The Game with Fairies

The morning sun pierced the sky, scattering its light upon the earth.

The mist lingering between the mountains turned into a vast sea of clouds, ethereal and ever-changing.

Birds in the mountains took flight, carrying twigs to their nests.

Their verdant figures danced through the clouds, agile and lively.

But at one moment, a sound suddenly came from within the sea of clouds.

In the next instant, the vast sea of clouds parted, and a colossal object descended from above.

The churning clouds, mixed with howling winds, startled the verdant birds into desperately flapping their wings to flee the terrifying behemoth.

In another moment, the gales from the high skies tore through the clouds, revealing the massive shape of the object.

A huge flag planted on the behemoth bore characters similar to those on the flags of the ancient city in the mountains.

The verdant birds panicked and flew even further away.

Such spiritual birds of the mountains avoided humans in the city as if they were the plague.

On the deck of the flying boat, Li Yuechan looked at the fleeing bird and exclaimed in surprise.

“Wow! That’s a phoenix bird… Brother, there are phoenix birds in the mountains outside Demon Sword City. The spiritual energy here must be abundant.”

Phoenix birds are spiritual birds fond of dwelling in places rich in spiritual energy.

Li Muyang, however, glanced at the departing phoenix bird and shook his head: “It’s just the most common kind of phoenix bird, barely qualifying as a spiritual bird, and not really rare.”

Even if the ley lines of Demon Sword City were truly abundant with spiritual energy, the place was constantly inhabited by demonic cultivators, with demonic energy engulfing the sky. It was impossible for real divine beasts to reside here.

At this moment, all the outer disciples on the deck were lined up and waiting.

They were uniformly dressed in the robes of the outer disciples, presenting a neat and solemn appearance.

Li Muyang, Li Yuechan, and Guan Xiaoshun stood at the end of the line, whispering to each other.

Clouds flowed by them, and the majestic mountains rose and fell as the flying boat navigated through them.

Looking down from above, one could vaguely see a plain emerging between the peaks ahead.

The walls of Demon Sword City were almost at the edge of this plain.

The outer disciples accompanying them marveled at the spectacle of the plain amidst the mountains, but Li Muyang remained silent.

This Demon Sword City… it really is Nanjiang City!

Whether it was the vast mountains outside the city or the layout of the streets within, they were almost identical to Nanjiang City in the game.

How strange…

Thousands of years have passed, and this city hasn’t changed at all?

At that moment, a familiar voice rang out among the crowd.

“…My hometown is this Demon Sword City. It is said that during ancient times, humans and demons coexisted peacefully here, which was quite extraordinary.”

The man with the surname Liu began to show off his knowledge of Demon Sword City again.

“…It wasn’t until a thousand years ago that the Demon Refining Ancestor took over the city, and life began to flourish here once more.”

“But even now, most areas within Demon Sword City are still vacant.”

“It’s said that ancient spirits linger in the city, often emerging at night to kill people.”

“There are even rumors that the demonic sword that once slaughtered many is still in the city, waiting to awaken and kill again.”

The man with the surname Liu exaggerated the legends of his hometown.

According to him, the city had been like this for thousands of years.

It was a mystery how the people of ancient times built it as thousands of years had passed and the entire city had not collapsed or decayed.

The streets and houses within the city had maintained their past appearance, and even the vegetation in the city had stopped growing.

Moreover, the city walls and streets were incredibly sturdy; ordinary cultivators using magical weapons would find it difficult to damage the buildings and streets.

Li Yuechan secretly leaned in close to Li Muyang and whispered.

“…Sister Ning said that Demon Sword City seems to be cursed, which is why everything in the city was frozen in time from thousands of years ago and will never change.”

As the conversation among the people continued, the massive flying boat smoothly landed at the flying boat dock outside Demon Sword City.

The city lord of Demon Sword City had already led people to welcome them, and joyful celebratory music sounded at the dock.

“…Demon Sword City’s Zhu Tao warmly welcomes Elder Yan’s arrival!”

Li Muyang, walking at the end of the line, had no interest in the political flattery of the bigwigs up front.

Curiously looking around amidst the fluttering welcome petals, he wondered.

Although he often ran around the city in the game, it was his first time venturing outside the city walls.

He hadn’t expected the world beyond the map to be like this.

After the interactions between the important figures had concluded, they boarded their carriages amidst the clamor of gongs and drums.

Once the carriages departed, Li Muyang and the other outer disciples, led by two inner disciples, headed towards the city gates.

The dignitaries were off to a banquet to wash away the dust of travel, but this group of Outer Sect nobodies didn’t enjoy such treatment.

They had to make their way to the accommodations arranged by Demon Sword City to settle in.

The group passes through the pitch-dark city gate tunnel and steps into the city.

The streets and alleys that meet their eyes indeed bore the style of Nanjiang City from thousands of years ago.

Moreover, this city gate was very close to the residence of the game boss Shape-shifter Master, whom Li Muyang was currently challenging.

The further he walked, the more familiar the street scenes became to Li Muyang, almost identical to those in the game.

It wasn’t until they arrived at the lodgings arranged for the outer disciples by Demon Sword City and saw the alley ahead that Li Muyang’s brain cells almost stirred.

——Wasn’t this the very alley where the Shape-shifter Master lived? The scenes from the game had somehow come to life… Was this considered a pilgrimage to a holy site?

Having been killed dozens of times by the Shape-shifter Master in that alley, Li Muyang instinctively shrank his neck.

After dying too many times, he always felt that the eerie and creepy figure of the Shape-shifter Master would jump out from a corner at any second.

Fortunately, reality was not the game, and Li Muyang safely entered the alley and found his assigned room.

He, Guan Xiaoshun, and four other Outer Sect male disciples were crammed into a small courtyard with three rooms, two people to a room.

The best courtyard, where the Shape-shifter Master lived, was occupied by the two Inner Sect Senior Brothers who led the outer disciples.

“Brother Li, do you want to go out for a stroll?”

After tidying up the room and putting away his luggage and bedding, Guan Xiaoshun said, “Senior Brother Liu and the others planned to explore the city and invited us to join them.”

The man surnamed Liu, who hailed from Demon Sword City and happened to live in the same courtyard as Li Muyang, volunteered to show everyone around his hometown.

These outer disciples, cooped up in the sect all day and hardly seeing the outside world, naturally couldn’t wait to explore the city now that they had the chance.

However, Li Muyang shook his head: “No thanks, you guys go ahead, I want to rest for a bit.”

Watching Guan Xiaoshun and the other outer disciples leave the courtyard, Li Muyang closed the door to his room, lay down on the bed, and closed his eyes.

Game With the Fairies, start!

What’s there to explore in this real-life city? It’s all a 1:1 replica anyway.

I’ll explore in the game!

Damn Shape-shifter Master, your grandpa Li Muyang is back!

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