Chapter 400 Elder Yan's Care
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“…” The system prompt that popped up in his field of vision gave Li Muyang a headache.
“Damn it, lost again.”
Inside the quiet room, he stood up dejectedly and rubbed his temples.
The power of the Evil God was indeed formidable, but fifty-one skills were a bit too flashy.
Although each skill was powerful, stringing these skills together to execute the proper combination attacks was still causing Li Muyang to occasionally fumble.
And those three mysterious assailants were mighty, with their numerical advantage.
Once they caught their breath and became familiar with Li Muyang’s skills, they could quickly defeat the dauntless Li Muyang.
Li Muyang had been stuck at this level for three full days, dying seven times, and the most glorious battle outcome was only managing to sever one assailant’s arm before being jointly blasted to death by the three of them.
Constantly losing, Li Muyang’s mentality was nearly collapsing towards the end.
When he decided to reload and try again, he opted to seek reinforcements.
He traveled thousands of miles to seek the aid of the East Sea Dragon Monarch, pleading with the Dragon Monarch for assistance.
However, halfway there, the system alerted him that Little Wild Grass had passed away, and the mission had failed.
Clearly, those three assailants waiting outside that archway shrouded in mist were waiting for an opportunity to use space-time transmission.
Behind that archway, it was highly likely that it led to the shattered Peaceful Realms.
If they were to take Little Wild Grass into the Peaceful Realms, then the mission would be considered a failure.
In this game, Li Muyang had no backup; he could only rely on himself.
He even tried cheating once, reloading to a point before Little Wild Grass was captured, and inviting Immortals to set up an ambush.
But those mysterious assailants seemed to have X-ray vision cheat on, because as soon as Li Muyang and Little Wild Grass had several Immortals lie in wait at Black Cloud Fort, the assailants simply wouldn’t show up.
Only after the Immortals ran out of patience, bid farewell, and left, would the mysterious assailants suddenly appear and abduct Little Wild Grass.
Unable to seek reinforcements, nor able to set up an ambush in advance.
This ultimate mission in stage five clearly required Li Muyang to rely on brute strength to pass.
Fortunately, he had countless opportunities to try again; as long as he kept at it, he would succeed one day.
But having been gaming intensively for so long, even a hardcore gamer like Li Muyang was feeling numb at this point.
After yet another crushing defeat in the game, he sighed and exited the game, returning to reality.
And this time, he walked straight out of the quiet room.
In the courtyard, the attending maids hastened to greet him, waiting for Li Muyang’s instructions.
Li Muyang took the warm towel they offered and wiped his face before asking,
“How long have I been in retreat?”
Having played in the game for too long and spent too much time, Li Muyang had almost forgotten the accurate duration of his retreat.
The maids quickly replied, “Young Master, you’ve been in retreat for thirty-seven days.”
“Thirty-seven days… Hmm…” He nodded his head slightly, surprised at the number.
It was longer than he expected.
He had originally planned to spend about ten days to half a month in retreat before dealing with family affairs.
But he ended up playing the game for over a month in one go.
It was only because his cultivation level had increased and he no longer needed to rest that he could keep at it day and night.
Nevertheless, as Li Muyang stretched lazily upon stepping out of the quiet room, he still felt somewhat drained of energy and blood.
“Go to the kitchen and get me some food, and also summon my sister over.”
After issuing the simple command, Li Muyang inquired whether anyone had come looking for him during his seclusion.
And as expected, aside from his younger half-sister Li Yuechan, many people had come to visit him, the so-called “Demon Sect prodigy”.
Especially since the news of his near-death experience when the Green Sheep Society pursued him back home, and his subsequent slaying of several Cultivators from the Spirit Travel Realm before safely returning to the sect, had already spread far and wide.
Although everyone speculated that it was Elder Yan’s timely rescue that allowed Li Muyang a chance to escape with his life.
Yet in the Demon Sect where personal feelings were indifferent and interests paramount, for someone like Li Muyang, a mere Direct Disciple, to be so highly regarded by Elder Yan… the signal was very clear.
Many saw Li Muyang as the chosen successor of Yan Xiaoru and flocked to visit him to get closer.
But with Li Muyang in seclusion, everyone hit a wall.
Among them, two visitors particularly caught Li Muyang’s attention.
“… Xiaoshun and Wan’er are back?”
Upon hearing from the Maids that Guan Xiaoshun and Ning Wan’er had also returned from visiting their families and had arrived at the sect, Li Muyang was quite surprised.
However, since he lived right across the door from Ning Wan’er, there was no need for excessive courtesy.
After all, his younger half-sister got along even better with Ning Wan’er, and now that Wan’er was back, the two were bound to mingle often.
After resting for a while in his own courtyard and reviewing the latest Sect pamphlet to catch up on the current situation in the Cultivation World, Li Muyang’s Maid brought in his meal.
The kitchen, especially designated for preparing meals for Direct Disciples of the Enforcement Hall, served several dishes designed to replenish Qi and Spiritual Power. Not long after Li Muyang began eating, his younger half-sister Li Yuechan arrived.
Seeing her brother dining, Li Yuechan unceremoniously took a seat, instructed a maid to fetch her utensils, and joined Li Muyang in enjoying the lavish meal.
Li Muyang glanced at his sister and asked, “You seem to be in a good mood…”
Li Yuechan nodded with a giggly smile, “The matter with the second uncle and aunt going to the Flying Boat outside the world has been settled.”
“They boarded the Flying Boat five days ago, and they should be arriving soon.”
Li Yuechan shared the good news.
“The second aunt originally wanted to wait for Big Brother to finish your seclusion, to bid you farewell.”
“But it just so happened that Elder Wu was traveling and was going to pass by the Flying Boat outside the world, so they went along with him.”
“With Elder Wu accompanying them, the journey would definitely be safe.”
“This opportunity was too good to miss, Big Brother, you can visit them at the Flying Boat outside the world when you’re free later on.”
Li Yuechan roughly recounted the events that had taken place.
Li Damu and his wife managed to hitch a ride on the Demon Sect Elder’s Flying Boat, so they couldn’t wait for Li Muyang to end his seclusion to see them off.
Hearing this, Li Muyang was somewhat surprised.
“Settled?”
It wasn’t that he was surprised at Li Damu and his wife leaving without bidding farewell, but rather, he was surprised at how this young girl before him had managed to settle the matter.
“Where did you get the money from?”
To send Li Damu and his wife to settle in the Flying Boat outside the world would require a sum of Silver Coin that even for someone with the treatment of an Elder like Li Muyang, was not a small amount.
He had originally planned to seclude himself for ten days to half a month, waiting for Li Yuechan to enjoy her time with Li Damu and his wife before coming out to pay and send the elders to their place of refuge.
But now he had not left his seclusion nor had he helped his younger half-sister with money, so where did this little girl get the funds?
But then Li Yuechan blinked innocently and said, “Elder Yan gave it to me…”
Li Yuechan continued, “After Elder Yan learned about this, she called me over, gave me a sum of money, and instructed me to take care of it.”
“And for second uncle and aunt to be able to join Elder Wu’s Flying Boat, Elder Yan had to personally intercede. It was only after her persuasion that Elder Wu agreed.”
Blinking innocently, Li Yuechan said to Li Muyang, “Big Brother, Elder Yan really does take good care of our family!”