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

Chapter 137: Chapter 137: Where Did the Palm Thunder Come From?

"Reinforcements! We need reinforcements up front!"

"Mayday! Mayday!"

"If you’re gonna speak gibberish, get the hell out of the Yunzhou Continent!"

When the First-rank Demon Beasts attacked, the players weren’t exactly in a panic.

After all, most of them were at the Qi Refining Middle Stage now. If they were still panicking, they’d be pretty pathetic gamers.

Besides, the disciples of the Feique Sect had already come down to block the front lines!

The Feique Sect even had Late-stage Qi Refining disciples who could hold the line.

They only seemed flustered when clearing out the very first wave.

The Spirit Fields cultivated by the Sect were also ruined.

Fortunately, they knew from the start that the area near First Mountain wasn’t very safe, so most of their Spirit Fields hadn’t been developed here.

However, the one who suffered the greatest loss was Fan Guzhou.

After all, his assets were among them.

The Feique Sect disciples were somewhat surprised to see the Longevity Sect disciples rushing to the front lines to fight the demon beasts.

Normally, as a subsidiary sect, the Longevity Sect disciples would naturally be expected to hide and survive however they could.

But these Longevity Sect disciples were all charging forward, chugging potions when their Spiritual Energy ran out, as if they didn’t have a single worry.

Zhu Xiangchen found a moment’s respite amidst the chaos, located Zhou Xiao, and said, "The disciples of your Sect are so..."

He couldn’t find the right word to describe the Longevity Sect disciples for a moment, finally settling on, "So brave."

Zhou Xiao paused, stunned. "Why do you say that?"

Zhu Xiangchen’s expression was a bit complicated. "Aren’t you afraid of death?"

Zhou Xiao: "..."

’Afraid? Of course we’re afraid.’

’But our fear is based on situations where we genuinely can’t win.’

At their core, the players didn’t have many reservations.

After all, they could still handle the current situation.

Zhou Xiao could only say, "They’re just First-rank Demon Beasts for now, so everyone can still fight them. Besides, this is a great opportunity to train ourselves."

Killing demon beasts earns points, and the players weren’t stupid.

Even for life-skill players, being forced to fight out in the wild and fighting on their own doorstep were two completely different things.

The mental methods they had cultivated, which were useless for fighting, finally had a practical application—at least they could be used against the demon beasts.

Zhu Xiangchen still couldn’t understand. He looked at the dense, dark mass of demon beasts behind them, his scalp tingling with fear, and muttered, "Can we hold on?"

"Don’t be so pessimistic. In the worst-case scenario, don’t we still have the Sect Token?"

It wasn’t just Song Jiulai who knew about the Sect Token; the players had been in Wang’an County long enough to have figured out some of the basics.

The corner of Zhu Xiangchen’s mouth twitched. "You guys are certainly optimistic. The Sect Token... it can’t be used unless most of the Sect’s disciples have died in battle."

"Huh?"

Zhou Xiao was shocked. "Isn’t it something you’re supposed to use the moment you can’t hold on anymore?"

Zhu Xiangchen’s gaze was complex. "The Sect Token is a one-time chance. If we use it this time, what about the future?"

"But... but this is the border..." Zhou Xiao didn’t know what to say. "But this place is near the border of Demon Cave Valley, a place where demon beasts naturally appear. With a demon beast invasion and so many mortals and Cultivators here, shouldn’t the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect take care of it?"

This was Ten Thousand Immortals Sect territory, after all. Shouldn’t maintaining border security be their duty?

"Why?" Zhu Xiangchen seemed perplexed. "The Ten Thousand Immortals Sect gave us this token to give us one chance. The mortals and Cultivators here... what do they have to do with them?"

Zhou Xiao was at a loss for words.

She had never ventured out before and hadn’t expected the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect’s management style to be like this.

’Don’t they also pay taxes?’

’If they pay taxes, shouldn’t the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect be responsible?’

The Sect Token was a last resort, but what about normal times?

Zhou Xiao’s thoughts were even more naive than Song Jiulai’s had been back then.

Although the players already knew a sect could be annihilated from the incident with the Spirit Fox Sect, that had involved a Demon Cultivator.

This demon beast invasion should be considered an unexpected event. Shouldn’t the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect get involved?

But now she was starting to understand, and she was stunned. "If this demon beast invasion becomes really severe, will the people from the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect still not intervene?"

"Someone would have to notify them," Zhu Xiangchen said. "The Ten Thousand Immortals Sect has a Teleportation Array in Demon Cave Valley, but the demon beasts didn’t necessarily come from there. You said before that it might be related to that Demon Cultivator from the Spirit Fox Sect. If it is, the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect definitely won’t get involved."

"How could a massive sect like the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect possibly bother with such trivial matters? This demon beast invasion... even if all the people in our Wang’an County, including our entire Feique Sect, were truly wiped out, the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect wouldn’t pay any attention unless the demon beasts launched a large-scale invasion reaching a place like Liu Xian City. But if it really got to that point, our Wang’an County would have been gone long ago. We wouldn’t be able to stop it."

Zhou Xiao was dumbfounded.

’Huh?’

’Does that mean the scale is too small, that it’s beneath the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect to even act?’

’But precisely because the scale is small, for the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect, it should be a matter they could resolve with a wave of their hand... ’

’It’s a demon beast invasion, and Wang’an County has several thousand people!’

’Are these thousands of people not people?’

’So they can only rely on the Feique Sect itself?’

Zhou Xiao knew it was naive of her to apply real-world logic to a game, but this place was just too realistic.

So realistic that if she were to compare it to the real world, she felt this Cultivation environment was indeed a bit cruel.

It was a good thing Song Jiulai had summoned the players in a game-like mode from the very beginning.

That was why after entering the game, even though they thought of it as a game, the environment—identical to reality—allowed them to retain the worldview from their modern society. Compared to the people of the Yunzhou Continent, this made them seem somewhat childish and naive.

But sometimes, this childishness and naivety weren’t necessarily a bad thing.

At least, not for the mortals of the Yunzhou Continent.

Zhou Xiao’s thoughts were a mess, but Zhu Xiangchen’s words kept coming, not giving her much time to think. "We just have to hold on. Maybe things aren’t that serious. Our senior brothers and sisters are on their way back."

Noticing Zhou Xiao’s uneasy expression, Zhu Xiangchen offered a few words of comfort.

Zhou Xiao shook her head. "Forget it. You’re right. It’s better to rely on ourselves than on others."

As they spoke, a few Flame Birds charged toward Zhou Xiao.

Zhou Xiao flung out a Palm Thunder with one hand and simultaneously hurled a water ball. In the Yunzhou Continent, not only were mental methods unscientific, but the fact that water could conduct electricity suddenly became very scientific.

The electricity and water mixed, causing the Flame Birds to twitch uncontrollably, their bodily flames unable to withstand the damage.

Zhu Xiangchen watched, dumbfounded. He held back for a moment, but couldn’t resist asking, "Where did you get your Palm Thunder from?"

"Ah..."

Zhou Xiao suddenly realized that Palm Thunder was very expensive on the market.

Very few of the Feique Sect’s own disciples knew Palm Thunder.

And yet, quite a few from her Longevity Sect did.

With the current emergency, it was impossible to hide it anymore. Zhou Xiao figured that after this "event," a conflict with the Feique Sect was bound to start. She thought for a moment and said, "I’ll tell you after we’ve dealt with the demon beasts."

Zhu Xiangchen nodded.

Zhou Xiao’s cultivation was now higher than his; it was only because of her good temper that he dared to ask.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have dared to question where the Palm Thunder came from at all.