Chapter 95: Passerby Affected by the Cultivation Novel (Part 1)
"So now I'm being targeted, and someone's coming to kill me tonight?"
Jiang Yue had just transmigrated to the new world and hadn't even had a chance to ask 8888 for the world's plot and memories when she received this devastating news. As she dressed, she got out of bed and asked, "How much time do I have left to escape? Are the enemies strong?"
"There are 5 minutes left. The enemy is a cultivator at the first level of Qi Refining."
Jiang Yue paused in her dressing: "So the new world is a cultivation world? Is it a high-martial-cultivation world or a low-martial-cultivation world?"
"Hmm~~, according to the host's understanding, it is high-level martial arts. However, in the host's current region, the Foundation Establishment stage is dominated by the Ancestor level, but there are many cunning individuals. This is because there is an immortal protagonist, and the big boss only appears later in the game."
"Damn it." Jiang Yue cursed inwardly. This was her first time in the cultivation world and she had encountered a world like this. In general, in worlds with immortal beings, the combat power would collapse drastically in the later stages. Scheming villains and various wars in the cultivation world would emerge one after another. Don't you see that the protagonist of the immortal realm has to change maps frequently? Often, all the cultivators in a region would be wiped out. Invasions by demonic sects and strange entities are common occurrences.
"Hiss~, 8888, is there anything strange here?" Thinking of this, Jiang Yue gasped and asked 8888. 8888 said, "Nothing strange, but there is a demonic cult." Jiang Yue breathed a sigh of relief. That's alright! Never mind! I'll think about these things later. I don't even know if I'll survive tonight. Thinking about these things is useless.
Jiang Yue put on a set of night clothes, skipped the main gate and climbed over the wall to escape. She chose a direction and started running away, not daring to take the motorcycle out of her spatial storage. It was too noisy in the dead of night, and if someone discovered the motorcycle, she would probably die even faster.
After running for a while, she entered a grove of trees, chose a low tree and threw down some strips of cloth. Then, Jiang Yue chose a direction and ran for several hundred meters, found a bush and lay down. She then took out a night vision goggles from her spatial storage and put them on. She then took out two Barrett rifles, loaded one with armor-piercing rounds and the other with high-explosive rounds. After adjusting her breathing, she waited for the other person to take the bait.
Two minutes later, someone caught up with them. Jiang Yue was wearing night vision goggles and couldn't see clearly what he looked like, but she saw him stop next to the tree where she had thrown the strip of cloth. He bent down and picked it up from the ground. When Jiang Yue saw this, she took a deep breath and decisively pulled the trigger. With a 'bang', the other person also looked over. Cen Zhangang turned his head and felt the fatal danger. Before he could take out the Vajra Talisman, half of his body was gone.
Without hesitation, Jiang Yue switched to a high-explosive round and fired another shot at the remaining half of the body. After firing, she put the gun away and ran home. There was no need to loot the corpse. What good stuff could a Qi Refining Level 1 person possibly have? And if there was anything, it would have been destroyed by the Barrett.
Actually, we should run far away now, but we're in a cultivation world now. What if there are monsters or something and we get eaten if we run around? It's better to just go home and wait until we've received the memories before deciding where to go during the day.
As Jiang Yue cleaned up the footprints, she walked home. When she was almost home, she heard the barking of dogs in the village and saw some faint firelight. After returning home, she put away her night clothes, climbed into bed, and pretended to sleep. After a while, Jiang Yue felt relieved when she saw that the patrolmen outside had not come to her house.
"8888, please transfer my memories first."
As soon as Jiang Yue finished speaking, 8888 transmitted her memories. The memories were all about everyday life. She had lost both her parents at a young age and lived in a small village. She knew of martial artists, but she had never heard of cultivators. After browsing through them, she found no clues about who wanted to kill her. Jiang Yue was puzzled: "8888, I haven't offended anyone in these memories, and there's nothing special about them. Who wants to kill me?"
"Hello, host. This is a mistake by 8888. Originally, we selected another person's corpse for you, but her body was burned halfway through our journey. So we could only randomly find the current person. Originally, we were supposed to let you come after you died, but the cultivators nowadays are too impolite. They burn the bodies to ashes after killing people, so we can only let you come before you die."
After hearing this, Jiang Yue really wanted to complain: "What if I get killed?"
"It's okay, 8888 will help the host find a suitable body again. If we can't find one, we'll just leave and not do this mission anymore." After hearing what 8888 said, Jiang Yue sighed. Well, no KPI requirements mean you can be willful.
"As for why someone wanted to kill the original owner, it's because Fufeng Village once had a cultivator who left behind a token after his death. Anyone can become an outer disciple of Qingyang Sect with the token. This Qi Refining Level 1 cultivator somehow knew about this, so the host understands what's going on now."
It's no wonder this is the world of cultivation. If it weren't for Barrett, they would probably be doomed today. Afterwards, Jiang Yue received the world's plot, but there wasn't much to pay attention to. She just learned who the protagonist was and the story of how he went from an ordinary mountain village to the great world of cultivation and finally played around in the mortal world.
After receiving the world's storyline, it was already dawn. Jiang Yue got up and started searching for the token. She searched every nook and cranny but found nothing. Jiang Yue sat down at the table, poured herself a glass of water, and planned to rest for a while. Unexpectedly, the table shook as soon as she put down the glass.
Jiang Yue looked down and realized that the wooden block supporting the corner of the table was misaligned. Jiang Yue bent down to put it back in place, but when she swept it with her foot, it felt quite heavy, not like wood but like iron. Wait, could this thing be the token?
Jiang Yue picked it up and looked at it. There were three words "Qingyang Order" written on it. She was speechless. When did this thing get used to prop up the table leg? She had searched for it for so long. Jiang Yue guessed that the cultivator she killed must have also come to the house and searched. She didn't expect that the owner didn't care at all and used it to prop up the table leg. He died a really unjust death.
Jiang Yue washed and wiped it clean. It was labeled "Qingyang Order," along with the date, the previous owner's name, and who issued it—very detailed information. After admiring it for a while, Jiang Yue was about to put it into her spatial storage when she suddenly wondered if this thing had any tracking function. If she put it in her spatial storage, the signal would disappear, and then she would be completely lost when she took it out at the Ascension Ceremony.
"Host, you're overthinking it. This thing is just an iron plaque. Its anti-counterfeiting measures rely entirely on the information on it and the crafting techniques. If it had the sophisticated functions you're describing, would it be worthy of being used to select an outer disciple?"
Jiang Yue scratched her head sheepishly. This wasn't her first time in the cultivation world, and everything seemed so grand and sophisticated. After listening to 8888's explanation, she put it away: "By the way, 8888, do you know when the next Ascension Conference is?"
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