"Fellow Taoist Su, I transferred your reward to you," Kong Fan messaged.
Right after, a forum notification popped up on Su Tingxue's phone.
You have completed the bounty and received eight pieces of Spirit Jade
This was the reward agreed upon beforehand; Kong Fan only had this much money to his name.
"The money's a bit low," Su Tingxue muttered to herself.
That evening when Zhou You got home, he took a refreshing bath, stepped out of the bathroom, and was hit by the cool breeze from the air conditioner, shivering from the chill.
He scooped out two bites of watermelon left in the living room, called out "Mom, I'm going to bed," and eagerly drilled into his room, logging into QQ on his computer. Su Tingxue's avatar was flashing.
Clicking on the avatar, Su Tingxue sent a message.
Su Tingxue: "The Cultivation Forum is an exchange platform jointly built by major factions like Kunlun Mountain, Dragon-Tiger Mountain, and the True Martial Hall. You can rest assured about the platform's security. Its main purpose is to allow cultivators to promote communication, supply each other's needs..."
Su Tingxue: "This is the Cultivation Forum, and the URL is www..."
Su Tingxue: "To prevent ordinary people from accidentally entering the Cultivation Forum, it is invitation-only. This is the invitation code xxxx, which you'll need when registering an account."
Su Tingxue: "Remember to sync your QQ friends list at that time, so I can add you directly."
"The forum is under a non-real-name system, so remember not to voluntarily reveal your identity information on it."
Zhou You: "Got it."
Filled with anticipation, Zhou You opened the link. The login options included WeChat login, QQ login, and new user registration.
New user registration, input "Do You Swim This Week".
Set password...
Bind email...
Input invitation code...
Bind QQ...
Sync QQ friends...
Log in.
The interface refreshed, two Spirit Swords colliding to draw back a curtain. What greeted his eyes was an interface similar to Baidu Tieba, with a background of spiritual mountains and cranes, wreathed in immortal mist. The entire computer screen was dyed with immortal aura, making it feel high-end.
Post after post held extreme attraction.
Sword Flight was filmed by someone, what should I do?
Give you one minute of Ascension-stage strength, what do you want to do?
Rational discussion, according to mythological records, who is stronger, God or the Buddha? (This post has been locked)
Who reported my livestream room!!!
Seeking the second level of the cultivation technique "Returning-One Formula"
Master asked me to translate the "Heavenly Demon Incarnation Art", but I can't understand it at all. Which mighty senior can help, heavy rewards offered
Long-term bounty for clues to Humanity's Supreme Treasure
Currently researching the spell on how to beat people through network cables. Lacking array cultivators, those who want to join should private message me
Grandson says the Ming Dynasty history I talk about is different from what's taught in class, believing the textbook instead of me when I'm clearly an eyewitness
Zhou You clicked into the post about Sword Flight, which was posted by someone named "Successor to the Sword Immortal".
"Save me, it's my first time doing Sword Flight and I lacked experience, accidentally caught on camera by a drone and posted online. What should I do?"
"Attaching video link."
That was a short video link. Zhou You didn't click to watch it, browsing the replies below.
"I've said it so many times, you need to learn Invisibility Arts before learning Sword Flight. [Dog head emoji]"
"How did Master teach you, so irresponsible."
"This must be someone without a lineage, who just cultivated randomly from wherever they got their heritage?"
"Simple, hire Internet Trolls. Reply below with 'obviously special effects', 'you actually believe this, your IQ is worrying', 'identified at a glance, a drone', 'too fake'."
"Private message me, I'm a professional internet troll."
Zhou You closed the page and clicked on another post.
Rational discussion, according to mythological records, who is stronger, God or the Buddha?
(Administrator reminder, this post is suspected of instigating conflict and has been locked)
"The OP has a death wish, asking this kind of question."
"If they attack, I'll surrender first."
"My Buddha will definitely秒-kill God."
"Kill my ass, monks don't come out to discuss this."
The thread had been built up over a thousand stories. It was fine at first, but later it turned into a war of words, with participants greeting each other's families, and the debate was quite fierce.
Zhou You suspected that if they met offline, these people would have already resorted to real weapons and physical action.
Zhou You casually looked through the reply posts. They were all terms he hadn't seen before, and the ancient books cited were also ones Zhou You had never heard of.
"Damn it, where is there even such a book? Just making one up on the spot to win an argument, they've completely lost all shame!"
"An isolated edition, this is an isolated edition! I specially stole it from our ancestors just to talk sense into you bunch of losers!"
"Who'd believe you, show your real name if you've got the guts!"
"If I show it I'm afraid I'll scare you to death!"
Who reported my livestream room!!!
His mouse hovered over the title. He could feel the poster's grievances right through the screen, and Zhou You had a bad premonition.
"I feel like there will be cursing words inside. Forget it, I won't click to look."
Since he knew there would be cursing in the post, why bother reading it and ruin a perfectly good day's mood? Zhou You shook his head.
Long-term bounty for clues to Humanity's Supreme Treasure
The poster was named "Leader of Kunlun Mountain".
"All fellow practitioners are aware that ever since that Demon Calamity a thousand years ago, Humanity's Supreme Treasure has vanished without a trace. Because of this, Kunlun Mountain is publicly offering a world-wide bounty for clues to Humanity's Supreme Treasure. In return, Kunlun Mountain will fulfill any single request. This bounty is valid long-term."
The replies below were uniformly "Worshiping the big shot."
The interface popped up with a message.
Your friend Su Tingxue (Nuomi Three Meals a Day) gifted you ten pieces of Spirit Jade.
Su Tingxue: "The reward has been transferred over."
She had dug into her own pocket to make up the missing two.
Zhou You: "Received, what is Spirit Jade?"
Su Tingxue: "It's the forum's virtual currency, limited to use within the forum. Look at the top right corner of the forum-isn't there a place called 'Heavenly Market'? You can trade Spirit Jade and buy items there."
Su Tingxue: "However, since this is your first time browsing the forum, I suggest not buying things yet. Wait until you're familiar with it."
Zhou You only then noticed a link written with "Heavenly Market" in the top right corner. He had been so busy browsing posts earlier that his eyes had been rushed off their feet, and he completely failed to notice that the forum had not just posts, but also a place where transactions could be made.
Zhou You: "Received, thanks, cupped-fist salute."
Originally, Zhou You wanted to wander around the Heavenly Market to see what good things were inside, but he noticed the forum had a region selection.
He clicked on the region selection and chose Chang'an City.
The interface refreshed, and all forum posts had the prefix (Chang'an City) added to the very front, meaning these posts were all related to Chang'an City.
"Is this how Su Tingxue found the bounty?"
Zhou You thought about it and realized it made sense. If you couldn't select a region, how many monkey years and horse months would it take for Su Tingxue to flip through posts one by one to find bounties posted by Chang'an City cultivators?
Help, I've been entangled by a Poverty Ghost (This bounty has been resolved)
Clicking into the post, it was posted by someone named "Green Ox Temple Has No Ox", and the posting time was two days ago-it should be Kong Fan from the Green Ox Temple.
"Help, there's a poverty ghost in my house that keeps entangling me. Now I'm so poor I can't afford the electricity bill."
The replies below were all sorts of things.
"I didn't entangle you?"
"Who unlocked my account?"
"Recommend searching the city 0-yuan survival guide."
"Private message me."
OP: "Bounty ended, it's already resolved. Thanks to the two fellow Taoists from Dragon-Tiger Mountain and the Carefree Sect. Thank you so much."
Someone later asked: "Resolved? I know about Dragon-Tiger Mountain, but which sect is the Carefree Sect?"
OP replied: "Not sure, I've never heard of it before either, but they're very strong. The fellow Taoist from the Carefree Sect looked like they just reached the Qi Refining Stage, yet they resolved the poverty ghost in under ten minutes. According to the fellow Taoist from Dragon-Tiger Mountain, it's a new breed of poverty ghost that hasn't been encountered before."
"So strong, even a new breed of poverty ghost can be resolved that fast?"
"The Qi Refining Stage can already resolve a Vengeful Ghost. How did the fellow Taoist from the Carefree Sect even see the ghost?"
"What's the background of the Carefree Sect? I've never heard of it."
"Could it be a small sect founded by some big shot, only taking in a few disciples."
Seeing the replies all guessing the background of the Carefree Sect, Zhou You felt quite pleased inside.
Zhou You wanted to disguise himself as a passerby and reply to praise the Carefree Sect, but he worried that someone would expose him in the future as the Sect Master of the Carefree Sect, which would ruin his prestige too much.
"Forget it, I won't reply."
Zhou You repeatedly read this post a few times. He could tell that eliminating the poverty ghost had made Kong Fan very happy, as he continuously praised the Carefree Sect.
Zhou You still wanted to continue browsing the Chang'an City forum, but he glanced at the time in the bottom right corner: it was already 12:30 AM.
"Time passes so fast. No, no, I have to go to sleep."
His mouse hovered over the cross in the top right corner.
"Should I... browse for a little longer?"
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