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

Wei Sandao sat in the mountain forest, exhaling a long breath of black evil qi; his wounds kept splitting open, then healing.

Even though he had secured victory through a sneak attack, it was clear that Wei Sandao, the killer of Manager Wu, was also severely injured.

The long saber at his side dripped with a dreadful greenish filth-blood.

Manager Wu, as well as this Wei Sandao... their blood was both of an appalling green color.

The strange bloody scent in the air seemed to grow even more intense.

But Li Muyang dared not ask any more questions, clutching Manager Wu's still-beating heart as he left.

Behind him came the resigned laughter of Wei Sandao.

"Kid, you've got guts to the sky, quite interesting," he said.

"If you ever need anything in the future, you can come to me."

Feeling quite pleased, Wei Sandao took the initiative to express his goodwill towards Li Muyang.

Li Muyang quickly thanked him, then ran as far away as he could.

Accompanied by Little Wild Grass, he jogged all the way, speeding through the mountain forest, and eventually snuck back to the tightly-closed fort of Black Cloud Fort through that secret tunnel.

Li Muyang first saved his progress, then took Little Wild Grass to the ancestral temple.

At the highest stone steps of Black Cloud Fort, the mysterious Granny of the Valley, with a black cloth band spiraled around her head, looking as if she wore a black halo, sat under the moonlight, drawing on a water pipe.

The cold moonlight spilled over her, making the wrinkled old woman's smile appear eerie and ominous.

"Little Fish, you've got Manager Wu's heart, haven't you..." she observed as Li Muyang appeared, clutching the heart.

Granny of the Valley was very pleased, chuckling as she sized up Li Muyang.

"An excellent seedling indeed, Granny only gave you a hint and you could deduce so much useful information, straightforwardly finding the only method to kill Manager Wu."

"Your luck and wit are top-notch choices."

"Who would've thought my Black Cloud Fort would produce such a fine youngster... not bad at all."

Li Muyang brought back Manager Wu's heart and Granny of the Valley was very satisfied.

But to Li Muyang, her praises left him speechless inside.

God damn it, only a hint... did this old witch also know the difficulty of killing Manager Wu, relying only on Wei Sandao?

But you gave a damn hint! Besides issuing a quest for me to kill someone, where was the hint?

All these hints I had to find through saving and reloading!

Without the power of saving, if a normal person took your quest out of the blue, they would have died a million times over!n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Li Muyang kept his thoughts to himself, yet his face beamed with a bright smile.

"All thanks to Granny's blessing, I have successfully fulfilled my mission and obtained Manager Wu's heart."

Li Muyang handed over the still-beating heart to Granny of the Valley and said, "If there's nothing else, Granny, we will take our leave."

Li Muyang tentatively said.

But Granny of the Valley chuckled happily, shaking her head, "Don't worry, don't worry, the old woman hasn't given you your reward yet, what's the rush?"

Having taken the heart from Li Muyang, she casually tossed it behind her.

The next second, a pale ghostly hand violently reached out from the shadows behind Granny of the Valley, snatching the beating heart.

As the pallid ghostly hand retracted back into the shadows, Manager Wu's heart also disappeared within them.

Watching this scene, Li Muyang's heart skipped a beat.

— This old witch is getting creepier by the minute!

Gone was the benevolent old lady from the first act.

Li Muyang swallowed hard, smiling, "It's my honor to serve Granny, I don't dare expect any reward..."

Li Muyang smiled brilliantly, his face practically spelling out 'sycophant.'

And as he cooperated so willingly, Granny Gu was very satisfied.

Granny Gu squinted her eyes and smiled, saying, "One thing at a time, Little Fish, you've helped Granny with her matters, and Granny is happy, I must give you something. Otherwise, why would you be willing to help Granny in the future?"

As she spoke, Granny Gu fumbled in her sleeve and pulled out a small cloth bag the size of a palm.

The black cloth bag was bulging, and it was unclear what was stuffed inside.

Granny Gu, still smiling, handed the cloth bag to Li Muyang, saying, "Take it back and drink it with water, it's good for you, my boy."

[You have obtained an item—Mysterious Bone Ash]

The system prompt that popped up in his view made Li Muyang's eyebrows twitch violently.

Bone ash...

Take it back to drink with water...

This old witch must be poisonous!

Are you sure this is a reward?

But Granny Gu just waved her hand cheerfully and said, "It's already very late tonight, hurry and take your Little Wild Grass back to rest."

"Remember to drink this with water. Come find me after you wake up tomorrow, the old lady has another favor to ask of you."

Granny Gu chuckled and said, "Go on back now."

The old woman chuckled as she waved, signaling Li Muyang and Little Wild Grass to return.

Holding the bag of bone ash and wanting to say something, Li Muyang looked up, only to find the ancestral temple empty, the stone stairs silent and deserted, with no one in sight.

Mysterious and unpredictable, Granny Gu seemed to have never been there from the very start.

If it weren't for the small bag of bone ash he was holding, Li Muyang might have thought he had experienced a hallucination.

...

"This damn old hag, getting creepier and creepier," Li Muyang muttered under his breath as he opened his eyes in the single room reserved for Inner Sect Disciples on the flying boat.

He muttered to himself, somewhat speechless.

As the story progressed, Granny Gu in Black Cloud Fort had become increasingly sinister and creepy.

In the two previous stages, and in the "Immortal Sword" game, Granny Gu had always appeared as a kind and amiable old lady, her disguise of a benevolent elder was very convincing.

But as the plot of Black Cloud Fort moved into its third stage, this old witch had stopped pretending entirely in front of Li Muyang, becoming increasingly eerie.

The change in Granny Gu, coupled with her sudden desire to kill Manager Wu and the reactions of the foreign demon cultivators after Manager Wu's death... The atmosphere in Black Cloud Fort seemed to be racing towards collapse and distortion.

It felt like the game "Deadly Wild Grass" might pull off some major event in its later stages.

Thankfully, this game was set thousands of years in the past, so even if it pulled off some grandiose event, it wouldn't affect Li Muyang thousands of years in the future.

Li Muyang took a deep breath, got up, opened the door, and left the small room.

Guan Xiaoshun next door happened to come out at the same time and smiled upon seeing Li Muyang.

"Brother Li, good afternoon."

"Good afternoon."

Li Muyang replied nonchalantly, nodding his head as he walked with Guan Xiaoshun towards the outside.

At that moment, the sound of summoning everyone rang out on the deck.

The huge flying boat passed between the mountains, with clouds and mist drifting around them.

The dock of the Refinement Demon Sect's main compound gradually came into everyone's sight.

Seeing the familiar gates of the Sect, Guan Xiaoshun said happily, "We're finally back."

Li Muyang also let out a sigh of relief and nodded slowly, "Yes, finally back."

The trip to Demon Sword City had taken a full five months, and with the added travel time back and forth, a whole half a year had passed.

Upon returning to the Sect, Li Muyang was about to face a treatment that all the Outer Sect Disciples envied.

— To don the white robe and be promoted to the Inner Sect.