### Chapter 1: The Incident at Flowerless Palace (13)
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Although Luo Ying was skeptical about how Lin Nan could pinpoint Fatty’s exact location in the water, now was not the time to ask questions.
Because honestly, Fatty looked absolutely tragic right now.
If it were anyone else, who knows if they could have survived this long.
The two of them hurriedly fished him out and carefully laid him down on a nearby beach.
It was nearly winter, and the sea was freezing cold.
After being in the water for just thirty minutes, Fatty was freezing and pale as a ghost.
If Lin Nan hadn’t arrived in time, even with the red medicine on hand, he would have succumbed to the loss of body heat and ended up a popsicle in the ocean.
While the Heavenly Sword Sect wasn’t exactly masters of healing spells, some basic techniques were surprisingly effective.
Plus, Luo Ying generously pulled out the Heavenly Sword Sect’s miracle drug, “Little Return Pill,” tossing five pills into Lin Nan’s hands.
“Feed him one,” Luo Ying commanded.
Once Lin Nan had it in his hands, he realized how precious the Little Return Pill was; it not only restored his energy instantly but even gave a bonus to one attribute.
“One’s enough.”
Lin Nan returned four pills to Luo Ying and shoved one into Fatty’s mouth.
“Hang in there!”
With a sudden yank, Lin Nan put all his strength into it and quickly pulled out the two arrows lodged in Fatty’s back, accompanied by a burst of pixelated sparkles.
Fatty let out a scream as if he were on the verge of passing out from the pain.
Thank goodness for the Little Return Pill, after a long while, Fatty finally woke up, groggily staring at Lin Nan, suddenly exclaiming, “It’s you! You’re back?”
Lin Nan nodded, “That’s right, it’s me.”
“No wonder you’re so merciless… I knew it! That blabbermouth, even if he talks too much and is a bootlicker, he’s still my bro…”
“Ahhh…”
Fatty suddenly screamed again.
“Uh, sorry.”
Lin Nan’s fingers had just slipped away from the scab on his wound.
“Now, tell me, what exactly happened at Flowerless Palace?”
Luo Ying didn’t care whether Lin Nan was sneakily poking around; she just wanted to handle the issues at Flowerless Palace as quickly as possible.
There was a mysterious primordial spirit involved, and who knows what level of cultivation it had reached.
But the fact that it could only possess Lin Nan, who wasn’t even an Inner Door Disciple, indicated that this spirit likely excelled in self-cultivation, providing little help to the host body.
If she didn’t have Lin Nan’s life in mind, if she were to take decisive action against him, the spirit would probably be no match for her and would evaporate quicker than a soda left open. It wouldn’t even have a chance to find another host.
But from their earlier conversation, she sensed that this primordial spirit was overly confident, as if it had everything under its thumb.
Ha, what arrogance!
How could she, the chief Inner Door disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, be held back by some ethereal spirit?
So, in order to completely overpower it with her aura, she needed to make it submit to her, fearing it wouldn’t dare pull any more stunts.
Even during the three-year agreement, she would avoid revealing herself and disturb Lin Nan’s normal life.
She had planned to immediately meet with White Peach as soon as she arrived at Flowerless Palace, only to find Fatty badly injured and nearly drowning like a dog in the ocean.
This made her question if Flowerless Palace was indeed hiding some secrets.
Once Fatty recovered, he wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and began recounting from the moment he entered the underground palace up until he helplessly fell into the sea.
“Master Sister, that Ren Dan is definitely up to no good. Those humans hiding underground might just be her doing!” Fatty insisted.
Luo Ying immediately stood up, “No time to waste, let’s head back the way you jumped into the sea. If what you say is true, I won’t let Ren Dan and her gang off the hook!”
Throughout this, Lin Nan had remained silent.
Just moments ago, he discovered something shocking.
All the system interfaces were gray; he couldn’t access any options! After six months of gaming, this was a first.
No wonder he couldn’t contact Fatty along the way; it turned out Fatty’s system functions were restricted.
This also meant he couldn’t switch consciousness during his time at Flowerless Palace.
If this body faced danger, he could potentially confront d*ath again.
The system had previously warned him that every time a male character died, there were serious penalties.
Last time, it canceled the female character’s hosting ability; what would it be this time?
He didn’t dare to think further.
Even worse, after becoming a male character, he couldn’t summon character cards.
Only one skill was available on his entire skills panel.
He took a careful peek and finally had some clarity.
But this skill was time-limited, and unless absolutely necessary, he wouldn’t use it lightly.
At this time, the three of them had boarded Luo Ying’s massive flying sword and were heading toward the cave where Fatty had fallen.
With Master Sister personally leading, Fatty suddenly felt so courageous, it was as if he could take on the world.
And without Luo Ying’s annoying second personality, Fatty genuinely believed everything was swinging in his favor.
Once Master Sister confirmed that what he said was true, she’d definitely take action against that damned Ren Dan.
In that case, Second Palace Master White Peach would turn from a crisis to safety and firmly secure her position at Flowerless Palace.
Even if it was just for being injured, Fatty thought, Master Sister must have noted that, and he could butter up White Peach later, raising his status in her eyes.
A kiss here and there didn’t seem impossible either.
As they delved deeper into the cave, Fatty instantly put on a heroic, fearless face—if Lin Nan didn’t know his true nature so well, he might have thought they walked into the wrong scene.
Fatty led the way, Luo Ying followed second, with Lin Nan bringing up the rear.
But little did they know, the cave had many forks.
Fatty barreled ahead, head down, completely ignoring the specific route.
After hitting two dead ends in a row,
Luo Ying’s face turned sour; Fatty dared not show off anymore, quickly explaining, “The next one is definitely right, I remember! If I make another mistake, I’ll be single for life!”
Luo Ying scoffed, “You’re being pretty tough on yourself. Fine, I’ll trust you one more time.”
Lin Nan secretly shook his head.
Vowing about your love life was as common as eating and breathing nowadays; it really didn’t mean much.
And besides, most of what Fatty said was about his modern world experience.
In this game world, at least there was some hope; in reality, who cares if he couldn’t find a girlfriend? There were still two-dimensional waifus around.
This time, Fatty was finally lucky,
“This way, it’s definitely right! Ahead is a huge underground chamber filled with people. We must be careful; they’re sharp-eared!”
But when they tiptoed up to the entrance and peered inside, the three all froze.
Fatty, clutching his head, dashed in like a man gone mad, looking left and right while shouting, “This can’t be right! There were definitely people here earlier; how did they disappear? This is impossible!
You all have to believe me!
I’m not lying!”
Luo Ying seemed to realize something, “Quick! To the surface!”
Ten minutes later,
The three hovered above Flowerless Palace,
The massive Flowerless Palace now resembled a ghost town, entirely deserted.
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