Chapter 5 - 5 Did I Eat Too Much?

Chapter 5: Chapter 5 Did I Eat Too Much?

The task notification that popped up in his view made Li Muyang blink.

There's a save feature?

Does it mean that after dying next time, he could start the storyline from here?

Li Muyang looked at the trembling shopkeeper, then called out the equally trembling waiter, and under the arrangement of Glass Immortal Maiden, they carried the six bodies to the backyard and laid them side by side.

At this moment, the six Demon Cultivators had turned into a terrifying mix of half-human, half-monster, some covered in black scales, another's head turning into a serpent's head, it was like a bizarre animal fusion.

Glass Immortal Maiden frowned next to the bodies, "Since Master Qianye swept away the demons a thousand years ago, the land of the Nine Provinces has been free of the Demon Path for a thousand years. Where did these six Demon Cultivators come from?"

Glass Immortal Maiden crouched down to inspect the bodies of the Demon Cultivators.

Li Muyang stood by, not approaching.

The bloody appearance of these bodies made them look quite unappetizing, a side effect of the game's overly realistic simulation.

The excessively realistic bodies and the pungent smell of blood in the air made Li Muyang frown; he had been dealing with half a month-old sheep and was almost suffering from blood smell PTSD.

If this were a game from his previous life, such realistic bodies and spurting blood would probably be rated 18+.

As expected of a mission inspector, Glass Immortal Maiden conducted a thorough examination and quickly came to a conclusion.

"They seem to be the infamous Blood Demon Cult followers from a thousand years ago..."

Glass Immortal Maiden frowned as she stood up and washed the blood off her hands with water.

Li Muyang recorded this information, "The Blood Demon Path that disappeared a thousand years ago?"

The classic game setting where the legendary Demon Lord reemerges a thousand years later, causing chaos at the end of a dynasty.

It seemed that the boss of the tutorial in Loushan City was likely a Demon Cultivator from the Blood Demon Path.

Li Muyang and Glass Immortal Maiden left the backyard and returned to the inn's main hall.

The front door was opened just then, and a silhouette with a huge green health bar walked in with several followers.

[Guide].

This NPC also had a health bar, a middle-aged man clad in armor, slim with some white at his temples, appearing quite aged.

Upon seeing Glass Immortal Maiden, the guide quickly stepped forward to greet her, "Loushan City's official, Zhao Erhu, greets the maiden."

Glass Immortal Maiden nodded slightly, "Thank you for your troubles, Mister Zhao."

Though she appeared aloof, Glass Immortal Maiden was still very polite.

The two apparently knew each other, and after a brief exchange of pleasantries, Glass Immortal Maiden asked Zhao Erhu to send his followers to handle the seven bodies in the backyard.

But just as Li Muyang finished speaking, before Glass Immortal Maiden could respond, an intense vibration assaulted the carriage.

Inside the carriage, Li Muyang felt his body jolt violently, and the next second, he plunged into darkness.

"Damn! To die so arbitrarily?"

Back in the Refinement Demon Sect's thatched cottage, Li Muyang suddenly sat up.

Opening his eyes in disbelief, the death had come too suddenly; he didn't even have the chance to halt time or see how he died.

All he felt was the carriage being struck by something, and then he perished.

Sitting on the hard bed, Li Muyang closed his eyes, and the sinister CG image of Loushan City under the moonlight reappeared in his vision.

This CG scroll displayed several lines of large text.

[Would You Like to Continue the Tutorial?]

[Yes/No]

As Li Muyang was about to select [Yes], his stomach suddenly gave a loud "growl".

He was hungry.

Engrossed in the game, Li Muyang then opened his eyes to find that it was already dark outside without his realization; he hadn't had dinner and was now ravenous.

"Tsk... the last time I was this engrossed in a game was, well, the last time."

Li Muyang sighed.

This game indeed had something special; he hadn't been this absorbed for a long time, to the point where he even forgot to eat.

Getting out of bed, Li Muyang started to make a fire for cooking. As an Outer Sect Disciple of the Refinement Demon Sect, he was essentially like a handyman; a common disciple like Li Muyang with no background or status was at the very bottom, and he had to take care of his own meals and water heating.

Opening the empty rice bin, he scooped out two big spoonfuls of Spirit Rice, and began to cook.

Although his culinary skills were average, the Spirit Rice distributed by the Refinement Demon Sect was indeed a treat, even tastier than the Wuchang rice he had eaten in his previous life, and it also benefitted his cultivation.

But looking at the dwindling supply of Spirit Rice in the bin, Li Muyang hesitated.

"That... Have I been eating too much recently?"

While the Spirit Rice was indeed delicious, his appetite had indeed grown much larger than before.

It was only mid-month, and the newly distributed Spirit Rice was already running out.

Looking at the scant remains of Spirit Rice in the bin, Li Muyang suddenly felt the same financial panic he had experienced in college when he realized his living expenses were nearly depleted.

"I need to find a way to get some more Spirit Rice!"