Chapter 162: Wish I Could Smash the Shop and Kill the Boss! (2/4)

"Can you really watch it while eating snacks?" Dong Qingli asked in bewilderment. "Isn't it supposed to be a virtual reality mode?"

"You'll know once you try it," Fang Qi said, rubbing his nose. "After all, he hasn't even tried it himself yet."

"Alright then..." Dong Qingli pouted. "But let me make this clear: if it's no good, I'm demanding a refund!"

Fang Qi's face twitched. "If it's no good, this shopkeeper will happily refund you out of his own pocket, alright?"

Just don't come pestering me for episodes five and six when the time comes.

Such were Fang Qi's inner thoughts.

Following Dong Qingli's departure, a few more players soon arrived to inquire about today's new product. However, quite a few intended to wait for others to test the waters first; in the brief span of time that followed, Ye Xiaoye was the only one to try this novel thing.

Yet Fang Qi was in no rush; it was, after all, only the crack of dawn. Finding himself a seat, he too began to watch.

Having paid their fees, Dong Qingli and Zhang Wanyu took their seats. Following Fang Qi's instructions, they opened the Super Cinema, where a new option indeed presented itself: Virtual Environment Simulation.

Enabling the simulation option, she donned the virtual headset, and upon opening the Jade Dynasty icon within the Super Cinema, the scenery before her eyes swiftly dissolved into darkness.

She soon discovered that her computer desk, computer, and other belongings had surprisingly been preserved. Within this virtual reality world, she remained seated before her desk, upon which lay her keyboard, mouse, and a bottle of Coke; even the figures of people passing behind her could be perceived from here.

The virtual and the real were in absolute synchronization.

"Oh...? To think it could actually work like this?!"

At the same time, she realized she could blur the real-world images, a feature that allowed her to sip her Coke without hindering her viewing experience.

"Marvelous!" Dong Qingli exclaimed in wonder. "This spiritual artifact is becoming more and more convenient!"

Sucking on her straw to drink her Coke, she waited for the tale to unfold.

"Heaven and Earth are ruthless; they treat all creations as straw dogs!"

A voice like the tolling of a massive, resonant bronze bell echoed in her ears, and in the very next instant, she found herself seated amidst the clouds!

Being a flawless recreation of the novel version, the story opened with an introductory background prologue.

Immediately following this, she was utterly immersed into the world, and soon, beneath the shroud of clouds, the Qingyun Mountain came into view!

The imagery shifted before her eyes as the peerlessly brilliant Patriarch Qingye emerged into the world, a faint purple aura of auspicious light surging toward the heavens!

The Illusionary Moon Cave opened. Beholding the elderly figure before her, draped in pure light and resembling an immortal being, Dong Qingli widened her beautiful eyes. "Has... has this man attained immortality?!"

Patriarch Qingye rode his sword into the skies, sweeping away the foreign adversaries outside the six peaks of Qingyun single-handedly. It was a spectacle that set one's blood ablaze; the mastery of his swordplay was profound beyond measure, bringing creation itself into his art—unrivaled in all the world!

The surrounding environment made her feel as though she were physically present, rendering the experience all the more soul-stirring!

"Brilliant!" she cried out in her heart.

Fang Qi was watching at this moment as well, and he noticed that every single technique deployed by Daoist Master Qingye belonged to the highest order of sword-riding arts!

The Shushan Sect’s sword-riding arts—colossal strikes like the Thousand Sword Technique, Heavenly Sword, and Sword Deity—were, in truth, closer in nature to the martial techniques of this world.

Consequently, they placed less emphasis on the finer nuances and applications of swordplay within sword-riding arts.

Yet after witnessing Daoist Master Qingye's swordplay, Fang Qi felt his own understanding of sword-riding techniques deepen considerably.

Furthermore, Fang Qi discovered that his own cultivation realm was actually rising as well!

As time flowed onward, the Qingyun Sect advanced to the generation of Daoxuan.

At the foot of Qingyun Mountain lay Caomiao Village.

Surrounded by bright mountains and elegant waters, the sight of two boys frolicking gave off a rare, profound sense of tranquility.

Dong Qingli could not help but take another sip of her Coke. "This is wonderful! So exhilarating!"

Ignorant of how the subsequent plot would unfold, she watched on, entirely captivated.

Then came the massacre of Caomiao Village. Shocked that anyone could possess such ruthless methods as to spare not a single innocent civilian, she simultaneously began to fret over the destiny of the two boys.

Unwittingly, she watched onward, episode after episode.

She watched all the way until the two were brought up to Qingyun by the rescue disciples of the Qingyun Sect.

Lin Jingyu was eagerly fought over by the crowd to be taken as a disciple, while Zhang Xiaofan was left utterly neglected.

"What should be done now...?" she fretted inwardly. "With no one to rely on, if no one takes him in... what will become of him in the future?"

By this time, she too felt her cultivation rise slightly, and even her understanding of swordplay seemed to elevate. Simultaneously, she was gradually drawn into this marvelous world, experiencing the trials of the two protagonists.

"Aren't these two boys the main characters? How can they be so miserable?!"

"And how can Xiaofan's talent be so abysmal? How did he end up as the protagonist?"

Of course, she had never encountered the 'trash-tier protagonist' genre before.

Right at that moment, the vision before her went black: To know what happens next, tune in to the next chapter!

"What?!" Dong Qingli was stupefied on the spot!

How could it just end like this?!

Why did it end right when I was enjoying it the most?!

That was four episodes already?!

It was not just Dong Qingli who was stunned; Zhang Wanyu beside her was equally dumbfounded, and behind them, Ye Xiaoye and the few others who had started watching had also just finished.

Just as their excitement had been piqued, their hearts yearning to see what Xiaofan's fate would be, this was the result...

To know what happens next, tune in to the next chapter?!

What kind of ghostly nonsense was this?!

"Shopkeeper!" Dong Qingli lunged up from her seat, driven nearly to distraction!

She was not alone; Ye Xiaoye and the others who had finished watching also sprang from their seats with a sharp rustle.

"Hmm? What's the matter?" Fang Qi had only just finished watching himself.

"Where is episode five?!" Dong Qingli demanded, her voice dripping with murderous intent.

He had hoodwinked her into watching this 'Jade Dynasty' thing, only for it to cut off at the fourth episode, leaving her completely stranded in mid-air!

I haven't even had my fill yet! It was just getting to the brilliant parts!

Why is there no more?!

"Episode five," Fang Qi said nonchalantly. "Episodes five and six will update tomorrow."

"What?!" Hearing this, Dong Qingli felt an urge to commit murder!

To think it would just end right when she was thoroughly enjoying herself?!

And she had to wait until tomorrow?!

If intent could kill, Dong Qingli felt that Fang Qi would have been sliced into pieces by her a hundred times over by now!

"Shopkeeper!" Ye Xiaoye cried out reluctantly. "Why must we wait until tomorrow? Why not today?!"

Ye Xiaoye had also finished all four episodes, never imagining that this so-called television drama could be so spectacular!

The Legend of Sword and Fairy had the Shushan Sect, and Jade Dynasty had the Qingyun Sect, yet they too possessed sword-riding arts here! And they were sword-riding techniques of the most fearsome order!

She too had been thoroughly gripped by the excitement, wondering what would become of Xiaofan and Jingyu next, when it suddenly vanished?!

"Television dramas are just like this..." Fang Qi spoke as though he had long grown accustomed to such spectacles, waving his hand. "One must take it slow. After all, with a plot this long, how could anyone finish it in a single day?"

"Boss, I want to smash this shop to pieces!" Dong Qingli spat out, grinding her teeth in sheer frustration.

"Go right ahead, and then you'll be dealt with as a common troublemaker," Fang Qi replied, his tone so infuriatingly nonchalant it could drive a saint to madness.

Beside them, Xiao Yulv gave a soft, affected cough. "My beautiful lady, if it is destruction you desire, this young master would be more than happy to lend a hand."

Their faces twitched in unison; everyone present knew all too well that if she actually wrecked the place, this fellow would simply be gaining a companion in punishment.

"I am not falling for that!" Dong Qingli snorted with disdain.

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PS: Today I am letting the denizens of the cultivation world suffer through a cliffhanger, but I will spare you brothers from it. This chapter shall end cleanly!

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