Chapter 001: A Clichéd Beginning

  "Is there really no way at all?" The Tianlong Emperor's face was ashen, and he unconsciously tightened his grip on Huang Yu's hand.

  Huang Yu Yi clenched his teeth and pursed his lips, but didn't dare to make a sound. With great difficulty, he said: "Your humble servant is incompetent... Princess Shuǐyuè's illness has penetrated into her bones, your humble servant really can't do anything... Princess Shuǐyuè... it's hard for her to survive tonight."

  "...I understand." The Tianlong Emperor seemed to have been drained of all his energy, his face pale as he let go of Huang Yu and weakly waved his hand: "All of you withdraw, let me accompany my daughter for a while."

  "Your Majesty..."

  "Get out!!!"

  "It is... it is Your Majesty. The guilty minister withdraws." Huang Yu Yi was almost frightened out of his wits by Tian Long Emperor's thunderous roar and hastily retreated.

  The Dragon Emperor walked heavily to the front of the Phoenix Jade Bed, gently stroking his pale daughter's face, feeling that he owed his daughter too much in this life. If he had paid more attention to his daughter's abnormalities and illness, things would not have developed to an irreversible stage.

  "Father... Emperor, Shuizhong... is going to die?"

  The Heavenly Dragon Emperor's hand trembled, and he immediately looked at his daughter with affection, forcing a smile on the corner of his mouth: "How could my precious daughter die? Look now, can't you talk? It means your illness will be cured soon."

  "Father Emperor deceived... people, Shuǐ Yuè knows... this... is called Hui Guang... reflection." The voice was like a gentle breeze in a secluded valley, stirring the emperor's heartstrings. He could no longer hold back, and his large hand gently covered his daughter's eyes, as turbid old tears fell like broken strings of pearls.

  "Sleep tight, dear daughter, I've said you won't die and nothing will happen to you. No one can defy my orders."

  The princess's breathing grew weaker and weaker, sinking into a deep sleep, as if... she would never wake up again.

  "How could I let you die? You are my only daughter..."

  The Heavenly Dragon Emperor held a crystal jade bottle in his hand, carefully opening the stopper and greedily savoring the fragrance inside... After a long while, he let out a soft sigh, and a drop of purple dew slowly flew out of the jade bottle and landed on the lips of Princess Water Moon.

  As he watched the Qilin's blood slowly disappear from his daughter's lips, the Tianlong Emperor finally revealed a smile of relief and comfort on his face.

  "I... have finally become a real father."

  ……

  ……

  "Yao'er, is that you?"

  Feng Ya's game name is Lian Feng Yao Meng, a somewhat strange name. After Feng Xiao ordered Rou Rou to go out, he immediately started calling her.

  In the game, the intercom is a wristband wrapped around the wrist. As long as you know the other person's name, you can use it to initiate a call. The other person's intercom will automatically make a sound, and people nearby can also hear it. Whispering requires only silently thinking of the other person's name and then speaking with intention.

  The wristband also has a function: viewing real-time and game time. In other words, the communicator is essentially a watch that can initiate calls at any time.

  "...... is me, brother, have you come out of the special map?" Feng Yao's soft voice was filled with joy.

  "Hmm, I was just doing a task and it seems like I couldn't contact the outside world. Yao'er, what are you up to? What level are you at?"

  "It's already 6th grade now. Just a moment ago, I was watching little monsters dance, and now I'm doing a very troublesome task!"

  Watch monsters dance? The wind is wild and sweaty, are there any monsters that can dance?

  "Come on, Yao'er! Hurry up and leave the newbie village so you can go on adventures with your incredibly awesome brother!" Feng Xiao called out with a grin.

  "Hmm, I won't fall behind my brother by much... Hey brother, what's the 'Appraisal' skill? Is it powerful?" Feng Yao asked a somewhat silly question, after all she had almost never touched online games before, and in her free time, she was always thinking about her brother.

  "Hmm... how to put it. It's indeed a very good and powerful skill, but it has nothing to do with us players." Feng Xiao replied, Appraisal Technique had always been exclusive to the NPCs at the appraisal shops, players were never able to learn it.

  "Is that so, brother? Then I won't bother with this troublesome task. Luckily I asked you, otherwise I would have wasted a lot of time learning a useless 'identification technique'. I'll just go level up instead."

  "Wait, what did you just say, Yao'er? Learning appraisal techniques? Is someone going to teach you appraisal techniques?" Feng Xiao doubted whether he had misheard.

  "Hmm, I just received a hidden quest from the village chief. He said he'll teach me 'Appraisal' after completing it."

  Feng Xiao: "......"

  What does mastering appraisal represent? That's a lot of gold coins... If you open an appraisal shop, it's absolutely a surefire way to make money, with zero investment and infinite returns — just look at the crowds in Tianlong Imperial City's appraisal shops and their terrifying prices. Especially in the later stages of the game, when high-level equipment becomes more common, the speed at which money rolls in is simply staggering.

  This damn charm, even NPCs take the initiative to offer hidden quests.

  "Yao'er, don't give up on this task at all costs. The 'Appraisal Technique' is something that other players can't even beg for..." Feng Xiao hurriedly explained, almost letting the pie in the sky fly away just now.

  "......Well, brother, I'll just continue with this task then." Feng Yao had never disobeyed her brother's intentions and wouldn't ask why; she was blindly devoted to him.

  "What kind of task is it? Is it very difficult?"

  "It's a real hassle, the village chief's purple necklace has gone missing and he wants me to collect 30 kinds of monster teeth to make a scroll that can summon it back."

  "Amethyst necklace... Yao'er, which newbie village are you in?" Feng Xiao's tone suddenly became strange.

  "It's number 99999, what a great number."

  “……is very good.” Feng Xiao wiped his non-existent cold sweat——it was indeed that village chief, he had just helped him find the Purple Jade Clear Heart Chain three days ago and now it's lost again. He said it was a family heirloom more precious than life itself, I spit! You're treating it like a toy to throw around every day.

  But this task is indeed not easy, in the novice village where there are few types of monsters, it will take a long time to find and defeat 30 kinds of monsters.

  He closed his conversation with He Fengyao, and a dark golden long sword appeared in his hand as soon as he moved his mind.

  The second seal on Xuan-Yuan Sword can be lifted now.

  The absorption and release of the Lingyu Bottle are all controlled by intention. A drop of purple liquid slowly floated out of the bottle, dripping onto the Xuan Yuan Sword, instantly dispersing, a purple light enveloped the entire sword body, lasting for half a minute.

  Without any unexpected events, the second seal of Xuan Yuan Sword was successfully lifted, and the golden light on the sword body became even stronger. The aura it emitted also became much more powerful, and its attributes rose by a whole level.

  Sealed Xuan-Yuan Sword: Grade unknown, usage requirements: none. Attack speed: normal. Already acknowledged master, cannot be traded, dropped, discarded or stolen. Golden thousand-year-old sword, said to be the divine sword given by the heavenly gods to Emperor Huangdi to defeat Chiyou. It contains infinite power within, a divine sword for slaying demons and evil spirits, currently in a sealed state, seal removed: 2/7.

  Effect: Attack +200, Attack +10%; HP +200, MP +200; Basic attributes of the four major elements +20, Luck +10, Hit +10%, Critical hit +5%, 5% chance to block attack, 3% chance to shatter, 3% chance to crush, 2% chance to instant kill.

  Skills:

  Xuanyuan Holy Flame: Auxiliary skill, intermediate level. With the sacred Xuanyuan flame burning the user's fighting spirit, greatly enhances the user's abilities for a certain period of time.

  Effect: Attack +100%, Critical Hit +100%, Duration 20 seconds. For the first two seconds, the user will be in an invincible defensive state. Can be used once per day.

  Supreme Ruler: Xuan Yuan's Three-Style Technique - Overbearing Style, unleashing the mighty power of Xuan Yuan, disregarding all creation to annihilate enemies with a dominating presence. Effect: Single-target attack, ignores defense, deals 5000% damage. Instantly intimidates enemies within a 10-meter radius for 1 second, rendering them immobile and unable to attack. Can be used once per day. Due to the user's insufficient abilities, using this skill will put them in a weakened state for 3 hours, reducing HP, MP, Attack, Defense, Evasion, and Accuracy by 70%.

  Indeed incredibly powerful, especially the Xuan Yuan Holy Flame, which doubles its continuous duration and also adds an extremely abnormal "Absolute Critical Hit" state!

  While the all-attribute decrease of the Emperor's Dominance has turned into a decrease in most abilities, so even after using it, you can still maintain 30% strength, unlike before when only about 10% strength was left. And with Wind Walker, even at 30% strength, it is almost as strong as an ordinary player of the same level, or even stronger.

  "Feng Gege, you're really amazing! You completed an almost impossible task in just four days. I thought it would take many, many years... Wanyue is liking you more and more."

  "It's nothing, just a bit of good luck." Feng Xiao said with a blush, Xuan Yuan Wenyu's pleasant and lively voice made him involuntarily "humble" himself.

  However, being able to obtain the blood of a Qilin is indeed good luck, and it's strong enough to defy heaven.

  "No! This is fate," Xuan Yuan Wenyue said very seriously: "Wind Gege is indeed the chosen one, and I'm becoming more confident."

  “……”

  "Speaking of which, Wanyu, how are we going to break the third seal?"

  Zi Lei Qilin once mentioned that the seal of Xuan Yuan Sword is getting harder to break with each step, and the second seal was already so abnormal. What conditions will be needed for the third seal? Feng Xiao felt a bit tense, after all, if it wasn't for some unexpected luck, he might not have found Qilin's residence even at level 500.

  "The third seal requires...requires..." Xuan Yuan Wenyue's voice suddenly became unnatural, "Feng Gege, this condition is even more difficult than the Qilin's blood, you need to be mentally prepared."

  “……”

  "To break the third seal, the tears of the Holy Dragon of Light are needed..."

  Plop!

  Feng Xiao bumped his head on the floor.

  "Feitian system, I'm going to circle you with a cross...". This condition is not only abnormal, but also impossible for anyone. Let alone the tears of Guangming Shenglong, even the tears of a rabbit can't be obtained! Are you saying that it will cry if you make it cry?

  Radiant Holy Dragon, in the 23rd century almost every online game has its existence, and it is always the final BOSS. In "Reincarnation", its status in the dragon clan is second only to the holy beast Qinglong, and together with the Golden Giant Dragon and the Dark Magic Dragon, they are the three strongest super divine beasts of the dragon clan.

  Look for it with tears - the head was kicked by a donkey.

  "My little Wan'er, never mind whether we can find it or not, will a dragon cry? Has anyone ever seen a dragon cry?"

  "It seems like there isn't..."

  Silence...

  "......Wan Er, you might as well tell me all the remaining four seal conditions together." Feng said weakly.

  "Brother Feng, you can only see the unsealing conditions behind after removing the seal in front."

  "Alright! Anyway, next goal - find the Holy Dragon of Light! But before that, it's better to level up first."

  "Hmm, maybe this young master's good fortune is boundless, and the Glorious Holy Dragon will emerge on its own like a qilin..."