The fairies I flirted with in the game became real?!

Under the cold moonlight, a silent black shadow appeared standing in the middle of the street, as if it had been there from the beginning.

She was draped in a black robe, with a mask resembling carved ice on her face, the voice beneath the mask clearly disguised, not her true tone.

The loose black robe enveloped her body, but when the cold night breeze blew, it pressed the fabric tightly against her, vaguely outlining her full curves and slender waist.

This scene, oddly enough, was more provocatively tempting than wearing tight clothes.

...The inventor of the wind is truly a genius!

Li Muyang blinked, almost doubting what he saw.

When he realized the danger, his Eye of Spiritual Sight was always active, to prevent being attacked with an illusion technique.

However, under the Eye of Spiritual Sight that could see through illusions, the black-robed woman in front of him frowned slightly, her features familiar.

That strange mask resembling carved ice seemed to be endowed with some enchanting illusion technique, capable of hiding one's aura and figure, which was originally a mighty magical treasure.

But now, with the addition of the illusion technique, it happened to be restrained by the Eye of Spiritual Sight.

Li Muyang's Eye of Spiritual Sight clearly saw through the ice mask, revealing the face of the woman underneath.

Isn't this... Yan Xiaoru?

Damn!

What is this woman playing at!

Why did she suddenly jump out and scare people?

Li Muyang watched the woman before him with astonishment, unable to gauge her intentions at the moment, and he dared not expose Yan Xiaoru's identity.

He could only hesitantly play along with her role-playing.

"Uh... I'm Li Muyang, do you need something from me, senior?"

If it was just to silence him, there was no need to go through all this trouble...

But under the moonlight, the woman pretended to be serious and said, "Very well, if you are Li Muyang, then follow me."

"I am an old acquaintance of your ancestors, and I once owed them a favor. My visit this time is to repay that ancient debt."

"Come with me."

After speaking, Yan Xiaoru turned and walked away.

After a few steps, she looked back at Li Muyang.

Seeing Li Muyang obediently following, the woman beneath the ice mask breathed a sigh of relief.

The two walked one after the other through the streets and alleys, eventually arriving at a secluded and desolate courtyard.

Yan Xiaoru took out a key, opened the dusty and weedy yard, and walked in.

Li Muyang also followed without any fear.

As they stepped into the courtyard and the gate closed behind them again.

Yan Xiaoru, who had been silent the whole way, then turned around, frowning at Li Muyang, sizing him up.

"...Why don't you have any wariness at all? I told you to follow, and you just did?"Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The woman beneath the ice mask seemed dissatisfied.

Clearly, Li Muyang's compliance displeased her.

Li Muyang looked helpless, "Senior, with your high cultivation, if you wanted to harm me, you could've done it directly. Why bother to go through the trouble of taking me away?"

"...True," Yan Xiaoru accepted Li Muyang's answer.

She nodded her head and then casually waved her hand, sending a breeze through the yard, whisking away all the dust and weeds outside.

Yan Xiaoru then sat down on the clean porch and looked at Li Muyang before her.

"I was a friend of your ancestor, and we had some dealings in the past. I have been in secluded cultivation for years and have recently achieved my cultivation, specially returning to repay the favor."

"I heard that the Li family has produced a man of exceptional martial talent, so I have come to teach you, to not waste your gift."

Yan Xiaoru spun a lie riddled with holes.

The Li family for seven generations were just peasants, and it was only Li Muyang's father, Li Damu, who happened upon a martial arts manual by chance and cultivated his body, gaining a small fortune in Jiuyuan City.

If the Li family could recognize a powerful figure from the Cultivation World, there's no way they would be in their current sorry state.

Any sane person wouldn't believe such an obvious lie.

But upon seeing the woman before him, whose expression was somewhat uneasy and who seemed to have had a hard time coming up with this reason, Li Muyang readily accepted her claim with a face full of surprise.

"That's wonderful! I've heard from my parents since I was a child that our ancestor once knew an immortal cultivator. I never expected it to be you, senior!"

Li Muyang's acting skills were not great, but they surpassed those of Yan Xiaoru who was standing before him.

Yan Xiaoru's face, hidden beneath the icy mask, bore an expression of doubt, as if she was astonished that Li Muyang's ancestor really knew a cultivator.

Since Li Muyang had put it that way, she nodded in agreement, feeling justified.

"Indeed, it is I," she affirmed.

"Now that I have emerged from seclusion and happened to be passing by the territory of the Refinement Demon Sect, I remembered that old cause and effect and came to find you."

"You are quite clever and astute. Do you have any cultivation difficulties, or any questions about cultivation that you do not understand? You can ask me, and I will surely teach you diligently and not let the talent of an old friend's child go to waste."

Yan Xiaoru tried to play the part, adopting the posture of a mysterious senior rather convincingly.

Beneath the ice-cold mask, although her expression was still aloof, there was a hint of glee in her eyes.

It seemed she was quite pleased with herself for having tricked Li Muyang into believing she was a mysterious senior.

Li Muyang wondered to himself, could it be that this high-and-mighty female elder was actually so childish behind the scenes?

Tsk...

But that did fit her character, after all.

She was the type who would prepare to commit suicide in the secret realm simply because she ran out of snacks, decidedly not the cold and aloof type.

Smiling, Li Muyang said, "I have yet to learn how to address you, senior."

Underneath the ice sculpture mask, Yan Xiaoru's expression hesitated slightly.

She bit her lip, pondering, and her eyes darted around.

Eventually, she said, "I've been in secluded cultivation for many years, and my name is no longer known in the cultivation world. But in the past, people used to call me Old Demon Netherworld."

"So it's Senior Old Demon Netherworld. The junior, Li Muyang, greets you respectfully."

After Yan Xiaoru mentioned her title, Li Muyang immediately seized the chance to pay his respects.

Yan Xiaoru looked on with satisfaction at his proper behavior and said, "Good! You are very clever, and I like that."

"As a gift for our first meeting, I'm giving you a flask of Jade Marrow Spirit Liquid."

"Drink it on the spot, meditate to refine it, and I will protect you while you do it."

As she spoke, Yan Xiaoru's right hand lightly flipped, and she took out a small white porcelain bottle from her Qiankun Ring and tossed it to Li Muyang.

Li Muyang obediently accepted it, and without any suspicion, he uncorked and drank it, sitting down to meditate and cultivate.

An immense amount of spiritual energy roamed inside his body and, under the refining influence of Li Muyang, slowly streamed into the Qi Sea of his Dantian, condensing into small, shining "stars" within the vortex of his Qi Sea.

While Li Muyang was cultivating, Yan Xiaoru placed her hand on his shoulder to sense the path of his cultivation technique.

Only after Li Muyang finished cultivating did Yan Xiaoru speak up seriously.

"The cultivation technique you practice is of high quality, an extremely superior technique."

"But it seems you have had no one to guide you? There are many instances when the circulation of spiritual energy is obstructed and incorrect, showing that you have made mistakes in your practice."

As soon as Yan Xiaoru started speaking, she dismantled and explained where the problems lay in the Nether Treasure Manual that Li Muyang was cultivating, and she supervised him on the spot to correct them.

It was not until Li Muyang cycled his spiritual energy through the correct route completely without error that Yan Xiaoru finally removed her hand.

"That's good! Although you are not exceptionally perceptive, you understand when taught."

"From now on, come to this courtyard every night. I will personally teach you how to cultivate."

"To possess such a superior cultivation technique yet have no one to guide you, practicing blindly on your own, would simply be a waste of heaven's gifts!"

Yan Xiaoru looked serious as she finished speaking, staring intently at Li Muyang, waiting for his reaction.

Li Muyang wore a look of surprise.

"Uh..."

After all the trouble... your goal is to instruct me in cultivation?

Why not just call me over directly? Why go through such an elaborate ruse?

It's not like you're a thief, acting all secretive and mysterious.