Chapter 857: Been Smeared

Xiao Feng stayed in the game for a few hours, wandering around the whole time.

He originally wanted to go to Wind Spirit Island for a run, but the travel time was really long, so he temporarily gave up and instead used the master-servant contract's mental link to flirt with the two goddesses.

During this period, Dun Dun and the others were offline, while Mang Mei ran off, blushed for a while, then returned to the shooting range to continue honing.

Li Li, on the other hand, stayed online, leading his and his girlfriend's another fixed team in clearing a small dungeon.

After wandering for a few hours, he dragged his online time down to about half an hour offline, then Xiao Feng logged out.

Half an hour passed; if the cultivation method of the Book of Origins could maintain cultivation, it would definitely have taken effect by now.

If not… he should have woken up from the heat by now!

As a matter of fact, the effect is indeed there!

Xiao Feng exited the game and opened his eyes, not feeling particularly hot. The sun remained scorching, shining on his body yet giving no heat at all; instead, it was very comfortable.

He had been a little worried that Su Ni would open a parasol for him, affecting his training, but she didn't; the maid sister remained obedient, and when he said "Don't bother me," she really didn't dare to interfere.

"My body feels a bit sturdier than before..."

Xiao Feng sensed the bodily change; after half an hour of cultivation, the energy drawn from sunlight strengthened his body slightly.

Although it's not much, being able to cultivate while playing the game is good news!

Previously his willpower wasn't strong enough, but now, as his willpower grows, multitasking has become strong enough to operate both inside and outside the game simultaneously.

Although this "idle" cultivation effect is far lower than earnest cultivation—about only a quarter of the actual effect—it's still better than nothing.

As time increases, his physical body's quality will inevitably rise.

Moreover, after a while, his willpower will also grow, so the "idle" effect will increase!

"Looks like I'll have to bask in the sun and play games every day from now on; I wonder if I'll get tanned dark…"

Xiao Feng thought to himself, suddenly feeling a bit like laughing.

However, he reckoned it wouldn't come to that.

Because the cultivation process itself absorbs all the energy from sunlight, including ultraviolet radiation and the like, converting it into nourishment for his body.

So even if getting tanned happens, the degree won't be high.

If he really ended up with a bronzed skin, that would actually be pretty cool!

Xiao Feng got up and went back indoors.

Dun Dun and Xing Yun Miao were still resting in the living room, watching TV with news about the Myriad Heavens.

"Senior, come quick, they're talking about you on TV!"

Seeing him enter, Luoli Dun immediately said, patting the sofa beside her.

"What are they saying about me?"

Xiao Feng curiously walked over, sat down beside the little loli, and meanwhile snatched her ice cream to eat.

"Ah… damn, you actually ate my saliva! The TV says you finally did something human—after half a year of idling, the Civilization Lord is finally going to bring everyone along to play."

After saying that, she lunged forward, snatching food right at his mouth, taking another bite of the ice cream that belonged to her.

"You two… even in broad daylight you don't restrain yourselves!" Xing Yun Miao expressed exasperation, saying these two troublemakers are escalating their antics, and she truly doesn't know when they'll spark something.

Luoli Dun took it as pride rather than shame, licked the ice cream off her lips, and softly hummed, "Miao Jie, this is envy!"

Xiao Feng also licked the ice cream from his mouth, rewound the TV program by a minute to see what was being said.

The TV was airing a newly launched show called "Idle Talk Myriad Heavens," a relatively casual talk show where the host and two guests discuss various matters in the Myriad Heavens world, talk about impacts, and analyze some trends.

Many people who are working or busy, with nothing to do, will tune in, and the ratings are still quite high.

The program is live, and right now they happen to be discussing Xiao Feng's initiation of a 5,000‑person legion‑level dungeon; the host and guests lament that this Civilization Lord has ignored ordinary players' activities for half a year, and now that he finally shows up, he's making a big move.

The two guests are well‑known players in the game; one is a national‑competition professional player, known in‑game as "Dun Yu Cang Qiong," who once ranked on the Level Ranking, but his luck in this Myriad Heavens journey has been poor—so far he hasn't rolled any good talent, so his strength can only linger at the tail of the first echelon.

The other is a young, beautiful female player whom Xiao Feng has met twice before; she is the president of the server's largest female player guild, the "Mist Rain" Guild, known as "Qing Feng Yan Yu."

Qing Feng Yan Yu said, Xiao Feng's personal strength has already reached its limit; in the short term it shouldn't be possible to have any major increase. This 5,000‑person dungeon marks his shift from individual growth to collective development, and he may pay more attention to civilization development from now on.

Dun Yu Cang Qiong, however, thinks Xiao Feng is resorting to mobilizing the whole zone's power because he can't beat a dungeon, calling it "bestowing benefits" as a pretext; he finds this selfish, self‑serving, face‑saving behavior utterly contemptible.

The two each held their own views, and the host occasionally interjected a few comments.

Xiao Feng doesn't really care about others' opinions of him, but after watching this show he did indeed receive some inspiration.

Only four months remain in the settlement of the first season's Civilization Points Ranking, which converts to just twelve days in real time.

He must boost the points of Blue Star Sector 8 to stay in the top ten and first claim the season‑wide reward of the first season!

He has been cultivating the Chaos Tree all along, the progress never falling behind; after obtaining six more Supreme Treasure points, in about seventy days he can enter the next stage.

By then perhaps the Chaos Immortal Realm could be opened, giving players of this zone a chance to obtain the Primeval Legacy, thereby greatly boosting their scores!

Besides that, it's about occupying big and small worlds and secret realms.

At present the monsters in the Myriad Heavens Battlefield are too strong for players to seize.

Some areas of the Divine Realm, however, are worth considering.

For example, capturing a Divine Nation Continent and occupying important islands in the Element Sea, etc.

These regions also give a few points of reward.

Moreover, war is a multiplayer game; it can mobilize the whole zone's players to play together instead of him fighting alone, which has a pretty good effect on boosting player enthusiasm.

"What Dun Yu Cang Qiong says is truly unpleasant—slandering Senior Xiao Feng on TV like this! Next time I meet him in the game, I'll smack him with a shield and let him know the proper way to use a shield!" Dun Dun said indignantly while listening to the TV discussion.

Xiao Feng said indifferently, "He's just projecting his own faults onto others; there's nothing worth scolding. By the way, among the players who signed up this time, are those two TV personalities included?"

Dun Dun shook her head, indicating she wasn't sure.

Xing Yun Miao analyzed, "Qing Feng Yan Yu and Dun Yu Cang Qiong are both top‑tier players; the Divine Emperor should probably just send them invitations. After all, one is the guild leader of Mist Rain, the other a renowned pro player—both have strong influence and strength."

"Then let's kick Dun Yu Cang Qiong out!" Dun Dun hammered the sofa and snorted.

Xiao Feng laughed, "No need; let him come along so he can see how we play, to avoid him running off and smearing us."

Kicking someone is really losing face; in this situation, it's still better to slap them with strength!