“Master, it’s time to meet King Hu.”
General Weizhen, the eighth younger brother of King Hu, was startled out of the high-energy music from his earphones by the call from his side.
He turned toward the voice and took off his 3D glasses.
“I’ll go see my elder brother after sunrise.”
“But it’s only now…”
He opened his eyes, dazed.
A scene of a sunrise bathed his vision.
The sky had actually brightened.
He had been gaming all night!?
He widened his eyes and saw his daughter, Yuan Ya, sitting opposite him, casting a gaze filled with reproach, grievance, and indignation.
“Dad, can I have my game back?”
“You’re being too much! You scolded me for indulging in games, yet you played all night yourself.”
Weizhen, younger brother of King Hu, father of a daughter, general: “…”
This game must definitely have its own time array.
Why did time pass so quickly?
He silently stood up, still feeling somewhat reluctant, what was going on?
“Here. Take it back. Your dad was just checking if this human cultivation artifact had any hidden content.”
“See, now that the check is done, no need to thank your dad.”
Weizhen generously handed the game box back to his daughter.
Yuan Ya: “…”
She reached out to take it.
But why couldn’t she pull it out!?
The game box remained in her father’s hand, he wouldn’t let go at all.
“Master, we really must depart now. Otherwise, you’ll be late, and the other Eight Elders will be waiting for you.”
The nine tiger siblings of the Hu clan were imitating human cultivators and holding early morning court.
Sigh, he really didn’t want to go.
Weizhen’s expression was complex, but he still tidied himself up and reluctantly headed out.
“Ah, my save file!”
“Dad, I wanted to follow the Elder path of the human cultivator sect, why did you turn me into the first female prime minister of the Tiger Clan? What is this!”
Yuan Ya’s angry crying voice came from inside the house.
Weizhen quickly retreated, “Go, go, go, into the sedan chair.”
He slipped away.
“What’s wrong with being a prime minister? Isn’t that what we learned from the human cultivators? Isn’t being a female prime minister good?”
Weizhen, who had been a dominant force for years, usually made both humans and demons submit with his muscular physique.
But in the game, he wanted to pursue a path of ‘earning a living with his brains,’ a road he had never experienced before.
He had never felt so ‘smart.’
This game was really interesting.
Weizhen was physically on the way, but his heart seemed to remain at home with that game.
His mind was full of how to achieve the best ending on this path of a tiger clan civil official.
As he pondered, it wasn’t long before he arrived at the backyard garden of his eldest brother, the current King of All Demons, Hu Shen.
Those gathered here for the meeting today were all close relatives of the Tiger Clan.
“Come on, everyone, speak freely. Recently, the Sea Clan has been restless again. Our scouts reported that human cultivators might be building a teleportation array nearby.”
Hu Shen, dressed in golden robes, had a deep golden mark between his brows resembling the character ‘king.’
His cultivation had reached the Tribulation Transcendence stage, and his fierce tiger-like eyes naturally exuded an imposing majesty without the need for anger.
“Do the human cultivators collude with the Sea Clan? I plan to send a team, led by someone at the Tribulation Crossing stage, to the Twelve Sects in the Eastern Region, give them a warning, and strike first. What do you think?”
Weizhen frowned.
He thought it was a bad idea. In recent years, their Tiger Clan hadn’t ventured much into human cultivator territories.
Now, going there suddenly meant threatening the other side.
The Tiger Clan also needed to develop.
How to develop? He hadn’t been sharp-minded before, but last night, in the game, the female prime minister’s path had clearly stated the strategy of ‘befriend distant states and attack nearby foes.’
‘Every inch gained is the King’s inch, every foot gained is the King’s foot.’ Start attacking from the nearby areas.
The Tiger Clan had not yet fully subdued the neutral factions of the demon clan or the remnants of the Nine-Tailed Fox clan. Why provoke the human cultivators now!?
Sigh.
The game that had captivated him was smarter than his elder brother!
Weizhen was the first to object.
But just as he was about to speak out in disagreement, he hesitated.
“Oh? You disagree?”
“I’ll give you another chance. Think carefully before you speak.”
“I heard your young daughter just learned to walk…”
The threatening voice of the emperor in the game seemed to echo in his ears.
Weizhen had always been strong in body but simple-minded.
The Demon King was his older brother.
He couldn’t detect the hidden implications in those words at all.
As a result… last night, using his daughter’s account in the game, he had experienced eighteen horrifying nightmare endings: ‘boldly advising the emperor only to be imprisoned and forced to commit suicide’, ‘exiled to remote areas with the entire family conscripted into military service’, ‘his daughter’s heart ripped out and forced into his mouth’, ‘himself having his limbs amputated by eunuchs and planted in a pot’—eighteen tragic and horrifying endings!
Weizhen’s thoughts went off track, and he failed to speak in time.
His third elder brother beat him to it.
“I oppose this, elder brother! Now we should unite with the human cultivators and eliminate the rebellious Sea Clan.”
“Besides, with the chaos in various demon cities and the increasing number of missing young demons, we should prioritize investigating this matter!”
“Oh?”
Hu Shen, the King of All Demons, let out a sarcastic interrogative sound.
“Third brother, I heard your son just got married? At a time like this, you clearly don’t want to leave Tiger City.”
Weizhen: “!”
His heart trembled involuntarily as he couldn’t help but look up.
He, who was usually rough and coarse, seemed to suddenly understand Hu Shen’s expression—an oppressive, threatening, and displeased look that brooked no argument.
The words of opposition immediately stuck in his throat.
Cold sweat broke out on the back of his neck.
The game… seemed smarter than him.
The endings in the game… might actually come true.
“Eighth Brother, what do you think?” Hu Shen immediately called on him.
A powerful paw of a Tribulation Crossing peak tiger landed heavily on Weizhen’s shoulder.
It squeezed hard, as if showing brotherly affection!
“You won’t disappoint your elder brother, will you?”
Weizhen: “…”
[The emperor placed a hand on your shoulder and pressed down heavily.]
[It seemed like an attempt to bring you closer, but you clearly know in your heart that as the most powerful and intelligent minister, he has already begun to be wary of you.]
Weizhen: “!”
[He subtly injected a faint Tribulation Crossing peak aura into your body. Even if you go to the border, you won’t be able to escape his control.]
[You are well aware of this and lower your head, suppressing the aura of having just broken through to the mid-Tribulation Crossing stage two days ago to the level of a beginner to avoid raising his suspicion.]
Weizhen gritted his teeth.
He held his breath, struggling to control his demon core!
While suppressing it, he carefully sensed and realized that the hand resting on his shoulder was indeed testing his cultivation level!
Elder brother!
King of All Demons… he truly suspects me!
Brother, you’ve changed!
…
The second floor game area of Rongbao Studio was bustling with activity.
From the bright lights of night to the constant coming and going at dawn.
Every rest area was caught up in the craze of the game “Cultivation to Immortality: Starting from Qi Transformation.”
There was nothing that could be done; the playability of this game was just too high.
They, as demons, had never played anything like this before.
This kind of pleasure was something that fixed plot novels could never provide them.
The built-in map of “Starting from Qi Transformation” was vast, offering both interesting and fresh fields for demons—the human cultivator’s Eastern Hu境 and Northern Royal Family’s simulated cultivation life, as well as the demon-inhabited Western Sea and Southern境 maps that gave demons a strong sense of belonging.
Multiple branches, various endings, and exploration spanning the entire four regions.
“Incredible! Originally, I thought after cultivating to the Divine Spirit stage in the Mountain and Sea Sect, I could return home and build up my snake clan’s hometown!”
A boy with silver scales on his head clenched his fist.
His face was flushed red, gradually blending with the dazzling sunlight outside at noon.
When Lin Shuang led her ‘game maintenance’ team into the first floor of Rongbao Studio and looked up, she immediately saw this lively scene.
She blinked and had Zhao Keran post up the large notice she had written on the prominent wooden pillars of Rongbao Studio.
—For the health of your consciousness and demon core, please control your gaming time reasonably.
—If your cumulative gaming time exceeds five hours, the benefits you gain from the game will be zero.
[!]
[Lin Shuang: Stop playing, please.]
[Lin Shuang, a kind-hearted person with no ulterior motives, how could she possibly harm demons? She’s too sincere.]
[…]
Lin Shuang found a cushion in the quiet room on the first floor of Rongbao Studio where she could see the second floor and sat down.
She reached out and took the game backend information from Zhao Keran.
—Yuan Ya, daughter of General Weizhen, entered the ‘Bloody Palace Petition’ eighteen bad ending scenarios last night (Qidan Sect game backend group)
—General Weizhen, this morning entered the backyard garden of King Hu to discuss matters and left with a heavy heart (discovered during Wuseng Sect’s alms collection period)
—General Weizhen, along with seven of his brothers and sisters, secretly discussed matters in a teahouse, evading all of King Hu’s spies (suspected to have become wary of King Hu)
—General Weizhen, along with three of his sisters, each dispatched a team of secret guards to secretly investigate the missing young demons in Tiger City (information from Yimie Pavilion)
Lin Shuang flipped through it quickly, nodded in satisfaction, and picked up the communication stone.
“Second Treasure, keep an eye on the tiger demon squads leaving the city.”
“Weizhen and the three sisters have ruled out the suspicion of the Heaven’s Will Society. They can be considered for recruitment.”
[Lin Shuang: I really only want to bring happiness to everyone. Please, please believe me!]
[…]
After reading the messages, Lin Shuang kindly reminded Zhao Keran, “Also put up reminders on the second floor about not getting too addicted to games.”
“Also, make sure to remind our players not to apply game content directly to the real world.”
The projection text from the Twelve Sects watching the event was silent.
The demons on the second floor of Rongbao Studio seemed to have seen none of Lin Shuang’s reminders.
They were still immersed in their own game worlds.
“I’ll play a bit longer; I’m about to return home in glory.”
“Wait, after I defeat this monster, I’ll go find my master to exchange for the cultivation technique.”
Everyone was at a crucial moment!
Lin Shuang continued to read intelligence messages.
—The number of soldiers in the four Tiger cities increased by 20%: suspected that King Hu discovered his spies were removed by clans like the Lion and Leopard (Huangpu)
—Core forces: the number of missing cubs in snake and bear territories is increasing; the suspected range of hideouts has been narrowed down to five locations (Huangpu)
—Deep-sea demons: the teleportation array at the nearest water area to Tiger City is already half completed (Mingzhong Sect, Xiao Bai)
—Novel dissemination: Volume Two has been released (Baihua Sect)
—Game progress: last night, 3 Tribulation Crossers and 23 Void Entrants logged into their accounts
—Game progress: the five suspected Heaven’s Will Society hideouts found by the Huangpu team have already been added as game options (currently, 3 Void Entrants and 1 Tribulation Crosser who reached this main quest progress have made choices)
Lin Shuang focused on reading the detailed game progress explanation.
[In the game, the selection of locations for investigating the missing cubs—among the one Tribulation Crosser and three Void Entrants who reached this progress, three chose locations within Tiger City… the selection time was within three seconds.]
Lin Shuang narrowed her eyes.
The sample size was still too small to conclude that this was the ‘correct answer.’
But the native high-ranking individuals understood the local situations and organizations better than they did.
Three of them had selected the interior of Tiger City as the hiding place for the missing cubs and didn’t spend much time hesitating over the options.
In a game where ‘choosing incorrectly might result in death,’ this performance was quite interesting.
It seemed that everyone had ‘complaints’ about this King Hu and his management of Tiger City, and even had low expectations (their first instinct was to consider Tiger City as a hub for crimes).
Other data was too limited to draw any conclusions easily.
Lin Shuang thought and wrote today’s summary.
—Internal Tiger Clan: split progress about 30%;
—Vassal clans like Lion and Leopard: split progress about 70%;
—Neutral Snake and Bear factions: awaiting division, progress at 0%;
—Investigation of missing demons: progress about 30%?
Lin Shuang gave Zhao Keran a look indicating to wait for more data, then began her schedule of reading novels and cultivation.
[Scary… she has every clan clearly listed.]
[Novels, games… Lin Shuang: got it covered~]
The projection text was filled with discussions when suddenly a roar echoed at the entrance of Rongbao Studio!
Lin Shuang’s eyes instantly lit up.
She could smell the presence of another important demon sample.
“Good-for-nothing! Staying out all night! At such a young age, lingering in such a place of vice!”
From afar, early in the morning, this roar was full of vigor.
In an instant, it silenced the projection texts.
It also startled the leading snake clan youth on the second floor of Rongbao Studio, making him jump up!
He was clearly frightened, his face instantly turning pale, “Second Aunt?”
But soon, his expression turned strange.
As soon as he made a sound, the elder outside accurately located him.
The elder was dressed in silver robes, with embroidered patterns of dew-covered moss leaves, seemingly custom-made. As she walked, it seemed as if sparkling pieces of light were refracted from these moss patterns.
Her figure was graceful, her hair silver as well, cascading behind her, her steps elegant yet exuding an astonishing aura.
Lin Shuang couldn’t help but shift her gaze to this middle-aged elder.
Snake Clan.
Zhao Keran made a gesture—joining her index and middle fingers and supporting her temple.
Lin Shuang blinked.
The second-in-command of the Snake Clan.
She immediately looked back at the summary she had just listed:
—Neutral Snake and Bear factions: awaiting division, progress at 0%;
Lin Shuang smiled.
[Little AI No.2 (Second Treasure): The Snake City leader handles affairs in pairs of civil and military. They visit the Tiger King’s palace every two days to report on Snake Clan matters.]
King Hu was very distrustful of both vassal and neutral clans.
Reporting every two days was a bit too frequent for local officials.
[Little AI No.2 (Second Treasure): Three years ago, the Snake Clan was granted land in Tiger City, and the youngest son of the Snake King was left at the Tiger King’s side for study.]
A hostage.
Lin Shuang redirected her investigative gaze to the Snake Clan youth on the second floor.
At the seventh level of Ningyuan.
“You naughty boy, your mother entrusted you to me for the past few days, and you’re spending your time in such a place of vice…”
Halfway through her scolding, the Snake Clan’s second-in-command, the middle-aged beauty, suddenly paused, her expression turning strange.
She looked around and realized she was at Rongbao Studio—a two-story building selling magical artifacts.
This wasn’t a place of vice!
Crap.
“Second Aunt, you’re mistaken. Did you go play yourself… I didn’t. I was just playing a game.”
The young master of the Serpent Clan, Prince She Gan, felt utterly aggrieved. The silver-haired beauty in the serpent robe glared at him fiercely, “I don’t care what mischief you’re up to! How dare you stay out all night—!”
Hmm? Playing games?
What is that?
The beautiful serpent girl, lacking in knowledge, was momentarily stunned by the aura of someone at the middle stage of entering the Void Realm.
“Second Auntie, can you wait half a teacup’s time? I’m at a critical moment!” She Gan complained.
As he spoke, he kept operating his game character and saved the progress.
On the second floor of Rongbao Studio, there were three large water-screen displays set up by Zhao Keran.
—The Water Spirit Technique of Qing Shui Sect, combined with the real-time projection of the game progress made by the Alchemy Sect.
—The game screens of three players were shared within Rongbao Studio.
—The player who received the most likes could enjoy a ten percent discount on magical treasures purchased at Rongbao Studio that day.
At this moment, She Gan’s game screen was displayed on the central water screen.
Early in the morning, many demons had already gathered around, watching his progress in the game.
Because he hadn’t slept all night and had great talent for games, he was the first to graduate from Shanhai Sect as an inner sect disciple at the peak of Ling Shen.
With the Shanhai Sect graduation certificate stamped with ‘Elite Disciple,’ he returned in glory to the Serpent Clan.
He had already completed the pinnacle of one career path—the top inner sect elite disciple of Shanhai Sect.
Completing five more career paths would earn him a ten million reward.
However, She Gan was a young demon with a strong sense of clan honor.
He secured the top position for the Demon Tribe and the Serpent Clan at the “Shanhai Sect,” yet he declined the invitation from the sect elders, opting instead to return to the Serpent Clan to rebuild his homeland.
His current game progress showed him holding his graduation certificate, attempting to directly apply for the position of head constable at the Serpent Clan’s government office.
She Gan had a great personality and showed no arrogance as the son of the Serpent King.
He was willing to start from the bottom, determined to achieve the second career pinnacle: constable → head constable → martial arts champion → prince of the Serpent Clan!
Lin Shuang also glanced at the big screen with great interest.
As soon as she looked, she frowned.
What a mess the Hundred Flowers Sect made of the career framework!
From constable to prince of the Serpent Clan… really like a male-oriented novel!
However, this path of ascending from humble beginnings to kingship was ardently pursued by the young demon.
The number of onlookers gathered in front of She Gan’s water screen had increased from just one or two last night to thirty or forty by this morning.
“This career path seems quite easy.”
The demons whispered among themselves before the watery curtain.
“This career path is very clear; it seems you can just follow the steps one by one.”
Lin Shuang: “…”
She had indeed underestimated them!
The young demon’s thirst for conquest was ignited by Shegan’s chosen path.
Even watching him play was more exciting than playing themselves.
“I think this prince route is even easier than getting the first place among the elite disciples of the sect! Hurry up, She Gan!”
“Yeah, She Gan is a serpent, so he has a natural advantage! Don’t waste it; talk more with the local serpent leaders in the game and see if there are any clues!”
She Gan named his game character with his real name.
Youth is so dramatic!
Hearing the discussions, She Gan politely nodded to his ‘supporters,’ his eyes gleaming with pride.
Being among the top three in game progress was an achievement he had never experienced before.
He also had full confidence in this constable career path.
Finally, he had moved from the blind spot of human cultivation sects to his familiar territory.
We have connections in the Serpent Clan!
As soon as he arrived at the Serpent City, She Gan in the game was guided by his hometown friends and learned about the life story of becoming a martial arts champion and then a prince.
What was this? This was the ‘clue’ left by the game creator.
This career path was too clear.
She Gan liked this development path very much.
“What is this?”
She Gan kept playing the game, taking the risk of getting beaten.
Beside him, the serpent girl who was originally scolding him, Silver Lady, looked at the game screen and then at the ‘black game box’ operated by the child, both surprised.
“This is a cultivation game.”
She Gan simply introduced it to his second aunt.
Second in the Serpent Clan: “!”
She widened her eyes, noticing that some of the game maps didn’t match the local serpent areas, which relieved her.
This game was too realistic; she almost thought that humans had sent spies into the Serpent Clan!
In the blink of an eye, She Gan encountered a problem in the game.
In the government office, the demon serpent of the Void Realm did not recognize She Gan’s human diploma and decided to test him by assigning him the role of constable team leader—tasking him with leading soldiers to complete five missions for citizens seeking help from the government.
The second serpent girl was stunned; this game could be like this.
She looked at her nephew’s ‘Shanhai Sect graduation certificate’ and was dumbfounded.
Gradually, she forgot what she had come for.
“Brat, did you actually go to a human sect for cultivation?”
“Oh, come on, second aunt, don’t ask. Don’t distract me!”
She Gan’s forehead was covered in sweat.
“This is the crucial moment! Whether I can become a head constable with excellent performance and the youngest king of the Serpent Clan depends on this!”
Second in the Serpent Clan: “!”
She was speechless, how could this happen.
As she watched, she couldn’t help but recall her youthful days.
Back then, she and her elder sister were just two ordinary civilian serpents.
They had also been oppressed by powerful demons, struggled to find employment, but fortunately obtained a high-grade spiritual herb. This greatly enhanced their demonic core potential, enabling them to claim a mountain as their territory and reign as kings.
From then on, she and her elder sister solved the problems of being plotted by bears and bullied by tigers for many surrounding serpents, gradually gaining the support of serpents within hundreds of miles.
Later, after the death of the upper world’s Serpent King, the throne was vacant, and she and her elder sister were elected as the new leaders of the Serpent Clan.
It was the will of the people.
This game is great, so realistic!
As the second serpent girl watched her nephew’s game operations, she couldn’t help but nod secretly.
Yes, to become a king, one must start by building relationships with the people.
As she watched her nephew lead the constables to complete citizen tasks, like finding a missing kitten (ridiculous), repairing a collapsed beam (realistic), or resisting bandits (meaningful), she couldn’t help but gradually immerse herself in the game.
From being a spectator to becoming a commander.
“Hey, you fool! Of course, you should lure the bandits out first!”
“Fool, you’re merely at the peak of Ling Shen. Do you really think the Mansion Lord at the Void Realm will listen to you? Be careful or he might mess with you!”
The second serpent girl, Silver Queen, at the mid-stage of the Void Realm, fiercely criticized her nephew’s game operations.
She Gan: “…”
Are you playing the game or am I?
Why don’t you play then!
“I will—just let me play!”
Silver Queen, the second serpent leader, at the middle stage of the Void Realm, puffed out her chest.
She pushed her nephew aside and grabbed the ‘game controller box,’ snatching the strange earpiece talisman and sunglasses talisman he was wearing.
As soon as she put them on, she was stunned.
[Detected that your cultivation level is above Ling Shen. Please fill in your true cultivation level, as this game is accessed via spiritual consciousness. If your spiritual consciousness is too strong, it may destroy the in-game items, talismans, and arrays within the mustard seed bag.]
[Damage caused may affect your gaming experience.]
Silver Queen became instantly tense.
This game is quite fun; it would be bad to affect the experience!
But she quickly became alert. Neither demons nor humans would casually reveal their true cultivation levels or preferred techniques.
If someone used this against her, it would be troublesome.
High-level serpent demons, especially those capable of holding leadership positions, were clearly no longer as naive as ordinary little snakes.
They were vigilant, suspicious, and always remained alert.
Otherwise, they would have been extinct long ago.
Silver Queen pondered for a moment before carefully writing down ‘entering the threshold of emptiness’.
But she had no idea that the moment she submitted it, the login location of the game account “She Gan” and the player’s cultivation level of “mid-stage Void Entry” were instantly transmitted to Lin Shuang’s hands.
[She Gan’s status—false cultivation level, downgraded by one major stage (from entering the Xu Beginner stage—to entering the Xu Mid-stage)]
[Player personality analysis: cautious, full of concerns, conservative (provided by the Hundred Flowers Sect)]
[Spiritual consciousness collected: the second-in-command of the Serpent Clan;]
【……】
【…………】
【When you take it seriously, you’ve already lost.】
【Lin Shuang: Although I asked you, I didn’t expect you to answer.】
[Demons, come on, hang in there, okay.]
【……】
Silver Queen had already entered the step of reading the game instructions.
Because the player’s spiritual consciousness changed, the instructions popped up again.
[1. Please do not become addicted. If you play for a long time and experience spiritual confusion, please seek medical help at any time.
2. All four maps are referenced from the detailed sand tables sold by Rongbao Studio (total value: 3.22 million).
3. The four major human cultivation sects and demon realm-related techniques referenced 1,749 books from the Hundred Flowers Sect (specific titles can be accessed by activating spiritual consciousness), with a total value exceeding 2.36 million.
Silver Queen read it and was stunned.
This game is actually quite cultural?
[4. If there are any errors or omissions in the sects or clans, please feedback to the game maintenance team | Rongbao Studio. Each verified error or omission will grant the player 1-500 spirit stones based on its importance.]
“Second Auntie, you see I’m not just playing; I’m also learning human cultivation knowledge and the customs of various clans.”
“And also, I’m earning money!”
She Gan proudly stated.
As soon as his game account entered the Serpent Clan, he submitted three errors.
For example, the composition of the food in the Serpent Domain.
Silver Queen’s sense of crisis and suspicion quickly took over again.
Could it be that humans were using this to obtain the Serpent Clan’s intelligence?
But when she looked closely, she found that her nephew only received one spirit stone for correcting the Serpent Clan’s food composition… Silver Queen relaxed again.
Stupid humans don’t even know the value of this information!
That’s why the reward was so cheap.
She breathed a sigh of relief, realizing it was just a game.
They had also mentioned that they could report errors in human cultivation maps and customs.
The playing field was level.
“No way, we still need to find a way to get the game character to other demon tribes.”
Silver Queen secretly remained vigilant in her heart.
She would sell information, but she would sell the Tiger King’s information to the humans!
[5. All original plots were created by the game team with great effort. If there are any similarities, it is purely coincidental.]
[6. This game is virtual and not real. Please do not treat the game as the real world. Do not apply game behaviors to reality!]
Interesting.
Silver Queen had risen from a common serpent to the second-in-command of the Serpent Clan, experiencing a lifetime of hardships, pain, and glory.
But she had never played a game that ‘crazily reminded everyone not to play or become addicted, to be careful.’
Yet, the more reminders there were, the more it stirred her desire to try.
Finally, the long and information-packed game instructions, which had to be read for thirty breaths, were over.
She continued the ‘constable’ route walkthrough with her nephew’s game records.
With her experience of being a mountain king, she was like a fish in water doing these constable tasks.
The game creator’s ideas actually aligned with her thoughts.
For example, first ask the lord for iron armor before setting out to vanquish the evil demons!
(Note: “府主” is translated as “lord” in a general feudal/military context. “邪妖” is rendered as “evil demons” to convey supernatural malevolent beings. The exclamation mark is preserved to maintain the original tone.)
The master of the house was very reluctant; he truly had nothing to give you.
But when you explained the cruelty of the evil spirits to him, the prefect finally wavered. He wrote a letter to the Bear Clan’s government office, requesting ten Bear Clan constables to assist you on the mission!
[Congratulations, you obtained the Bear Clan map through conversations with the Bear Clan constables!]
[Congratulations, you saved a Bear Clan constable during the mission and gained Bear Clan’s favor!]
Silver Queen clenched her fist!
Delighted.
So delighted!
“Second Auntie, so this is how it’s done～” She Gan and his little friends all looked at Silver Queen with admiration.
Silver Queen, wearing 3D sunglasses and puffing out her chest, didn’t even realize she was playing a child’s game.
The unprecedented sense of achievement from being genuinely praised by the younger generation, coupled with obtaining in-game equipment and rising NPC favorability… a series of complex, multi-dimensional virtual and real pleasures overlapped, propelling her satisfaction to a peak she hadn’t experienced in decades!
She couldn’t stop.
“You all should learn from this!” Silver Queen proudly pushed up her sunglasses on her nose.
Her progress was fast.
After becoming the chief constable, she immediately went to the Tiger City palace to accept the Tiger King’s martial arts champion test.
When she saw the palace map of the Tiger King, Silver Queen was delighted.
She quickly submitted the error in the Tiger City soldiers’ deployment map seen by She Gan to the Rongbao Studio game team.
Among the Tiger King’s personal guards, the proportion of Ning Yuan was higher.
This was incorrect.
In reality, the proportion of Divine Refiners was much higher. If this wasn’t adjusted, it would impact the difficulty of the game’s missions—leading three thousand Divine Refiners to defeat the “boss of this level” would be significantly easier than with three thousand Essence Condensers.
Correcting this error was necessary.
For example, when the boss counterattacks, if the Tiger King’s personal guards suffer casualties of one-tenth, they will retreat in large numbers.
This is also an error.
The Tiger King’s personal guards are mostly very loyal because…
Silver Queen’s eyes flashed with sharpness.
The Tiger King probably mastered some secret technique.
He planted seeds of absolute obedience in the consciousness of numerous palace guards and key generals within Tiger City.
The Tiger King’s personal guards were brave and fearless of death, like a group of people without ‘self.’
This was no secret to most clan leaders who held power.
If they hadn’t witnessed the Tiger Clan’s various methods, their clans wouldn’t have obeyed the Tiger King’s orders… and even gritted their teeth to send their young sons into Tiger City.
The Silver Queen was momentarily lost in thought, unsure why this game always reminded her of the current predicament of the demon race.
Maybe it was because of the game’s early realism.
—[Game intelligence submission: Tiger Clan soldiers are suspected to be controlled by high-level cultivators, they only obey and never rebel.]
—[……The number of deployable Tiger Clan soldiers under Ximen is actually five thousand.]
—[…The Tiger King’s personal guard: numbering three thousand, with over eighty percent at the Divine Refinement stage.]
Not only was She Gan’s account submitting various intelligence about the Tiger City and palace soldiers to the game maintenance team, but almost four hundred other accounts were doing the same.
[…]
[This!]
Lin Shuang was in the Rongbaozhai lounge, holding strips of intelligence reports.
She immediately notified Huangpu Yuan and Xiao Bai while twisting the fox fur in her hand.
Her gaze shifted toward the second-in-command of the Snake Clan on the second floor.
Were the Tiger Clan soldiers under control due to Hu Xiao’s consciousness attack, or because of the Tianji Talisman…
“Senior apprentice sister, a monster player has triggered the black faction’s hidden profession—Evil Cultivator in the game. A player planted the Evil Cultivator Heaven and Earth Talisman inside their body and passed it to a purple-robed evil monster who traffics children.”
Lin Shuang narrowed her eyes.
It finally happened.
“Where did this player log in, and which account is it?”
“The location seems to be Hu City…” Zhao Keran glanced at the report and revealed a shocked expression, “…the imperial palace!”
“The player self-declared their cultivation level as Refinement God Stage, and selected the occupation path—Prince, next Tiger King.”
[!]
The fox fur in Lin Shuang’s hand almost dropped to the floor.
Then she smiled.
“Hey, Bao, it looks like we’ve found the base of Tianji.”
“In the Tiger City palace, the prince.”
“Oh, right, the Snake Clan and Bear Clan are both very dissatisfied with the current Tiger King. You can go persuade them to join us.”
“No need for you to come back. I think players will naturally want to verify the prince themselves.”
[…?]
“Within two days, everyone will have to complete the final tasks of several profession lines—capturing Evil Cultivators.”
[Finally, she had finally reached this day.]
[?]
[Allowing monster players to grow stronger, letting them complete the tasks themselves.]
[…………….]
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