Strike Hard in the Game, Meek in Reality

Qi Yuan wielded the Great Treasure Sword, weaving through the bellybands... no, the Attire Demons.

Small skills flew without cease.

Strong Sword Skull Split!

Xiao Xiang Sword Rain!

Blood Light Escape!

Experience +300.

Experience +200.

...

Experience +400.

Qi Yuan killed to his heart's content, finally finding that feeling of playing a game.

Everything before his eyes was an Experience Pack!

He massacred enemies in the game.

Sword Picks Big Underpants!

Chop Off Overcoat!

Sword Pierces Suspender!

Qi Yuan killed with endless delight.

And the Attire Demons around him grew more and more numerous.

Trees were blasted apart, and Attire Demons were cleaved to pieces.

Within a radius of several dozen meters lay Qi Yuan's personal main battlefield.

He was like a god of slaughter. Once he approached an Attire Demon, that Attire Demon became his little experience baby.

Because it was nighttime, those Attire Demons could not gather quickly and fought on their own.

To Qi Yuan, this was undoubtedly like a wolf entering a flock of sheep.

The reason he had been able to slaughter his way through the Xuanyuan Forbidden Area was that the demonic beasts within it were not united.

But now, the Attire Demons throughout the entire Attire Forbidden Area were slowly awakening.

As Qi Yuan went on a killing spree, some of the newly awakened Attire Demons had barely risen from their sleep and were completely dumbfounded.

"So even demons can have stampede incidents."

Qi Yuan watched the "stampede" in the distance and charged over.

Naturally, an Attire Demon stampede was different.

Having just awakened, they reacted in an emergency and immediately began attacking, striking wildly in every direction.

As a result, quite a few weak Attire Demons were dragged into the mess.

"Kill!"

Qi Yuan transformed into the Liver God and slaughtered enemies in the game.

However, after only a few hours, Qi Yuan decided to run.

"No, I have to run!"

Although those Attire Demons had much poorer senses at night—

With so much time having passed, they had gradually formed military formations and were charging toward Qi Yuan.

At a time like this, of course it was time to run.

As before, Qi Yuan directly dug a pit and buried himself inside it.

"Not bad. I reached level 84, and my strength has increased quite a bit again."

After grinding all night, he had accumulated a level and a half of experience and risen two levels.

"I'll strive to take down the entire Attire Forbidden Area within half a month!"

Qi Yuan felt that if he came here every night and did this—

In half a month or so, he would probably have worn down the Attire Demons of the Attire Forbidden Area almost completely.

By then, he might even reach level 90.

And awaken another major skill.

By then, his strength in the game world would rise again. His speed in farming other forbidden areas and even deadly lands would also increase, and the spiritual items needed for Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment could be gathered into his hands.

Thinking of this, Qi Yuan suddenly grew dejected. "Cultivation is too difficult. Just for a Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, I actually need to slaughter my way through an entire world?

"How strong must those legendary geniuses who achieved Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment have been!

"If I run into them in the future, I'd better stay far away."

Qi Yuan lay in the pit, shifted into a more comfortable position, and, as usual, sent Jin Li a message.

He told her about tonight's sneak attack, said goodnight at last, and logged off.

After all, if he stayed in the game too long, his mind could not endure it.

He had tried it before. If he remained in the game for more than half a day now, the consequences became severe.

How severe?

It was like an ordinary person having a hypoglycemic attack and suddenly seeing nothing but darkness.

Therefore, he almost never stayed in the game for twelve hours or more.

Still, just before logging off, he sighed with some disappointment. "Strike hard in the game, meek in reality."

That was right. In the game, he slaughtered in all directions and sent demons fleeing in defeat.

But in reality, he was meek and submissive, unable even to kill an Origin Core.

He could only wait until his blade developed intelligence before having a chance to kill an Origin Core.

Of course, it was merely a chance, not a certainty.

The next day, when Qi Yuan woke up, he seemed to hear tens of thousands of ducks quacking.

He opened his eyes, got dressed, and finished washing up.

He walked out of the courtyard, looked at the three young women ahead, and took a deep breath of morning air. "So early in the morning, what are you all talking about?"

Of the three young women before him, one was his junior sister, Jiang Lingsu.

He had seen another one before. She was the young woman who had entered the Shinguang Sect this year with Rank A results.

Back then, when he had chosen his junior sister, he had excluded this woman.

On the surface, she looked innocent and guileless, but her eyes always carried a faint, elusive charm.

Qi Yuan remembered that his eyes had seen this young woman possessed a special constitution and had also caught the eye of the Black Chicken Old Demon.

The last young woman was utterly ordinary. The most noticeable thing about her was the rather large number of freckles on her face.

Generally speaking, freckles rarely appeared on the faces of cultivators...

"Greetings, Senior Brother."

The three young women saluted him.

The identity of the chief senior disciple was noble. Even yesterday, when Zheng Jianghe had led a group out and encountered Qi Yuan on the road, he had stopped to pay his respects before leaving.

Seeing that Qi Yuan still looked half-asleep, Jiang Lingsu could not help saying, "Eldest Senior Brother, it's already noon. How is it early?"

Qi Yuan raised his head and glanced at the sun in the sky.

Big and round.

Then he looked at the three young women.

Ai, ai, ai... I must have been thinking about forming a Golden Core too much lately. Everything I look at is big and round.

"What are you discussing? You all look rather indignant," Qi Yuan asked casually.

"Isn't it because of the Black Mountain Sect!" said the innocent-looking young woman, anger on her face.

Qi Yuan suddenly remembered that yesterday Zheng Jianghe had led the Golden Light Hall to Rong City, seemingly because of the Black Mountain Sect.

"What happened?"

"Some days ago, a true disciple of the Black Mountain Sect named Chu Tianxiong committed evil deeds in Rong City. He violated several newlywed women and exterminated their entire families. It's utterly detestable!

"Senior Brother Zheng Jianghe led the Golden Light Hall and captured Chu Tianxiong in Rong City!" The innocent-looking young woman grew more agitated as she spoke, until she could barely speak clearly.

Jiang Lingsu said, "Xiao Ran, don't get worked up. Let me explain.

"After Chu Tianxiong was captured by the Golden Light Hall, he was incomparably arrogant.

"Just as Senior Brother Zheng Jianghe was about to bring Chu Tianxiong back to the sect for punishment, an elder from the Black Mountain Sect appeared halfway there and directly took Chu Tianxiong away. He even... even injured Senior Brother Zheng Jianghe!"

All three young women present were furious. The freckled young woman clenched her fists as well, wishing she could kill Chu Tianxiong herself.

Jiang Ran said, "The Black Mountain Sect is simply far too arrogant!"

The freckled young woman could not help speaking as well. "If it were not for the Black Chicken Old Demon, how would the Black Mountain Sect dare be this arrogant?"

Upon hearing Black Chicken Old Demon, Jiang Ran's expression also became grave.

Qi Yuan, however, said, "I've watched many television dramas. Villains never have good endings!"

The three young women looked completely baffled, having no idea what a television drama was.

But they understood the latter half of his sentence.

They all fell somewhat silent.

Would bad people... truly have no good endings?

Jiang Lingsu still remembered how, when that great demonic-path figure who had once massacred an entire nation came to her clan, both her father and grandfather had treated him with courtesy.

This was, in the end, a world where strength reigned supreme.

Bad people... might perhaps live even more comfortably than good people.

"Eldest Senior Brother is right. Good will be rewarded with good, and evil with evil. It is not that retribution does not come—it is simply that the time has not yet arrived!" Jiang Lingsu nevertheless agreed.