The Game with Fairies

“Died again…”

Was Steward Wu on a rampage today?

No matter which option Li Muyang chose after meeting Steward Wu, he would be violently killed by Steward Wu.

After dying several times in a row, Li Muyang was at a loss for words.

“Meeting Steward Wu means certain death, but I can’t just not meet him…”

Logically, interactive games shouldn’t offer no-win options. If there are no-win options, it means that a key choice made earlier must have triggered a death flag.

But the third stage of nurturing had just begun, and the game’s storyline hadn’t progressed much, so it was impossible for Li Muyang to have triggered a death flag.

“Could the key to breaking the situation be before meeting Steward Wu?”

Li Muyang loaded his game again, this time reverting to the very beginning before his visit to the ancestral temple to see Granny Gu.

After loading the game, Li Muyang encountered Xiao Yecao.

“Elder Brother, Granny Gu wants us to see her later,” Xiao Yecao informed him.

However, Li Muyang shook his head: “No, let’s head straight to the mountains.”

This time, Li Muyang chose not to meet Granny Gu and instead took Xiao Yecao directly into the mountains, avoiding the ancestral temple storyline.

Arriving at the cave on time, Steward Wu did not kill him, but his attitude was as cold as usual.

After accompanying Xiao Yecao to have her blood drawn in the cave, Li Muyang took her back towards the village.

Suddenly, a cold breeze appeared on the mountain path, and darkness engulfed Li Muyang like a rising tide.

That feeling of being touched by a strange creature in the ancestral temple returned.

【You died. Game Over】

The death screen popped up, and Li Muyang opened his eyes on the ridge.

“Not meeting Granny Gu results in her killing me directly?” Li Muyang scratched his head.

“It seems my value isn’t as great as I imagined. If I don’t meet her as agreed, she just slaughters me without giving me a chance to argue.”

This old woman has quite a murderous streak.

Li Muyang closed his eyes and entered the game again.

Not seeing Granny Gu meant certain death, and triggering the ancestral temple storyline and meeting Steward Wu led to death.

So, the key to breaking the situation must lie between these two storylines.

Li Muyang quickly found the direction to break the game and loaded his save again.

This time, the save was right after he and Xiao Yecao had left the ancestral temple.

After leaving the temple, Li Muyang did not take Xiao Yecao to find Steward Wu directly.

He walked along the mountain path with Xiao Yecao, pondering what he could do before meeting Steward Wu.

The demonic cultivator outsiders in Black Cloud Village were brutal and powerful, led by a mysterious figure known as the Temple Seal Lord.

However, the Temple Seal Lord was mysterious and never showed himself in public. The villagers had never seen his true face either.

Below the Temple Seal Lord were three Cave Masters, and under them were eighteen Stewards.

Steward Wu was one of them and was considered an elite monster holding a high status among the demon cultivators.

It was impossible for Li Muyang to bypass Steward Wu to find the three cave masters. Death would come even quicker.

These old-era demon cultivators were cruel and vicious, much more unpredictable than the sinister and evil Demon Refining Sect. There was basically no reasoning with them.

Li Muyang took Xiao Yecao into the cave, but instead of finding Steward Wu, he deliberately avoided the blood room and wandered aimlessly through the cave.

A series of interconnected caves formed a vast underground world.

These caves were all incredibly large, with the highest points reaching up to several hundred meters, making it feel not at all oppressive inside.

Moreover, with the modifications made by the demon cultivators, aside from the air being noticeably damp and chilly, it was almost indistinguishable from the outside world.

Outside the pharmacy, many beautiful spiritual herbs and flowers were planted in a large hollow, their stems glowing in the darkness like something out of a fairy tale.

Xiao Yecao followed Li Muyang, watching him avoid the blood room and take her around several caves, and couldn’t help but ask.

“Elder Brother, aren’t we going to the blood room?Steward Wu will really get angry if we don’t go soon.”

Xiao Yecao said worriedly.

Li Muyang, however, roamed around the cave as if he had nothing better to do, striking up conversations with every demon cultivator he encountered.

Talking to NPCs in the game was one of the main ways to obtain key information.

And now, Li Muyang approached every demon cultivator he saw to chat.

“…Brother, anything unusual happens in the cave today?”

“Sister, have you heard about what happened in the cave today?”

“Hey… Uncle Dao, did you hear about anything happening in the cave today?”

Li Muyang talked to every NPC he met, trying to trigger a key storyline.

However, after visiting the usual scenes like the alchemy room, pharmacy, and marrow-cleansing pool, Li Muyang still couldn’t find any key clues.

In response to his questions, everyone was confused and didn’t understand what Li Muyang was talking about.

Fortunately, the lower-level demon cultivators in the cave were all like Li Muyang, natives of Black Cloud Village.

They wore ribbons on their hands and followed the Temple Seal Lord in demon cultivation, essentially still being natives of Black Cloud Village and acquaintances of the character ‘Jiang Xiaoyu’.

So although Li Muyang’s behavior of running around was strange, nobody really minded.

Some kind-hearted demon cultivators even reminded Li Muyang to quickly take the lost soul to the blood room without delay, warning that Steward Wu had a bad temper and that provoking him could lead to trouble.

And sure enough, as people said, Steward Wu appeared soon after.

“Jiang Xiaoyu! You don’t bring the lost soul for blood extraction and instead run around the cave… Do you want to rebel?”

With a gloomy face, Steward Wu suddenly appeared and blocked Li Muyang’s path.

Apparently, the news of Li Muyang running around the cave had spread, and Steward Wu had come following the noise.

Staring coldly at Li Muyang, Steward Wu said, “Since you don’t want to work, then don’t bother working ever again!”

As his voice fell, Steward Wu waved his sleeve, and a blood-red font popped up in front of Li Muyang.

【You died. Game Over】

Li Muyang opened his eyes on the ridge, pondering for a moment.

“If there’s no clue to trigger in the cave, could the storyline clue be outside the cave?”

He loaded his game again, and he wandered around Black Cloud Village instead of entering the cave this time.

Li Muyang repeated his previous tactic, chatting with every villager he encountered.

There were more villagers in the village, and Li Muyang wandered around for two or three hours but still did not trigger any key clues.

Then, two hours later, the cold-eyed Steward Wu arrived.

“You dare to be late, boy?”

Blood splattered in the next second.

Li Muyang opened his eyes and loaded the game again.

“No clues in the cave, no clues in the village… Could the clue be on the mountain road before entering the cave?”

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