The fairies I flirted with in the game became real?!

The wind and snow howled outside the carriage.

The rugged road below, the rickety carriage creaked with ear-grating noises.

Li Muyang, wrapped in a blanket and curled up in a corner, watched the beautiful Immortal-like Little Wild Grass say with a grin,

“…It’s just that I can’t rest easy about Big Brother. If I were to become an Immortal and leave, what would you do, Big Brother, left alone in the mortal world without my care?”

“Big Brother, a mere mortal, might just get eaten by demon beasts as soon as he steps outside without me.”

“Otherwise, I could become an Immortal at any time if I wished.”

“I’m just worried about Big Brother.”

Little Wild Grass blinked innocently, trying to act cute to Li Muyang.

But Li Muyang knew this girl was spouting nonsense.

In the endless daily drama, she had exploded in frustration from failing to ascend to Immortality multiple times already.

Every time, Li Muyang had to patiently comfort her, play with her to make her happy.

Occasionally, he had to turn into a life coach, spouting meaningless motivational nonsense to uplift Little Wild Grass’s spirits.

Even for this girl with the makings of an Immortal, ascending to Immortality was extremely difficult.

It was nowhere near as simple as she claimed.

Li Muyang shook his head, about to call out Little Wild Grass’s bluff.

But then, the Immortal in front of him grinned and moved closer, sitting right in front of Li Muyang with twinkling eyes,

“If it really comes to that, I’ll just marry Big Brother.”

“Before becoming an Immortal, I’ll have a few children for you, Big Brother, then stay by your side in old age, and accompany you to the end of your short life.”

“Perhaps after Big Brother passes away, and I let go of my obsession and worldly attachments, I might become an Immortal.”

Little Wild Grass was as frivolous as ever.

She giggled, “I know Big Brother likes women with big chests. Every time you meet a beauty with a generous bosom, you always sneak long glances at them.”

“The ones Big Brother rejected before must have had too small a chest, not to Big Brother’s liking.”

Little Wild Grass said, dramatically sticking out her chest, “But I’m different. I have quite the confidence, Big Brother won’t reject me, right?”

Despite being an exceptional Immortal just one step away from ascending, Little Wild Grass still kept up with her tasteless jokes.

Li Muyang had long become immune to them and rolled his eyes.

“Don’t pin the blame on me… Your inability to become an Immortal has nothing to do with me.”

“Even the Purple Sun Immortal we met before had his share of mortal troubles before ascending, but he still managed to achieve Immortality, didn’t he?”

“It’s just that you are not skillful enough to find the right path.”

“Not skilled enough? Just practice more, and don’t always shift the blame onto others.”

Li Muyang shook his head, “As for marrying you? Count me out, the karma of marrying you is too great for a mere mortal like me to bear.”

This was a future Immortal with the bearing of a celestial being, destined to die amid the darkness and chaos.

Although Li Muyang admired and liked Little Wild Grass’s personality, he always restrained his emotions, careful not to invest too much feeling in her.

Otherwise, when the game was over and Little Wild Grass was gone, he’d fall in love with a woman who had died a millennium ago?

Tsk… He had no desire to experience such a torment of life and death.

Moreover, although Little Wild Grass appeared to be open-minded and easygoing, she was actually very strong-willed. If they were to date, she might curse Li Muyang with something like eternal faithfulness, affecting him even after the game, thousands of years later… Tsk…

Little Wild Grass was completely capable of such intense possessiveness.

Jiang Xiaoyu was of an ancient evil lineage, doomed to be unable to cultivate, confined to a mortal life of no more than a hundred years.

But Li Muyang was different; he was on the verge of reaching the Mysterious Void realm, with the system at his side and a wide-open future ahead of him.

He didn’t want to leave a millennium-old Immortal widow.

So he continued to halfheartedly humour Little Wild Grass in front of him, accompanying her on leisure trips and, as always, grinding out his daily tasks.

Having already endured the game progression for twenty years, even if he did really live out Jiang Xiaoyu’s natural lifespan to old age, it would have little impact on his real life.

After all, with Jiang Xiaoyu’s ancient evil lineage unable to step onto the path of cultivation, her life wouldn’t be long.

It’s unclear how the Temple-Sealing Lord and his group of Demon Cultivators managed it, but they were somehow able to modify the ancient evil vein of Black Cloud Fort and grant the villagers who followed them the cultivators’ special Divine Power…

…

Amidst the surging grey mist of the underground world, Li Muyang summoned heavenly fire, forcefully withstanding the scorching of the blue flames as he knocked down a twenty-zhang-tall monster.

The monster, its health bar labeled “Mad Ancient Evil Cultivator,” was yet another named and recognized villager from Black Cloud Fort.

Li Muyang had long since grown accustomed to these “fellow villagers.”

In the world of grey mist, there were not only the fellow villagers of Black Cloud Fort, but also many peculiar beings.

But all these beings had been taken over by Heart-Eating Insects, their bodies occupied and souls controlled.

Li Muyang had to slay these monsters’ bodies and souls each time to render them powerless. Then, with their hosts defeated, the parasitic Heart-Eating Insects lost their strength and fled chaotically like headless flies.

Having succeeded in leveling up again, Li Muyang expertly knocked down the monsters and collected many Heart-Eating Insects with his gourd.

Standing amidst the grey mist, although the blue flames on his body had dissipated, Li Muyang still grimaced in pain.

The pain inflicted by the blue flames was so intense that he still felt phantom pain after the flames had faded away.

However, seeing the number of Heart-Eating Insects in his gourd, Li Muyang instantly felt happy.

“You’ve been quite diligent,”

Li Muyang said in surprise, “To have captured so many Heart-Eating Insects in the span of one day and night, you’re even better than me.”

Inside the gourd, there were more than two hundred Heart-Eating Insects.

During the day and night when he was kicked offline by the anti-addiction system, the Flood Dragon Girl had not slacked off at all, diligently capturing Heart-Eating Insects and killing wicked beings.

His character’s experience bar had also reached LV9 (99%), not far from leveling up.

This naive and straightforward Flood Dragon Girl was proving more reliable than he had imagined.

And upon hearing Li Muyang’s praise, the Flood Dragon Girl was very happy.

She giggled shyly, “Should we continue catching Heart-Eating Insects? The monsters here seem endless; we could catch them for a long time.”

Her strength had increased, filling her with joy and the desire to stay in this underground world of grey mist, eating up all the wicked beings before leaving.

Li Muyang glanced at the system interface and shook his head.

“No, let’s go back and exchange for the Seven Marrow Pill first.”

Only a few short days remained before the earth would swallow him.

Even if he wanted to level up in the underground world of grey mist, he needed to postpone his death.

Taking a deep breath, Li Muyang swallowed the monster’s corpse into his belly, watching the continuous pop-up of “Experience Points +10” in his field of view, Li Muyang rose into the sky within the grey mist and flew towards the outside.

He was going to take these two hundred plus Heart-Eating Insects to the Buddha Mother Temple to exchange for Seven Marrow Pills.

And on his way there, digesting the new evil being was enough for him to level up to LV10.

Riding the mist, Li Muyang swiftly soared up ten thousand meters and flew out of the dark, profound underground abyss, returning to the outside world.

After discerning the direction in the sky, Li Muyang headed straight for the Buddha Mother Temple.

For him, riding the mist, the two hundred li to the Buddha Mother Temple was quickly covered.

But when Li Muyang landed at the gates of the Buddha Mother Temple, he saw the place deserted and deathly still, devoid of any human presence.

Even the evil women previously swarming the mountain were nowhere to be seen.

An eerie unholy aura drifted within the Buddha Mother Temple.

The Flood Dragon Girl, uncertain and alarmed, said, “The foul stench inside the Buddha Mother Temple has faded a lot!”

The oppressive, sinister aura that had previously engulfed the Buddha Mother Temple—so repugnant to both Li Muyang and the Flood Dragon Girl—had indeed lightened considerably, no longer so intense.

Li Muyang, observing the silent Buddha Mother Temple before him, felt a thump in his heart and suddenly a sense of foreboding emerged.

…Could it be that something has happened to the Buddha Mother Temple?

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Upon realizing this, the joy of having just leveled up to LV10 on the road disappeared.

Li Muyang watched the temple in front of him cautiously, halting in his steps, not entering recklessly.

The Buddha Mother who resided in the Buddha Mother Temple was no ordinary character.

If the Buddha Mother Temple had truly met with disaster, then the enemy who had attacked must be formidable!