Chapter 806: Heaven Punishment, Qi Tiandi Descends!
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
"Look at that dragon; he only knows how to brag," Sala commented from the crowd.
At this moment, the earliest customers of the shop such as Joseph and Ron walked into the internet café accompanied by their parents. Their parents happened to see this scene and then instructed their sons, "Look at this dragon. Despite his young age, he has begun to show his evil ways. It's hard to say what he will become when he grows up."
"Don't learn any bad habits from that dragon."
"What are you talking about?!" A pair of golden dragon eyes instantly glared over.
"Aiyo! Let's get away!" Joseph's mother pulled her son from the crowd and whispered, "You see? That dragon obviously didn't go online until today. If you don't learn stuff online, you'll end up as a good-for-nothing, just like that dragon."
"Right! Right!" Beside them, Ron's mother encouraged in a low voice, "Son, work hard online!"
Gulth's vision dimmed, and he almost passed out in fury. "..."
...
Then, the youths, such as Joseph and Ron, got busy.
"Mom! I want to buy the Project Skin Series Gift Bag," Ron said in a loud voice, "I want to learn saber techniques from Uncle Yasuo!"
"Then, we'll buy this Project Skin Series Gift Bag."
"Mom, Ron's mom bought him the Project Skin Series Gift Bag. I want to buy the Project Zed Gift Bag!" Beside them, Joseph said.
"I want to buy the Blind Monk Gift Bag!" A young man about the same age as them said in a loud voice.
"I... I want to buy the new champion – Jhin; he is super cool with his gun thing!"
The parents smiled at them affectionately and encouragingly. "No problem. You can have them all!"
Ron's dad even said, "Ron, if you can reach gold, I'll buy you the latest model of the new communication jade!"
"..."
...
While League of Legends went popular in the shops, a TV Series was also warmly received by the viewers.
It was popular not only in the East Continent and the Continent of Immortal Relics but also in the new shop at Canglan City as well.
As the Turbulent Homeland 1 ended and the Turbulent Homeland 2 began, the war in the human world had just ended.
One after another, the ultimate human martial art masters engaged in top-level battles.
On the Sky Ethereal Peak, all the battles came to an end after the two techniques, Heaven's Witness and the Snow-White Sword clashed into each other.
Behind the battle was the life of a warrior who had stunned an entire generation.
Countless heroic figures and exquisite martial art techniques had just begun to show their stunning radiance, adding magnificence and beauty to the arena of the mortal world.
However, at this moment, a true god with an ultimate lofty position and immortality turned his cold gaze toward the human world from the Heaven Realm that only existed in the legends.
Qi Tiandi was born in the Heaven Realm. Proud and self-disciplined, he was the most powerful martial god in the godly palaces of the Heaven Realm.
Like the sun bringing light to the land, he subdued all the demons and conflicts in the unknown universe space, bringing peace to the world.
With one thought, people could turn godly or demonic.
This lofty and emotionless immortal existence was tired of the fights for power and killings in the mortal world. Whenever he looked down on the mortal world from his palace, he always wondered why the heavenly gods tolerated these evil deeds. In his opinion, these filthy and selfish beings didn't deserve defense from the heavenly gods.
So came the following story.
His robe as white as a lotus flower transformed into a battle robe as black as ink.
He turned into the most powerful demon god!
Finally, he decided to destroy the entire filthy mortal world!
Humans... wouldn't know their insignificance and ignorance if they didn't have a taste of the despair of doom.
No one could stop him, not even gods.
Then, heavenly punishment... came!
Having tried new skins and new champions, the customers in the Jiuhua City Shop, Yuanyang City Shop, and Canglan City Shop began to watch the new TV Series which had come to the end of the second season.
As the huge suspense became greater, the viewers sat down to watch the latest episodes as soon as they were released today.
Even the cloud viewers of the famous streamers such as Mr. Dirk and the ordinary streamers such as Dicas of the Magic Union were waiting for the livestream of the episodes shown on the big screens in the shops at night.
"Huh...? What's it with everyone?" Gulth was playing his newly bought dragon king to gain League Points (LP) in ranked games.
During the process, he encountered a happy Yasuo who dashed around the minions for no reason, a Zed who fed the enemies non-stop, a Blind Monk who kept kicking away enemies with low HP, and a Jhin who was the enemies' ATM. These players had all bought new skins.
"Aw-! I'm so furious!" The black dragon was so angry that he almost destroyed the keyboard. Glancing around with his golden eyes, he tried to see if anyone around him was playing any of these champions. If they did, he would go up and beat them.
At this moment, he found that the customers sitting around him had paused playing League of Legends and were doing something else.
From others' screens, he could only see a poster saying that the new TV Series was only shown to paying customers before the public livestream at 8 PM.
Besides, they let out loud exclamations again and again, distracting him from playing League of Legends.
"Hey! You! Tell the great Gulth what is this thing that you are watching so fervently?" Harrison, one of the leaders of the Assassin Brotherhood, was watching the new TV Series. He turned his head and saw a black half-dragon and half-human face and a pair of chilly golden eyes staring at him coldly like a demon looking down on the human world.
Undoubtedly, any humans, even the saint-level masters, would shiver involuntarily when they saw these horrifying eyes since they seemed to symbolize a prehistoric catastrophe!
"Ahha... it is the Bragging Dragon!" Harrison said casually.
"Who's the Bragging Dragon?!" Gulth roared fiercely.
"Then, have you found your treasures?" Other people looked at him with a funny expression on their faces.
"I... I found several hiding places for my treasures!" Gulth roared, "Those damn adventurers! All my treasures were stolen by those damn adventurers!"
"Are your treasure-hiding places called Gutuns' Secret Vault?" A girl who appeared to be a young noble lady asked.
"How did you know?!"
The young noble lady took out a novel about knights and replied, "It's written in the book! Bragging Dragon! Do you think that we never read this book before?!"
The surrounding people all looked at him and laughed.
Several aristocratic ladies passed him with their children and immediately instructed them, "When you grow up, remember never to act like this dragon. He is lazy online and doesn't even know the most popular new TV Series."
"What new TV Series?! How come I don't know about it?!" Glancing at Harrison's screen, he saw that the latter was watching the end of the 46th episode of the second season.
Instantly, he activated the 46th episode and shouted, "I... I've come to this episode too! The great Gulth is low-profiled. Unlike you, I don't yell and scream while I watch it."
Then, he began to watch as well.
Chapter 807: You Did Your Best, Small God in the Mortal World!
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
"What's so good about this TV Series?" Gulth mumbled while he watched.
When mentioning Qi Tiandi, another demon god had to be talked about as well.
Coming from the Sense Realm, it was the ruler of the world condensed by evil intentions and obsessions from the mortal world; its name was Xuan Mo.
The Alternate Dimensional Demon Realm created by Qi Tiandi made him want to descend in the mortal world and destroy it.
On the other hand, the ruler of the Sense Realm wanted to plant evil spirits of the Sense Realm into human bodies and occupy the mortal world.
Therefore, humans were stuck between the two forces which ruined the mortal world with endless disasters and horrifying catastrophes.
If the mortal world was destroyed, the Sense Realm wouldn't be able to occupy it, so the two demon gods also fought each other.
"Godly power subdues all regions, and thunder and lightning must give way to it." Lightning bolts shot down like beams, and flames poured down like rain. A big figure seemed to appear from the endless dark abyss. Evil lights appeared first, and five lightning bolts dropped. At the same time, an extremely grand voice echoed across the world. "Rule the land as a conqueror, and suppress all heroes as the pride of Heaven!"
"Hiss-! This being!?" Gulth widened his eyes as he looked at the demon god which seemed to come from the world of fierce ghosts. Emitting chilly and evil presence totally different from that of the mortal world, it appeared with an arrogance that stunned the world.
This was definitely not the presence of humans. With only one look, Gulth felt the horror of this presence, which only the evilest demon gods could possess.
When the booted feet landed on the ground, explosions appeared as if the land couldn't bear this great force.
Boom!
Crack!
"My Demon Dragon God..." Demon Dragon Gulth exclaimed in a low voice, "The ground explodes with each step it takes..."
Immediately, he covered his mouth and looked around, seeing several people staring at him.
"Why are you staring at me?!" Demon Dragon Gulth said while sparks flew out of his mouth. "Look! The great Gulth feels nothing when watching the so-called gods and demons! You guys yelled so much when you watched it."
"This demon god appeared, but I'm not afraid of it at all. I even want to eat a spicy stick. Roar! Roar!" After picking up a spicy stick, he waved it at the people who were staring at him as if he was showing them that the great Gulth wasn't a cowardly dragon!
You guys slandered me!
Although Gulth couldn't afford to buy all the skins for the time being, as a prehistoric demon dragon, he had enough money to buy spicy sticks.
...
Everyone turned their heads back and continued to watch the TV Series.
At this moment, above the endless void and at the end of space and time, there was a radiant golden godly palace which was as dazzling as the sun. With winding creeks running through, it had pillars as tall as the sky. From the radiant palace, the loftiest existence cast a gaze at the mortal world.
The homeland of humans sunk. With the sky pillars destroyed, the sky had collapsed.
The barrier between gods and humans had a huge crack in it.
A part of this being's senses and strength descended to the mortal world.
Saint Demon Vital Embryo; it was the body that Qi Tiandi made for himself in the mortal world. Like an erupting volcano, he spat out a horrifying and destructive demonic force.
The sun and the moon vanished from the world as if everything had entered the complete dark chaos.
A grand demon god figure that was as huge as a great mountain was slowly injected into the vital embryo.
Dressed in a black robe that had unworldly magnificence, he looked dignified with the highest nobleness. While raising his hands as if embracing the rising sun, he looked at the filthy mortal world with disdain and cold solemnness.
This ultimate martial god had also descended in the mortal world!
Landing lightly on his toes, the moment that this demon god touched the world, the land couldn't take its heavenly force and instantly lost balance!
Catastrophic storms swept up with vicious force!
Violent gusts blew up his long hair and revealed his face, so perfect that one would think it wasn't supposed to be a part of this world.
Like shock waves of nuclear explosions, winds instantly devoured everything in the whole world, including the humans, demons, and beings from the Sense Realm... Regardless if they were masters or average mortals, no matter what cultivation strength they had, they all exploded into bloody foam!
The land under his feet cracked and then collapsed.
Crack-! An earth-shaking explosion came; it was the sound of earth breaking open!
Boom-! Seawater surged up for tens of thousands of meters with booming sounds; these were the roars of the ocean!
Meteorites fell on land, huge mountains collapsed, and lava gushed out from underground. Everything in the mortal world was being destroyed. This was the doomsday that no one could resist or escape!
At this moment, the viewers felt their minds turning blank.
Their minds were completely occupied by this horrifying sight and couldn't contain anything else!
Even one glance of this sight gave them a deep sense of despair as if the endless darkness had devoured their bodies and souls.
This was the most shocking scene in the mortal world and the saddest elegy for humans!
Before such a power, no one had the slightest intention to resist.
However, facing such giant and destructive horror, the other demon god moved.
Thunderstorm condensed on the ancient and heavy halberd with forces of Yin-Yang and thunder. The lights from the halberd and lightning bolts tore open the darkness in the world, and the halberd shot out the moment that Qi Tiandi landed in the mortal world!
Evil lightning bolts exploded with a dazzling gloomy light, and then they bounced back abruptly.
At this moment, Qi Tiandi seemed to have just injected his awareness from the Heaven Realm into his vital embryo. He slowly opened his eyes.
He was motionless.
No wind could flutter his clothes. His gaze landed on the entire mortal world as if he spared no attention to the other demon god standing before him, and he said indifferently, "The mortal world got filthy again!"
The halberd waved in the sky, condensing blazing flames and flashing lightning bolts. Anything entered would be destroyed. Like a horrifying vortex, true lightning energy stirred ultimate blazing sun energy current into the halberd. The ultimately firm and bright essence was locked into one point in the halberd as soon as it was waved! It condensed into one!
At this moment, Qi Tiandi lightly launched a palm strike.
"You did your best, small god in the mortal world."
The heavenly presence collapsed as if the sky was falling! In the next moment, everyone saw Xuan Mo, the demon god with unrivaled power, fly backward as its physical body was destroyed instantly!
It died without a fight!
At this moment, not only Gulth but all the other viewers opened their mouths wide as if they wanted to scream with great horror but couldn't since their chests were squished by a huge mountain or a hand was strangling their throats.
They couldn't let out even a whimper; they couldn't even breath.
At this moment, all of them felt horrified and felt like they were tiny ants.
Chapter 808: Time Boils the Rain
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
"As horrifying as that!" In the new shop at the East Continent, a demon dragon put down the virtual reality headset and pointed at the screen in a daze. He shouted, "Ah...! A god-level master! He is... so horrifying!"
The whole shop was silent except for the wild roars of the demon dragon, who was shivering uncontrollably.
At this moment, Mr. Fang walked up. "I say, what's wrong with you, Dragon?! Look at the people around you; they are all watching quietly, and only you are screaming in fear!"
"As a dragon, how come you're so cowardly?!"
Gulth immediately shut up and looked around cautiously.
Sure enough, everyone was watching the TV Series earnestly and motionlessly.
None of them screamed in fear.
Gulth turned silent.
Then, he glanced at Swein and Hematon who were sitting across from him. They were also silent.
Is the great Gulth the most cowardly one?!
"I... I'm going to the bathroom!" Demon Dragon Gulth yelled.
Then, with a hand on the chair to support his weight, he slowly stood up.
At this moment, Swein and Hematon, who were sitting across from Gulth exchanged a look. "..."
Their feet under the desks were making thudding sounds.
They shivered uncontrollably.
"Mr. Swein, can you get up...?"
Swein's expression didn't change. "Not... now!"
"..."
...
Fang Qi had only three-day access to the system's new cultivation room which had been reopened.
In the cultivation room, the figures that he knew as well as his own hands gradually became alive and then dimmed out one by one.
Saber, sword, and other kinds of weapons shone brightly with their unique lights.
Then, a dignified and noble figure dressed in a luxurious black robe gradually solidified before him and waved his hands. "God's Hand!"
"God's Vortex!"
"God's Thunder!"
"..." With a dark expression, Mr. Fang fell instantly.
The cultivation ended.
[Synchronization Rate: 0%
Technique Synchronization Rate: 0%
Experience Points Obtain: 0]
"Hu..." Mr. Fang exhaled deeply.
Lately, Fang Qi livestreamed and cultivated in the morning and continued cultivation in the afternoon and during the night almost every day.
Unlike before, he no longer used his free time on entertainment or leisure outings.
A pale blue crescent decorated the pitch-black nightly sky. It was late in the night.
While wiping sweat off his forehead, he took out a bottle of Coke and gulped it down.
In this late hour, Fang Qi's communication beeped unexpectedly.
The message came from the shop in Jiuhua City.
Upon walking into the Jiuhua City Shop, he saw some young people soundly asleep with their heads on the computer desks. The high-level cultivators such as An Huwei walked over immediately when they saw Fang Qi.
"Why are they sleeping here?" Mr. Fang asked.
They were mostly disciples of Lingyun Academy, including Song Qingfeng and Xi Qi.
Xu Zixin and other girls were also here.
"Come here and check this out." Nalan Mingxue beckoned at him. "Tell me what you think of this promotional video."
With that said, she opened a newly made video on her computer. Since they could buy related programs and software in Qzone, it wasn't impossible for them to make videos.
However, it wasn't easy for them who thought of nothing but combat techniques and cultivation strength...
In fact, Mr. Fang was surprised since he had expected that they would give up after a while.
The first thing that he saw in the video was a pale blue butterfly flying by. The snow-white scene had a cleanness unique to girls.
Then, there were more colors. With the background music named 'Time Boils the Rain', the images and clips from every game appeared on the screen in some clumsy and bland manner.
"The wind blows, and the rain becomes flowers."
In a calm and bland tone, the video told a story about their first encounter with Resident Evil that year.
Also, they had created many heroic stories of their own in Diablo.
Excitement flashed in their eyes at the first sight of the sword control technique, but the sadness and melancholy replaced the excitement at the end of the game.
The scenes of guilds gathering and battling in the Royal City in the Legend of Mir 2 were still fresh in their minds.
They felt like it was only yesterday when a group of people wildly slammed the buttons and swung the joysticks while playing the King of Fighters in the arcane game room in Mr. Fang's Qzone.
They experienced the thrill when Dungeon Fighter Online opened the first server and the shock in the first PvP battle in the dojo.
For the first time, the second time, the third time... they met players from all over the world and became friends.
Then, in the world that was even bigger named World of Warcraft, they met so many friends from the West Continent for the first time.
Like stories in a long scroll, they recorded their joys, touching moments, coming of new friends, and parting of old ones. The stories ended with group photos imprinted in their memories.
If they looked carefully, they might be able to find one or two familiar faces and the pure and sincere smiles.
"Heavy snow, I beg you, please don't erase the traces of our past."
"The heavy snow can't erase the memory that we left for each other."
Looking at these immature people sleeping carelessly on the computer desks in the internet café...
No... time flew, and they could no longer be called immature people even though they were still young.
The young people in the past had shed their youthful clumsiness, and in its place was a maturity belonging to adults.
Perhaps they were tired.
With a smile, Mr. Fang realized that he had known these people for years without noticing it.
"What's the hurry? We can have events anytime you want."
"We can have events anytime we want, but if we miss a certain day, we'll have to wait for another year."
Mr. Fang looked baffled, "What day?"
Nalan Mingxue looked at him curiously, "You don't know?"
"No..." Mr. Fang glanced at the familiar faces. "It's just one year; it's not like you have to wait for hundreds of years."
He yawned and was obviously fatigued. "Go get some rest; there're many extra rooms in my shop."
He pointed at the young people who were sleeping on the desks and said, "Don't sleep here; you will all catch colds."
"By the way, what activities have you planned?"
"You'll know when it's time." Nalan Mingxue looked at the dark sky outside the shop, and her bright eyes seemed to merge into the depths of the starry night.
She looked back at the screen, and an indescribable melancholy rose in her heart.
For one moment, she wished that the stories they had compiled could be longer. These were their stories of youth even though the people in the stories mostly began at high points and gradually turned average, just like her."
However, no one said that they couldn't praise and appreciate average people.
...
At this moment, together with Yu Zhiwei, Xiao Yulv, and other staff, Mr. Fang and these people carried these men and women, sleeping like logs, to the rooms.
Suddenly, Song Qingfeng jumped up from his chair and shouted, "Wow... Penta Kill!"
"Penta Kill? Where's the Penta Kill?"
"Where?!" With a shiver, they all woke up and looked over with keen interest.
Chapter 809: Official Partnership, Secret Big Prizes Await You!
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
Without high intelligence and unusual talents, people couldn't become cultivators or warriors. Even the worst warrior or cultivator was at the top level of all mortals.
Besides, there were some outstanding figures among them.
The younger generation led by Li Haoran in the Wuwei Daoist Alliance had studied the new stuff for a long time.
The video wasn't only completed, it had a high quality.
Apart from this, these cultivators also spent lots of time and energy on researching the new communication jade.
The current communication jade not only could connect with QQ and livestreams but also could access websites and the Post Bar. At least, people could easily use the simple functions on the communication jade.
Right now, they were studying how to use the array engravings in spiritual artifacts to copy the functions of the 'smartphones' in the games.
At this moment, Li Haoran held a small array disk with complicated engraved arrays in one hand and a program language book in another.
Then, a message popped up on his communication jade.
"The planning of the event is done?"
...
– In the Heavenly Faction at the East Continent –
"A new event?"
The most productive time of the day was the morning, and most factions in the Continent of the Immortal Village (East Continent) and the Continent of Immortal Relics had the tradition of doing morning cultivation.
The sun rose in the east, and the purple essence from the east was beneficial to the cultivators who were accumulating essence.
It was dawn. In the Heavenly Faction, Elder Senior Sister Yu Yin walked toward the faction square with a newly purchased communication jade in her hand. She was engrossed in the content in it.
"Oh, Senior Sister? You bought this new communication jade too?" Beside her, a junior sister who was about 15 years and had a bun asked in surprise.
"Yeah." She touched the screen of the thin communication jade in her palm to browse the Post Bar. "I'm reading the top post."
The junior sister also took out her communication jade. "Pinned post? Official partnership event? Memories of Bygone Years?"
"Huh? It's posted in all the big post bars... I'll check it out."
...
At this moment, many players in the old shops such as the Half City Shop and Yuanyang City Shop also noticed this new event.
"Event time... 9 AM March 28th? Isn't it today?" It was 6 AM, and Gu Tingyun was sitting in his courtyard. While sipping iced red tea, he read the message in the Post Bar on his communication jade. "Official partnership event?"
Until now, the shop hadn't hosted many events. The only one that Gu Tingyun participated in was the StarCraft World Championship Series in which he had won a golden 'spiritual boat' that was called a Corsair, and it was now parked on the side of the cliff.
Gu Tingyun had been sipping tea leisurely. When he saw the message, he instantly sat up from his armchair. "An new event?!
"But what does official partnership event mean...?"
He continued to read. "This event is sponsored by the Origins Internet Club. The prizes are provided by Origins Internet Club and the organizer."
"The event venue is the special virtual event venue in Qzone of the Origins Internet Club."
"This event will be broadcasted live in the official livestream channel."
"The players who can't participate in this event may enter the activity quiz of this event through the new communication jade and win special prizes."
"This event..." Gu Tingyun looked at his communication jade and murmured, "It seems bigger than the last in previous years..."
In the past events, the players who didn't participate in the competitions were viewers, and they had to bring their own snacks and drinks. But in this event, the viewers would be able to participate in the so-called activity quiz and win good prizes?!
Then, he read on. "Participants of the event have the opportunity to draw red packets that contains membership cards with game time from 1 to 10 hours."
...
Jiang Xiaoyue was also reading the post on the communication jade with widened-eyes. "The opportunity to win a big gift bag of snacks in the shop?!"
She covered her small mouth with her small hand while her eyes opened wide. "My goodness! A big snack gift bag!"
In the past, even when she obtain a good rank in the activities hosted by the shop owner, she used to get only a small bag of snacks.
It was infuriating!
But in this new event, even the people who didn't win a good rank had the chance to get a big gift bag of snacks?!
"I'll participate in the event!" Xiaoyue, who was still in the Heavenly Faction as an exchange student, exclaimed immediately.
"Then, what are the prizes for the winners...?"
Eagerly, she continued to read. "The winners will receive a 'big mystery gift bag' provided by Mr. Fang?!"
"The first place in the comprehensive ranking will get a mystery prize hand-picked by the shop owner!?"
It must be noted that the players in the new shops at the East Continent and the West Continent had never participated in the shop's activities before!
The artifact masters of the Heavenly Faction in the East Continent and the mages and dwarven craftsmen in the West Continent were especially envious of the players in the old shops for their prizes, like the 'Corsair' spiritual boat, gauss gun, and runewords, etc.
When the East Continent cultivators, who were just getting into Jade Dynasty recently, heard that a female cultivator in the Jiuhua City Shop had gotten the Black Snow Immortal Sword, they were green with envy!
"Let's see the contents of this event?!" Sitting cross-legged, Elder Xiao Yunhe of the Heavenly Faction was now doing his morning cultivation and deep breathing.
A streak of purple essence entered with the pale-golden morning sunlight that shined in.
He had a communication jade in his hands. "Inhale...!
"Exhale...?
"Let me check out the content of this event... Inhale...!
Without thinking, he read it out aloud, "The first activity... Ready Musician One."
"Dungeon Fighter Online, the Legend of Sword and Fairy, World of Warcraft, League of Legends... Which piece of music in the games is your favorite? Do you practice singing or instruments privately? Please sing or play it."
"The player with the highest points will receive Mr. Fang's big mystery gift bag; the other participants with good ranks will each receive the latest model of communication jade which hasn't been released in the market yet. This type of communication jades contains the Wuwei Alliance's latest spiritual artifact technology which can break illusion spells and achieve facial recognition of the owners."
"Hiss... there's such a communication jade?"
But it seems like I'm not fit for this activity?
After a moment of consideration, Xiao Yunhe continued reading.
"The second activity... memories hidden in your heart."
"Write down the incident that touched you the most in the games, and it is better if you have pictures to go with the writing. The winner will receive a big mystery gift bag provided by Mr. Fang; the other participants with good ranks will each receive a mimic of godly items, including the Tianya Godly Sword, Seven Tribulation Dragon-Slaying Sword, Sky River Sword. and Seven-Star Sword created by the Wuwei Alliance."
"The third activity, Ready Player One."
"It's time to show off the true skills. Do you want to prove that you're a true core player? Let's search for the high-level skills or Easter eggs in the games!"
"Each player can choose only one game. The winners and the second place will receive the same prizes as above. Mr. Fang will provide two prizes for this activity and only one for the other activities. The other participants with good ranks will receive mimics of a classic item in the corresponding game or all skins for all champions in the new game – League of Legends."
"The no.1 in the comprehensive ranking will get a mystery prize hand-picked by Mr. Fang."
"Are you ready? Come and get the big mysterious gifts!"
"..." Xiao Yunhe looked at this event thoughtfully. "I'll participate in the third activity!"
Chapter 810: Getting Drunk and Dreaming of Immortal Nectar
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
Although the announcement of the new event was posted quite late, the shops were bursting with people in the early morning.
Even the new shop at the East Continent had a full house.
Through Qzone, all the customers could enter the event zone which could accommodate over 100,000 people and give the viewers a seat number automatically. As for the people who couldn't enter the event zone or couldn't even get online due to the large number of customers, they could watch the event through the official livestream platform.
People could get 1,000 penguin beans by logging into the livestream platform, and they could win more penguin beans through betting on their favorite contestants. The penguin beans could be eventually used to redeem gifts.
Sala glanced at the gift shop and saw that some items were placed at the most prominent positions.
"The Sky Outfit, the rare outfit that no one can get anymore in Dungeon Fighter Online?"
"All skins of all champions in League of Legends?!"
"The Collector's Edition Game Gift Bag that contains ten classic games?!"
There was a group of other dazzling gifts under them.
At the bottom was the consolation prize of one-hour game time which could be bought with only one penguin bean (limited to one for each player).
[TL Note: QQ's logo is a penguin, and the currency that it uses is called penguin bean.]
The elves exchanged a look of excitement. "Is the shop owner giving away gifts at a great cost to himself?!"
"The shop owner always gives us discounts and free stuff. I'm a little uncomfortable taking them..." Rowling mumbled.
"What are you talking about?" Elina from the Assassin Brotherhood and some knights from the Golden Griffin Knight Legion had just acquired the tickets to the new event in Qzone, and they came over to buy instant noodles and beverages when they suddenly heard these comments. "What are you talking about?"
"We were saying that the shop owner had been giving us many gifts lately," the elves said uneasily, "Seeing so many gifts from him this time, I think we should give him some gifts too in return."
"You think so too?!" Helen said in surprise.
"I think so too!" Dicas said from nearby.
"What should we give him then...?" Since the event hadn't begun yet, they took the time to discuss.
...
With many viewers coming to the event, the venue was bursting with people. The players who had registered for the activities thronged in the shops.
However, as the planner of this event, Nalan Mingxue wasn't a careless person. Before the participants took seats, they received a questionnaire which had different questions for different shops.
Sala, still in the discussion, also received it.
"Participation Qualifier Questionnaire...?" Sala read the questionnaire in her communication jade. "The first question. In League of Legends, one champion is closely related to Assassin's Creed. He likes to say..."
"Huh...? League of Legends? Assassin's Creed?!" Sala looked at the questionnaire and read the question again before glancing the four answers.
"a) In carnage, I bloom, like a flower in the dawn."
"b) Don't you trust me?"
"c) Live and die by the blade.."
"d) You'd wish the world you know to end! Yeeeesssss...."
"Um... this question..." Sala thought for a second. "It's not difficult for me!"
She quickly chose an answer and read the next question.
"In World of Warcraft, which of the following plays is correct? You may choose more than one answer)."
"a) When a warrior casta Taunt, shouting 'Hey! Bastard!'"
"b) A mage casts Polymorph on a enemy with low HP."
"c) When cornered, a paladin jumps off the cliff and casts Holy Shield on himself."
"d) Sell Shining Silver Breastplate for five gold pieces."
"Um... this..." Sala and other elves rubbed their foreheads. "Let me think..."
Before the event began, all the shops were quiet. Obviously, everyone was busy answering questions.
As the technical director, Li Haoran sat before a computer with a solemn expression.
As the producer, Mr. Fang sat next to him.
Li Haoran said, "This is the first automatic grading program made by our Wuwei Alliance. But we tested it many times, and I'm sure it will be fine."
...
Soon, Sala received a prompt. "Oh! I got 87 points! I passed!"
"I got 91 points! I passed too!" Rowling said in pleasant surprise.
"I got 90!" Nearby, Elina was feeling smug.
Then, they exclaimed in joy, "Does it mean that we can enter the event that will grant us prizes?"
"Look! I think the event is beginning!" In pleasant surprise, Sala pointed at the huge stage in the center that looked dazzling under the illumination of lights.
In a series of passionate cheers, two figures floated down from the depths of the fireworks in the sky.
"Time is like a song."
"Time flies."
Dressed in a bright green long dress, the alluring and cute woman on the left said, "It has been years since we worked together last time."
Standing beside her was an ethereal-looking woman dressed in snow-white clothes. Her beautiful eyes glanced around as she said, "Indeed. It has been years since we met last time. But we meet again today in another big venue with a big crowd."
"We thank all the Daoist friends who squeezed out time from your busy schedules to attend this event." Fairy Qing Yun slightly bowed.
"Fairy Qing Yun, are you thrilled now?" Ning Bi asked her teasingly.
Fairy Qing Yun patted her chest and said, "I'm excited. In fact, I didn't expect that there would be so many people here."
Ning Bi looked reminiscent. "I remember that the people in the last event was less than one-fourth of the current audience, right?"
"Right." Fairy Qing Yun nodded and said, "I thought that it was a huge crowd. But from the looks of it, I was too naïve back then."
"Of course, this event has even bigger prizes than before!" Ning Bi said, "But we can tell you that today's event is extraordinary."
"It has a special meaning!" Fairy Qing Yun said with a nod, "For now, we'll keep this special meaning a secret."
Then, she continued, "In fact, I've been envious of Daoist Friend Ning Bi. Do you know why?
"The Legend of Mir 2, Dungeon Fighter Online, the Legend of Sword and Fairy, World of Warcraft, League of Legends... Having played all of them, Daoist Friend Ning Bi must have experienced much more unforgettable moments than I did."
"There are also many unforgettable songs."
"Which is your favorite, Fairy Qing Yun?" Ning Bi asked.
"Um... I like the songs in the Legend of Sword and Fairy, especially Immortal Dream."
"Oh, the next song is probably related to the Legend of Sword and Fairy," Ning Bi said.
"Let's welcome Elder Su Tianji up to the stage!"
Then, they left the stage gracefully.
"Huh? Elder Su?"
"I wonder if she will fall to the ground on her face when she lands..." People talked among themselves animatedly.
"Maybe a chest will appear and eat Elder Su..." a large group of haters brought up her shameful past.
At this moment, immortal clouds surged among the rising immortal mountains in the background of the stage while ethereal singing sounded.
Qionghua Heavenly Light suddenly appeared, and sword energies reached the heavens from Shu Mountain, showcasing the out-of-reach Human Dao and the vast Immortal Dao. For a moment, the viewers felt like they had returned to the immortal factions.
In the ocean of clouds, guzheng music floated out while a crisp voice sang the song. It sounded like pearls dropping on a jade plate. Sitting in the clouds, a fairy brushed the strings of the guzheng with her pretty fingers while she sang with a melodious voice.
"In a bamboo hat, I quietly wait for the light to come through the clouds in the mist and breeze."
"Listening to the ethereal Sanqing ethereal's teaching and hearing Buddha's words."
[TL Note: Sanqing is a deity in Daoism.]
"Changing fate with one hand and restoring the universe with the other."
"Daoist or Monk, why bother with the difference?"