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

Chapter 99: Chapter 99: Isn’t This Nonsense?

Shuitan hesitated for three seconds.

He didn’t know how to comfort Pan Qingyi.

In real life, he wasn’t much of a talker.

His practical skills, however, were another story.

So he said, "It’s alright. You’re still young. Foundation Establishment is just a matter of time. And not just Foundation Establishment—you have to believe in yourself. As long as you have the chance, even Golden Core and Nascent Soul aren’t necessarily a dream."

"Really?"

Pan Qingyi had rarely heard a kind word in his life, so he found Shuitan’s comfort deeply soothing.

He was overjoyed. "Do you really think so?"

Shuitan nodded very sincerely.

After all, he was just a kid, and Shuitan had a high tolerance for them.

Pan Qingyi cheered up. He said, "Junior Brother, don’t worry. If you get too busy, I’ll help you watch the Spirit Field. They’re just bullying you because you’re new and making you do extra work."

Because there wasn’t much benefit to be gained from the Spirit Fields, the Outer Door Servant Disciples of the Sea View Sect all treated it as a rather troublesome daily task.

Having to take care of it without making mistakes while also completing the Sect’s requirements was simply too annoying.

Shuitan smiled and said, "It’s fine."

After talking with Pan Qingyi, he returned to his room.

At least it was safe inside his room.

Shuitan adjusted into a sleeping position and chose to log off for a bit.

He didn’t really want to use the opportunity to return to the Sect.

As soon as he logged off, Shuitan found that someone had sent him a friend request on WeChat.

He opened it and saw it was Chen Miaomiao from the group chat.

This was one of the new players from the first batch. In real life, she was an outstanding university student. Now, she was in charge of the Sect’s Spirit Grass research, truly a rare and specialized talent.

Shuitan accepted her friend request.

Chen Miaomiao didn’t waste time with pleasantries. She sent him a file: "Longevity Sect Spirit Grass Primer: A Simplified Guide to Better Cultivation and Increased Yield."

[Chen Miaomiao]: I’ve asked around. Major Sects like the Sea View Sect place a lot of importance on a disciple’s aptitude and comprehension. You have to grow Spirit Grass better than everyone else. Read this and understand it first. It’ll be a huge help for increasing your Spirit Grass yield and will also benefit your cultivation.

It was no secret among the players that Shuitan had accepted a hidden quest to go to the Sea View Sect.

Because he had said so himself.

Of course, no one discussed it in the game for fear of being overheard.

They only discussed it in the real world.

The Major Sects didn’t really research this sort of thing right now. In their established way of thinking, increasing Spirit Grass yield was done through things like Spiritual Fertilizer or Spiritual Liquid.

But for low-grade Spirit Grass, there was no need to use such good materials.

What Chen Miaomiao gave him was genuinely good stuff.

Shuitan opened it, read the contents, and was silent for a few minutes.

Then he sent a message to Chen Miaomiao.

[Shuitan]: Thanks, expert, but there are some parts I don’t get.

[Chen Miaomiao]: You only don’t get it at the beginning. Once you get some hands-on practice, you’ll pick it up quickly. I’ve already found a way to increase the probability of getting Second-stage Spiritual Grass, and I’ll be able to start large-scale experiments soon. But that’s not much use to you. You should try to get into an away team to hunt demon beasts as soon as possible. Your talent should be expressed in combat.

Shuitan had a great talent for combat. Zhen Weida had said so.

As the only player in the game with an Orange Talent, he definitely couldn’t waste his time growing Spirit Grass.

Chen Miaomiao was only teaching him so he could get noticed by the Sea View Sect faster.

[Shuitan]: Okay, thanks.

[Chen Miaomiao]: You’re welcome. It’s all for the Sect.

After reading the messages, Shuitan wrote a simple report on his game progress for the day and submitted it to the organization.

This was a requirement from his superiors.

The amount of information Shuitan provided was still quite large.

"Liu Xian City is already this huge, and it’s just for a subsidiary sect. I can’t even imagine the scale of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect."

"By this estimate, the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect is equivalent to a large country in our world."

"It’s just a feudal system... The difference is that they actually have the ability to manage it."

"Damn, I’m so jealous Tan Jie gets to play this game. I want to play too!!"

"If more spots are released next time, I heard the boss say we’ll get a day off. He told everyone who can participate to go back home to try and grab one. We probably won’t be able to get one from the base."

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Besides the troublesome heavy snow, news of the Spirit Fox Sect’s incident quickly spread to Wang’an County.

News of a Golden Core Stage Demon Cultivator spread like wildfire.

In an instant, a gloomy mood fell over all the local Cultivators in Wang’an County.

It was clear that everyone was terrified of a Golden Core Stage Demon Cultivator. The fact that the news had even reached here meant the Spirit Fox Sect was truly finished.

’So a Sect really can be wiped out.’

This news gave the players a sense of urgency.

They realized that the line from the game’s launch—that if the Sect was destroyed, the game would shut down—wasn’t a joke after all.

’And the current Sect Master is still so weak!’

’Just look at the Sect!’

The players frantically got to work. First, they found the lifestyle players to build some basic communal dormitories, so the mortals of Wang’an County could move.

They used the remaining time to officially begin the work of reforming Wang’an County.

Such a large-scale operation could not possibly be hidden from the Feique Sect.

After all, the disciples of the Feique Sect also came down the mountain from time to time.

But they couldn’t understand why the Longevity Sect disciples were doing this. When they asked, the Longevity Sect disciples explained that the heavy snow was too dangerous, the mortals couldn’t even leave their houses, and some work couldn’t get started, which was affecting their ability to make money.

Modifying the houses and foundations could raise the temperature and let the mortals live more comfortably. Then, regardless of heavy snow or scorching heat, the mortals could come out and move about freely.

This left the Cultivators of the Feique Sect utterly stunned.

After all, making Cultivators more comfortable was understandable, but making mortals more comfortable?

Since time immemorial, on the Yunzhou Continent, mortals had never been considered important.

In the eyes of Cultivators, they were just a means to potentially give birth to children with Spirit Roots.

Cultivators also married among themselves, and as long as the parents were Cultivators, their children would almost certainly be Cultivators as well.

The only difference was their Spirit Roots.

Under these circumstances, the living space for mortals was squeezed, but their population remained vast.

Their lifespans were too short.

So short that no one was willing to do anything for them. Moreover, they still needed the protection of Cultivators to fend off attacks from demon beasts.

So the Longevity Sect’s matter-of-fact approach naturally struck the Feique Sect as unbelievable.

Especially since the Yunzhou Continent had always advocated that Cultivators who wished to have ambition should not have too much contact with mortals.

Even though the Feique Sect was located here, its disciples rarely descended the mountain.

Shui Ping’s master, Du Lixin, also received this news. She was just slightly disapproving.

"Isn’t this just fooling around?"

Shui Ping was standing next to Du Lixin and didn’t dare to speak upon hearing this.

She didn’t dare say that she actually quite liked those disciples from the Longevity Sect.

Every time she went down the mountain, she felt they were all cheerful and happy in an indescribable way.

Du Lixin hadn’t been down the mountain in a long time. Upon hearing the news, she didn’t do anything about it.

"The current Sect Master of the Longevity Sect is also unreliable, letting his disciples run wild."

Du Lixin commented as such, then looked at Shui Ping.

"Are you planning to go to the border of Demon Cave Valley?"