Qingran was startled when she heard Chen Huaian say he would help her restore her dantian. Then something fell onto the table, and the whole room was enveloped in an overwhelming blue light, along with a rich fragrance of medicine. Even taking a single breath made her feel as if the speed of the spiritual energy circulating within her body had increased severalfold!
“This is a pill that can restore your dantian.”
Chen Huaian didn’t mention the name of the pill.
After all, it was obvious that this pill was very valuable.
As for Li Qingran, his current view of her was akin to a highly intelligent AI character. Achieving this with the current level of AI technology wasn’t difficult; it just required sufficient data streams for training.
Game production—you had to be a clever hacker.
So, creating a highly intelligent AI model was surely no problem.
Although a highly intelligent AI was different from a human, it could still simulate human emotions under the influence of data streams.
Telling Li Qingran that this was the Hunyuan Putiandan, she would definitely refuse.
“A pill that can restore my dantian?” Li Qingran had never heard of such a pill. She only knew that once the dantian was shattered, it was almost impossible to repair. Even if it could be repaired, the methods involved were certainly beyond the reach of a small cultivator in the Qi Refinement stage like her.
Moreover, the commotion caused by taking this pill was already so great that it was undoubtedly extremely precious.
“Senpai, this pill is too valuable; Qingran cannot accept it.”
Li Qingran’s tone was firm. She was indeed eager to restore her dantian, but she felt she had already received far too many favors from her senior. At the same time, she had no way of giving equal returns to him, which made her feel guilty about the inequality of the exchange.
“Just take it!” Chen Huaian pressed the communication talisman, thinking to himself that this AI truly simulated character traits perfectly. If it were another game, even in a nurturing type, the other party would likely accept it without hesitation. He continued, “This pill was made specifically for you and is useless to me. Just take it; if you don’t, those people will come to steal it!”
Chen Huaian rambled on.
What Li Qingran heard was: “This item is useless to me. The earlier commotion has already attracted the attention of the cultivators. I won’t be able to conceal the secrets of heaven much longer. If you don’t consume it now, you’re causing trouble for me!”
“I…”
Li Qingran looked at the ceiling, her gaze falling back onto the Hunyuan Putiandan. She bit her lip, her expression filled with conflict.
If she took the pill, she would feel guilty and unable to repay the debt.
If she didn’t take the pill, she would be causing trouble for her senior…
“Hurry up!”
A severe shout rang above her head.
“Wuu.” Li Qingran was startled, her entire body shuddering.
In the end, when faced with crossing her own bottom line and defying her senior, she chose to break her own limit.
She didn’t want to upset her senior.
Chen Huaian watched as this little girl cautiously picked up the pill from the table, a wicked smile forming at the corners of his mouth.
“Ha ha, in the end, you’ll obediently take it!”
He noticed that being called “senpai” by Li Qingran was slowly inflating his ego.
From now on, he’d just call himself “that esteemed one,” making it all the more fitting~
“If you don’t eat this pill, I’ll have wasted 90,000 on it!”
In the heat of the moment, he hadn’t even had a chance to see what the last five hundred draws had yielded.
Li Qingran cradled the pill in her hands. Even though she was breaking her own bottom line, she had to find a way to remedy the situation.
As she gazed at the ceiling, she raised a hand, holding up three fingers corresponding to heaven, earth, and humanity, and vowed aloud: “Today, as a junior, Qingran has received the esteemed one’s help and obtained the divine medicine to restore my dantian. I feel deeply ashamed and unable to repay it. In the future, if the esteemed one has any need for me, no matter if it’s a mountain of daggers or a sea of flames, or even an endless hell, Qingran will face it without hesitation!”
Li Qingran swore to the heavenly path, and her words came straight from the heart, causing a resonance with the heavens. The surrounding spiritual energy surged, lifting her flowing hair and revealing her determined gaze.
With the vow complete, she no longer felt burdened and lifted the pill to consume it.
She had entrusted herself to her senior; this was all she could offer.
The celestial-grade Hunyuan Putiandan dissolved upon entry, transforming into a stream of pure energy that surged towards Li Qingran’s shattered dantian. From Chen Huaian’s perspective, a golden thread moved toward her lower abdomen while everything in the room began to spin around her, creating a vortex that grew larger and eventually extended outside, forming a tornado that connected to the sky.
“Could this be the spiritual energy vortex?” Chen Huaian mused. Given that the game’s background was a cultivation world, Li Qingran was in a state of taking in a vast amount of spiritual energy, serving as fuel for the Hunyuan Putiandan to take effect.
“By the way, isn’t this commotion a bit much? Don’t we need to conceal it a little?”
The spiritual energy tornado was stirring the clouds in the sky, creating a void.
The red dots on the map, resembling headless flies, flocked toward this direction as if they had found their target.
【Li Qingran has consumed the celestial-grade Hunyuan Putiandan, which will continue to trigger extraordinary phenomena in heaven and earth. Would you like to recharge 28 RMB to conceal the secrets of heaven for Li Qingran?】
“Are you kidding me!”
Chen Huaian couldn’t help but laugh in anger.
Was this squeezing toothpaste? Couldn’t they just be straightforward?
Despite his frustration with the game’s recharge system, he obediently topped up 28.
…
In the Wanching Mountains—
“There! There!”
“What a terrifying spiritual energy fluctuation; there must be a divine pill that has emerged!”
“Hahaha, I’m about to become an immortal!”
Suddenly, the trend of the spiritual energy tornado diminished, dissipating like a flame extinguished by a giant hand.
The group of treasure-hunting cultivators fell back into confusion.
“Damn! Why did it disappear again?”
“Seriously? Are we being toyed with?”
“Never mind that, let’s search in that direction. Don’t miss anything we encounter on the way, even if it’s a pile of poop, we should pick it up and smell it!”
…
On this side,
Chen Huaian was happily admiring the meditating Li Qingran.
She sat quietly, two strands of hair falling over her shoulders, occasionally swaying in the flowing spiritual energy. Though her clothing was simple, it matched her elegant and unadorned temperament. Usually, a hint of confidence could be seen on her brow, but now, with her eyes closed, her brow furrowed slightly, her thin lips pursed, and her pale, delicate face bore a faint hint of sickness, more so evoking a sense of endearment.
Chen Huaian was a science student.
He didn’t have any flowery language.
But he was willing to use the most plain and simple words to praise Li Qingran’s beauty.
“Wow, she really looks incredible!”
He couldn’t look any longer.
If he continued to stare, he wouldn’t be able to get up later to seek his teacher’s guidance.
He had drawn a total of a thousand times from the Luck Koi prize pool, and he hadn’t even had a chance to see what the last five hundred draws had yielded.
Chen Huaian opened his backpack, which was already filled with 12 slots. From left to right, they contained: low-grade spirit stones, mid-grade spirit stones, communication talismans, Thunder Fire talisman (ordinary), Thunder Fire talisman (mid), Thunder Fire talisman (high), Thunder Fire talisman (absolute), Thunder Fire talisman (celestial), Xuanjia formation, intermediate gathering spirit formation, Su Xian sword, and a golden jade tablet.
“Seriously, can’t these Thunder Fire talismans fit in a single slot?”
Chen Huaian was furious; these Thunder Fire talismans couldn’t all go to Li Qingran. What if she was controlled? He still needed to provide support from the sidelines!
The key issue was that expanding the first slot in the backpack required a recharge of 188 RMB.
“Forget it, forget it. I’ll just give her whatever I don’t need later.”
Chen Huaian’s attention focused on the last item.
The jade tablet, a golden item.
It was clearly something valuable!
