Chapter 127: Don't Go to the Internet Cafe Tomorrow

That evening, quite a few disciples from Lingyun Academy arrived, many of them senior students guiding newcomers, causing Fang Qi to notice his quest progress steadily rising.

By midnight, the activation numbers and movie viewings for Resident Evil, which already boasted a sizable player base, were nearly identical to the quest requirements.

The activation numbers for Legend of Sword and Fairy were also approaching the quest standard, leaving Diablo II and Counter-Strike as the only two trailing far behind.

Worth mentioning was that the quest to unlock Act III of Diablo II had also been completed by this time.

Simultaneously, Fang Qi received the quest to unlock Act IV: reach 100 activations for Act II.

This quest could run concurrently with the "Culturally Chasing Dramas in an Alternate World" quest, which spared Fang Qi a great deal of trouble.

In other words, at this moment, Fang Qi had only two urgent tasks ahead of him: one was to upgrade his skills to claim the Flying Sword Control quest reward, and the other was to complete the newly issued quests.

Regarding the new quest, tonight's livestream had proven quite effective; over the course of the evening, it directly attracted over twenty Counter-Strike players. In this internet cafe lacking an information age, it was only natural that whatever the boss played, the players would follow suit.

Meanwhile, Xue Daolv had already boarded his dharma boat and returned to the Liuyun Dao Palace.

"Junior Sister, do you think... the spiritual artifacts we used tonight can really be manufactured?" Xue Daolv was no artifact refiner, yet he was deeply intrigued. "These things require neither spiritual energy to activate nor any prerequisites for use. Even ordinary people can wield them, and their power is actually so astonishing...?"

Given his cultivation level, he naturally had no reason to fear firearms, but looking through the lens of a sect master, he could easily discern their latent value.

Did these spiritual artifacts possess even higher potential for development? If combined with their own sect's artifact refining techniques, could the two approaches blend together to forge even mightier spiritual artifacts?

Then there was the Sword Control Technique, which integrated both attack and flight. A single spell concisely encompassed two major functions, and its speed was exceptionally swift. Compared to the dharma boats commonly flown by cultivators, it was far more convenient, and it held a tremendous advantage over riding the wind!

"I have decided!" Xue Daolv settled the matter on the spot. "Tomorrow, I shall invite Junior Brother Tian Fengzi and Junior Brother Duan Buyi, who excel at artifact refining, to play Counter-Strike!"

"Right, how exactly do you pull off that flick shot and instant scope trick? Tomorrow I must ask that young boss Fang for guidance!"

Su Tianji's face darkened. "Senior Brother, I know how to do it too."

She was a cultivator of the Divine Ocean Realm after all; mastering these techniques naturally did not require much time.

"How could your skills match Boss Fang's?" Xue Daolv said with a look of disdain.

"Tomorrow I'll have Boss Fang carry me again. Those two rounds were just too satisfying, did you see how we crushed An Huwei and the others..." Xue Daolv laughed heartily. "They actually dared to mock my skills?"

"And that old man from the Nalan family along with that little girl, they killed me several times last night. Tomorrow I am going to fight back!"

Su Tianji: "..."

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Nalan Mingxue left rather late, stepping out of the internet cafe almost exactly at midnight.

However, most of the Lingyun Academy disciples did the same.

"Time flies so fast!" Lanyan also left the internet cafe somewhat reluctantly. In a time free from academy pressure, running to an internet cafe to play games with so many fellow disciples and hyping it up the whole night was truly something to savor.

On the way back to the academy, discussions about the games echoed everywhere:

"Hey, hey~ what did you play tonight?" a player wearing oversized sunglasses acting like Wesker said. "Did you play Legend of Sword and Fairy? Tonight was my first time, and the Sword Control Technique is just too handsome!"

"I played Counter-Strike! Today I tried the boss's mouse flick shot, it's too hard! How on earth does he pull that off?"

"Why play Sword or Counter-Strike? I heard that Diablo unlocks Act III tomorrow! Isn't it better to team up and grind for gear?"

"..."

"Miss Nalan." Lanyan had clearly received the news that Diablo would open Act III tomorrow. "How about we go play some Diablo tomorrow too?"

Lanyan noticed Nalan Mingxue gazing at the crowd leaving the internet cafe, seemingly deep in thought and somewhat distracted.

"Hmm?" She glanced at Lanyan. "No, I am not coming here tomorrow."

"Not coming here?" Lanyan asked in surprise. "Why?"

Lanyan's heart skipped a beat, thinking that Miss Nalan might have been crushed by the boss again and was completely furious...

Recalling the massive knife-kill icon that had appeared across everyone's screens, Lanyan felt a wave of pity.

To be knifed by the boss using just a keyboard and mouse operation...

"Right." Nalan Mingxue added, "Tell Song Qingfeng and the others, as well as Boss Fang's fat friend, that it's best if they don't come tomorrow."

"..." Lanyan froze upon hearing this, thinking in shock, "Is Miss Nalan flying into a rage out of shame and planning to violently smash Boss Fang's business?"

"What are you thinking?" Nalan Mingxue shot her a look.

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"Elder Qin, what is going on?!" In a rather secluded private room within the Clear Wind and Bright Moon Pavilion, Huo Chong's face was ash-grey; the two of them had no intention of leaving even at this late hour.

"Didn't we agree to jointly suppress the Origin Internet Club?!"

It was bad enough that the instructor sent out yesterday to arrest people at the Origin Internet Club came back utterly humiliated, yet Lingyun Academy remained completely indifferent. Today was even better; so many disciples entered the Origin Internet Club, and Qin Bing acted as if he didn't see a thing!

"Calm down, President Huo." Qin Bing's expression remained calm. "According to reports, this Origin Internet Club is indeed not easy to move against."

"Then we just sit back and do nothing?" Huo Chong said coldly. "Chief Instructor Qin had better understand clearly that this concerns not only our various businesses in Jiuhua City, but also the status of Lingyun Academy!"

"Sit back and do nothing?" Qin Bing sneered. "These disciples have time and again turned a deaf ear to my words. Do they really think I hold this position of Chief Instructor for nothing?!"

"Since these disciples refuse to repent until they face the grim reality, I, Qin Bing, shall naturally prepare a grand show for them!" Qin Bing sneered. "As for the matters of my Lingyun Academy, this old man knows how to handle them, so there is no need for President Huo to worry!"

"Then I, Huo Chong, shall wait and see!" Huo Chong said. "This is no child's play, I hope Chief Instructor Qin takes it seriously!"

...

Stepping out of the Clear Wind and Bright Moon Pavilion, it was already late into the night.

The tall, tower-like instructor followed closely behind Qin Bing. As the night wind picked up, it caused their robes to rustle loudly. "Are we truly going to do this? At this hour, mobilizing so many instructors with such fanfare might not be very appropriate, right?"

"It is precisely because of this hour that absolutely nothing must go wrong!" Facing the freezing midnight wind, Qin Bing walked forward. The sky was gloomy without moonlight, as if a torrential rain would soon pour down.

"But... so many disciples, if all of them..." The instructor said heavily, "Will it impact the national examination too heavily this time?"

Qin Bing narrowed his eyes slightly, offering a detached sneer. "Our trump cards have always been those few disciples this old man values the most. What do they have to do with these people?"

With his hands behind his back, he said indifferently, "Go ahead and do it without worry."

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PS: Heartfelt thanks to the book's very first Alliance Leader, Huang Wei Cleon. By convention, bonus chapters are due, but since Xiaoye is currently preparing the chapters for the official release launch, the bonus chapters will have to be pushed back a bit. After all, Xiaoye doesn't have many drafts stockpiled and writes rather slowly, so I must offer my apologies here.

I will definitely make up three chapters after the launch, counting as the updates Xiaoye owes.

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