Gold Core Is A Star, You Call This Cultivating Immortality?

Chapter 17: Online Chat

On the carriage, Jinli couldn't wait to flip through the books.

As the night grew deeper, she continued to search for the information Qi Yuan needed after returning to the palace.

"Your Majesty, it's already the hour of the tiger. It's time to rest. If Your Majesty's health is not well, this servant cannot bear the responsibility," reminded the maid in a goose-yellow palace dress.

Jinli didn't even lift her head. "Hmm."

There was a lot of information in the Yugu Mansion about the clothing and hat prohibition. Jinli was looking for the answers Qi Yuan asked for, while also collecting other information about the clothing and hat prohibition to share with him and help him.

"I finally found it." Jinli's eyes brightened. "All the clothing and hat monsters are connected as one, sharing information with each other. However, this connection weakens greatly every night!"

Having obtained this information, she quickly took out Linglong Yuxi and told Qi Yuan about it.

At the same time, she also told Qi Yuan about the information she had organized regarding the clothing and hat prohibition.

After sending these messages, she felt excited. But when she saw what the books recorded, she showed a puzzled expression.

"The ancient texts only mention the clothing and hat monsters. What does Qi Yuan mean by bellyband monsters? Could it be that there are other clothing and hat monsters within the clothing and hat prohibition?"

Jinli was puzzled.

However, she would be able to find out the reason once the guards she had sent returned.

She wondered if the guards had seen Qi Yuan.

What does Qi Yuan look like?

Jinli was curious.

Putting down the book, a strong sense of fatigue washed over her. She was tired, and her long legs and delicate feet were a little sore.

The aftermath of kneeling for three hours had not completely dissipated.

...

The sunlight shone lazily on Qi Yuan's body.

Having just crawled out of a pit, he still had the smell of soil on him.

He looked up at the sun and said, "So round, just like a Gold Core."

As usual, he opened the Heavenly World chat.

In the chat area, there were many messages sent by Jinli.

He read them one by one.

"As expected, three mediocre people can still make a great Zhuge Liang. Seeking help from Jinli was indeed useful."

From Jinli, he obtained useful information.

"It turns out that the clothing and hat monsters are indeed connected, but their connection weakens greatly at night. This is my opportunity."

"However, it's not a good time to test it now since it's broad daylight. I'll have to wait until nightfall."

Qi Yuan continued to read the messages below.

Jinli not only provided the information he needed, but also marked some dangerous areas and explained the distribution of strong clothing and hat monsters.

"She's really...virtuous, no, it should be thoughtful and considerate," Qi Yuan thought, realizing something and immediately changing his words.

After all, in the previous life, the term "virtuous" had to some extent become a derogatory term.

"It's boring to wait until it's dark to fight monsters."

Qi Yuan was bored and sent a bunch of messages to Jinli.

Although Jinli might not be online and couldn't reply immediately, it didn't affect anything.

He continued to talk to himself.

"The scenery here is indeed beautiful, but the clothing and hat monsters are a bit creepy, much scarier than ghost movies on TV. If I weren't level 82, I might really be scared."

"It's a pity that I can't take photos. Otherwise, I could show you the scenery here. Maybe it would startle you."

Qi Yuan sent messages and suddenly thought, "Hey, what do you look like?"

If he could take photos, maybe he could see what his female online friend looked like.

Unfortunately, in this game, he couldn't send pictures or videos.

Originally, Qi Yuan thought that Jinli would reply to his messages later, but he didn't expect to receive a message from Jinli immediately after sending his messages.

"I... look okay."

On the other hand, Jinli's mood was not calm, even more turbulent than when she first saw Quanxiang Sima Ting.

"I'm also okay. How about we meet up sometime?" Qi Yuan had a good impression of Jinli.

During his serious illness, the only person he talked to was Jinli.

And Jinli's personality and temperament were quite compatible with Qi Yuan. In short, they got along well, and he didn't see anything he disliked about Jinli.

Jinli sat on the mahogany chair, a faint fragrance wafting in the air. She looked at the words in Linglong Yuxi for a while before solemnly saying, "Sure!"

Seeing this, Qi Yuan also smiled. "By the way, is the map you went to different from mine? The map I have now only has four forbidden areas and two restrictions. I can only stay here and can't leave."

Map?

Four forbidden areas and two restrictions?

Isn't it just one restriction?

"By the way, you're not here to grind monsters, right? You're following the game's storyline, aren't you? What's your role here and what difficulties have you encountered? Tell me, maybe I can give you some advice." Without waiting for Jinli to answer, Qi Yuan asked kindly again.

Jinli in the hall felt a bit dizzy.

She knew that Qi Yuan spoke strangely and incoherently.

The difficulties he mentioned? Role?

Was he asking about her real-life identity?

Originally, when she met Qi Yuan by chance, she didn't fully reveal her identity.

After all, she was the ruler of the Southern Qian Kingdom, with a special status, and she had concealed it from Qi Yuan before.

But now...

"I am... the Empress of the Southern Qian Kingdom." Jinli no longer hid her identity.

"Wow? Your character in the game is so powerful, turns out you're an empress! No, I really have to meet you. In my whole life, I haven't even met a mayor, let alone an empress. Being an empress is really rare."

Hearing this, Jinli could only smile bitterly.

"What is your current mission?" Qi Yuan continued to ask.

Mission?

Jinli had already gotten used to Qi Yuan's strange way of speaking, and she roughly understood what he meant. "As the Empress of the Southern Qian Kingdom, I have the Prime Minister Sima Ting coveting the throne internally, the Northern Han Kingdom invading externally, and Demonic Beasts attacking our cities from time to time."

"So, your main task now is to get rid of Sima Ting, protect the throne, and then eliminate the other enemies?" Seeing Qi Yuan's casual words, Jinli felt a little shocked.

She had thought about these big issues, but how could she possibly achieve them?

Just maintaining peace would be good enough.

Even if Qi Yuan was an unparalleled emperor, who had mastered the method to enter the Xuan Yuan Forbidden Area and could explore the Yiguan Forbidden Area, even such an unparalleled emperor couldn't achieve what he just said.

"Alas, I don't know the level of the game characters you've encountered, whether they can be killed with a sword." Qi Yuan said, then he asked again, "Have you read the Great Man's Dragon Slaying Technique? It's a great book. The Great Man is very powerful. If you can grasp a bit of his true teachings, this situation would be a piece of cake."

"I haven't read it. The Dragon Slaying Technique? Is it very precious?" When Jinli heard these three words, she felt that it must be something very valuable.

And according to what Qi Yuan said, if she could comprehend the Dragon Slaying Technique, her problems could be solved in an instant.

That book written by the Great Man must be worth a fortune.

"It's not expensive, probably a few hundred coins? You can buy it with a hundred kilograms of grain. Unfortunately, I haven't read it, otherwise I would have taught you. It would have caused a... revolution in the gaming world." Perhaps a heavier word would be more appropriate, so he used "revolution" instead.

Hearing this, Jinli was stunned.

Such a precious book, and it's only worth a hundred kilograms of grain.