Once Yuan realized that there were many people visiting Pang City to see him, he remained inside the Lord’s Manor until it was dark outside, and after eating dinner with the Luo Family, he logged out and waited for Yu Rou to feed him once again.
“Brother, how is your progress in the game?” Yu Rou asked him as she wiped his body with a wet towel.
“Fairly good. I have made some new friends and got to eat some amazing food,” he responded with a smile.
“Oh? Tell me about these new friends,” she quickly asked him.
“Well, they are only NPCs, but they feel as real as Players with almost no distinctions between them.”
“I have heard about that, too. Despite being NPCs, you will not be able to tell the difference between a Player and an NPC unless they start talking about our world.”
“Yes, it’s really shocking how realistic the world is.”
Sometime later, once Yu Rou finished feeding and cleaning Yuan, she said to him, “Brother, I will be able to play with you after tomorrow. Where are you currently in the game? I will be entering the game after this and see where I start so that we can arrange a meeting once I begin playing.”
“Me? I am in a place called Pang City,” he responded without thinking.
“Hm? Pang City? Isn’t that where the famous Player Yuan was last seen? Did you by any chance see this person?” Yu Rou asked him.
“P-Player Yuan? I have no idea…” Yuan quickly said.
“What a pity. I wanted to confirm whether the rumors are true or not,” she sighed after hearing his words.
“Rumors? What kind of rumors?” Yuan asked her with his interest intrigued.
“Well, there were some players that had participated in the event at Pang City who claimed that they have seen Player Yuan with their own eyes and that ‘he’ is actually a ‘she’.” Yu Rou explained to him what she read on the internet.
“What the heck?!” Yuan cried out loud in a shocked voice. Why would anyone call him a female?
“I was shocked too when I first saw this information online. Apparently, she’s a little girl who can use a very powerful technique that wiped out hundreds of monsters in the blink of an eye.”
“A little girl…?”
If Yuan could feel his body right now, he would definitely be feeling the cold sweat soaking his back right now.
‘How on earth did they mistake Xiao Hua as me?’ he cried inwardly.
“I…I have a feeling that this information might be wrong…” Yuan suddenly said to her.
“Eh? What makes you say that?” Yu Rou asked him.
“I don’t know. It’s just a feeling I am getting,” he responded.
“What a coincidence, Brother, as I am also getting a similar feeling.” Yu Rou said.
“You seem very interested in this Player Yuan, why is that?” Yuan asked her a moment later.
“Even if you weren’t interested in something at first, you will eventually become intrigued by it if you keep seeing it online constantly. Though, I am more interested in this Player’s Servant more than anything.”
“Servant?”
“Un.” Yu Rou nodded, and she continued, “Because I personally don’t like violence or fighting, I want to become a Cultivator who has servants that will fight for me, and I cannot help but wonder what a Divine-grade servant might look like. Any monster with such a high grade must be extremely powerful, right? Like a Phoenix or a Dragon.”
‘Actually, she’s human… and a little girl at that…’ Yuan responded to Yu Rou in his head.
After talking for a few minutes, mostly about what kind of servants she wants once she starts playing the game, Yu Rou said to him, “It’s getting late, Brother. I am going to create my character tonight, and I will tell you where I am tomorrow morning.”
“Okay. Good night, Yu Rou.”
“Good night, Brother.”
Yu Rou closed the lights before leaving the room.
‘Since Yu Rou wants to have servants, I should ask Xiao Hua tomorrow if there are any methods to tame monsters…’ Yuan thought to himself before falling asleep.
Meanwhile, inside her room, Yu Rou laid on the bed with the helmet used to play Cultivation Online on her head.
A brief moment after pressing the power button, Yu Rou could feel her consciousness slowly being transported to another place by a mysterious force.
Sometime later, when she opened her eyes, an old man with a profound gaze was already staring at her a few meters away, and they appeared to be inside this white room.
“Hello…” Yu Rou took the initiation to speak to him.
“What is your name?” he asked her in a deep but clear voice.
“Yu Rou.”
“Place your hand on this.” The old man pushed a crystal ball towards her.
Yu Rou nodded and placed her hand on the crystal ball.
A few moments later, her status appeared.
Name: Yu Rou
Cultivation: None
Legacy: None
Bloodline: None
Physique: Pure Yin Physique
Physical Strength: 62
Mental Strength: 80
Soul Strength: 54
Physical Defense: 40
Mental Defense: 90
A disappointed light flickered within the old man’s eyes after he saw Yu Rou’s status, and he sighed inwardly, ‘Another one with just above average talent, huh? Why am I so unlucky compared to that cold woman who encountered someone with the legendary Heaven Refining Physique? I am now certain that Heaven holds some kind of grudge against me.’
“Is everything okay, Senior?” Yu Rou asked him after seeing his dejected expression.
“Although you may not have amazing talents, you should be able to live a comfortable life with the Pure Yin Physique. Good luck, young lady.” The old man said to her before disappearing into the cracked space behind him.
A few seconds after the old man left, Yu Rou felt her consciousness being transported to another place, and she could see a large crowd of people standing around her when she opened her eyes again.
“Welcome to the world of Cultivation, Mortals!”
A loud and clear voice resounded above Yu Rou, causing her and the other people there to look up at the sky, where a handsome middle-aged man was floating in the air and staring down at them with a smile on his face.
