In a valley shrouded with blood-red mist, the air was thick with the pungent stench of blood.
Li Muyang, wearing a pointed beak crow mask, continuously shook the bell in his hand, producing a clear, tinkling sound.
Upon hearing the bell, the group of black sheep in the valley all raised their heads in a daze, then uncontrollably started walking towards Li Muyang.
“Hun xi gui lai~ Hun xi gui lai~”
Li Muyang, shaking his head and swaying, rang the bell while emitting a strange and eerie soul-calling chant.
The bizarre and ghostly chant, mixed with the sound of the bell, seemed to possess a strange, dream-inducing magic.
The two-legged black sheep followed behind Li Muyang in a daze, staggering out of Blood Mist Valley step by step.
After leaving the valley, the air suddenly became fresh. Li Muyang took off the crow mask from his face, taking a deep breath of clean air.
“I’ve really had enough of this damn valley…”
It had been two months since he had arrived in this world, unfortunately becoming an Outer Sect disciple of the Demon Refining Sect, toiling and doing menial work every day.
His job for the month was herding sheep, which sounded easy—just herd the flock of black sheep into the Blood Mist Valley in the morning and back to the sheeppen at night.
The blood fog in the valley was so irritating that even the mask provided by the sect could only block half of the stench.
After spending a day inside, the smell of blood was almost ingrained in him.
Walking along the road while shaking the bell, the foul and pungent smell of blood filled the air, causing Demonic Sect disciples to hurriedly avoid him from afar.
In this way, Li Muyang, ringing the bell and herding the sheep, drove the group of dark sheep into the sheepfold, handed over his identity token to the steward, and then headed towards his own cottage.
A leaky and shabby cottage was the only asset Li Muyang had in this world.
Exhausted, he lay on the hard wooden bed, looking at the cobwebbed beams above his head. Li Muyang could finally rest.
He closed his eyes and saw a long progress bar.
【Game Template Loading, current progress 99.99%…】
Seeing this number, a slight joy rose in Li Muyang’s heart.
Was it finally going to load?
This system-like thing appeared after Li Muyang crossed over to this world.
It had taken a full two months to load from 0% to 99.99%, and he had been looking forward to what this system was—could it be a legendary golden finger? (cheat)
He couldn’t even think about resting now.
Li Muyang sat up straight, focusing intently on the loading progress bar.
After another fifteen minutes, the 99.99% progress bar finally moved.
【Game Template Loading, current progress 100%… Load successful】
The next second, a huge scroll unfolded before Li Muyang’s eyes.
Mist swirled around, mountains meandered, and in the scroll, there were pavilions, towers, and the cries of cranes, a truly celestial scene.
But what caught the eye the most were several figures scattered throughout this fairyland.
They were faintly visible in the white mist, graceful and elegant, and even without seeing their faces, one could still feel their peerless beauty.
Li Muyang was amazed by the grandeur of the scroll as if a vast world had unfolded before his eyes.
The next second, large golden characters emerged in the center of the scroll.
【The Game with Fairies has loaded and bound successfully to the host. Would you like to start the tutorial?】
Li Muyang blinked and directly selected 【Start】
The next second, the scene in his field of vision changed.
A massive city with towering walls appeared before Li Muyang.
Under the moonlight, the town seemed eerie, with shadows roaming the streets like malevolent spirits.
Then, rows of bold and powerful blood-red characters silently emerged on the scroll.
【In the final years of the Heavenly Origin Dynasty, chaos reigned throughout the land.
It was rumored that evil spirits appeared in Loushan City at the western frontier.
At night, strange howls could be heard from the city, causing widespread fear.
Zhang Daniu, a master from the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, was ordered to investigate Loushan City but mysteriously disappeared.】
【Now, as a rising star of the court, you have been assigned by your superior to assist Fairy Liuli in investigating the situation in Loushan City.】
【Please select your talent.】
The text that appeared in his view made the corners of Li Muyang’s mouth twitch.
Why are the names in this game so abstract?
Is it really okay to have a character named Zhang Daniu?
But from this description, it seems this so-called game… involves investigating demons with a fairy?
Is this a serious investigation?
Li Muyang was extremely curious and noticed that the scroll in his view had changed again, displaying two empty talent slots where he could choose two talents to enter the tutorial.
As Li Muyang selected the empty talent slots, a dense list of twenty-six available talents immediately popped up.
The moment he saw those talent skills, Li Muyang’s eyes nearly popped out.
Li Muyang was shocked.
One of the talent skills was particularly eye-catching and instantly drew Li Muyang’s attention.
【Time Stop: Equipping this talent allows you to pause time for 7 seconds with a cooldown of 10 seconds.】
This talent skill left Li Muyang dumbfounded.
Activating the ability to stop time for 7 seconds with only a 10-second cooldown… isn’t that basically invincible?
What kind of system is this, offering the ability to stop time?
Li Muyang continued to look at the other available talents and found that almost all of them were top-tier skills.
【First Encounter Fatal Strike: 100% chance to slay the target during your first encounter in battle, no CD.】
【Worlds Apart: Select a target, and both parties temporarily gain 30% of each other’s attributes, cooldown 24 hours.】
【Mind Reading: Ability to read the inner thoughts of the target, no CD.】
【Instantaneous Teleportation: Ability to instantly move to a place you have previously been, cooldown 10 seconds.】
【Blood Conversion (Passive): When injured, you gain an increase in attributes. The more severe the injury, the greater the increase. When on the brink of death, the increased attribute value doubles, granting a ten-minute undying BUFF.】
【Invisibility: Gain the ability to become invisible, no cooldown】
【Major Healing: Instantly heal all injuries of the target, ineffective on corpses, cooldown 60 seconds.】
【Hidden Sword in the Belly: Spit out a flying sword from your mouth that is 100% accurate and has a 50% chance of causing instant death, cooldown 20 seconds.】
A dense array of talent skills made Li Muyang’s eyes blur.
This system is really powerful. It’s like having a cheat code.
Although you can only carry two talents at a time, any one of these skills is top-tier, and the system actually lets him choose two!
There are passive skills, active skills, and even support skills, truly offering everything one could need.
After looking around, Li Muyang finally chose two talents: ‘Time Stop’ and ‘Hidden Sword in the Belly’.
Time Stop could be used to eliminate minor enemies with ease.
The flying sword skill, guaranteed to hit its target and with a 50% chance of instant death, would be used against bosses with high health.
These two skills together made him nearly invincible.
Having selected his talents, Li Muyang clicked confirm.
He looked forward eagerly to the sinister and eerie Loushan City in his view, curious about what the tutorial and this Fairy Liuli were really like.
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