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

Through the perspective of the Jade Mantis, Li Muyang saw the young girl's happy smile and fell silent once again.

At that moment, the girl's laughter was pure and cute, naive and innocent. Enjoy new tales from empire

But the more adorable her smile and the happier she seemed, the more tragic it appeared, given her background and circumstances.

Even Li Muyang, who considered himself hard-hearted and unsympathetic, could not help but feel a stir in his emotions upon seeing the young girl's cheerful smile.

In the barrel, Li Muyang let out a soft sigh.

In the game, the Jade Mantis wrote a line on the ground.

"If I throw food into the cauldron, will you be able to get it?"

"Yeah, yeah, just sneak it into the cauldron!"

Upon seeing Li Muyang's question, the girl immediately became joyful, "Are you going to send me food?"

In the girl's eyes, there was full of anticipation.

However, Li Muyang's response was somewhat cold.

"I'll look back and see if there's a chance."

After controlling the Jade Mantis to write this sentence, Li Muyang controlled the enormous mantis to turn around and walk into the depths of the ghostly fog.

The girl's background was somewhat pitiful, but there was little Li Muyang could do to help her.

Having already ascertained the reality of this place, Li Muyang did not waste any more time and continued back into the ghostly fog to hunt and evolve.

But the girl's voice came from behind him.

"It's okay if you can't, just come talk to me when you have time."

"Li Muyang, will you come again tomorrow?"

In the girl's voice, there was anticipation and a bit of trepidation.

The huge mantis in the ghost fog fell silent for a moment, then lifted its jade-green, colossal scythe-like arm and waved it gently as a response.

Afterward, the ten-meter-long gigantic mantis disappeared into the mist.

Only the girl named Shen Miao stood on the city wall, watching its figure depart with envy.

"So impressive..."

"To go wherever it wants."

With a sense of envy, the girl suddenly remembered something and loudly called out to the mist outside.

"Then I'll wait for you tomorrow!"

In this way, Li Muyang's evolution hunting game suddenly had a new daily routine.

—To visit the bustling ghost city each day and chat with the girl.

The gigantic Jade Mantis had astonishing offensive power but followed the path of beastification, possessing no ossified throat, thus unable to speak.

Li Muyang could only communicate with the girl by writing.

And his stay each day was not long, generally only about ten minutes.

Communicating by writing was too cumbersome and too time-consuming.

Although the girl had a strong desire to confide, she would have endless topics every day upon seeing Li Muyang.

She would answer without reservation anything Li Muyang wanted to know.

She observed the outside world from two perspectives, one from her sister Shen Yan and the other from the current Blood Lotus Sect Leader.

She could see what Shen Yan and the Blood Lotus Sect Leader were doing every day.

Exactly these two individuals were the pinnacle of today's Blood Lotus Sect.

Through her, Li Muyang truly gained a clear understanding of the Blood Lotus Sect's current situation.

The Blood Lotus Sect, which just repelled an attack from the Refinement Demon Sect, had barely managed to secure a foothold in Tianjiao City and was supposed to thrive.

However, this sect, which was previously scattered and each of its major sub-sects fought their own battles, was now forcibly united and continuously facing internal disagreements.

During the pressure of the Demon Sect's army, these disagreements still couldn't be completely resolved.

Now that the negotiations had ended and the Demon Sect had withdrawn its troops, the external pressure had temporarily dissipated, prompting disputes among the hall masters and incense masters of the various branches to suddenly intensify.

Even Shen Yan's prestige was somewhat ineffective at this point.

Shen Miao informed Li Muyang that, in the past few days, several hall masters and incense masters of the Blood Lotus Sect had argued several times within the City Lord's residence, and on two occasions, they had even come to blows.

Concerning the future expansion direction of Tianjiao City, the various hall masters and incense masters each expressed differing opinions.

Li Muyang was not interested in the disputes among the high-ranking members of the Blood Lotus Sect, but he could faintly sense that the atmosphere of tension in Tianjiao City was thickening.

Outside the courtyard where he lived, Shen Yan had arranged for several accomplished Body Refinement martial artists to serve as guards.

Although Shen Yan had not stated the reason, Li Muyang was aware that this was to guard against retaliation from Nangong Ting and Liu Hucheng.

In the eyes of Shen Yan and the Blood Lotus Sect Leader, Li Muyang, with his Martial God Domineering Body, was a promising candidate worth cultivating.

But to others, that might not be the case.

Li Muyang, feeling these changes within the Blood Lotus Sect, did not say much, only recording the intelligence in a report letter sent back to the Demon Sect headquarters every three days.

Still, he did not believe that Gong Yanghong could swallow this affront.

It was on the fifth day after meeting the solitary girl Shen Miao that Li Muyang received an irresistible invitation.

—Tonight, the Sect Hierarch of the Blood Lotus Sect had invited Li Muyang to a banquet.

The person who delivered the invitation was none other than the usually busy Shen Yan.

"The Sect Hierarch has high hopes for you and wants to meet you again to have a chat,"

Shen Yan said with a smile as she handed over the invitation.

Despite it being the height of summer, her fair fingers were somewhat icy cold.

That night during the victory banquet in Tianjiao City, Li Muyang had met the Blood Lotus Sect Leader and had a brief conversation with him introduced by Shen Yan.

But the banquet was crowded with many attendees, and shortly afterward, Shen Yan had led Li Muyang away.

However, the invitation tonight was for a family dinner.

The Blood Lotus Sect Leader was actually inviting Li Muyang to his home for a meal.

Such favor, had it been anyone else, would have left them overwhelmed with gratitude.

Li Muyang also feigned a touched expression and, after bathing and changing clothes, set out with Shen Yan.

They stepped onto Shen Yan's exquisite yet sturdy carriage, escorted through the city streets by a dozen Demon Beast riders toward the Sect Hierarch's residence.

By then, Tianjiao City had regained its former prosperity.

Though it was already night, the streets were bustling with people and brightly lit.

Shen Yan leaned by the window, chatting quietly with Li Muyang about some amusing anecdotes.

The woman's gentle laughter and the noise from the busy streets outside the window combined to create a scene of peaceful times.

Li Muyang, amidst this setting, also calmed down and stopped thinking about matters from the game.

But just then, the moving carriage suddenly stopped.

The bustling noise from the street outside the window had somehow vanished.

The sudden, eerie silence was tinged with a gloomy pressure.

Outside the carriage curtain, the deep voice of Ruan Mei, the flag holder, rang out.

"…Miss, it's Du Qi."

As soon as Ruan Mei's voice fell, a boisterous laugh from a man erupted in front of them.

"The guy inside the carriage, your name is Li Muyang, right?"

"Grandpa Du Qi, the flag holder of Jade Wave Hall, has heard much about you, hearing that you are very strong, and managed to break through the tens of thousands of half-demon army of Liehai Hall alone at Pingyang Hill."

"Do you dare to come out and go a couple of rounds with me?!"

As the man's arrogant laughter echoed, Shen Yan inside the carriage rubbed her temples with distress and said.

"A man from Liu Churen's Jade Sea Hall..."

After speaking, Shen Yan looked at Li Muyang, adding, "This man has been pursuing Nangong Ting for already two years."