The Game with Fairies

“Brother, it’s time to eat~”

The voice of Li Muyang’s little sister, Li Yuechan, rang in his ears as he paused the game and opened his eyes.

The girl, carrying a food container and walking in the sunset, came with a sweet smile.

Li Muyang nodded and got up, temporarily setting aside the game to take the food container from Li Yuechan.

But then he saw the girl hand him a piece of red paper filled with writing.

Li Muyang was puzzled: “What’s this?”

He took the red paper and unfolded it, finding that it was a transfer order.

【Effective immediately, Li Muyang is transferred to the Cloud Sky Flying Boat to await orders…】

A dense array of bureaucratic jargon boiled down to a simple core message.

Starting tomorrow, Li Muyang will be transferred to work on the Cloud Sky Flying Boat, and he needs to arrive at the flying boat by noon to report for duty.

Li Muyang was somewhat surprised: “An assignment to leave?”

This was a rare occurrence in the Outer Sect.

Although the living environment of the Outer Sect was very closed off, with outer disciples hardly ever going out.

Occasionally, the big figures of the Inner Sect would need errand runners and laborers, and that’s when this group of cheap labor from the Outer Sect would come into play.

Although these assignments were mostly menial tasks, the outer disciples still flocked to them eagerly.

Because not only did these assignments offer a chance to interact with the outside world, but the compensation received during these outings far exceeded the norm.

Usually, such opportunities for assignments outside were kept within the small circle of stewards in the Outer Sect.

An outsider like Li Muyang, who kept to himself, would never normally get a chance.

Seeing the puzzled look in Li Muyang’s eyes, Li Yuechan said cheerfully,

“Not just you, brother, I’ve also received the assignment.”

“Steward Wang told me to inform you to report to the flying boat ferry by noon tomorrow, and you mustn’t be late.”

“This time it’s an assignment from Elder Yan, and we might even get to see Sister Ning.”

With Li Yuechan’s words, Li Muyang understood.

Clearly, Elder Yan Xiaoru needed people, and Ning Wan’er, as a disciple of Elder Yan, had conveniently looked after her fellow villagers by including both Li Muyang and his sister Li Yuechan. �

Indeed, it’s good to have connections in high places.

After Ning Wan’er’s rise to prominence, a little care from her provided Li Muyang and his sister with an opportunity to go out that ordinary people could never dream of.

But an assignment to leave…

Li Muyang glanced at the experience bar on his system interface.

【Li Muyang: Qi Refining Realm Ninth Layer 27%】

At this moment, he was close to reaching the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Realm.

He had been planning to steadily make progress, looking for an opportunity to break through quietly.

But now he had to leave unexpectedly, and he certainly couldn’t bring his spiritual rice jar with him, as these assignment opportunities were usually communal living situations.

Traveling with the spiritual rice jar would be too risky.

“Do you know where we’re going?” Li Muyang asked.

Li Yuechan nodded, “Mhm, I heard from Steward Wang that we’re going to an ancient city in the south.”

“Something seems to have happened in that city, and the sect has sent Elder Yan to handle it.”

“It seems to be called Demon Sword City…”

Li Yuechan didn’t have much information. After all, there was no need to explain the personnel movements within the Inner Sect to an Outer Sect disciple.

Steward Wang had only heard a bit of information and passed it on to the Li siblings.

After roughly understanding the destination and the task, Li Muyang said, “So this is just an errand, but there might be certain risks.”

For a task that required an elder to take action personally, one couldn’t expect Li Muyang and the other Outer Sect small fry to be on the front lines.

But accompanying an elder into dangerous territory inevitably meant taking risks—even if they were low.

After chatting with his little sister for a while and instructing her to pack her luggage and personal belongings, Li Muyang bid farewell to his little sister Li Yuechan amidst her complaints of “Alright, alright, I know, brother, you’re such a nag.”

Watching Li Yuechan’s figure leave, Li Muyang returned to his house but didn’t start cooking right away.

He placed the food box his sister had brought and the assignment order on the stove, then took out the silver coins he had saved from a hidden cellar in the house.

The spiritual rice he had harvested last month had all been exchanged for silver coins.

Adding to that the spiritual rice from the sect that he had also turned into money, Li Muyang had finally escaped poverty.

He took this newly saved sum of money and headed towards the foot of the distant mountain.

As the sky gradually darkened, Li Muyang’s figure flickered, shuttling along the deserted, secluded paths with a shadowy trail.

Soon, he arrived at another gathering place of the Outer Sect and found Tie Qifeng.

When Li Muyang arrived, this burly middle-aged man was sitting behind a bamboo fence weaving bamboo strips.

The first time Li Muyang practiced the Remnant Clouds Movement Technique from Black Cloud Village, he had bought demon blood from this man.

Later, when buying geomantic charts and inquiring about information in the market, he had also dealt with Tie Qifeng.

This man was taciturn but well-connected, making him a good partner.

Seeing Li Muyang suddenly appear, Tie Qifeng’s dead-fish eyes furrowed slightly.

“…So late, is it urgent?”

Li Muyang stood outside the bamboo fence and nodded, “I need demon blood. Right now.”

As he spoke, Li Muyang opened his bulging money pouch to show Tie Qifeng the amount of silver coins.

Seeing so much money, Tie Qifeng expressionlessly stood up and asked, “What quality? How much?”

“Low-grade demon blood, as much as this bag of silver can buy.”

“Alright.”

Their exchange was succinct.

After Tie Qifeng stood up and took the money pouch for a brief count, he nodded, “Wait here.”

With that, he pocketed Li Muyang’s money and headed towards the town.

Li Muyang didn’t follow but simply waited there.

Half an hour later, Tie Qifeng returned with a jar, “Here’s the low-grade demon blood you wanted.”

“Good. Until next time!”

After checking the quality of the demon blood, Li Muyang took the jar and left.

This time, considering he was going on a long journey, Li Muyang planned to enhance his combat strength as a precaution.

The Remnant Clouds Movement Technique from Black Cloud Village was powerful, simple to practice, and the cost had been waived by the system, making it the quickest shortcut to increase his combat strength.

Li Muyang, who was about to reach Foundation Establishment, could barely withstand refining his body with low-grade demon blood.

He had intended to refine his body after successfully reaching Foundation Establishment, but now he was forced to do it ahead of schedule.

……

The next day at noon, when Li Muyang arrived at the flying boat ferry with his luggage and met his sister Li Yuechan, he had already successfully refined his body with low-grade demon blood, and the speed of his Remnant Clouds Movement Technique had increased a notch.

But on the surface, Li Muyang showed no change.

Although the demonic patterns on his body had become more intricate and sinister, forming the vague face of a demonic creature at the moment of successful body refining, these patterns soon faded and disappeared, hiding beneath his skin.

At the flying boat ferry, Li Muyang saw his sister Li Yuechan, who had been waiting, and…

“Xiaoshun?”

Li Muyang looked at the young man in front of him in surprise, “How come you’re here too?”

The simple boy from the border town gave an awkward smile, “I guess I’m riding on Brother Li’s coattails. Senior Sister Ning Wan’er conveniently brought me along too…”

Li Muyang smiled and said, “Then the three of us will have company on this journey.”

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