Chapter 7
Daoist Master, Iâve Ascended!
âDaoist Master, Iâve made it! Hahahaha!â
In the middle of a forest, a young man named Yan Buliu shouted in excitement at his game interface.
All those dull hours grinding proficiency were for this very moment!
On the screen, his skill [Steal] finally reached 1000 proficiency points and upgraded to [Take from the Bag] (0/5000).
This meant he could now randomly steal items from NPCs â a true master thief!
Spirit stones, magical treasures, elixirsâŠ
Yan Buliuâs mind was swimming with visions of wealth and power.
Unable to resist testing it out, his gaze fell upon Elder Qian Buyu, the NPC responsible for transmitting cultivation techniques to him.
Without hesitation, Yan Buliu activated [Take from the Bag] on Elder Qian.
ăYou have successfully used âTake from the Bagâ on âQian Buyuâ. Due to the massive difference in cultivation level, you have obtained: Elderâs Socks (White, Common Quality).ă
ăYou have angered Elder Qian. May the heavens have mercy on you.ă
At that moment, Elder Qianâs expression changed drastically.
His eyes widened in fury as he pointed at Yan Buliu.
âYou insolent disciple! You dare have designs on your masterâs socks?! You deserve punishment, punishment, punishment, punishâ!â
But his voice suddenly glitched â the word âpunishâ looped endlessly at high speed.
The next second, a violent aura burst out of him, his eyes turning blood-red. He had completely lost control!
âPunish, punish, punish, punish, punishâŠ!â
He roared, body twitching violently, and struck at the nearest target â Yan Buliu!
Yanâs heart dropped.
He had triggered a self-attacking bug!
He knew very well how powerful Elder Qian was in this game.
And this kind of automatic-attack bug would only stop after killing someone!
Without a second thought, he instantly logged out.
Meanwhile, on the nearby path, Lin Qingfeng and Su Linger witnessed everything.
From her point of view, that unknown disciple had tried to steal the Elderâs personal socks!
Such⊠a twisted hobby!
And even worse â just as the Elder was about to scold him, that rebel struck back viciously!
Su Linger didnât even see clearly what happened â one moment the Elder raised his hand, and the next, the âdiscipleâ vanished, leaving behind only a pair of socks.
Had the Elder smacked him into ashes?
Or had he used some mysterious escape technique?
Lin Qingfeng, who was guiding Su Linger through the sect, felt his eyelid twitch violently.
He cursed Yan Buliu ten thousand times in his heart.
Of all the times to steal â why now, while Iâm bringing the new junior sister around?!
You did this on purpose, didnât you?!
As Su Lingerâs face paled, Lin Qingfeng was just about to explain when Elder Qian â now berserk â suddenly locked his blood-red eyes on them!
âOh crap⊠that damn Yan Buliu even triggered an auto-attack bug!â
âPunish, punish, punish, punish!â
Elder Qian roared and charged straight toward them like a raging beast!
âSenior brother, what should weâ?!â
Before Su Linger could finish, she realized her senior brother had vanished.
Looking ahead, she spotted him â already sprinting full speed into the distance!
Waitâ what?!
Why are you running so fast?!
Donât leave me!
Lin Qingfeng glanced back and nearly fainted.
You idiot!
Heâs coming right at us, and youâre just standing there?!
âJunior Sister, why are you frozen?
Do you want to die?
My sword is still being reforged at the Forge Hall â I canât use sword flight today!
Be smart and run with me!â
Before he even finished speaking, Lin Qingfeng flashed back to her side and grabbed her wrist.
âJunior Sister, run!â
But Elder Qianâs movements were ghostlike â appearing and disappearing unpredictably â and somehow, no matter how far they ran, those crimson eyes were always looming just behind them.
So this is⊠the Demonic Sect?!
One word of anger, and the Elder tries to kill his disciples?!
Just for stealing a pair of socks, he obliterates one disciple â and then tries to silence the witnesses too!
And this so-called âSenior Brotherâ â seriously?
Your swordâs gone, and you were the first to run?!
Are all demonic sect brothers like this?
Bolting first and remembering to save me after running half a mile?!
If you hadnât looked back, would you have even remembered I existed?!
As they ran, Lin Qingfeng frantically typed into the sect chat channel.
ăLin Qingfeng: URGENT! Elder Qian bugged! Attacking everything! Need a scapegoat! 100 spirit stones reward! Hurry!ă
Instantly, the sect channel exploded.
ăPlayer A: Damn it, was it Yan Buliu again?!ă
ăPlayer B: Iâm doing a quest with the Mission Elder! Guess we canât get skill extractions from the Transmission Elder now, huh?!ă
ăPlayer Ji: President, donât panic, Iâm on my way! Send me the coordinates! 100 spirit stones â your wish is my command!ă
Seeing the famous suicidal player âJiâ accept the bounty, Lin Qingfeng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He dragged Su Linger in circles while sending the coordinates.
Moments later, a disciple wearing low-level gear charged in headfirst â ready to die heroically.
âFor the spirit stones!â
âPUNISH!â
Elder Qian slammed his palm down.
The disciple exploded instantly â bones shattered, flesh flying everywhere.
A broken spine flew across the air, a severed leg got stuck in a distant tree branch.
It was a horrific sight.
After the kill, the red light in Elder Qianâs eyes dimmed.
He stopped chasing and began trembling violently, muttering âPunish⊠punish⊠punishâŠâ
Then he started banging his head against a tree â âBang! Bang! Bang!â
Lin Qingfeng finally stopped running.
Su Linger stood frozen, staring at the disturbing scene, her mind reeling.
What⊠did she just witness?
A disciple merely passed by, and the Elder instantly obliterated him without a word!
Terrifying⊠What kind of place was this?
The poor man just happened to walk past!
Why did the Elder kill him too?
And why was he now smashing his head and chanting âpunishâ?
Could it be that he was struck by the rebelâs dying counterattack and lost his sanity?
If so⊠maybe that Elder wasnât as powerful as she thought.
After all, being stolen from by a disciple was humiliating enough.
Still, killing witnesses, killing random passersby â what kind of insane sect was this?!
