118: Chapter 118 The Traitor Shut Up

Although the martial arts manual perfected by consuming main god points could not possibly have any problems, that still required it to be practiced correctly.

Old Li had practiced his deviated Tai Chi for most of his life; whether it was the Meridians for circulating Qi and blood, or the way of exerting power, it had long been engraved in his bones, forming a fixed pattern akin to an instinctive reaction.

Chen Mo estimated that it might be hard for Old Li to adapt to practicing the improved version of Tai Chi for a while. Stumbling through the routine was a minor issue, but what he feared was that Old Li might disrupt his Qi while practicing. Coupled with the fact that Old Li already had hidden injuries and was advanced in age, Chen Mo could not afford to take responsibility if something were to happen.

That was why he deliberately bluffed him, saying that there might be typos in this manual.

For such manual Moves and Mind-Cultivation Techniques, even one wrong character could lead to a result miles away from the original intention. If the method of circulating Qi was wrong, Qi Deviation, hemiplegia, paralysis, and such were all entirely possible.

Old Li was also an old Jianghu hand; he must surely know this. With this said, he shouldn't act recklessly.

Old Li: "Alright, alright, alright, little friend, you are very thoughtful. This old man has his own sense of propriety and will not act recklessly. See you tomorrow then."

Upon receiving this message from Old Li, Chen Mo felt completely relieved. He replied with an emoji and closed the chat window. Just as he was preparing to log out of Qiuqiu as well, he noticed the class group chat messages flashing incessantly.

He clicked in to take a look.

It was the class monitor tagging everyone, reminding them not to forget tomorrow's class gathering.

Chen Mo didn't pretend to be aloof either. Since he had seen the message, he casually replied with a "Received," then logged out of his main account and switched to his alt account.

This alt account was, naturally, the one with the screen name "Supreme Keyboard Emperor."

Chen Mo clicked into the game group to inspect what everyone was chatting about, and just happened to see Hu Gualing showing off.

Hu Gualing (Self-disciplined, settled, calm and composed version): "Today, Xiao Niao and I finally obtained the qualifications to leave the village. Next time we enter the game, we can walk out of the Novice Village and push the BOSS to drop a Divine Artifact, hahahaha! (/Arrogant hands on hips.jpg)"

Dont Call Me Wife: "Yay, yay, fighting the BOSS to drop a Divine Artifact. But speaking of which, where are you two playing this game? Send an installation package for us to take a look?"

Hu Gualing: "There is no installation package."

Dont Call Me Wife: "Browser game? Then send a link for everyone."

Hu Gualing: "What browser game? What Xiao Niao and I are playing is Fantasy Jianghu."

Dont Call Me Wife: "Fantasy Jianghu?"

Domestic Superman: "You talk about this game every day, is it really playable?"

Deep-feeling Boy: "Stop kidding. No installation package and no link, what kind of game could it be? Could it really be the cross-era holographic online game that the group owner mentioned? Anyway, I don't believe it."

Rich Villa Lu Xiongwei: "I don't believe it either."

Dont Call Me Wife: "Whoever believes it is as big of a dummy as Gualing."

Hu Gualing: "Why don't you guys believe me? @Xiao Niao, Xiao Niao, come out quickly and help me prove it!"

Xiao Niao: "...I can prove it, everything Gualing said is true."

Hu Gualing: "Right, right, right. (/Crazy nodding.gif)"

Domestic Superman: "I can also prove it, everything Gualing said is true."

Deep-feeling Boy: "I can also prove it...+1"

Dont Call Me Wife: "...+1"

Xiao Niao: "..."

Hu Gualing: "Forget it if you don't believe me. At worst, Xiao Niao and I will just play by ourselves, hmph!"

Chen Mo was lurking, and seeing everyone teasing Hu Gualing again, he couldn't help but chuckle. But speaking of which... why were there two fewer active members today?

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw the group chat enthusiast Drunk Carefree pop up.

Drunk Carefree: "Yo, so lively. Have the Keyboard Emperor's two shills come out again?"

Hu Gualing: "Who is a shill? Where is the shill?"

Drunk Carefree: "If it's not you and Xiao Niao, then who is?"

Xiao Niao: "How could I be a shill? But I can understand if everyone really doesn't believe it. As long as you practice the martial arts of Text Jianghu to the Creation Realm and enter the Ascension Platform, you will understand everything."

"However, I still hope everyone acts a bit faster. This game is a benefit that the group owner fought for us. If you delay playing, lose the head start, you will definitely regret it later."

Hu Gualing: "That's right, that's right. If you don't enter the game soon, Xiao Niao and I will have farmed all the BOSSes."

Chen Mo lurked, nodding secretly: This Xiao Niao still has a conscience, knowing to remember his kindness.

The group remained silent for a while.

Because Hu Gualing already had a silly persona. Even though he became famous overnight and made it to the trending headlines, everyone's impression of his silliness hadn't changed much. Whatever he said, everyone just treated it as a joke.

However, Xiao Niao was usually relatively serious. Occasionally he would say something cheeky, but he wouldn't deliberately bluff everyone for fun.

So when everyone saw Xiao Niao speaking so seriously, their attitudes were a bit uncertain.

Deep-feeling Boy: "Could it be that there really is a game called Fantasy Jianghu?"

Rich Villa Lu Xiongwei: "But there is neither an installation package nor a link. Could it be that this game is burned onto a disc?"

Drunk Carefree's attitude remained unquestionable: "Heh, I didn't expect this, really didn't expect this. Xiao Niao, even you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, have betrayed the group members and defected to the Keyboard Emperor."

Xiao Niao: "Huh?"

Drunk Carefree: "Before, when I saw you two talking so mystically, I actually believed it. Yesterday, I grinded for a whole day to reach the Creation Realm. I did unlock a scene called the Ascension Platform, and even confirmed some Ascension Agreement. But after confirming, nothing happened. When I woke up and logged into the game again, even that Ascension Platform was greyed out and I couldn't enter."

"It's just a bunch of superstitious nonsense. I was fooled by you guys!"

Drunk Carefree posted a long paragraph in the group. After seeing it, the group members understood what had happened and also understood why he was being sarcastic as soon as he appeared today. Well... although he was usually this sarcastic anyway.

But that wasn't important. What was important was that, looking at the experience described by Drunk Carefree, did the game Fantasy Jianghu not exist at all?

Xiao Niao said very uncomprehendingly: "According to the little bit of game mechanics I understand, since you have already confirmed the Ascension Agreement, you should have the qualifications to enter the game. According to convention, you should have automatically logged into the game when you were sleeping. How could nothing have happened?"

Hu Gualing chimed in: "That's right, that's right, how could that be?"

Drunk Carefree: "Still acting, still lying! Let's put Xiao Niao aside for now. Just two days ago, Gualing was clearly complaining just like me, and was even crazily questioning the group owner in the group. Yet, only two days later, he's like he's been brainwashed, saying every day in the group that Fantasy Jianghu is good and telling everyone to come play. If this isn't being bought off and changing his tune, then what is?"

Everyone: "!! So that's how it is."

Xiao Niao pondered for a while: "That shouldn't be. Drunk Carefree, think carefully, didn't you dream of anything when you were sleeping last night?"

Drunk Carefree said uncomprehendingly: "I slept soundly until dawn, where would there be any dream?"

Immediately following that, he seemed to have thought of something. He immediately retracted this message and sent a new one: "Traitor, shut up. I don't want to talk to you at all!"