Wait, How Did My Digital Girlfriend Become a Sword Immortal?

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The girl stretched her neck defiantly, closed her eyes and said: "I can't spit out the spirit stones, so just kill me if you want!"

"Hey! This venerable one's temper is flaring up now!" Chen Huaian rolled up his sleeves and pulled out the Black Scales Sword: "You think this venerable one doesn't dare to kill you, huh?"

He considered whether to just eliminate this troublemaker with one sword strike.

Dan Yun, who had rushed over with Dan Bai in tow, quickly stepped between them. "Ancestor, you mustn't! If you kill the middle corpse, it won't dissipate but merge with Real Person Jade Compassion's main body instead. Then we'll lose our target and won't be able to locate Real Person Jade Compassion. Besides, what's done is done, and no one can compensate for your spirit mine anyway. Why not maximize the benefits?"

Chen Huaian thought it over and realized she had a point. With a dark expression, he could only put the girl down.

"Fine, fine! Then tell me, Dan Yun, what should we do?" He glared at the half-empty mountain that used to be a high-grade spirit vein, his anger simmering.

It was terrifying - in such a short time, she had consumed half of an entire high-grade vein. Had he arrived any later, wouldn't she have devoured everything clean?

Dan Yun looked between the furious Chen Huaian and the shameless fortune-telling girl, feeling utterly helpless. She forced a strained smile: "Senior, if you think about it differently, although you lost half a high-grade spirit stone vein, you've accelerated the middle corpse's cultivation. Soon she won't need much more investment before being recalled by Real Person Jade Compassion's main body."

The fortune-telling girl being held by Chen Huaian nodded vigorously: "Exactly! Exactly!"

Dan Yun continued: "Moreover, you can utilize her abilities to compensate you. With her current strength, she can serve as the sect's enforcer - consider it her payment."

The girl kept nodding: "Yes! Yes yes yes!"

"Yes my foot, who told you to speak?" Chen Huaian flicked the girl's forehead before turning back to Dan Yun: "So this venerable one still has to keep feeding her spirit stones?"

Dan Yun gave an awkward smile: "Theoretically, yes."

Chen Huaian took a deep breath, as if trying to suppress his rage with that single inhale.

His expression darkened as he contemplated:

These high-grade veins were bought with money. With the upcoming currency change in the real world, money would soon become worthless. Roughly speaking, if he used money to buy several more high-grade spirit stone veins before the currency change, wouldn't they essentially be free?

Given his real-world capabilities, obtaining hundreds of money printing presses would be child's play!

He quickly checked the Small World Construction Store.

Good, the price of high-grade spirit stone veins remained unchanged.

He needed to act fast.

"What's your name?" Chen Huaian's expression softened slightly as he lifted the girl face-to-face.

"I don't know," the girl shook her head. "I don't have a name."

"Fine, this venerable one will name you now. Listen well - your name is Rice Bucket!"

"This name doesn't sound nice... can we pick another?"

"Shut up, this venerable one isn't giving you a choice!"

Chen Huaian pointed at the mountain beneath them: "You can eat this entire high-grade spirit stone vein! But this venerable one has conditions - you must provide free fortune-telling for sect disciples every day! Like calculating dangers before their missions."

"Oh?" The newly named Rice Bucket's eyes lit up: "Really let me eat it all? No problem! Mission guaranteed! Just watch! I'll even predict what color underwear they wear daily! Not just that, I can clean the sect and even become its guardian beast!"

In the beast pen, Daha shivered in his sleep, suddenly feeling a chill down his spine.

He rolled over warily, scanning his surroundings before shaking his head and lying back down drowsily.

"But you can only eat this mountain! This venerable one's treasury and other mines are off limits!"

Chen Huaian said sternly: "You must swear a Heavenly Oath!"

The girl immediately raised four fingers to the sky: "I, Rice Bucket, swear to heaven to only consume this high-grade vein and touch nothing else!"

"Good." Chen Huaian relaxed.

Real Person Jade Compassion sought immortality - having sworn this Heavenly Oath, any violation would bring thunderous retribution upon her.

Whether this middle corpse understood her purpose and identity or not, the connection existed in the unseen forces. Otherwise she'd never dare make such an oath.

"Ancestor, you're giving her the entire high-grade vein?"

"Ancestor, you mustn't!"

The surrounding Moon Shadow Sect disciples were collectively distraught.

Su Qinian, having rushed over upon hearing the news, was practically in tears: "Ancestor, this spirit stone vein is our lifeline! How can we just hand it over?" Having endured hard times, he knew the value of such resources and cherished their high-grade vein dearly.

Elder Liu's reaction was even more extreme - the old man literally sprawled over the spirit mine, refusing to budge, red-eyed with indignation: "Exactly, Ancestor! We must prepare for danger in times of safety!"

"Enough! All of you shut up!" Chen Huaian's vision darkened as he angrily waved his sleeve. "Look at your pathetic selves! This venerable one's decision regarding the vein is of great importance! Moreover, if this venerable one could acquire one high-grade vein, we can get another!"

The disciples exchanged doubtful glances.

High-grade spirit stone veins weren't cabbages - could the ancestor really obtain them so easily?

Su Qinian's eyes shifted thoughtfully: "Then Ancestor, after you obtain the second high-grade vein, you can give her this one."

"Even with a second one, she gets nothing!" Elder Liu fumed. "Why should she?! This old man has worked hard his whole life without seeing so many spirit stones!"

The noisy complaints made Chen Huaian feel like ten thousand flies were buzzing around him.

"We're done here. This venerable one has urgent business elsewhere. Consult Sect Leader Li about any matters."

Without another second's delay, Chen Huaian logged out on the spot.

Returning to Containment Area 0, nearly 40 hours had passed in-game, leaving less than a day before his appointment with Wang Shouyi.

"Must hurry."

Chen Huaian took out his phone and made a call.

[Hello, Governor? You're actually calling us subordinates?]

Zhao Ying's surprised voice came through.

Indeed, this was his first initiative to contact them.

"Enough nonsense. This venerable one has important instructions."

Zhao Ying immediately became serious: "Has an abnormal incident occurred somewhere? Tell us!"

"No." Chen Huaian said gravely: "By whatever means necessary, immediately find me about a hundred money printing presses and start printing money at once. If any institutions refuse to hand over their presses, take forceful measures if needed...

In short! Within three hours, this venerable one demands to see a hundred money printing presses operating in the containment area!!!"

Zhao Ying: "(๑°⌓°๑)???"

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