Chapter 1 The Quick Escape

With Mei Jiu and Mingmei leaving, Lu Xiaoyao's keen survival instincts made her quickly evacuate the area.

If this guy who looked almost exactly like Mu Chen wasn't the real deal, wouldn't that mean he was the villainous Boss?

In the game, that face of Mu Chen's either belonged to Mu Chen himself or the villainous Boss whenever they left the school. So, this round was no exception, right?

The more Lu Xiaoyao thought about it, the more frightened she became. Back in her newly assigned disciple room, she couldn't help but pat her small chest, still unable to believe that she had run into the villainous Boss on her first day. What kind of luck was that?

The day's excitement at the sect died down, and her parents hadn't shown up. Now, the NPCs Mei Shi and Ming Yi had returned to their peak, and waited to catch the two little dumplings sneaking down the peak late at night.

"Oh, you little Jiu, you couldn't get food from the Spiritual Food Hall yourself, so you knew to find a helper? You can only fool your sister into going down with you."

Mingmei watched the scene of her family that was almost identical to her memories, and the smile on her face never faltered.

"And you! Knowing that Xiao Jiu likes your desserts, you don't even make a little extra and tell the people in charge!"

Ming Yi, who had been silent the whole time, staring blankly at Mingmei, was finally discovered by his wife and dragged into the education camp.

"She's still young and can't eat too many sweets."

"Heh~ Don't you know the effects of the spiritual plants you use to make the desserts?" Mei Shi said, and Mu Chen obediently stood aside with Mei Jiu, pretending to be mushrooms.

Mingmei looked at the situation before her, and suddenly felt a pang of apprehension. Sure enough, she saw Mei Shi's gaze instantly fall on her.

"Tomorrow, eat an extra bowl of the medicinal cuisine your dad makes, to strengthen your body."

Mingmei: "..."

No wonder her physique had skyrocketed from C to ss+ in the interstellar era, and was about to advance to sss.

All thanks to being nourished well since childhood.

Meanwhile, among the 500 players who had entered the game, besides a few like Mingmei and Lu Xiaoyao who had directly entered the game's main storyline, most were still confused.

For example, one player was now a female disciple from the Bi Bo Yao Mountain sect, which consisted entirely of female cultivators, attending the Pure Cloud Mountain event.

She hadn't managed to find any clues all day, having spent the morning accompanying her Shifu (master), senior sisters, and junior sisters at the grand ceremony. Afterwards, she had listened to a bunch of sect leaders and elders babbling on. Although she could understand the language they were speaking, it was as if their words automatically turned into "Aba aba aba..." when they reached her ears.

So, after the big shots finished lecturing and took everyone on a tour, she had returned to her room to rest under the pretense of feeling unwell.

When she woke up, the moon was already high in the sky.

Silently taking out the Qiankun (universe) bag that came with her character, Wang Wenfei first ate a pill, and then took out a roast chicken.

Wang Wenfei silently stared at the roast chicken in her hand for a while.

The action of taking out the pill and then the roast chicken was so smooth that she didn't even realize it. The roast chicken had already appeared.

Then, a hungry roar came from her stomach.

Wang Wenfei: =.=

If she remembered correctly, the pill she had just eaten was supposed to be a Bigu (grain avoidance) pill, right?

Was this character a glutton?

…

"Shixiong (Senior Brother)..."

"Ah, mother!"

A player who had transmigrated into a Bu Tian Sect disciple was crouching in the corner, trying to eavesdrop on the big shots' drunken ramblings. Not only did he not hear anything, but he was caught by the sect leader's personal disciple, who was only ten years old. He was so scared that he almost lost his soul!

"Shixiong, why aren't you resting at night, and what are you doing standing in this corner?"

The moonlight was cold, and Xie Chen's words were even colder.

"I, I, I can't sleep, so I came out for a walk, a walk. Ah, Shidi (Junior Brother), what is that you are carrying...?"

His gaze fell on the oil paper package in the other's hand, which obviously contained some kind of food.

"Shizun (Master) and Headmaster Qi were drinking and said they needed some snacks. The Spiritual Food Hall didn't have any, so I asked the Shixiong (Senior Brothers) and Shidis (Junior Brothers) in the sect, and they went down the mountain."

Xie Chen explained where he had been, then fixed his gaze on this unknown player and said, "Then Shixiong? You couldn't sleep and came out for a walk, can you sleep now?"

"Yes! Of course, I can!"

…….oΓg

"I was wrong! I was wrong, Elder, don't hit me in the face, ah!!"

In the other courtyards of Pure Cloud Mountain where guests were staying, there were also players making trouble because they were new to the game.

For example, right now, Charlie, with his shiny bald head, was standing in the middle of a group of little monks with the same hairstyle as him, watching the dignified and stern-faced senior monk in the center of the courtyard, who was verbally reprimanding Madison, who had also transmigrated into a young novice monk.

Although the senior monk's tone was fierce, and the fierce expression on his face was enough to slap the faces of those who always talked about Buddhist compassion, the Zen staff in his hand had not hit Madison.

"I did wrong, I was wrong, Elder, I shouldn't have looked at the female cultivators over there... Ah, you have to believe me. I just felt that those women had so many hairpins and jewelry on their heads, which meant they had a lot of hair. I really didn't mean anything else, I just thought it wasn't good to show off like that... Ah!"

Unable to bear it any longer, the Lianhua Temple's Precept Elder finally hit Madison with his staff.

"Full of nonsense! You will not sleep tonight until you have recited the Qingxin (Clear Heart) Sutra ten times."

"Um... Actually, those senior sisters and junior sisters from Bi Bo Yao Mountain do seem to be dressed a bit... ornately?" Charlie also felt a bit wronged for Madison. He was already being very tactful by calling them ornate.

"The female cultivators of Bi Bo Yao Mountain mainly cultivate pills and refine weapons, and both the pills and the weapons are specially used by female cultivators. The things they wear on their heads are usually not ordinary objects."

Just as Julian was talking to others, a little bald head who looked to be only five or six years old, gave him a serious look, as if he was giving him a science lesson.

As he spoke, he kept fiddling with the prayer beads in his hand.

From Julian's perspective, those prayer beads were not ordinary items.

Deep in the memories of the original character, Julian suddenly remembered who the boy in front of him was.

It was the Buddha of their Lianhua Temple—Chan Guang.

It was said that Chan Guang had no parents and was born on the Buddha's birthday, under the golden statue of the Buddha in Lianhua Temple. He was born with Buddha bones, and even the string of prayer beads in his hand was said to have appeared with him at birth.

In short—a remarkable genius!

Afterwards, Julian mentioned Chan Guang when he gathered with players from other sects, which led to the other sects mentioning their own sect's geniuses.

It was then that they realized that there seemed to be geniuses everywhere in this game world?