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

Chapter 93: Chapter 93: Not Recruiting Foreigners

Liang Xueyao had Jiang Tianya come over to his house.

Jiang Tianya had been immersed in the game for several days straight and hadn’t left his house, so when Liang Xueyao called, he came right over.

The two brothers enjoyed a rare afternoon tea together.

Jiang Tianya sighed with emotion. "How long has it been since we’ve sat down for a proper chat like this?"

And this was the result of playing the game for less than ten days.

Liang Xueyao smiled. He had indeed lightened up a lot after entering the game and could even joke with Jiang Tianya now. "Bro, this game is really fun. I’m grateful you came to me back then."

Jiang Tianya’s gaze swept over Liang Xueyao’s leg.

Unfortunately, his leg had been amputated.

’If only...’

A moment later, Jiang Tianya turned his head away with an amused smile.

’I must be getting obsessed with this game, to actually be thinking things like, ’If only the game were real.’’

Beside him, Liang Xueyao suddenly spoke. "Have you noticed any changes lately from playing the game so much?"

"Nope," Jiang Tianya replied readily. "Why do you ask?"

"It’s nothing," Liang Xueyao said. "It’s just that when you play a game for too long, it can be hard to distinguish reality from the game."

Jiang Tianya nodded. "I know. With a game this realistic, it’s hard to tell the difference."

In fact, the moment you entered that world, you got completely immersed.

It was just that, having memories of the modern world, their perspectives sometimes made them stand out.

Liang Xueyao did some mental calculation. "How long do you think it’ll take us to reach Foundation Establishment?"

"That’s hard to say," Jiang Tianya said. "Judging by the progress of Mu Qiu and the others, best case is maybe half a year in-game time. Worst case... who knows if we progress at the same rate as the locals?"

This was also why they didn’t fully consider themselves native Cultivators.

They felt like the game was still giving them a cheat code, so to speak.

After all, based on the normal progression rate on the Yunzhou Continent, even the most talented players shouldn’t be able to cultivate so quickly in a place like Wang’an County.

How many Qi Refining Middle Stage cultivators did the Feique Sect even have?

They’d only been playing for a month, and they already had a double-digit number of them, with more appearing all the time.

In terms of combat power alone, catching up to the Feique Sect was only a matter of time, not an impossibility.

Liang Xueyao, however, saw other potential problems. "Do you think we’ll have some disagreements with the Feique Sect down the line? Sooner or later, there will be more and more players. At that point, Wang’an County will be full of our people. The Feique Sect can’t possibly just stand by and watch, right?"

Jiang Tianya frowned. "The Sect Master should have a plan for this."

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have let them develop so freely.

Speaking of the Sect Master, Liang Xueyao’s attention turned to the real-world identity of ’Song Jiulai’. "Still haven’t found anything?"

"Besides thinking they’re likely the same person, I can’t find any reason why she would have entered the game."

Jiang Tianya thought for a moment. "And I think the government has gotten involved. The intel my people sent back says that information about Song Jiulai’s identity is no longer publicly searchable. I’m not going to investigate any further."

Since the government was involved, he couldn’t go against them.

Song Jiulai’s identity had originally been very simple, which was why Jiang Tianya had been able to uncover it so easily.

If they had also confirmed she was the same person as the in-game Song Jiu, then it was obvious Song Jiulai’s real-world identity must be completely scrubbed.

It was to prevent trouble in the future when the game got bigger and had more players.

"So they’ve confirmed some things on their end now?" Liang Xueyao mused. "Uncle Wei also came to me a while ago. I just told him everything I knew. I’m not actually that concerned about all this. I just want to know, what is the purpose of this game? What do we mean to the Sect Master?"

Jiang Tianya thought for a moment. "We were very poor when we entered the game, remember? We had nothing. Of course, we’re still poor now. Maybe... maybe she just needs our help."

Liang Xueyao’s gaze was a little lost. "Is it that simple?"

Jiang Tianya said, "It’s just a guess. If she is connected to the real-world Song Jiulai, and she is from Huaxia, I’d look for people I could trust if I were her. The fact that this game launched in our country, and not abroad, says a lot."

That was why the government wouldn’t do anything to this game for now. They would only make their moves quietly.

Since this kind of black technology chose to start in Huaxia, the nation had to seize this opportunity.

What if it fell into foreign hands?

Thinking of this, Liang Xueyao suddenly added, a little strangely, "Then what if foreigners find out? There are quite a few foreigners in our country."

It was probably out of selfish reasons, but Liang Xueyao actually didn’t want this game to be discovered by foreigners.

Even if it was discovered, it should only be after the people of Huaxia had all established a firm foothold inside.

They still didn’t know how many more slots the Sect would open up in the future.

The process for getting a slot in this game was completely whimsical and relied entirely on luck; there was nothing anyone could do about that.

"Maybe the government has a plan," Jiang Tianya said, though he didn’t know either.

Of course the government had a plan.

The system only said you couldn’t cheat to get a slot; it didn’t say they couldn’t hinder foreigners, did it?

These game slots definitely wouldn’t be snatched up by foreigners at this stage.

At the very least, foreigners who were officially registered in the country would not be allowed. As for others, like spies, that was indeed hard to prevent.

They could only hope the game itself would do the filtering.

They say technology knows no borders, but for an Immortal Cultivation Game, the people of Huaxia should get to play their fill first!

The game already had a following among foreigners.

They all came from watching Han Tian’s streams.

However, they were watching the game mainly out of curiosity for Eastern cultivation. Because the footage was so realistic, it had already been reposted on major foreign websites.

The Broken Sect had trended on Weibo before, and slots were released soon after.

The government wasn’t sure now if Song Jiulai needed this publicity, so they hadn’t directly intercepted the flow of information.

Song Jiulai did indeed need the energy converted from the popularity, but when it came to screening people, she had her own selfish motives.

Anyone who grew up in Huaxia, even if they were of mixed race, she would let them pass the screening as long as they had Huaxia citizenship.

After all, the system couldn’t prevent everything.

Foreigners were an absolute no-go; they wouldn’t pass the identity and origin check.

You couldn’t call it discrimination on Song Jiulai’s part—I mean, she was from Huaxia, what do you expect?

Of course she would prioritize her own people.

At this stage, there were 100 (99) Inner Sect Disciples. New players who joined later could only be considered Outer Disciples.

Song Jiulai was still calculating these trivial matters when she ran into something that hit her like a ton of bricks.

It was a female cultivator, rushing down the road.

She looked rather disheveled, and her aura was stronger than Song Jiulai’s, roughly at the Late-stage of Qi Refining.

She was also heading toward Wang’an County through the heavy snow, and she stopped when she saw Song Jiulai.

"Your Excellency, are you from the Feique Sect?"