In the dark thatched cottage, Li Muyang, overwhelmed with fatigue, opened his eyes and stretched.

    “There really is some other danger in this broken village...”

    He muttered to himself somewhat speechlessly.

    After surviving a night without dying, nothing significant happened the next day in the game.

    The game character simply went to the steward to get some money and food, which were the benefits due to a provider.

    For the rest of the time, Li Muyang took Xiao Yecao for a walk around the village.

    Except for not being able to take Xiao Yecao out of the village, there were almost no personal restrictions, and the two could go to most places in the village.

    Now that Li Muyang needed to provide for Xiao Yecao, he no longer had to work in the mountains.

    He became an idle person in the village, with food and lodging provided.

    But no one envied him.

    In fact, when he passed by the other with Xiao Yecao, most people avoided them as if avoiding the plague, fearing that getting too close to Xiao Yecao would drain their Yang energy.

    The day passed without any ripples, and Li Muyang aimlessly wandered around the village for a day, not triggering any plot.

    At night, Li Muyang chose to go to sleep, and as expected, he died again after falling asleep.

    When he reloaded the game and chose to stay awake all night, he safely made it to dawn.

    Was the murderer waiting for Li Muyang to die before making a move?

    On the third night, Li Muyang once again chose not to sleep.

    Unfortunately, after staying up for two consecutive nights, his game character couldn’t hold on and fell asleep midway.

    As a result, Li Muyang unsurprisingly saw the pop-up window saying, 【You died. Game Over.】

    After this death, Li Muyang opened his eyes and temporarily exited the game.

    Looking at the pitch-black night outside the window and feeling the fatigue in his body, Li Muyang stretched out lazily.

    “I’m so tired...”

    Li Muyang sighed.

    He had been up for two nights and was now extremely sleepy.

    That’s how it is with galgame-type games. Even if the themes and character designs are interesting, they often fail to keep a firm grip on the player.

    At this moment, Li Muyang no longer felt the urge to stay up all night playing games.

    He had gathered enough information by now and could almost confirm that there was some kind of danger lurking in the village, something that would come out and kill his game character while he slept.

    This was probably the first level of the storyline after adopting Xiao Yecao, and according to the usual pattern, getting through this level would help to improve his relationship with Xiao Yecao.

    After clarifying this point, Li Muyang quit the game and got up, yawning.

    Before going to bed, he checked again to make sure the door was locked, and then he lay down to sleep.

    If this were his previous life, he would just pull out his phone and search online for a walkthrough.

    Now, in this world without computers and the internet, playing a system game that only he possesses... there’s nowhere to find a guide.

    While herding black sheep down the mountain, Li Muyang sighed in frustration.

    The feeling of being stuck was so overwhelming that even the spiritual rice he cooked tonight didn’t taste as good as the previous meal.

    However, after finishing the spiritual rice, the growth of his spiritual energy didn’t diminish despite Li Muyang’s lack of appetite.

    Li Muyang’s cultivation level soared once again.

    When he finished meditating and regulating the vigorous spiritual energy within his body, the experience bar on the system interface showed

    【Li Muyang: Qi Refining Realm Second Layer 43%】.

    It was only at 27% just yesterday and at 12% the day before... The speed of his cultivation growth felt like a dream.

    With the progress of increasing by more than ten percent each day, he would soon break through to the Qi Refining Realm Third Layer.

    After breaking through to the Third Layer of the Qi Refining Realm, he could apply to learn the ‘Cloud and Rain Technique’.

    The sect was willing to teach only a few techniques for free to Outer Sect disciples, and the ‘Cloud and Rain Technique’ of the Spiritual Planter was one of them.

    After all, if one truly had the talent to be a Spiritual Planter, the sect only needed to provide two spiritual fields and the Spiritual Planter could continuously produce spiritual rice.

    A large sect like this needed to be maintained and massive amounts of spiritual rice were needed every month.

    Therefore, the sect was quite generous in nurturing Spiritual Planters.

    Li Muyang planned to learn the ‘Cloud and Rain Technique’.

    If he could become a Spiritual Planter, he wouldn’t have to drill into the foul-smelling valley every day.

    Being a Spiritual Planter was also one of the most leisurely and cost-effective professions in the Outer Sect.

    Thinking of this, Li Muyang took a deep breath, his expression invigorated.

    “Work hard! Cultivate! Strive for the future!”

    He couldn’t let down such a wonderful thing as the Endless Spirit Rice Jar!

    Seeing that it was getting late outside, Li Muyang locked the door and went to bed, opening the game once again.

    In the empty stilt house, Li Muyang smiled at the little girl in front of him with a pale yellow health bar.

    “Sleep well. I’ll take you around the village tomorrow.”

    Then...

    【You died. Game Over.】

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