Chapter 4 Always thinking about that elegant gentleman…
Having completed another system task, Sheng Zhiyi was overjoyed.
Thinking of Ji Fuguang's righteous indignation, she said with a mixture of gratitude and goodwill, "Don't worry, senior brother, I will do my best to kill the demonic beasts during this entry trial and prevent them from causing trouble in this area."
Ji Fuguang gave her a deep look, then looked up at the disciples in front and behind him and said loudly, "Whoever kills the most demonic beasts will receive a small gift. Fellow disciples, please do not be stingy with your efforts."
Everyone was even more excited upon hearing this and readily agreed.
Sheng Zhiyi walked forward and stepped into the territory of the monsters.
She had been talking to Ji Fuguang for a while, and now the five-person team had already disappeared.
No one was waiting for her.
She was too lazy to look for those people. After all, she was now a pure pay-to-win player, relying entirely on items redeemed with points to maintain her strength. It would be hard to come up with a reasonable explanation for stuffing handfuls of pills into her mouth in front of others.
It would be better to let her secretly take drugs, develop quietly, and amaze everyone.
After feeding herself a pill, Sheng Zhiyi circulated her spiritual energy and suddenly felt that her five senses were unusually sharp.
A breeze brushed against my arm, bringing a slight coolness. A magpie darted across a branch in the distance, causing the branch to tremble slightly. A wild rabbit, seemingly out of nowhere, snapped a dry twig...
The world suddenly became clear and detailed, and the image quality changed from 480p to 1080p.
So this is the kind of good life Ji Fuguang lives every day!
Sheng Zhiyi sighed inwardly, when suddenly, the air behind her changed abruptly.
Without time to think, Sheng Zhiyi swung her longsword, turned sharply, and thrust the tip of the sword straight at the target.
Turning around, I saw that it was actually a rabbit.
But it was completely different from the rabbit Sheng Zhiyi remembered. Its soft fur was slightly spread open, like the quills on a hedgehog. Its eyes were bloodshot, with blood dripping from the corners of its eyes. It looked at Sheng Zhiyi ferociously.
When its first attack failed, it crouched on the ground, then suddenly leaped up, its sharp teeth in its three-lobed mouth tearing flesh from Sheng Zhiyi's body.
Sheng Zhiyi frantically tried to fight back, thrusting her sword at the rabbit, but the rabbit nimbly dodged it.
Damn it, the original owner of this body is too useless, I can only rely on the system!
He quickly exchanged for a low-level sword manual from the Tianyan Sect, "Taiping Sword Technique," in his mind and chose to use it.
Sheng Zhiyi's mind cleared instantly, and the sword in her hand was no longer as unfamiliar as before. Instead, she was extremely familiar with it and could use it however she wanted, as if it were her own arm.
The sword tip pierced the rabbit's heart. Sheng Zhiyi quickly cast a spell to clean up the area.
She still couldn't quite get used to the bloody scene.
With a single sword strike slaying her enemy, and Ji Fuguang's communication talisman still in her storage bag, Sheng Zhiyi's confidence soared. Not wanting others to see her fluctuating combat skills, she deliberately headed towards the nearby forest.
Along the way, she killed several demon rabbits and fought with all her might to defeat the demon-possessed stag.
As the stag with its massive antlers slowly collapsed, Sheng Zhiyi couldn't help but lean against the tree trunk behind her, panting.
When we stopped, we realized that the forest was dense and the thick branches overhead blocked out the entire sky, making our vision even darker.
Sheng Zhiyi's heart skipped a beat, and a terrible thought flashed through her mind:
Could she have run off to Biying Valley?
Biying Valley is right next to Liucui Mountain. She had been dodging the crowd and chasing the stag for almost half an hour, and she might have reached the edge of Biying Valley by now.
Suddenly standing up, Sheng Zhiyi's face turned pale, and she gripped the hilt of her sword as she walked out.
The original owner of this body died here. This place is full of danger for her, and she must leave here immediately!
After walking a few steps, a strange noise suddenly came from behind.
Sheng Zhiyi turned around and saw that the tree trunk she had just leaned against was trembling incessantly, and the vines wrapped around the branches were also rustling wildly. Although there was no wind for miles around, the shaking was getting bigger and bigger, as if it was about to burst out of the ground.
Startled, Sheng Zhiyi took a half-step back and quickly made a hand seal, flying away on her sword. However, huge vines descended from the sky, snapping off several branches of other trees and blocking her way.
Looking up, several vines were still entwined on the long canopy of trees overhead, and they were trembling constantly.
Sheng Zhiyi jumped off the sword, turned around, and started running without looking back.
Just kidding, this thing is obviously beyond her capabilities, quickly call for backup!
She took out a communication talisman from her storage bag, crushed it forcefully, and waited for Ji Fuguang to descend from the sky.
...
As it turns out, a man's words are often deceitful.
The vines chasing behind him gradually became more flexible from their sluggish and stiff state, but Ji Fuguang still did not appear.
In critical moments, no one is reliable; you can only rely on yourself!
Sheng Zhiyi gritted her teeth, exchanged a mist-drawing talisman from the system, and forcefully threw it behind her.
Thick smoke suddenly rose and quickly spread throughout the mountains and forests, obscuring all visibility.
The vines, having lost their target, danced hesitantly and erratically through the forest.
The smoke slowly dissipated, and the forest returned to silence, with only the occasional sound of birds flitting across the sky.
With a loud crash, the tree trunk was finally pulled from the ground, and the huge tree transformed into a tree demon half the height of a person. The tree roots beneath its feet were the soles of its feet. It opened its turbid eyes, and the gnarled vines on its trunk looked like bulging blue veins.
Unable to find Sheng Zhiyi, the vines angrily lashed against the nearby branches, making loud noises.
Behind the stone wall not far away, Sheng Zhiyi covered her lips, only to hear her heart pounding like a drum, making her chest tighten.
She pressed her back against the damp, moss-covered stone wall, her ruqun dress embroidered with silver acacia flowers trembling slightly. The pearl hairpin in her hair had fallen off during her escape, and now her dark black hair was scattered over her shoulders, making her mud-stained face appear even paler, and even her lustrous red lips had lost their color.
This is terrible!
She exchanged all her points for sword techniques and pills, leaving only a pitiful "0" on her points display board.
Ji Fuguang was delayed for a long time, whether because he was delayed by something or because he simply did not receive her message.
The tree demon was eyeing her intently, clearly determined to dig deep and find her.
Despite trying everything to avoid this part of the story, we still couldn't escape it!
No, she couldn't accept her fate; she hadn't reached the end of her rope yet!
Suddenly a noise came from behind. The tree spirit slowly turned its head, but its vines shot out like sharp arrows.
It's time!
Sheng Zhiyi lifted her skirt and tiptoed forward.
"Click—"
A half-rotten branch made a soft rustling sound under the peach-pink shoes.
Sheng Zhiyi's pupils contracted sharply, and she spun around and hid behind a boulder.
Almost simultaneously, vines as thick as bowls crashed down with a foul stench, instantly covering the gray stone wall with cobwebs, and scattering stone chips mixed with dust to the ground.
The tree spirit finally spotted its prey and let out a joyful "ho ho" sound.
Before they could catch their breath, the second attack came even faster. The vines tore through the air and lashed heavily towards Sheng Zhiyi.
Sheng Zhiyi drew her sword to fight back, wielding the longsword swiftly, each strike aimed at the vines.
However, the vines have thick skin and tough flesh, and when the sword tip pierces through them, it only leaves a white mark on the surface and cannot penetrate their defenses at all.
In just a few moves, Sheng Zhiyi's wrist was slapped hard, and her longsword flew out of her hand.
Before she could pick up the sword, another vine had already quietly reached out from the ground, like a snake lurking in the grass, and suddenly wrapped around Sheng Zhiyi's ankle, pulling hard.
She lost her balance and was dragged by the vines, sliding rapidly toward the tree spirit's true form.
The tree demon's murky eyes revealed a bloodthirsty glint, its sharp teeth bared in a chilling light, eager to tear her flesh apart.
Sheng Zhiyi was resisted by the swinging of her arms, but could only push her arms deeper into the tree demon's mouth.
"Ji Fuguang!"
She broke down and screamed, hoping for a glimmer of hope.
Suddenly, the tree spirit froze, looking at Sheng Zhiyi in disbelief.
The short, stout body collapsed to the ground, limp and powerless. Even the vines, like dead snakes, hung limply on the ground, unable to be lifted up again.
Sheng Zhiyi pulled her arm out of the tree demon's mouth, her arm covered in saliva, wet, sticky, and disgusting. But in her hand, she held something.
A round, purplish-red fruit, now only half intact.
Picking up the longsword, Sheng Zhiyi stabbed it fiercely into the tree demon's heart. Only after seeing the tree demon completely dead did she quickly cast a spell to clean her arm.
"You didn't expect that, did you? Calling Ji Fuguang was just to mislead you. The one who will really get rid of you is me!"
Sheng Zhiyi kicked the tree demon in disgust, then cast a cleaning spell on the perfume fruit in her hand two or three times before putting the remaining half fruit back into her storage bag.
This is a fruit mentioned in the original book. It grows in secluded valleys and has a sweet and fragrant aroma, but ordinary demons will fall into a coma if they eat a bite.
When she was running away, she saw that this thing matched the description in the book, so she took it off. Who knew that it would actually come in handy at the crucial moment.
Indeed, there's always a way out!
After dealing with the tree demon, a familiar mechanical voice suddenly echoed in Sheng Zhi's mind:
[Good afternoon, player Sheng Zhiyi!]
[A new strategy guide has been released. Please check your inbox.]
[Strategy: Hold Ji Fuguang's hand and gain his favor.]
[Task Reward: 100 points]
[Punishment for failure: Extinction of existence]
[Task completion countdown: 06:00:00]
[Please complete the current strategy mission as soon as possible!]
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System, are you kidding me? You're holding Ji Fuguang's hand?
The countdown is only six hours?
Last night, when she was on the verge of falling off the cliff, Ji Fuguang wrapped her waist with silk, clearly showing that he was very strict about such intimate contact between men and women. Now he wants to hold her hand.
More importantly, she can't even see Ji Fuguang now!
Sheng Zhiyi felt like a lecherous man, constantly coveting the pure and innocent body of a refined gentleman.
With a long sigh, Sheng Zhiyi suddenly heard a whooshing sound coming from the sky.
Ji Fuguang arrived gracefully in his white robes. He rode his sword to the ground, gracefully twirled his sword, and sheathed it, exuding an air of natural nobility.
"Junior Sister, are you alright?"
Upon seeing Ji Fuguang for the first time, Sheng Zhiyi was both surprised and delighted, and couldn't help but straighten her back and tell him:
"Senior brother, I've killed quite a few magical beasts along the way. Look, I killed this tree demon too!"
She pointed to the tree demon's corpse on the ground for Ji Fuguang to see, intending to keep him in suspense and tell him about the Bewitching Fruit when he asked in surprise.
To everyone's surprise, Ji Fuguang simply smiled.
Just as Sheng Zhiyi was about to speak, a sudden change occurred.
A sword suddenly rang out!
Ji Fuguang, who had just been smiling at her, suddenly attacked, his sharp sword energy aimed straight at Sheng Zhiyi's brow.
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