Seeing that it was getting dark, Xiao Jie bid I Want to Become Immortal farewell, and they each logged off.
After dinner, however, he did not go out for a run. Instead, he logged back into the game.
With a shift of the screen, his character appeared inside Ginkgo Village's Ancestral Hall.
This was the only truly safe place after nightfall.
Of course, he was not planning to stay up all night grinding levels. He intended to use the quiet nighttime hours to read all the books in his backpack.
He had been busy leveling during the day and could not settle his mind. Since he could not go out at night, it was the perfect time to calm down and carefully study the game's materials.
He glanced outside the Ancestral Hall. Ginkgo Village's night was pitch-black, with only the dim yellow light cast by the lanterns at the hall entrance and the oil lamps within, like the sole trace of warmth amid the cold darkness.
Something in the darkness seemed to be watching him. Even through the screen, he could sense an unsettling atmosphere.
Xiao Jie sat cross-legged in the Ancestral Hall and began reading by the light of its oil lamps.
He had several books in his bag.
Travels of Unusual People was a strange-tales travelogue, somewhat like In Search of the Supernatural. It told stories of unusual people from the past and was quite interesting, though the Classical Chinese made it somewhat difficult to read.
Xiao Jie guessed that he might be able to encounter these unusual people in the game.
As for the Classic of Hundred Herbs, Xiao Jie had thought it was some kind of skill book, only to find that it introduced the flowers, grasses, and plants found throughout this world. It listed various