Chapter 75: A Single Sword Immortal Ascends to the Azure Sky, Reaching the Yellow Springs Below!

"What kind of immortal sword game is this?! Just by the name, it sounds exactly like the biographical novel *Wuxian*, doesn't it?" An Cheng objected loudly. "What's so fun about this?! Let's play Diablo!"

"This old man has no interest in such mundane fantasy biographies either!" Nalan Hongwu stood with his hands behind his back, displeased. "Utterly vulgar! Some of those protagonists practice for a lifetime, yet they aren't even worth a single slap from this old man! The martial arts and immortal spells in them are less exquisite than the inventory in my own family's treasury. What's the point?!"

"I say, Boss, why is the quality of your games going backward?!" Song Qingfeng also spoke up. "Diablo and Resident Evil are such classics, why not make sequels for them instead of imitating that wretched *Wuxian*? And you even came up with 'Legend of Sword and Fairy'?"

"Why are you all gathered here? What is *Wuxian*?" Xu Zixin and Shen Qingqing were among the more quiet ones. Seeing everyone suddenly discussing *Wuxian*, they could not help but look over.

"The boss wants to play a new game," Lin Shao said with little interest. "It's called *Legend of Sword and Fairy*. Judging by the name, the style is just like *Wuxian*. What's so fun about that?"

"Releasing a game like this..." Bai Lang also shook his head, expressing his lack of optimism.

Fang Qi rolled his eyes at everyone. "Who said it's an imitation of *Wuxian*?"

"Even if it's not an imitation, it's the same style," Song Qingshu said. "No matter how fun this game is, we've long grown tired of this style!"

"That is indeed true," Shen Qingqing said, offering a relatively objective view. "Stories like this, with a framework based on our own world, are mostly things we've grown accustomed to. It really is a bit cliché. The martial arts and spells inside won't give us a sense of wonder like Diablo does. In comparison, if this game uses this type of story as a background..."

She gazed at the magnificent immortal mountains and the surging sea of clouds in the cinematic cutscene, as well as the young cultivator dressed in tight martial attire who had reached the absolute summit, and shook her head. "Compared to the other games, it really falls short by more than just a star or a half."

To this, Fang Qi replied with only one sentence: "Do you know what an eternal classic is?"

"This protagonist is named Li Xiaoyao." Dark clouds blanketed the sky, and the clouds beneath his feet churned like waves. Fang Qi picked up the virtual headset and put it on. It was as if the character in the game had merged with him at this very instant!

"Li Xiaoyao?" Just as everyone was still dazed by what Fang Qi meant, they saw the palm-sized small sword held in Li Xiaoyao's hand on the screen casually drop down the cliff.

Immediately after, the small sword instantly transformed into a giant sword as tall as a man. Fang Qi leaped down from the isolated cliff and stepped onto the sword!

His entire being turned into a flash of brilliance, flying straight into the blue sky!

"My goodness!?"

The astral winds raged in ten thousand layers, presenting a grand spectacle! Beneath the boundless firmament, lightning shook the starlight. Everyone saw the young cultivator on the screen actually riding the sword directly through the air!

"How is that possible?!"

Seeing this scene, everyone was completely dumbfounded!

They were truly struck dumb!

They simply could not comprehend such a thing!

Throwing a sword down casually and stepping on it allows one to fly?! If flying is this simple, why do we still need Dharma artifacts and flying boats?!

Moreover, this flight... isn't the speed way too fast?!

All the cultivators desperately wanted to tell Fang Qi that flying like this without any protection or a physical body like a martial artist's would cause the astral winds in the sky alone to blow his bones to pieces!

Not to mention that the sky was currently incredibly gloomy with thunder and lightning cracking. A single strike from the heavenly tribulation lightning would cost him at least half his life, if not kill him!

As for martial artists, if they could fly, they would already be super powerhouses of an area! They would be at least one or two hundred years old, so how could they be a youngster like the one on the screen?!

This was just like in reality, where everyone takes airplanes, and suddenly they see someone flying on a skateboard, and flying just as fast as an airplane?! How could that make any sense?!

And the scene that followed made everyone look dazed once again!

Because they saw that this young man riding the sword not only did not need to focus on flying, but he also had the leisure to pursue and kill the hideous old witch ahead?!

On the screen, Fang Qi felt a sudden burst of inspiration and pointed out a finger!

Immediately, a sharp sword qi pierced through the astral winds, traveling against the wind for hundreds of feet, forcing the demonic figure surrounded by black qi ahead to dodge repeatedly!

"Is this a martial artist's astral qi?!" This time, not only cultivators like An Huwei, but even Nalan Hongwu stared blankly!

"Isn't he a cultivator?! How can he use a martial artist's astral qi?!"

"What cultivator or martial artist?!" Fang Qi spoke up. "Haven't you seen a sword cultivator? Isn't it just a sword-riding technique?"

Just a moment ago, they said *Legend of Sword and Fairy* had a similar style to others, yet right at the beginning, they couldn't even recognize a sword-riding technique?!

Fang Qi indicated that he could not understand their ignorance.

"Sword-riding technique?!" Everyone immediately exchanged glances. "Cultivators command flying boats, and martial artists can only glide through the air if their cultivation is extremely high. What on earth is a sword-riding technique?!"

And a sword cultivator? Cultivators are cultivators, and martial artists are martial artists. What is a sword cultivator?!

"A single immortal sword enters the blue sky, ascending to the highest heaven and descending to the netherworld, my fate is determined by me and not by heaven. You all don't even understand this?" Fang Qi expressed immense disdain. This was common knowledge before he crossed over. How could these high-and-mighty cultivator and martial artist big shots not understand instead?!

Are you kidding me?!

"Hiss—!?" Behind Fang Qi, everyone could not help but gasp upon hearing these words!

"A single immortal sword enters the blue sky, ascending to the highest heaven and descending to the netherworld."

"My fate is determined by me and not by heaven?"

Everyone repeatedly mulled over the meaning of Fang Qi's words. Wasn't this tone way too arrogant?!

However, looking at Fang Qi on the screen, wasn't he currently doing exactly that—"a single immortal sword enters the blue sky, ascending to the highest heaven and descending to the netherworld"!?

No Dharma artifacts were needed! A sword alone was enough!

Could there actually be such a cultivator in this world?!

This simply made them doubt whether such a figure was fabricated!

Otherwise, this sword cultivator thing was just too powerful! Where did this leave the current cultivators?!

On the screen, Fang Qi had already chased the Rakshasa Demon Witch into her old lair, driving straight in all the way as the surrounding monsters fled one after another!

Needless to say, the virtual reality version of the game was incredibly thrilling to play. Furthermore, he was currently in Li Xiaoyao's peak state, using ultimate techniques like the Xiaoyao Divine Sword and Heavenly Astral Combat Qi whenever he pleased. The gaming experience could be summed up in one word: awesome!

Without a second thought, Fang Qi slaughtered his way to the deepest part of the Rakshasa Demon Witch's lair!

"How can this sword cultivator be so powerful?!" Lan Yan watched the screen intently while devouring Häagen-Dazs. Let alone playing, even those watching from behind found it incredibly satisfying!

Eating Häagen-Dazs while watching such a brilliant battle—this feeling was unprecedentedly awesome!

No one had ever thought that watching someone play a game could be this satisfying!

"Did the boss just say this protagonist is named Li Xiaoyao?"

"Is he considered a cultivator or a martial artist?! He's too strong!"

As for those who had previously said things like "an imitation of *Wuxian*" and "nothing much to see," they had all shut their mouths by now!

If nothing else, this single hand of sword-riding technique alone could be called a masterpiece!

But right at this moment, they suddenly saw that as the Li Xiaoyao on the screen fought with the Rakshasa Demon Witch, the surrounding scenery slowly changed. Immediately afterward, Li Xiaoyao fell onto the bed with a thud!

"Ah?!" Lan Yan, Nalan Mingxue, Xu Zixin, and the others were all dazed.

Everyone behind them also followed suit and became dazed.

"It was a dream!?"