Back in his room, Xu Lang began meditating.
Upgrading Meditation to level four required 300 Nightmare Coins. It wasn't expensive, but it wasn't cheap either.
And after the upgrade, Xu Lang would only have a little over a hundred Nightmare Coins left, so he had no plans to upgrade for the time being.
Time slowly passed. After who knew how long, Xu Lang felt the effects of meditation weakening and withdrew from his focused state.
The dormitory was a single large flat with no spare bedroom, so he could see at a glance what the three women were doing.
After finishing her sword practice, Wang Yazhi was sitting cross-legged and resting.
Tong Qi sat on the sofa with vacant eyes, probably reading the chatroom.
Cao Yaxuan had somehow gotten hold of a book. Sitting cross-legged on the bed, she was reading it with great interest.
Curiosity flashed through Xu Lang's eyes as he asked, "Yaxuan, what are you reading?"
Cao Yaxuan had been completely absorbed in the book and jumped at Xu Lang's voice. Patting her chest, she said, "You scared me to death! It's the Compendium of Folk Oddities. I bought it on the trading network."
Xu Lang sat down beside Cao Yaxuan. "Let's read it together."
"Okay."
The Compendium of Folk Oddities looked like a storybook. It recorded folk arts such as soul-calling and fox cries, as well as ghosts and monsters like wandering corpses and mountain demons.
The book itself was not very long, but its contents were densely packed.
According to Cao Yaxuan, although the book could only be read and had no special use, it had initially sold for quite a high price on the trading network.
That was because books like this often contained indirect clues about the game. After the first group of