110: Chapter 110 Fang Yuan: A heavy sword has no edge, great skill appears simple, Senior Qin, what a top-notch battle of wits!

"What kind of mind game is this even? It's way too exaggerated!"

Fang Yuan gazed at the dead Master Lingzhu and Qin Muyuan, who stood with his hands behind his back, feeling her scalp go numb.

She felt that if she were to participate in this mind game between Qin Muyuan and Master Lingzhu, she would be scammed out of even the underwear off her back!

These two people.

One had reached Major Achievement in the Dao of Hiding, and whether it was his immortal methods or his Heart-Nature disguise, both belonged to the very top tier.

The other seemed to have mastered Heavenly Dao intelligence, completely ignoring all disguises to directly pinpoint Master Lingzhu's location and cut off his path ahead.

The former was far-sighted and calculated every step, considering defeat before thinking of victory.

The latter was even more terrifying—a heavy sword has no edge, and great skill is clumsy!

No matter how Master Lingzhu disguised himself or laid out his schemes, he was ultimately seen through by Qin Muyuan at a single glance.

And when Qin Muyuan saw through the methods used by Master Lingzhu, even though Fang Yuan had been following right beside him the entire time, she could hardly perceive a single hint of it!

She completely failed to understand what kind of methods Qin Muyuan had used!

"What is it?" Seeing Fang Yuan staring at him, Qin Muyuan turned back to look and asked.

Fang Yuan hesitated for a moment before finally unable to help herself from asking:

"Senior Qin, this Junior dares to ask a bold question: Which Sect do you hail from? To actually master such heaven-shaking and transcendent methods?"

Hearing this, Qin Muyuan smiled slightly and replied:

"Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect!"

"Wind Spirit… Moon Shadow?" Hearing the name of this Sect, Fang Yuan was shocked once again in her heart.

At first hearing, the name sounded like just another ordinary Sect such as the Clear Wind Sect or Azure Cloud Sect.

But when spoken from Qin Muyuan's mouth, it carried an incomparably profound charm, allowing the listener to perceive the power of this Sect from just a simple hearing.

And if one savored the name of this Sect carefully, they would feel even more of a free-spirited, carefree, and worry-free Concept!

"With such an incredible Sect name, no wonder it can nurture a proud son of heaven like Senior Qin!"

Fang Yuan's expression was solemn.

But after dropping that single sentence, Qin Muyuan paid no more attention to Fang Yuan's flattery.

He looked towards the quest panel.

[Completed Quest: Ask Master Lingzhu how many Spirit Stones exactly need to be paid]

[Rewards: EXP +14000, Mall Points +60000, Blue Martial Art · Great Desolation Human-Heaven Finger]

[Rank: 18 → 20]

[You have unlocked the Gem Inlay function]

[Gem Inlay: You can obtain special gems through quests or exploration and inlay them onto weapons and equipment, thereby granting special effects to the equipment.

The success rate of inlaying is affected by the compatibility between the gem and the equipment, as well as the number of gems already inlaid on the equipment: the higher the compatibility and the fewer the inlaid gems, the higher the success rate.

If the inlay fails, the gem will be destroyed; you can also consume aristocratic family Luck to increase the success rate and avoid gem damage.]

[Currently available gems for inlay: Peace Pouch personally sewn by Chen Shuang (Luck +1)]

On the quest bar, the quest settled as flowing lights flickered and lit up.

"Truly intelligent."

Qin Muyuan nodded slightly.

Earlier, when fighting Master Lingzhu, he had asked Master Lingzhu a question: exactly how many Spirit Stones needed to be paid.

Although it was just asking a single sentence, a single sentence was still asking, and it was judged by the System as completing the inquiry.

Meanwhile, Master Lingzhu had replied that a mere 500 Spirit Stones were what he was willing to compensate Qin Muyuan with.

Although the answer was completely irrelevant, within the System's user-friendly judgment, this sentence still counted as an answer.

Thus, this quest was considered successfully completed.

"Finally upgraded to level twenty, I can borrow the Yu Family's Luck to inlay gems."

Qin Muyuan looked at the panel and sighed slightly.

Only at level twenty could new game functions be unlocked, so could it be that this game only truly began at level sixty?

Only upon reaching level sixty could one truly explore the grand world?

"Who knows. But anyway, since the plot can be skipped, even if 'level sixty is the true beginning', it shouldn't make the gaming experience dragged out and tedious."

Qin Muyuan opened the newly popped-up gem inlay panel and inlaid the [Peace Pouch] gifted by Chen Shuang onto the [sea of corpses and blood].

At the same time, to prevent the [Peace Pouch] from being damaged during the inlay process, Qin Muyuan also mobilized the Yu Family's Luck to escort himself.

Accompanied by a buzzing sound, the sea of corpses and blood and the Peace Pouch lit up with white light simultaneously, their white lights merging into one.

One could see that right on the hilt of the sea of corpses and blood, a red Peace Pouch pendant had abruptly appeared.

On the two sides of the Peace Pouch were carved the characters "Jiu" and "Shuang".

This precisely corresponded to Chen Shuang, who gifted the Peace Pouch, and her husband Liang Jiujiu.

Looking at these two characters on the Peace Pouch, Qin Muyuan shifted his gaze and stored the sea of corpses and blood into his player inventory.

"Let's go, to your Fang Family."

"Yes!"

Hearing the words Fang Family, Fang Yuan instantly perked up as if she had triggered a safe word.

She quickly put away her other thoughts and led the way in front.

Behind her, Wangcai quickly finished searching Master Lingzhu's corpse, and biting a bag of Spirit Stones along with some items, returned to Qin Muyuan's side.

Qin Muyuan took the things from Wangcai's mouth, threw them into his inventory, and followed Fang Yuan toward Tianying County.

The Yu Family's Luck had already been used to inlay the Peace Pouch.

In case he obtained new gems later but had no Luck to escort the gems, that would be troublesome.

He had to go find the Fang Family to fleece some Luck.

"I wonder if I can fleece the Fang Family's Luck without killing all the members of the Fang Family?"

"Well, it doesn't matter even if I can't fleece any. If the Fang Family won't work, there's still the Luo Family…"

Thinking this, Qin Muyuan walked into the distance.

In this wilderness, only the headless corpse of Master Lingzhu remained, quietly lying there.

I don't know how much time had passed.

On the lonely and silent wasteland, the soil suddenly heaved. Afterwards, a bizarrely shaped Yao Beast burst out of the ground.

Its upper body maintained a nearly human torso, yet it grew multiple human arms.

Its lower body was completely mutated, densely covered with centipede-like jointed limbs and sharp feet.

Those arms varied in length and thickness, and their skin tones differed as well, as if pieced together from different bodies.

The Yao Beast's gaze fixed upon the headless corpse of Master Lingzhu.

One of its arms groped into its belly for a moment, pulling out a booklet that looked like a notebook.

"Experimental subject one hundred sixty-four."

"Physical Body status: Killed in advance, no abnormal changes."

"Mental state: Killed in advance, no abnormal changes."

"Other reactions of the experimental subject after casting the White Demon Parasitic Technique: Died too early, no anomalies manifested."

After finishing the recording, the Yao Beast came to Master Lingzhu's corpse, ripped off one of the corpse's arms, and shoved it into its mouth to chew on.

A spine-chilling sound of chewing rang out.

Simultaneously, a fleshy arm the size of an infant miraculously grew out from the side of the Yao Beast's body.

Amidst crunching sounds, the soil on the ground trembled slightly, and the Yao Beast burrowed back underground, its traces vanishing in the blink of an eye.