Qixi Festival

"Yao Yao, do you feel a chill down your back?"

Su Jin stopped walking and swallowed. Although she had accepted the existence of ghosts and had even prepared herself to scare them, when she actually faced one, she still panicked a little.

"I feel it too. Xiao Jin, don't be scared. We're carrying so many ghost-repelling items. The ghosts should be afraid of us instead. I'll count to three, and then we'll turn around together, okay?"

Cheng Yao swallowed as well.

"Mm-hmm, then let's count together."

Su Jin nodded her little head vigorously.

"One!"

"Two!"

"Three!"

The moment they reached three, Cheng Yao and Su Jin both took off running forward.

"Yao Yao, you liar! Didn't we agree to turn around?" Su Jin shouted.

"Hehe, didn't you fail to turn around too?" Cheng Yao shouted back.

The two women ran incredibly fast and vanished from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.

Wang Xian: ...

Nangong Wu: ...

Feng Luoli: ...

Yue Rushuang: ...

The viewers in the livestream: ...

Weren't they supposed to scare the ghosts?

They did not even have the courage to turn around and look at the ghost before running away!

"Do you three still want to scare ghosts?"

Wang Xian looked at Nangong Wu and the other two.

The three immediately shook their heads. They had realized that those so-called ghost-repelling items were completely useless against ghosts.

More importantly, the ghosts in the village were far, far more terrifying than the ones in the fields.

"Since that's the case, let's continue leveling."

Wang Xian turned and headed home. If nothing unexpected had happened, Cheng Yao and Su Jin had probably gone to his house.

Sure enough, when Wang Xian returned home, he saw Cheng Yao and Su Jin huddled in his mother's arms, their little faces utterly pale.

"Oh my, aren't these the ghost-scaring duo? Did you scare any ghosts? Why does it look to me like the ghosts scared you instead?"

Wang Xian teased Cheng Yao and Su Jin.

The two women glared fiercely at Wang Xian. Although they had not seen what ghost had been behind them earlier, they had seen other ghosts on their way back.

One of them had been hanging from a power line, its tongue stretched absurdly long, its eyes bulging, and its face twisted into a grotesque expression.

What was worse, the ghost had let out a chilling laugh at them.

Terrifying!

Absolutely terrifying!

"You brat, what nonsense are you talking about!"

His mother glared at Wang Xian too.

Wang Xian curled his lips. Ever since Su Jin had come to his house, followed by Cheng Yao and the others, his status had dropped again and again.

"Come on, let's go level up. I'll go get Dad."

Wang Xian turned and went inside.

Five days later.

Wang Xian had reached Level 22. Su Jin was also Level 22, while everyone else was Level 20.

There was no helping it. Once Su Jin's level exceeded Wang Xian's, the Mercy skill no longer worked on her, so her leveling speed naturally slowed.

Thus, despite the experience bonus from her Goddess of Luck's Favor talent, her level remained the same as Wang Xian's.

It was worth mentioning that after these days of nonstop monster grinding and leveling, the Dragon Kingdom's Level Ranking had been almost completely occupied by Wang Xian's group.

On the world level rankings, Su Jin held first place, Wang Xian was second, and everyone else was uniformly Level 21.

"Uncle, tonight is Qixi Festival. Can we skip leveling?" Cheng Yao looked at Wang Xian expectantly over the dinner table.

Wang Xian glanced at her. "What about Qixi Festival? Does it stop you from grinding monsters and leveling?"

During the Ghost Gate opening, there were more ghosts, they gave more experience, and there were point rewards too. How could he possibly waste such a great opportunity?

"But today is Valentine's Day," Cheng Yao immediately said.

Wang Xian said, "Who told you today is Valentine's Day? Today is only Qixi Festival, not Valentine's Day."

"Isn't Qixi Festival Valentine's Day?"

Cheng Yao looked confused as she turned to look at the others.

"Yao Yao, Qixi Festival is also known as Qiqiao Festival, Seventh Sister Festival, Daughters' Festival, Begging for Skills Festival, Seventh Lady Gathering, and more. The so-called Qixi Valentine's Day is merely a modern meaning given to it by modern society," Nangong Wu explained to Cheng Yao with a smile.

"So that's how it is. I thought it had always been Valentine's Day," Cheng Yao muttered.

"Uncle, the Ghost Gate that opened on July 1 belongs to the Ghost Festival event. Does that mean Qixi Festival will have an event too?" Nangong Wu suddenly turned to Wang Xian and asked with a smile.

"Of course. Qixi Festival will naturally have an event..."

Wang Xian instinctively began to reveal the Qixi Festival event, but after saying only a few words, he sensed that something was wrong.

Nangong Wu was baiting him!

Especially the smile on Nangong Wu's face right now—it gave Wang Xian goosebumps.

"Uncle, why did you stop? What event will Qixi Festival have?"

The smile on Nangong Wu's face grew even more suggestive.

Had it not been for what had just happened, the smile on Nangong Wu's face would have been enough to make any man lose himself, Wang Xian included.

But now, Wang Xian bared his teeth, even feeling the urge to grab one of the hot dishes on the table and smear it across Nangong Wu's face.

"Ahem, what I meant was that since the Ghost Festival has an event, Qixi Festival should naturally have one too."

Wang Xian coughed lightly and hurriedly explained.

"Oh~"

Nangong Wu drew out the word, then smiled at Wang Xian again. However, she said nothing further and focused on eating.

Seeing this, Wang Xian naturally did not say anything else either. He lowered his head and shoveled food into his mouth, but inwardly he made up his mind: once the Ghost Festival event ended, he would hurry up and drive Nangong Wu away. And during this period, if he could avoid talking to Nangong Wu, he would avoid talking to her as much as possible.

Scheming!

Too scheming!

This woman was downright wicked!

As soon as midnight passed, the system announcement arrived as expected.

The Qixi Festival event had begun.

The Qixi Festival event would only last one day. Even though it had begun now, it would not officially start until nightfall.

There were three parts to the event.

First, Begging for Skills.

Those who possessed Tailoring could pray to the Weaver Girl, increasing their Tailoring experience.

Second, Cowherd and Weaver Girl's Tears.

Legend had it that when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl reunited, they would shed tears that people could collect.

Before Datafication, these so-called tears were simply dew.

After Datafication, the tears gained attributes.

After consuming them, the user would receive a BUFF lasting twenty-four hours, increasing their abnormal status resistance and agility.

Third, Marriage Blessing.

On the night of Qixi Festival, the phantoms of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl would appear, while countless magpies that seemed to be formed from starlight would build a bridge for them.

When the phantoms of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl met, they would randomly bestow ten blessings.

Each blessing was also a BUFF, except it was a permanent BUFF.

The BUFF would only take effect for two people.

The pair would gain a continuous HP recovery effect, restoring 1% of their maximum HP every 60 seconds.

However, this BUFF also had an outrageous setting.

Once the two people who had accepted the BUFF were no longer loving, the BUFF would turn into a DEBUFF, with its effect increased tenfold, becoming a loss of 10% of maximum HP every 60 seconds.

I broke my promise and only updated one chapter. My back hurts so badly I can't straighten up, and I still have work early tomorrow, so I'll rest for now and make it up tomorrow.