Novel Bin
Chapter 24 – Guardian Package
"Is there no other way to obtain a Spiritual Root?"
Does this battle order really have to be opened?
Does Chen Huaian's money grow on trees?
Faced with Chen Huaian's frustration and confusion, a system girlfriend shop popped up on the screen.
The first thing that caught his eye was the golden, glittering Xuan Water Spiritual Root, priced at 19.99 million yuan. This superior type of Five Elements Spiritual Root was the cheapest, with even more outrageously priced roots listed below, the zeros trailing longer than his lifespan.
Ordinary Spiritual Roots were not available.
This shop only sold superior ones.
The key issue was that this Xuan Water Spiritual Root was still locked, and Li Qingran had to reach the Elemental Infant Realm to unlock the purchase rights.
This was insane.
If he had 19.99 million, wouldn't it be better to treat his cancer?
Once cured, he could enjoy life lying down for the rest of his days.
So, this game never intended for him to obtain a Spiritual Root through such a purchase!
"Heh, what's there to say?"
Chen Huaian let out a bitter laugh.
Thinking that this damn game at least accidentally unlocked his Gene Lock.
So, top up!
Another large sum vanished from his EasyPay account.
Chen Huaian collapsed onto the sofa, the overwhelming emptiness hitting him harder than the post-sage mode, and lasting even longer.
"Meow..."
A weak cat's meow came through.
Chen Huaian sprang up like a carp and rushed to the shoebox.
"Hey, little Nibby is quite resilient!"
Compared to its earlier pitiful state, the little black cat seemed much better now, at least able to move inside the shoebox. Though its wounds still looked severe, upon closer inspection, they seemed to have healed a bit since the bath.
"I, Chen, am truly a genius."
This time, Chen Huaian spoke with certainty.
But he quickly shook his head, smiling self-deprecatingly, "Too bad I don't have long to live."
He didn't notice the little black cat staring intently at his neck, a flash of murderous red gleaming in its dark eyes.
[Eat... eat him...]
[Eat him, and the wounds will heal...]
[A mere bird, not enough to eat...]
"What are you staring at?"
Chen Huaian and the little black cat locked eyes.
Noticing Chen Huaian's gaze, the little black cat's fierce eyes softened, its previously vertical pupils becoming round, and it let out a soft 'meow.'
"Still not feeling well?" Chen Huaian rubbed his chin, "How about this..."
He turned around, exposing his back without any defense.
[Opportunity!]
The black cat arched its back, ready to pounce.
Its fur bristled, eyes filled with killing intent.
However, in the next second, the man suddenly turned,
Holding a set of silver needles in his left hand,
And pinching its nape with his right.
The black cat's eyes widened in shock!
[Damn... what did this damned human do? Why, why can't I move... this weak body, move for me ahhhhhh!]
"I only pricked you once before, now let me reinforce it!" Chen Huaian placed the little black cat on the sofa, wrapped it casually in a towel, and began to apply the needles.
Who knows if this little cat has rabies.
Since it can move now, better be cautious.
Otherwise, if scratched, he'd have to go to the hospital for a rabies shot.
Such a waste of money.
[Damn... lowly human, how dare you wrap me in a towel...]
The black cat struggled wildly, baring its teeth.
Chen Huaian was prepared, pricking a needle into two acupoints.
The black cat's eyes widened again.
What kind of trick is this?!
Once again, it couldn't move.
"Really useful." Chen Huaian shook his head in admiration while applying the needles, "Even if I can't use this on people, getting a fake vet certificate and opening a pet hospital might make me a fortune, and those pet owners would even give me banners."
"By the way, is this a tomcat or a queen?"
Chen Huaian lifted the tail for a look.@@novelbin@@
"Oh, a tomcat... then grow up well, and I'll personally neuter you to prevent you from causing trouble for other queens..."
Black cat: ???
[What did this human say? He wants to neuter me?]
[Outrageous... outrageous!]
[Eat him, must eat him!!!]
But as Chen Huaian continued to apply the needles,
The black cat suddenly noticed its wounds healing rapidly, and the pain inside gradually disappearing. The silver needles on its body didn't bring pain but instead transmitted a warm flow inside, making it feel drowsy with comfort.
[This human... seems to have other uses besides being eaten... this needle technique seems to heal wounds? I see, there are still inheritors of the Golden Needle secret technique in this era? Interesting...]
[Then I'll eat him after he heals me!
By then, the Golden Needle secret technique will be mine~
Hohohoho...]
...
[Your virtual girlfriend has absorbed the Immortal Grade Primordial Heaven-Mending Pill]
A window popped up in the game.
Chen Huaian glanced at it out of the corner of his eye, feeling a surge of joy.
He quickly pulled out the silver needles from the black cat, flicking them backhandedly into the shoebox. The shoebox bounced on the sofa, and the lid snapped shut.
Black cat: "..."
The wounds aren't healed yet!
"Meow—!!!"
[Human, I want you dead!!!]
Chen Huaian ignored the black cat's frantic scratching and raging in the shoebox, focusing all his attention on Li Qingran.
[Status: Breath Regulation, Dantian Formation in Progress]
[Cultivation Progress: 3679/5999 (Sixth Layer)]
[Remaining Lifespan: 273 years]
[Favorability: 50 (Reverence)]
"Wow, this state is hot!"
Seeing Li Qingran's lifespan extended to 273 years, Chen Huaian felt both gratified and envious. At midnight, the game prompt refreshed, predicting his lifespan to be only 129 days.
Chen Huaian didn't believe it, but he was indeed a short-lived ghost, naturally envious of those who could live long. However, he quickly came to terms with it.
The game's time was consistent with real time.
Which meant as long as he poured money into it, ensuring nothing happened to Li Qingran, even if he died, as long as the game account wasn't deleted by the company, Li Qingran's character would continue to exist for over two hundred years with his traces.
He suddenly felt that spending so much before didn't seem like a problem. Of course, the premise was that the game company didn't act unscrupulously.
He had heard of many games shutting down servers suddenly, with players' money and developed characters going down the drain, and the compensation being just trash items from other games under the same company.
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How was that different from destroying someone else's property?
Fortunately, he didn't see that rogue disclaimer when entering the game—"The final interpretation right of the game belongs to this game company."
Meanwhile, in the phone, changes occurred around Li Qingran.
The curtains stopped swaying, the dust around the small room settled, and the Spiritual Energy fluctuations stabilized. Chen Huaian saw golden, plant-like sprouts emerging from the girl's side, their growth area expanding, gradually spreading throughout the room, and buds began to form on the sprouts—it seemed something extraordinary was about to be born!
[Li Qingran is entering the final stage of new Dantian formation, a Grade One Dantian easily attracts prying eyes from all directions, would you like to top up 88¥ to protect Li Qingran?]
"A new pay-to-win trick?" Chen Huaian smirked disdainfully.
If he didn't choose, Li Qingran's Dantian restoration would surely fail, and some old monster would pop up out of nowhere to snatch her Dantian... As for whether it could be snatched? The game was developed by them, how the incident was scripted was just a matter of their programming.
Fortunately, 88¥ wasn't much, so Chen Huaian topped up directly.
[Please choose your protection form:
After reading through the packages, Chen Huaian's mouth twitched.
He was too naive.
88 yuan was just the key to unlocking the spending spree.
Without paying that 88 yuan, he wouldn't even qualify to spend!
Now that he paid the 88 yuan, would he spend or not?
Fortunately, the additional items weren't too outrageous, the packages offered here were surely the standard to help Li Qingran through this tribulation, buying the expensive ones was just for the rich to show off. He could even predict that if the game officially launched, when players reached this stage, the rich would enjoy full-screen special effects, and other players on the map and their corresponding virtual girlfriends would see it, drooling with envy, while most ordinary players would choose the basic protection package with no special effects.
Choosing this package wouldn't affect the game progress.
Chen Huaian considered himself not a fool, so he chose the basic protection package.
Strangely enough, he, who thought 15 yuan for a takeaway was expensive, now found the 188¥ package quite reasonable?
And this was just the limited-time offer price, how much would it cost originally? Pay-to-win games were truly terrifying!
[Deploying Basic Protection Package!]
Chen Huaian saw a lightning-flashing array quickly form with Li Qingran's small room as the center, covering an area of a hundred meters, then it disappeared.
At the same time, 10 Immortal Grade Thunderfire Talismans were pasted around the small room, and inside the room, on the table in front of Li Qingran, a large talisman glowing with purple lightning, covered with mysterious twists and turns, as long as an adult's arm—the Nine Suns Purple Thunder Talisman.
"Next must be the monster siege, right?"
Chen Huaian crossed his arms, already knowing the game's progression like the back of his hand.
At this moment, Li Qingran's Dantian reconstruction had entered the final stage, with the progress bar reaching 90%.
...
Azure Cloud Realm, Evergreen Mountain.
A barren rocky ridge with no vegetation.
In a pitch-black deep pool hidden by towering peaks,
A pair of evil eyes suddenly opened.
"So fragrant! Such a fragrant scent!"
"This, this scent is of a Dantian, a Superior Grade Dantian! Unbelievable, in this era, there's actually a peerless genius condensing a Superior Grade Dantian!"
"Jie jie jie! Heaven helps me! Truly, heaven helps me!!!"
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