Shocking, You Can Actually Do That in This World...

Seeing that Jiuchuan did not believe him, Fang Zelin said nothing more.

He thought it over. Judging by the location Jiuchuan had given him, they were quite far apart.

Who knew how long the journey would take? The roads were not particularly safe, either.

He had previously seen people on the forums saying that traveling was far from safe.

Players who wanted to go elsewhere were often killed along the way.

Some players had been killed by bandits or wild beasts.

Others did not even know how they had died.

They said they had slept in a temple out in the wilderness, only to discover a notification that their character had died when they tried to enter the game the next day.

Quite a few people had poured out their grievances on the forums over this.

In their eyes, the game was already hard enough, and dying for no apparent reason made it even more frustrating.

"Just wait for now. Once I've learned martial arts properly, I'll come find you."

"Then the two of us can take on quests and earn money together, and go looking for peerless cultivation methods!"

Jiuchuan's goal had not changed, and he was brimming with confidence as he typed.

"Besides, the wilderness isn't safe right now. I reckon the game is restricting players from going to higher-level maps. We can only leave once we're strong enough."

Fang Zelin stared blankly at Jiuchuan's messages.

This guy actually described the dangers in the wilderness as restrictions on players leaving?

What a genius of logic!

Seeing that this was how Jiuchuan thought, Fang Zelin finally stopped saying anything more. After casually agreeing, he opened the forums again and took a look.

At that moment, the forums were still flooded with complaints.

They were all complaining about how hard the game was, how difficult it was to earn money, and so on.

Most players had found martial arts schools, but the fees were no small sum, either.

The school Fang Zelin attended was a relatively good one. There were also some small schools that charged slightly less.

But whether the quality of the martial arts instruction and medicinal decoctions fell along with the fees was anyone's guess.

After all, Fang Zelin had never visited any other schools. How would he know what they were like?

"Shocking, You Can Actually Do That in the Game World!"

Fang Zelin scrolled down and spotted a rather conspicuous post.

It looked a little like clickbait, but honestly, it really did catch his attention.

Fang Zelin clicked on the post, and what he saw next utterly shocked him.

"Brothers, first of all, I apologize for the clickbait, but what I'm about to say absolutely lives up to the title!"

The poster was extremely excited, something that was evident between every line of his post.

Fang Zelin frowned slightly at this, then continued reading.

"Brothers, this game is so realistic. Haven't you ever thought about the brothels here?"

"Honestly, brothers, I earned a little money and already went. All I can tell you is that it's one hundred percent realistic! And the girls there really know how to serve you! They can play the zither and sing, too. It's simply wonderful!"

Huh???

Fang Zelin's face darkened as he read this.

He had thought the poster had discovered that martial arts worked in the real world too, which was why he had clicked in to look.

Never in his wildest dreams had he imagined there would be a gaming genius here whose thoughts had turned to something like this.

Scrolling farther down, he saw that most replies were calling the poster a big shot and the like, while others asked how much a visit cost.

Someone else said there was a river where he was, with pleasure boats on it. Every night, the girls aboard were truly like flowering branches swaying in the breeze, vying with one another in beauty.

This was a place where one could truly see ancient beauties.

Fang Zelin looked through it and was left speechless.

He was just about to close the post when it vanished outright. It seemed to have been deleted.

Shaking his head inwardly, Fang Zelin could not be bothered to pay any more attention to it.

How could visiting brothels be as fun as cultivating immortality? What a waste of time!

At that moment, Fang Zelin was wholly focused on cultivating immortality. He also wanted to see whether it was possible in the real world.

If it was, he would have to dismiss the housekeeper afterward.

Sitting cross-legged, Fang Zelin closed his eyes and began cultivating using the method he had previously practiced in the other world.

Once his mind began to empty, Fang Zelin carefully tried to sense the feeling he had experienced during his earlier cultivation.

Yet as time ticked by, he felt nothing different at all.

Instead, he inadvertently sensed the Qi Force that had already disappeared before.

Upon sensing this Qi Force, Fang Zelin hurriedly shut out that sensation and continued refining Qi.

By sunset, Fang Zelin still had not sensed the slightest trace of spiritual power.

Even now, he vividly remembered the feeling when spiritual power had entered his body.

Yet after cultivating all day today, he still felt nothing whatsoever.

He felt a little disappointed, but quickly adjusted his mindset.

He had spent a month just sensing Qi Force before. He had only just begun refining Qi now, so it was perfectly normal for it to take a little more time.

The next day.

Fang Zelin woke up at the inn, washed up, and hurried to the martial arts school.

As agreed, they were going hunting in the mountains today.

When Fang Zelin arrived at the school's entrance, Senior Brother Pang happened to spot him and immediately waved him over.

Once Fang Zelin came over, he tossed a three-foot sword straight to him.

"You don't have a suitable weapon, so you can use this for now. You'll have to return it when we come back down the mountain."

Senior Brother Pang looked at Fang Zelin and spoke with a serious expression.

It was not that he was being stingy. Weapons such as fine swords cost quite a bit of money.

Otherwise, Fang Zelin would not still be without a weapon to defend himself.

Fang Zelin took the weapon and instinctively drew the blade to inspect it. A cold gleam flashed before his eyes, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

This sword looks good.

After inspecting the sword, Fang Zelin casually strapped it to his back.

Since they were heading into the mountains today, Fang Zelin had specifically changed into a grayish-white martial outfit.

His slightly loose cuffs had already been tied tight with thin cords, leaving a loop of cord wound around each wrist.

He looked every inch a man of the jianghu.

Besides securing his cuffs to make movement easier, the thin cords could also be used to treat injuries.

If he was wounded, he could tie them around the injury to stop the bleeding.

The martial arts instructors at the school had taught him this before.

"Senior Brother, we're ready!"

Fang Zelin had only just strapped the sword to his back and stood in place when two more people emerged from the school.

Seeing the two of them, Senior Brother Pang immediately stepped forward and spoke.