The Game with Fairies

The stern questioning of Granny Gu made Li Muyang and the Shape-Shifter Master on the long street freeze simultaneously.

The Shape-Shifter Master’s head instinctively turned to look at Li Muyang beside him, his face full of astonishment.

And Li Muyang, the person in question, was even more bewildered.

“Ah?”

Jiang Xiaoyu died hundreds of years ago?

That Xiao Yecao who was entangled by the Flesh and Bone Green Garment also died long ago?

What’s going on?

Was the plot that unfolded in the ‘Deadly Weed’ instance all fake?!

Li Muyang, filled with doubts, looked at Granny Gu and said, “Granny Gu, are you joking?”

Facing Li Muyang, who claimed to be Jiang Xiaoyu, the mysterious Granny Gu was unusually serious.

At this moment, she no longer looked frail and aged.

Her gaze was stern, her eyes cold, and the previously kind and amiable features now appeared fierce and sinister.

【Granny Gu: Your corpse was personally delivered to the ancestral temple by this old woman.】

【Granny Gu: It’s the custom of Black Cloud Village that all the deceased must be buried in the ancestral temple to return to nothingness.】

【Granny Gu: I remember clearly that you were indeed dead, having perished young due to demonic cultivation going awry.】

【Granny Gu: But I never expected, you brat, to actually be reborn from the dark void and return to the mortal world…】

【Granny Gu: Boy, what did you experience in the void?】

Granny Gu’s expression was sinister, looking incredibly eerie.

Even though she hadn’t done anything yet, her presence alone was enough to send chills down one’s spine, making all the hairs on one’s body stand on end.

Seeing her in such a state, the Shape-Shifter Master immediately yelled out.

【Shape-Shifter Master: Run! Boy, run!】

【Shape-Shifter Master: No matter what your origin is, this old witch is summoning an evil god! She’s serious!】

The Shape-Shifter Master shouted anxiously.

Li Muyang instinctively wanted to flee.

However, Granny Gu, who was no longer hunched over, let out a cold, hoarse laugh.

The next second, a massive and indescribably terrifying shadow rose behind Granny Gu.

The moment that shadow descended, just being a shadow, the entire Nanjiang City shook violently.

Li Muyang, holding the immortal sword, instinctively wanted to resist.

But a cold and intangible force approached slowly, and Li Muyang, touched by this cold force, watched helplessly as everything in his field of vision turned into colorful noodles, drifting away…

【Victory or defeat is a common occurrence in warfare. Hero, please try again】

Seeing this defeat message in his field of vision, Li Muyang steadied himself and was silent for a while before recovering.

“That was somewhat scary…”

Although there was no pain in dying in the game. However, the experience of everything in his field of vision turning into colorful noodles and flying away when that terrifying evil god’s shadow descended still left Li Muyang deeply shaken.

This mysterious Granny Gu actually had such terrifying means?

After the evil god’s shadow descended, everything on the entire long street including Li Muyang, the Shape-Shifter Master’s head, and even the streets, walls, ground… everything was vanishing.

The only thing that did not vanish was the Startling Swan Immortal Sword.

The grand and inexplicably horrifying scene left Li Muyang extremely startled.

This Granny Gu was too fierce, far stronger than the group of demon kings in the city.

It seemed he should not provoke her.

Once this old woman went mad, she was simply invincible.

Li Muyang took a deep breath and reloaded the game.

This time, facing Granny Gu who was blocking the way, Li Muyang didn’t say a word, picked up the Shape-Shifter Master’s head, turned around, and ran.

He had already gathered almost enough intelligence, and the clues Granny Gu gave him were completely unexpected.

In Granny Gu’s life experiences, Xiao Yecao and Jiang Xiaoyu never got together.

Jiang Xiaoyu died due to demonic cultivation going awry, and Xiao Yecao died shortly after entering the village at the hands of the Flesh and Bone Green Garment.

These two might not have even met…

Li Muyang recalled the self-talk of Leng Aqi at the start of ‘Deadly Weed’ when entering the game.

‘Am I actually not dead?’ (Chapter 15)

Looking back now, the information was too big!

Holding the Shape-Shifter Master’s head, Li Muyang ran wildly through the streets, with Granny Gu attempting to pursue him from behind.

However, Li Muyang took out the soul-cutting flying knives and threw all 17 of them out in one breath.

Granny Gu’s ability to summon the evil god had scared Li Muyang, and he didn’t dare to hold back, directly smashing his trump card in her face.

Yet, as the 17 flying knives tore through the sky and shot towards Granny Gu behind him, the old woman did not summon the evil god but instead seemed somewhat flustered in dodging and parrying.

“Soul-cleaving flying knives? Are you instructed by Luo Feng?!”

Granny Gu was shocked.

But in the gap when she was distracted by the flying knives, Li Muyang had already taken the Shape-Shifter Master’s head and the immortal sword and quickly disappeared around the corner.

After running wildly for a long time, Granny Gu never seemed to catch up from behind.

Li Muyang muttered to himself.

This Granny Gu’s strength fluctuated… Could it be that summoning the evil god actually came at a great cost? Not something she could easily do?

But having escaped from her pursuit, everything else could be discussed.

After catching his breath in the shadows, Li Muyang didn’t rush to continue his journey after returning to the combat zone.

Instead, he turned to survey his surroundings. Then, he raised the immortal sword and aimed its blade at the bluestone pavement beneath his feet.

The blade of the immortal sword easily traced lines across the stone, eventually carving out a row of deep, engraved characters: 【Heaven nurtures all creatures for the benefit of man, yet man still blames Heaven for its cruelty】

The head of the Shape-Shifter Master, upon seeing these carved words, was taken aback.

【Shape-Shifter Master: ???】

【Shape-Shifter Master: Boy, what are you doing? Why are you suddenly carving words into the ground?】

Li Muyang sneered and said, “Just an experiment.”

After speaking, Li Muyang chose to save the game and then exited.

The words of Granny Gu had given him a hypothesis to test.

Now was the time to verify it.

Back in the real world of Demon Sword City, Li Muyang opened his eyes and looked around to get his bearings before getting up to leave.

In the game, Nanjiang City was a battlefield of chaos, with rivers of blood where demons and humans fought, leaving corpses scattered everywhere amidst the smoke of war.

However, the real Demon Sword City was eerily quiet, with even the bustling areas lacking people.

Li Muyang followed the path from the game through the deserted streets until he reached the location where he had carved the words in the game.

But the bluestone pavement that he had marked with the immortal sword showed no difference from the others in his field of vision.

It was blank, covered only in dust, without any trace of Li Muyang’s carvings.

“《Deadly Weed》 and 《Legend of Sword and Fairy》 can’t interfere with reality?”

Li Muyang looked at the smooth, blank stone and slowly shook his head, “Both games are based on events from the past, while 《Three Kingdoms: Demon Subduing Record》 reflects ongoing events. So, are there two types of system games?”

One can interfere with reality, while the other has no impact…

In the game, Li Muyang had rescued Xiao Yecao and received Granny Gu’s entrustment.

However, Granny Gu in 《Legend of Sword and Fairy》 only remembered that Jiang Xiaoyu had long since died.

“There’s another possibility…”

Li Muyang looked at the bluestone pavement beneath his feet and said, “Perhaps the game’s impact on reality only occurs after the game is cleared…?”

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