I might have been playing a fake cultivation game.

After sending the message, Zhou Yunshen held his phone and waited anxiously.

Not long after, Chen Xin'an replied: "Brother, how much money do you have on you right now?"

Zhou Yunshen typed: "Eighty thousand. That's the most I can come up with."

He only has a little over 80,000 yuan on him right now, which is the limit of what he can afford.

As for the remaining few thousand dollars, he still needs to eat and drink, as well as pay phone bills and other miscellaneous expenses in the real world, all of which cost money.

After clicking send, Zhou Yunshen waited anxiously.

The reply he received, however, made him feel a sinking feeling in his heart.

Chen Xin'an: "This amount of money isn't enough. Let me tell you, before players realized how special this game was, Heavenly Rank cultivation techniques were worthless. If you spent a hundred yuan to buy one, and someone sold it to you, you'd feel like you made a profit. Now, everyone knows this game is extraordinary, so the price of Heavenly Rank cultivation techniques has naturally skyrocketed. I just bought a Heavenly Rank cultivation technique near Lu Chuan Prefecture today. Do you know how much it cost?"

Zhou Yunshen: "How much?"

Chen Xin'an: "One million! We originally agreed on 500,000, but this bastard suddenly raised the price and insisted on a million!"

Zhou Yunshen felt a little dizzy.

One million...

He can only afford to take out 80,000 yuan at most...

Zhou Yunshen slammed his fist into his head, wincing in pain and tears welling up in his eyes.

He was filled with regret.

He felt that he was probably among the first players to realize that the game was unusual.

At that time, he decisively asked for leave and began to play the game seriously.

At the time, he felt that he had done the right thing.

Now it seems that his vision was too short-sighted. He focused all his attention on the game world and failed to realize that the Heavenly Rank cultivation techniques that players obtain are not bound items, but can be bought and sold.

When he managed to overcome this life-or-death crisis by asking for help from other players and realized this, the Heavenly Rank cultivation techniques had already skyrocketed in price, becoming unaffordable for him.

It is foreseeable that as time goes by, the price of this Heavenly Rank cultivation technique will only rise higher and higher, and it is possible that it will rise to tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in the future.

He can't afford this Heaven-Rank cultivation technique now, and he'll probably be even less able to afford it in the future...

Thinking of this, Zhou Yunshen couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.

But soon, he thought of something: weren't there many players who were killed and robbed by the natives of the game world?

What was stolen was either a natal spiritual treasure or a heaven-rank cultivation technique.

If we could contact the players who were killed, obtain information about the killers from them, and then follow the clues to eliminate them, wouldn't we be able to recover the stolen natal spirit treasures and heaven-rank cultivation techniques?

This is definitely much more cost-effective than spending a lot of money to buy a Heavenly Rank cultivation technique.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yunshen felt very excited, but he soon became dejected again.

In the real world, he had no money or power, and in the game world, he was just a minor, unassuming martial artist. How could he possibly have the ability to plan all these things?

"I can't, but Chen Xin'an might be able to..."

Zhou Yun took a deep breath and typed: "Brother, I need a Heaven-Rank cultivation technique, but I don't have that much money. Could I use a money-making idea to borrow one from you?"

He only wanted one Heavenly Rank cultivation technique.

As for money, he didn't value it much.

After all, once he becomes stronger, what can't he have?

Chen Xin'an quickly replied: "Oh? Tell me about it."

Zhou Yun took a deep breath and typed out the idea that had been brewing in his mind.

Chen Xin'an: "That's a good idea; there should be room for it to work."

Zhou Yun Shen typed somewhat nervously: "About that Heavenly Rank cultivation technique..."

Chen Xin'an: "No problem, you can borrow that Heaven-Rank cultivation technique I bought today. Anyway, I don't plan to sell it anytime soon after I got it. Since you need it, you can take it."

When Zhou Yunshen saw this line of text, he breathed a long sigh of relief and a smile appeared on his face. However, he still typed a question: "And you? Aren't you cultivating Heavenly Rank techniques?"

Chen Xin'an: "No need. I'm lucky. The core inheritance of the Chen family I was born into is a Heaven-rank cultivation technique, and I happen to be a direct descendant of the Chen family, so I'm qualified to cultivate it. I have a ready-made cultivation method, so it's better to cultivate what's readily available."

"Okay..." Zhou Yun felt a mix of emotions.

Look at their background, and then look at yourself...

"I hope the five points of cultivation aptitude I added can help me defy fate, otherwise..." Thinking of this, Zhou Yunshen couldn't help but shake his head.

Chen Xin'an: "Brother, staying in this mountain village all the time isn't a good solution. When are you planning to leave?"

Zhou Yunshen: "I'm leaving the village tomorrow. I want to come to Luchuan Prefecture. Brother, could you send some people to pick me up outside Xiyun County? I can pay them."

Luchuan Prefecture is quite far from the county seat. Zhou Yunshen felt it wouldn't be safe for him to travel to Luchuan Prefecture with his family, so he decided it would be safer to ask Chen Xin'an to send someone to pick him up.

This was something he had already thought about in the game world.

As for money, he's willing to spend several thousand or even ten thousand yuan on it.

Chen Xin'an: "Haha, coming to the prefectural city is great. Once you're here, I'll give you the secret manual. As for sending someone to pick you up, I'll send someone over right away. No need for money, we're friends. Just take care of me when you've achieved some success in your cultivation."

Zhou Yunshen: "Okay, I won't say much more in thanks. Let's support each other from now on."

Time passed quickly, and before we knew it, dawn was breaking in the game world.

In the game world, with a creak, Zhou Yunshen pushed open the door, stepped outside, and breathed in the fresh air.

After lying in the room for a while, the side effects left by his overuse of the "Boiling Blood" state were significantly reduced.

The burns on my face and arms haven't shown much improvement and are still burning painful.

Logically speaking, martial artists are physically strong and not so easily burned. Even if they are burned, their injuries recover quickly.

However, Zhou Yunshen's injuries healed extremely slowly.

Clearly, the flames that burned him were not ordinary flames.

The constant burning and stinging pain emanating from his body served as a constant reminder to Zhou Yunshen: he must become stronger and take revenge for the humiliation he suffered yesterday!

After taking a few deep breaths, Zhou Yunshen went over and knocked on his younger sister Zhou Xiaoya's door, calling out, "Xiaoya, get up."

"Okay, get up." Zhou Xiaoya's voice came from inside the room, tinged with weariness.

It's clear that Zhou Xiaoya didn't sleep after she came back; she's been up all night.

It's probably because they can't sleep.

What happened last night must have had a huge impact on her, so it's normal that she can't sleep.