This is a cultivation game, but its operation is terrible.

[Evaluation: Ding]

[Cultivation Points Gained: 2000]

"What kind of garbage book is this?!"

Jiang Liu cursed as he looked at the settlement screen, the image of himself being pinned to the ground and brutally beaten by a bunch of wooden dummies still lingering in his mind. Even though he felt no pain, it still left him with considerable psychological trauma.

His body was smashed to pieces; it would have been better to be killed instantly!

"2000 cultivation points are not enough to compensate me for my mental distress."

Jiang Liu shook his head and clicked on the last resource dungeon, [Immortal Forest Herbs and Stones].

【Fairy Forest Herbs and Stones】: You will appear in a fairy forest, where many spiritual herbs and magical stones are hidden. Please find them within the time limit.

The last resource was for treasure hunting!

Jiang Liu's eyes lit up; he preferred treasure hunting to fighting and killing!

I have +1 luck; this trip is sure to be very fruitful!

Chapter 20 The Villain Comes Knocking

Turning his sight, Jiang Liu appeared in the [Fairy Forest Grass and Stone] copy. Looking around, he was surrounded by a lush green bamboo forest, and the rich spiritual energy was overwhelming, refreshing his heart.

Before he could even look around, the countdown had already ended, and the instance officially began.

"Only 10 minutes? What can you do with that!"

Jiang Liu glanced at the time limit and hurriedly walked through the bamboo forest, his eyes darting around, looking for valuable spiritual herbs and black stones.

ten meters.

Fifty meters.

100 meters.

As Jiang Liu weaved through the bamboo forest, he felt increasingly uneasy. All the bamboo stalks in this forest were the same height, the same thickness, the same color—completely identical, giving him the feeling that they were copies...

Goodness, is this bamboo tree model copied and pasted?

Whether it's the "Golden Scales Opening the Pillar" or the "Secret Mechanisms," the scenes are very rudimentary, and the props and models are quite ordinary. In addition, this fairy forest is a copy-paste job, which makes Jiang Liu wonder if the Immortal Cultivation Era is short of funds, as the resource dungeons are so poorly made.

No matter how well the copy was made, Jiang Liu knew it when he found that all the bamboo trees were exactly the same.

This isn't a treasure hunt, this is a game of spot the difference!

Soon, he noticed something different. Ten meters away, under a bamboo tree, there was a swaying spirit herb, which was very eye-catching in the same scene and could be seen at a glance.

He ran over and plucked the spirit herb. Then, glancing at it, he saw a piece of black iron embedded in the surface of a bamboo tree.

"This isn't about luck, it's about sharp eyesight, isn't it?"

Jiang Liu muttered a complaint as he pried off the black iron piece and continued his search through the bamboo forest.

Under the bamboo tree, on the bamboo tree...

There's no skill involved; the placement is very obvious, and anyone with eyes can see it if they concentrate.

Ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and Jiang Liu was kicked out of the instance, his eyes filled with confusion.

This dungeon... is even worse than the previous two!

Did you not graduate from programmer college?

[Instance Completed]

[Rating: C]

[Obtained 13 ten-year-old spiritual herbs, 1 hundred-year-old spiritual herb, 17 pieces of extraterrestrial ordinary iron, and 1 piece of extraterrestrial black iron]

"This is also a Grade C rating?"

Jiang Liu was immediately indignant. He hadn't stopped at all along the way, running for over a thousand meters and picking up dozens of items before he only got a Grade C rating. How could he possibly achieve a Grade A rating?

Are we supposed to fly to find it?

"Next time, let's use the paper dolls. Trying to make this thing immersive is a complete waste of brainpower."

Jiang Liu shook his head. He had done terribly in the first stage. He would wait until he reached the Foundation Establishment stage and started the second stage before experiencing it firsthand.

Add and delete friends, make elixirs, continuously break through realms, and clear resource books.

Jiang Liu had a very fulfilling day, and in the blink of an eye, the school bell rang.

However, not a single person in the class wanted to go home.

Why go home? You'll just be meditating and cultivating anyway. You might as well stay at school and soak up some spiritual energy.

This pile of spirit stones can increase the spiritual energy in the class several times over, greatly increasing the speed of cultivation. There are only ten days left, and no one wants to miss it.

These ten days are the sprint stage, which will determine who will enter the Immortal Examination Class. Being one step ahead or one step behind is very important. So what if we live on campus and work hard for ten days? Who's afraid of who?

"Jiang Liu, the cafeteria."

Li Dongze called out to Jiang Liu. They were only Qi Refining stage cultivators and had not yet reached the level of abstaining from grains. Their stomachs had been rumbling all day.

"I need to get some snacks from the convenience store and put them in my desk."

The two left the classroom and headed straight for the cafeteria. On the way, Jiang Liu suggested that it was a waste of time to walk such a long distance to eat every time, and that they should just have some snacks to tide them over.

"That makes sense."

Li Dongze wholeheartedly agreed: "I'll get some high-end pastries from home later. How about we trade one Qi Refining Pill for a box?"

"Hehe, I like to eat big white steamed buns."

After the meal.

Jiang Liu took out his phone and made a call to his grandfather.

"Master, I won't be going back for the next few days. I'm going to have training at school. Please save the sign-in spirit stones for me."

"Huh? How many days is the training camp?"

"Ten days, and your place is in such a mess?"

Jiang Liu frowned slightly. A noisy and chaotic sound came from the other end of the phone, mixed with angry profanities, as if they were arguing about something.

"Has something happened at home?"

"No, it's nothing. You just focus on your training."

After replying, Mr. Jiang hung up the phone.

"What's wrong? Is something wrong at home?"

Seeing that Jiang Liu looked unwell, Li Dongze kindly said, "Just say what you need to say. With Qi Refining Pills clearing the way, nothing is a problem."

"I'm going back."

Jiang Liu was worried about the situation at home, so he waved to Li Dongze and left the school directly.

A dozen minutes later.

Jiang Liu walked into the residential area and into the apartment building. As soon as he went upstairs, he saw that someone's door had been splashed with paint, and his face immediately turned ugly.

A security door was splattered with blood-red paint, and several large characters were written on it in black paint.

[Spirit Stones, for sale or not!]

I've run into someone who's trying to scam me and force me to buy something!

Jiang Liu's heart sank. He went straight to the seventh floor, and as he expected, his security door and the one next door belonging to Grandma Zhao were also splashed with paint.

His door was still open. When he heard the arguing and cursing coming from inside, his brain went blank, and a surge of anger rushed to the top of his head, erupting like a volcano!

There is only one old man in his family who is over 70 years old!

Jiang Liu rushed into the house and saw that in addition to Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Zhao, there were two burly men in suits with murderous looks on their faces in the living room.

The two men were waving a wad of banknotes, glaring at each other, and hurling profanities at Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Zhao.

"You two old geezers! Didn't we pay you?! Didn't we pay you?!"

"Damn it! What do you mean by blatant robbery?! Blatant robbery is illegal, do you two even know the law?! We're just out there selling legitimate goods!"

"Forced buying and selling? This is called a sales dispute, a civil dispute!"

"Broken Paint? Hahaha, that Broken Paint guy turned himself in on the spot!"

"Let me tell you two old geezers, we'll splash anyone in the whole neighborhood who doesn't sell, we'll splash them every day and they'll all turn themselves in, we just have more people than you!"

"You have connections, money, and lawyers. If you don't want trouble, hand over the spirit stones now!"

The burly man who was speaking was waving banknotes around with an arrogant expression, as if he wasn't afraid of anyone, even the King of Heaven himself. This made Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Zhao's faces turn red, their bodies tremble, and their high blood pressure spike.

"Shameless! Rogue!"

Grandpa Jiang protected Grandma Zhao, pointing a trembling finger at the two burly men, his lips quivering with anger.

"Hey, he's a scoundrel, what can you do about it? Do you know how to record a conversation?"

"I can do you!"

Jiang Liu's eyes turned red, and the power of the eighth level of Qi Refining suddenly burst forth. He kicked the burly man in the back, sending him flying several meters away and crashing into the wall.

"you......"

The other person was shocked. Just as Jiang Liu was about to speak, a fist the size of a sandbag came crashing down, tearing his skin and sending his massive body flying.

Chapter 21 Please Don't Die

After Jiang Liu kicked the two villains against the wall, he hurried to his grandfather, looked him up and down, and said worriedly, "Grandpa, Grandma Zhao, they didn't do anything to you, did they?"

Grandpa Jiang was stunned. He saw his eldest grandson kick a grown man several meters away, making the wall tremble.

The wall trembled, and his heart trembled along with it.

"You brat! We're fine, but you'd better check on them, the plaster on the wall is peeling off!"

Jiang Ye was somewhat alarmed and shoved Jiang Liu. He was just an ordinary citizen; what if someone kicked him and caused him serious injury?

"Yes, yes, Xiao Liu, call 120 quickly!"