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

In the forest, Li Muyang's figure stealthily climbed down from the cliff, moving as nimbly as a monkey without making a sound.

When he suddenly landed beside the white-robed disciple, he startled the man.

"Wow... Li! Brother Li?!"

The white-robed disciple, shocked by Li Muyang's sudden appearance, almost freaked out.

Not until he saw Li Muyang's face clearly did he sigh in relief.

He hurriedly said, "Brother Li, my name is Zhou Jing, and I was ordered by the Sect Leader to find you..."

Li Muyang looked at the Inner Sect Disciple in front of him, who was treating him with utmost respect, feeling somewhat puzzled.

"Find me for what?"

The Inner Sect Disciple who called himself Zhou Jing cautiously took out a ring and said to Li Muyang,

"It's a sensitive matter, I'm not in the know."

"The Sect Leader only said to give this ring to Brother. Inside are handwritten letters from the Sect Leader and Elder Yan, you will understand once you read them."

Having heard this, Li Muyang accepted the ring indifferently, not showing any strange reaction to the "Elder Yan's" handwritten letter.

He held the poor-quality Qiankun Ring and looked at the white-robed disciple before him.

"Did the Sect Leader have any other instructions? Are you sent by the Sect Leader to assist me?"

Li Muyang had not expected that the Refining Demon Sect would actually find his exact location or even use the kind of invisibility talisman used to save Yan Xiaoru.

Such expenditure by the Demon Sect... This mission must be very difficult.

But he did not immediately read the letters; instead, he first tried to sound out the person before him.

Zhou Jing awkwardly smiled and said, "The Sect Leader said, this mission is fraught with countless dangers, only Brother Li can accomplish it, and instructed me to remain hidden once I found Brother Li."

"Once the Demon Sect crushes the heretics of the Blood Lotus Cult, I will be allowed to return to the Sect."

Good, this guy is another one-time expendable, the Demon Sect doesn't really care whether he can survive to return.
Your next chapter awaits on empire

Li Muyang nodded indifferently, showing his understanding.

"Then you go hide, there are many places in this wilderness to conceal oneself. If you are cautious enough, the Blood Lotus Cult won't capture you."

Li Muyang offered a bit of advice to this unfortunate expendable.

If Zhou Jing was careful enough, he could stay hidden for a long time.

After watching this one-time expendable disappear into the forest, Li Muyang then took out the items from the Qiankun Ring.

Two letters, one talisman, and one small wooden box.

These were all the things that the Refining Demon Sect Leader had sent to Li Muyang.

After opening the letter personally written by the Sect Leader, Li Muyang understood the cause and effect.

In the past month, not all Demon Sect disciples had chosen to remain hidden like Li Muyang.

A total of seven Demon Sect disciples had managed to escape from this area and return to the Demon Sect.

Among them was Li Muyang's old friend Cheng Feiyang.

Led by Cheng Feiyang, these seven Demon Sect cultivators, who had experienced life and death atop Pingyang Ridge, all praised Li Muyang highly.

Through their accounts, the Blood Lotus Cult's valuation of Li Muyang also became well known to the upper echelons of the Demon Sect.

Amid an ineffective military campaign, a great power of the Demon Sect discovered that the followers of the Blood Lotus Cult seemed to be inexhaustible and slightly peculiar.

Therefore, the Sect Leader issued an order for Li Muyang, who was still hiding within the Blood Lotus Cult's territory, to descend the mountain, surrender to the Blood Lotus Cult, find out the reason for the inexhaustible followers of the Blood Lotus Cult, and cooperate and assist the Demon Sect in quelling the turmoil within the Blood Lotus Cult.

The talisman that came with the letter, as well as a treasure passed down by the ancestors of the Demon Sect, would allow Li Muyang to evade the blood oath and not be bound by the Blood Lotus Cult's blood oath.

The accompanying small wooden box could send letters to the Demon Sect through space every three days, unaffected by the suppression of spiritual energy in this area.

"... If this mission succeeds, promotion to a Direct Disciple of the Enforcement Hall is assured, with monthly provisions of Spiritual Objects at the level of an Elder and a reward of a high-quality Spiritual Artifact."

The handwritten letter from the Refining Demon Sect Leader provided rewards that were so generous they were dazzling.

From an ordinary Inner Sect Disciple, being promoted directly to Direct Disciple... This treatment, elevated by three levels, was almost the highest treatment Li Muyang could currently receive.

And the monthly provisions of Spiritual Objects at the level of an Elder... How wealthy Elder Yan Xiaoru was, was quite obvious to the naked eye.

If Li Muyang could have the treatment of an elder, the Spiritual Objects and top-grade Spirit Rice he would receive monthly would still only be considered trash.

Moreover, a top-grade Spiritual Artifact was included, an item almost exclusive to elders.

Even in the entire Cultivation World, top-grade Spiritual Artifacts were quite rare, yet now one was being awarded to an Inner Sect Disciple.

Even the talismans crafted by the ancestral masters were being offered...

"Gong Yanghong is really grasping at straws."

Li Muyang murmured softly.

He knew that the Demon Sect Leader was vain, but he hadn't expected that just one month of unsuccessful attempts would drive him to such desperation.

Such high rewards were meant to coerce Li Muyang into descending the mountain and surrendering to the Blood Lotus Sect to act as their spy.

Joining the Blood Lotus Sect required a blood oath, and once made, it could not be betrayed.

However, the ancestral master's talisman that Gong Yanghong gave solved this problem, allowing Li Muyang to betray them without worry.

"But this letter from Yan Xiaoru..."

Li Muyang hesitated for a long while before he finally opened Yan Xiaoru's handwritten letter.

The letter sent along with Gong Yanghong's was presumably meant to persuade Li Muyang to obey, right?

Indeed, as soon as Li Muyang opened the envelope, he found it filled with graceful handwriting, all encouraging him from the perspective of the Sect's interests, hoping he would accept this challenging task and earn merits for the Sect.

This was very much in line with Yan Xiaoru's identity.

In this situation, she could only write such...

Before Li Muyang could reflect further, the letter in his hand suddenly ignited with a faint blue flame.

These tiny blue flames danced on the paper, burning off the words one by one.

Finally, on the now blank piece of paper, only twelve isolated characters remained unscathed.

And these twelve characters formed two concise, straightforward sentences.

[I was wrong, come back quickly]

[I can protect you]

Seeing these twelve words, Li Muyang was stunned.

He hadn't expected that this personal letter from Yan Xiaoru would hide such a trick.

Clearly, these last remaining twelve words were what Yan Xiaoru truly meant.

—She didn't want Li Muyang to venture into danger.

She even wanted Li Muyang to refuse the Sect Leader's command, and she would protect the disobedient Li Muyang.

Seeing these remaining words on the piece of paper, a slight smile appeared on Li Muyang's face, and a warm current surged in his heart.

"...This foolish woman."

Finally realized your mistake, huh?

You left so quickly back then, arranging everything for me without even asking for my opinion.

Now you realize your mistake? It's too late!

I am now stuck in a dilemma, all because of you!

Foolish woman!

Don't think that just because you apologized, I will forgive you.

The next time we meet, I said I would make your butt swollen, and I will keep my word!

Li Muyang let out a deep breath and set fire to the two letters in his hands.

After a brief preparation, Li Muyang turned and headed down the mountain.

Blood Lotus Sect, you always wanted to force me to join you, right?

Very well, I'm coming now!

This time, I will truly satisfy you, so as not to let your disturbance of my peaceful life be in vain!