Chapter 449: Did you just trick me in here for this?
“Bai Feng, what are we supposed to do in this game?”
Little Jiu happily ran over to ask, still in her nine-tailed fox form even inside the game.
Originally, there was no such thing as monsters in the character creation, but Little Jiu insisted on Bai Feng using his authority to make her a nine-tailed fox.
“Just wander around, observe the players here,” Bai Feng said casually.
“Sounds so boring,” Little Jiu instantly lost interest.
“If you want to play the game, I can give you a regular account,” Bai Feng offered.
After thinking for a few seconds, Little Jiu shook her head. “Nah, I’m not used to moving around like a real person.”
And she also didn’t like chatting with others while playing. She preferred games where she could go solo.
Bai Feng shot her a glance. He thought Little Jiu would agree easily, but unexpectedly, she looked disinterested.
He didn’t mind too much, though. Little Jiu was usually pretty hermit-like—rarely socializing, mostly sleeping in or grinding away at her games. The most she did was post game guides on Liu Meng’s messenger website.
And as the ‘producer’ of the game, Little Jiu didn’t even bother to play her own masterpiece. No big deal—it wasn’t like he expected her to run the thing well. He just gave her something to do and maybe a mascot, while the real work was done by You Su Rong Rong and those others.
“Alright, let’s wander over there. If no issues pop up, we can head back,” Bai Feng said.
……
“Has anyone played that new jianghu (rivers and lakes) game lately?”
“Junior Yue seems to have bought it. Hey, Yue! Is the jianghu game fun?”
“It’s so-so, lots of restrictions, playing it’s a pain, better to just try Virtual Practice.”
“But Virtual Practice costs so much! I need half a month’s worth of points to keep playing.”
“You better just cheer about those half-month points! That’s the perfect simulation where you don’t have to worry about dying. I even heard a senior Brother broke through right after finishing it.”
“And I also heard Virtual Practice added a Secret Realm Mode, way more exciting than the regular simulation. Who’s brave enough to try?”
“Whoa, Bai Senior Brother—he’s probably a Heavenly Demon, right?”
“No, he should be called Master Bai Feng now.”
“Eat well, love eating—more of that for Master Bai Feng, please.”
The launch of the jianghu game didn’t cause much fuss in the Heavenly Sword Sect because Bai Feng had also opened up Virtual Practice to all disciples. An opportunity to train without fearing d*ath was irresistible to most cultivators.
Plus, he fulfilled some little gluttonous requests by adding the Secret Realm Mode to Virtual Practice, fixing bugs caused by the puppet malfunctioning due to version mismatch and the loneliness of solo runs. The disciples liked it a lot.
【Bai Lao Zei, I***!】
【They stole our signature moves in the Secret Realm! How dare they!】
【d*mn it! How could other Senior Brothers and Sisters invade our space? I’ve gotta guard against monsters, now I gotta guard against my own people too?】
【Hee hee, I must win!】
Such fiery and friendly comments!
Bai Feng’s face wore a half-smile, a slightly mischievous grin, as he closed the enthusiastic message window of the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples.
Better stay indoors these days, just in case.
“Your grin’s so annoying,” Tian Yan suddenly appeared in his arms. She stretched slightly, settling into a comfortable pose.
“You really know when to show up,” Bai Feng reached out and pinched her little face.
“Can’t pass up any training chance,” Tian Yan said matter-of-factly.
She didn’t get mad and just leaned against Bai Feng, relaxed.
After a moment, she lifted her head slightly. “Are you free right now?”
“Yeah, mostly done with things. Rare chance to take a break.”
“Then come with me to the ring. I’ve recently improved some wheat—just help me check how it’s growing.”
“Oh? Have you succeeded in cultivating it?” Bai Feng perked up. “Let’s go see.”
Inside the ring.
Bai Feng stood on a patch of grass, observing the scenery inside.
“Where’s the wheat?”
“Follow me.”
Tian Yan reached out and took Bai Feng’s wrist to walk toward a field, but instead of stopping, she pushed open a small hut’s door.
“Why go inside? Did you plant wheat in the house?”
Faced with Bai Feng’s puzzled look, Tian Yan took a step back, locked the door, and said, “That can wait. There’s something more important right now.”
Bai Feng: “?”
Did you just trick me in here for this?
Seeming to notice Bai Feng’s gaze, Tian Yan lifted her head, her face as expressionless as ever. “Recently, I think Yun Yue Yao detected me. My cultivation time has been cut down a lot, so I need to make it up elsewhere.”
“……”
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“Hoo… finally done,” Zuo Qiu slowly exhaled a breath of relief. After a long period of refining, she had finally perfected her divine body.
She slowly got out of the Thunder Pool. The pool had been enhanced with many unique thunderstorms by Bai Feng. Its power far surpassed the previous one, but even so, lightning on her surface didn’t cause any harm.
Once she stepped out, her body’s lightning gradually dissipated, revealing her pure, white jade-like skin. Under the divine body’s blessing, she even seemed to carry a hint of holiness.
At this moment, Bai Feng had also sensed Zuo Qiu finished her closed-door training and arrived at the Thunder Pool to check.
Seeing her perfected divine body, he finally understood what her ‘underdeveloped’ divine body looked like.
If he remembered correctly, Zuo Qiu’s divine body should be an Immaculate Body, but due to initial incompleteness, plus contamination by demonic energy, and subsequent refinement with Immortal Fire and lightning, her Immaculate Body failed to develop normally and went a tiny bit off the path.
At least, he’d never heard of an Immaculate Body capable of releasing flames and lightning.
“Master, I succeeded,” Zuo Qiu quickly approached Bai Feng, her face showing a faint joy. If you ignored what she just said, she did look like a fairy meant for admiration only.
“Mm, not bad,” Bai Feng nodded. Looking at her, infused right now with a more holy aura by her divine body, he felt suddenly… ahem!
Then he took out a bottle of pills. “This pill will help you break into the Virtual Refinement stage, saving you months of hard cultivation. But be careful—its potency is strong, even with your divine body, don’t be careless.”
“Thank you, Master!” Zuo Qiu hurriedly took the pill. She’d been refining her divine body recently, which had caused her cultivation to slip behind again.
“Are you going to take it now, or wait a few days?”
“Take it now,” Zuo Qiu thought for a moment, “I’m actually at my best right now.”
“Alright, I’ll protect you,” Bai Feng said.
“Thanks, Master.”
