Chapter 15: with translation of chapter title

Today's surprises are just too many; I just found the mission target, and the next second someone already completed it.

System interface.

Boom! (crude fireworks effect)

Congratulations to 【I'm AFK】 for completing the mission first!

Grass (another plant)!

Fufeng's body uncontrollably burst out a stream of spiritual power; his fist light cleared a space with a radius of two zhang, and the cloud qi enveloped his figure like smoke.

Fortunately, Xiao Yi and Zhang Wu reacted in time, so they weren't hurt.

"What's going on?" Zhang Wu indicated with his eyes, asking about your junior brother's condition.

Xiao Yi shrugged, "How would I know?"

"Probably his old injury flared up; he got hurt when he was young." Xiao Yi pointed at his head. "Recently the pressure's been a bit high, so..."

"Tsk, what a pity!" Zhang Wu shook his head, looking regretful, what a talented person.

【Forum opened】

Another icon appeared on the system interface.

"What's this thing good for?" Fufeng scoffed, then opened the forum.

He hesitated only a few seconds; by the time he opened the forum, there were already five posts, with the top one being that guy called 【I'm AFK】.

"Are you wondering how I managed to finish the main quest in such a short time? You know what I've been through these past few days? Keep reading and you'll find out."

"Damn! Can't you say something useful? This isn't a paid post—does spamming all these words even help?!" Fufeng thought in frustration, and unconsciously he increased his effort, clearing an even wider area.

Actually I don't know what's going on either; two immortal realms were fighting fiercely, I heard they got attacked because they couldn't agree on terms with the Earth Immortal Realm, and my Wood Immortal Realm was at a disadvantage, actively militarizing, so I took the chance to join the strongest sect in this realm, but before I could even reach the battlefield, the mountain gate was uprooted. And so I muddled through and completed the mission.

"Huh? This works?" Fufeng felt sour inside, thinking such good luck never falls on him.

"Forgot to mention, my mission is to prevent the Wood Immortal Realm from falling." At the end, 【I'm AFK】 added.

"No way, I also participated in that battle—why didn't I get any reward!" said Sword Cultivator Invincible Under Heaven.

"Uh, impossible! How can there be two people in one world?" 【I'm AFK】 questioned.

"Right, I was indeed on the battlefield, but on the other side; I was there when they pulled up your sect's tree, but I really didn't notice any problem." said Sword Cultivator Invincible Under Heaven.

"Based on my experience, it's probably that the sword person just happened to take over your mission." The new speaker, called Dalang, seemed familiar with Sword Cultivator Invincible Under Heaven from his tone.

"This works?" The onlookers said they couldn't accept it.

"What's the situation with the Wood Immortal Realm now?" Dalang asked 【I'm AFK】.

"There's no Wood Immortal Realm anymore; after the Earth Immortal Realm broke through, it directly annexed the Wood Immortal Realm, and I heard the Earth Immortal Realm's green area increased by twenty percent." 【I'm AFK】 said.

"Hehehe!" The crowd let out a nasty laugh; although he finished the mission first, even his starting ground is gone, so future development looks bleak.

"And then, what are you planning to do next?"

"First cultivate, then when I can beat that sword person I'll go to other realms to pick up side quests." 【I'm AFK】 said helplessly. "I plan to go to the Spirit Immortal Realm then; I heard it's especially interesting."

"This place is indeed not bad; I've taken a city here, and I've already found a good way to complete the mission." said the one called City Lord.

Seeing the two about to collude and become thick as thieves, Sword Cultivator Invincible Under Heaven spoke.

"You'd better hurry up; our Earth Immortal Realm army's next target is the Spirit Immortal Realm, and I've already signed up."

"Don't come over!!!"

The city lord panicked badly; to have a good start he'd spent all his savings from four missions. If it gets breached, although he could easily finish the main quest without effort, the side quests would have nothing to do with him.

"Wait, your mission isn't to conquer all realms, is it?!" 【I'm AFK】 asked.

"Don't know, it's not unlocked yet!" said Sword Cultivator Invincible Under Heaven.

"Besides, this isn't conquest; these realms were originally just a single world that split apart." Sword Cultivator dropped a big bombshell.

"I know this too." said the Spirit Immortal Realm's city lord. "My mission is to clear the heavenly demons from the realm gates; damn it, in another ten years I'll be able to finish the mission."

"Heavenly demons?" Sensing the keyword, Fufeng hurriedly posted his task to clear demonic qi, asking the experts for guidance.

"We also have demonic qi here; it's an ability cultivated by demonic cultivators, and it doesn't look much like your situation." the city lord answered.

"Right, the demonic qi I know of is all acquired through later cultivation; according to your mission, that should be an innate thing." another expert chimed in.

"Then it must be related to heavenly demons; could it be indigestion?" said the city lord.

"How could that be? Although digesting heavenly demons is a bit troublesome, tossing them into the Nether Realm requires no attention at all." said the expert.

"Then maybe the Nether Realm itself has a problem." the city lord declared.

"Looks like that's it; you should slit your throat first! 2333" said 【I'm AFK】.

"But I've never heard of a Nether Realm!" Fufeng felt he might be in big trouble.

"No way! Where are you?"

"Cloud Immortal Realm, has anyone heard of it?" Fufeng asked eagerly, hoping Sword Cultivator Invincible Under Heaven would say he was right in the target area.

Unfortunately, no; out of the forum's fifty-seven players, fifty-six had never heard of that place.

Then they decisively gave up on Fufeng and started discussing other things.

The online players each reported their tasks and locations, sharing information; although there was no material help, some news was already enough.

After watching them spam nonsense for an hour, Fufeng finally closed the forum.

Mainly because his body was nearly exhausted, he really had not a drop left.

While he was browsing the forum, his body mechanically kept mining cloud qi; when he came to, the surroundings were completely empty, with only cloud qi drifting about.

Xiao Yi and Zhang Wu sat in the corner drinking tea, playing chess calmly.

"Yo, done venting?" Zhang Wu took two sips of tea; nowadays young people are under real pressure, actually venting for an hour.

"Alright, hurry up and refine that cloud qi; our task counts as done." Xiao Yi quickly changed the subject.

"Huh?" Fufeng was still a bit dazed; looking back, the original cloud-gathering banner that usually moved on its own now was as if soaked in water.

Roughly estimating, if that remaining cloud qi were refined, it could at least expand the spirit cloud by three cubic units.

Fufeng sat cross-legged, waiting for spiritual power to recover on its own, playing with the cloud essence in hand.

The news on the forum was quite timely; as it turned out, one could still reap the rewards without effort, so it seems my plan needs to be adjusted a bit.

He silently opened the forum, hoping to get more useful information.