The fairies I flirted with in the game became real?!

Inside the teahouse, the Sloppy Taoist known as Ancient Profound Master laughed uproariously as he recounted the great battle that took place in the Refinement Demon Sect that night.

He could even name the powerful being from the Qian family, describing the night's battle so vividly it was as though he had been there watching.

"... Poor Ying Qing bore a hatred as deep as the sea, having obtained from somewhere a secret technique for refining corpses and driving ghosts, turning all the Qian family's dragon corpses into undying puppets."

"To control so many dragon corpse puppets alone, he even burned his Primordial Spirit and sealed off his own fate, seeking only to annihilate the entire Refinement Demon Sect."

"But unfortunately, the successive upheavals disrupted his plans."

"The Tianxin Elder, who he had brought along to aid him in battle, unexpectedly fled with the demon Li Muyang who caused havoc within the Refinement Demon Sect."

"Ying Qing, left alone within the Refinement Demon Sect, had to face the slaughter of all the sect's demon cultivators. From the outset, he sustained severe injuries, which greatly weakened the army of dragon corpse puppets when they finally arrived."

"Not to mention the Thousand-Eyed Blood God awakened by the Ancestor of Demon Refinement, an ancient fierce deity that was apparently dead, yet its corpse still retained some brutal divine power."

"That Thousand-Eyed Blood God devoured all living beings within the Refinement Demon Sect and repelled the undead army of the Qian family's dragon corpses."

"Although the Thousand-Eyed Blood God accomplished Ying Qing's plan for revenge by exterminating the entire Refinement Demon Sect, the most important foe, the Ancestor of Demon Refinement who had poisoned the Qian family many years ago, managed to escape at a critical moment and survived."

"Uh... but now, it's hard to say whether the Ancestor of Demon Refinement is alive or dead."

"Even though he was once a powerful figure, he now runs crying madly through the wilderness, it was reported some even saw him incontinent, running and defecating at the same time, a terrifying sight indeed!"

"More terrifying than death itself!"

The Sloppy Taoist shook his head and pinched his nose, lamenting continuously.

After finishing, he repeated his old trick, addressing the crowd.

"If any of you wish to know more details and secrets, feel free to seek me out in private. Just a small fee, and I guarantee you'll get the firsthand information."

The Sloppy Taoist chuckled with a sly smile, as expected drawing a round of jeers.

His stories were clearly the same old tales everyone in this small town had already heard and spread around.

This Sloppy Taoist thought to swindle money by elaborating on them, clearly mad for money.

The teahouse was filled with curses.

But the Sloppy Taoist, clutching his beard with a grin, was utterly unbothered, his skin thick to the extreme.

Guan Xiaoshun, in the crowd, watched the dirty Sloppy Taoist with some hesitation.

He twirled the Qiankun Ring on his finger, thinking of approaching the Sloppy Taoist to ask about the Qian family elder's matters and the whereabouts of his senior brother Li Muyang.

Being far away when he heard about the happenings within the Refinement Demon Sect, the young man felt as though the sky had collapsed.

He never expected that after his senior brother sent him away, such an earth-shattering event would take place.

Entering the Treading Snow Peak, destroying the millennium-old Black Prison, he even forced the real body of the sect's ancestral grandfather, the Ancestor of Demon Refinement, to emerge.

Had it not been for Senior Brother Li's interference, who could have guessed that all the past Sect Masters of the Refinement Demon Sect were actually the same person!

But all this was just the beginning of that battle.

Later, the army of the Qian family's dragon corpse puppets stormed into the sect, the Ancestor of Demon Refinement awoke the corpse of an ancient divine being which then lost control at a crucial moment and slaughtered all the disciples of the Refinement Demon Sect...

Now in the Refinement Demon Sect, all that remained were ruins and the empty skeletal remains of the dragons.

Although the sect's battalions were still present in various cities and lands, they had fallen into a headless state.

It was said that some had attempted to rob the frenzied Ancestor of Demon Refinement in the wilderness, trying to force the secret of his thousand-year longevity out of him.

However, the insane Ancestor of Demon Refinement exhibited a monstrous strength.

Each time the blood pupils behind him opened, no matter how advanced your cultivation was, you'd be instantly devoured by the blood pupils.

Now that the Refinement Demon Sect had been destroyed and nearly all of its powerful disciples dead, the many great sects of both the Immortal and Demon paths were restless.

Even ordinary loose cultivators dared to wander near the region of the Refinement Demon Sect, searching for opportunities.

As an inner sect disciple clad in white robes of the Refinement Demon Sect, Guan Xiaoshun had now disguised himself, transforming into an unremarkable loose cultivator.

He sought to discover the whereabouts of Brother Li and also cared about the condition of the senior who was the Jiaolong.

Both of these individuals were deeply indebted to him.

But just as Guan Xiaoshun stood in the teahouse, before he had a chance to approach the sloppy Taoist, he suddenly stiffened, feeling a powerful oppressive gaze land on him from within the crowd.

Guan Xiaoshun remained rigid for several seconds before cautiously turning his head, only to find a gaunt, pale man standing amidst the busy street filled with passersby.

As their eyes met, Guan Xiaoshun was greatly startled.

He immediately chased after him, "Senior!"

The moment he called out this title, Guan Xiaoshun suddenly felt everything around him rapidly receding.

Before he knew it, he was within a streak of escaping light, swiftly moving through the crowded marketplace.

And those people pushed behind him by his passage remained entirely unaware.

In almost the blink of an eye, Guan Xiaoshun found himself in a bamboo grove outside the city.

The place was desolate and quiet, devoid of any human presence.

The gloomy sky shrouded in dark clouds cast a desolate and eerie light upon the bamboo forest.

But Guan Xiaoshun paid no mind to the sinister atmosphere of the bamboo forest.

He anxiously stepped forward, bowing to the mysterious man before him.

"Senior! My Brother Li... do you know where Brother Li has gone?"

Upon seeing the senior, Guan Xiaoshun's first thought was of Brother Li.

The senior's cultivation was formidable, and having been involved in the battle that night, he certainly must know where the old man Tianxin had taken Brother Li, right?

Urgency was written all over the youth's face.

While the solitary and desolate figure of Ying Qing, the Green Wood Jiaolong, slowly and wearily exhaled a breath of turbid air.

He did not turn around, simply gazing quietly into the distance, he said,

"… As for where your Brother Li has gone, I have no knowledge."

"But if you ask old man Tianxin, he surely knows."

"It's just that for you to seek out old man Tianxin right now… heh…"

Ying Qing laughed softly and turned to face the young man, continuing, "Kid, I wiped out your entire Refinement Demon Sect and even drove your venerated ancestor to madness, ruining your sect's lineage."

"You were supposed to be a high and lofty inner sect disciple, but now because of me, you're in hiding, not daring to show your face; why do you not hate me upon seeing me?"

Ying Qing's eyes were both amused and curious.

To this, Guan Xiaoshun fell into a silent moment before he sighed.

"If it were not for the senior's guidance, I would still be that cowherd boy in the mountains."

"Moreover, the senior has already compensated me; the secret techniques and cultivation methods the senior transmitted to me..."

The moment the Refinement Demon Sect faced a drastic upheaval, Guan Xiaoshun became clear about many things.

Furthermore, he never held much allegiance to the Refinement Demon Sect.

To him, whether it was the senior or Brother Li, they mattered far more than the sect.

Therefore, upon encountering Ying Qing, the young man had no sense of devastation about the destruction of the sect.