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

Chapter 95: Good News, Bad News (Thanks to USTRyan's generous reward!)

With Ning Tao's voice, Qi Yuan suddenly felt that the resistance from the game icon seemed to weaken slightly. And he felt as if someone had gently pulled him.

Seeing this, Qi Yuan's eyes lit up. "I'm here!"

Unexpectedly, the situation had changed like this. Regardless, he had to enter the game first.

In the Flowing Wind Realm, within the Heavenly Heart Palace, Ning Tao pulled up her slipping fragrant shoulder and straightened her half-undone black dress. Her words were provocative, but she didn't really want to offer herself to the owner of that voice.

When she was young and weak, she might have had such thoughts. But now, as the Supreme, she naturally couldn't do that anymore. She wanted to take control of the situation.

The Soul-Locking Jade, floating in the air, had turned crimson. It was like an electrical component that had reached its maximum power. The Soul-Locking Jade seemed to be pulling something.

All of Ning Tao's power was infused into the Soul-Locking Jade. Suddenly, a purple thunderbolt came from the sky.

Boom! The entire sky became dark.

Crack! One of the Three Great Treasures, the Soul-Locking Jade, suddenly shattered.

This caused a trace of surprise to flash in Ning Tao's eyes. Her gaze fell on the nearby Monstrous Egg.

The Monstrous Egg was quietly bound by eighteen iron chains.

Wearing a black dress and black stockings on her legs, Ning Tao walked towards the Monstrous Egg with a seductive look in her eyes. "Husband, you finally decided to come see your wife."

Inside the Monstrous Egg, Qi Yuan was a bit confused. "Where is this place?" he asked the girl in front of him.

The girl's face was partially covered by a black veil, hiding half of her face. The exposed half of her face still made Qi Yuan feel the Creator's love for her.

With a cloud-like bun and eyes as cold as frost, her face carried a charming smile, but Qi Yuan could still sense her resistance.

Ning Tao wore a black dress with a black ribbon tied around her waist, embroidered with various bird patterns using delicate stitches. Her exposed skin was as white as jade, with a sickly pale complexion. Under the black long skirt, her straight and well-proportioned legs were wrapped in black stockings, and her feet, suspended about ten centimeters above the ground, were stepping on the black silk.

Qi Yuan was slightly stunned. He glanced at Ning Tao's delicate feet.

How could there be stockings in this world, and black ones at that?

But then again, if there are skirts in this otherworld, why can't there be black stockings?

Looking at the Monstrous Egg, which had turned blood red, Ning Tao's eyes revealed a trace of fear. "Husband, this is the Heavenly Heart Palace, your new home."

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan was stunned. He now understood his current situation.

In fact, there was good news and bad news.

The good news was that he had entered the game.

The bad news was that he didn't enter the game normally, so he didn't have the identity of a player. Instead, he became a... strange NPC?

He was considering whether to exit the game and raise his spiritual consciousness to the Foundation Building Late Stage in order to enter the game like a normal player. However, Qi Yuan wasn't in a hurry. Since he had sneaked into the game, he could first understand the background of the game.

At this moment, he heard Ning Tao say, "Husband, do you like it when I wear this? I saw you sneak a glance at my thigh just now."

While saying this, Ning Tao slightly lifted her skirt.

Of course, it was still very modest, not even reaching her knees.

Qi Yuan didn't deny it.

Black stockings?

White stockings?

Flesh-colored stockings?

Which man doesn't like tearing them?

He looked at the strange thing he was currently inhabiting and the eighteen thick iron chains on it.

Qi Yuan asked, "Can you let me go?"

"My lord, how could I dare?" Ning Tao replied.

"If I let you go, what will happen if you run away?" she continued.

Ning Tao's face showed a pitiful expression, as if she were a true love-struck fool.

"Don't worry, I won't run," Qi Yuan reassured her.

"I don't believe my lord's words," Ning Tao slowly approached Qi Yuan. "Last time, my lord even said he would hang me up and beat me."

Qi Yuan remained silent, not saying a word.

Then, Ning Tao flew above her, her delicate jade feet lifted, as if she were about to step on Qi Yuan's body. "So, should I boldly hang my lord up and step on him?"

Her feet, wrapped in black stockings, were within reach, with each delicate and round toe neatly arranged like a work of art, fair and delicate.

If they were on the Blue Star, Qi Yuan might have smelled a pungent odor.

But this was not the case, he could even smell a faint fragrance.

However, for some reason, Ning Tao retracted her foot. "I shouldn't humiliate my lord like this, of course, it might also be a favor to my lord."

Qi Yuan felt helpless.

Now, we are the fish on the chopping block, while the other side is the knife.

"What do you want to do?" Qi Yuan had no choice but to ask.

"My lord, it should be me asking you, what do you want to do?" Ning Tao's coquettish gaze revealed a sharp expression.

"When I was still young, you appeared in my world. Why... what are you here for?"

A powerful aura surged.

The air in the entire underground palace became solidified.

The eighteen iron chains that bound Qi Yuan made a clanging sound.

Qi Yuan also felt the terrifying pressure.

This pressure!

More terrifying than the Divine Infant!

He hid in the demonic egg, without saying a word.

He could only hear Ning Tao's half-beautiful face showing a nostalgic expression.

"At first, I thought it was a gift from heaven to me."

"But later, I understood that there are no unprovoked gifts in this world."

"Either you have ulterior motives towards me, or we have a special relationship."

"You only exist in my ears, like a gentle breeze that comes and goes."

"Perhaps every hundred years, I can hear your voice once."

"I thought it might be an illness, hallucinations."

"But well..." Ning Tao looked at Qi Yuan with a complicated gaze, filled with fear, apprehension, attachment, and caution.

Upon hearing this news, Qi Yuan's mind flashed with many thoughts.

He first heard Ning Tao's voice three months ago.

But according to Ning Tao, several hundred or even several thousand years had passed in this world.

Could there be such a time difference?

"I have a superpower, occasionally I can hear other people talking."

"When I hear it, I occasionally answer you," Qi Yuan said, half-truthfully.

Anyway, explaining to an NPC probably wouldn't make much sense.

"Is that so?" Ning Tao chuckled. "Being able to endure for nearly three thousand years, never coming to see me, but appearing in my ears from time to time."

With such scheming, I really can't ask anything.

But that's not important, now you're by my side.

So, everything will be under my control."

"I will seal your memories, and then..." Ning Tao licked her lips, appearing even more charming. "When you break out of the eggshell, you will call me mother."

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan fell silent.

After a long time, he finally spoke.

"You NPCs really play around."

Ning Tao was somewhat puzzled by Qi Yuan's words, but she didn't mind.

There were many things Qi Yuan said before that she didn't understand.

"From now on, you will be my canary."

"Little birdie."

She said as she walked towards Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan looked at Ning Tao and said, "Goodbye!"

He directly disconnected.

Ning Tao in the underground palace was stunned. "Where did the person go?"

A hint of panic flashed in her eyes, but then she calmed down: "Are you asleep?"

The Northern Blood Sea.

An expanse of water.

Within it, countless evil forces were brewing.

Suddenly, the blood sea churned, and a huge demonic crocodile raised a monstrous wave, revealing its massive head from the blood sea.

The dozen or so Supremes who presided over the Northern Blood Sea quickly rose into the air and said, "Greetings, Supreme Crocodile!"

The Supreme Crocodile opened its mouth, and the water from the blood sea gurgled into its massive body.

"The order from the Supreme is that the Heavenly Machine has issued a warning, a Heavenly Demon has entered the world. We must kill the Heavenly Demon without delay!"

One of the Supremes showed a puzzled expression on his face and asked, "What are the characteristics of the Heavenly Demon?"

"The Blood Devil!" The Crocodile said and then submerged back into the blood sea.

After hundreds of breaths, the water level of the blood sea returned to calm.

The dozen or so Supremes guarding the Northern Blood Sea looked puzzled.

"What does this Blood Devil...refer to?"

"Could it be related to the evil forces?"

The Supremes present speculated continuously.

Unfortunately, they dared not ask the Supreme Crocodile, nor did they dare to disturb the Supreme in the depths of the blood sea.

The Supreme was unfathomable.

They feared his power but not his virtue.

...

In the following days, Qi Yuan occasionally entered the game.

Unfortunately, he was trapped in the demonic egg and couldn't play the game at all.

This made him feel a little frustrated.

He hadn't even entered the game yet and was already caught by an NPC. It was embarrassing.

But during these days, he also obtained a lot of important information.

The flow of time in the game world was different from that of the Ash Water World.

One day in the Ash Water World was equivalent to nearly ten years in the game world.

Through Ning Tao's words, he also learned about the relevant background of the game world.

The game world was called the Flowing Wind Realm.

One piece of information was particularly crucial.

That was, if a cultivator in the Flowing Wind Realm died of old age, a demonic force would appear.

This was very similar to the extraterrestrial demons Qi Yuan encountered in the Di Jue Realm.

Qi Yuan even felt that those extraterrestrial demons might have come from the Flowing Wind Realm.

If that was true...could it be possible for him to find the passage from the Di Jue Realm to the Wan Yue Continent, where he arrived from the extraterrestrial demons?

And now, the Flowing Wind Realm was divided into north and south.

Cultivators in the south were called Demon Slayers.

The laws in the southern realm required cultivators to die in advance before reaching their natural lifespan to prevent the birth of demonic forces.

When demonic forces appeared, cultivators from the south would also go and exterminate them.

The laws in the northern realm did not restrict high-level cultivators. When they reached the end of their lifespan, they would die naturally, and if demonic forces were born, so be it.

It was precisely because of the difference in these two laws that there were significant differences between the north and the south.

In the south, ordinary people could live well, but every year, many cultivators would escape to the north.

In the north, there was almost no space for ordinary people to survive. If they wanted to stay alive, they had to serve the cultivators as slaves.

The north and the south were hostile to each other, fighting for survival.

And nearly a hundred years ago, the decision between the north and the south was made.

The south and the north would engage in a decisive battle that would determine life and death.

In the central region, one hundred and eighty thousand cities were built.

These one hundred and eighty thousand cities were supported by the major sects and nations in the south and were guarded by dispatched cultivators.

The one hundred and eighty thousand cities would clash with the demonic army "led" by the seventeen kings of the north.

If the one hundred and eighty thousand cities were destroyed, the south would lose its land.

The south would fall into the hands of the north.

If the demonic army "led" by the seventeen kings failed, the north would return to the south, and they would jointly face the great calamity of the demonic forces.

Now, the decision between the north and the south has been underway for more than twenty years.

The situation in the south was tragic.

"In a Transcendent world where ordinary people are nothing more than consumables, the north is destined to surpass the south," Qi Yuan sighed.

Because that is human nature.

Just like what Heavenly Demon and Qi Yuan said back then, I have shed blood for the family. Why can't I enjoy my old age?

During this time, Ning Tao also tried to seal Qi Yuan's memories.

Unfortunately, it had no effect at all.

Now, Qi Yuan is like a prisoner.

He is not a player at all.

But to Ning Tao, Qi Yuan is not considered an enemy.

After all, without Ning Tao, he wouldn't have been able to enter the game early and learn about the game's background.

He didn't want to be like in the Moon Continent, where he had to almost complete all the instances before understanding the game's setting and background.

Besides, he's just an NPC.

"Senior Brother Qi Yuan, the Sect Master is summoning you."

Just then, a flying crane landed outside the wooden house, calling out to Qi Yuan.

"The Sect Master?" Qi Yuan's eyes showed a thoughtful expression.

Since returning from the Heavenly Dragon Immortal Realm, Qi Yuan felt that there were often faint gazes falling on him.

It seems... it's related to the Sect Master.

"Right away." Qi Yuan glanced at the little bride behind him. "Little Bride, let's go."

The little bride immediately turned into a stream of light and imprinted herself on Qi Yuan's chest.

Qi Yuan followed the white crane and met with the Withered Wood True Monarch on the shore of a lake in the Divine Light Sect.

Withered Wood True Monarch looked at Qi Yuan and slowly said, "I have a great opportunity to give you. Are you interested? But before I give you this opportunity, you have to pass my test."

If it were the previous Qi Yuan, he might not agree when he heard this.

He would find it troublesome.

But now, the threat of the Hundred Cities Blood Battle and the Clear Light Palace hung over his head like a sword.

He must obtain more opportunities to improve his strength.

He needs to quickly form a Gold Core to deal with the Clear Light Palace.

If the Immortal Grade Gold Core he forms is not enough, then he will strive to condense an Immortal Grade Divine Infant!

"Please speak, Sect Master." Qi Yuan agreed.

"Follow me." After Withered Wood True Monarch finished speaking, he lifted Qi Yuan's body and a spiritual wind fell on Qi Yuan. He and Qi Yuan turned into streams of light and disappeared.

During their flight, Withered Wood True Monarch threw a mask to Qi Yuan.

"Put it on, don't expose your identity."

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan put on the mask.

With the mask on, not only his face was covered, but even his figure was concealed.

The two flew in the air, and after some time, another stream of light appeared, a woman wearing a mask.

The woman glanced at Qi Yuan and leaned against Withered Wood True Monarch's shoulder like a bird, whispering, "Husband."

Withered Wood True Monarch openly embraced the woman and deliberately looked at Qi Yuan.

Seeing this scene, Qi Yuan was speechless.

He already knew that the woman was the Great Shang Empress, also a Divine Infant-level powerhouse.

About three hours passed.

Qi Yuan followed Withered Wood True Monarch and the Great Shang Empress into a valley.

In the valley, Qi Yuan immediately sensed nine powerful auras.

All of them were Divine Infants.

Withered Wood True Monarch brought Qi Yuan down, and an old voice sounded.

"Are all nine Divine Infants here?"

The one speaking was an old man leaning on a crutch.

At this moment, an old woman with a hunched back spoke in a sharp voice, "How interesting, two Wudian monks have come, or rather, nine Divine Infants. I thought there would be ten."

Suddenly, the two barefooted Divine Infants glared at each other, "I am the Wudian monk!"

"Who are you pretending to be, daring to impersonate me, the Wudian monk."

Qi Yuan glanced at the two of them and then looked at the nine cultivators present, finally landing on the hunched old woman.

[A normal cultivator who likes to travel barefoot, so many people like to impersonate him, and occasionally he would impersonate himself.]

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan was speechless.

Apart from the nine cultivators present, there were also over a dozen Primal Core cultivators.

The leader of the group looked at Qi Yuan and said, "If I'm not mistaken, he should be a Foundation Building cultivator. Are you sure you want him to participate in the battle?"

Withered Wood True Monarch nodded, "Yes."

The leader didn't say anything more.

The others, especially the Primal Core cultivators, looked at Qi Yuan with surprise, as if they wanted to see through his identity.

After all, even Primal Core cultivators had a chance of dying in today's situation. What is a Foundation Building cultivator doing here?

At this moment, the leader continued, "A hundred miles away from here is the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge. I have already found the Cave Mansion of the Black Chicken Old Demon."

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