Absolute Death Game

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An epic story quest? Now that’s really something new, Xiao Buli thought to himself astonished; since he started playing this game, it was the first time he had come across what they called an epic story quest. It seemed that the duration of the conditions that triggered this quest was related. He just didn’t know whether this task was issued by the eldest disciple brother or by the system.

However, from his many years of gaming experience, he knew just from the name that this quest would definitely trigger a set piece of lore, like a historical review or a story of grudges and debts. The story should be based on the events of Xuan Zhenzi, unlocked as soon as any player progressed through the quest to a certain extent. Now, he had the honor to be that player who unlocked the quest.

Of course, it was easy to guess the difficulty of this quest. Before reading that book, if someone had told him he had to confront Xuanxu Zi, Xiao Buli would have shaken his head like a rattle drum; considering Xuanxu Zi’s longstanding status in the game, it seemed like an impossible task. And he might even lose his life in the process. Based on the cost-benefit analysis, it really didn’t seem worth it. But since it was foreseeable as a story quest, and with the strong assistance of the eldest disciple brother, the odds of success should be much better than before, plus the soon to be resurrected Xuan Zhenzi. Xiao Buli swallowed hard, ’Fortune favors the bold.’

Accept~!

System prompt: You have accepted the epic story quest ’Rectify the Chaos’.

Quest Details: Help Gu Yuexuan uncover the truth behind Mystic Hollow Palace, and reveal it to the world.

Quest Reward: Unknown.

Damn it, Xiao Buli felt an urge to curse, unknown rewards? Meaning he could slog his guts out without rest or respite, and still end up with nothing for his troubles in the end? That was just too much.

"Junior brother, can you hand over the Soul Shard to me now?" Gu Yuexuan, seeing that Xiao Buli had accepted the quest, immediately asked anxiously. It looked like Xuan Zhenzi’s role in this event was truly irreplaceable.

"Oh." Xiao Buli came back to his senses, extending his hand with the Soul Absorption Pearl, but just as he was about to give it, a thought flashed through his mind. No, this wasn’t so simple. He hastily summoned his inventory, barely lifting his hand that was already halfway extended, and the Soul Absorption Pearl was put back.

"Junior brother, what do you mean?" Gu Yuexuan, who saw the Soul Absorption Pearl about to reach his hands, suddenly disappeared, was somewhat startled.

"Eldest disciple brother, that’s not very righteous of you," Xiao Buli said; "You shared Mystic Hollow Palace’s quest with me, and I accepted the quest. It wasn’t a shared quest, meaning you didn’t include me in Xuan Zhenzi’s task at all. That’s not the attitude of cooperation." Ordinarily, he was more careful with typing his speech, but this time he was quite fluid and carried a tone of reprimand.

Gu Yuexuan, realizing he’d been found out, went red and white in turn, and could only nod his head, softly saying: "What are you talking about, junior brother, I almost forgot." As he spoke, a new dialogue box appeared in front of Xiao Buli.

System prompt: Gu Yuexuan has shared the quest ’Punishment of the Heart Demon’ with you. Do you accept?

Xiao Buli took one look, and his heart skipped a beat, a gray-level quest? Was this really just a novice quest? Gray meant a novice quest, for the difficulty of this task, that was absurd, wasn’t it?

"A novice quest? Eldest disciple brother, you’re not trying to trick me, are you?" The subsequent sentence, of course, Xiao Buli did not voice out loud.

Upon hearing this, Gu Yuexuan immediately raised his tone, "What are you talking about? It was like this when I received the quest. If you want, accept it, if not, I can do it myself."

When Xiao Buli heard Gu Yuexuan’s confident response, he actually felt a sense of relief. For the eldest disciple brother to be so assertive, it must be true. He quickly clicked accept and took the Soul Absorption Pearl out of his inventory and handed it to Gu Yuexuan.

Upon receiving the pearl, Gu Yuexuan seemed very excited.

"All right, let’s hurry back," he said, and started walking out. Xiao Buli quickly followed.

As the two walked out, the sky had already brightened, with sunlight filtering down through the mist, and quickly dispersed what had seemed like tangible black smoke. The land cursed now seemed a bit more radiant.

"Finally, this land is peaceful again," Xiao Buli said, somewhat longing, imagining that before long, this place would come back to life.

"Peaceful?" Gu Yuexuan snorted with laughter, "With the Gathering Yin Pool here, this place will never be peaceful. It won’t be long before Yin Souls and evil spirits will come to occupy this land, and the clouds will once again enshroud the earth."

"Ah~" So that’s how it was, Xiao Buli thought, then wouldn’t that be a never-ending dungeon? If so, he now had a place to battle bosses. Since the Gathering Yin Pool would attract surrounding Undead, that meant he could just come and hit the dungeon, grinding for loot whenever he liked.

With cryptic calculations in mind, Xiao Buli didn’t say a word, and both of them took to the air, silent on the way, and landed outside the gates of Mystic Hollow Palace. Gu Yuexuan descended like a Sword Immortal entering the world, white robe fluttering, stepping off the sword, while Xiao Buli was more like a meteor hitting the ground, earth-shaking in his descent.

"Eldest disciple brother, I’m going to report back now. You should hurry along," Gu Yuexuan nodded and the two split up.

Xiao Buli, feeling quite cheerful on his journey, had not only solved the crisis of not having a computer but also, by a stroke of luck, gotten the opportunity to enter the game in person. Although he was quite unaccustomed at the beginning, Xiao Buli knew that once he got used to it, not only would he be in his element within the game, but also using his skills in reality would become easier.

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