The Game with Fairies

Chapter 276 I’m Not a Fool

After exiting the game, Li Muyang had Bu Hongsheng fetch some Blood Lotus Sect scriptures for him to peruse.

Li Muyang had briefly looked at the teachings of the Blood Lotus Sect before, but he hadn’t paid much attention to the founder of the sect.

After all, the idol worship within the Blood Lotus Sect wasn’t directed at the founder who passed down the teachings but at the Ancient Blood Lotus that had been passed down from ancient times.

It was the blood lotus that was worshipped and offered sacrifices, not the founder.

The presence of this founder within the Blood Lotus Sect was minimal.

So much so that Li Muyang had never realized that the founder of the Blood Lotus Sect was actually Ink Fairy.

–Of course, even if Ink Fairy were the one being worshipped, Li Muyang would find it hard to associate the terrifying and evil shadow with the Ink Fairy from Nanjiang City.

In any case, the new discovery that Ink Fairy was the founder of the Blood Lotus Sect took Li Muyang by surprise.

He had some books related to the founder brought over, but after carefully examining these Blood Lotus Sect scriptures, Li Muyang shook his head in disappointment.

The records about the founder in these scriptures were chaotic and full of inconsistencies.

It was clear that the successive leaders of the Blood Lotus Sect knew very little about the founder.

Much of the recorded descriptions were fabricated.

The only certain truths were that the Ancient Blood Lotus and the Four Directions Cauldron were left behind by Ink Fairy, and the core doctrine of the Blood Lotus Sect to kill all cultivators and return the world to ordinariness was also initiated by Ink Fairy.

Beyond that, Ink Fairy left nothing for future generations.

Even the first leader of the Blood Lotus Sect had stolen someone else’s techniques and only rose to the Purple Mansion by relying on the powerful effects of the Ancient Blood Lotus.

As he flipped through these records, Li Muyang sighed.

“Familiar ancient inheritances...”

The first leader of the Blood Lotus Sect was also someone who had fortuitously received an ancient inheritance.

With the Ancient Blood Lotus, this person established the foundation of the Blood Lotus Sect and passed it down through generations.

But Li Muyang didn’t care about the development history of the Blood Lotus Sect.

He only wanted to understand the experiences of Ink Fairy after she turned demonic and to know more about what exactly happened during the dark turmoil of ancient times.

Unfortunately, there was no record of this in the Blood Lotus Sect’s scriptures.

Although they revered Ink Fairy as the founder, they knew very little about her.

Li Muyang shook his head as he read.

After returning to the game, Li Muyang directed his Emerald Blade Mantis towards the secret realm.

Having failed the exploration, Li Muyang didn’t dwell on it.

He and Shen Miao challenged the secret realm once again.

But this time, Shen Miao lacked confidence.

“Is it disrespectful to our founder if we attack her illusion...”

Shen Miao murmured to herself, uneasy and nervous.

Li Muyang looked at her with amusement and said, “Your father is the leader of the Blood Lotus Sect, but you’re not a follower of the sect.”

“You died shortly after you were born and never joined the Blood Lotus Sect. Even if the blood lotus founder stood before you, killing her wouldn’t be considered disrespectful to the founder.”

Li Muyang comforted the young girl.

In the moral view of this world, disrespecting one’s master or ancestor was a serious offense.

Even among cultivators, many were superstitious about this, believing that such disrespect could lead to a lack of fortune and attract calamities.

Li Muyang, being from Earth, naturally didn’t have such psychological burdens.

He reassured the infant spirit girl and stepped into the secret realm with her.

They saw an endless sea of blood engulfing everything, and within this blood-red ocean, the illusions of the four divine beasts appeared once again.

The Azure Dragon of the East, the White Tiger of the West, the Vermilion Bird of the South, the Black Tortoise of the North... The four symbols manifested in the ocean and quickly merged, about to transform into the founder of the Blood Lotus Sect.

Watching the terrifying scene in the sea of blood ahead, the infant spirit girl nodded slightly, seemingly convinced by Li Muyang’s comforting words.

“It seems so...”

The girl stared anxiously ahead and murmured, “I didn’t go through the initiation ceremony, so I’m not a follower.”

“My brother-in-law is a Demonic Sect undercover agent, not a follower, so this doesn’t count as disrespecting the founder...”

The girl comforted herself in a light tone.

However, her casual words sounded like thunder in Li Muyang’s ears.

He was ready to face the boss’s appearance, but upon hearing the key phrase “Demonic Sect undercover agent,” he was completely stunned.

He looked at the infant spirit girl beside him in astonishment.

“...What did you just say?!”

Demonic Sect undercover agent?

F*ck!?

Did this little girl know I’m an undercover agent of the Demonic Sect?

How did she find out?

Did she hear it from Shen Miao’s perspective or from Fang Yingtian?

Amidst the blood-red waters, countless thoughts flashed through Li Muyang’s mind.

Having his undercover identity exposed was an absolute disaster for him.

If the Blood Lotus Sect found out he was an undercover agent of the Demonic Sect, what about Yan Xiaoru, Yue Chan, and Cheng Feiyang... Were their undercover identities still safe?

Li Muyang’s expression shifted, staring intently at the infant spirit girl beside him.

But the girl panicked and said, “The founder is coming at us! Brother-in-law, what are you spacing out for?!”

The infant spirit girl tried to assist.

In the few seconds Li Muyang was distracted, the demonic boss had already materialized from the sea.

The shadow wielding chains with the blood-red 【Ink Fairy】 health bar swung at the massive body of the Emerald Blade Mantis, and the blood-red demonic aura instantly rose on the surface of the Emerald Blade Mantis.

【Demonic Malevolence——36%】

Li Muyang’s view immediately popped up with a status bar.

He then snapped back to reality and hurriedly defended.

However, being momentarily distracted, he had already lost the initiative.

The demonic boss kept charging and attacking, forcing Li Muyang to retreat step by step, giving him no time to catch his breath.

Three minutes later, the game was lost.

Both the Emerald Blade Mantis and Shen Miao were ejected from the secret realm, returning to the foggy ghost city.

The moment the two returned to the city, the infant spirit girl jumped over with a dissatisfied face and glared at Li Muyang.

“Brother-in-law, what were you spacing out for just now? At such a critical moment, you were distracted?”

The infant spirit girl was very unhappy.

Li Muyang, however, looked at her, falling into hesitation.

“Uh...”

After pondering for a few seconds, Li Muyang decided to have an honest talk.

What was most important now was how Shen Miao knew he was an undercover agent!

And beside him, how many others had been exposed?

Li Muyang asked, “You just mentioned that I am an undercover agent for the Demonic Sect... Who told you this?”

Li Muyang observed the girl’s reaction.

But the girl had no intention of hiding anything.

She looked at Li Muyang nonchalantly and said, “Does someone else need to tell me that?”

“I may not have been to the human world and have not interacted with people, but that doesn’t mean I’m a fool, okay.”

“Brother-in-law, you joined the Blood Lotus Sect on your own initiative, yet you found some way to avoid the blood oath, allowing you to betray the sect at any time... Isn’t that the mark of an undercover spy? You must have come with a mission, right?”

After Shen Miao finished speaking, she came to a realization and glared at Li Muyang in front of her.

“Hey! Brother-in-law, what did you mean by that? Who else needs to say something to me?”

“You don’t think I’m a fool who can’t see such an obvious thing, do you?!”