Chaotic Dance Steps was directing the players of Cloud Lament, besieging a Demonic Beast of the Qi Cultivation Realm that was enormous in size.

He noticed Flourishing Flowers coming over, and his gaze suddenly turned strange.

Why the hell did he bring Yan Ruyu too? Did he also bring along the Female Disciples from the Celestial Cyan Workshop? That said, did that somewhat green-tea-scented, inquisitive Female NPC who likes following him around come as well?

Right then, Chaotic Dance Steps became apprehensive. He was here to play the game seriously; who knew the Female NPCs here would be so troublesome? And he had just had to encounter one with a green-tea personality. It was just so annoying.

"Flourishing Flowers, why did you bring her?" Chaotic Dance Steps mused. "Don't tell me all the Female Disciples from the Celestial Cyan Workshop came?"

Flourishing Flowers understood what he meant, and slapping him on the shoulder, laughed, "Don't worry, just Shopkeeper Yan came by herself. My Flying Sword couldn't carry that many people."

Hearing this, Chaotic Dance Steps also felt relieved. Good that the green-tea pest didn't come. He definitely didn't want to be disturbed. The position of the First Military Advisor required him to pay a hefty price to secure, especially since Neighbor Six from Lingxiao Hall was covetously eyeing it.

Noticing the Storage Ring on Yan Ruyu's hand, Chaotic Dance Steps also felt envious. None of their players had one yet.

Damn it, you bought it just to flirt? It's just a game, and you've played it to the extreme.

"Chopping King, be careful to dodge. Daytime Alms, take your team and keep watch on the surroundings. The rest of the players, directly besiege it."

Following Chaotic Dance Steps' command, the players of Cloud Lament launched their attacks.

"Kun Character, Earth River Vehicle!"

"Fire Escape - Great Fireball Technique!"

"Fire-tipped Spear - Banana Your Geoduck, Open Chrysanthemum Great Method!"

"Water Elementals, heed my call, HAAAH!"

"..."

The players of Cloud Lament creatively used their basic spells and developed quite a number of moves. Watching the scene unfold with fireballs, earth snakes, and bursts of water blossoming everywhere, Yan Ruyu was completely dumbfounded.

Are these really the Profound Yellow Sect Disciples she knew? I know you're reincarnations of Immortals, but have you decided to not even hide it anymore?

As the players' siege went on, the colossal Demonic Beast of the Refining Realm fell with a boom. Daytime Alms had already prepared a cart and, with a few players, intended to directly cart away the corpse.

Junlin, however, came up from behind and said with a smile, "Flourishing Flowers, are you selling this Demonic Beast's corpse? I'll offer a hundred Lower-grade Spiritual Stones."

"With such an enormous size, could you even take it away?" Flourishing Flowers raised his eyebrows slightly.

Junlin, touching the Storage Ring on his finger, explained, "Don't worry, my Storage Ring has a much larger capacity than yours. It could hold another one of these easily!"

Hearing this, many players were shocked. Did the Great Inventor come up with a better Storage Ring?

Even Flourishing Flowers was stunned. He had just bought his Storage Ring, and now a new model was already out?

"It's not crafted by the Great Inventor; I ran into an NPC yesterday, and he gave it to us." Junlin looked proud as he said, "Moreover, I earned an additional twelve hundred Middle-grade Spiritual Stones yesterday, which is the equivalent of a hundred and twenty Contribution Points, right?"

Watching him boast so shamelessly irritated Flourishing Flowers and the others.

Can you really play like this? NPCs just giving away Storage Rings? Are all NPCs fools?

Behind the bushes, Dung Beetle led the Ao Xiang Squad, lying in wait. Their eyes lit up at Junlin's words.

NPCs giving out Storage Rings? If they went deeper and encountered NPCs, they might earn quite a few Storage Rings. Later, they could sell them for money too.

"Steady as an Old Dog, go back and get ready. Bring some Spirit Grass and the like. We're heading deeper to find those solitary NPCs!" Dung Beetle whispered with a chuckle. "These NPCs all have Storage Rings. Later, we can trade Spirit Grass for them and then flip them for a profit..."

Hearing this, the Ao Xiang Squad members' eyes sparkled.

"Boss, you're awesome to come up with such an idea."

"Selling Storage Rings cheaper would force the Great Inventor to drop his prices. Then everyone could afford one."

"Right! We're doing this for the players' benefit!"

"Let's go, get ready. Today we must get our hands on ten Storage Rings!"

"..."

The agitated members of the Ao Xiang Squad sneakily left with Dung Beetle.

Junlin also smoothly completed the purchase of the Demonic Beast: one hundred Lower-grade Spiritual Stones. Taken to Kuhai Town, such an intact corpse could easily double in value. With the increased number of players in Lingxiao Hall, it was essential to accumulate more Contribution Points to ensure they had enough to advance.

As for collecting materials in the Demon Beast Forest? Wouldn't that be a job for Abbess, Don't Love Me? His talent was such that he could freely roam as if he owned the place, perhaps stumbling upon treasures every couple of steps!

The deal complete, Junlin led the people of Lingxiao Hall to hunt more Demonic Beasts.

Watching the huge Demonic Beast vanish in an instant, Yan Ruyu's eyes widened.

Is this the power of a Profound Yellow Sect Disciple? It seems the Celestial Cyan Workshop must change its ways; otherwise, if they encountered such Demonic Beasts, it would surely be a dead end for them.

"Flourishing Flowers, can you guys teach these cultivation techniques to outsiders?" Yan Ruyu whispered. "I'm not sure what's going on, but in front of these Demonic Beasts, it seems that martial arts are no longer effective."

She had seen the situation clearly. At this time, martial arts seemed to be of no use at all. Even if you were extremely powerful, already the number one in the world, in front of such Demonic Beasts, could your Internal Energy harm them? Or can you kill one with a single slash of your sword? No way!

On the contrary, the magic wielded by the disciples of the Profound Yellow Sect was the real bottom card for slaying Demonic Beasts. If outsiders could learn these spells, they might have a fighting chance.

"It should be okay, I guess. The Sect Leader hasn't said we can't," Flourishing Flowers whispered. "If you want to learn, I can teach you secretly, but you can't let the Sect Leader find out, or he'll break my legs."

Huh? Is Xu Nian really that brutal? I never saw that when I met him before.

"Does he often punish you all?" Yan Ruyu asked with a slight frown.

Flourishing Flowers shook his head and explained, "It's not that he punishes us. As long as we don't break the sect rules, the Sect Leader doesn't really bother with us. Aside from Dung Beetle, who likes to provoke the Sect Leader, things are usually okay."

Dung Beetle was shocked. Slander! He's slandering me! I only provoked him once, what do you mean 'often'? Believe it or not, I'll unleash my ultimate move and stink out all of your Cloud Lament people!

"Oh? If that's the case, then why are you so afraid of him?" This just made Yan Ruyu more confused. It seemed that the disciples of the Profound Yellow Sect were all quite fearful of their Sect Leader.

"I can't beat the Sect Leader, so isn't it natural to be afraid?" Flourishing Flowers lowered his voice and said, "If I could beat the Sect Leader, would I still need to be fighting Demonic Beasts here? I'd have the Sect Leader himself come out and fight!"

His thoughts were dangerous, but he wasn't the only one with such thoughts. Every day, as Xu Nian and the Blood Demoness stayed in the Great Hall, the players who liked the Blood Demoness were fuming with anger. Behind his back, they had been cursing their Sect Leader Xu plenty. The Blood Demoness is for everyone! What makes you think you can have her to yourself? If it weren't for the fact that we can't beat him, there would have been a new leader of the Profound Yellow Sect long ago! How could it still be Xu Nian's turn? Just idling away every day inside the Great Hall! Who knows what the game designers were thinking, creating such an unlucky character! They're just irritating us players! Disgusting, despicable!

"Well then, you'd better not teach me, otherwise... if it's found out, I fear..." Yan Ruyu furrowed her brows slightly, not expecting the Profound Yellow Sect to be in such a complex state. Disciples dissatisfied with the Sect Leader. Each one not daring to speak out, and yet none wishing to leave. What a complicated mess this was.

"Don't say that! It's just getting whooped once. Am I, Flourishing Flowers, afraid?" Flourishing Flowers said, patting his chest. "Don't worry, I'll teach you the Fire Control Technique; that's my signature skill."

Hearing this, Chaotic Dance Steps rolled his eyes. "You can cut it out already. Your Fire Control Technique is even worse than Chopping King's Flame Blade. You're the only one in the Hall who's not doing your duty!" Chaotic Dance Steps said bluntly, "Keep it up, and you'll soon be pressed to the ground and beaten to death by I, Xuanqing. His Water Control Technique has already developed to the level of the Water Dragon Bullet. I heard this morning he took down a Qi Cultivation Realm Demonic Beast all by himself."

With someone else undermining him, Flourishing Flowers' face turned red. Something was off with Chaotic Dance Steps. He wasn't usually like this. And now he was undermining me?

"Scram, scram, scram, you're not any better yourself!" Flourishing Flowers waved his hands dismissively. "What do my dealings with Shopkeeper Yan have to do with you?"

With that, he grabbed Yan Ruyu's wrist and walked off toward the back, not wanting to engage with Chaotic Dance Steps any further. Yan Ruyu noticed her hand being gripped by Flourishing Flowers; her brow only slightly furrowed, but she said nothing more.

"Boss Fanhua's got his act together so quickly?"

"Trash, if it were me, I would have had this Female NPC pinned to the bed by now."

"Archer, can you stop talking? Is Yan Ruyu the same as a brothel woman? You're the kind of person who doesn't understand the joy of romance!"

"This is my first time seeing Flourishing Flowers like this. It seems like he really likes this Female NPC. Too bad she's just a virtual character; otherwise, I'd even give it a try."

"..."

Virtual character, huh? Chaotic Dance Steps watched their retreating figures, a complex emotion stirring within him.

This game was not an ordinary game; after all, they, the high-level players, had discussed it among themselves. The game was far more terrifying than they had imagined. Just after playing the first test version, they had gained Internal Energy. Now, in the Third Test version, what heights will the players reach? What if this isn't a game at all?

Suddenly, a terrifying guess crossed his mind, and Chaotic Dance Steps couldn't help but gasp.

After all, they were Earthlings; some things were easily conjectured by them. What if this wasn't just a game, but a whole new world? What if the game helmet was nothing more than a conduit?

Thinking of this, Chaotic Dance Steps immediately suppressed the idea and didn't even want it to resurface. Some thoughts should never be born at all! Absolutely not!

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