I might have been playing a fake cultivation game.

Section 039 Qi Refining Level 7

Inside the main house, Zhou Yunshen sat on a mahogany chair and took out the Heavenly Rank cultivation technique, "Red Sun Burning Heaven Scripture," from his robes.

Just as Chen Xin'an had said, the "Red Sun Burning Heaven Scripture" had stopped emitting light, but it still looked very exquisite and extraordinary.

Zhou Yunshen eagerly opened the cover, and what came into view was a dense array of small seal script characters.

Zhou Yunshen patiently watched for a while, but then felt dizzy and lightheaded.

The contents of this cultivation manual were so obscure and difficult to understand that it was like reading a book written in heaven; he couldn't understand it at all.

Forget it, I'll just have to rely on the game system.

With the help of the game system, I should be able to learn this "Red Sun Burning Heaven Scripture", right?

After all, there are quite a few players who are born with Heaven-rank cultivation techniques. If they cannot cultivate through the game system, then they have no way to cultivate.

Zhou Yunshen silently chanted "return to Earth" in his mind. A sense of disorientation quickly arose, and when he regained consciousness, he was already lying on the bed in his rented room.

Zhou Yunshen picked up the gaming phone and tried it out; a look of delight quickly appeared on his face.

At this moment, a line of options popped up on the phone screen: Should I study the "Red Sun Burning Heaven Scripture"?

Below are two options: Yes or No.

Zhou Yunshen decisively chose yes.

Soon, a progress bar appeared on the phone screen indicating that the user was studying the "Red Sun Burning Heaven Scripture".

The progress bar currently shows 0%. Zhou Yunshen placed his hand on the phone screen and began to wait. However, after waiting for a long time, the progress bar only moved once, changing from 0% to 0.01%.

0.01%?!

Zhou Yunshen was speechless.

At this rate, even if he spent ten days and ten nights studying the "Red Sun Burning Heaven Scripture," he still wouldn't be able to finish it.

This is not right.

Those players who have mastered Heavenly Rank techniques, I haven't seen any of them need to study them for so long.

Which part of the process went wrong?

Zhou Yunshen frowned and thought for a while. He stopped pondering it and picked up his new phone. He typed with one hand and sent a message to Chen Xin'an, expressing his question.

He soon received a reply from Chen Xin'an.

Chen Xin'an: "You don't need to read the entire manual. When the progress bar reaches 2%, you've already finished the Qi Refining section. Then you can start cultivating. As for the later content, you can continue studying it when needed."

"So that's how it is." Zhou Yunshen's face showed a look of sudden understanding, and then he thanked Chen Xin'an.

"You're too kind. We're all friends, there's no need to be so polite," Chen Xin'an replied.

Next, Zhou Yunshen waited patiently.

Because the wait was a bit long, Zhou Yunshen simply found some transparent tape and stuck one of his fingers to the phone screen. This way, he wouldn't have to worry about his finger occasionally leaving the screen and affecting his progress in studying the manual.

In his other hand, he was holding his new phone, browsing the forums for the game "Xuan Yuan Invasion".

After several hours of this, the progress bar for "The Crimson Sun Burning Heaven Scripture" finally reached 2%.

Sure enough, after the progress bar reached 2%, a new option appeared on the phone screen: 'Stop studying the *Red Sun Burning Heaven Scripture* and begin practicing it?'

whether.

Zhou Yunshen decisively chose yes.

As soon as he made his choice, the character on the phone screen immediately began flipping through the "Red Sun Burning Heaven Scripture" on the table, turning directly to the last page of this thick manual.

The last page of the manual contained no text, only a picture.

The character sat cross-legged on the bed, placed the last page's illustration in front of him, and stared at it intently without making any further moves.

Soon, the words "Experience +1" appeared on the phone screen.

Not long after, another "Experience +1" appeared.

Next, "Experience +1" started appearing all over the phone screen, which meant that Zhou Yunshen's cultivation path had entered the right track.

After that, Zhou Yunshen spent all his time cultivating the "Crimson Sun Burning Heaven Scripture," except for eating and resting.

The next day, Chen Xin'an brought him a bottle of pills called Qi Gathering Pills, saying that these pills could accelerate cultivation.

Zhou Yunshen didn't stand on ceremony; after thanking him, he accepted the gift directly.

To be honest, this kind of pill did have an effect on his cultivation. After taking the pill, the frequency of the 'Experience +1' jump was significantly faster.

His cultivation progressed incredibly fast; in just one day, he went from nothing to the third level of Qi Refining.

The next day, he reached the fifth level of Qi Refining.

On the third day, he reached the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Cultivation is a very tedious and boring thing. Even if you don't actually cultivate, just watching the character on your phone cultivate is boring for Zhou Yun Shen. Fortunately, he can use his new phone to browse game forums, read novels, and watch short dramas, so his days are still quite fulfilling.

Several days passed, and everything remained calm in the game world; nothing happened.

In the real world, however, a series of events occurred.

Some players created player group chats and then recruited people on various short video platforms, Weibo, Tieba, etc., with the slogan of mutual exchange and mutual help.

Some players are openly selling their Heavenly Rank cultivation techniques and natal spirit treasures on online forums.

Some players set exorbitant prices of several million or even tens of millions, while others set incredibly low prices of a few thousand or even a few hundred dollars.

Zhou Yunshen felt that anything priced at several hundred or several thousand yuan was most likely a scam, just like scammers in other games.

As for those players who set high prices, they are not necessarily honest and trustworthy players. They may be scammers. Such scammers only need to scam a landlord's foolish son to live a life of ease.

No, at least for the next three years, you won't have to worry about food and drink.

In fact, Zhou Yunshen couldn't understand why these players, knowing that this cultivation game was extraordinary and that the Xuan Yuan Realm might really invade Earth in three years, would still sell their precious items like Heavenly Rank cultivation techniques and natal spiritual treasures for money...

In his view, this was truly incomprehensible.

It just goes to show that there are all sorts of birds in a big forest.

Perhaps some people are genuinely in urgent need of money, for example, they owe millions and creditors are coming to their door every day to collect debts, or an elderly family member is seriously ill and urgently needs medical expenses, or their business has failed and they urgently need a sum of money to turn things around.

Anything is possible.

Zhou Yunshen simply watched all of this silently.

He was wondering why the government hadn't taken any action after the game had been around for over ten days.

This game has already caused quite a stir; is the government oblivious to it?

There are still about three years until the end of the world 'predicted' by the Xuan Yuan Invasion game.

At this point, players can disregard the so-called apocalypse, since there are still three years left, and everyone is currently in the initial exploration phase of the game world.

But the government absolutely must take this matter seriously...

Zhou Yunshen is not a saint, nor does he have any high level of ideological awareness; he is just an ordinary person.

But as an ordinary person, he didn't want to see his world destroyed.

After all, this is his root, where his parents and relatives live.