Divine Level Witch Doctor

After receiving a text from his bank, Zhao Yuan casually opened it. Seeing an extra twenty million, he couldn’t help but be surprised. ”This has to be a mistake, right? You sent twenty million too much.”

”No mistake.” Ying Ji giggled, teasing, ”The extra twenty million is your reward. What can I say? You’re well-equipped and your performance left me very satisfied.”

As she spoke, she unceremoniously picked a Storage Ring and slipped it onto her hand. The ring, made of suet-fat White Jade, was a surprisingly good match for her delicate, jade-like hand, making it look even more beautiful, like a work of art.

Zhao Yuan was speechless.

’Damn, this woman is even more of a hooligan than any man!’

He didn’t dare to continue the topic, just gave a dry laugh and said, ”Since it’s a reward, I won’t be polite. Please thank the Ying Family Ancestor for me.”

Hao Li pouted, clearly disdainful of how quickly and completely Zhao Yuan had caved.

Zhao Yuan shot him a look that said, ’You go ahead if you think you’re so tough!’

Hao Li immediately turned his head and stared up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle.

’Are you kidding me? Trading flirtatious barbs with Ying Ji? That’s just asking for death!’

The three of them joked around for a while longer before a large group of Ying Clan Members suddenly appeared at the Lakefront House.

It turned out that the eleven Storage Rings Zhao Yuan had delivered were considered far too precious by the Ying Clan Members. To prevent news from leaking and attracting thieves, the Ying Family Ancestor had sent his clansmen to escort the eleven rings back to the Ying Family’s Old Mansion.

After bidding farewell to Zhao Yuan and Hao Li, Ying Ji, under the protection of a group of her clansmen, set off on the road home with the eleven Storage Rings.

This spectacle left Zhao Yuan marveling. ”Isn’t the Ying Family being a little over the top?”

”Not at all,” Hao Li said with a sigh. ”We’re talking about eleven Storage Rings! In this day and age, Spatial Magical Artifacts are incredibly rare, and each one is priceless. Eleven of them is more than enough to make some people with ill intentions take a huge risk!”

Only then did Zhao Yuan realize that stuffing the Storage Rings into a garbage bag earlier was a truly reckless waste of priceless treasures…

He shook his head, pushing the thought from his mind, and changed the subject. ”Alright, stop staring. Hurry up and get me something to eat. I didn’t get to eat much for lunch, and after getting struck by lightning, I’m about to starve to death!”

Hao Li roared with laughter. ”In consideration of you giving me a Storage Ring, I’ll personally cook you a great meal.”

Zhao Yuan was delighted and urged him, ”Hurry, hurry.” Then, remembering the favor Fang Yi had asked for, he brought it up with Hao Li.

Hao Li agreed at once. ”Since he’s your friend, upgrading his Level is no problem at all. I’ll give the order in a bit. Just tell him to mention Your Name next time he comes, and the lobby manager will help him with the upgrade.”

”Alrighty then.” Zhao Yuan immediately took out his phone and told Fang Yi the news.

Fang Yi was overjoyed, thanking him profusely over the phone.

After extorting a free meal from Hao Li, Zhao Yuan left the Lakefront House. Instead of heading straight back to school, he went to a computer market.

He had thought about buying a computer before but had been delayed by various things. Now, having heard about the Cultivator Forum from Hao Li, he figured it wouldn’t be a good idea to log into that forum on someone else’s computer. It would be much more convenient to buy his own.

After looking around the computer market, Zhao Yuan bought an Apple laptop and several of the latest iPhones. Besides one for himself, he planned to give one to each of his parents and his younger sister.

After leaving the computer market, Zhao Yuan placed the newly purchased laptop and phones into his Storage Ring, keeping only the one he would use for himself in his pocket.

Back at the dorm, Liu Zhu and Wang Rongfeng were in a premade party playing League of Legends. Wu Yan was nowhere to be found, probably out chasing girls again.

Liu Zhu and Wang Rongfeng were stunned when they saw Zhao Yuan’s new bald look.

”Holy crap, Third Bro, what happened to you? Why’d you shave your head?”

”Third Bro, what’s wrong? Did you get your heart broken? No, that can’t be right. Aren’t things heating up between you and Lin Xue?”

Zhao Yuan shot them a glare and said irritably, ”What do you mean, ’heating up’? Can’t you speak properly? Can’t you just talk like a normal person?”

”Then what’s with this? You’re not planning to renounce worldly pleasures and become a Monk, are you? Don’t do it! This world is too wonderful, don’t throw it all away!” Liu Zhu said with a worried look.

Zhao Yuan replied, ”Don’t worry, I have no such plans! Can’t I just want a new look? A shaved head is nice and cool!”

”You’re telling us it’s cool in the middle of winter?” Liu Zhu and Wang Rongfeng pouted. Convinced that he was really okay, they let it go and didn’t press further. After all, doesn’t everyone have their secrets?

Zhao Yuan sat down at his desk. While Liu Zhu and Wang Rongfeng were focused on their game, he quickly opened his Storage Ring and took out the Apple laptop.

The startup chime still caught Liu Zhu’s and Wang Rongfeng’s attention. They glanced back and said in surprise, ”Yo, when did you buy a computer? How come we didn’t know? Man, why’d you buy an Apple? These machines aren’t good for gaming.”

Zhao Yuan answered vaguely, ”Bought it a couple of days ago, just left it in my locker and haven’t used it. I don’t know anything about computers, and I was overwhelmed when I went to the market. I had no idea what to buy. In the end, I saw this machine was light and had decent battery life, so I got it. It doesn’t matter if I can’t play games on it. I’m just going to use it to browse the web and look up info.”

”A computer you don’t play games on? Isn’t that a waste?!” Liu Zhu sighed, shaking his head.

Wang Rongfeng chimed in, ”I agree with Boss on that one with every fiber of my being!”

Zhao Yuan was at a loss, a wry smile on his face. ”Alright, you two have a point. I have no rebuttal!”

Liu Zhu was about to say more, but Wang Rongfeng beside him suddenly yelled, ”Boss, watch out! You’re about to get killed!”

”What? Holy crap!” Liu Zhu was startled and quickly turned back, focusing on controlling his game character, not daring to be distracted for another second.

Zhao Yuan enjoyed the peace and quiet. After connecting the original mouse that came with the set and entering the dorm’s Wi-Fi password, he logged on successfully. He opened a web browser, took out his old phone, found the text message Hao Li had sent, and typed the URL into the address bar.

’The person who came up with this URL had to be some kind of psychopath. Not only was it long, but the letters and numbers had no discernible pattern. I can’t help but wonder if, when registering the domain, the person just randomly smashed their face on the keyboard.’

Finally, after he finished typing the URL and hit the Enter key, a page appeared before Zhao Yuan.

The page featured a traditional ink wash painting of a mountain landscape, which had a certain artistic flair. Next to the painting were two elegant words in Running Script: Seeking Dao!

”What a great painting, and what great calligraphy!” Zhao Yuan praised sincerely. He could see an otherworldly Qi and an unrestrained spirit in the characters and the painting. Clearly, the creator of this artwork was no ordinary person! They were either a master in the field of calligraphy and painting, or a Cultivator of considerable power!

At the very bottom of the page were fields for entering a username and password, as well as a link to apply for registration.

Zhao Yuan immediately clicked ’Apply for Registration.’ A dialog box popped up, asking for the inviter’s ID. After switching his input method, Zhao Yuan typed in Hao Li’s ID: ’Little Fatty Mengmengda’.

After he pressed the ’Confirm’ button, the page didn’t change, but a new dialog box popped up. It read, ”Please select your cultivation method.” Below it were several options, making it look, at first glance, like one of those shoddy web games.

Zhao Yuan scanned the list but didn’t see the Witch Doctor cultivation method on it.

’That makes sense,’ he thought. ’From ancient times to the present, aside from Wu Peng, I’m probably the only one who has formally cultivated as a Witch Doctor. The rest, at best, only learned some superficial aspects of it, never grasping its true essence and teachings.’

Although there was an ’Other’ option below the main list where he could enter his own cultivation method, Zhao Yuan had no intention of exposing his ’Witch Doctor’ identity. After a moment of thought, he selected the ’Pill Master’ option.

’After all, the Ying Family and Hao Li already suspect I’m a Pill Master. I might as well keep using this identity as a cover.’