The fairies I flirted with in the game became real?!

Chapter 210 The Benefits of Splashing the Sky

In Tianjiao City, Qu Shihong once again reviewed a report about a malevolent tiger descending from the mountains to devour people and attacking grain transport carts before disappearing. He glanced at the report for a mere few seconds, habitually approved it, and tossed it aside.

He picked up the next report and began to review it.

However, as he opened the next report, Qu Shihong paused, his pen in mid-air.

His brows furrowed slightly.

"A malevolent tiger devouring people? Attacking grain transport carts?"

He vaguely remembered that he had reviewed such reports several times over the past month.

But each time, he hadn't paid much attention and simply gave it a cursory review before moving on.

Now, as he reflected... the frequency of these tiger attacks on humans seemed unusually high, didn't it?

And it was always attacking the grain carts?

Qu Shihong hurriedly retrieved the discarded report and began to read through it.

The report's content was straightforward: a large tiger with hanging eyes and a white forehead had descended from the mountains to attack a grain transport convoy, killing more than thirty people, burning the grain, and consuming the Spiritual Medicine.

Although such an event was somewhat eerie, it wasn't strange.

Evil tigers in the mountains would gradually gain intelligence with age, and even acquire some Divine Skills, turning into fierce and malevolent creatures that brought calamity to an area.

It was normal to overlook a single malevolent tiger while busy with other matters.

Unless, of course, this tiger only attacked grain convoys and did so too frequently...

Qu Shihong raised his head and ordered, "Go find all the reports about the malevolent tiger eating people and bring them to me."

After Qu Shihong issued the command to his subordinate, someone immediately went to take care of it.

When his subordinate presented all sixteen related reports on the desk, Qu Shihong realized something was amiss only after seeing the stack of seventeen thick reports.

"A malevolent tiger from the mountains suddenly starts devouring humans? Attacking grain convoys seventeen times in a single month?"

As Qu Shihong piled the seventeen reports together, he said to his subordinate,

"Send these seventeen reports to the young lady, please have her make a decision."

The Tianjiao City, which had been preoccupied with frontline affairs, finally recognized the impropriety of the situation with the tiger.

Meanwhile, in the same drizzly weather, a puzzled Li Muyang lay in wait atop a cliff.

"...Did I remember incorrectly?"

He closed his eyes, immersed in the game.

At the moment, he was in a time-limited level, having just breached the enemy's defenses.

In the past month, Li Muyang had cleared the time-limited level with Wushan Jun seventeen times and had become quite adept at missions involving attacking supply carts.

But this time, as he controlled Wushan Jun to burst from the darkness, having bitten half of the Xuelian Sect disciples on the official road to death and scared the rest away, was about to set the carts on fire with a torch when Li Muyang suddenly got distracted.

Next to the cart lay a corpse, sent flying by Wushan Jun's slap, with half its chest a blur of blood and flesh, a pitiful end.

Yet, this Xuelian Sect follower's face bore a very conspicuous green birthmark.

On this birthmark, there even grew a single disgusting whisker.

Li Muyang didn't usually go after someone's physical appearance, as looks were innate, but such a distinctive appearance made him take a second glance.

He faintly remembered, during an attack mission three days prior, there had been a Xuelian Sect follower with the same birthmark and whisker.

But that man had been killed by Wushan Jun then, with his body a blur of blood and flesh, a pitiful death.

Yet now, only three days later, he saw a corpse that looked exactly the same...

Li Muyang furrowed his brow: "This is really strange!"

"Have I come across two identical twins?"

But could twins have the exact same birthmarks and hair?

Li Muyang bent down to examine the bodies on the ground and, to his shock, found that several seemed very familiar, almost as if he had seen them several times before.

The odd situation made Li Muyang furrow his brows.

"Have I killed the same person twice?"

"Is it a problem with the system, or..."

Li Muyang raised his head, his gaze shifting towards Tianjiao City...

...

…

The fierce sun shone down upon the vast land.

A gigantic Flying Boat hovered high in the sky, overlooking the vast expanse of terrain below.

But not a single flying boat dared to venture into the area ahead.

The heavy overcast clouds shrouded the expanse of land below.

For the past month, relentless rain had been ceaselessly pouring. The disciples of the Blood Lotus Cult seemed to gain some strength enhancement as they bathed in the continuous rain.

Not only were the beast cavalry far stronger than ordinary demon beasts, but even the mortal followers of the Blood Lotus Cult also possessed astonishing combat power.

A force of over a hundred thousand, when spread out, were able to staunchly resist the six-pronged total assault of the Refinement Demon Sect's army numbering over a million.

However, the big shots of the Refinement Demon Sect were not to be trifled with, and they quickly noticed the anomaly.

"...After the followers of the Blood Lotus Cult die in battle, their corpses must be retrieved by any means possible."

"Some with severe injuries, having only an arm or even half an ear left, will be found and taken away... This is somewhat abnormal."

The army of over a million, regardless of casualties, had been fiercely attacking for thirty days, and the human forces of the Refinement Demon Sect had suffered heavy losses; the death benefits disbursed so far had nearly reached two hundred thousand instances.

On the side of the Blood Lotus Cult, the casualties were also at least forty thousand.

Yet, with such a vast number of casualties, the numbers of the Blood Lotus Cult did not seem to decrease.

It appeared they had unceasing reinforcements coming in. Continue reading stories on empire

"Find a way to locate the source of the Blood Lotus Cult's reinforcements; there is something slightly odd about this..."

Sect Master Gong Yanghong issued such an order.

After a month of relentless attacks, jokes about the Refinement Demon Sect and him, Gong Yanghong, began to spread.

This was intolerable for Gong Yanghong, who was always concerned with his reputation and the face of his sect.

...

Atop the cliff, Li Muyang received his game rewards and returned to reality.

He prepared to eat some Spirit Rice as a meal substitute, then continue playing the game.

But the chat group that had been silent for a long time suddenly sprang to life.

[Perilous Lodging One: Is Azure Lodging Three still alive?]

[Perilous Lodging One: Last month you said you were going to explore the Blood Lotus Cult's base... What were the results?]

The group members, who usually avoided Li Muyang like the plague, were unexpectedly initiating a conversation with him today.

Li Muyang was instantly curious.

[Azure Lodging Three: Number One, you're not afraid of me anymore?]

[Perilous Lodging One: ...Talk business!]

After a moment of thought, Li Muyang decided to throw his discovery into the group to bluff his fellow group members and see their reactions.

These group members definitely knew more about the Blood Lotus Cult than he did.

[Azure Lodging Three: I've found an interesting little thing, and I was about to share it with everyone.]

[Azure Lodging Three: On the Blood Lotus Cult's territory, I killed a man... twice!]

[Azure Lodging Three: What do you say? Creepy or not?]

Li Muyang deliberately kept his words vague; anyone unaware of the details would be completely befuddled by this message.

However, after he finished speaking, the people in the group all fell silent.

Clearly, except for Zi Weiheng, everyone else's avatar was lit up.

But they all collectively fell into silence.

Just as Li Muyang thought that this group was about to go offline collectively again, Jing Muan, who seldom spoke, chimed in.

[Jing Muan: The weird power of the Four Directions Cauldron has been fully activated, huh...]

Obviously, these folks knew the reason and even knew it very clearly.

As Li Muyang contemplated how he could continue to scam these people, Perilous Lodging One suddenly came out with a statement.

[Perilous Lodging One: Azure Lodging Three, are you interested in destroying the Four Directions Cauldron? If you can destroy the Four Directions Cauldron, we are all willing to owe you a favor and do something within our means for you!]

This abrupt statement from Perilous Lodging One made Li Muyang hesitate for a moment.

Three question marks floated above his head.

A bunch of mysterious Zifu experts, all promising to do him a favor... What kind of hell-level task must one undertake to receive such a reward?

Even boundless wealth would not be an exaggeration, right?

Li Muyang immediately became guarded.

[Azure Lodging Three: What, you want to lure me into a death trap?]