Isn't This a Game? Why Are You All Cultivating for Real!

"It wasn’t checking to see if you were lying."

The system’s sudden notification made Qing Guo pause. "What do you mean?"

"This fat swan has a few tricks up its sleeve. There are no records of this spiritual beast on the Yunzhou Continent today. It was just using some method to see if you pose a future threat to the Xingshui Sect. It was a premonition."

Qing Guo was a little shocked. "It was looking into my future life?"

"It’s not that advanced. Whether it’s premonition or prophecy, the backlash for a Cultivator is severe, and the same goes for spiritual beasts. It only needed to sense if you are a threat to the Xingshui Sect. No threat means you won’t bring trouble to the Xingshui Sect."

It was true; she really hadn’t planned on doing anything to the Xingshui Sect.

She just wanted to use the Xingshui Sect to get a better understanding of the power distribution around the Li Yun Sect.

"A spiritual beast that can see the future is also incredible. Its ancestral bloodline must be extraordinary for it to inherit such a talent after all this time."

The system seemed to sigh with emotion. "What a treasure. If only the Sect Master had one."

At this moment, the system seemed to finally feel a pang of guilt, like a parent who couldn’t provide for their child. "It’s all my fault I can’t give your Sect Master better things."

Qing Guo glanced at the five Ancient Cultivation Techniques in the system’s store—all of which were long lost to the Yunzhou Continent.

"..."

’No wonder the info I read said many players suspected this system was mentally unstable.’

A spiritual beast like that was heaven-defying, but any one of those five Cultivation Techniques could cause massive waves on the Yunzhou Continent if revealed.

’That’s not quite right, either.’

Aside from the All Living Beings Skill, there were no rumors of any Sect possessing even variations or partial scrolls of the other four Cultivation Techniques.

Not even whispers of them had been passed down.

But all that aside, Qing Guo couldn’t help but feel a little envious as she looked at the fat swan.

Yes, envious.

Who wouldn’t want to take such a treasure home?

But setting aside her lack of strength to do so, there were probably very few of this swan’s breed left.

If the Xingshui Sect had one, could the Li Yun Sect have one too?

After all, the Li Yun Sect was the number one Beast Taming Sect on the Yunzhou Continent.

"You can stay at the Xingshui Sect for a few days. I’ll have the disciples from the Demon Hunting Team take you out after that."

Seeing that Qing Guo had earned the White Phoenix Ancestor’s trust and was no longer a concern, Lin Pan Yan became even more enthusiastic toward her.

Just looking at that face put her in an excellent mood.

Qing Guo nodded.

Xie Xiping also let her guard down around Qing Guo. "This veil is a Magic Treasure I refined. No one can see your true face through it unless their strength surpasses mine."

Lin Pan Yan glanced at Xie Xiping again.

Qing Guo seemed a little surprised and quickly said, "Thank you, Senior."

She spoke in a soft, gentle voice. "It is my great fortune to have met you two seniors."

"Ah..." Lin Pan Yan seemed to remember something. "Let me take you to find a place to stay first. In a few days, my Xingshui Sect will have a joyous event. You should stay and join the festivities."

Qing Guo naturally didn’t object, showing a timely hint of curiosity. "What joyous event?"

Lin Pan Yan said, "The wedding of our Sect’s Senior Sister Qu and a senior brother from the Li Yun Sect."

Qing Guo nodded and didn’t ask any more questions.

While Qing Guo was finding a way to blend into the Xingshui Sect, Song Jiulai was contemplating a serious problem.

Mainly, after the incident with the Xingshui Sect’s Array, the system had highlighted a key point for Song Jiulai.

Chen Miaomiao’s research into Spirit Grass mutation had even caused the concentration of the surrounding Spiritual Energy to change.

Previously, Song Jiulai had thought the border environment was just poor and lacked Spiritual Energy, but now it was clear that wasn’t the case.

’If she continues like this, our Sect is bound to run into trouble sooner or later.’

Song Jiulai was currently inside a small cave-residence she had opened up herself.

It was like finding a spot in the wild and temporarily opening an extra-dimensional space.

Pathetically enough, this method of opening a cave-residence could be done by those at the Golden Core Stage.

As long as one’s Sea of Consciousness was open.

But Song Jiulai had no master to guide her. This method was something Major Sects would teach after one entered the Golden Core Stage; it was just a few basic mantras.

Even local Loose Cultivators would know this common sense.

But she wasn’t a local. She was fumbling her way through many things, and had only learned of this by occasionally overhearing discussions among Cultivators in Xuanwu City.

Fortunately, such a common-knowledge mantra wasn’t hard to learn.

As long as someone’s cultivation wasn’t higher than hers, it was impossible for them to discover this small, opened cave-residence.

And Song Jiulai was now at Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, but the depth of her Spiritual Energy wasn’t on the same level as others.

As long as they weren’t in the Golden Core Stage, even someone at Late-stage Foundation Establishment shouldn’t dream of finding her.

The higher one’s cultivation, the larger the cave-residence they could open.

She mulled over the problem with Chen Miaomiao. Her methods were highly beneficial to the Sect; if the environment improved and the Spiritual Energy concentration increased, their Sect’s Cultivators would advance faster.

The starting experience for new players wouldn’t be as difficult as it was for the old ones.

But this would also make it easy for the Major Sects to notice the abnormal Spiritual Energy concentration. It was like everyone was sitting in the dark, and you just had to turn on a light.

You’d be sticking out like a sore thumb.

She couldn’t stop Chen Miaomiao’s research, so she had to find a way to conceal it for the Sect’s sake.

The Xingshui Sect’s type of Array was exactly what Song Jiulai needed, but she had no way of obtaining it. Even if she did, trying to set up an Array of that level all by herself was just a fool’s dream.

The Arrays on the Yunzhou Continent were different from the conventional kind. Maintaining one for a Major Sect was impossible for a single Cultivator.

An Array on the level of the Xingshui Sect’s required at least five Nascent Soul Level experts to set up.

And that was on top of all sorts of Heaven-defying Materials.

Song Jiulai lacked the cultivation, the manpower, and the materials.

The system said, "There’s always a way! Let’s go ask Zhai Xiaotian."

Song Jiulai: "..."

She knew Zhai Xiaotian was currently serving as an external affiliate of the Longevity Sect, but wasn’t this treating him a bit too much like a sucker?

Song Jiulai said hesitantly, "Is that really appropriate?"

System: "The gourd you’re carrying is his. You didn’t say it was ’inappropriate’ when you were using his gourd, did you?"

"..."

’That’s true.’

’This gourd really is useful.’

It didn’t seem like a Xuan-grade Magical Treasure; it even seemed to level up along with Song Jiulai.

Now that Song Jiulai was at Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, when she accelerated, a typical Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator couldn’t even dream of catching her.

Unless they had a more powerful Flying Magical Treasure from a Major Sect.

"I’m not worried about whether he has it or not. I’m worried that even if he does, it won’t be of much use to us. Besides, there’s a strange old man hanging around him now. It’s best not to have the players go looking for Zhai Xiaotian for now."

Zhai Xiaotian was fundamentally different; he had been here since the Longevity Sect first appeared.

In other words, he knew all of the Longevity Sect’s secrets.

But this old man was different. He was an outsider, after all, so Song Jiulai couldn’t just reveal everything.

This old man was very mysterious. His cultivation was at least at the Nascent Soul Stage. It was best not to provoke him.

The tempers of such Great Power Cultivators were the most unpredictable.

System: "That’s also true."

Song Jiulai thought for a moment. "Well, it looks like I have no choice but to go to the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect’s disciple selection."

As long as she could get in, the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect was bound to have the information she needed.

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