Chapter 28 – Degree twenty

After Ye Zhou acquired his traditional IV and therapeutic massage, he lay in his room, listening to soothing music to be able to loosen up his thoughts. He wanted to permit his mind to relaxation as shortly as attainable, and never enable his gaming to have an effect on his high quality of sleep.

After listening to music for some time, Ye Zhou’s abdomen gurgled, however he didn’t pay it any thoughts.

In a short time, his abdomen made a number of noises in a row. Ye Zhou frowned. It couldn’t be that he was hungry?

Fascinated about the phrase ‘hungry’, Ye Zhou’s urge for food out of the blue surged up just like the tide. He discovered he actually, actually needed to eat one thing.

His urge for food had at all times been poor, and really not often did this occur to him.

It… could be effective if he ate a bit of bit, proper?

With the controls on his automated wheelchair, he got here to the elevator and rode it all the way down to the kitchen on the primary flooring. There wasn’t any ready meals within the kitchen. He discovered a cucumber and a tomato and began munching on them contentedly.

After consuming them, he felt no discomfort in his abdomen, and as a substitute solely obtained hungrier.

Ye Zhou dug out the egg fryer and cooked himself a fried egg scorching with oil. When he was about to eat it, the housekeeper discovered him.

“What are you doing?” she stated in shock.

Ye Zhou may solely eat liquid meals and will by no means eat something at night time. This fried egg lined with grease would give him a stomachache for the entire night time.

Seeing somebody uncover him, Ye Zhou stuffed the entire fried egg in his mouth. It was nonetheless a bit too scorching, however so long as he ate it quick, nobody would steal meals out of his mouth.

The housekeeper knew that she couldn’t dissuade Ye Zhou, and he or she couldn’t take away meals that was already eaten both, so she instantly gave a name to Ye Zhou’s driver, and a gaggle of individuals rushed Ye Zhou to the hospital.

“I’m effective, actually,” Ye Zhou stated helplessly. He had an inexplicable feeling that he wouldn’t have any downside with consuming this meals.

He was despatched to the emergency room and given an pressing check-up, however all the outcomes turned out regular with no signal of any issues. His digestive system was functioning similar to an abnormal particular person’s, digesting meals with out subject. As a result of he had gone too lengthy with out consuming regular meals, his digestive system was weaker than regular, however he would solely need to eat smaller meals extra typically because it strengthened.

After lots of hustle and bustle, Ye Zhou was again dwelling and mendacity on his personal mattress, nonetheless feeling a little bit of disbelief. It appeared like his physique actually was enhancing little by little.

As Ye Zhou slept soundly, all of the gamers of 9 Heavens had already gone offline, leaving Dugu Zhuo alone throughout the huge recreation world.

Because the programmers started to confirm the sport knowledge, the atmosphere round Dugu Zhuo stored altering erratically.

At dusk, the sport hadn’t undergone upkeep but, so the city had develop into a den of demons once more. Human and spirit gamers couldn’t linger, in order that they went offline as quickly as they might.

Black Cat caught round for some time, saying he needed to strive cultivating by moonlight once more. He rolled round beneath the moonlight for a bit, and after confirming that he couldn’t achieve a single level of expertise, signed off.

The demons, ghosts, and yao didn’t go on a rampage like that they had the earlier night time. After taking a stroll round city, they progressively moved to the Everlasting Evening District.

Qingyue and Aotian’s buddy, the willow tree yao, took the prospect to steal the essences of some human gamers who hadn’t logged off but and earn just a few extra Sin Factors earlier than shifting alongside to the Everlasting Evening District as effectively.

Tonight, the sport world was peaceable, however the boards had been abuzz.

The gamers who couldn’t be on-line had been all expressing their opinions in numerous threads, some insulting the sport firm, some making guides to the totally different races, and even some posting commercials providing their companies for grinding or promoting in-game objects.

Dugu Zhuo went to see the washerwoman at her tofu workshop. Her look was shifting barely, because it appeared the system was making changes to NPCs.

Seeing her complexion wholesome and her face radiant, Dugu Zhuo, regardless of understanding clearly that she was an NPC, couldn’t assist however really feel reassured anyway.

He headed to the Tanye Temple once more and used a pinch of Black Cat’s fur to achieve entry by means of the facet door. He walked into the principle corridor and noticed the outdated monk tapping on a picket fish once more.

“Nice grasp,” Dugu Zhuo stated. “I had thought I used to be strolling the highway to my finish, however I by no means may’ve imagined that after the tip, there could be a brand new starting.”

He had discovered Ye Zhou, found clues that may result in discovering the fragments of Ye Zhou’s soul, regained the Earthly Soul he had misplaced, and realized the love his mom had felt for him on the moments earlier than her dying. Every of this stuff warmed up his coronary heart which he felt had been deserted by the world.

The outdated monk appeared to not hear his phrases, however Dugu Zhuo didn’t thoughts. He simply needed a goal to precise his ideas to.

“Sadly, some issues that had been ordained by destiny can’t be modified.” Dugu Zhuo’s expression dulled once more.

Maybe, on the conclusion of the primary most important quest, his mom had actually used the ability of Ye Zhou’s soul fragment to come back go to him for a second and resolve lingering attachments, however somebody who was already gone couldn’t come again to life. Ultimately, she would at all times have died in struggling.

“Amitabha. Sir Dugu, we Buddhists domesticate the following life.” The outdated monk set down the picket fish and spoke to Dugu Zhuo.

Dugu Zhuo had already gotten used to NPCs sometimes turning into folks from his unique world. Beforehand, he’d needed to point out phrases like “Pillar of Heaven” and “twin swords of creation” to ensure that the NPCs to alter, however it appeared that was now not wanted.

Grandmaster Tanji earlier than him, Dugu Zhuo faintly had a sense that these folks stored showing due to his personal needs.

The primary time Grandmaster Tanji had appeared, Dugu Zhuo wished to verify his personal identification and know whether or not this recreation world was related to his personal. Thus, Tanji had woken up within the therapeutic sales space monk’s physique.

The second time, he had been battling doubts and needed a solution, thus when he requested a query, Tanji confirmed up.

The third time, when Jiao Yan appeared at Cheng Huang Temple, Dugu Zhuo should’ve desperately needed to learn about his personal previous, and thus woke up somebody with connections to it in that NPC’s physique.

And this time, in a vacant online game and uncertain of his subsequent steps, Dugu Zhuo had needed steering.

Grandmaster Tanji put his palms collectively and greeted him. “Sir Dugu, we meet once more.”

“Nice grasp, what did you simply imply by the following life?” Dugu Zhuo requested.

“This outdated monk had a dream,” Grandmaster Tanji stated. “In it, Sir Dugu had some misunderstandings together with his mom and so they each found they held lingering regrets. With the assistance of Elder Ye Zhou, they had been capable of resolve them.”

“What sort of dream?” At this level, Dugu Zhuo was capable of calmly communicate with this nice monk.

“Within the dream, I used to be an outdated monk who may solely faucet a picket fish and information Sir Dugu to reuniting together with his mom. I don’t bear in mind what Elder Ye Zhou did. All I do know is that he was within the dream.”

“Is that so?” Dugu Zhuo stated. “What which means is there in resolving a misunderstanding after somebody has already died?”

“Naturally there’s which means. After your mom handed away bearing resentment, her soul could be unwilling to enter reincarnation, and finally it will be destroyed. With lingering attachments in her coronary heart, even when she was pressured to reincarnate, she would nonetheless carry resentment into her subsequent life, which might result in new tragedies. Now, she has stated the phrases she had needed to say to you, and has efficiently entered reincarnation. She’s going to absolutely have a lucky subsequent life, and her ache will cease right here.”

Dugu Zhuo set free a small scoff. “Aren’t teachings of the following life a means for monks to con new disciples?”

“Should you imagine in it, then it shall be, however should you don’t, it can’t probably be,” stated Tanji.

“Overlook it,” Dugu Zhuo stated. “At the very least, after listening to you say this, I’m in a greater temper.”

Seeing Dugu Zhuo’s frown fade, Tanji felt gratified and thought again to the issues that had been occurring recently in his world. He stated, “Final time, this monk had mentioned with Sir Dugu over splitting the world. Somewhat over a month has now handed since then, and recently, modifications have been seen within the Netherworld.”

“What sorts of modifications?”

“Maybe due to the destruction of the Pillar of Heaven, an entrance has appeared to the Netherworld which initially was presupposed to be separate from the human realm. This entrance is unusual, although, shrouded within the mists of the Canglan mountains. Yao, demons, and ghosts can enter however not simply exit, whereas people and spirits can exit, however not enter. The yao that had been troubling this outdated monk earlier have principally been drawn to the Netherworld, whereas the few cussed remaining ones had been despatched on by this monk’s disciple.”

“The Everlasting Evening District…” Dugu Zhuo muttered.

“Certainly. The Netherworld actually is a spot of everlasting night time, and with the mists of the Canglan mountains enveloping it, no daylight can go although. The Everlasting Evening Realm is an effective title.”

“Is there a area of everlasting day?” Dugu Zhuo requested.

“There isn’t,” the outdated monk stated. “In spite of everything, this isn’t the primordial age when ten suns hung within the sky, so how may there be everlasting day?”

It appeared there have been factors of similarity between the sport world and his personal world, however every had their very own variations. It was nearly like there was some kind of pressure which borrowed power from the sport world to progressively make modifications to his personal world.

“The dual swords of creation are each destroyed, so who may’ve been capable of management the world barrier on the Canglan mountains to separate off the Netherworld?” Grandmaster Tanji shook his head. “Talking of which, the Netherworld is the house of ghosts, and whereas demons can carve a spot in there with their power, it’s troublesome for yao to seek out sanctuary, and spirits shouldn’t simply proceed to mingle with the human race both…”

Dugu Zhuo stared at Grandmaster Tanji for a bit, then interrupted him. “Nice grasp, you’re nearly like an NPC assigning me duties.”

“Simply what’s an En Pee See?” Grandmaster Tanji requested, wanting curious.

“You don’t have to know.”

Setting apart his curiosity, Grandmaster Tanji gave him an amiable smile.

Reciting “Amitabha” yet one more time, Grandmaster Tanji turned again into the outdated NPC monk.

Dugu Zhuo additionally turned to the surface, out of behavior. The solar was up, and the upkeep had completed.

With out him being conscious of it, the time was now nearly Sishi and Ye Zhou could be on quickly. Dugu Zhuo went to the facet room the place that they had bid farewell final night time to attend for him.

His timing was excellent, and Ye Zhou entered the sport proper when Dugu Zhuo obtained to the room. The very first thing he noticed was Dugu Zhuo, and, filled with vigor, he bounded to Dugu Zhuo’s facet, gave him a high-five, and advised him “Good morning!” in a brilliant voice.

Seeing his smile brightened Dugu Zhuo’s temper as effectively. “Good morning. You look effectively in the present day.”

“In fact! I stuffed myself this morning!” Ye Zhou patted his abdomen contentedly. “Steamed buns are one of many biggest meals on the planet. I haven’t eaten a meat bun in years.”

“Your urge for food has improved?” Dugu Zhuo requested.

“Yeah. Unexpectedly, I can maintain meals down.” Ye Zhou hopped up onto a roof beam and sat on it, swinging his legs cheerfully. “So long as an individual can eat, he’ll suppose there’s nonetheless hope for all times.”

Dugu Zhuo hopped up after him and sat by Ye Zhou’s facet. “You’ll proceed to get higher and higher sooner or later,” he stated gently.

“I can’t hope for that a lot.” Ye Zhou, nonetheless unable to cease his good temper, bumped Dugu Zhuo together with his shoulder.

Dugu Zhuo flippantly stroked Ye Zhou’s lengthy hair and stated, “You’re going to get higher.”

Ye Zhou’s coronary heart began leaping round wildly once more. He hopped down from the beam and stated critically, “I’m going to take a look at how the sport has modified after upkeep.”

Dugu Zhuo’s facet felt empty. So long as he may see Ye Zhou, although, he felt glad, so he leapt down after Ye Zhou and adopted him to discover the sport.

The largest change was that at each location the place quests got, there was now one other NPC on the door. Tanye Temple additionally had a brand new greeter monk in entrance of the place the place incense was provided, and any gamers who needed to finish the incense providing process would solely have to faucet him to open a dialogue field which learn, “Benefactor, select which temple corridor to go to”, adopted by “Corridor 1 (Full)”, “Corridor 2 (Full)” and “Corridor 3 (Out there)”. As quickly as one turned full, a brand new alternative would seem instantly, so gamers would now not have to squeeze and line up.

The Karmic Forest was the identical, and if you had been transported in, you’ll see a dialogue field saying “Karmic Forest 1 is overfull and the Karmic Beasts haven’t any place to cover. Would you prefer to enter Karmic Forest 2/3/4/5”, and so forth.

Different overcrowded areas had additionally acquired this replace.

The sport firm known as this replace the “Myriad Worlds”. The server capability had been expanded indefinitely and a single server may maintain any variety of gamers.

Additionally due to this alteration, 9 Heavens had determined to not open up any new servers in the meanwhile. All gamers would play on one server, making a wealthy and bustling cultivation world.

Because the duo strolled by means of Tanye Temple, they bumped into Black Cat and Lingzhi who had simply logged on, and the 4 set off for the brand new Everlasting Day and Evening Districts which most gamers had been inquisitive about.

Zhulong City had already modified its title to Penglai City. Two boulders had appeared on the northernmost level of city, one white, one black, each shrouded by mysterious mist.

One may flippantly knock on the white stone thrice to be transported to the Everlasting Day District, and on the black stone to enter the Everlasting Evening District.

Aotian and Qingyue had been on by now too, at the moment sight-seeing within the Everlasting Day District. It was an abnormal small village the place the descendants of a sun-worshipping clan lived. The city was bathed in daylight year-round and had an abundance of duties for gaining expertise and coaching spots. Gamers may go to the mountain forests to hunt wild boars, birds, or different small animals for expertise.

Qingyue had requested her buddy Xiaoyao, who reported that the Everlasting Evening District was a bit of the Netherworld, and all of the residents had been fairly unusual as effectively. Timid gamers could be actually against deciding on the Everlasting Evening District, however in fact it was a paradise for horror-lovers.

The Everlasting Evening District additionally had locations to coach. Many beasts dwelled throughout the river of the Netherworld, so they might battle mobs for expertise.

The little city now actually returned to peace and quiet, turning into a transitional place. Earlier than degree 20, gamers of the Everlasting Day District may go to the small city in the course of the day, and the gamers of the Everlasting Evening District at night time.

The mist that had surrounded the city was now a fringe wall which opened to the east and south, permitting gamers degree 10 and as much as go away. Nonetheless, the gamers who had been keen to depart the city the second they hit degree 10 would all die and return inside 5 minutes. It was stated that there have been robbers and bandits and bestial yaos outdoors the partitions, and anybody making an attempt to depart whereas beneath degree 20 was assured to die.

It wasn’t straightforward to achieve degree 20 both. As arduous because the gamers tried, all of them turned caught at degree 19.

With out finishing the max degree cases in both the Everlasting Day or Everlasting Evening District, or finishing a particular process just like the lingzhi or Dugu Zhuo’s social gathering, they might not have the ability to advance.

The social gathering had no degree restrict and adequate expertise factors saved up, and the sport’s upkeep had completed, so all of them leveled up collectively.

With every level-up, a participant’s physique could be enveloped by an excellent halo, and after it pale, their look would change barely.

After three consecutive level-ups, Qingyue regarded rather more stunning than earlier than. She had unreservedly assigned all her stat factors to look. She additionally twirled like she was in the midst of a change sequence and immediately modified her garments to the brand new ones she had acquired from the sport.

She wore a buttercup-yellow gown, jade hairpins adorned with pearls, topaz bracelets, and a pure white storage belt, additional enhancing her magnificence.

In the meantime, Ye Zhou rose in top considerably, his stature altering from that of a 15 or sixteen-year-old youth to a younger man. His top reached 1.8 meters, his facial options growing as effectively.

He had placed on his degree 20 gear, a set of white robes as pure because the snow on a lofty peak, so brilliant it appeared it will damage one’s eyes to look straight at.

Watching Ye Zhou, Dugu Zhuo’s thoughts was clean for some time.