85 Chapter 85

Outside, some unconvinced sword cultivators were gathered around the game console, vying for the challenge, while the sword cultivator who had won the prize had already walked into the store with the admission ticket.

I spent so much effort to get the prize. Now that it has come to this, I have to taste the things in this store to see how salty they are.

He was not the only one who thought so. Several sword cultivators with the same idea also followed him inside. Dong Ling did not stop this obvious act of freeloading, so this large group of people walked into the store out of curiosity.

The shop was very spacious, with about thirty or forty seats neatly arranged side by side with partitions, and on the other side there were a dozen specially separated rooms, which looked like wing rooms.

Standing behind the counter was another demon cultivator. It seemed as if this entire shop was created by a group of demon cultivators. He took the ticket from the sword cultivator with a smile, bent down, operated the counter for a while, and then took out a crystal-clear prototype gem button.

"Fellow Daoist, please input your spiritual energy here. Then go over there and choose a seat you like and input your spiritual energy on the button. This magical instrument will calculate your online time."

This is really new. Most shops charge cash before delivery, but here you can't stay in the hotel, so why do they charge by time?

The sword cultivator looked around the shop for a long time but couldn't figure out what kind of business it was doing. However, since it was the territory of the Qingfeng Sword Sect, he thought that these demon cultivators would not have the courage to run a black shop to cheat people, so he cooperated by injecting a stream of spiritual energy, turned around and found a seat by the door to sit down.

The group of monks behind him also gathered around. In fact, they had no interest in this Internet cafe at all, but they had just gone to so much trouble for that experience voucher, and they would feel like they were missing out if they didn't take a look at what it was.

"It's just a table and a chair? Is this a shop where people just pay to sit here?"

"Not only is there no bed, there's not even a cushion. I can't even sit and meditate..."

"There seems to be a flower embedded in the upper right corner of the table. Is that a magical instrument?"

"Brother Qianfeng, quickly input your spiritual energy and see what these demon cultivators are up to!"

Lu Qianfeng, who won the prize, obviously thought so too. He placed his hand on the gem and injected a stream of spiritual power. The golden flower on the upper right corner of the table was instantly activated, and a light screen covering the entire wall of the compartment appeared in front of everyone. The desktop background was still the magazine cover that Yan Chixia gave to Aruo as a guardian.

"Does this... this sword cultivator look familiar?"

"You don't even recognize him? Isn't he the sect leader's junior fellow apprentice? The one who won first place in the sect competition five years ago!"

"Oh, I remember now, it's really him!"

"But why is he here? And who is that female cultivator?"

With no one to answer his questions, Lu Qianfeng waved his hand and called the waiter over to the counter: "What's going on with the person in this painting?"

"Oh, you're asking about that. This is a movie poster. It's a new trend in big cities! A lot of people love to see it, so we decided to open a shop here..." The demon cultivator was already prepared for this question, and the smile on his face was like a waiter recommending a signature dish:

"Ah? You want to see it? No problem, this movie just came out recently, so we have it in our internet cafe!"

He walked over and clicked on one of the green icons, then clicked a few more times on the pop-up page, and the video went into full-screen mode. All the monks came over curiously to watch the "new drama" in which the master's junior brother participated.

The movie lasted about two and a half hours. Lu Qianfeng and the monks around him were completely immersed in the ups and downs of the plot and the heart-wrenching love. No one spoke until the end when Xu Hengzi intervened and took Ning Caichen away. Everyone stared at the scrolling cast list with a sense of loss for a long time, unable to recover from their shock.

After the lingering and poignant ending theme song of the Nichang girl group finished playing, Lu Qianfeng, who was sitting in front of the screen, finally leaned back in his chair and sighed, "Alas, Nie Xiaoqian and Ning Caichen really weren't meant to be together... Why did it end like that..."

"It's a pity for Yan Chixia and Aruo. I think they are a perfect match..."

"The story told in this movie is really wonderful. No wonder it is so popular among monks outside..." someone couldn't help but sigh.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside the door. It turned out that another cultivator had finally won a trial voucher. He also recorded the spiritual energy surrounded by his fellow disciples, turned around and sat directly next to Lu Qianfeng.

"How is it? What is this Internet cafe for? Is it fun?" The sword cultivator looked at the group of seniors who came in first with curiosity.

"We watched a movie, and I have to say, it was quite interesting." Lu Qianfeng had a complicated expression: "It's just that the mood after watching it is a little hard to describe..." I feel like I won't be able to look Yan Chixia in the eye again... No, I'm the master's junior brother.

The other party was completely intrigued by Lu Qianfeng's mixed expression and came over eagerly: "Movie? What is that? I want to see it too!"

So Lu Qianfeng went to the screen next door and imitated the waiter's operation to play a movie for the other party. Seeing that the group of people next door had already started to immerse themselves in the plot, he sat back and stared at the page that had finished playing, feeling a little at a loss.

"Don't just stand there, figure out what else you can do!" A fellow apprentice whispered behind him, "Isn't there a two-hour trial voucher? There's still more than half an hour left!"

"That's right! It would be a waste if I didn't use it. Let's see if there are any other movies!"

At the strong request of his fellow apprentices, Lu Qianfeng fumbled to close the video playback page. The video website page was still empty, so he exited directly, stared at the desktop and hesitated for a moment, then tentatively clicked on an icon with a big eye. The hot search list popped up directly, with novel or interesting titles lined up in a row, making people want to click in. He looked at them one by one, and then clicked on the one that interested him the most.

#Awesome Alchemy Failure Screen#

Under this topic, many alchemists were posting pictures of their unfortunate failures in alchemy. Some of them had black smoke constantly coming out of their furnaces, some of them had their furnaces explode directly, and some of them didn't take pictures of their furnaces, but instead posted selfies of themselves with their beards and eyebrows burnt off.

# Heh, nine out of ten Dan Xiu will explode, and the remaining one will die immediately. #

#This morning I tried to gather the essence of the sun and moon to refine a furnace of Seven-Returning Fire Pills, but the furnace blew up into pieces. My neighbor next door asked me why I was enduring a thunderstorm in my house. [Yellow Bean Smile]#

#Master: What if you accidentally anger the treasure-guarding monster in the secret realm? I silently took out the medicine furnace that was still refining: Let's see who dares to come up! #

It was filled with the self-deprecating and wry smiles of various alchemists who had failed in their alchemy attempts, and combined with the inexplicable exclamations of other cultivators, it seemed like they were having a lot of fun.

There were even some alchemists posting their own meme images, using screenshots from the Nie Xiaoqian movie they'd just watched. The first one was a majestic image of the Black Mountain Old Demon during a boss fight, with a lot of small text underneath:

Fake alchemy practitioners: They take pills for free, sell a bottle of pills for thousands of spirit stones, and are profiteers who exploit spirit plant masters. They are addicted to taking pills and their mental state is worrying.

The second meme picture is a screenshot of Ling'er spitting blood after being pierced through the heart by a sword, and there are also a lot of small words below:

The real life of an alchemist: The herbs I bought with thousands of spirit stones exploded at a moment's notice, and the elixir I finally cultivated turned out to be even more poisonous than the medicine itself. I was caught between the spiritual herbalist and the merchant, feeling trapped. You thought you were addicted to alchemy, but it was actually tinnitus from exploding the furnace too many times...

The old demon Xuheng has no heart: Hahaha, is Dan Xiu so miserable?

Miss Shangguan’s First Spirit Stone Reserve: So the reason you often fall to the side of the road with confused eyes and shaking all over is because you were stunned by the explosion?

Lulu opened a good pill: It could also be that erysipelas has occurred. A novice cannot guarantee the quality of the pill, so we can only test the medicine ourselves... [Soybean crying]

Ye Ting Feng Yu: I feel sorry for you, hahaha. I will never call you drug addicts again, hahaha!

Looking at Ling'er on the screen, who was spitting blood and had a miserable expression, even the sword cultivator who was usually serious couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hahahaha, these alchemy practitioners are quite interesting!"

"So that's how it is. We were wrong about them before!"

"I've been practicing so hard, but I'm still misunderstood as being addicted to elixirs. How miserable..."

Gradually, posts in the topic forum were not only made by alchemists mocking themselves, but also by many cultivators who were persecuted by various stereotypes.

"Actually, physical cultivators don't always wear shorts to show off their big muscles, okay? A brother once asked me in the Beihan Secret Realm why I wore a cotton jacket... We're tempering our bodies, not fools..."

"The female cultivators of our He Huan Sect never use yang to replenish yin. Besides, we are also very refined. There's really no need for those unsightly people to worry about being harmed by us!"

"The ruthless way does not kill his wife to prove his way! The ruthless way does not kill his wife to prove his way! The ruthless way does not kill his wife to prove his way! Did anyone hear me? I said the ruthless way does not kill his wife to prove his way!"

Lu Qianfeng scrolled through the posts one by one, and suddenly remembered some of the outside world's misunderstandings about sword cultivators. He held his forehead and smiled bitterly, "Come to think of it, every time I go out for training, the cultivators will unconsciously avoid me. If they can't avoid me, they will try their best to avoid making eye contact with me."

When Lu Qianfeng said this, he immediately received enthusiastic support from other sword cultivators.

"Yeah, yeah, every time I enter a restaurant, even the chatter dies down. It makes me look like some kind of monster!"

"I'm being marginalized in a subtle way..."

"They always seem to think we have bad tempers. Can I really hit someone for no reason?"

"That's right. Whenever you mention sword cultivators, you imagine them with serious faces, swords in hand, looking for fights everywhere. One time, I even scared a child to tears while walking on the street..."

"We're not that scary..."

Suddenly, one of the cultivators' eyes lit up, and he patted Lu Qianfeng on the shoulder: "Brother Qianfeng, you should clarify things quickly! While everyone is paying attention to this topic, maybe we won't be ostracized when we go out in the future!"

"Good idea!" Lu Qianfeng tried clicking everywhere, and finally registered an account under the guidance and posted a message:

Thousand Mountains Birds Fly Away: In fact, sword cultivators will not draw their swords at the slightest disagreement, so there is no need to be afraid.

As soon as he posted this message, he received many replies instantly.

Ye Ting Fengyu: Ahhhhhh! Sword cultivator! Everyone! There's a sword cultivator here!

Hua Kai Fu Gui: Am I afraid? I am showing deep respect!

Poetry, Wine, and a Pot of Tea: A sword cultivator, eh? A very handsome sword cultivator. In fact, every time I see a sword cultivator, I really want to take a photo with him. If you say so, then I will really take one next time?

The old demon Xuheng has no heart: Sister, do you want to live?

Qianshan Niaofeijue: I think we can give it a try. Although we will most likely be rejected, we will definitely not hit anyone because of this.

Lulu Kaihaodan: Just don't hit people? Such a low standard...

Baishan Laoxian: Excuse me, are all of you sword cultivators as handsome as Yan Chixia? I really want to watch you practice swordsmanship!

Not only did all sorts of comments pour in, but even this newly registered account suddenly gained over a dozen followers. Lu Qianfeng found this kind of interaction quite novel and was about to reply a few more times when a pop-up window suddenly popped up:

Your trial voucher has expired. Please call the store staff if you need to renew it.

Eh? Is it time already? The sword cultivators staring at their screens finally snapped back to reality from their online world. They glanced out the window, realizing they'd already reached nightfall.

It feels like I didn’t do anything. I just watched a movie and read a few posts. How did time pass so quickly?

Lu Qianfeng thought about the half-written reply, feeling anxious and uncomfortable. He waved at the counter and asked, "How much is the renewal fee?"

"My fellow Daoist, our internet fee is six spirit stones per hour for a standard seat, and ten spirit stones per hour for a private room. From midnight to the beginning of the next day's noon hour, we have a room for you, so it only costs fifteen spirit stones for one night. The price is fair, and we will not cheat anyone!"

It's quite cheap, and it's not a big deal if it's just for one night... Lu Qianfeng pretended to be serious and said, "Ahem! It's getting late now, why don't we stay here for one night and leave the next day?"

"Okay, okay, that's what I thought too!"

"Yeah, yeah, it's not that expensive anyway."

"Waiter, I'm renewing my subscription!"

"Please open a new seat for me!"

"I want to stay overnight!"

The other sword cultivators had been eager to try it out after seeing Lu Qianfeng's interactive communication online. Some were also curious about what was inside the other icons, so they all agreed with Lu Qianfeng's suggestion, opened new seats for themselves, and couldn't wait to start playing.

【Author’s words】

I saw a collection of cooking failure scenes online before. The scenes were quite funny. Some of them really looked like they had failed to make an elixir. I wonder if you have seen it [狗头]