Chapter 37: Chapter 37: Game Video Recording
After resting for a long while, the poison was suppressed once her Spiritual Energy resumed its normal circulation.
Suddenly, Song Jiulai felt a powerful sensation.
She immediately sat up and began to circulate her mental method. In an instant, the surrounding Spiritual Energy surged wildly into her body. She could clearly feel it was happening much faster than before.
Song Jiulai closed her eyes. When she opened them again, four hours had passed.
Fortunately, no one had come by.
Her body emitted a faint glow.
As she felt the abundant Spiritual Energy flow into her again, the wound on her arm from the corrosive poison vanished completely. An unprecedented sense of relief washed over her.
Song Jiulai blinked. "This is... the Qi Refining Middle Stage?"
She had actually broken through.
This was far faster than she had ever anticipated.
She had planned on returning to the Sect to recover before coming back, but she never expected this disaster to be a blessing in disguise. After completely exhausting her energy, she broke through the bottleneck and entered the Qi Refining Middle Stage in one fell swoop.
Breakthroughs within the Qi Refinement Realm were still relatively easy. Reaching Foundation Establishment, however, was a major hurdle.
Ascending to each new major realm came with its own set of trials.
And she had only been on First Mountain for about ten days.
System: "Not everyone in the Early Stage of Qi Refining has the guts to kill someone of a higher rank."
Song Jiulai: "I was just lucky."
She was indeed lucky. Jin Shu had first been grievously wounded by the Demon Horned Snake. Otherwise, an old hand with so many more years of experience than her would never have fallen so easily.
She had only decided to track Jin Shu down after seeing he was injured.
For someone on First Mountain to be chased into such a state by a Demon Horned Snake, she guessed he must have run out of medicine.
She glanced over. On the ground, Jin Shu’s corpse had grown completely cold.
It wasn’t the first time she had seen a human corpse, but it felt entirely different from seeing the carcass of a demon beast.
She still felt a faint, lingering discomfort.
But this discomfort wouldn’t stop her from doing what she needed to do.
Jin Shu’s entire body was rotting. It was a ghastly sight, emitting a powerful stench.
Now that he was dead, the poison was gradually dissipating.
His corpse was covered in a layer of black filth, his features completely unrecognizable. The only thing left intact was his Jiezidai.
A Jiezidai is bound by its owner’s unique Spiritual Energy imprint. Unless one’s cultivation is a major realm higher, it’s impossible to open without the owner’s willing consent.
Song Jiulai didn’t know what was inside Jin Shu’s Jiezidai, but she recalled that all the techniques he had used were Ice Blade attacks.
At the very least, he had to have an Advanced Technique manual on him.
’This is my spoil from the battle, after all. Even if I can’t open it now, I’ll be able to eventually.’
Then there was the Demon Horned Snake’s carcass.
The Demon Horned Snake’s Snake Gallbladder was a very useful material, one that the Medicine Sect was looking for.
Its value was no less than that of an Earth Spirit Mushroom.
The Demon Horned Snake’s skin could also be used as a material, though it wasn’t as valuable as the Snake Gallbladder.
Because the pustule on its forehead had burst, the integrity of the skin was ruined. It was also a hassle to process, so few Cultivators were willing to buy it.
Song Jiulai thought for a moment. ’Fan Guzhou was a huge help just now.’
’Not many in the Sect can produce fifty Spirit Stones right now. The players are smart; they must have realized I was in trouble. Fan Guzhou exchanged most of the Spirit Stones he had earned.’
’Even if he did it for the points, his help was a godsend.’
’Exchanging for points right now is useless for him, after all.’
’Without that Third-stage Qi Replenishing Pill, I wouldn’t have had the confidence to fight Jin Shu head-on at the end.’
After some thought, Song Jiulai decided to skin the snake and send the skin to Fan Guzhou.
It was a timely act of kindness, and as the Sect Master, she had to show her gratitude.
It would make the reward she had offered for exchanging points well worth it.
But skinning the snake was a major ordeal.
She had no reaction to seeing Jin Shu’s corpse, but the moment she started skinning the snake, she began to throw up again.
’This Demon Horned Snake’s poison is everywhere,’ she thought. ’It’s just disgustingly foul...’
’Now that I’ve broken through to the Qi Refining Middle Stage, I don’t need to go back. From now on, I’ll just have the players farm for Spiritual Medicine remotely.’
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[You have received a personal gift from the Sect Master (one Demon Horned Snake skin). Please collect it at the spawn point.]
The system’s sudden notification made Fan Guzhou freeze for a moment.
He was at the foot of the mountain, busy with his winemaking business.
He was planning to rent a shop at the base of the mountain to open a brewery.
The space on the mountain itself would be for experimenting to see if Spiritual Energy Medicine Wine was feasible.
’The Sect Master... is she alright now?’
When he saw the string of quests the Sect Master had posted that morning, everyone figured she must have run into some kind of trouble.
Moreover, all of them were for purchasing Spiritual Medicine.
There was even a quest for Third-stage Elixir Pills.
But the Sect’s treasury was insufficient, so no one could accept the quest.
It took time for everyone to sell their Demon Beast Materials, and fifty low-grade Spirit Stones for a Third-stage Elixir Pill was still too expensive.
Fan Guzhou hesitated for only a few seconds before converting more than half of the money he had on him. Once he exchanged it for Spirit Stones, it became part of the Sect’s assets. He then tried to accept the quest to buy medicine for the Sect Master, and sure enough, he succeeded.
Clearly, he had made the right move.
’If this game has an affinity system, did I just raise my affinity with the Sect Master?’
Fan Guzhou was especially excited, and for a moment, he felt a new spring in his step as he carried sacks of grain.
He scrolled through the list of permissions available in the points exchange and saw something he could afford.
He thought for a moment, and an idea struck him.
Fan Guzhou found Han Tian, who was also busy. Han Tian was swamped today, just trying to keep up with logging all the information on Demon Beast Materials.
"Lord Han, I’d like to discuss something with you."
Han Tian looked at Fan Guzhou and nodded. "What’s on your mind?"
Fan Guzhou said, "I looked at the points exchange list, and there’s something I can redeem: one hour of game video recording permission for 500 points. I know you want to get into streaming and create content for this game. I want to sell the permission to you. Are you interested?"
Han Tian’s eyes lit up. "Are you sure?"
They currently didn’t have enough points to see the full range of items the system offered for exchange.
Fan Guzhou nodded. "I’m sure."
In his mind, Fan Guzhou asked the system a question.
"System, can points be transferred to other players?"
The system’s reply was swift: "No, but you can redeem an item and then choose to gift it to another player."
Fan Guzhou relayed the system’s answer to Han Tian.
Han Tian clapped his hands. "Alright, I won’t beat around the bush. If you trust me, brother, just name your price. I’ll send it to you on WeChat."
Fan Guzhou hesitated. "How about a one-to-one rate per point? I’ll sell it to you for five hundred. What do you think?"
He was brewing wine in the game mainly to make a small contribution to the Sect, but at this stage, he felt he could also use it to make a little money for himself.
Han Tian narrowed his eyes. "Brother, that’s too low. How about this: a ten-to-one ratio. I’ll give you five thousand."
’After all,’ he thought, ’once I release a video of this game and it causes a sensation, I’ll earn far more than this. I’m not sure about the microtransaction prices yet, but if points can be used to buy transferable items, then points will be incredibly valuable later on. It’s best to set the price high from the start.’
Fan Guzhou was surprised by Han Tian’s generosity but agreed without hesitation.
He purchased the recording permission and gifted it to Han Tian.
Han Tian could finally record a video of this game and get it out there.
He was going to show all those people on social media—the ones who mocked him daily, asking if he’d played himself into a mental hospital—what was what.
’This is what a real Cultivation World looks like!’
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