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

Chapter 86: Chapter 86: Need to See a Wider World

Mu Qiu was also on her way back.

She had stayed on the First Mountain long enough; she couldn’t remain there any longer in this bizarre weather.

And she was lucky enough on her way back to run into Han Tian and his group.

"Mu Qiu!"

Han Tian recognized her from a great distance.

Mainly because the default system faces from the Sect were too easy to recognize.

Everyone looked more or less the same when they first joined, but after a certain amount of cultivation, subtle changes would appear.

Even the system faces had their differences.

Mu Qiu, at least, had tweaked a couple of minor details back at the start, so she looked less like a default character.

"Lord Han?"

Seeing his group, Mu Qiu was a bit surprised. "Are you all heading back?"

"Yeah, it’s snowing so hard, what else would we do? It’s freezing! Besides, there are fewer and fewer demon beasts. People say they also hide during extreme weather, like hibernation."

Zhou Xiao was the first to approach Mu Qiu. "Mu Qiu, I heard you got a Flying Sword Magic Treasure? Can you let us see it?"

They were all players; there was no need for that old "don’t show off your wealth" nonsense.

Zhou Xiao was just too curious.

Liang Xueyao and Jiang Ya were also very curious about Mu Qiu now.

Han Tian also said, "Would you mind? My stream viewers want to see it too."

Mu Qiu nodded. "Why not?"

When not in use, Feixue was kept in her Jiezidai. At the very beginning, Mu Qiu couldn’t even afford a Jiezidai; she had to donate her demon beast kills right away.

But she had finally saved up enough money.

With a flick of her hand, a Flying Sword emanating a sharp, frosty aura appeared in her grasp.

This move made Zhou Xiao go, "WHOA!"

Jiang Ya’s eyes also held a trace of envy. After all, it was the first Xuan-grade Magical Treasure in the game. Who wouldn’t be envious?

This was a once-in-a-lifetime lucky encounter.

Feixue floated quietly in mid-air. Han Tian even zoomed in with his camera to give his stream’s viewers a clearer look.

[Wow, what a beautiful sword]

[There are snowflakes floating on the blade! The effects are incredible! No wonder it’s called Feixue.]

[Damn! My crafter’s DNA is tingling. I want to make merch of this sword!]

[Amazing. This must be the first Flying Sword among the players, right?]

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By now, the viewers of Han Tian’s stream had more or less accepted that they were, in fact, playing a game.

For one, after all this time, no one in the real world had managed to dig up any information about Han Tian’s "film crew" or the "set location."

If it were all just editing and special effects, a production of this quality would cost a fortune in effects alone—an amount no one could possibly afford.

The main reason some people still debated whether it was a game was that *Starting with a broken sect* had so few slots—only 100 people in the entire country. ’Even if every one of them came out and said a few words, I still wouldn’t believe it.’

’Not unless I get to play it myself.’

Others were simply bewildered. How could such a full-dive VR game suddenly appear out of nowhere?

The Weibo account for *Starting with a broken sect* had also surpassed the 500,000 follower mark.

Now, many people were clamoring to know when the game would finally have its open beta.

In the real world, major game development companies were all searching for information about the Longevity Sect, but they couldn’t dig up a single clue.

The game companies, already sensing a seismic shift in the industry, now had a very bad feeling.

Back in the game, after Mu Qiu showed off her Flying Sword, Liang Xueyao asked a soul-searching question: "When you use this sword, do you just make it fly around and kill monsters?"

Do Sword Cultivators wield the sword in their hand, or do they shoot it out like a hidden weapon?

This has been a mysterious question since ancient times.

If it’s the latter, then couldn’t you just replace the Flying Sword with any other weapon?

Mu Qiu didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. "You control it with Spiritual Energy for ranged attacks. If you run out of Spiritual Energy, you can hold it and fight like a warrior. However, this sword also has an ice effect, which can be seen as an extra feature. Demon beasts hit by it will suffer additional damage in the form of slowing and sluggishness."

It was versatile, for both offense and defense.

That was the whole point of a Flying Sword Magic Treasure.

Han Tian’s eyes lit up. "Damn, it really is worthy of being a Xuan-grade Magical Treasure! But hey, you shouldn’t be fighting alone anymore. Why don’t you team up with us? With you, our demon beast hunting speed will be even faster. We want to go after some Third-stage Demon Beasts."

Mu Qiu was also a little surprised. "Doesn’t that mean getting really close to the Demon Cave Valley?"

They could handle Second-tier Demon Beasts now. If they worked together, taking on a Third-stage one wasn’t impossible.

Han Tian’s team was the definition of hardcore grinders.

Han Tian nodded. "Yeah. And it’s dangerous for you to log off when you’re playing solo, right?"

Mu Qiu fell into thought.

’That’s true.’

The only unreasonable thing about this game was that after you logged off, your body remained right where it was on the Yunzhou Continent.

It was like a soulless puppet. And if you didn’t log on for a long time, the Spiritual Energy couldn’t be maintained, and the body would even rot.

The system had warned them about this.

Of course, they said you could request an upgrade from the system in the later stages of the game.

That way, your physical body wouldn’t decay even if you were offline for an extended period.

As for the reason—because later on, Song Jiulai would have the money to use better medicine powder to make better bodies for them.

Every time Mu Qiu logged off, she would find a safe place—by digging a hole and burying herself in it.

She had also read up on it; by scattering the blood of a demon beast nearby, other demon beasts generally wouldn’t find her body.

She had been lucky, and nothing had happened to her so far.

It was simpler for the other players. They could watch over each other.

Besides, they didn’t run into people from other Sects. Except for special cases like Lü Rongyu, but Lü Rongyu also adventured alone and didn’t really hang out with Wu Dahu and the others. For now, no one had noticed the Longevity Sect’s problems.

Seeing Mu Qiu hesitate, Han Tian said, "You’ve already quit your job anyway. Our Realms are low right now, so it’s better to stick together. After we reach Foundation Establishment, we can move about freely. The main thing is, we’re worried about running into people from other Sects and causing trouble."

Those words struck a chord with Mu Qiu. She made her decision. "Alright."

Han Tian lit up. "It’s even better with you on board! We’re planning to catch a Third-stage Demon Beast, the Firefly Demon Deer. It’s one of the tamable demon beast species, and it’s not hideously ugly, either."

Mu Qiu’s brow twitched. "But Firefly Demon Deer are herd animals. If you want to catch one, will it be enough with just us?"

The disciples of the Feique Sect didn’t bother catching them because they practiced Artifact Refining and could just use Flying Magical Treasures. Why would they waste the effort catching a demon beast?

They would have to feed it, too, which was another extra expense.

Plus, they weren’t a Beast Taming Sect. If you didn’t raise a demon beast well, there was a high chance it would turn on you. That’s why most Cultivators wouldn’t bother trying to catch one.

But the Longevity Sect was different. They were too poor. All their money had been sucked dry by the Sect Master. To the players, what did "herd animal" mean?

It meant free transportation gifted by nature itself! Not going to steal—no, *catch*—a few would be a disservice to themselves.

Liang Xueyao spoke up, "I’ve learned a Secret Technique for raising demon beasts. It would be a shame not to try it."

’That’s also true.’

The Secret Techniques offered by the Sect currently covered several major categories, and Han Tian’s team was clearly well-equipped with all of them.

Traveling on her own was indeed too slow.

So, Mu Qiu made up her mind. "Alright, let’s go give it a try."

Although it was dangerous, after experiencing the cultivation and rewards that came from hunting demon beasts like this, they could no longer go back to holing up inside the Sect.

This game was too thrilling. They needed to see the wider world.