The Game with Fairies
Chapter 384

Black Cloud Village lay nestled among the mountains, with Li Muyang and Xiao Yecao proceeding on foot.

But their journey was without incident.

They encountered no terrifying evil gods, nor were they obstructed by demonic cultivators.

Li Muyang and Xiao Yecao arrived unimpeded at the gates of Black Cloud Village, which, under the warm spring sun, appeared simple and peaceful.

The villagers wore strange but not ugly clothes and had friendly smiles on their faces.

In the ditch in front of the village gate, a group of children were shouting as they caught fish, barefoot in knee-deep water, grabbing finger-sized stream fish.

Granny Gu, with a kind smile, sat quietly under an ancient tree in front of the Black Cloud Village gate, tilting her head, watching the children play.

Anyone who didn’t know her would be touched by this warm scene.

But Li Muyang and Xiao Yecao felt a chill in their hearts and did not dare to delay, immediately stepping forward to pay their respects.

“Hello, Granny.”

They greeted her very politely.

Although Xiao Yecao was a fairy who could converse with immortals outside, in front of Granny Gu, she seemed to revert to the sweet little girl from before, sweetly calling her Granny and acting cute.

Granny Gu, sitting under the ancient tree, smiled and shook her head.

“Twenty years, eh…”

She sighed with a complex tone, murmuring to herself.

Then she looked at Li Muyang, who had become a middle-aged man with a few strands of silver at his temples.

She also looked at Xiao Yecao, who had grown into an ethereal fairy surrounded by an aura of immortality and spiritual energy.

Granny Gu exclaimed, “Twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye, Little Fish, you’ve returned to the village.”

“Have you come back this time to ask this old woman for help?”

Granny Gu’s face, full of deep wrinkles, looked somewhat aged as she said,

“Speak up, while this old woman can still be of help. I’m getting on in years and might not have many left…”

Granny Gu spoke softly with a hint of melancholy.

Xiao Yecao glanced towards the direction of Black Cloud Village’s back mountain, where everything seemed normal, and the demonic cultivators there showed no signs of activity.

But perhaps it was because Granny Gu was waiting at the village entrance.

Usually, Granny Gu would sit at the entrance of the ancestral temple at the highest point of the village.

Now, Granny Gu was sitting at the village entrance, obviously waiting for Li Muyang and the others.

After hearing Granny Gu’s words, Xiao Yecao didn’t hesitate to explain their purpose, hoping Granny Gu would help treat Li Muyang’s illness.

When Granny Gu heard that Li Muyang had awakened the 【Spiritual Vision Eye】 and that his soul had been tainted by the power of an ancient evil god, her eyes widened slightly.

“Spiritual Vision Eye?”

She looked at Li Muyang in amazement, sizing him up as if seeing him anew.

“Just witnessing the existence of an evil god was enough to awaken the Spiritual Vision Eye?”

“Little Fish, your talent is higher than this old woman thought… It’s a pity you’re not a woman.”

Granny Gu sighed with regret, “If you were a girl, I could have passed on all my skills to you.”

Xiao Yecao, however, was restless and glanced at the back mountain again.

Although there was still no movement there, she couldn’t shake a feeling of unease.

Even Li Muyang felt his heart racing unusually.

He occasionally glanced in the direction of the back mountain, sensing as if a terrifying storm was brewing there, ready to erupt at any moment.

Xiao Yecao asked anxiously, “Granny, do you have a way to save Elder Brother?”

Granny Gu frowned and also glanced at the quiet back mountain.

She snorted coldly, as if issuing a warning.

Then she turned to Li Muyang and Xiao Yecao, “There is one way I can help. But there’s a fifty percent chance of failure, and if it fails, your Elder Brother will die a terrible death…”

Granny Gu looked deeply at the two and said, “You should leave. While you can still enjoy life, go eat what you like, play what you enjoy…”

With Granny Gu’s words, the long-absent system dialogue box finally popped up in Li Muyang’s view.

–Granny Gu’s words had finally triggered a key plot point!

The moment the dialogue box appeared, Li Muyang’s spirits lifted.

【A fifty percent chance? So there’s a fifty percent chance of success? Great! Granny Gu, please save me!】

【A fifty percent chance? Alright, thank you for the advice, Granny. We’ll leave now.】

【Warning: This choice will affect subsequent plot developments. Please choose carefully!】

Not only did a choice dialogue box pop up, but there was also a warning.

This was clearly a critical plot juncture.

After some thought, Li Muyang saved his progress.

After saving, he chose to give up.

“…A fifty percent chance? Alright, thank you for the advice, Granny…”

After Jiang Xiaoyu said these words with a sense of resignation, he and Xiao Yecao thanked Granny Gu and then left.

The next second, as Jiang Xiaoyu’s figure and Xiao Yecao left Black Cloud Village together, a series of hastily drawn colorful scrolls popped up in Li Muyang’s view, depicting Xiao Yecao and Jiang Xiaoyu’s experiences of wandering and enjoying themselves after leaving Black Cloud Village.

【…After Jiang Xiaoyu left Black Cloud Village, knowing that his life was drawing to a close, he roamed the mountains and rivers in the company of Xiao Yecao.】

【They visited Xiao Yecao’s hometown again, met her elderly parents, and paid them a visit.】

【For the following three years, the two traveled together, just as they had for the past twenty years, supporting and depending on each other.】

【Three years later, Jiang Xiaoyu’s soul was completely corrupted, on the verge of turning into a monstrous beast devoid of reason.】

【Before his death, Jiang Xiaoyu cried out, begging Xiao Yecao to end his life.】

【In the end, Jiang Xiaoyu passed away in his human form and was buried in a spiritually vibrant mountain.】

【Xiao Yecao left alone and disappeared from then on.】

【One hundred and fifty years later, Xiao Yecao overcame her mental barriers.】

【On the brink of despair, she suddenly saw through all of her past and achieved a breakthrough, becoming an immortal at the moment of crisis.】

【Two hundred years later, darkness and chaos reigned, immortals vanished, and all living beings suffered…】

【Congratulations, you have successfully completed 《Deadly Weed》.】

【Choose to settle and claim your reward.】

【Would you like to settle the current game?】

【Note: After settling and claiming your reward, this game will be permanently closed.】

In the quiet room, Li Muyang, seeing this long string of system interface messages, was stunned.

“Ah? That’s it? I’ve completed the game?”

What about the promised five stages?

This is only the fourth stage, and you’re telling me I’ve finished?

Li Muyang, out of habit, wanted to see what would happen if he chose the other option but accidentally triggered the grand finale and completed the game early.

Looking at the very average system reward in his field of vision, Li Muyang rolled his eyes.

“Such an average reward for completing the game, is this worthy of the effort I put into strategizing for over a year, through four stages of development?”

And what about the promised five stages?

Li Muyang chose to load a previous save, returning to before Black Cloud Village, and selected the first option from Granny Gu.

“A fifty percent chance? So there’s a fifty percent chance of success? Great! Granny Gu, please save me!”

Without hesitation, Li Muyang chose the 50% chance, saying, “Granny, please help me heal!”

The plot of the fifth stage clearly required Li Muyang to face death and choose courage to unlock it.

With such a long-term plot game, the reward for a complete playthrough would definitely be explosive.

Li Muyang unhesitatingly gave up the completion reward to continue the challenge.

Hearing his words, Granny Gu looked at him deeply and shook her head with regret.

“What a pity…”

Granny Gu sighed, “It’s a pity you’re not a girl…”

Granny Gu was obviously lamenting that she couldn’t pass on her skills to Li Muyang.

She turned and walked into Black Cloud Village, saying,

“Follow me. The means to heal you lies within the ancestral temple.”

Without looking back, Granny Gu continued, “The beings within the ancestral temple can poison you, but they can also cure you.”

“You will enter that land alone and face them…”

Granny Gu spoke calmly about the method of salvation.

However, upon hearing this, Li Muyang’s heart skipped a beat.

Entering the ancestral temple…

He still remembered the terrifying things he encountered in that dark and eerie space the last time he entered the ancestral temple.

Now he had to go in again?

And face those evil gods alone… Damn it!

Is there really a 50% chance of survival?

Li Muyang suddenly felt a bit apprehensive.

Me, a mere mortal, entering the lair of evil gods alone, facing a horde of them, and there’s a 50% chance of survival…

Seriously?