Chapter 292: Xingshui Sect

Just like how some players enjoy farming.

She liked to make pastries.

She used her free time after cultivating to research all sorts of delicious pastries.

In real life, she was the owner of a cake shop.

Developing a new product in real life would cost money, but here, she could create whatever she wanted for free.

Yin Da found the mortals and cultivators here to be truly strange.

He couldn’t help but ask, "Are you a Loose Cultivator?"

"Nope, I’m from the Feique Sect."

Before, players would have said they were from the Longevity Sect.

Now that they had merged with the Feique Sect, the players had gotten used to saying they were from the Feique Sect.

They kept the Longevity Sect hidden.

Yin Da said, "A Cultivator should prioritize their cultivation."

’Making pastries here, isn’t that just fooling around?’

The female player gave him a strange look. "I just got tired of cultivating and wanted to do something else to pass the time and relax."

Yin Da was even more confused. "How can one get tired of cultivating?"

’This is just a lack of ambition.’

’No wonder she’s only at the Qi Refining Middle Stage at her age!’

Gong Xingsi spoke softly, "Yin Da."

’Whatever Yin Da was thinking, this was someone else’s territory. It was best not to argue.’

The female player, Mao Yuzhu, hesitated.

’She couldn’t really say much to this outsider cultivator, especially since his cultivation was clearly very high.’

’And she couldn’t explain her modern way of thinking.’

’Cultivating was no different from going to school—the kind you had to attend forever.’

Although the players had all come here to play an Immortal Cultivation Game, it was still just a game at its core.

Lazy people will be lazy anywhere.

If they were more diligent, so many players wouldn’t have split off to handle all these miscellaneous tasks.

After a moment, Mao Yuzhu simply said, "Would you like anything else?"

She clearly wanted to change the subject.

"No, thank you." Gong Xingsi smiled lightly, having already taken two bites of the cream cake. "This pastry is very good."

When the handsome man smiled, Mao Yuzhu couldn’t help but feel her heart flutter.

Unable to resist, Mao Yuzhu started packing a few pieces of different flavored cakes. "You’re really good-looking, so I’ll give you a few extra for free!"

Gong Xingsi: "..."

Mao Yuzhu was so frank that he was momentarily stunned.

Yin Da’s eyes widened. "My Young Master is not someone you can covet—"

’Such a shameless female cultivator!’

’How dare she have designs on his Young Master!’

Gong Xingsi gently rebuked him, "Yin Da."

"I just think he’s handsome, I don’t mean anything else by it." Seeing that the two of them didn’t seem like unreasonable cultivators, Mao Yuzhu said very naturally, "Everyone appreciates beauty. He’s just plain good-looking!"

Yin Da: "..."

Gong Xingsi let out another soft laugh. "In that case, thank you, fellow Daoist."

After Gong Xingsi left the pastry shop, Yin Da still felt that Mao Yuzhu’s praise was inappropriate. "Young Master, that female cultivator is just frivolous. If this were in the Tianyang Sect’s territory, anyone who showed even the slightest bit of desire for you would have been dealt with long ago."

"Yin Da, she already said she didn’t mean anything by it." Gong Xingsi sighed. "Many cultivators have looked at me along this journey. Are you going to kill every single one of them?"

Yin Da glanced at Gong Xingsi.

’He had to admit, his Young Master was indeed famously handsome throughout all of Yunzhou.’

’It was because of his good looks, outstanding cultivation, and talent that he was originally supposed to marry into the Tianyang Sect.’

’But after the incident, the Tianyang Sect no longer had any such intention.’

Thinking of these things, Yin Da couldn’t help but worry about the Young Master’s future.

’Seeing the Young Master still in the mood to eat and drink when he only had fifteen years of life left, did he really feel no pressure at all?’

After Gong Xingsi and the others left.

Su Daqiang walked into the pastry shop and said mournfully, "I heard everything. You gave him free pastries, but yesterday when I bought two pieces from you, you wouldn’t even throw in an extra one for free. We’re all from the same Sect. How could you be so biased? It’s heartbreaking."

"You have the nerve? You buy two pieces and expect me to give you one for free? Can my small business even survive that kind of trouble?" Mao Yuzhu put her hands on her hips, far more self-righteous in front of Su Daqiang. "Besides, there are mirrors everywhere now. At least take a look at yourself. If your face were as handsome as his, just looking at you would put me in a good mood. I’d give you free pastries every day."

Su Daqiang said, heartbroken, "Fine, fine, fine. We’re all brothers and sisters here, and this is how you treat your own kin."

Mao Yuzhu huffed, turned around, and went back inside to research new pastries.

Gong Xingsi wandered around the Mortal Area of Wang’an County and bought quite a few things.

He found the mortal items here to be incredibly interesting.

He was also a generous spender, casually paying with a Mid-grade Spirit Stone as if he had no concept of its value.

The players’ perception of him quickly changed from ’mysterious person’ to ’God of Wealth’.

Leaving aside the developments in Wang’an County for now.

In a much more distant place, Qing Guo finally made a move.

—she had finally reached someone else’s territory.

The moment she saw another person, even Qing Guo, who had come in determined to do her mission properly, felt the urge to curse.

She had been in here for so long without seeing a single living soul.

She had thought she could easily earn the triple points offered, but who knew that the Taixue Sect was truly a place where not even birds would shit or chickens would lay eggs.

Now, her long march was finally over. Qing Guo had stumbled into the territory of another Sect.

Or rather, she had no idea this was another Sect’s territory at all.

She only felt that the Spiritual Energy in the vicinity was denser than elsewhere, but she still hadn’t seen any trace of a demon beast.

She had barely taken two steps when two female cultivators suddenly appeared before her.

"Halt!"

One of the female cultivators was stunningly beautiful, but her expression was as cold as ice. She only showed a moment of shock upon seeing Qing Guo’s face.

The other female cultivator was also exceptionally beautiful. Both of them were great beauties.

This one seemed livelier, and her eyes widened the moment she saw Qing Guo’s face.

The ice-cold female cultivator spoke, "You have approached the Xingshui Sect. Which Sect are you a disciple of? This is not a place you should be!"

"The Xingshui Sect?" Qing Guo immediately put on a harmless, shocked, and panicked expression. "This is actually the Xingshui Sect? I had no idea. I just appeared here suddenly. I was originally a Loose Cultivator and have been stranded here for several months, completely lost."

"Then where were you a cultivator from originally?"

"The Ten Thousand Immortals Sect."

Hearing this, surprise showed in the two female cultivators’ eyes. "You came from the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect? We’re so far from them! Did you come through a Teleportation Array?"

With a confused expression, Qing Guo shook her head. "Several months ago, I was tracking a demon beast and entered an underground cavern. When I came out, I found myself in this unfamiliar place. When I looked back, the cavern was gone. I couldn’t find my way, so I could only wander aimlessly. I have no intention of offending your Sect. I will leave immediately."

This was something that was very possible on the Yunzhou Continent.

There were always hidden, undiscovered mystical places that could teleport a person to the other side of the continent. Such events had truly happened before and were recorded in some of the travelogues of Yunzhou.

Before Qing Guo came here, she had done her research.