Online Cultivation
episode 29

“Xiao Hua, it's time for me to go out for dinner. I'll be back later." Yuan said to him a while after leaving the Cultivator shop.

"Where will you go during my absence?" he then asked her.

Xiao Hua pointed at the necklace around her neck, and she said, "You can call Xiao Hua using that necklace whenever you return."

After saying those words, Xiao Hua's body began to glow, before being absorbed into the necklace.

"A very deep canyon .." Yuan muttered to himself before logging off.

After exiting the game, Yuan patiently waited for Yu Rou to bring him dinner, and he felt that time had stopped.

Unlike the colorful world in the game, the real world was pitch-black, almost like he was living in nothingness, and his body felt nothing.

‘Haaa If only I could live inside the Online Cultivation forever’ Yuan sighed inwardly.

After familiarizing himself with the world within the game, his perception of the real world became worse, and it felt more lonely than usual.

In the game, whether it is pedestrians or just the sounds made by nature, it is always alive. However, every time he returned to his own room, the only thing he could hear was the sound of his own heartbeat and very rarely the subtle sound from outside his room, he said, a world he had not stepped into in years.

After waiting for a few minutes that felt like hours, he could finally hear footsteps approaching his bed.

However, he could immediately find out that it was not Yu Rou, as these footsteps were too heavy to belong to Yu Rou, so it was someone else in his room.

"Who's there?" Yuan asked in a hoarse voice.

"Young Master, Young Miss is currently busy with the Lords, so I will take care of you today." A voice belonging to a middle-aged woman replied.

“”

“For dinner today, we eat beef soup with””

"It's okay .." Yuan suddenly interjected.

“I'm not hungry today”

“Even if you say that I have a job to do” The person sighed in a troubled tone.

“I won't repeat myself”

“”

Silence filled the room, and a moment later, the middle-aged woman spoke, “I understand. Please rest well, Young Master. ”

The door closed a few seconds later, and Yuan could barely hear the person who had just left coldly snorting in disdain.

“With that useless body, what a miracle he has not been expelled from this house”

“”

‘I can still hear you, know?’ Yuan smiled bitterly.

Since the only parts of his body that function are his mouth and ears, he has to rely on his hearing more than a normal person, allowing him to hear things that people normally cannot.

A while later, Yuan returned to Online Cultivation.

However, he did not immediately call Xiao Hua, as he had spent a few minutes secretly staring at this colorful world.

‘What do I do? I don't have time for depression! Every second I spent lazing around was a second lost in this beautiful world! I may be useless and crippled in the real world, but I'm not like that in this world!’

After calming down, Yuan called Xiao Hua using the necklace.

"You've returned, Brother Yuan?" he looked at her with a pondering look.

Despite Yuan's efforts to hide his emotions, Xiao Hua was able to see the sadness in his eyes in one glance.

“Are you okay, Brother Yuan? You seem a little sad. ” She asked him.

“Don't worry about that. It's nothing that I can't handle, and it'll be gone as soon as I kill some monsters!” She said.

Although she was worried, Xiao Hua did not want to force her.

"If Brother Yuan needs someone to talk to, Xiao Hua will always be by your side."

“Thank you, Xiao Hua. I'll remember it.” Yuan smiled.

Xiao Hua nodded, and he said, “Then let's continue with Brother Yuan's training. Although you will not benefit much from Monster Core at Spirit Apprentice level, you can still improve your sword techniques. And once you are more experienced in combat, we can start looking for monsters in the Spirit Warrior realm.”

“Then what are we waiting for? Let's start training!”

Yuan and Xiao Hua started walking out of the city.

Some time later, as soon as they were several miles away from the city, Xiao Hua spoke in a low voice, "Brother Yuan, we are being followed."

“Could it be the Du Brothers of the Auction House? Xuan Wuhan did warn me that the two of them might be planning something before we part.”

Xiao Hua nodded and said, “Yes, but I can feel others with them. He was a Cultivator at Spirit Master realm pinnacle.”

“Master Spirit? That one realm above me” Yuan showed a worried expression, completely forgetting the Spirit King walking beside him.

“Don't worry, Brother Yuan. If they tried to do something funny, Xiao Hua would take care of them. Let's keep acting like we're not aware of their presence.”

Yuan nodded, and the two of them dug deeper into the wilderness.

After walking another few miles, a familiar-sounding voice echoed.

"Stop right there, you little bastard!"

Yuan and Xiao Hua stopped walking and turned around, and standing a few meters behind them were the Du Brothers and a tall middle-aged man with a large body.

“Following me all the way here, what do you want from me? I doubt it's anything good, though. ” Yuan asked them with a frown on his face.

"Since you dare to ruin my face in the Auction House in front of so many people and even directly in front of Lady Xuan's presence, I will make you pay for it with your life!" Du Hai spoke loudly, his face filled with anger.