The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 324 - 221: Level Grinding and Monster Battles 2

Chapter 324: Chapter 221: Level Grinding and Monster Battles 2

Ye Wushuang, standing beside them, wanted to say something but hesitated. That was her family’s Immortal’s abode! Had it already been forcibly demolished?

Zhou Yuan glanced at her and suddenly thought of something. He sneaked closer, carefully asking, "This Celestial Pool’s spiritual water wasn’t your previous bath water, was it?"

Earlier, the fishing rod that Chen Guangxi picked up was indeed Ye Wushuang’s old fishing rod, so Zhou Yuan felt it was not impossible.

Ye Wushuang: "..."

She said expressionlessly, "The Celestial Pool is a place of heaven and earth’s creation. My father opened up a Cave Heaven Blessed Land here specifically because of it, and established a sect here.

The water from the Celestial Pool is the best water source for refining pills, cultivating qi, and nurturing divine plants. Many great sects and sacred lands once came specifically to ask for this water. Frequently drinking Celestial Pool water can prolong the life of both mortals and cultivators, improve their constitution, and within at most half a year, they can become pure and flawless.

If a drop falls on a mortal item, it can gradually give birth to spiritual intelligence in the item. There was once a piece of jade that became a spirit this way, embarking on the path of cultivation and nearly becoming an Immortal."

"That amazing?" Zhou Yuan’s thoughts raced. He wondered if he could take some to nurture the Dark Clans in his plane.

...

The phenomenon of spatial disruption in Yongan City had ended.

Zhou Yuan and Ye Wushuang immediately took the teleportation array to Chenzhou.

As the largest city in the Eastern Region, Chenzhou’s extreme prosperity was evident. People came and went in a continuous stream, and recent news of a secret realm opening brought countless cultivators. There were people from all walks of life, and all kinds of characters.

Zhou Yuan and Ye Wushuang found an inn to stay at for now.

"So many tasks..."

Zhou Yuan reviewed the task list in the game system and couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow in astonishment.

As soon as they arrived in Chenzhou, the number of missions available skyrocketed. It seemed that the more populous the place, the more likely it was for abnormal events to occur...

"With so many tasks, if I clear them all, getting to level 50 should be possible..." Zhou Yuan roughly calculated and felt a growing sense of excitement.

Why did he enter the Cave Heaven Blessed Land? Wasn’t it to level up and become stronger!

Now he had the Primordial Yin-Yang Body, obtained the "return to ruins" technique, and opened up the Dark Plane. He just needed to level up now.

This large pile of tasks was a hotbed of experience points!

"Time waits for no one, let’s move out!"

Zhou Yuan shot up from his chair.

Ye Wushuang, who was reading a document, raised her head, "What on earth are you doing?"

"Huh? You’ve even learned this, seems like you’re on the modern Chapter, nearly done, I guess."

Zhou Yuan paused, "I’m going out to kill some monsters to level up. Want to join me?"

"Of course, I’m just an ordinary person without any strength to fight right now."

"Then let’s go."

·

In the bustling streets, the sounds of performing acrobats, peddlers selling medicine, and various snack vendors shouting intertwined, forming a lively scene. The air was thick with the hustle and bustle of worldly life.

Zhou Yuan was interested in everything, looking around enthusiastically.

Soon.

Zhou Yuan stopped in front of a building.

Ye Wushuang looked up and twitched. She saw the large characters on the building that read "Hundred Flowers Pavilion."

It was a brothel.

This guy wouldn’t actually take me into a brothel, right... Ye Wushuang’s thought had just formed when she saw Zhou Yuan lift his foot and walk forward, making her eye twitch even more.

An alluring beauty greeted them with a coquettish voice, "Mister..."

"Move aside." Zhou Yuan’s voice was icy. The woman shuddered all over, freezing in place, not daring to take another step forward.

Seeing this, Ye Wushuang sighed and had no choice but to follow.

Inside the brothel, Zhou Yuan glanced around and found his target.

[The unlucky guy in this room is experiencing the most terrifying thing of his life. If he could still speak, he would surely say: "Help help help — help me!"]

·

Inside the room, there was a screen beside the bed.

The candle flame flickered, its light casting a graceful silhouette on the screen.

The silhouette slowly opened its mouth. The chin kept opening wider, more and more, until it reached an abnormally exaggerated size. Then a thin, long tongue extended from the mouth, and two rows of sharp teeth slowly grew out...

At this moment, the shadow cast on the screen was no longer a lovely figure but a bizarre and horrifying man-eating demon!

The man lying on the bed was paralyzed with fear and despair, unable to muster any strength, not even enough to scream.

The burning incense was a kind of evil drug that quickly sapped a person’s strength, leaving them limp on the bed yet fully conscious!

Clearly, this was the demon’s doing on purpose. It enjoyed watching the despair, helplessness, and fear of the living right before they died. These negative emotions made the flesh taste even more delicious...

The female demon grinned viciously, her eyes full of mockery. Just as she was about to bite, a loud shout came from behind.

"Monster, taste Old Zhou’s rod!"

Bang!

The screen shattered into countless butterflies, fluttering around. A brilliant golden rod came crashing down. With a loud bang, the female demon with her gaping maw was blasted into a mist of blood!

The room was splattered everywhere!

[Task ’Demon in the Brothel’ complete]

[Task reward 1: Experience points *800]

[Task reward 2: Star Coins *2000]

[Experience points: 1550/2250]

Done.

"Just call me Daoist Zhou Yuan. No need to thank me."

Zhou Yuan put away the Eastern Town Rod and left without looking back.

The man on the bed, covered in blood, was bewildered. What just happened?

A moment later, people outside heard the commotion, rushed into the room, and then screamed in horror.

On the street.

Ignoring the chaos in the brothel behind him, Ye Wushuang asked suspiciously, "How did you know there was a demon harming people here?"

The female demon had hidden her aura very well, and in a crowded place like a brothel with so many people coming and going, even a professional demon hunter would have found it hard to detect.

"I have a magical tool."

"What is it?" Ye Wushuang asked straightforwardly, not quite understanding.

"A kind of ability that lets me see special prompts."

"A type of eye divine skill?"

"Something like that."

·

The next day.

Early in the morning, the Li Family’s wedding procession set off with a grand parade towards the bride’s house.

The process of fetching the bride went smoothly, but when the wedding procession headed back to the Li Family’s residence, a thick fog suddenly arose on the street. From within the fog, the sound of drums and gongs echoed, and another wedding procession emerged, equally lively.

The two wedding processions met in the middle of the road.

It was then that something strange happened. The people in the Li Family’s procession were horrified to discover that the members of the opposite wedding procession looked exactly like them!

Even more frightening, the people in the opposite procession reacted the same way they did, showing the same expressions of terror, the same actions, like a perfect mirror image.

"This is bizarre, running into ghosts in broad daylight!"

The crowd watching on the roadside was scared out of their wits and quickly turned to a white-bearded elder, "Mr. Five, please take a look at what’s going on!"

In the crowd, an old man smoking a pipe frowned and carefully observed the two wedding processions, his frown deepening. Finally, he shook his head, "My cultivation is shallow, I can’t see any clues. We should quickly invite Lord Di Yu. If we delay, we might not be able to tell who’s who."

People ran to spread the word, quickly bringing the nearby patrolling Di Yu over. A large number of curious citizens also gathered to witness this strange event.

"Lord Di Yu, can you see what it is?" Mr. Five asked cautiously.

The two Di Yu looked serious and shook their heads.

"My lord, we are real!" a strong man carrying a sedan chair shouted urgently.

"Don’t listen to him, they’re the demons! We’re real!" the identical man on the opposite side shouted angrily.

The two Di Yu felt their heads spin and exchanged glances, deciding to report to their superiors.

Just then, a handsome young man with short hair walked out from the crowd, followed by a celestial maiden.

Zhou Yuan waved his hand, "No need to panic, let me take a look at the situation."