Chapter 82: Treasure Hunting in the Lost City (Part 3)

Su Xi arrived before a massive altar.

On the altar sat a treasure chest, and beside the treasure chest was a giant black python with red eyes.

【Host, that treasure chest.】 Er Miao reminded Su Xi.

【Mm!】 Su Xi saw it too, and immediately took the Thunder-Gang Mace from her Origin Spirit Mansion and charged at the black python to kill it.

After a fierce struggle, the black python died under the Thunder-Gang Mace.

Su Xi opened the treasure chest; inside was an hourglass the size of a palm.

And inside the hourglass was some golden sand emitting a twelve-colored radiance.

Su Xi put the hourglass into the System Space and chose the option to submit the treasure.

Soon, the mission review passed, showing the mission had been completed perfectly.

At the same time, the massive altar began to change, eventually transforming from an altar into a teleportation array.

Su Xi looked at the teleportation array but did not enter immediately.

Instead, she first asked 24—【Can I cultivate in this Yi Cheng for a while? The spiritual energy here is very suitable for me.】

24—【You may. Time in Yi Cheng differs from Weilan Xing; one year in Yi Cheng is one month on Weilan Xing. You can stay here for at most three years before you must return to the game.】

Su Xi was somewhat surprised, but having experienced situations with different time flows before, she accepted it quickly, 【Yes, I will keep track of the time.】

Spring returned and summer arrived, autumn came and winter followed.

Time within Yi Cheng had passed in the blink of an eye for three years.

In these three years, Su Xi went from the early Golden Core stage to the Small Perfection realm, catching up to her highest previous realm.

She finished her cultivation, stood up, and opened the game system.

Three years here was three months over on Weilan Xing.

Wang Weilin and the others had left her plenty of messages. The replies Er Miao had sent for her were all—【Currently doing a mission!】

【Thank you, Er Miao.】 Su Xi smiled.

Er Miao replied: 【Congratulations, Host, you are about to advance to the Nascent Soul Stage.】

【Thank you. The spiritual energy here is exceptionally pure and mild; it hardly requires any effort to refine and can be absorbed directly. It is extremely free of impurities; even the spiritual energy in the Ling Shou Yuan cannot compare to this place.】

【Yes, Host. Why not discuss it with the deity again and see if you can cultivate here for a while longer? Break through to the Nascent Soul Stage in one go before going back to do missions.】

【Forget it, I feel a bottleneck; I will cultivate my state of mind first. Once there are signs of the bottleneck loosening, we will come back here for secluded cultivation.】

【Yes, Host.】

Su Xi entered the teleportation array, and as the array emitted a dazzling light, her figure disappeared within it.

And after she left, Yi Cheng began to gradually shrink... finally turning into a bubble.

A space gate appeared, a white-haired man emerged from it, collected the bubble, and left.

Su Xi returned to Weilan Xing.

Compared to three months ago, this place had undergone tremendous changes.

Everywhere there were promotional advertisements for guild alliances recruiting players, as well as some players who did not look like humans, such as human-bodied monsters with antennae and fish heads, the Mechanical Race made entirely of metal parts, giant Beastmen, the Avian Race flying in the sky, and so on.

【Did we leave for three months, or did we switch to a different world?】 Su Xi asked Er Miao.

Er Miao replied: 【These are players from other worlds who have come to Weilan Xing through the Anchor Chain. Wang Weilin, Geng Shu, and Zhang Tu have all mentioned it.】

Su Xi immediately contacted Wang Weilin and the others.

Finally, the group met up at a small tavern.

By the time Su Xi arrived, Geng Shu was already there.

Seeing Su Xi, he immediately waved, "Over here—"

"Three months no see, why do you look so world-weary?" Su Xi sat down in the seat opposite Geng Shu.

Geng Shu had the waiter bring drinks first.

Then he looked at Su Xi, who looked exactly as she had three months ago, "What mission were you doing, why were you gone so long? What level are you now?"

Speaking of this, Su Xi had not yet checked the rewards for completing the mission, so she immediately opened the system light screen.

At this look, the corners of her mouth twitched, "Yi Cheng Treasure Hunt, reward 100 points, and 3 mission Treasure Boxes."

Geng Shu: "... Your mission is a bit absurd. Is the deity still unknown?"

"It has a name, the name is just a number—24. Doesn't that sound very perfunctory? It's like it doesn't want to be my deity at all." Su Xi secretly cursed 24.

Er Miao immediately said to Su Xi: 【Cursing a deity is punished as the crime of disrespect; 100 God Points deducted.】

"Can we still play happily!" Su Xi stood up abruptly.

The people around her looked over.

Geng Shu also asked in astonishment: "What happened?"

Su Xi replied: "I just cursed my deity in my heart—stingy, miser, won't find a wife in his whole life! Then he, he actually took back the 100 points I earned from doing the mission."

Geng Shu looked shocked, "You're really brave! But how do you know your deity is a man?"

"I spoke to him when I was doing the mission; it's a male voice. Naturally, he's looking for a wife, even if he's a cut-sleeve, a homosexual..."

Er Miao reminded Su Xi, 【Slandering a deity is an unforgivable crime; 500 God Points deducted, currently -400 God Points.】

"..." Su Xi shut her mouth; she looked left, right, up, and down.

Seeing this, Geng Shu asked, "What's wrong?"

Su Xi said: "They just deducted another 500 points from me, now I'm 400 in debt."

Geng Shu laughed out loud, "This deity of yours has his eye on you; be careful in the future."

"No kidding." Su Xi picked up her wine glass and took a big gulp.

Wang Weilin arrived, holding a bag of nuts to go with the drinks, and placed it on the table.

"Da Miao, what mission did you do?"

"For treasure hunting, this mission is taking a bit too long."

"By the way, Da Miao, where is Xiao Mi? I haven't seen her at all just now," Geng Shu asked.

Su Xi replied, "Xiao Mi's family came and took her away."

Wang Weilin nodded, "It's better to be with one's own family. When she's a bit older, she can go to school and make friends with children her own age."

"Mm." Su Xi grabbed a handful of nuts and chewed them slowly, "What level are you all at now? I'm still at level 0; not only do I have no points, but I'm also 400 in debt."

Wang Weilin was surprised, "How did that happen?"

Geng Shu happily told Wang Weilin about what had just happened.

Wang Weilin also laughed out loud, "You ran into a deity with a meticulous mind; in the future, think before you speak."

"He can hear it even if I say it in my heart," Su Xi sighed.

Wang Weilin sympathetically clinked his glass with hers, "I'm at level 43 now."

Geng Shu said, "Level 68."

Su Xi drooled with envy, "Nothing more to say, let's have another drink."

Zhang Tu arrived a bit late, accompanied by a female player with delicate and graceful features—Wei Manshen.

It was when Zhang Tu was performing a mission that he played the hero to save a beauty; they had been teaming up ever since and eventually ended up together.

"How nice, I want to find a boyfriend like that in the future too," Su Xi joked.