The Game with Fairies

Inside a dark cottage, Li Muyang suddenly opened his eyes. “Failed again!”

He had not anticipated that his blade would shatter against the monster’s neck.

The defense of those six monsters was incredibly strong.

In the game, Li Muyang had activated the skill 【Hidden Sword in the Belly】 just before dying, and the flying sword he spat out did manage to break through the defense of one monster, killing it.

But the remaining monsters swarmed him, giving him no chance to activate Time Stop a second time, and they swiftly cut down both him and Fairy Liuli.

【Hidden Sword in the Belly】

The skill has a 20-second cooldown and can only kill one monster at a time. It can’t be relied upon to break through a tough situation.

Li Muyang squinted his eyes: “It seems I’ll need to borrow Fairy Liuli’s sword to do the job.”

The six monsters had set a trap, first provoking Fairy Liuli to act, making her lose her sword, and then they dared to swarm her.

Fairy Liuli’s intervention also showed that the ancient sword on her back was extraordinary in power, at the very least capable of easily breaking through the defenses of these monsters.

Thinking of this, Li Muyang took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

【Continue the beginner tutorial】

The scene in his field of vision instantly turned dark, and Li Muyang was once again engulfed by the dark tide surrounding him.

He was back on the shaking rattling carriage when he opened his eyes.

The coachman’s mountain song echoed among the hills, and the swaying carriage traveled on the steep mountain path.

Li Muyang immediately flipped off the carriage and started sprinting down the mountain path.

“What? Constable!”

The surprised call of the coachman was quickly left behind as Li Muyang hurried along using Time Stop, eventually reaching the mountain pass and spotting the Horse Relay Station by the roadside.

He took several deep breaths to regulate his breathing before heading towards the inn with his waist knife slung on his side.

Pushing open the inn’s main door, a smiling waiter came to greet him.

“Esteemed guest…”

But Li Muyang walked straight past him, heading towards Fairy Liuli.

Dressed in green, Fairy Liuli sat in the main hall of the inn with an ancient-looking sword on her back, which seemed old and blunt.

Li Muyang approached Fairy Liuli and said, “Fairy, may I borrow your immortal sword for a moment?”

“Ah?”

Fairy Liuli, about to speak as Li Muyang approached in his constable uniform, was taken aback by his preemptive request to borrow her sword.

Her eyes showed surprise, clearly caught off guard by Li Muyang’s familiar and odd behavior.

Li Muyang glanced at the guests present, quickly estimating the distance.

“Thank you, fairy.”

Having seen the distance, Li Muyang thanked her without waiting for her respond.

The next second, Time Stop was activated.

The world inside the inn instantly turned monochrome, everything losing its color.

The six rivers and lakes travelers remained seated in their places, seemingly as usual.

Fairy Liuli sat frozen, her eyes filled with astonishment, seemingly puzzled by Li Muyang’s thanks.

Li Muyang reached out and drew the immortal sword from her back and charged towards the six rivers and lakes travelers inside the inn.

Although this body had average cultivation, 7 seconds of time-stop was enough for him to make a round inside the inn.

After 7 seconds, Time Stop ended.

Li Muyang, holding the immortal sword, stood at the inn’s entrance, and the six rivers and lakes travelers scattered inside the main hall were all decapitated, their blood spraying wildly. Ꞧ

The bloody scene of six people dying instantly frightened the waiter into screaming and running toward the backyard.

Fairy Liuli, still seated in the inn, suddenly sharpened her eyes, instantly turning towards the entrance, where Li Muyang stood while holding the immortal sword

She stood up, both shocked and angry.

“You…”

However, just as Fairy Liuli began to speak, the six decapitated corpses of the rivers and lakes travelers began to undergo a strange transformation.

They swelled and deformed, eventually turning into six headless monsters, while their fallen heads underwent a similar mutation.

Witnessing this horrifying scene, Fairy Liuli froze, her rage instantly stuck in her throat.

“This…”

She stared in shock at the six monstrous corpses before her, incredulously turning to look at Li Muyang.

“How did you know they were demonic cultivators?”

She had been in this inn for so long without realizing that these six were demonic cultivators, yet the constable before her had acted decisively and ruthlessly, seemingly without fear of making a mistake. And his movements were so fast!

In the blink of an eye, he had taken her immortal sword and slain six people…

Fairy Liuli looked at Li Muyang with doubt.

Despite his aura appearing merely at the Qi Refining Realm, he possessed such bizarre and terrifying agility.

She hadn’t even seen how he had made his move!

Fairy Liuli was full of doubts and didn’t know what to say for a moment.

Li Muyang, holding the immortal sword, glanced at her and suddenly slashed out a streak of cold light.

Instantly, a blood light burst from the ground beneath Fairy Liuli’s feet, followed by a painful scream from underground.

Then, a continuous flow of blood began to emerge from beneath her feet.

Seeing this commotion, Fairy Liuli was greatly alarmed, losing her previous aloof demeanor.

She immediately moved away from the spot she had been standing on, staring in astonishment at the blood-soaked soil.

Was there a demon lurking underground, having stealthily approached right beneath her feet?

At this moment, Fairy Liuli felt a chill down her spine.

She could see clearly that the six monsters inside the inn were no easy opponents.

If they were allowed to fully mutate and exert their full strength, coupled with the demon that had been lying in ambush underground, it would be difficult for her to escape unscathed from this trap.

Fairy Liuli took a deep breath and then looked solemnly at Li Muyang.

“I am Chu Qingxue from the Mystic Sword Sect. May I ask how to address you?” Fairy Liuli’s tone was serious, showing respect to Li Muyang.

The constable before her, although seemingly weak and of average cultivation, had demonstrated thunderous methods and a mysterious agility.

She had not expected to find such a capable person within the corrupt and decadent court…

Hearing Fairy Liuli’s question, Li Muyang also came back to his senses.

Although he had been assigned the role of a constable, it seemed he hadn’t been given a name.

That meant… he had to choose his own ID?

Meeting Fairy Liuli’s gaze, Li Muyang smiled slightly and said, “Fairy is too formal. I am just a humble constable from the Imperial Astronomical Bureau. You may call me Wuming.” (TLN: Wuming means no name/nameless)

At that moment, Li Muyang casually chose a generic ID after being unable to think of a better one.

As soon as he finished speaking, several messages suddenly popped up in the upper right corner of his vision.

【Meet with Fairy Liuli—Completed】

【Ensure Fairy Liuli’s Safety—Completed】

【Current task progress has been saved】

【New Task—Please accompany Fairy Liuli into Loushan City】

Li Muyang’s actions had been too fast.

Upon entering and seeing Fairy Liuli, he immediately took action, not giving Fairy Liuli any time to react.

He didn’t even give the system time to respond.

As a result, the taskbar is updated with two entries at once.

Seeing the successful completion of the task, Li Muyang also let out a sigh of relief.

The first time was too unreasonable, so he only failed once if he didn’t count that. On his second attempt, he instantly wiped out the group of demon cultivators.

Is this what you call a speedrunner? (leans back)

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