Chapter 166: Let's Have a Spiritual Cleansing (2/4)

At this exact moment, Pu Zhi’s voice rang clear from the screen: "You are of the Qingyun Sect?!"

"A man of Qingyun Sect?! Is not the Qingyun Sect the orthodox righteousness of the world?! How could there be such an evil and ruthless cultivator!"

One must know that they had just witnessed this black-clothed figure planning to refine a Dharma treasure using the lives of children, a deed reviled by most in this world.

And now, as the Divine Sword Lightning Controlling True Spell was about to cleave downward, Pu Zhi was clearly unable to parry it!

"It is dangerous!" Many looked on, their hearts gripped by an unbearable anxiety!

What fate would now befall this holy monk and the two young boys?

Just as everyone clamored to know the answer, the grand screen went stark black: Episode Two, End.

A long time passed, yet no third episode appeared; they heard only the proprietor announce: "Today's broadcast concludes here."

"!!??"

"What is the meaning of this?!"

Everyone stood utterly dumbfounded!

Not merely dumbfounded, but every single mind had ground to a complete halt!

What sort of situation was this?!

They had not even the time to process it!

They had just reached the most thrilling, the most critical juncture!

To end at the second episode?! And with no third to follow?!

"Owner Fang!" Chancellor Zhang’s aged face twitched in a fit of vexation. "Did the evil cultivator meet his demise, or did this master named Pu Zhi perish? At such a crucial moment, how can it simply vanish?!"

"Are there not four episodes, owner?!" At that moment, someone else demanded an answer.

"The broadcast is but two episodes," Fang Qi replied as though it were the most natural thing in the world.

"..." Xiao Lengyu gritted her teeth, driven well-nigh mad. "We were waiting here in line quite peaceably, untroubled by anything. Look at us now!"

"This stroke is simply..." Liang Heihu came to his senses at last. "You brat, you did this on purpose, did you not?!"

They had been perfectly fine before, but now, having finished the first two episodes, right at the cliffhanger, it was gone! Furthermore, there were no open seats available for them to watch the third and fourth episodes!

It was enough to drive one to desperation!

Zhang Wanyu laughed softly from behind, "This wretched owner, were it me, I would surely draw my blade and strike him down!"

Dong Qingli, too, wore an expression of deep sympathy.

Previously, she had watched all four episodes consecutively without paying heed that the second episode actually concluded at such a juncture!

Now it was wonderful; knowing full well there was a fourth episode to be seen, they were trapped in line, unable to watch it!

"Mercifully, this old man has already finished all four episodes!" Nalan Hongwu breathed a long sigh of relief.

Beside him, the Grand Princess's fair face darkened upon hearing those words!

I have only watched two episodes!

Immediately, she gouged a look like a sharp blade toward Fang Qi.

Yet as she glared at him, she saw Fang Qi placidly reseat himself at his broadcasting station, then proceed to shut down everything upon his desk...

"The owner is... finished playing?!"

"Mm," Fang Qi nodded. "Played for the whole day, time to go out and make merry!"

"The owner is a good man!" Ji Yu had not expected a turn for the better so swiftly. Just as she prepared to take the seat, she heard a cold voice from the side, "Your Highness the Grand Princess, I have been queuing here all along."

"You were first in line, so you may take it," Fang Qi said, waving his hand toward Nalan Mingxue.

Ji Yu: "..."

Her lungs felt as though they would burst with rage!

...

Nalan Mingxue, Song Qingfeng, and the other disciples of the Lingyun Academy had arrived rather early, which made things easier. However, the Grand Princess and the disciples of the other two academies had all arrived near dusk, queuing for hours before finally taking their seats with tears welling in their eyes.

"Watch episodes three and four first!" For many, their hearts were fixed solely upon the contents of the third and fourth episodes, and they hastily began their viewing.

"At long last, I have reached this point!"

The Grand Princess, Ji Yu, and the other patrons who had finally waited their turn felt their hearts stir with excitement once more.

Before their eyes, lightning flashed violently; vegetation, bricks, and stones flew tempestuously in all directions. Simultaneously, the remaining seven prayer beads before Pu Zhi shattered entirely, transforming in midair into a colossal character for "Buddha"!

Shielding the two youths, Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu!

"To think he is so selfless and fearless?!" Seeing this sight, many could not help but sigh softly in their hearts.

Thus, another two hours drifted past...

"Was Xiaofan accepted into the sect after all?!"

"Absolutely no one wishes to take him in, what is to be done?!"

Just as everyone reached this scene, the sight before them slowly dissolved into darkness.

All who witnessed this: "..."

This had... vanished again?!

They had thought that finishing the fourth episode would not be like the second, yet who could have foreseen...?!

To vanish once more at such a critical moment?!

Everyone felt as though they would spit blood!

"Where are episodes five and six?!"

"The owner said episodes five and six will update tomorrow," someone who had already watched replied.

Hearing this news, the entire internet cafe erupted into a chorus of wails!

Watching the screen before them turn black once more, everyone felt as though they had ridden a roller coaster, plunging from the highest peak straight to the valley floor!

"Where is the owner?! Where is the owner?!"

Everyone harbored a murderous glint in their eyes as they scanned the internet cafe.

They wished for nothing more than to drag Fang Qi out and hack him to pieces!

"The owner has already been out making merry for two hours," Nalan Mingxue said, removing her virtual headset and surveying the agitated crowd within the cafe. "At the speed of the Sword Control Technique, he might well be beyond the borders of the Dajin Kingdom by now."

"..." Everyone who had finished the fourth episode was on the verge of madness.

"Though... even if that man were present, standing right here, he would likely say... feel free to wreck the shop as you please..." Nalan Mingxue’s face darkened slightly as she glanced at Xiao Yulu, who was pondering something nearby. Suddenly, she understood what Fang Qi had meant by constantly telling people to wreck his shop at their leisure when he had first opened...

...

Yet at this moment, Fang Qi had not truly fled abroad. Flying via the Sword Control Technique in the dead of night would be rather splendid if he could not find his way back the following day.

He merely practiced a little in the vicinity, striving to elevate his proficient-level sword flight to a state of mastery as soon as possible, thereby completing his quest.

And while Fang Qi traversed beneath the shroud of night astride his flying sword, he received yet another quest.

New Quest: Baptism of the Soul

Task Progress: Activate more than 200 people for each episode of Jade Dynasty.

Task Reward: Silent Hill 2 Virtual Reality Remake

Task Description: Specially produced to prevent players from suffering unstable mindsets and weak wills due to excessively rapid increases in strength.

Fang Qi: "..."

Fang Qi suddenly felt a deep, profound malice...

"However..." Fang Qi also had some doubts, speaking up, "What doesn't this world have in terms of demons, ghosts, and monsters? Are you sure this game can temper one's mindset and refine the will?"

Fang Qi still remembered that Resident Evil was also a horror series and indeed terrified a group of people, but in truth, when the players were replaced by these cultivators and martial artists, those scenes of panicked terror from his own first playthrough never actually appeared.

In response to Fang Qi's doubts, the system's answer appeared upon the panel: A system production is bound to be a masterpiece.

Fang Qi's face twitched; he would take its word for it, for now...

It had to be said, this method of elevating the mindset and tempering spiritual will was truly a stroke of absolute genius!

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