The Demon Cultivator Who Received a Weird Invitation

Tan Shuchang's Cultivation Diary I:

Today my two senior brothers had an argument, yet no matter how I tried to persuade them, they refused to kill each other.

Demon cultivators are truly hypocritical.

Tan Shuchang's Cultivation Diary II:

The junior sister on the neighboring peak has been crying and making a scene incessantly because her childhood sweetheart, to whom she was betrothed, married a wealthy merchant's daughter in their town after she entered the mountain to cultivate. After I found out, I comforted her by saying that although she didn't have a grand and glorious life, she should at least be content with having been cheated on.

However, not only did this junior sister refuse to listen, she even drew her sword to hack at me. Demon cultivators are truly heartless, ungrateful, and temperamental.

Tan Shuchang's Cultivation Diary III:

Still the junior sister from the neighboring peak. After wallowing in despair, she ran up to Repentance Cliff, so I hurriedly told her that jumping off Repentance Cliff wouldn't kill a person, and it certainly wouldn't kill a demon cultivator.

As it turned out, not only did she not believe me, she drew her sword to hack at me again.

Like a dog biting Lü Dongbin, she fails to recognize a good heart.

Demon cultivators are truly savage and cruel.

Tossing aside the cultivation diary he had just picked up, Tan Shuchang was not particularly bothered by the fact that some godforsaken person had made hundreds of rubbings of his diary and spread them all over Blackheart Mountain.

Because there was currently a matter that gave him a worse headache.

After Tan Shuchang's repeated observations and probes, combined with that message of "Ultimate Bliss" his second senior brother had transmitted to him via a secret treasure right before dying, Tan Shuchang was now certain of one thing—he was a consumable.

Moreover, it wasn't just him; the dozens of fellow disciples who had entered the sect with him were all consumables.

It was just that because his cultivation was more prominent among his peers, he would be the third consumable to be consumed by his master, Blackheart Elder!

The first two were the eldest senior sister, who was gifted with extraordinary talent and a beauty seen once in a millennium, and the second senior brother, who had above-average aptitude but cultivated with extreme diligence and desperation, and was also incredibly ruthless.

Both of these had already been refined by their master, Blackheart Elder.

One could only say that this Old Devil was truly committed to gender equality and treated everyone equally, never engaging in discriminatory practices.

This Blackheart was a branch of the Demon Sect, so the disciples on the mountain were ranked by their cultivation level.

The two ranked ahead of Tan Shuchang were, one, a genius of peerless talent unmatched by anyone in the younger generation of the Jia Five Realm, and the other, someone who fought so desperately it made Tan Shuchang's scalp tingle. Plus, Tan Shuchang could never bring himself to slaughter the innocent—after all, they had no grudges or grievances with him—so he could only barely, haphazardly, and just barely manage to rank third among his peers.

"How can I... kill my benevolent master, Blackheart Elder?"

Tan Shuchang wore a look of distress.

Because with his current strength, his odds of winning against Blackheart Elder were less than fifty percent.

"It's a pity I could never find a vengeful ghost with malice that reached the heavens..." Tan Shuchang couldn't help but sigh.

Although such a ghost could be artificially created, such acts were truly harmful to the harmony of heaven, and even if one succeeded, the success rate was ridiculously low; it would be better to wait for a fellow disciple to do it...

Unfortunately, he didn't wait for his fellow disciples to do it, but instead waited for Blackheart Elder to make a move on him.

At this moment, a strange attribute box appeared before Tan Shuchang, which made him freeze, as this was the first time he had seen such a thing in all his years of transmigration.

Player: Tan Shuchang.

Level: Ding Nine (Standard initial level).

Malice Resistance: Jia One (Highest level for game players).

Pollution Resistance: Jia One.

Destruction Resistance: Jia One.

Supernatural Resistance: Jia One.

Comprehensive Judgment: ???

Loading error...

Patch added...

Addition failed...

Report loading error failed...

Emergency measures initiated...

Canceling adaptation period, entering the game directly!

"Congratulations, you have been selected to become a player in this Weird Game." After the data stream glitched for a moment, following an indifferent voice that could not be distinguished as male or female, Tan Shuchang discovered that after the scene before him twisted for a moment, it underwent a massive change.

It was no longer Blackheart Mountain, where the sun never shone and the black winds blew incessantly. Although the surrounding atmosphere was still somewhat gloomy, it was at least much more pleasing to the eye than the jagged rocks and scattered bones of Blackheart Mountain.

Most crucially, Tan Shuchang actually saw a dormitory building!

And it was a female dormitory building at that.

Tan Shuchang couldn't help but look around, discovering that this was most likely a school, but strangely, black fog permeated the surroundings. This black fog had a blocking force; even for Tan Shuchang, he could only barely use his vision to pierce through some of the black fog's blockade to see the vague outlines of buildings inside.

At this moment, Tan Shuchang couldn't help but show a look of shock and suspicion, because he actually saw several people appear out of thin air.

And before this, there had been no sign of it at all!

Tan Shuchang instantly became guarded.

However, when he saw the attire of these few people clearly, his expression could not help but turn strange.

Because their clothing was both unfamiliar and familiar to him; he saw short sleeves, shorts, sandals, sneakers, suits, long dresses, high heels...

Combining this with the voices he had heard at the beginning, Tan Shuchang could now be certain. If there were no surprises, he had likely been cross-dimensionally selected by this Weird Game due to some sort of data error.

After realizing this, a thought suddenly stirred in Tan Shuchang's heart.

There must be some very fierce ghosts in this Weird Game, right?

Thoughts raced through Tan Shuchang's mind.

While Tan Shuchang was sizing these people up, the ones who had appeared later were also observing the people around them. When they saw Tan Shuchang, these few people were stunned in unison.

Dressed in magnificent, embroidered robes, with a face like warm jade and sharp, handsome features, an aura of both wealth and ferocity rushed directly toward them.

Among these people, there were some who were doing quite well outside of the Weird Game, but where had they ever seen someone dressed like this with such an astonishing aura!

Just then, lines of blood-red text appeared on the ground in front of them.

[You have arrived at a place you should not have come to. This is an abandoned female dormitory building, but it is also a forbidden zone for the living. Inhuman things once happened here, leading to even more tragic events later on.]

[Find the truth of the incident and awaken her final shred of humanity; you will then obtain the only path to survival.]

[Be careful, there is a ghost here!]

[There really is a ghost!!!]

Following the appearance of these lines of blood-red text, the few people on the scene could not help but reveal expressions of fear. Although they had prepared themselves mentally before coming and had trained for a long time during the adaptation period, they still inevitably felt terror upon truly arriving, to the point where some felt their legs go weak and had the urge to use the restroom.

After all, that was a ghost!

"We..." Finally, the young man in the expensive suit, who was clearly doing quite well outside of the Weird Game, spoke first. He wanted to discuss things with his teammates.

However, just as he opened his mouth, he saw the young woman among them, who was wearing a long dress and high heels, reach out a hand and say in great shock: "He... he went in!"

What she was pointing at was the female dormitory building in front of them.

The others had their attention drawn by the young man in the suit, but upon hearing this, they quickly looked over and saw the female dormitory building with its front door broken open.

In the dim environment, the entrance to the female dormitory building was like the gaping maw of a fierce beast, making one's heart tremble.

At this moment, the shoe prints remaining on the dormitory door somewhat ruined the atmosphere.

These people looked at each other in dismay. Was this teammate, who was dressed in ancient clothing—not like he was playing a role, but rather like a powerful ancient dignitary—really this brave?

Kicking down the door of a fierce ghost?

And just then, blood-red text appeared in front of them again.

[Game over.]

[Fierce ghost detected as having vanished. The instance is about to be permanently closed. Players, please note: there will be adverse reactions upon exiting; you may drink more hot water to recover.]

Hmm?

It was over just like that?

These few people had no idea what had happened, but they immediately became excited and happy.

It was the joy of surviving a disaster.

And at this very moment, Tan Shuchang was also very happy.