The fairies I flirted with in the game became real?!

Granny Gu accepted the sinister box with a kind smile.

"Little Fish, you've completed another task I gave you. Although it took a long time this time, completing the task comes with a reward," she said.

"Here, take this back and boil it for soup."

Granny Gu reached into the shadows and handed Li Muyang a blood-dripping bone.

The bone was very fresh, and even the flesh on it was still warm.

[You have obtained the leg bone of a Spirit Medium.]

Li Muyang obediently took it and then received the advanced task from Granny Gu.

"Now that you have the item, Little Fish, help someone to the end," she instructed.

"Wei Sandao entrusted this item to me, and those fellows in the cave definitely won't let him off," she continued.

"According to the rules, I must ensure Wei Sandao's safe departure."

"Right now, I only trust you alone. Go back, boil this bone for soup, and tomorrow night, escort Wei Sandao out of the mountain," she said.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"As long as you safely escort Wei Sandao out of these great mountains, afterwards, you and your Little Wild Grass can go wherever you want," she promised.

The mysterious Granny Gu, with a gentle smile, said, "Granny will help you erase the traces, so those fellows in the cave can't find you."

[Main Quest: Escort Wei Sandao away from the Great Mountains.]

The system information kept flashing in his field of vision.

Listening to Granny Gu's words, a jolt struck Li Muyang's heart.

Did the old witch mean that after escorting Wei Sandao, he wouldn't need to return to Black Cloud Fort?

This must be the ultimate task of the third stage.

To escort Wei Sandao away from the great mountains is to progress to the next stage.

Li Muyang, holding the blood-dripping leg bone, returned to his Stilted Building, where without regard for the deep night, he immediately set the pot on the fire and began to boil the bone soup.

The leg bone of the Spirit Medium was evidently something that enhanced the power of his evil meridians. After consuming it, it would enhance Li Muyang's power, enabling him to have the ability to escort Wei Sandao out.

But leaving the great mountains didn't seem particularly difficult, did it?

Li Muyang had tried to leave with Little Wild Grass before, with ease.

Why did Wei Sandao's departure require Li Muyang's personal escort?

Li Muyang felt curious, but still obediently made the soup.

Little Wild Grass, who was cultivating, smelled the fragrance of the meat soup and immediately floated up from the room.

She sat cross-legged in mid-air, assimilating Spiritual Energy while curiously floating over to the kitchen side, her mouth watering.

"Big brother, are we having meat soup tonight?"

The girl's eyes were filled with stars.

Seeing the greedy girl, Li Muyang was somewhat speechless.

"Just focus on your cultivation. What are you floating around for?" he asked.

Who else cultivates while multitasking and floating around?

Assimilating Spiritual Energy demands a strict physical state. Ordinary people must sit correctly and regulate their breathing in order to practice.

But Little Wild Grass was able to multitask, cultivating while doing other things, exuding a casual and leisurely vibe.

Li Muyang scolded the girl who, after learning cultivation, became lazier by the day, hating even to walk, preferring to float everywhere instead.

"You want some soup, huh?" he said.

"Mmhmm!" the girl nodded happily.

Li Muyang ladled a spoonful of hot soup into a bowl and said, "This bone was given by Granny Gu."

"Eww..."

With one sentence, Little Wild Grass was scared into retching as she ran away.

She still remembered the incident where Li Muyang steeped ashes in water; clearly, the words "given by Granny Gu" had a huge shock factor.

Li Muyang chuckled to himself, watching Little Wild Grass leave without trying to keep her, then bent his head to start drinking the soup.

After being boiled in water, the bone of the Spirit Medium dissolved completely into the liquid.

A large pot of thick white broth, Li Muyang drank it all up.

But it had no taste at all, it must be that the thing tasted too disgusting, so the system directly blocked the taste.

Li Muyang smacked his lips, feeling nothing after drinking a pot of soup, and went straight back to his room to sleep.

The flow of time within the game began to fast-forward, quickly moving on to the night of the second day.

[The escort mission has begun, please ensure Wei Sandao's safe departure from the Ten Thousand Mountains.]

Looking at the system prompt in front of him, Li Muyang, carrying his luggage and accompanied by Little Wild Grass, sneaked from the secret passage inside Black Cloud Fort into the forests outside.

He had long been familiar with this secret passageway, and quickly arrived at the cave at the end of the passage, where Wei Sandao was already waiting for him.

"...How did you know there's a secret passage here?" Wei Sandao was very curious.

Li Muyang let out a sly smile and said, "I found it by accident, Manager Wei needn't worry about it."

"Come on, let's get moving. Granny asked me to personally escort you out of the Ten Thousand Mountains."

Li Muyang started on the way.

The three of them left the cave and began walking towards the dark depths of the forest.

Wei Sandao looked at Li Muyang with some doubt and said, "Did Granny really ask you to escort me by yourself?"

He doubted Li Muyang's abilities.

Just as Li Muyang was about to open his mouth, he suddenly froze, staring ahead in shock.

In the once dark and quiet forest, several figures emerged.

They wore tattered divine robes and broken divine crowns, their bodies swaying in the darkness, seemingly unable to walk properly.

A chilly wind began to howl through the forest with the appearance of these eerie figures.

Further ahead, deep in the forest, came the jarring sound of gongs and drums and the loud noise of firecrackers, as if in celebration of a festival.

Yet, there was not the slightest festivity in the air – only an eerie chill that crept through the atmospheres.

Li Muyang's body stiffened, an inexplicable sense of horror rising from his back and instantly spreading throughout his body.

——The sudden appearance of these bizarre figures in the forest gave him a feeling of terror more intense than any demons or ghosts.

They were like monsters from a nightmare.

The only thing that could possibly compare to them might be that equally sinister meat-bone robe…

Li Muyang's eyes were full of shock, "What are these things?"

There are such things outside Black Cloud Fort?

How come I've never noticed before?

The next second, those weird figures all let out a chilling laugh, surrounding him from all directions and immediately encircling Li Muyang and his companions.

[You have died, game over.]

"Oh crap! To die so arbitrarily?"

Li Muyang, inside the stilted building, opened his eyes feeling somewhat astonished.

Although he knew this escort mission would be difficult, he didn't expect new elements to join in.

That group, looking almost like the meat-bone robe, was extremely ominous.

And perhaps even more sinister than the meat-bone robe.

Were these things specifically targeting Wei Sandao?

Li Muyang reloaded the save and re-entered the game.

This time, after meeting Wei Sandao, Li Muyang immediately asked.

"Manager Wei, if you try to leave Black Cloud Fort, would any evil beings try to stop you?"

Li Muyang was straightforward.

Wei Sandao hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Yes."

"When I and others followed the Temple-Sealing Lord to Black Cloud Fort, we made a blood oath."

"If someone violates the oath and tries to flee, they would be slaughtered by the ancient curse of Black Cloud Fort and would never find peace in death."