Online Cultivation
episode 69

“Brother Tian, Divine Sense is not something anyone can use, and they must have proper cultivation before they can learn it,” Xiao Hua told him.

"Oh, so?" Yuan nodded. “Then I will continue searching for Spirit Grass with my Divine Sense.”

As soon as Yuan went to look for more Spirit Grass, Yu Rou turned to look at Xiao Hua and said to him, "You know a lot of things despite your young age …"

“Xiao Hua has been around longer than you thought,” she replied in a calm voice.

“Eh? Then how old are you?” Yu Rou looked at him with wide eyes.

“”

However, Xiao Hua did not respond to him, acting as if he was deaf.

"You can't even tell a fellow woman?" Yu Rou insisted.

"One's age doesn't matter when you're a Cultivator .." said Xiao Hua, avoiding the question.

Yu Rou shook her head inwardly and sighed after seeing Xiao Hua's strong unwillingness.

“By the way, I can't let Brother Tian do all the work alone. I will also continue to search for Spirit Grass” Yu Rou back to look for Spirit Grass with the naked eye.

Half an hour later, Yuan returned to Yu Rou and Xiao Hua with a large amount of Spirit Grass in his spatial ring.

“I should have about 20 jins of Spirit Grass in my spatial ring now,” Yuan said to her.

“20 jin?! It was much more than we needed,” Yu Rou said.

“Yes, but if the quest can be repeated, we can complete it many times in one go,” Yuan said.

“Oh, that's pretty smart, brother. Meanwhile, I only managed to find a Spirit Grass worth 2 jin” Yu Rou sighed.

"Brother Tian, Xiao Hua also collected some Spirit Grass for you," Xiao Hua said.

“Thank you, Xiao Hua. You can keep it to yourself until we have to hand it over, ” Yuan said to him.

"Un," he nodded.

“Now after we finish the quest, let's go back to the drugstore and hand over our Spirit Grass,” Yu Rou said.

Thus, they began to return to Spring City.

However, on the way back, Yuan and his small group met with another group of players who seemed to be heading towards them.

"Brother Tian, there are four Cultivators in the fifth level Spirit Apprentice realm up front," Xiao Hua told them long before the two groups even met.

“They must be players who did the same quest,” said Yu Rou.

After the two groups met, the other group asked them, "Hello, did you guys come from the Spirit Grass location?"

"Yes that's right. Just a mile in that direction,” Yuan pointed in the direction they were coming from.

The four players then exchanged glances with each other and nodded with determined gazes in their eyes before turning to look at Yuan again.

"Since you know where to find more Spirit Grass and it's not too far away, why don't you help us and hand the ones you already have to us?" One of the players said to them, and the other three players drew their weapons.

“”

Yuan speechless. Are they being robbed? In broad daylight?

"And before you get the idea, let me warn you that there are four of us and only three of you” and one of them is an ordinary child!" Player says.

“What should we do, brother?” Yu Rou asked him as she grabbed onto his sleeves.

"Hmm ..." Yuan narrowed his eyes to the four players and asked them a moment later, "The four of you are players, right?"

"So what if we?!"

“Quickly and give us all your Spirit Grass, or do we have to take it from your corpse!?”

“”

Yuan ignored the four players and turned to ask Yu Rou, "Can you confirm for me that if players die, they will respawn later?"

Yu Rou nodded and said, “If a player dies, they will not be able to control their character for an hour, and they will reappear in the last city they were in.”

"Are you going to kill them?" he asked her afterwards.

"Yes" he nodded with a cold expression on his face.

“”

Xiao Hua looked at him with wide eyes. He would willingly kill four Cultivators? What happened to his right speech about not wanting to kill anyone a few days ago?

Yuan picked up the Starry Abyss and approached the four players with a cold gaze, and he spoke in a low voice, “I don't care if you want to rob us. I'm not going to care even if you want to kill me .. However, threatening to kill my sister before me, you've crossed a line that you should never have crossed … "

The four players looked at Yuan's serious expression and started laughing out loud.

“Are you going to fight the four of us alone!? Who do you think you are?!"

“Stop wasting our time and die!” One of the players suddenly rushed forward and swung the sword in his grasp towards Yuan with a sluggish move, looking like a beginner complete with a sword.

“”

Yuan remained calm despite being attacked all of a sudden, even looking at the player with a look of disdain.

As soon as he dodged the player's attack, Yuan jerked his hand forward, piercing the player's chest with the Starry Abyss.

“”

Players stared at him with wide eyes filled with disbelief for a moment before falling to the ground.

«You have killed your first player!»

«You have earned the title ‘Player Killer’!"

“B-He killed our brother! Kill him and avenge our brother!"

The three remaining players immediately went into action after witnessing their brother being killed by Yuan, their faces filled with fury.

"The Thousand Knives Technique!"

However, Yuan swung the Starry Abyss before any of the players could even approach him, and even before the players could react, a black light flickered right in front of their necks.

*Plop**Plop***Plop*

Three players fell to the floor simultaneously moments later with deep wounds on their necks.

After killing the four players, Yuan stared at the corpse on the floor, feeling an indescribable feeling in his heart.

‘I thought I wouldn't be able to kill people, but it turned out to be very easy ..’ Yuan saw his slightly shaking palms.

However, he was not afraid, nor was he traumatized by the experience.

"This ... excitement?" Yuan muttered to himself in disbelief.

When he was up against four players, he did not see it as against another human being. On the contrary, it felt like it was no different from fighting monsters.

"Brothers! Are you okay!?" Yu Rou and Xiao Hua approached him a moment later.

"Are you hurt anywhere?" Yu Rou started patting her whole body to check her injuries.

"Don't worry, I'm not hurt" he said with a reassuring smile.

And then he continued, “Do you think I will be punished for killing another player?”

“I don't think so, because there are a lot of Player Killers out there but none of them are punished for that,” Yu Rou told him.

"I understand"

“That's the first time you killed another player, right? How are you feeling, brother?” Yu Rou asked him afterwards.

“I don't know, but one thing for sure is I don't feel bad about it, and knowing that they don't die permanently makes it easier.” he said. "I won't let anyone hurt you, Yu Rou, no matter who they are."

"Thank you, brother ..." Yu Rou nodded with a timid expression on her slightly reddish face.

"What should we do with their bodies?" Yuan asked a moment later.

“They will reappear in an hour, so let's grab their stuff before it happens,” Yu Rou said as she started rummaging through their pockets.

"W-You're gonna take their stuff?" Yuan looked at him with wide eyes, as he had not expected to see such savagery from him.

"Why not? You know the saying ‘Eyes change eyes’? They're trying to rob us, so it's only natural that we do the same to them. And it feels no different from dismantling a monster after killing it.”

A while later, Yu Rou returned with a disappointed expression on her face.

“In addition to their weapons, they only have fifteen silver and a few small recovery pills” he sighed, “That time is better than nothing.”

Some time later, they continued walking back to Spring City.

“Xiao Hua, can you tell us if anyone is close to us? I don't want to risk meeting more people like the one just now, ” Yuan told him.

"Okay," he nodded.

Two hours later, they returned to Spring City, and then the Qiang Medicine Shop.

“Welcome back, young lady! Did you find the Spirit Grass? ” Receptionist immediately recognized her beautiful face.

"Yes, we even brought more than you asked if you don't mind." Yu Rou said to him.

“Oh, that's perfect! I'll pay you 10 more silver for every extra jin of Spirit Grass you have for me. ”

The receptionist then put the scales on the counter and said, "Throw everything you have here."

Yu Rou nodded and placed a Spirit Grass worth 2 jin onto the scales.

Then Yuan placed his 20 Spirit Grass jeans into the scales.

“You collected 22 jins of Spirit Grass in such a short time? I'm amazed!" The receptionist exclaimed his admiration.

"Wait, we still have more," Yuan said and turned to look at Xiao Hua.

"How much did you collect?" he asked her.

“318 jeans,” answer calmly.

"Huh?"

Everyone in the shop suddenly turned to look at him with wide eyes filled with disbelief.