Ying Huaixu was extremely excited.
Inside the box lay a Fortune Pill.
These items were essential for every new player.
Only after consuming the Fortune Pill could one awaken their Spiritual Root and embark on the path of immortal cultivation.
And this small pill represented the value of this account.
Ying Huaixu quickly picked up the pill and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Hmm?"
Ying Huaixu was a bit surprised.
Although the Harmony Immortal Cultivation Chronicles focused on comprehensive simulation, using items like pills and food was done through eating.
But that was limited to food.
Because the taste of food was known in reality, it was created by the equipment activating the player's taste buds based on the real taste.
However, pills generally had no taste.
But today, this pill was so sweet!
So sweet that Ying Huaixu wanted to drink a glass of water to rinse it down.
"Is this some new patch from the officials? Whatever, the most important thing is to start the account!"
As the Fortune Pill entered his body.
Ying Huaixu eagerly awaited to see his panel.
His Spiritual Root section was flickering continuously.
This indicated that the Spiritual Root was being randomized.
Ying Huaixu stared intently at the Spiritual Root panel, his eyes growing more excited.
"Damn, purple..."
Ying Huaixu kept jumping in place.
"It's a windfall, no matter what the Spiritual Root is, purple means it's top-tier!"
Finally, the Spiritual Root settled.
Ying Huaixu felt like he was about to have a heart attack.
"Dao Sword Spiritual Root (Hidden State)"
"Quality (Purple Qi from the East)"
"Innate Ice Attribute (Mutation)!"
Ying Huaixu was truly overwhelmed with excitement.
This was definitely a god-tier start.
You must know, a sword spiritual root, regardless of quality, is a must-have for the wealthy.
An account with a sword spiritual root starts at a base value of a million.
And this was a Dao Sword Spiritual Root.
Although it's currently in a hidden state, Ying Huaixu had seen in official posts before.
The Dao Sword Spiritual Root, when using sword techniques to deal damage, can heal oneself.
Moreover, sword technique damage includes a percentage of the opponent's life as true damage and a percentage of one's own life as true damage.
While the damage explodes, it also heals oneself based on the damage dealt.
The so-called "one sword opens the heavens, one sword destroys the stars" is not just talk, and as long as there's enough mana, one can never die.
It's an invincible Spiritual Root, even joked about as an official cheat.
But unfortunately, until now, no one in the Harmony Immortal Cultivation Chronicles had unlocked the Dao Sword.
And now, he had unlocked it.
And it came with a mutated ice attribute.
That made it even more valuable.
The wealthy love ice swords, thunder swords, and fire swords the most.
For no other reason than the explosive effects and high damage.
Especially ice swords, which have so many light-pollution effects in the later stages, that they are one of the necessary means for the wealthy to show off.
Of course, these aren't really important.
What's important is that a wealthy person once offered three hundred million just to acquire a Dao Sword.
Now, not only did he unlock a Dao Sword, but it's an Ice Dao Sword. Damn, he's hit the jackpot.
Ying Huaixu was extremely excited at this moment.
His first thought was to pay off all his loans.
Next was to quickly log off and look at cars and houses.
Then, another wave of surprise appeared.
Ye Ningshuang walked over with a look of panic, but seeing the corpses all over the ground, she finally felt relieved.
"Young Master, are you okay?"
Ying Huaixu didn't hear a thing.
He was immersed in the system's constant settlement sound every second.
"Resolved Ye Ningshuang's potential threat, received a special blessing."
"Experience +1500, Spirit Leaf 10!"
Ying Huaixu was stunned.
"Damn, giving so much experience at the start, and Spirit Leaves too, isn't that only available after entering a sect?"
"This account is a bit against the heavens!"
It made Ying Huaixu reluctant to sell it.
But thinking about his loans, Ying Huaixu still shook his head.
"Forget it, forget it, log off..."
Then, Ying Huaixu was dumbfounded.
"Wait a minute..."
Ying Huaixu was incredulous.
He searched inside and out over ten times for the logout button.
Then he was bewildered.
"No, where's my logout button?"
Ying Huaixu searched frantically again.
But still couldn't find it.
Ye Ningshuang couldn't hold back anymore.
"Young Master, I know a good doctor, maybe we should go see him!"
Ying Huaixu finally looked at Ye Ningshuang.
Then, Ying Huaixu instinctively pinched Ye Ningshuang's face.
"Young Master, you..."
Ye Ningshuang's face turned red instantly, and she pushed Ying Huaixu away.
But Ying Huaixu's mindset collapsed.
"How is this possible, how can an NPC have warmth and real-time interaction!"
Ying Huaixu had a bad premonition.
Back then, many players made various moves towards NPCs, and the officials eventually virtualized all NPCs.
But the problem is, what's going on now?
The NPC feels like a real person, and even has warmth.
No logout button, NPCs are living people.
Ying Huaixu hurriedly ran outside, using the bandit leader's horse-cutting saber to slash his own arm.
A unique human pain sensation came.
And there was blood.
"No, it can't be!"
Ying Huaixu sat on the ground, his eyes becoming somewhat hollow.
He didn't hear a word of Ye Ningshuang's concern and inquiry.
Couldn't hear it, and his mindset was somewhat collapsing.
Not long after, Ying Huaixu saw torches coming from afar.
It seemed like the Ping'an Town authorities were coming to collect the bodies.
Ying Huaixu suddenly laughed.
"Hehehe, when I played this game before, there was never this part..."
"This isn't a game at all, this is a damn real world!"
Then, Ying Huaixu finally couldn't hold on.
The fatigue from staying up all night to start the account hit him.
He couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep.
When he woke up the next day, Ying Huaixu suddenly sat up.
Seeing the familiar ancient poor house, Ying Huaixu was utterly desperate.
The Harmony Immortal Cultivation Chronicles had a forced twelve-hour logout feature to prevent players from getting addicted to the game.
But now, he still hadn't logged out.
Ying Huaixu wished it was all an illusion?
But, he couldn't sleep anymore.
Ying Huaixu got up and instinctively jumped.
Then he slapped himself.
Before figuring out the situation, he decided to walk normally.
Thinking of this.
Ying Huaixu walked out of Ye Ningshuang's small courtyard.
No other reason, he just wanted to see if there were other players in Ping'an Town.
But after looking, Ying Huaixu's heart, which was hanging by a thread, completely died.
He didn't believe it.
He jumped several times in a row and ran to the rooftop.
However, he saw the first sunrise of this world.
And saw the tranquility of Ping'an Town in the early morning.
But this tranquility was not what he wanted.
Ying Huaixu opened the game system.
Then, he couldn't help but rub his face with both hands.
World chat, gone...
Team interface, gone.
And many customer service feedback options were gone.
In the rush to start the account, he hadn't carefully looked at these things.
Now, coming to his senses, he realized that the previous sense of abnormality seemed to make sense all at once.
Ying Huaixu was somewhat broken.
He now felt really disconnected from this world.
Especially since he had chosen the Harmony Difficulty, the highest difficulty world level.
Ying Huaixu almost didn't want to live anymore.