Fairy, don't be afraid, I'm about to begin my strategy.

Soon after, Wang Rui saw He Daoren return and hurriedly stepped forward, "Immortal Master, she must have hidden the Hundred Treasures Bag somewhere else. Why don't we capture her tonight and interrogate her, and then..."

Before Wang Rui could finish speaking, He Daoren interrupted, "You don't need to worry about Chen Qingqing's matter. I have my own plans."

"But what about that treasure bag..." Wang Rui thought anxiously.

"It's nothing. The bag only contains some commonly used items and some spirit stones. The only troublesome thing is... that demonic cultivation manual is inside." After saying this, He Daoren looked at Wang Rui meaningfully.

Upon hearing this, he was startled and quickly said, "Then it's better to let her die without any evidence."

He Daoren, however, looked relaxed. "The restriction can't be broken, so she can't cause any trouble. I was injured in a battle yesterday, so come to my cave tonight to cultivate together."

"Immortal Master, but I..."

"Hmm? What, you don't want to!"

He Daoren glanced at Wang Rui, his displeasure evident in his words.

Under He Daoren's angry gaze, Wang Rui struggled a few times but eventually lowered his head slowly, "Disciple obeys."

"Junior Brother Wang, I have made some progress on your crystallization matter, and I will definitely lend you a hand when the time comes."

After saying this, He Daoren turned to leave, then remembered something, "Oh right, take the materials on that list with you, I need them very much."

"Yes."

Only after He Daoren's figure disappeared from sight did Wang Rui slowly straighten up. At this moment, his teeth were clenched and his eyes were bloodshot, clearly showing that he hated him to the extreme.

……

Shen Mo stared thoughtfully at the treasure bag lying quietly in the game's inventory.

During the early stages of the game, exploration was free. If his character weren't so weak, Shen Mo would have loved to go on a killing spree and test the sharpness of He Daoren's immortal techniques.

Only then did he calm down and properly study the game.

The background information about this world was only briefly mentioned, and after reading it, Shen Mo only knew that this place was the Xuanqiong Realm, Lingzhou.

Lingyun Sect is the leader of the righteous sects in Lingzhou.

The biography of Chen Qingqing is quite extensive, with even her life story being extremely detailed.

However, Chen Qingqing's life can be described as unremarkable. Due to her outstanding talent in her youth, she was taken in as a menial disciple by the Lingyun Sect. After six years of hard training, she entered the Qi Refining Realm and was allowed to enter the outer sect of the Lingyun Sect.

He was neither a chosen one nor a prodigy; his life experiences were rather unremarkable.

However, the Earthly Being Body, with its innate talent for cultivating immortality, brought disaster upon itself, as its senior brother used the True Essence Refining Technique to take its life.

Logically, Chen Qingqing should have died a violent death long ago, but somehow she was miraculously resurrected, and the game system's description was vague.

The game interface is quite simple, currently mostly blank, with only the interpersonal relationships section displaying many character cards.

[Character: Han Cheng]

[Dislike rating: 10 points]

Strategy Points: 0

The level of dislike is easy to understand, but what does the level of strategy mean?

Until you see the grayed-out 'Control' option at the very bottom of the character card.

Shen Mo frowned, realizing that things were not so simple.

Could it be that once the strategy points are full, you can directly control this character?

This game is much more playable than traditional games, and Shen Mo instantly conjured up countless inappropriate game scenes in his mind.

Ouch, I dare not think about that!

This game is clearly not simple; each character is not merely AI. They possess not only high intelligence and cognition, but also the ability to weigh pros and cons, and their different personalities lead to corresponding behaviors.

It's not as easy as you might imagine to gain a foothold in the outer sect by relying on the character of Chen Qingqing.

Putting aside his distracting thoughts, he continued looking at the other character cards.

[Character: Lin Zhixia]

[Favorability: 10 points]

Strategy Points: 10

[For every 10 strategy points, you will receive an additional piece of private information about the target character.]

[Information 1: Lin Zhitian naturally dislikes close contact with the opposite sex, and her senior brother's harassment makes her miserable.]

There was a plus sign at the end of the private message. Shen Mo tried to click it, and it showed that it would cost 10 low-grade spirit stones.

It seems that there is a price to pay for obtaining more information.

Combining the information about his misogyny provided by the system with his recent actions towards Lin Zhixia, Shen Mo felt as if he had discovered some incredible secret.

Upon seeing Wang Rui's character card, Shen Mo made another discovery.

[Character: Wang Rui]

[Character traits: Selfish, power-hungry, vindictive]

[Dislike rating: 50 points]

Strategy Points: 0

[Character Relationship: Enemies]

There was a plus sign next to Wang Rui's strategy value. Shen Mo tried to click it, and it showed that it required 500 spirit stones.

[More Spirit Stones are needed to obtain private information about enemy characters.]

Based on the current information, the favorability level is roughly equal to the strategy value. As long as you keep increasing the favorability level, the strategy will naturally not be a problem.

But no matter how you defeat your enemies, the game system naturally won't have such an obvious bug; that plus sign already says it all.

Thinking about the ways to control enemies in reality, there are only two.

Inviting guests, beheading, taking in servants as dogs.

As Chen Qingqing's guide, Han Cheng was naturally powerless to stop his senior brother's atrocities.

At the time, he promised Chen Qingqing a simple condition: as long as Chen Qingqing agreed to cultivate with another person, she would receive a large amount of cultivation resources and protection. Judging from the result, Chen Qingqing obviously did not agree.

This other person is Lin Qing, the leader of Han Cheng's faction and Wang Rui's mortal enemy, as well as his second senior brother in the outer sect.

The outer sect of Lingyun Sect is complex and intertwined, but it can be simply divided into two major factions.

First, there is the commoner faction represented by Wang Rui, whose members are mostly disciples with some talent but no background. In order to better obtain cultivation resources, they have no choice but to stick together for warmth.

Secondly, there's the family faction represented by Lin Qing, whose members mostly come from powerful clans that are affiliated with the Lingyun Sect. These people have family backing, so naturally they look down on their poor and humble fellow disciples.

As a member of a collateral branch of a small family, Han Cheng naturally did his best to facilitate this matter in order to please Ringo.

Chen Qingqing's Earth-based Body can perfectly assist Lin Qin's Metal-based Body in cultivation.

This kind of dual cultivation is of course not true dual cultivation, after all, it is a demonic sect technique. As a righteous disciple of Lingyun Sect, I naturally use a modified dual cultivation method.

This method requires two people to have their five elements mutually generating each other, yin and yang in harmony, and to practice their internal energy simultaneously. The person being assisted can increase their cultivation speed several times over, which is of great benefit to breaking through minor realms.

The price is that the person who assists not only has all their cultivation achievements seized by the other party, but also suffers an extreme drain on their mental energy.

"Hiss, dual cultivation? It can't be the kind of dual cultivation I'm thinking of, can it?"

Shen Mo, with a mischievous grin, glanced at the story missions again. Yes, this game actually has story missions.

[Chen Qingqing's Role-Playing Mission 1: Chen Qingqing, an outer sect cultivator, was tragically killed by her senior brother and harbors resentment. Help her seek revenge.]

[Mission Reward: Unlock hidden game system features.]

[Chen Qingqing's second task: Chen Qingqing is single-mindedly focused on cultivating immortality, her obsession remains; help her enter the inner sect.]

[Quest Reward: Players will randomly awaken one talent.]

Based on Shen Mo's limited understanding of this game world, these two tasks seem to be quite complex, and the most crucial factor is the availability of resources.

The minimum requirement to enter the inner sect is to reach the Crystallization Realm, which requires passing through the Foundation Establishment Realm, and it is by no means something that can be accomplished overnight.

Cultivation requires blessed lands and grottoes, which outer disciples can only rent; they shouldn't even think about buying them, as they are not qualified.

As for the elixirs for cultivation, and the magical artifacts and talismans for fighting, all require spirit stones.

Simply put: If you don't have money, what kind of immortal cultivation are you going to do?