A Few Details

Naturally, the sudden turn of events gave everyone in the inn quite a fright.

Many scrambled to flee.

Some shouted as they ran, "Murder! Murder!"

Ying Huaixu surveyed the scene before him.

He suddenly remembered the letters from Ye Ningshuang he had read in the game.

"Brother So-and-so, I killed someone today. It really did feel strange at first, but I got used to it very quickly!"

"Because I knew that if I didn't kill them, they would definitely kill me. So I killed them. But for some reason, afterward, not only did I feel no remorse, I actually felt a little excited!"

"Brother So-and-so, do you think I'll turn into a monster?"

Ying Huaixu hadn't paid much attention at the time. Even his replies had been chosen from options provided by the system.

After that, he had given the matter no further thought.

Who would bother keeping track of an NPC's daily life through their mail?

But things were different now.

Ying Huaixu couldn't help wondering whether the killing Ye Ningshuang had mentioned was what had happened here.

He was gradually beginning to understand how things worked.

When they played the game, perhaps all they experienced was the broad outline.

Now that he had transmigrated into this world, he was accompanying these NPCs as the details unfolded once more.

Whether this discovery would prove useful, Ying Huaixu didn't yet know.

But he had a feeling that these details would be of great use.

By now, the innkeeper was trembling all over.

Such a pretty young girl, yet she killed without a moment's hesitation.

The problem was that she had killed members of the Xu Family.

This was a real headache.

The Xu Family could throw their weight around here entirely because they had an immortal in the family, one whose background was reportedly quite impressive.

It was precisely because their family had produced an immortal that the Xu Family lorded it over everyone here.

Even the local authorities didn't dare intervene.

Now that this young girl had offended the Xu Family, she probably wouldn't live much longer.

The innkeeper wanted to warn her, but the thought of the consequences robbed him of the courage.

Because if this young girl really left, the Xu Family would surely slaughter his entire family to vent their anger.

Sure enough, someone from the Xu Family arrived very quickly.

But this time, there weren't many of them-just one old man.

After arriving, the old man first checked the young master's injuries, then flew into a rage.

"What vicious methods! Every tendon and meridian has been severed!"

The old man turned to Ye Ningshuang, his eyes brimming with murderous intent.

Ye Ningshuang was no longer afraid.

Quite the opposite.

After drawing blood, it was as though something inside her had been unlocked.

Now, she actually craved battle.

Looking at the old man, Ye Ningshuang even felt a little excited.

"Do you want to kill me?"

Ye Ningshuang asked gently.

The old man snorted.

"Of course. If you must blame someone, blame yourself for offending people you should never have crossed!"

With that, the old man suddenly drove a punch toward Ye Ningshuang.

His fist even stirred up a gust of wind.

"That's the Xu Family's Grandmaster!"

Someone cried out in alarm.

Others felt pity.

"What a shame. Such a stunning girl, about to die in the flower of her youth!"

But the next moment, everyone was stunned.

As the old man punched, Ye Ningshuang thrust out her own delicate fist.

Bang!

The old man's arm burst apart. His body flew backward, then slammed into the ground and rolled several times.

After that, no one knew whether he was alive or dead.

The way everyone looked at Ye Ningshuang changed again.

"This girl is a Grandmaster too? No, she's even stronger than a Grandmaster!"

Ying Huaixu was utterly speechless.

A mortal Grandmaster couldn't even measure up to the third layer of body tempering.

There really was a world of difference between immortals and mortals.

What left Ying Huaixu most speechless was that a Grandmaster who had lived so many years couldn't even recognize the disciple robes of the Divine Firmament Sword Sect.

Ying Huaixu felt he might as well not have bothered wearing these disciple robes.

After the Grandmaster's defeat, the Xu Family finally made another move.

The head of the Xu Family came in person.

The moment he saw Ying Huaixu's and Ye Ningshuang's robes, he dropped to his knees.

"Greetings, esteemed immortals. This is all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! My Chen Family is willing to offer compensation. We ask only for your forgiveness."

"My son also belongs to an immortal sect. Perhaps you even know him!"

Ye Ningshuang said nothing. Instead, she stared at her palm, her expression growing somewhat strange.

Once she came back to her senses, she hurried behind Ying Huaixu.

She wasn't good at dealing with people yet.

Ying Huaixu didn't comfort her, either, because he didn't think she needed comforting.

As for the head of the Xu Family...

Ying Huaixu suddenly frowned.

"Your son belongs to an immortal sect too?"

The Xu Family head immediately nodded.

"Yes. My son is Xu Yaoyang. Have you perhaps heard of him?"

Ying Huaixu froze.

Holy shit.

Xu Yaoyang's hometown?

Wait...

Ying Huaixu looked at Ye Ningshuang, suddenly feeling that this was definitely nowhere near as fucking simple as it had been in the game.

In the game, Ye Ningshuang and Chen Yaoyang had met for the first time, then somehow ended up together.

But now, it seemed that wasn't the whole story at all.

Ying Huaixu began putting his powers of deduction to work.

Ye Ningshuang had done the killing, and the people she had killed belonged to Xu Yaoyang's family.

If Ying Huaixu hadn't been here, Ye Ningshuang probably wouldn't have continued going after the Xu Family.

But the Xu Family certainly wouldn't have let her off.

Perhaps the moment Ye Ningshuang let the Xu Family head go, he would turn around and complain to Xu Yaoyang.

Then, as one thing led to another, wouldn't Xu Yaoyang rush back from the sacred land, perhaps even muttering, "Someone dared lay a hand on my Xu Family? Let's see who's so bold."

Then, after Xu Yaoyang returned, he would discover that his younger brother was only badly injured, not dead.

As for those who had died, they were all servants.

And Ye Ningshuang was so beautiful, not to mention a disciple of the Divine Firmament Sword Sect. As things progressed, Xu Yaoyang would begin showing his gentlemanly side, perhaps even inviting Ye Ningshuang to visit his home.

Over time, they would get to know each other.

They might even exchange contact details.

Perhaps they had been chatting away somewhere the players couldn't see.

The more Ying Huaixu thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.

At the same time, he looked at Ye Ningshuang, who was still lost in a daze, and suddenly found this rather interesting.

If things really were as he suspected, could he change them now?

After all, in the game, the players had no idea this history even existed.

But things were different now.

An anomaly like him was traveling with her.

So could Xu Yaoyang still succeed?

Of course, this was only speculation, and not necessarily accurate.

But just then, Ying Huaixu suddenly felt the air around him grow scorching hot.

At the same time, a young gentleman in white robes trimmed with gold appeared inside the inn.

His looks truly rivaled the face Ying Huaixu had sculpted by hand.

So after arriving, the young gentleman first gave Ying Huaixu a few glances.

Only then did he turn to Ye Ningshuang.

But the confrontation Ying Huaixu had imagined never happened.

The fellow cupped his hands in greeting to Ying Huaixu and Ye Ningshuang.

"Thank you both for showing mercy. Please accept this compensation!"

With that, he tossed over two Storage Bags, each containing five hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

"Are you both satisfied?"

Naturally, Ying Huaixu had no complaints. He looked at Ye Ningshuang.

Ye Ningshuang said, "I'll leave everything to you, senior brother!"

Hearing that, the young gentleman cupped his hands again, then left with his family!