Chapter 273: 273, Alluring Advancement Mission (First update)

Translator: 549690339

“A smiling puppet?” Lu Xun questioned inwardly.

Upon hearing about the puppet, the first thing that came to his mind was Pinocchio, a puppet who lies and sees his nose grow, as well as a song called, “Pulling Silken Strings”.

He never imagined that the maverick leader of the prestigious Boundless Mountain, who turned it into a major Sect in the cultivation world, was actually a puppet?

No wonder the cultivation method of Boundless Mountain left people with a numbed face, as it is originally a puppet’s cultivation method.

With his small hands propping his cheeks, Mao Nanbei asked, “Sir, can puppets also possess spiritual wisdom and cultivate?”

The old man nodded and smiled, “Under normal circumstances, it wouldn’t work, but the creator of this puppet is extraordinary.”

“Who?” Mao Nanbei’s cat ears twitched slightly in curiosity.

Picking up another orange and casually peeling it, the old man said simply:

“I did.”

In that instant, the surroundings fell into a deafening silence.

Everyone knew that the old man held an unusual position among the three major Demon Sects.

His uncommon status was reasonable, given that he was the master of the founder of the Demon Sect, and even today he continues to protect the Sect.

Previously, Lu Xun thought that the reason Boundless Mountain and Spring and Autumn Forest respected the old man was mostly due to his courageous, solo confrontation with the leaders of the four righteous Sects. He negotiated with them, allowing the Demon Sect to flourish.

But now it seems, their relationships run much deeper.

“No wonder when I was at Boundless Mountain, as soon as I said that the Elder sent me to retrieve something, Feng Wuming, the Sect Leader of Boundless Mountain, was so welcoming. He seemed willing to offer anything the Elder wanted.” Lu Xun recalled.”

At this moment, he couldn’t help but feel regret.

“If I had known then, I would have asked for more valuable items. What a missed opportunity!” Lu Xun sighed to himself.

Simultaneously, he speculated in his mind, “It seems that Spring and Autumn Forest and the Elder probably have a secret relationship they don’t want others to know about!

The probability is high!

This gave him a strange feeling that “all Demon Sects are one family”.

However, upon thinking carefully, the old man, indeed, deserves to be the Elder.

Even the puppet he created managed to become an influential figure in the cultivation world.

Therefore, despite his quirky nature, he indeed deserves to be eccentric.

About the Elder’s personal strength, Lu Xun could not dare to estimate it at the moment.

Perhaps… It had already surpassed his understanding.

At this moment, there was a rustling sound from the bamboo on the left.

The spirit crow, which had been standing quietly on the bamboo branch, took off and flew away.

The Elder looked up at it and watched its disappearing figure, squinting his eyes, as if reminiscing about something.

It was a rainy night many years ago, a long time ago that he couldn’t even remember the year anymore.

The puppet he had once disowned as a family had returned home, kneeling outside the door, his voice choked with emotion.

In its hand was a silver bracelet, the only memento left by Li Huanhuan.

Being just a puppet, it didn’t have a beating heart, it didn’t even know how to cry.

Its face was so rigid, and it looked so clumsy.

That night, a heavy rain poured down.

The rain hit its body, and flowed down its smiling face.

Drip, drop, drip, drop…

As the sky darkened, Lu Xun returned to his room and practiced. After that, he began to browse the forum.

Due to the recent breakthrough in Sword Dao, the threads about the Purple Palace had once again swept through the forum, with people still discussing it enthusiastically even today.

At the same time, Lu Xun found several interesting threads digging for information about the White Emperor.

“Has the White Emperor returned to the Demon Sect? It’s been many days, he seems to have disappeared, no players have encountered him.”

“I am a player from the Demon Sect, and I must say that even when I was at the Demon Sect, I didn’t encounter the White Emperor.”

“The White Emperor enjoys drinking so much, I’m afraid he might have drunk himself to death. Ridiculous.”

“I really don’t understand you folks. Why are you so keen on meeting the White Emperor? The skills he teaches are out-of-date, they’re only suitable for new players who have just started playing. You miss him just because he’s handsome?”

Very unified replies quickly appeared below this comment.

“Yeah, so what?”

“Yeah, so what?”

Indeed, the essence of humans is to repeat what others say.

As Lu Xun read through the various threads, his mind was filled with thoughts.

If he continues to role-play as the White Emperor using his illusion technique and starts teaching these low-level skills, it would indeed be considered outdated.

Although “Heavenly Dust” has a large number of new players joining each day, complying with the needs of the majority is the royal road.

Moreover, imparting skills is one of the fastest ways for Lu Xun to earn experience points, which he naturally wouldn’t abandon.

Especially since he hasn’t gone to interact with the players for a while now, the leeks(masterstroke) must be growing pretty well, quietly awaiting his scythe.

“That won’t do. I still need to continue this path. Staff are working so hard on the tasks, if I don’t earn the experience points they collect, I am simply not a human!” Lu Xun soon made up his mind.

“Why not…visit the Demon Sect’s Tower of Imparting Skills? Learn a few suitable yellow level skills?”

After some consideration, Lu Xun quickly dismissed the idea.

Although he can freely enter and exit the Tower of Imparting Skills as though it were his own study, the skills and cultivation techniques there are all from the Demon Sect.

Leaking them out wouldn’t be right.

Even if they’re just yellow level skills, Lu Xun is unwilling to do it.

For Lu Xun, he is first and foremost the Young Elder of the Demon Sect, then comes the Purple Palace and the White Emperor.

The interest of the Demon Sect takes precedence over his personal interest, after all, this is his home.

“Guess I’ll have to take another trip to the Treasury Pavilion and buy some skill books,” Lu Xun decided.

Isn’t it just investing some upfront cost? He can surely cover it.

The last time he attended a tournament on behalf of his third senior brother, the third senior brother generously gave him ten thousand spirit stones as remuneration!

The joy of having a money-spender in the family is beyond your imagination.

“I’ll go downhill tomorrow then,” Lu Xun thought to himself.

This time he planned to collect more experience points. He hoped to break through to level 30 in one shot!

Players now have several times more experience points on hand, and the market is getting bigger, so he believes he can make a large profit!

“Once I reach level 30, I will be able to do the level-up task,” Lu Xun thought to himself, feeling a little excited.

Players need to perform a system-assigned task to level up when they reach level 30, 40, 50.

Only after completing the task can they level up.

Before Lu Xun crossed over, the game’s top level was 60, due to the lack of an updated task for level 60, even if players had abundant experience, they were unable to level up.

One significant benefit of the level-up task is that upon completion, every attribute of a player will increase by 10%!

That is to say, the difference between players of the same level 30, those who have completed the task and those who have not, is substantial.

Under such circumstances, a divergent path appears before the players, requiring them to make different choices.