Chapter 352: Going Home
"Did those three idiots turn off the light? Or is the wiring busted?"
Chen Huaian scratched his head.
The game system had warned him he was in dangerâhe thought heâd come back to find a monster already chomping on his face.
His phone showed it was already 3:00 a.m.
When he launched Virtual Girlfriend, he saw Li Qingran sitting at a table, holding a piece of cloth, sewing.
The girl pouted, her brows furrowed like she was sulking.
Who ticked off his little disciple?
Chen Huaian opened the system log and instantly understood.
ââLi Qingranâs Cultivation Logââ
ïŒ1ïŒ 3:00 a.m.: Iâm mad! Master returned to the Small World and didnât come see meâjust left without saying goodbye!
Iâm gonna embroider a big turtle right onto these pants!
Thought of Master: Ă1576
Triggered Longing Crit Hit. Affection +20.
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Chen Huaian: "âŠ"
Okay, he had rushed off a bit in a hurry.
After pulling Zhenwu Holy Land into the Small World, heâd logged off immediately.
Now that things seemed safe again, he could finally take a breath.
Better late than never to patch things up.
âQingranâŠâ
His voice made Li Qingran jump.
The girlâs pretty face flushed red. She quickly hid the half-finished pair of pantsâturtle head and allâbehind her back.
âM-Master? Good eveningâŠâ Li Qingran said, eyes darting like she had a guilty conscience.
âThis Venerable One had some business to handle, so I had to return to the other world first.
Did you resent your Master for not saying goodbye?â
Chen Huaian asked even though he already knew the answerâcompletely catching Li Qingran off guard.
Thatâs the benefit of information asymmetry!
Without it, what kind of romance are you even playing? Thatâs just begging for scraps.
âN-No, not at all! How could I?â
Flustered and exposed, Li Qingran gave an awkward laugh and quickly changed the subject.
âMaster, your disciple made a pair of pants for you. Thereâs still a lot of fabric left, so Iâm working on more. For now, please take this pair and wear it.â
With that, she tossed the half-finished one onto the bed
and pulled out a completed pair from under her pillow to show him.
On screen, the delicate girl held up a pair of boxer shorts, smiling like a flower.
Even someone with skin thicker than city walls like Chen Huaian felt a little flushed.
ăYour Virtual Girlfriend, Li Qingran, has given you a gift: Handmade Boxer Shorts Ă1. Accept?ă
ăYou may decline, but Affection -50.ă
âHmm, very well done. Much appreciated.â
Refuse? No way. Chen Huaian accepted on the spot.
The boxer shorts instantly materialized beside him.
Unlike modern, mass-produced ones, these had crooked stitches all overâLi Qingran clearly wasnât that experienced with sewing.
What stood out wasâ
In the bottom-right corner, a line of crooked text read:
"Gift from Qingran"
The cultivation log updated again:
3:02 a.m.: Heehee, Master accepted my gift~
If any other woman gets close to Master and sees the writing in the corner, theyâll definitely back off!
I, Li Qingran, win without a fight. Truly a genius!
Chen Huaian looked at the girl blinking innocently on the screen and broke out in a cold sweat.
D*mn.
This girl with her innocent big eyesâŠ
was full of little schemes.
She even sewed anti-theft protection into his underwear?!
BOOMâ!
A loud explosion sounded from outside Containment Unit 0.
The ground shook violently, followed by sharp howls and beastly roars.
Just from the noise, there had to be over a thousand of them.
Chen Huaian realizedâthe danger the game had warned him about⊠had arrived.
Judging by the timing, itâd been about thirty minutes.
ăQingran, your Master really likes the gift. But thereâs something I have to deal with nowâfarewell for the time being!ă
âMmm! Master, please be careful!â Li Qingran nodded seriously, her cute face tense with worry.
âYour disciple will pray for your safety.â
As soon as she finished, she felt her Masterâs presence fading away.
âWhewââ Li Qingran patted her chest, letting out a breath of relief, then turned back to the half-finished pants on the bed.
That turtle head sheâd embroidered?
It had looked cute at first.
But now that her mood had improved, it just felt totally off.
Still, it was already stitched. Replacing it meant wasting the fabricâŠ
And she didnât have another undergarment to use!
In the end, Li Qingran added a pink peach blossom on top of the turtleâs head.
âPerfect! So cute~ Heehee~â
Under the dim candlelight, the girl eagerly rubbed her hands together and got back to sewing the turtleâs shell and limbs.
The tremors and howls had come from outside Containment Unit 0.
Chen Huaian immediately put on the new boxers.
They were softâfit like a dream.
He had no idea what kind of cloth she used, but they were crazy comfortable.
No doubt about it, cultivation-world textiles really did put modern tech and craftsmanship to shame.
He tugged on the hemâsurprised by how stretchy the fabric was.
âNice. Finally donât have to worry about ripping my pants.â
He threw on a few random clothes, and suddenly, the Blackscale Sword in his hand began to tremble.
ăBro, whatâs going on? Whereâd you run off to? Whyâs the spiritual energy here so thin?ă
ăAlso⊠it feels kinda familiar?ă
Chen Huaian chuckled and asked,
âOld Bro, what year did you transmigrate from?â
ă2025.ă Zhang Yibai answered.
ăI crossed into Cangyun Realm at a different point in time than youâback when it was still thriving.
But even then, it was already starting to decline.
Every hundred years it got worseâfewer cultivators reached immortality, fewer resources, and the path got harder and harder.ă
âAhh, I see. Well, itâs now 2035. In these ten years, Earthâs changed a lotâŠâ
Chen Huaian shook his head with a sigh.
Ten years ago, he was just a middle schooler.
Whoâd have thought that ten years later, gods, devils, and monsters would all be crawling out of the woodwork?
ă2035? Changed a lot? How do you know that?ă
Chen Huaian said nothing.
He stepped out of Containment Unit 0 and climbed the stairs all the way to the rooftop of the C Province Exorcist Division.
He drew the Blackscale Sword from its sheathâallowing Zhang Yibaiâs residual soul to see everything around them.
Below, the entire city was spread out before them.
But something felt wrong tonight.
At 3â4 a.m., there shouldâve still been plenty of lights twinkling.
Nowâeverything was pitch black, like a beast ready to devour.
âOld Bro, this is Earth. Our home,â Chen Huaian said with a grin as he looked at the dumbstruck Zhang Yibai.
âForgot to mentionâyour little bro here has a not-so-golden finger:
I can travel back and forth between Cangyun Realm and Earth.â
ăForget the traveling.ă After a brief moment of shock, Zhang Yibaiâs face turned serious.
ăYouâre right. These ten years really have changed everythingâchanged so much itâs terrifying.ă
Chen Huaian gazed into the distance.
Or more accurately, he looked up at the sky surrounding the C Province Exorcist Divisionâs skyscraper.
It was completely shrouded in an ominous red glow.
That blood-hue churned in the night like tendrils reaching from the abyss, whipping up stormy winds.
Tell him that wasnât terrifying?
Chen Huaianâs eyelid twitched uncontrollably.
Heâd only spent a few days in the Cangyun RealmâŠ
And back here in reality, demons and ghosts had multiplied like roachesâand were now attacking the city!
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