Cultivation Online novel Chapter 69

Chapter 69 - Player Killer

"Brother Tian, Divine Sense is not something anyone can use, and they must have an appropriate cultivation before they can even learn it," Xiao Hua said to him.

"Oh... Is that so?" Yuan nodded. "Then I will continue to look for Spirit Grass with my Divine Sense."

Once Yuan left to look for more Spirit Grass, Yu Rou turned to look at Xiao Hua and said to her, "You know a lot of things despite your young age..."

"...Xiao Hua has existed for longer than you think," she responded with a calm voice.

"Eh? Then how old are you?" Yu Rou looked at her with wide eyes.

"..."

However, Xiao Hua did not respond to her, acting as though she was deaf.

"You can’t even tell a fellow lady?" Yu Rou insisted.

"One’s age does not matter when you are a Cultivator..." Xiao Hua said, avoiding the question.

Yu Rou shook her head inwardly and sighed after seeing Xiao Hua’s strong reluctance.

"Anyway, I can’t let Brother Tian do all of the work by himself. I’ll also continue looking for Spirit Grass..." Yu Rou returned to searching for Spirit Grass with her bare eyes.

Half an hour later, Yuan returned to Yu Rou and Xiao Hua with an abundant amount of Spirit Grass in his spatial ring.

"I should have around 20 jins of Spirit Grass in my spatial ring right now," Yuan said to her.

"20 jins?! That’s way more than what we need," Yu Rou said.

"Yes, but if the quest is repeatable, we can complete it multiple times in a single run," Yuan said.

"Oh, that’s quite smart, brother. Meanwhile, I have only managed to find 2 jins worth of Spirit Grass..." Yu Rou sighed.

"Brother Tian, Xiao Hua also gathered some Spirit Grass for you," Xiao Hua said.

"Thank you, Xiao Hua. You can keep it to yourself until we need to hand it in," Yuan said to her.

"Un," she nodded.

"Now that we’ve completed the quest, let’s return to the medicine store and hand in our Spirit Grass," Yu Rou said.

Thus, they began making their way back to Spring City.

However, on their way back, Yuan and his small group encountered another group of players that appeared to be heading in their direction.

"Brother Tian, there are four Cultivators at the fifth level Spirit Apprentice realm ahead," Xiao Hua said to them way before the two groups even met.

"They must be players that are doing the same quest," Yu Rou said.

Once the two groups met, the other group asked them, "Hello, are you guys coming from the Spirit Grass location?"

"Yes, that’s right. It’s just a mile that way," Yuan pointed in the direction they came from.

The four players then exchanged gazes with each other and nodded with a determined gaze in their eyes before turning to look at Yuan again.

"Since you know where to find more Spirit Grass and it’s not too far away, why don’t you do us a solid favor and hand over the ones you already have to us?" One of the players said to them, and the other three players drew their weapons.

"..."

Yuan was speechless. Are they being robbed? In broad daylight?

"And before you get any ideas, let me warn you that there are four of us and only three of you— and one of them is a mere child!" The player said.

"What should we do, brother?" Yu Rou asked him as she grabbed his sleeves.

"Hmm..." Yuan narrowed his eyes at the four players and asked them a moment later, "The four of you are players, right?"

"So what if we are?!"

"Hurry up and give us all of your Spirit Grass, or do we have to take it from your corpses!?"

"..."

Yuan ignored the four players and turned to ask Yu Rou, "Can you confirm for me that if players die, they will respawn later?"

Yu Rou nodded and said, "If a player dies, they won’t be able to control their character for an hour, and they’ll respawn in the last city they were in."

"Are you going to kill them?" she asked him afterward.

"Yes," he nodded with a cold expression on his face.

"..."

Xiao Hua looked at him with wide eyes. He’s willingly going to kill four Cultivators? What happened to his righteous speech about not wanting to kill anyone just a few days ago?

Yuan retrieved the Starry Abyss and approached the four players with a cold gaze, and he spoke in a low voice, "I don’t care if you want to rob us. I wouldn’t have cared even if you wanted to kill me... However, threatening to kill my sister before me, you have crossed a line that you should’ve never crossed..."

The four players looked at Yuan’s serious expression and began laughing out loud.

"Are you going to fight the four of us by yourself!? Who the hell do you think you are?!"

"Stop wasting our time and die already!" One of the players suddenly rushed forward and swung the sword in his grasp at Yuan with sluggish movements, looking like a complete beginner with the sword.

"..."