“Oh, so this is how it’s done.”
Chen Huaian couldn’t say whether he was disappointed or not as he reached out to press.
“Hmm…” A soft groan came from the game.
Chen Huaian: “…”
Well, no wonder it’s a small workshop.
He liked small workshops.
The Spirit Root seemed to be in great pain, Li Qingran kept emitting suppressed groans, beads of sweat the size of soybeans rolling down her cheeks and neck, and fine droplets of water seeping through her skin. Chen Huaian could clearly see that as the progress bar for healing slowly moved forward, tiny black substances gradually appeared among the droplets.
“The graphics here are truly breathtaking.”
How to put it?
When you spend money on a game, you don’t just look at whether it’s fun, but also if it’s worth it.
Some games have a certain scale; while their gameplay might be decent, they only produce one or two chapters, with overall gameplay time less than two hours, yet they sell for hundreds. Isn’t that just exploiting players?
This game “Electronic Girlfriend” is different.
He had a premonition that he could play this game until he died.
As the healing progressed halfway, some encouraging prompts finally appeared.
[Li Qingran, Meridian Repair, ‘Foundation Damage’, Removed.]
[Li Qingran, Internal Injuries Healed, ‘Moderate Internal Injury’, Removed.]
[Begin Detoxification, Press ‘Yaoyangguan’ Point, Circle and Press ‘Shenshu’, Use Spiritual Energy to Heal Wounds.]
Chen Huaian followed the instructions and changed the acupoints.
Just as he started, Li Qingran let out an “Ah”.
“Tsk, it must hurt a lot, right?” he thought silently.
At this moment, Li Qingran’s skin began to turn red, and this redness wasn’t like being soaked in hot water for too long—it was more akin to a boiled shrimp. Watching her grit her teeth and suppress her voice from the pain.
But in reality?
Li Qingran only felt the warmth of the two large hands behind her, the process of expelling fire poison feeling like countless bugs crawling through her limbs, causing an itchy and numb sensation. She bit her lips hard, fearing she would make some disrespectful sounds that might offend her senior.
To distract herself, she looked at the bronze mirror hanging by the bedhead.
From here, she could see a small part of her back.
She originally expected to see an old man with white hair, but there was nothing—only two palms formed by spiritual energy on her back, one pressing point by point, the other circling, transmitting a gentle and substantial force.
Not seeing the appearance of her senior, Li Qingran felt a little disappointed.
She felt relieved inside but also ashamed.
Her senior was definitely not someone who would take advantage of others; even while using spiritual energy to heal her wounds, his hands didn’t touch her skin at all—he was truly a gentleman. Yet she had previously made such disrespectful speculations, which was really inappropriate.
[Li Qingran, Fire Poison Expelled, ‘Fire Poison Devouring Body’, Removed.]
The progress bar for healing reached its end, and Li Qingran’s skin returned to normal.
However, from Chen Huaian’s perspective, although there were some impurities on the girl’s skin, it was much more radiant compared to before, like a boiled egg coated with wax.
“Thank you, Senior, for healing me. I already feel much better.”
Li Qingran softly thanked him, her hands unsure of where to place themselves, grabbing the bath towel on both sides.
Chen Huaian could see her blushing ears, and even her neck was beginning to redden.
“Can I ask Senior a question?”
Li Qingran’s voice trembled slightly, as if she had gathered her courage to speak this sentence.
<Yes.>
<No!>
<You guess?>
<Recharge 300¥ to purchase a sound transmission talisman for free conversation.>
This time, Chen Huaian didn’t hesitate and chose one.
Having received permission, Li Qingran was delighted, and her tone became much lighter.
“Senior has helped Qingran greatly. Could Qingran know your name? Of course, if Senior doesn’t want to tell, Qingran will not ask further.”
<Input your name: _____>
Good heavens, Chen Huaian muttered to himself.
He had already recharged thousands, and played the game for half a day.
Finally, it was time to create a character name?
So, if you didn’t recharge up to this point, you weren’t even qualified to create a character name?
This game really had high standards.
After pondering for a while, Chen Huaian didn’t come up with any fancy names.
He simply entered these three characters: ‘Chen Huai’an’.
If he were to die in the future, at least his game data on his phone would still record his name.
Perhaps this would be the only trace of him that could remain.
“Huai holding frost, sword heart driving away the long night, An tranquil, lute heart melting the cold evening. Huai’an… Huai’an… Junior Qingran will remember Senior’s name forever.”
Li Qingran turned around and smiled faintly, her eyebrows slightly raised, her dark hair flowing down her shoulders like a waterfall.
Outside the window, the long night was dark as ink, with heavy rain pouring down, but she didn’t feel the slightest chill, only a soft warmth blossoming in her heart.
Chen Huaian stared at Li Qingran’s smile and was momentarily stunned, as if the mobile screen disappeared.
And she was smiling directly at him.
“The small workshop’s effects are overwhelming.”
He quickly shook his head, dispelling those unrealistic fantasies.
“Senior, Qingran’s body has accumulated quite a bit of dirt, and she needs to clean herself again.”
This time, no dialogue options popped up.
Li Qingran wrapped herself in the bath towel, turned towards the ceiling and gave a graceful bow, then took the new clothes by the bedhead and went to the bathroom.
Chen Huaian looked at the empty boudoir for a while.
He felt like he was losing his mind.
How could he possibly feel a sense of attraction towards a game character?
“By the way, this girl’s injuries are healed, but the problem of her broken spirit root and dantian remains unsolved, right?”
He flipped through the game interface again.
Then he found a help center, where it seemed he could ask questions.
[The first daily question is free, the second requires a recharge of 100 to purchase a question token, the third token price doubles, and so on.]
“Not really, you might as well rob the bank, what kind of game is this!”
Chen Huaian laughed angrily.
However, since the first one was free, he decided to take full advantage of it every day until he died!
“How to solve Li Qingran’s dantian and spirit root problems?”
[You can only ask about one of them.]
Chen Huaian: “…”
Dantian and spirit root, the latter seemed more important, after all, it was the container.
“Then how to solve the dantian issue?”
[Divining heavenly fate…]
“Still divining heavenly fate, making it sound very mysterious.” Chen Huaian scoffed.
Unbeknownst to him, the celestial phenomena suddenly changed in the Cangyun Realm where Li Qingran was located. The constellations shifted, tides fluctuated, and earth dragons stirred, drawing frequent attention from many elder experts of various sects.
“Whoa, there’s a great cultivator divining heavenly fate!”
“With the spiritual energy in the Cangyun Realm becoming increasingly thin, such changes in celestial phenomena indicate that a great being is predicting the future of the Cangyun Realm?”
“Avoid! Such a powerful being is not someone we can provoke. Let’s stay quietly in seclusion.”
…
[Heavenly Fate Divination Complete!]
[Repairing Li Qingran’s dantian can use one ancient divine medicine – the Hunyuan Biantian Pill. This pill has been lost for ages, but it can not only repair severely damaged dantians but also improve the quality and capacity of the dantian to hold spiritual energy to a certain extent.]
[The ‘Qi Yun Jin Li Pool’ has captured a thread of heavenly fate for you. Drawing the ‘Qi Yun Jin Li’ will allow you to exchange for the Immortal Grade · Hunyuan Biantian Pill.]
Chen Huaian: “…”
What a load of nonsense about capturing a thread of heavenly fate.
Isn’t this just stuffing game items into a guaranteed prize pool?
Drawing a thousand times would cost ten thousand yuan!
Even though there’s a probability to draw directly, what’s the difference between 0.001% and 0?!
If his luck was good enough, he wouldn’t have cancer in the first place.
“I’ll get the account set up first thing tomorrow morning, then go to the hospital to get a certificate, and without hesitation, start streaming live in Panshan.”
Chen Huaian scratched his head.
He originally planned to go to Panshan a few days later.
But now, he was getting anxious.
Li Qingran’s dantian must be repaired.
He, Chen Huai’an, said so!
