Skip this! Just tell me who to kill!

All I saw was...

Qin Muyuan leaned closer to Shi Yan and tapped his cheek with his finger.

Upon seeing this, the little girl tilted her head in confusion, not quite understanding what Qin Muyuan meant.

After a few seconds, Shi Yan suddenly exclaimed "Ah!" as if she had just realized something:

"Qin...Great hero! Are you going to repay my life-saving grace now?"

Qin Muyuan countered, "What else?"

Upon hearing this, Shi Yan's face flushed bright red, her expression filled with shyness and embarrassment.

At last.

She still lowered her head and leaned forward, shyly smacking her lips twice on Qin Muyuan's face.

A kiss was left on Qin Muyuan's left cheek and another on his right cheek.

Seeing this, Qin Muyuan raised his hand to wipe away the drool left by Shi Yan on his cheek and opened the panel.

"Hmm? No change?"

On the panel, the message "Little Girl Shi Yan's Gratitude" remained unchanged.

Neither the buff effect nor its duration has changed.

"Can't refresh? Or is there some other reason?"

Qin Muyuan began to ponder.

I thought for two seconds but couldn't figure it out.

"Garlic bird".

Two seconds later, Qin Muyuan was too lazy to think anymore and put the matter out of his mind.

No matter how hard I try, I can't figure it out.

It would be better to wait until the buff expires before asking Shi Yan for a cheek kiss.

We'll see if we can reapply the buff later.

The quest to get a map from Shi Gandang has been refreshed.

The guidance within the field of vision also changed from searching for Shi Gandang to directing people to Lingzhufang City in the Great Liang Kingdom to visit the Yu family.

However, adhering to the principle of assigning tasks to those closest to the location.

Qin Muyuan switched his mission to eliminate the Black Water Demon, deciding to cause trouble for the Black Water Demon first.

The arrows in his field of vision refreshed, and Qin Muyuan immediately stepped forward, heading towards the arrows in his field of vision.

Shi Yan, looking both shy and expectant, was left standing there dumbfounded.

She watched Qin Muyuan's departing figure, looking completely bewildered.

"Is it... over already?"

……

the other side.

Before Qin Muyuan even left the Xiao residence, he saw Xiao Chang standing in front of the gate, waiting for him.

"What is it?" he asked.

Xiao Chang replied with a solemn expression:

"Brother Qin, could you tell me where you plan to open the Demon Realm?"

"If I knew the location in advance, I could have brought the refugees there beforehand."

"Once the Demon Realm is breached, we can lead them to evacuate in time to avoid them being trapped inside when the Demon Realm closes again."

Qin Muyuan looked puzzled: "What? Break the Demon Realm? When did I say I was going to break the Demon Realm?"

His words, however, puzzled Xiao Chang as well:

"Brother Qin, aren't you planning to break through the Demon Realm and bring us out...?"

Suddenly, Xiao Chang paused and stopped speaking.

He seemed to only now understand Qin Muyuan's meaning, staring at Qin Muyuan with a face full of shock, his gaze as if he were looking at a god:

"Wait! Brother Qin, didn't you mean to break through the Demon Realm and bring us out?"

"Instead... they sealed away the Black Water Demon and shut down its demonic domain?!"

"A seal?" Qin Muyuan said, "More or less."

"hiss!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chang gasped in shock, feeling utterly horrified!

Brother Qin had previously fought alongside me to the death in Heishui County.

Now... they've actually managed to seal away demons?!

If it were anyone else claiming they could seal a demon on their own, Xiao Chang would definitely dismiss them as bragging.

But if it's Qin Muyuan... Xiao Chang felt there was at least a 90% chance of it being true!

"In that case, I wish Brother Qin a resounding victory!"

Xiao Chang solemnly clasped his hands in a fist salute to Qin Muyuan and said.

Afterwards, they re-entered the Xiao residence.

Since Brother Qin said so, Xiao Chang naturally chose to believe him.

Since you believe it, there's no need to rush to pack your luggage and food.

Once the Black Water Demon is sealed, the Demon Realm will naturally be broken.

There was no need to pack luggage and rush to escape.

……

Qin Muyuan walked out of the Xiao residence and followed the mission guidance arrows in his field of vision, gradually approaching the center of the county town.

The Black Water Demon stayed in the center of the county, doing who knows what, only sending out its demon puppets to roam outside.

Based on Qin Muyuan's countless experiences playing games and reading novels.

This situation suggests that the Black Water Demon is about to advance in rank.

Therefore, it needs to find a blessed place to slowly absorb flesh and blood to maintain its condition and gradually advance.

but.

"In this highly open world, there shouldn't be a concept like 'transformation cannot be interrupted,' right?"

Qin Muyuan thought to himself.

He didn't want to finally find the Blackwater Demon only to have a message pop up on the panel saying something like, "This door cannot be opened from this side," or "Please explore the area ahead another time."

He had to wait until the Black Water Demon successfully advanced before watching the advancement CG, and then watch like an incompetent husband as the Black Water Demon flooded Qinghua County.

The player then exits the special CG state, revealing their background.

Finally, the camera zooms in, merging the silhouette into the game screen, allowing players to see the chaotic world and begin to act.

This method of forcibly suppressing players might be normal in other games.

But if this happens in the game... Qin Muyuan would be very disappointed!

He was even thinking of recommending this game to his best buddies in the group!

With this worry in mind, Qin Muyuan, along with Wangcai, quickly arrived at a collapsed street on the outskirts of the county center.

Before even getting close to the county center, Qin Muyuan heard several screams and urgent shouts, as well as a flurry of hurried and noisy footsteps.

Looking closely, they saw a soldier dressed in light armor appear in front of them.

The wounded soldiers fled in panic, glancing back in terror.

Behind them, dozens of demonic puppets controlled by the Blackwater Demon followed closely like zombies.

While fleeing for their lives, these soldiers also saw Qin Muyuan.

Seeing this, the leading soldier shouted at Qin Muyuan as he fled:

"Hey! You civilian! What are you standing there for?! Run!"

Qin Muyuan heard their shouts but paid them little attention, only shouting back:

"Wangcai, go."

"Awoo!"

Upon receiving the command, Wangcai let out a loud wolf howl and ran off.

Amidst the soldiers' cries of alarm, Wangcai weaved through the wounded soldiers and charged toward the demonic puppets behind them.

Qin Muyuan was too lazy to deal with these low-level magical puppets, so he directly handed them over to Wangcai, who had already completed its first Pokémon evolution.

And Wangcai did not disappoint Qin Muyuan.

After swallowing the [Beast Enlightenment Pill], Wangcai's mind became much sharper, and its strength increased dramatically.

Dealing with these demonic puppets that were no more than third-rate martial artists, the wolf claws killed them one by one in no time.

"Killed him instantly...?"

The soldiers who escaped the calamity saw the demonic puppet that had been chasing them being swatted to death by Wangcai with a single claw.

Everyone was so shocked that they were stunned.

Then, they breathed a sigh of relief.

The least injured of the soldiers, the leader, clasped his hands in gratitude to Wangcai and Qin Muyuan:

"Thank you for saving my life, great hero—you are surnamed Qin…!"

Before he could even express his gratitude, the leading soldier was shocked the moment he saw Qin Muyuan's face, and instinctively blurted out the words "Qin, the murderer."

But at the last moment, he managed to swallow the last two words back with astonishing patience.

but.

With Qin Muyuan's current hearing, he could hear it very clearly.

"You know me?" A half-smile appeared on Qin Muyuan's face.

The leading soldier's expression changed for two seconds, then he gritted his teeth and said truthfully:

"Master Qin...Master Qin! We are the Dingyuan Army guarding the border of the Fire Cloud Kingdom! We were... ordered to pursue you, Master Qin!"