Skip this! Just tell me who to kill!

The ruins of Baiyun Martial Arts School.

Qin Muyuan, covered in blood, stood before Yu Shui's corpse.

With a flick of his wrist, the blood from the pure bone nail fell off, splashing onto the surrounding ruins like water.

"Now no one will bother me when I'm looking at the quest panel..."

Qin Muyuan snorted coldly and opened the task panel.

Soon, a silver-gray task panel appeared before him, and Qin Muyuan's gaze swept over it—

The next second, a dark shadow suddenly rose from Yu Shui's corpse and shot towards Qin Muyuan.

"Again?!"

Qin Muyuan was startled, but fortunately, he had learned his lesson. This time, he only opened the mission panel as a feint, keeping his eyes on his surroundings.

Just like how CS5 players often pretend to move away from their aiming position and then quickly move back to avoid being caught out by the opponent's timing.

As Qin Muyuan swiftly closed the task panel, a thought flashed through his mind, and his entire body's skin rapidly turned the color of stone.

"Stone!"

Swish!

The moment Qin Muyuan used his stone skill to defend himself, the dark figure had already rushed in front of him.

However, the situation was completely different from what Qin Muyuan had imagined.

The extremely fast black shadow failed to break through his defenses and sent him flying while he was in a hardened state.

It was not stopped by petrification defenses either.

Instead, it rushed straight into Qin Muyuan's body as if it were an illusion, as if the [Stone] skill he used did not exist at all.

Qin Muyuan frowned as he sensed a strange "creature" being injected into his body and hidden in his liver.

A streak of light flashed across the panel.

You have been targeted by the Echo Bug.

[Echoing Insect: This insect is the offspring of the Echoing Insect Mother, capable of lurking within its host in a semi-ethereal form. When it approaches the Echoing Insect Mother, it emits a subtle, echoing sound. Cultivators skilled in insect control can utilize this echo to track their targets.]

You have obtained a quest seed. You can use this quest seed to find the target and trigger a hidden quest.

"Echo Bugs? Quest Seed?"

Qin Muyuan sensed the restless echoing insect hidden inside his body and frowned again.

After a short period of study, he understood.

The so-called "echo bug" can be used as a tracker.

When one gets close to the mother insect, the immortal cultivator who possesses the mother insect can sense one's presence and track one's location.

The so-called "mission seed" refers to the Echo Bug.

With this Echo Bug, you can find the mother bug and then unlock a hidden quest.

"This echo bug was implanted inside Yu Shui's body. Now that I've killed Yu Shui, it has directly transferred to my body..."

Qin Muyuan used his powerful physique and senses to keep track of the location of the echoing insect at all times.

After it burrowed into its own body, it initially stayed in the liver area, but then changed locations, moving from the liver to the kidneys, appendix, abdominal cavity, and other places.

If it weren't for the fact that Qin Muyuan's physical perception was extremely strong after the upgrade, and that he hadn't witnessed the echoing insects burrowing into his body, he wouldn't have been able to see it directly.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for anyone else to sense that the echo bug has quietly lurked inside their body, let alone know that their location can be sensed at any time.

Qin Muyuan opened the game store interface, browsed around, and bought a bottle called "Little Green Bottle" from the game store.

According to the description, this bottle has special effects and can seal away some illusory things.

Qin Muyuan opened the small green bottle and used the [Use of Killing Intent] technique to condense a blood-red light at his fingertips.

Immediately.

With his fingertips plunging into his chest cavity, Qin Muyuan directly dug out his own heart and lungs, finding the echoing insect that was scurrying around everywhere.

"Go inside!"

He stuffed the echo bug into the small green bottle and then quickly closed the cap.

After shaking the small green bottle to confirm that the Echo Bug was inside, Qin Muyuan nodded slightly.

Although he was quite interested in this so-called hidden mission.

But... he doesn't like things suddenly entering his body and going in and out of him...

"Luckily, I set my pain threshold to the lowest setting, otherwise, if this happened to me, I would have fainted from the pain..."

Qin Muyuan looked at his chest, which resembled that of a certain foreign politician, and used his powerful muscles to lock the blood flow and close it.

After doing all this, he turned to look at Yu Shui's corpse.

He was thinking about a question:

Does this woman know that she has an echo worm inside her?

"Garlic bird!"

After thinking for two seconds, Qin Muyuan decided to give up.

who cares!

What does it matter if you know or not?

Regardless of who planted the Echoing Worm in Yu Shui's body, Qin Muyuan has now remembered this grudge!

This echo bug is so annoying that I have to go to great lengths to catch it.

No matter what, Qin Muyuan had to get revenge on the person who planted the insect!

In addition to the notification about the Echo Bug, Qin Muyuan received another notification on the control panel.

[You have come into contact with the power of immortal cultivators and can now choose your path.]

Below this sentence, two options appear.

[The Path of Immortal Cultivation: Comprehend the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, transforming it into flowing spiritual power within the body, and then unleash profound techniques and subtle methods. Those who cultivate to the highest level can move mountains and fill seas with a flick of their wrist, and alter the weather with a single thought...]

The Path of Martial Arts Cultivation: Based on Qi and Blood, one continuously tempers their physique, condensing their inner power. Without relying on external aids, they achieve leaps in life level through their physical body. With martial arts honed through countless trials, one can break through all kinds of spells and foundational cultivation techniques…

[Note: One can only choose one path, and once a choice is made, there is no going back.]

"Choose one: Immortal Cultivation or Martial Arts..."

Qin Muyuan pondered for a moment.

The difference between immortal cultivators and martial cultivators is that one uses spells and spiritual power for ranged attacks, while the other focuses on their own body and uses their vital energy to kill enemies at close range.

"In that case, I choose martial arts cultivation."

Without much hesitation, Qin Muyuan made a quick decision.

He preferred the visceral combat of punches and blows to the head with a single sword strike to the point of decapitation rather than casting spells.

Hiding in the back and casting spells is just too boring.

Moreover, his impression of Yu Shui, this immortal cultivator, was that he was really too weak.

Despite possessing great cultivation, he is so weak in battle.

If Lin Jiuye were replaced by Yu Shui, with Yu Shui's cultivation level, I would definitely have to fight for a long time to defeat Lin Jiuye.

Only then can we truly enjoy ourselves.

As for Yu Shui... she's too weak; she can't enjoy herself to the fullest at all!

Qin Muyuan didn't care at all about the idea that once a choice is made, there's no going back.

At worst, after completing the game, you can start a second playthrough and choose the immortal cultivation path.

You have chosen the path of martial arts cultivation.

You have obtained the colorless cultivation technique, the Furnace Myriad Manifestations Technique.

Based on your two gold talents: I love killing (gold) and a true master (gold)

You have acquired two martial arts techniques—the green martial art "Blood Sea" and the green martial art "Chain Kill".