“Plop.”
The sound of a mouse click was especially clear in the silent room.
On the screen, the massive dungeon boss collapsed with a roar, and a few weak white and blue glows flickered over its corpse.
“How… did this happen?”
Lu Xueyao stared at the screen, her smile frozen, and she fell silent for a moment.
In the streaming room, the chat mood shifted instantly.
『Blue Sky White Clouds… not only was there no golden legend, there wasn’t even purple?!』
『We’re doomed! Lady Luck ran away! Unfollow, unfollow!』
『I knew yesterday was just a final flare, it’s over, it’s over.』
『The streamer’s good fortune is used up, I’m going next door to absorb some good luck!』
Watching the online viewer count in the top-right begin to slide down and the screen fill with doubts, Lu Xueyao’s heart clenched sharply.
Last night’s celebration had equaled what she usually earned in a month, and until just now her body was still sunk in a mix of exhaustion and exhilaration; now the Blue Sky White Clouds were like a bucket of cold water that sobered her up instantly.
The worst plan rose in Lu Xueyao’s mind at once.
If her good luck really disappeared…
She could already see herself falling back into the tight financial squeeze she had known before, calculating every penny day after day.
“Darling viewers, don’t panic! This was an accident, a slip of the hand! Let’s do it again!”
Lu Xueyao forced a smile and kept her voice lively, her fingers moving quickly. “To apologize, I’ll send out a 1000 lucky bag first! Everyone click follow and join the fan group, try your luck!”
She started the dungeon challenge again, her skills linking smoothly and her movement precise as Lu Xueyao focused entirely.
The boss fell, and the familiar animation lit up…
Again it was only blue and white light! Still not a trace of purple!
“It must be the way I opened it; everyone hold on, I’ll relog into the game!”
Seeing the streaming room’s viewer count plummet, Lu Xueyao’s spirits slowly sank.
If not for the lucky bag keeping some users, the streaming room numbers would probably have dropped even faster now.
But she could not keep using large lucky bags to forcibly hold viewers forever.
She streamed to make money, not to lose it; if she kept relying on throwing away money to keep viewers, wouldn’t she really be wasting money?
Without sending a large lucky bag, the popularity would only drain faster.
She fell into a dilemma and for the first time doubted her sudden good luck.
At the same time, Poison Fog Desert Secret Realm.
The feeling of spatial distortion and pulling vanished, and a solid ground came underfoot as Lu Sheng and He Wanying appeared on a vast, boundless sea of golden sand.
Because they were in the same party, Lu Sheng and He Wanying were teleported to the same area.
Secret Realms were divided by entry location into random Secret Realms and fixed-point Secret Realms.
Fixed-point Secret Realms had set spawn points, while random Secret Realms would place entrants randomly anywhere on the Secret Realm’s outskirts.
Of course, if you were in a party, all party members would appear at the same coordinates.
“Good luck, we didn’t fall into a monster nest.”
Lu Sheng looked around in a relaxed tone.
Everywhere he looked was monotonous gold, with only threads of ink-green poisonous miasma drifting in the air like living things writhing slowly.
Although it was an outer area, it still carried a certain danger, and for novice class holders this danger was even more lethal.
They might be teleported to the edge of a cliff, the middle of a deep sea, or even into the fresh droppings of some monster… it all depended on luck.
“Master!”
However, He Wanying’s voice carried a hint of urgency.
She quickly took two pale green pills that gave off a faint medicinal scent from her Backpack and carefully cupped one in both hands as she presented it to Lu Sheng.
“This is a Basic Antidote Pill; the poisonous miasma has already begun to erode, please take it quickly! Use mine first and save your own as a backup.”
Concern filled He Wanying’s cool eyes, and her fair cheeks flushed slightly with nervousness, her long lashes trembling, which made her look very pretty.
Lu Sheng did not immediately take it, but instead watched with interest as the icy beauty before him showed a rare anxious expression.
After admiring He Wanying’s flawless face for a moment, he suddenly reached out and pinched her plump, collagen-rich cheek.
“Ah!”
He Wanying, like a startled fawn, flushed from her neck to her earlobes in an instant, hurriedly lowering her head and speaking in a voice as thin as a mosquito’s.
“Ma-Master… please don’t…”
“We’re still in the Secret Realm… it’s not safe. If Master wants, after we leave the Secret Realm… I will…”
He Wanying stammered, feeling her cheeks burning.
A strange, tingling, fluttering emotion quietly spread in her heart; it was a feeling she had never had before, but at this moment… she did not seem to dislike it.
Seeing the usually aloof campus belle now show such shy and flustered cuteness, the curve at Lu Sheng’s mouth was harder to suppress than AK’s, and he felt even more that getting this maid was an absolute steal.
Even if she were not an SSS-rank class holder, just having her as a personal massage maid would be worth it.
“Keep the Basic Antidote Pill; no need to take it yet.”
Lu Sheng waved his hand and indicated for He Wanying to take back the Basic Antidote Pill. “One pill is worth 500 copper coins! Six pills are a full 3,000 copper coins! That’s equivalent to 30 silver coins!”
“We’re poor, so save a little!”
A pound of cotton in his family was worth only 3.28 copper coins; these six Basic Antidote Pills were enough for his family to sell nearly 1,000 pounds of cotton, and as a poor person, Lu Sheng could not bear to use them.
“But…”
He Wanying raised her head anxiously; she knew the danger of the Poison Fog Desert very well. Without taking a Basic Antidote Pill, ordinary people would surely die within 10 minutes! She clenched the pill in her hand, ready to force it into Lu Sheng’s mouth at any time.
She was about to continue speaking when she saw Lu Sheng wave his hand and look ahead.
“It’s just some poisonous fog; avoid it.”
Lu Sheng waved and glanced into the distance. “Stick close to me!”
A flash of golden light passed through his eyes.
『Data Eye』 activated!
As an SS-rank class talent skill, Data Eye not only allowed one to see other people’s information, but could even pierce weaknesses and analyze the composition of the air.
At this moment, the distribution of the poisonous fog was perfectly clear in his eyes; nowhere with fog could escape the reach of his sight.
He Wanying froze for a moment: avoid it?
How could they avoid an all-encompassing poisonous miasma?
But since Lu Sheng had spoken, she would not argue; she obediently followed behind him, though the two Basic Antidote Pills in her hand were not put away and were instead clenched tightly in her palm.
If she detected the slightest sign of poisoning on Lu Sheng, she would not hesitate to force the Basic Antidote Pill into him.
Lu Sheng walked as if threading through an invisible maze, his steps veering left and right, sometimes quick, sometimes pausing, his trajectory strange, and He Wanying followed step by step.
Ten minutes… fifteen minutes… not a trace of poisoning appeared on either of them!
The surrounding deadly ink-green poisonous miasma seemed to be separated by an invisible force and never touched them at all!
As they continued deeper forward with Lu Sheng, He Wanying’s gaze shifted from initial nervousness to bewilderment, and now to complete astonishment.
Lu Sheng’s claim that he could avoid the poisonous fog turned out to be true!
Her SSS-rank Eternal Winter Swordmaster could not do that; how… had he managed it?
He Wanying silently watched Lu Sheng’s back, and a sense of awe and dependence quietly grew within her.
Master truly was Master.
Not only was he handsome, but he was also gentle, and he protected the SSS-rank class holder He Wanying behind him while he probed ahead.
Other students in the Secret Realm were probably still calculating when to take their Basic Antidote Pills!
Just as He Wanying’s mind wandered, Lu Sheng’s steps paused, and his sharp gaze locked onto a slightly raised sand dune ahead.
“It’s decided, it’s you! He Wanying!”
What???
He Wanying suddenly froze and looked forward along Lu Sheng’s line of sight.
At the top of the dune, a downward-pointing triangular snake head covered in dark yellow scales suddenly emerged, and its cold vertical pupils instantly locked onto the two of them… Sand-Soaring Snake!
Lu Sheng strode forward and shielded He Wanying in front of him, pointing at the Sand-Soaring Snake in the distance.
“Go! Kill it!”