Translator: Henyee Translations
Editor: Henyee Translations
‘Dong, dong, dong.’ A knocking sound came.
Lu Xun and Ji Li looked at each other with alarm in their eyes.
The reason was simple—it was because they didn’t hear the sound of footsteps!
This inn could be recognized as an old building in China. The sound of walking on the floor was much louder and noticeable than the sound of walking on ground paved with bricks.
Not to mention, since Ji Li practiced martial arts at a young age, her hearing was much better than normal people, however, she really didn’t hear even a single bit of sound until the knock came!
So, it was either that the person who came was exceptional at qing gong, or had floated coming here.
In any case, it seems that they’ve come across an expert!
Ji Li put her meaty hands on the Wedding Dress sword, preparing as if she were to encounter a formidable foe.
Lu Xun was startled for a moment but soon regained his calm, he extended his hand to signal Ji Li not to make any rash movements. He slowly rose and opened the door.
They found that the person who knocked was Mu Rongyan, she was the one who they exchanged gazes with earlier.
It was quite strange to see someone walk without any sound at all, especially given with her tonnage.
The instant the door was opened, Mu Rongyan and Lu Xun saw each other once again, however, this time, the distance between each other was much closer than before. The second time she saw this face, she was actually still slightly dazzled and was absent-minded.
She extended her head and looked inside before smiling innocently and saying, “Sorry, I walked to the wrong room.”
After cupping her hands in respect for disturbing Lu Xun and Ji Li, she left.
Her appearance felt somewhat baffling.
After closing the door, Lu Xun frowned. He didn’t quite understand what just happened.
Mu Rongyan was a cultivator, so how could she not sense that there were currently two people in this room?
And, another thing to note was that if she were to return to the room that she lived alone in, why would a normal person knock on the door first?
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Her appearance this time was definitely not walking to the wrong room as she had said. He was certain that her visit possessed a deeper meaning.
Lu Xun looked around inside the room. Finally, his gaze passed by the Wedding Dress sword.
After staring at it, he immediately discovered something off about the details given by the weapon.
The Wedding Dress sword’s basic information appeared before his eyes, but there was already some extra information added to it compared to before.
‘Sword Name: Wedding Dress (Yellow)’
‘Note: This sword has a low-level smokescreen spell casted on it.’
Lu Xun couldn’t help but smile.
As expected, it was still the Heavenly Earth that he was familiar with.
And as expected, it was still the cultivators that he was still extremely familiar with in his impressions.
At this moment, the Wedding Dress sword was no longer an Enchanted Armament in the eyes of just any martial arts practitioner or low-tier cultivator, however instead, it was now a normal longsword with a slightly better appearance.
Once a weapon’s tier was higher than Ordinary Metal, it would start to have Spiritual Aura.
Cultivators could see its extraordinariness with a single glance, even martial arts practitioners would also be able to sense it slightly.
This was why an Enchanted Armament in Jianghu was especially conspicuous, it was like seeing a husky in a pack of wolves.
Now that Mu Rongyan casted a smokescreen spell on the Wedding Dress sword, most onlookers would no longer be able to easily tell that it was an Enchanted Armament.
Of course, this was for the exception of those with a highly profound cultivation. After all, Mu Rongyan wasn’t some great cultivator. How strong could a newbie village instructor possibly be?
‘Treasuring a jade ring becomes a crime’ was an easy to understand expression.
Because Ji Li was young and was still only a martial arts practitioner, carrying an Enchanted Armament would make it easy to attract greedy eyes and possibly even trouble.
Lu Xun surmised that her being hunted down probably also had something to do with it.
For Mu Rongyan, this act was but the lift of a hand, probably just something she would forget anytime. However, for Ji Li, from here on out, once she walks in Jianghu, it would mean attracting fewer troubles.
Inside the world of ‘Heavenly Earth’, the majority of cultivators were like Mu Rongyan.
Things like murdering for treasure were obviously impossible to not exist. But it wouldn’t be like a lot of Xianxia novels wherein as long as one was a cultivator, one would be absolutely selfish and commit any imaginable crime like a thug and would do whatever they wanted, including stealing and killing anytime.
In this world, the overwhelming majority of cultivators focused their attention on the word ‘cultivating’.
And, many people here considered life as one grand cultivation.
Thus, it gave extreme importance on the actions of ‘how to live’ and ‘becoming what kind of person’ one would do in the eyes of cultivators.
The reason why many players were inextricably engrossed in this game’s world was because many of the honorable had chivalric vibes, and many cultivators felt celestial and otherworldly. This was the best kind of Xianxia in the hearts of players.
Lu Xun no longer looked at the Wedding Dress sword and revealed a small genuine smile.
‘This world is just as comfortable as it was in the past.’
At the other end of the spectrum, Mu Rongyan, who had returned to her own room also slightly smiled. Her chubby face along with her expression made her appear even more simple-minded.
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After a few more minutes, Lu Xun and Ji Li went outside.
They found a suitable shop in order to sell the awfully heavy weapons on their person. Ji Li was exceedingly happy after she received the silvers.
The little girl didn’t even seem to notice the important change on the Wedding Dress sword even until now—what a big heart she had.
Ji Li happily bounced vivaciously ahead while Lu Xun slowly followed behind, he was attracting sidelong glances from many strangers and had aroused the hearts of ladies on the roadside.
He paid no heed to this. This was since he was thinking and was a little preoccupied.
In his memory, he remembered that Mu Rongyan was one of Green Wood County’s newbie village instructors because he had done a mission there, this was why he remembered her today.
Although he didn’t know why Mu Rongyan appeared here in Wei county today, three years ago, her appearance was indeed helpful to Lu Xun.
There were countless players in ‘Heavenly Earth’, and as the most popular game in the twenty-second century, the amount of people that went online was shocking.
And along with the countless players, a large amount of ‘new account start methods’ were show-cased and concluded, amongst which, only three types of starts were known as the unlimitedly near-perfect start.
One of these near-perfect ways to start, was something Lu Xun really intended to try. Mu Rongyan might be able to provide assistance to him.
No, she one-hundred-percent could provide assistance to this!
The key to this would depend on Ji Li.
It depended on whether she—previously the mount, and now the tool—would be of use.
Ji Li walked ahead, and due to her good mood, she would sometimes subconsciously come to the tip of her toes at times.
She turned to look at Lu Xun and said, “Why are you walking so slow?”
Lu Xun smiled at her in response, the smile was especially cordial and warm.
Ji Li felt as if she was showering in a spring breeze, the entire world seemed to light up.
Her small heart thumped faster and faster.
Late-stage appearance complex really couldn’t be easily cured.
Lu Xun pointed at a nearby small street-side teahouse and said, “Shall we go in and have a seat?”
Ji Li quickly nodded.
This was very good—it was time to worm out some details.
The two of them chatted for a while. Lu Xun then roughly knew of Ji Li’s current situation.
How to put this… It was a proper protagonist template.
Accidentally receiving an Enchanted Treasure and cultivation technique, after which, her parents got killed, because of this, she gets hunted and carries a deep sense of revenge.
The early stage goldfinger and early stage main plot were all very obvious!
However, just the thought of her being only sixteen years old and having experienced so many things at once, yet, she still managed to maintain her innocence and kindness afterwards, Lu Xun couldn’t help but feel a little sorry for her.
Of course, if only she didn’t insist on having him become her Furnace Tripod… this would have been a lot better.
But fortunately, these problems could all be settled now.
He looked at Ji Li and said, “We’re in luck to have come across a true cultivator.”
“What! Where?” Her eyes lit up immediately.
“Don’t tell me you haven’t noticed that Mu… uh, that woman who knocked on our door didn’t make any sounds when she walked?” Lu Xun questioned her.
“I noticed!” Ji Li looked at Lu Xun and said embarrassingly, “I thought to discuss it with you after we went out, and then… and then… I forgot about it.”
Lu Xun: “…”
‘See these breasts? Impressive, right?’
‘Don’t be so envious—they were traded with brains.’
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