This is a cultivation game, but its operation is terrible.

Trading the Flame King's life for information on the Fourth District's trump card is a huge win.

"It is a..."

Just as Yan Wang was about to reveal Jiang Liu's existence, he suddenly paused, as if his throat was stuffed with cotton and he couldn't make a sound.

He's an incredibly abnormal newbie.

I was instantly killed and sent back by a newbie player. He beat me so badly that I couldn't fight back at all, and in the end, he even gave me the comment that I was "too weak".

Can I say that?

He asked himself honestly, but his strong sense of pride wouldn't allow him to say that.

I, the mighty Flame King, ranked seventh in the third district in terms of combat power, and the sect leader of the seventh sect, was brutally killed by a newbie from the fourth district. If this gets out, how will I ever be able to face anyone in the third district again?

Don't I have any pride?

No, you absolutely can't say that!

Nobody saw me get completely destroyed by a newbie from server 4, so why should I tell the truth?

According to Schrödinger's cat theorem, an event is only confirmed to exist after it has been observed; if it has not been observed, it means that the event does not exist.

How do you describe something that doesn't exist?

Is it fabricated or made up?

Am I, the mighty King Yan, a man of lies?

Yan Wang mentally defended himself, his gaze slowly sweeping over the crowd, his face solemn, and his voice low as he said, "It is a spiritual artifact!"

"A magical artifact?!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked, their faces filled with disbelief.

"impossible!"

Lu Hejin instinctively retorted fiercely, "Our district only released the spiritual artifacts six months after it opened. District 4 has only been open for a little over four months. How could spiritual artifacts possibly appear there?"

"Flame King, you must be seeing things."

The distribution of game items is uniform across all regions; high-tier items will never be released prematurely just because a new region is being launched.

Zones 1, 2, and 3 only release Spirit Rank items after six months, so why is Zone 4 being treated as an exception?

The early release of Spirit Rank items in Zone 4 is extremely unfair to other zones. Unless the developers are brain-dead, they would never do something so stupid.

Hearing Lu Hejin's rebuttal, the others nodded repeatedly, looking at Yan Wang with doubt in their eyes.

They didn't think Yan Wang was lying; they just assumed he had misread the image.

Faced with everyone's disbelief, the Flame King remained expressionless and calmly replied, "Haven't you seen any spirit weapons in the game six months before the server opened?"

In short, they were silenced.

Haven't you seen it before?

Of course I've seen it!

It's in the main storyline. After joining the demonic path, they were arranged by the demonic path to infiltrate righteous sects and steal spiritual artifacts. At that time, they not only saw them, but they even managed to take them.

Could it be...?

Lu Hejin's eyes flickered as he guessed, "During the Immortal Cultivation Era, spirit-level items were released in advance, but no player has found them yet?"

"A player from Zone 4 got incredibly lucky and stumbled upon a magical artifact in the open world?"

"The Great World is a map of the entire cultivation world. It's not unusual to find a few spiritual artifacts hidden in some remote and obscure ruin."

With the main storyline preceding them, they were able to accept the fact that players in the fourth district possessed magical artifacts.

Depend on!

It turns out that spirit-level items were already placed in the Immortal Cultivation Era, but we just hadn't found them yet!

Damn it, what incredible luck did those newbies have? They managed to get a spirit weapon just over four months after the server opened!

Many sect leaders felt a surge of envy, jealousy, and resentment. They knew that although spiritual artifacts had already been released in their three regions, the production was extremely low, and to this day, the top players' equipment and skills were still mainly composed of high-grade Xuan artifacts.

Even for these eight players who stand at the pinnacle of the three zones, the spiritual weapons and techniques they possess are extremely rare.

"A mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, wielding a spiritual weapon, can defeat the Flame King in 30 seconds?"

The Demon Yin Sect Master, Lan Yaoyin, suddenly sensed something was amiss. Her alluring eyes revealed a hint of doubt as she looked at the Flame King: "Don't you also have a spiritual weapon? How could you lose to a player from the fourth region who wields a spiritual weapon?"

Yes!

The others also noticed this incongruity and cast questioning glances at Yan Wang.

Mid-stage Golden Core cultivator with a Spiritual Weapon; never defeated a Foundation Establishment cultivator with a Spiritual Weapon.

Is this reasonable?

This doesn't make sense.

Faced with the doubts, the Flame King remained calm and said in a cold voice, "Because the player in the fourth district possesses a high-grade spiritual weapon!"

"The quality of this high-grade spiritual artifact is close to that of a Dao artifact. This is something I cannot defeat even if I fight with all my might!"

"High-grade spiritual weapon?!"

Upon hearing this, the others couldn't help but gasp in surprise, their expressions filled with disbelief.

"How is that possible!?"

Lu Hejin said in a sharp voice, "Even our district hasn't produced a high-grade spiritual weapon, so why would the fourth district produce one?"

"Flame King, you must have made a mistake!"

The others also looked incredulous. They preferred to believe that the Flame King had made a mistake rather than believe that there was a high-grade spiritual artifact in the fourth district.

High-grade spiritual artifacts are rare items in the first and second servers. In the third server, no one has even seen a high-grade spiritual artifact yet, but the fourth server already has them.

Impossible! Absolutely impossible! King Yan must have made a mistake!

"Whether it is a high-grade spiritual weapon or not, we will know once we try it."

Yan Wang pointed to the Yin-Yang Reversal Plate, glanced at everyone, and said expressionlessly, "My judgment alone is not enough to convince everyone, so let's add another one. Who will go this time?"

The seven sect leaders: "..."

The seven sect leaders looked at each other, speechless.

To go or not to go, that is the question.

Is it shameful to die at the hands of a newbie in Zone 4?

shame.

One Yan Wang is enough to be the first to step forward and die. Is it not a joke to send another one out to die?

"Ha, is that all?"

Yan Wang gave a cold smile, his gaze swept across the crowd, and finally settled on the beautiful college student, Xia Xiaoshui, the sect leader. He said in a deep voice, "Xia Xiaoshui, you go!"

"what?"

Xia Xiaoshui was completely bewildered when she heard Yan Wang mention her name. She instinctively shrank her neck and said with great dissatisfaction, "Why should I go? I didn't question you."

"Because you're the youngest!"

Yan Wang said without any politeness, "You are the youngest, ranked eighth in the sect, and everyone here is your senior. If you don't go, who will?"

Upon hearing that they wouldn't be the ones delivering it, the others secretly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly.

"That makes sense."

"Little Water Sister, we're counting on you this time. I don't ask you to live long, I just ask you to determine the grade of the spirit weapon in the hands of the player in Zone 4, and what its effects and attributes are."

A bunch of cunning old bastards!

Xia Xiaoshui thought to herself, "You guys care about face? Don't I, a college student from a prestigious university, have face too? I have a whole bunch of classmates from my school in my sect!"

Even if she was very dissatisfied, it was no use. She could only walk to the Yin-Yang Reversal Plate with a bitter face.

"Activate the Yin-Yang Reversal Plate!"

Xia Xiaoshui has left.

5 second, 10 seconds, 20 seconds.

Xia Xiaoshui is back.

When she returned, her face was blank, as if she still didn't understand what had happened, and she was in a state of mental lapse.

Seeing that Xia Xiaoshui left and returned in a hurry, the others quickly asked her what was wrong.

"Did you see that clearly? What grade of spirit weapon is the player in Zone 4 holding?"

"What are the effects? Is it an instant kill or a suppression?"

"What kind of magical artifact is it? A weapon or a special magical artifact?"

A barrage of questions pulled Xia Xiaoshui back from her daze, and she instinctively replied, "What kind of magical artifact is that? That's clearly..."

Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly heard two loud coughs, which echoed throughout the empty conference hall.

"Xia Xiaoshui!"

Yan Wang coughed twice, raised his hand to touch his stiff cheek, stared at Xia Xiaoshui with his fierce eyes, and said expressionlessly, "Calm down and think carefully, it's a high-grade spiritual weapon, isn't it?"

"what?"

Xia Xiaoshui was stunned for a moment, but when she saw Yan Wang touching his face, her expression gradually became strange, as if she realized something. Bai Zhi's cheeks instantly turned red, and after hesitating for two seconds, she whispered, "It's a high-grade spiritual weapon, there's no doubt about it!"

"Its power was too great, it's not even in the same league as a mid-grade spiritual weapon. I died before I could even react!"

I knew it!

Seeing Xia Xiaoshui change her mind, Yan Wang's expression remained unchanged, but he smiled smugly to himself.

The reason he singled out Xia Xiaoshui was because he was certain that Xia Xiaoshui would never tell the truth!

Although he was not familiar with Xia Xiaoshui, he knew that most of Xia Xiaoshui's sect members were alumni of the same school, and he himself was a beauty in the school and definitely cared a lot about his reputation.

If word got out that she was completely outmatched by a newbie from Zone 4, she would definitely be ridiculed by her classmates and alumni.

If you don't want to be ridiculed or lose face, then you have no choice but to go along with him and cover up the truth together.