Chapter 1 The Beginning

“Won? We won! Yuanshi killed Li Xianzong, we won!”

Hearing the notification in her ear, the Queen stood up abruptly, her bright face blooming with joy. Excited, she rose quickly and forcefully, her full breasts quivering like jelly.

Li Chunfeng clenched his fist and waved it excitedly a few times, then cursed “fuck,” venting the emotions he had suppressed, before saying, “This is the most dangerous instance I’ve ever encountered. To be able to turn the tables in such a desperate situation, I couldn’t do it. He deserves to be a genius who has cleared two S-class instances, he deserves to be Yuanshi Tianzun!”

Too powerful… Lilihuyuan Shangcao’s face showed joy that overshadowed his melancholy. He said, “The teammates I’ve had before are so obviously inferior to him.” Yin-Yang Town was the most difficult instance he had ever experienced, completely different from previous instances, and his teammates were completely different as well.

The calm and resourceful Li Chunfeng, the skilled shooter Guan Ya, the unfathomable, the powerful Queen and Huo De Xingjun – the quality of these teammates was far higher than the Spirit Realm experts he had encountered before. What’s more, there was a star-level figure like Yuanshi. The enemies on the evil side were equally terrifying.

These guys are all real high-level players, high-level players in the Transcendent stage.

We survived, that’s good… He killed Li Xianzong in the instance. When we return to reality, I wonder how many people will be shocked. Seriously, he always causes such big news, my bounty ranking is going to increase again… Guan Ya leaned back and rested against the wall, relieved, a faint smile on her lips.

Skinny Eat Lotus Root felt like he was dreaming. They actually won? He cleared such a difficult instance just like that?

The honest and sincere man felt a little ashamed, feeling like he hadn’t done anything, and even enjoyed himself with Xu the Widow, and didn’t deserve to clear the instance. At this moment, the Queen’s breathing suddenly quickened: “Good, such generous rewards, ah~ I’m going to love Yuanshi Tianzun to death.”

Hearing this, everyone quickly focused their attention and checked the mission rewards. Guan Ya gave the woman another look.

[Reward settlement in progress… Obtained item/prop: Gang Token] [Reward experience points: 28%] [Main quest settlement complete… Ding, congratulations on completing the hidden quest, rewards are being settled for you…] [Obtained item/prop: Yin-Yang Robe] [Reward experience points: 3%] [Hidden quest settlement complete… Ding, congratulations on advancing to Level 3 Night Wanderer…] [Ding! Character card reward activated, reward item: Enduring Spritzer.] [Settlement complete! Exit the Spirit Realm in ten minutes.]

“The Gang Token really came out. I can form my own small team in the future,” Zhang Yuanqing was overjoyed.

The reward probability of the Gang Token was not high, and it required reaching a certain amount of hidden points to trigger. Obviously, the fierce battle between the two teams, the continuous reversals of the situation, his command and turnaround, were recognized by the instance.

The Demon Lord’s character card reward came as promised, still an item, but the name didn’t seem quite right. Zhang Yuanqing didn’t have time to check the item, his brow was burning, and the black crescent moon mark protruded.

A tyrannical Taiyin (yin energy) force was released from the mark, rushing into his body with an almost unreasonable attitude, bringing the pain and heat of modifying genes and reorganizing life. He couldn’t help but twitch and instinctively looked down, startled to see his body standing in place.

Soul projection again?

The last time his soul projected, it was when he had just cleared the Xinling Tunnel and became a level 1 Night Wanderer.

About three minutes later, the spirit body returned to the body, and the violent and tyrannical Taiyin power subsided. Zhang Yuanqing sensed the changes in his body while opening the attribute panel: [Name: Yuanshi Tianzun] [Race: Human] [Occupation: Night Wanderer] [Level: 3] [Skills: Night Wander, Spirit Devour, Taiyin Spirit, Howl at the Moon, Charm, Spirit Inscription, Astral Projection] [Experience points: 8%] [Moral value: 140] [Reputation value: 40] [Spirit (active): A spirit rune unique to the Night Wanderer, can be used to outline talismans and arrays. Note: Completed, can outline and refine the Yin Corpse Array.] [Astral Projection: The soul leaves the body, effective for twenty minutes.]

“Night Wanderers really have the ability to separate the soul from the body. After all, they specialize in this field, but I didn’t expect to learn it until level 3. I’ve finally learned all the skills of the Night Wanderer…”

After finishing his exclamation, Zhang Yuanqing was about to check the items when he suddenly heard a patter. The dark red dancing shoes staggered over, sometimes to the east, sometimes to the west, like a drunkard, not very smart.

It still wants me to dance like this? While the curse effect hasn’t dissipated, Zhang Yuanqing used a bug to store it back in the item bar. Then, he put the Eye of Insight and other props back into the item bar in turn.

Now he could finally check the newly acquired items without distraction. [Name: Gang Token (unactivated)] [Type: Token] [Function: Establish a gang (upgradeable)] [Introduction: Level 1 Gang Token, can establish a six-person team, can create unique instances for the team; can obtain additional experience points rewards (the gang leader's reward is twice that of ordinary members); can invite teammates of the same level to participate in instances; can open the gang warehouse] [Note 1: Gang exclusive instances, can be opened when the number of team members reaches six.] [Note 2: Gang warehouse (not open)] [Note 3: The Gang Token ignores factions and can pull opposing faction members into the team.] [Note 4: Gang members cannot betray or kill each other.]

“Damn, this thing is much more valuable than props. A capable and ambitious person, as long as they get the Gang Token, given time, will definitely become a powerful figure, like me. I want to use it to build my own small team, preferably a team independent of the official organization, mainly composed of wild cultivators, which is conducive to expanding channels, and the connections do not overlap, so the people of the Five Elements Alliance are out.” Zhang Yuanqing summoned the Gang Token, which was a triangular token cast in bronze, with the words “Gang” engraved on the front.

After holding the Gang Token, a blue interface automatically popped up. Zhang Yuanqing used his finger as a pen on the interface and entered the name he temporarily came up with: [Wen Cult] [Ding! The name is already taken, please rename.] When the others approached, Zhang Yuanqing glanced at the joyful faces of the crowd and smiled, "It seems you all got good rewards." "Thanks to you!" The smile on Li Chunfeng's face couldn't be stopped: "My experience points have reached 9%. Maybe I can participate in the mid-year slaughter instance to attack the Saint. Also, I got a decent item that makes up for my lack of output." The Queen smiled charmingly and said, "I also got an item, and my experience points have reached 87%. Even in level 3, I am at the middle and upper level. I also want to participate in the mid-year slaughter instance. By the way, Yuanshi, you should be level 3 soon, right?"

Guan Ya immediately looked over.

"I'm already level 3. I can participate in the mid-year slaughter instance. Sister Guan Ya, how about you?" Zhang Yuanqing smiled. "...I'm also level 3." Guan Ya looked dazed.

What is this guy doing? Three consecutive level ups in three instances? What kind of perverted leveling speed is this?

Ordinary Spirit Realm cultivators have to go through three or four instances, or even more, to level up once.

This kind of leveling speed is comparable to that little witch in the family.

"You seem to have become a cultivator for only more than a month, right? This should be your third or fourth instance, right?" The Queen's small mouth was slightly open.

Yes.

After the group exchanged contact information, the countdown ended, and the scenery instantly distorted.

The picture went from blurry to clear, and Zhang Yuanqing saw the familiar bedroom and messy bed. The electronic clock on the bedside table showed the time:

May weather, it was already dawn, outside the window was the clear and melodious chirping of birds, and the faint voices of early-rising old women and men in the community. Peaceful and tranquil.

Zhang Yuanqing stood by the window, breathing in the cool and humid morning air. Every time he returned from the Spirit Realm, he had a feeling of being separated from the world. "It's dawn, I'm so tired, so sleepy..."

Zhang Yuanqing's eyelids were heavy, and every cell in his body let out a lazy sigh, wishing he could fall asleep and recover his strength and energy. He returned to his desk, tore off a page of paper, and wrote quickly:

"No classes today, stayed up late playing games, skipping breakfast, don't disturb."

He stuck the paper on the door, closed the door, sent a message to Li Dongze to inform him that he had come out of the instance, and fell asleep. The next day, near a security post in a high-end residential area, Li Dongze woke up on time to the call of the alarm clock.

His first reaction was to pick up his phone and check for missed calls or messages. Sure enough!

Two unread messages, one from Yuanshi Tianzun and one from Guan Ya.

He first opened the message sent by Yuanshi Tianzun at 5:30 in the morning: "Squad leader, I'm out of the instance, a little tired, going to rest first."

He finally came out! Sigh, really, every time he enters an instance, it makes people worry, more frightened than when I enter an instance myself… Li Dongze sighed, and the heart he was carrying finally let go. Compared with the previous two instances, his mentality was slightly more stable this time in Yin-Yang Town.

Sure enough, Yuanshi didn't disappoint him. Li Dongze habitually began to analyze:

"Yuanshi's tone is very calm, Guan Ya also came out. The instance took about five hours, standard length. The difficulty of Yin-Yang Town is in the middle and upper range of A-level instances, mainly the faction confrontation. Yuanshi and Guan Ya are both level 2, so the opponents they encountered shouldn't be particularly strong."

While thinking, he exited Yuanshi Tianzun's chat interface and checked Guan Ya's message. Her message was sent a few minutes ago.

"Squad leader, Yuanshi and I came out. The enemy we encountered in the instance was Li Xianzong. I suffered a slight injury, a little tired, going to rest first." When he saw that the enemy was Li Xianzong, Li Dongze instinctively felt a chill. The first thought that flashed through his mind was: Damn, Yuanshi and Guan Ya are dead!

Then he realized that this should be after the fact, they came out of the instance, which meant that the loser was Li Xianzong. What's going on? Li Dongze stared at the phone screen, dumbfounded.

What teammates did they meet in the instance? They actually killed Li Xianzong. There are only a handful of experts in the Transcendent stage. Are they from Taiyi Sect, or from the official organization, or hidden experts among the civilians?

What are you sleeping for at this time? Get up and write a report!!

Li Dongze completely lost his sleepiness, and was itching to write a report about them. On the other side, the Fu Family Bay villa.

In front of the spacious solid wood dining table, Fu Qingyang and Ling Jun were enjoying breakfast with the service of bunny girls. A bunny girl walked in from outside the restaurant, holding an old-fashioned mobile phone in her hand, and said:

"Young master, Miss Guan Ya's call."

"Oh, she came out." Ling Jun smiled and took a sip of milk.

He wasn't too worried about Guan Ya and Yuanshi. One of these guys is a fighting freak, and the other has a flexible mind and many props. It is likely that the Yin-Yang Town instance cannot trouble them. Fu Qingyang's expression relaxed slightly, put down his knife and fork, and took the phone.

"Came out?" His tone was calm, as if it was a trivial matter.

Guan Ya gave an "uh" and said, "I wrote a report. Take a look and see if it should be submitted to the database. You make the decision yourself. I'm tired. Don't call me if there's anything." She believed that the contents of this report were not suitable for direct submission to Li Dongze.

"Okay!"

Fu Qingyang nodded slightly, handed the phone back to the bunny girl, and instructed, "Bring my computer over."

Ling Jun put down his knife and fork, put away his casual posture, and said, "What does Guan Ya mean by this?" Fu Qingyang said lightly: "You'll know after reading the report."