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

Chapter 142: Chapter 142: The Court Is Distributing Disaster Relief Grain

In the mist, Jin Shu’s ferocious expression gradually faded.

’You have to admit, these illusion-casting demon beasts are pretty skilled.’

Song Jiulai even saw the face of her old bald boss.

His face was also contorted with fury.

"Is your work done?"

"A vacation? What vacation?"

"Salary? The company is your home. Now that it’s facing difficulties, shouldn’t you help? What’s wrong with doing a little free work to help out?"

"..."

Song Jiulai sent three Fireballs his way without a second thought.

"Is that something a human being should say?"

The black mist thinned a little more.

Song Jiulai found it rather funny. "Do these demon beasts really think this is what I’m most afraid of deep down?"

System: "More or less. It affects your nervous system, making your subconscious recall people or events that have oppressed you."

In any case, it thought Song Jiulai was afraid of these things.

But being afraid and wanting to beat the shit out of them weren’t mutually exclusive!

There was still some fear, of course.

Who hadn’t had to swallow their pride and endure humiliation just to earn a pathetic living?

Seemingly surprised at how little effect it was having on Song Jiulai, the black mist’s aura began to stir chaotically.

A large mass of dense fog churned violently as the flames drew ever closer.

Song Jiulai finally saw the hollow eye sockets of the Yin Sha Deer within the dense fog.

A Palm Thunder instantly struck, followed by a tremendous roar.

The Yin Sha Deer stomped its hoof, and in that instant, the earth shook and the mountains swayed. Rocks from the surrounding cliffs came crashing down.

Song Jiulai just saw the ground shake nearby, but she was largely unaffected.

It was as if the Yin Sha Deer was telling her that it had plenty of power and tricks up its sleeve!

Bolts of lightning as thick as a wrist slammed into the Yin Sha Deer’s body. It shrieked, its massive form flickering in and out of sight within the black mist.

At that moment, the black mist enveloping Song Jiulai roiled violently. The original yin-cold air suddenly turned scorching hot.

It was like being instantly thrown into lava. The searing heat rushed over her, and sweat immediately beaded on her forehead.

"Holy shit!"

She cried out, immediately surrounding herself with a water sphere and taking off in one direction as fast as the wind.

This scalding black mist was different from the chilly version; it wasn’t accompanied by ghostly wails.

It was just pure, high temperature, as if it meant to roast a person alive.

"Is it even appropriate for something with such heavy yin energy to use a move like this?!"

The entry for the Fourth-rank Demon Beast only said the Yin Sha Deer’s black mist could corrode the mind. It didn’t say anything about this move!

Why is the information on demon beasts so incomplete these days? If someone just followed the textbook, wouldn’t this be leading them straight to their doom?!

If Song Jiulai hadn’t reacted so quickly, she would have been scalded and lost a layer of skin.

The scorching hot black mist instantly formed a massive tornado-like mass and chased after Song Jiulai.

It was no slower than her.

The ground warped and shimmered, burned through by the intense heat.

She fled in the opposite direction from the Yin Sha Deer. After breaking free from the black mist’s encirclement, the forest scenery reappeared before her eyes.

The Yin Sha Deer was still in its original spot; it hadn’t given chase.

Song Jiulai looked back at it. It stared at her with its two empty sockets, from which a sinister will-o’-the-wisp seemed to glow. With the sky now dim, the sight was even more terrifying.

"Why isn’t it coming over?"

Song Jiulai looked in the Yin Sha Deer’s direction. The moment she had gone over earlier, she’d been consumed by the black mist, so she hadn’t been able to see clearly what was there.

She had only vaguely seen a fissure emitting a faint glow.

System: "Perhaps it looks down on you."

Song Jiulai: "..."

Song Jiulai stared for a moment, then narrowed her eyes. "It’s guarding something. That’s why it won’t come after me."

’There’s definitely something over there.’

’Otherwise, there’s no way it wouldn’t give chase.’

Based on her experience from watching countless TV shows, Song Jiulai knew that for this kind of thing, you couldn’t afford to delay!

So, Song Jiulai immediately charged back in, ready to continuously harass the Yin Sha Deer.

The system delivered some bad news.

"The players might not be able to hold on. There are too many Second-tier Demon Beasts."

The system was also monitoring the situation in Wang’an County in real-time. Even with Su Huanli holding the line, the scale of this demon beast invasion was proving extremely difficult for the current players to withstand.

Song Jiulai asked instinctively, "Are they out of medicine too?"

System: "The players can’t afford to fight with such abundant resources as you."

Song Jiulai paused.

Then she checked her Sect’s assets.

Because she had struck it rich in the Secret Realm, she now not only had several hundred stalks of unsold Third-tier spiritual grass, but also a few extra top-grade spirit stones.

’That was considered very wealthy.’

Although it was all her personal property, she thought for a moment before saying, "Use all the Spirit Stones to restock on Elixir Pills and distribute them to the players. Don’t charge them points."

The system was shocked. "Is the notorious cheapskate finally parting with her money?"

Song Jiulai’s face darkened. "What kind of bullshit is that? If Wang’an County falls, what am I supposed to do?!"

The entire Sect was fighting to survive. As the Sect Master, what was the damn point of hoarding all the wealth for herself?

So, the system issued Song Jiulai’s command.

Those few top-grade spirit stones were enough to buy out the entire stock of Second and Third Rank Elixir Pills at the Medicine Workshop.

Currently, Qi Refining Middle Stage players mostly needed Second Rank supplements. Taking too many was useless, so they needed at least two Third-stage Elixir Pills as a base.

A portion of the players received a quest to purchase the Elixir Pills, and the disciples from the Taohua Sect also hurried to buy another batch.

The players who received the quest to collect the free Elixir Pills could hardly believe it.

"The court is actually handing out disaster relief supplies?"

They had thought this demon beast invasion was a test of the players’ own strength, relying purely on their own abilities.

They never expected the Sect Master would be willing to spend so extravagantly.

But it had to be said, this wave of supplies greatly reduced the pressure on the players.

Zhou Xiao didn’t even have to wait to recover; he popped a Third-stage Qi Replenishing Pill and was instantly back to full health.

He then gathered a group of people and prepared to divide the battlefield.

Meanwhile, the disciples of the Feique Sect, like those of the Longevity Sect, were struggling to hold on.

Most of them couldn’t fight for long before needing to rest, so they were fighting in shifts.

The toll of battle was terrifying.

After all, this was an assault by Second-tier Demon Beasts. Relying on the wave of pills, the players managed to hold out for an extra hour. Just then, Mu Qiu, arriving in the nick of time, charged back into the fray.

The few Third-stage Demon Beasts that Song Jiulai hadn’t sensed earlier now appeared.

Fortunately, Mu Qiu had a longsword. Despite being only at the Late-stage of Qi Refining, he immediately engaged a Black Blood Lion head-on.

A Third-stage Demon Beast was now enough to turn the tide of battle. Seeing one appear, the faces of the Feique Sect disciples changed drastically.

Realizing they had to get serious, they were the first to pull out all sorts of Magic Treasures, which transformed into a golden light that enveloped the Cultivators outside Wang’an County.

The moment the players saw the Feique Sect disciples take out their Magic Treasures, they were dumbfounded.

’So you were holding back this whole time, huh?’

After all, the Feique Sect was an Artifact Refining Sect. How could they not have personal Magic Treasures for self-defense?