This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered
Chapter 91: The Arrival of the Player!

Chapter 91: Chapter 91: The Arrival of the Player!

"Senior Brother, where are we heading to?" Amidst the fine drizzle, Su Youyi watched her senior brother nimbly avoid the bustling crowd and weave through the alleys with ease.

"Taking you for some good food. Master wants us to travel more, which to me means eat well, drink well, and play well." Liang Yi chose to deliberately misinterpret Chen Hua’s meaning.

Chen Hua: "Is that what traveling means? Was my own traveling back in the day all for nothing?"

"Okay, I’ll listen to Senior Brother." Su Youyi smiled, her eyes crescent-shaped with joy, not caring whether her senior brother was right or wrong; she simply chose to follow him.

She really loved this feeling—the air slightly moist, the cool rain, the sweet scent of apricot blossoms drifting through the streets, hand in hand with the person she liked, wandering the streets and alleys. No longer having to endure cold looks like in her childhood, no need to think about anything else, just emptying her mind and tightly following the only person that mattered in front of her.

Liang Yi was unaware that his junior sister behind him was already engulfed in a pink bubble. After receiving messages from the various big shots yesterday, they had no interest in gathering and quickly dispersed after a brief acquaintance with Liu Rusheng.

He opened his character panel and glanced at it.

[Time remaining until game beta launch: 0 days 0 hours 20 minutes]

The players’ forum was also bustling with passionate discussions, as everyone was eager to enter the game.

At this point, Liang Yi finally found his target at the exit of an alley:

A barbecue stall.

"Boss, give me five skewers of charcoal-grilled pork belly, six grilled oysters, two honey-glazed chicken wings, and a bottle of apricot blossom rice wine."

A man in his fifties or sixties was focusing intently on grilling skewers when he heard a call that sounded like from a regular customer, which made him look up.

He was stunned at first glance. Having taken over his father’s place, he, Old Feng, had been working in Qingliang City for over forty or fifty years, and he had seen all kinds of people.

Although he was just an ordinary man, he did have a basic sense of aesthetics.

This handsome young man and beautiful girl made quite the striking pair; both were exceptionally good looking. For once, he felt that being educated was advantageous. Like now, upon seeing the two, all he could say was:

"How come the lad and his girl look so pretty?"

If it was that Mr. Yu from the south of the city who taught school, he’d probably nod his head and quote a bunch of poetry.

"Boss, stop staring at us, the skewers are going to burn."

Liang Yi led Su Youyi to find a clean spot to sit down, causing passersby and other diners in the vicinity to turn their heads, hardly believing that such handsome and beautiful people would patronize a simple roadside barbecue stall.

"That kiddo, you want it spicy?" Old Feng shouted out loud.

"Just a little spicy, please make the meat more fragrant." Liang Yi replied with expertise, remembering that his junior sister didn’t like her food too spicy.

"Don’t be fooled by this modest little barbecue stall; the boss has forty or fifty years of grilling experience. These skewers might not be Spirit Food, but they are famous delicacies in Qingliang City."

Liang Yi, noticing his junior sister’s puzzled look, explained to her.

Su Youyi just nodded without saying anything. She was actually wondering how her senior brother knew so much about this. But upon further thought, there was no need to ask; what did it matter how much he knew?

Senior Sister Yu had once taught her that an important aspect of relationships between men and women was to allow each other to have certain secrets. If something needs to be told, they would tell it naturally; if not, they must have their reasons.

She trusted her senior brother, just like he trusted her.

Liang Yi turned his gaze towards a clearing next to the barbecue stall, which was his spawning point in the internal test. This barbecue stall was where he received his first quest.

At that moment of arrival, Liang Yi was immediately attracted by the savory smell of skewers, and it was only after gorging himself did he realize he had no money.

Luckily Old Feng was kind-hearted and didn’t report him to the authorities, or else Liang Yi’s start would have been ruined.

He received a quest from Old Feng called "Work Off the Debt," and despite the informal name of the quest, its content was pretty normal—it was just working a few days without pay for Old Feng.

Although there was no monetary reward, the experience reward was essential, and it was with this task that Liang Yi was able to level up smoothly in the early stages.

No one was probably faster than him in receiving tasks at that time.

Liang Yi rested his head on his arm propped up on the table, recalling the past, when Su Youyi, bored to death, suddenly looked up, closed her eyes, and took a sniff.

"So fragrant!"

She opened her eyes and looked in the direction of the alluring aroma, which was coming from Boss Feng, carrying a plate and a jug of wine.

"Kids, the barbecue is ready. Eat it while it’s hot, and order more if it’s not enough," Boss Feng said with a hearty smile, looking neat and tidy even though he grilled every day.

"Thanks a lot, Boss," Liang Yi said with a smile as he took the plate.

Because of the light rain today, a large, floating sunshade umbrella hovered over each table, and upon closer inspection, one could see a talisman affixed to the surface of each umbrella.

These talismans were actually so low-grade that they weren’t even categorized, cheap and not very versatile, affordable even for a regular businessman.

"Senior brother! Senior brother! Let me have a taste!"

Su Youyi was a bit impatient, as the skewers were just too tempting!

"You little glutton," Liang Yi said as he handed a skewer of charcoal-grilled pork belly to his junior sister. The skewers handed over by the boss had already cooled to the perfect temperature for eating.

Su Youyi took the skewer carefully and gently tore off a piece of meat with her white teeth, slowly chewing it in the end.

Liang Yi opened a bottle of apricot blossom rice wine and poured a cup for both himself and his junior sister. This wine wasn’t rated high either, only homebrewed by common folks after picking apricot blossoms in their yards during the autumn.

But such ordinary wine, paired with ordinary skewers, always made those who had tasted it yearn for more.

Looking at his junior sister with her left hand holding the grilled pork belly and her right hand covered in honey-glazed chicken wing grease, Liang Yi couldn’t stop laughing.

Raising his junior sister with delicious food was also the first step of Liang Yi’s "Junior Sister Nurturing Plan."

Liang Yi himself didn’t plan to eat; all these snacks were ordered for his junior sister. Cultivators’ appetites are unusual, and these skewers weren’t even enough to fill his junior sister’s teeth gaps.

He glanced at the character panel, a one-minute countdown.

As the countdown of 60 seconds on the panel kept decreasing, Liang Yi also gradually became tense.

Would another Liang Yi come out? Or had he already disappeared in that world? Is this world just a game or does it really exist?

3!

2!

1!

When the countdown ended, the entire Mystical Mechanism Continent suddenly changed dramatically!

Every soul on the continent, be it ordinary people or Great Cultivators at the peak of Seventh Realm Perfection, had a flash of enlightenment:

[Heavenly Dao Event]has begun!

Su Youyi, who was indulging in skewers, and Liang Yi beside her, also felt this enlightenment within. Countless pedestrians on the street stood still, somewhat bewildered.

At that moment, thousands of white lights suddenly appeared inside Qingliang City.

Once the light faded, numerous simply dressed members of the Human Race stood still, excitedly and curiously surveying this magical world.

Players have arrived!