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Chapter 408: 408, [Immortals All Like to Have a Mount]
The spiritual energy near Frost Feather City began streaming towards Lu Xun and Ye Sui’an at an incredible speed. This tumultuous surge of spiritual power whirled around them, forming a vortex, which they promptly absorbed.

Theoretically, Ye Sui’an, who was already at the peak of the Third Realm, was on the verge of breaking into the Fourth Realm.

This couldn’t be classified as a minor breakthrough; his strength was about to take a monumental leap.

Thus, the nature’s spiritual energy he stimulated was extraordinarily robust, and the vortex of spiritual energy was also exceptionally massive, looking quite impressive.

The players were initially astounded, as they too could sense the flow of spiritual energy. They never imagined that Ye Sui’an could reach such a level!

This guy was astounding!

However, the scene significantly altered the moment Lu Xun clicked on [Upgrade].

While Lu Xun had only leveled up from 38 to 39, the number of experience points he’d needed was vast!

Every time he leveled up, the cost of experience points was exorbitant, but the spiritual power that increased inside his body was much more than any cultivator of the same realm!

As a result, the surrounding spiritual energy crazily poured into his body, and the spiritual energy vortex he created was even larger than Ye Sui’an’s by a notch!

The players, who had previously been drawn by Ye Sui’an, quickly shifted their attention to Lu Xun, including Lu Xiaoyu, who was nearby.

“The Purple Palace has broken through too! And it seems even more impressive!”

“Wow! The world protagonist is indeed imposing!”

“His [Breakthrough Special Effect] looks so upscale compared to our frugal version.”

“It’s so cool, if you can get these effects by spending money, I would spare no expense!”

Lu Xiaoyu stared blankly at Lu Xun, whose black hair fluttered in the wind, momentarily lost in a daze.

The ghost in front of her ferociously knocked aside her flying sword, shocking Lu Xiaoyu back to her senses.

Unfortunately, the ghost was so fast that she feared she might lose some health.

“Be careful.” A gentle voice rang out at this moment.

A man clad in a black robe suddenly appeared in front of Lu Xiaoyu. He lifted his right hand and pointed lightly at the ghost. As his finger made contact, a black firewall sprung up from nowhere, stopping the ghost from moving forward.

Lu Xun, already leveled up to 39 and in excellent condition, protected Lu Yu perfectly. He didn’t kill the ghost instantly so that Lu Yu wouldn’t miss out on the experience points.

At this moment, Ye Sui’an opened his eyes and immediately flew to Lu Xun’s side.

Having just broken through to the Fourth Realm, his mood was excellent.

Then he noticed that Elder Lu had also leveled up, which unexpectedly brought him even more joy than his own breakthrough!

Meanwhile, Lu Xun glanced at the rising black ghost qi in the surroundings, somewhat puzzled.

“Why didn’t this Ghost King split into low-rank ghosts after I killed it?”

Before long, he noticed something odd.

The ghost qi seemed to be gathering in the air!

Did it… drop loot?!

Clearly, it was about to explode into materials!

Since “Heavenly Dust” was a highly realistic game, situations where a player could kill a wild boar and loot a sword simply didn’t exist.

Ordinarily, killing monsters like ghosts yielded materials rather than equipment.

Killing members of the foreign races could potentially drop equipment, but cultivators on the Heavenly Dust Continent couldn’t use it. Instead, they could only refine the equipment into materials.

Looking at the ghost pearl gradually forming in front of him, Lu Xun felt a slight sense of regret.

Because he wasn’t in need of money at the moment.

What material was not available at Third Brother’s place? I’m more interested in experience points!

If you split into lower-rank Ghost Kings, I could kill them again!

As a member of a wealthy family, Lu Xun’s mindset had vastly changed from before.

When a Superior Ghost Pearl finally formed in the air, Lu Xun motioned with his hand, and the black pearl fell into his palm.

The pearl was roughly the size of a quail egg, cold and slightly damp to the touch, which was really strange.

Although it was dry, its texture felt somewhat sticky, and it wasn’t smooth.

Inside, it was filled with black currents, and if you looked closely, it resembled the face of a ghost enveloped by black fog.

This ghostly face was a bit vicious, and somewhat… ugly.

Of course, the abundant yin energy inside the pearl was useful. This type of ghost pearl was a superior material for crafting bead magical weapons. The yin bead that the scabbard previously consumed was likely refined from a ghost pearl.

Lu Xun glanced down at his scabbard and asked, “Do you want it?”

The black cord on the scabbard floated up, pointed towards the cavity of the scabbard, then wobbled from side to side.

Lu Xun, understanding ‘Scabbard Language Level Ten’, immediately grasped its meaning.

— It suggested he put it in, but it was useless to it.

Having risen to Superior Purple Level, the scabbard was now on the brink of entering the Orange Level.

The mere Superior Ghost Pearl was useless to it, and it would be wasteful to absorb it.

“In that case, I’ll just sell this ghost pearl at the Treasury Pavillion later, exchange it for spirit stones, and buy some equipment and skill books.”

The equipment was naturally for Lu Yu. Of course, some should be reserved for Xiao Long Bao, who was always looking out for Lu Yu.

As for the skill books, it was merely because White Emperor, the alternate account, hadn’t been active for a while.

The players had just experienced a large battle and were brimming with experience points.

The leeks were ripe; it was a pity not to harvest them.

Moreover, Lu Xun was offering skills at reasonable prices, following the high sales volume strategy. With such a large player base, he wasn’t worried about sales.

Therefore, it wasn’t really exploiting players. On the contrary, it helped them enhance their combat power!

It was a win-win cycle.

Players killed foreign races, learned skills at fair prices, became stronger, killed more foreign races, and learned stronger skills…

After all, it may take players more time and effort to learn skills through other channels, and the experience points spent are basically the same, so it’s totally unnecessary.

As for Lu Xun, he will spend some of the spirit stones gifted by his third senior brother during this process, and ultimately only earn an insignificant amount of experience points, which is not worth mentioning.

The main goal is to contribute to the Heavenly Dust Continent!

In this way, everyone reaps happiness.

“When everyone does well, it is truly well.” Lu Xun mentally recites this classic advertisement catchphrase.

Of course, this virtuous cycle is not so friendly for the foreign races.

But…who cares?

After placing the pearl into the sword sheath, Lu Xun began to casually slaughter the low-level ghosts nearby.

He deliberately left the closer ones for Lu Xiaoyu and Xiao Long Bao, focusing on the more distant ones.

With a gentle flick of his finger-tip sword qi, he could penetrate the ghosts in the distance. The action was casual and dashing, somewhat resembling the ‘Finger Flicking Skill’ of Huang Yaoshi in ‘Shooting Heroes Tale’ and ‘The Legend of the Condor Heroes’.

But strictly speaking, without the special effect, what’s the difference between Huang Yaoshi’s finger flicking skill and flipping marbles through the air?

Thus, we are forced to reiterate the often-said phrase: “handsome people are always handsome, even when flicking marbles!”

When all the nearby ghosts were annihilated, a message popped up in front of Lu Xun: [Task Completed].

He waited for a moment, and didn’t see any subsequent tasks triggered, indicating that the [Guarding Lonely City] quest had been completed, and no ghosts would appear here in the near future.

“What a pity.” Lu Xun thought in his heart.

Of course, this was just a joke, because he had more important things to do next.

——Destroy the Foreign Race Altar here!

Lu Xun could not predict when the next large-scale invasion by the foreign races would occur, as there was no clear pattern.

But destroying more altars would certainly do no harm.

When the time comes, and a group of foreigners are ready to teleport, they’d find that the teleportation array at the other end was destroyed, and they couldn’t pass through. They might have to re-queue at other teleportation portals, presumably causing a mess, right?

Of course, this is just a joke that players made after destroying altars in the past. No one knows what the situation is on the foreigner’s side, since no one has ever been there.

In the past, some players speculated that the future plot might involve the Heavenly Dust Continent striking back at the world where the foreigners came from!

Since all the local ghosts had been killed, Lu Xun glanced at Lu Xiaoyu and Xiao Long Bao and directly settled the tasks he had previously assigned to them.

They each received 150,000 experience points, and also received the paper cranes personally crafted by Lu Xun.

When Lu Xun publicly took out the paper cranes, he clearly saw the brightness flash across the eyes of the two women.

Meanwhile, the surrounding players let out gasps of astonishment.

Their envious glances said it all.

After all, a flying magical treasure is essentially a mount.

And as everyone knows, no matter what game, mounts are always in high demand.

Who wouldn’t like to ride on beautiful things?

Moreover, this was a paper crane produced by the Demon Sect’s backyard, incredibly delicate.

When the Sword-Serving boys happily got their paper cranes, they posted show-off videos on the forum for several days, causing a lot of players to feel sour.

At this moment, Lu Xun gently waved his hand, and the tiny paper crane in his palm flapped its wings and flew into the hands of Lu Xiaoyu and Xiao Long Bao.

“The guild leader and the deputy leader are really lucky! They were able to trigger a mission from the Purple Palace! And they even got paper cranes as a reward!”

“I want one too. If I didn’t know that the guild leader is rich and beautiful in real life, I would have offered to buy it.”

“Damn! With the paper crane, it will be easy to attract girls in the game, won’t it?”

“True, it’s simply a tool for attracting girls. Just look at the other female players, their envious expressions, tsk tsk.”

Lu Xiaoyu and Xiao Long Bao held the paper cranes with love, not wanting to let go.

They don’t know that there was a spiritual mark left by Lu Xun on the paper crane.

This would allow Lu Xun to locate them from a distance.

This was also one of his goals.

Lu Xun was going to search for foreign race altars around Frost Feather City next, and he did not plan to bring Lu Xiaoyu and Xiao Long Bao along.

Because there’s no need.

Although they could be resurrected and wouldn’t be in real danger even if they encounter danger, it wouldn’t be beneficial either.

They were too weak right now. Even if Lu Xun wanted to share the rewards from destroying the altars, they probably wouldn’t be able to do it.

It would be better for him to act alone, for a short separation.

As there was a spiritual mark on the paper crane, he could always find Lu Yu, there’s no rush.

As for his own safety… With The Sword Qi is Near by his side, Lu Xun felt secure. What places in the world can’t he, Lu Xun, reach?

Even if there were foreigners hiding in the altar, he wouldn’t care at all.

By just casually poking, he could turn the foreigners into crying and sobbing fire trucks.

Yes, by that, I mean wailing with tears.

“Everyone, we part ways here!” Lu Xun announced loudly to everyone present.

The next moment, he vanished.

Lu Xiaoyu watched as Lu Xun suddenly disappeared, and for some unknown reason, she felt a sense of loss.

In the next second, she felt a slight touch on the top of her head, but she wasn’t sure whether it was real or just her imagination.

It was Lu Xun gently patting her head before he left.

No one saw it.

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