There’s Something Wrong With This Account - Chapter 216
Chapter 216 Do you still remember Ji Li by Daming Lake?
Translator: 549690339
Lu Xun and his third senior brother had a long chat based on the recipe, where Lu Xun was able to showcase his skills.
“I feel like I’m racking my brains more now than when I was writing essays for the college or high school entrance exams,” he thought.
“Thankfully, unlike those who missed out on a well-rounded education, I am well-versed in literature and have a large vocabulary.”
After the casual chat, the third senior brother, feeling complimented and satisfied, agreed with some of Lu Xun’s suggestions and prepared to leave.
“Junior Brother Lu, when do you plan to return to the mountain?” Zhuge Lai Fu asked before leaving.
“I’ll need a bit more time at the foot of the mountain,” Lu Xun replied.
Zhuge Lai Fu didn’t ask him what he was doing at the mountain foot, just nodded and said, “All right.”
Looking at him, Lu Xun tentatively asked, “Third Senior Brother, is there something wrong? Is it that Master was spurred to push me to come back to the mountain after seeing Fourth Senior Sister and Little Chan have returned to the sect?”
The third senior brother smiled faintly, his eyes almost closing, and said, “Not really.”
Lu Xun:
Okay then, I guess I was overthinking things.
The third senior brother was about to leave when he suddenly stopped and asked, “Junior Brother Lu, do you have enough Spirit Stones?”
At these words, Lu Xun perked up!
He definitely wanted more Spirit Stones, but he feigned indecision and repeatedly tried to decline the offer.
It was like when a relative gives you a red envelope for Chinese New Year – even though you want to accept, you can’t help but say, “Ah! I’m already this old, no need for a red envelope!”
Seeing this, Zhuge Lai Fu smiled warmly and said, “You don’t need to be so polite with me. If you need anything, just say it.”
As he spoke, he took out a storage ring filled with Spirit Stones and placed it in Lu Xun’s hand.
With a sweep of his Divine Sense, Lu Xun found that it contained a whole twenty thousand Spirit Stones!
This… Why is the third senior brother becoming more and more generous!?
“Suddenly, I don’t want to work hard anymore. I want to return to the mountain and cook in peace,” a thought sprang up in Lu Xun’s mind.
After doing all that, the third senior brother really flew away, leaving Lu Xun holding the ring, deeply moved.
The third senior brother had purchased Lu Xun’s happiness with money.
When Lu Xun returned to the outskirts of Qingling City, the sand sculpture players felt that the White Emperor seemed very happy, his face full of joy.
They were all guessing about why the White Emperor was in such a good mood, with various imaginative theories abounding.
Lu Xun didn’t pay attention to the players’ thoughts, he simply continued accumulating Experience Points mechanically and selected suitable spare equipment from amongst the crowd.
During his leisure time, he multitasked by browsing the forum.
As he expected, a few players had recorded the earlier episode.
Being the second purple name NPC outside of the Purple Palace, the third senior brother naturally sparked discussion on the forum.
However, the third senior brother couldn’t threaten the popularity of the Purple Palace.
He couldn’t help it, the third senior brother’s appearance was indeed hard to describe.
Master was already quite plain in appearance, and the third senior brother’s looks made Master seem handsome. That naturally meant the third senior brother looked plain and unsophisticated.
Fortunately, when the third senior brother took action, his impressive momentum earned players’ exclamations of “cool” and “awesome”!
What made Lu Xun laugh was that quite a few sand sculpture players said: I also want to learn Talisman Technique!
This is how it is in the early stages of the game. When players are attracted by a certain NPC, they can easily choose a career rashly.
Lu Xun put himself in their shoes and thought, if it were him, he might also be attracted to the Talisman Technique after watching such a video in the early stages of the game.
Just imagining himself floating in the air, with dozens of Talisman Papers flying around him, the feel of the scene springs to mind instantly!
“This purple name NPC is so ugly, yet he looks so cool when he uses Talisman. If I were to use it, wouldn’t my cool factor double?” Many players started fantasizing.
However, thinking about the hardships of the early and middle stages of the Talisman Technique, Lu Xun was silently mourning for these players.
Here’s the general consensus among Talisman Technique players:
“Don’t enter the Talisman door if you don’t put money in and don’t grind.”
“Create joy with money, if you have no money, don’t play!”
“The economic base determines the superstructure.”
“It’s like playing a slot machine every day!”
“Talisman dogs can’t afford housing!”
Even among professional players, very few could persist until the end.
Imagine, creating Talismans has a failure rate, every battle consumes Talisman Papers, you need money throwing skill!
Even though the term “money throwing skill” sounds very high-end, it means that if you don’t spend money, you don’t have any skill!
Thinking about it this way, Lu Xun felt that his sword sheath was very useful.
Others need to save Talisman Papers, which represent money. He can store Sword Qi without spending any money.
The only downside is that, while others can sell their Talisman Papers for money, his stored Sword Qi can only be used by himself, unless he reaches the level of his second senior sister.
Another interesting point was that players on the forum were trying to come up with a nickname for the third senior brother!
This is the third nationwide naming event on the forum following the “Purple Palace” and “White Emperor”, but browsing over some of the suggestions proposed by a few absurd players, he couldn’t help but sigh, “Really is a world where only looks matter huh…”
When it came time for players to name the third brother, it was clear they weren’t really into it, hmm!
At this moment, Lu Xun had pretty much harvested the players’ experience points and was preparing to leave Qingling City.
As time passed, the players’ demand for these early game skills would decrease, and these skills would soon become “unsellable”.
Luckily, Lu Xun had planned his strategy beforehand and wasn’t worried at all.
Before leaving, he looked back at Mo Guanji standing behind him, deciding that he wouldn’t bring him along for now.
What could one man do with another man on an ordinary day?
Mo Guanji hasn’t grown up yet, so it might be better to let him mature freely.
In fact, Mo Guanji didn’t plan on following the White Emperor either.
Even though after getting in touch, he found that the White Emperor was indeed quite cool, but the most handsome in his heart was always the Purple Palace.
His affection for the Purple Palace would never waver!
Rather than following the White Emperor, better to go find my Purple Palace!
He has already found out the real identity of the Purple Palace from the White Emperor, he’s a Young Elder of the Demon Sect!
This status, just thinking about it made him feel like a badass!
He planned to go to the Demon Sect first to see if the Purple Palace was there.
Just like sung in a lyric, he was willing to cross mountains and seas for him, without any desire to appreciate the scenery.
“I wonder if the Purple Palace has forgotten me.” Mo Guanji thought to himself.
Before leaving Qingling City, Lu Xun had entered it once more.
He found that, as he had guessed, the turtles in the city stopped and lowered their heads when they saw him simply because of the sword sheath!
Now that he had transformed into the White Emperor, with the sword sheath stored in the storage ring, the leisurely turtles in the city couldn’t be bothered with him.
“The sword sheath was forged by Elder Gui, who seems to have a certain connection with the black tortoise, or even… could he be the black tortoise!?” Lu Xun thought to himself.
Elder Gui was just an old servant of the master…
After leaving Qingling City, Lu Xun rode a paper crane to Yongan County.
“Tomorrow is the death anniversary of Ji Li’s parents.” he said to himself.
He had heard Ji Li mention it once, and this date was remembered in his heart.
The reason he remembered it so vividly was because he had a particular sensitivity to death anniversaries.
In the past, he was also a child whose parents had passed away.
“I haven’t seen her in a while, she should be going down the mountain to pay respects right.” Lu Xun chuckled, considering it wouldn’t hurt to drop by and see her.
Ji Li was the first person he met after he crossed over. Plus, they both shared similar hardships, making her hold quite a significant place in his heart.
But this naughty little sister always harbored ulterior motives, making him feel a little overwhelmed dealing with her.
Upon arriving at Yongan County, Lu Xun found his way to the Ji’s House, guided by his memory.
He had visited once when he came down the mountain last time so he kind of knew where it was.
Even though Ji Li’s parents weren’t buried here, she most likely would stay here for a day whenever she came, also to clean up a bit.
This was her ancestral home after all, chances are she’d go to the ancestral hall to pay her respects too.
Lu Xun walked to the front door of the Ji’s House and pushed it open.
As soon as the door creaked open, he saw a girl in a black skirt sitting on a stone bench in the yard.
Lu Xun had been down the mountain for quite some time and hadn’t seen Ji Li for a while.
When he first met Ji Li, she was just 16 years old. Time passed and in the blink of an eye, two years had quietly slipped away and Ji Li was already 18.
Even though she still had a girlish look, she was markedly different from the immature girl she used to be.
Her bright eyes and white teeth, her fair skin, and her body had fully matured. The black skirt accentuated her body curves perfectly.
You could see her slender waist that could be grasped with one hand, her well-proportional legs and that place that left a deep impression when they first met.
At this moment, the sunlight was shining on her face and her hair, making Lu Xun feel a little dazed as he admired the profound changes in her.
As soon as Ji Li saw someone pushing the door and entering, she stood up, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and asked, “Who are you?”
She looked at the middle-aged man in white standing in front of her, her furrowed eyebrows slowly easing.
Her right hand gripping the Wedding Sword tightened slightly, her gaze focused on this unfamiliar man.
With her strength, she should not have been able to see through the illusion technique, yet she tentatively asked:
“Lu Xun?”
(ps: First update, pleading for monthly tickets! Here comes grown-up sister Ji Li!)
