Shuhang, When Are You Planning to Go to Space?

Is this some kind of game where, as soon as I get home, it'll 'biu~~' send me flying into space to play among the stars?

Please don't be so cruel, Fairy Flowing Firefly.

We are all born of the same root, why are you so eager to harm each other?

We're all cultivators, so at least let him go home and rest for a few days, enjoying family time with the little monk, Li Yinzhu, and his parents... Then he can prepare himself and find an excuse to go to heaven.

Seeing that Song Shuhang hadn't responded for a while, Mom Song suddenly had a thought, "Shuhang, you're not two-timing, are you?"

"Pfft~~" Song Shuhang spat out, "Mom, what nonsense are you talking about? Soft Feather and Flowing Firefly Yingxian... are both my friends. It's a very pure friendship, not what you're imagining. Wait a minute, we'll be home soon. Oh, Mom, could you please prepare some more vegetarian dishes, without lard? I'm taking a little one home."

"A vegetarian child?" Mom Song nodded, then added, "But how can a child only eat vegetables? A balanced diet is essential for growth."

Song Shuhang laughed and said, "Mom~ the little guy is a monk."

"I see. Then I'll go prepare some vegetarian dishes. Never mind, come back quickly. Miss Flowing Firefly is still waiting for you. I'll hang up now." After saying that, Mom Song hung up the phone.

Song Shuhang took a deep breath, stepped on the gas, and the car sped towards his home.

What's meant to be will be; what's meant to be will be.

If Fairy Flowing Firefly really wants to send him to the universe right away, then... no, we must plead with Fairy Flowing Firefly to delay for two days.

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When Song Shuhang returned home and pushed open the door, he immediately saw Fairy Flowing Firefly Liuying happily playing games with his Dad Song in the living room.

They were playing a shooting online game developed in 2017.

The game's control scheme is similar to an old Counter-Strike game, and then the developers incorporated this scheme into a vast futuristic sci-fi setting, turning it into a 'futuristic sci-fi shooting online game'.

The production cost was average, and it wasn't originally intended to attract many players.

Surprisingly, this game, which didn't have any particularly outstanding features, attracted quite a few players.

When Dad Song was bored, he would go up and play for a while.

I remember during winter break, Dad Song created a new account to farm gun parts for a dungeon, and dragged Song Shuhang along to run the dungeon with him.

At this moment, Fairy Flowing Firefly was using Song Shuhang's alternate account to slaughter other players in the 'PK Battlefield' with Dad Song.

It was a truly horrific tragedy, with rivers of blood flowing.

Even though it was just a small character with low attack power, under the Fairy Flowing Firefly's terrifying skill, it still forced the enemy to retreat steadily. Even a figure that flashed by in the gaps could be swiftly struck by the Fairy Flowing Firefly's shot.

It's like they've been cheated!

When Song Shuhang entered the room, he could still hear his Dad Song's hearty laughter. "Miss Flowing Firefly, I didn't expect you to be such a master!"

"It's just so-so," Fairy Flowing Firefly said modestly.

When Song Shuhang saw this scene, he suddenly remembered something—three years ago, when he was still a high school student, he and his roommates were also playing an online game.

In the game, they also encountered a similarly powerful enemy.

Despite having a low level and weak equipment, in PvP, the opponent was practically cheating, appearing and disappearing without a trace. Their ranged attacks were like having tracking spells, hitting their target every time.

Song Shuhang and his three friends were in the same dormitory, sharing information with each other, but were completely overwhelmed by the other side by one person.

Later, one of the roommates believed that the other person must have been cheating and reported them to the official website.

The official website, however, stated that the other party's game status was completely normal and there was absolutely no cheating involved.

This infuriated Song Shuhang's roommate for days—after all, no matter how you looked at it, the other person seemed to be cheating!

Looking back now, Song Shuhang thinks—Holy crap, back then, were the four of us brothers facing just another 'cultivator' who was bored and playing online games?

If the other party is truly a cultivator, then they've really 'cheated'. Not a game cheat, but a 'cultivator' cheat! It's practically unsolvable!

"Oh, Shuhang, you're finally back!" Fairy Flowing Firefly looked up at Song Shuhang and said, "I've been waiting for you for ages, I even had lunch at your house."

"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Immortal. After I disembarked from the cruise ship, I had to go to a friend's house to pick up something," Song Shuhang replied.

As he spoke, Song Shuhang squeezed into the house and put down the two water tanks containing the 'Sea Dragon Horse'.

Behind him, Li Yinzhu rubbed her eyes with one hand and clutched Shuhang's clothes with the other, looking as if she might collapse to the ground and fall asleep at any moment. Her condition was still affected by the Cold Illness, and she was prone to drowsiness.

The little monk behind him followed into the house and saw the ＠＃％×Fairy and Dad Song.

"Greetings, Senior Flowing Firefly, and Uncle Song." The little monk bowed to them with a serious expression.

"Hello, young master." Dad Song nodded, revealing a kind smile.

Then, his fingers flew across the keyboard, as he faced a life-or-death crisis in the game.

"Hello, Little Guoguo. Oh? Whose little girl is that behind you?" Fairy Flowing Firefly was startled when she glanced at Li Yinzhu.

The little fellow possessed abundant true energy, imbued with Xiantian aura. This was Innate True Qi —the energy of the Fourth-Grade Realm cultivator? This little girl didn't look even fifty years old, did she?

Of course, Fairy Flowing Firefly doesn't judge by appearance; cultivators have their own methods for determining true 'age'.

Song Shuhang sighed, "I'm taking care of the daughter of a deceased senior for a while."

The Fairy Flowing Firefly nodded and stopped the conversation.

She continued clicking the mouse frantically, then said, "By the way, Shuhang, I came here to tell you that your thousand bags of Spirit Rice have arrived and are currently piled up in my vacant building. Go pick some up when you have time. Here, take the key. You remember the address, right?"

With a gentle flick of her wrist, the Fairy Flowing Firefly tossed a key to Song Shuhang.

So it was about Spirit Rice; we weren't going to send him to space right away!

Song Shuhang felt relieved—he had completely forgotten that the Spirit Rice was being delivered to Fairy Flowing Firefly's building in Wenzhou City.

He knew the building's address, of course; it was the delivery address when he bought the Spirit Rice.

After taking the keys, Shuhang checked the time; it was almost dinnertime. Perfect timing to go get two bags of Spirit Rice to cook dinner.

"Wait a minute!" Suddenly, Dad Song looked up and asked, "How many bags of rice?"

Without looking up, Fairy Flowing Firefly replied, "One thousand bags."

Cold sweat immediately broke out on Song Shuhang's forehead.

"A thousand bags of rice?" Dad Song stared at Song Shuhang.

Are you kidding me? His family only needs one bag of rice a month, so a thousand bags of rice would last them a thousand months?

Eat like this for the rest of your life!

More importantly, where Song Shuhang the money? Even if a bag of rice costs 100, that's still 100,000!

Could my son have been scammed?

"Can we get a refund?" Dad Song asked immediately, sounding worried.

The Fairy Flowing Firefly replied on her behalf, "There are no refunds. The payment is settled. There's nowhere to get a refund even if you wanted to."

Dad Song gritted his teeth, and finally sighed softly—"Oh well, people always have to go through all sorts of things to grow. My son got scammed, let's just consider it a lesson learned."

"How much money did you get ripped off? Tell Dad the truth." Dad Song said, "And with so many bags of rice, did you borrow money from someone? How much money are you still short? Dad will make it up to you. Never borrow from loan sharks or anything like that, not even a little bit, understand?"

When Song Shuhang heard this, his heart warmed.

"Don't worry, Dad. I wasn't scammed," Song Shuhang.

A thousand bags of Spirit Rice, and that was at a discount offered by the Spirit Rice merchant, sold only out of respect for Venerable White.

Song Shuhang added, "Besides, I didn't borrow any money. Because it wasn't bought with money. It was exchanged for a... how should I put it, a gemstone!"

"A gemstone?" Dad Song quietly rubbed his fingers.

There was a murderous aura about him; Dad Song had a murderous aura.

A gemstone for a thousand bags of rice? Okay... gemstones that valuable do exist in this world. But don't tell him that Song Shuhang just happened to find such a gemstone somewhere.

At this moment, Fairy Flowing Firefly added, "It's not wrong to call it a gemstone, well, it's a thousand bags of Spirit Rice exchanged for a Fourth-Grade gemstone. It has nothing to do with money."

"Really?" Dad Song looked at the Fairy Flowing Firefly.

People can be quite amusing sometimes; rumors can spread like wildfire. The credibility of certain things increases dramatically once witnesses are involved.

"Absolutely true," Song Shuhang replied. "And Dad, that rice is really interesting. Miss Flowing Firefly, let's go get a few bags; we'll use it to cook tonight."

"No problem, let me kill this guy one more time first," said Fairy Flowing Firefly.

Bang! Bang! Bang! A series of crisp gunshots rang out from the computer.

"Done, we killed him ten times in total." Fairy Flowing Firefly stood up and logged out of the game. "Let's go get the Spirit Rice together."

Let us mourn for that player who fought and lost repeatedly, yet fought on despite each defeat.

"Mom, the seahorses in these two tanks are for ornamental purposes. Please don't cut them up and cook them. Then, Miss Flowing Firefly and I will go out and get some rice. We'll be right back," Song Shuhang called out towards the kitchen.

"Go quickly and come back soon, be careful." Mom Song's voice came from the kitchen.

The young monk and Li Yinzhu were kept behind by Song Shuhang.

Li Yinzhu was so sleepy that she collapsed onto the sofa and fell asleep. The little monk, on the other hand, curiously explored Song Shuhang's house.

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As they drove towards the building where Fairy Flowing Firefly, ＠＃％×Fairy suddenly said, "By the way, my little friend Shuhang, I've prepared a very advanced spacesuit for you, along with some other things you might need in space. When are you planning to go to space? I checked your schedule; it's only a little over a month until you start school, right?"

Sure enough, the topic has come back to this.

"Let's do it in the next few days. Let me rest at home for a couple of days before we set off again," Song Shuhang replied.

"No problem. Just call me when you want to leave, and I'll be there anytime," said Fairy Flowing Firefly.

The words had barely left her mouth when the ＠＃％×Fairy suddenly remembered that she had something important to do in three days!

This is a transitional chapter, so I'm experiencing some writer's block. This is the third update, a little late. Last day! Please vote with your monthly tickets!