Chapter 63: Returning to Reality

In addition to those, she purchased three more skills.

[Portal] (Grade A): Allows the user to set an anchor point at a specific location and travel to it instantly through a portal. A maximum of two anchor points can exist at the same time.

It cost 1526 gold coins, but wasn't this far more cost-effective than the official teleportation services? Although the price was tenfold, this was permanent, and it could also double as an escape route.

[Hunter's Eye] (Grade A): Upon activation, all living beings within a 50-meter radius will be displayed in your perception. Consumes 100 mana points per minute after activation.

It cost 817 gold coins and was much more useful than a revealing potion. Since she could transform into an animal to evade pursuit from official squads, there was no guarantee others couldn't do the same. Although it couldn't display the names of these living beings, it was normal for a Grade A skill to have limitations.

[Rain of Hatred] (Grade A): Volleys a massive amount of energy arrows toward a target area. A rain of arrows descends from the sky, dealing damage to all enemies within the area over 5 seconds. Each use consumes 250 mana points, with a 3-minute cooldown.

It cost 1279 gold coins. It was an area-of-effect skill, which she would need for farming monsters later.

[Beast Speech Comprehension] (Grade B): Upon use, allows you to learn the 27 most common beast languages.

It cost 388 gold coins. Well, she had long wanted to know what the cats in the backyard were saying, and it could be used to gather intelligence in the future.

[Spider Silk Trap] (Grade F): Sets a trap capable of trapping and paralyzing a target. Each use consumes 3 clusters of spider silk.

She needed to add some security to her villa. Such traps were easy to break free from, but adding poison to it would change everything, and it wasn't expensive—only 17 gold coins. The spider silk was even cheaper, costing just a few dozen copper coins per cluster.

Buying advanced alchemy materials cost 3000 gold coins. Combined with 3639 gold coins for skills, 1000 gold coins for a belt, and 388 gold coins for entertainment, 8027 gold coins vanished in the blink of an eye.

If she hadn't made a huge fortune, she wouldn't have been able to sustain such spending.

She became increasingly convinced that the Blue Star players from her past life who managed to level their professions above the advanced tier were mostly heavily cultivated by the authorities.

However, she didn't envy them. Such arrangements must be bound by absolute contracts, because a matter of this magnitude could never be restrained by mere conscience alone.

What a pity that after searching the auction house thoroughly, she couldn't find any skill books detailing how to craft skill crystals; that was likely a god-given talent.

Still, there was no need for her to buy one. The authorities would provide blank crystals in the contract for her to craft, and her personal demand wasn't that large anyway—exchanging with internal personnel would be enough.

Then she searched for the [Bed of the Pleasures Succubus], and its price had even dropped to 19 gold coins each. But she couldn't bring herself to buy it. Buying it as a wedding gift for Su Yitong and Yu Xunhuan was fine—in order to bring more love into the world, she was willing to spend that money. But spend 19 gold coins on Yi Qiuguo and Yu Qingshan? Not in a million years.

She browsed for a moment and found a budget-friendly alternative.

[Handcuffs of the Pleasure Demon] (Grade D), with similar effects, but costing only 2 gold coins.

That's the one!

After bringing some bait for Yu Xunhuan as well, Yu Xunogeh left the auction house. Passing by a general store, she dumped all the items she had stolen from Su Zhi's gang into the shop, selling them for over 90 silver coins. Then she headed into the sewers, transformed into a cat, took several twists and turns, and finally transformed into a spider to enter the restaurant's underground storage room, ultimately setting an anchor point on the ceiling in the corner.

Even if she arrived head-down, it didn't matter. She felt that compared to the ground, the ceiling was the safest place, as it was almost entirely within people's blind spots.

After finishing all this, Yu Xunge ran back to the sewer, canceled her disguise skill, and changed into modern clothes. The next second, she crushed the teleportation stone given to her by the authorities.

The first thing she did upon arriving at Blue Star was to sense this teleportation array. Ensuring that the skill could be used at any time, she finally relaxed and set another anchor point inside the safe room on the top floor of her villa.

Yet another way to run for her life.

...

Yu Xunge had finally returned.

Su Yitong was stunned for a full second upon hearing the name before reacting. She almost immediately ordered Yu Xunhuan to find an excuse to invite Yu Xunge over for a meal together, pausing before adding, "You can bring your parents along too."

Yu Xunhuan agreed with his usual good-natured demeanor: "How about we make it a family banquet? I'll cook."

Su Yitong shook her head: "You're the host, why would you cook?"

She was quite satisfied with Yu Xunhuan: he was good-looking, knew how to please her, and his family was tactful. Aside from finding it slightly odd that the lights had to be turned off during their intimate nighttime interactions, he had no flaws, which naturally made her feel a bit more protective of him.

Coupled with recent news indicating that luck value was a very special and crucial attribute, and Yu Xunhuan's luck happened to be the rare maximum value, she naturally had a bit more patience for him.

Yu Xunhuan's expression remained unchanged as he agreed.

It was only after returning to his room that he put away the smile on his face, sat quietly for a while, zoned out for a bit, and then began messaging Yu Xunge.

[Yu Xunhuan]: @Yu Xunge Sis~ I miss you so much!! Let's our family have a meal together.

This wasn't a lie; on the contrary, it was a rare expression of his true feelings.

Recently, although Su Yitong treated him quite well, the Su family never told him about major matters, especially strategies related to the game. He didn't even know what Su Yitong's god-given talent specifically did. After all this time, Yu Xunhuan didn't even know what grade her god-given talent was...

He knew less than the Su family's driver or butler!

Even though her attitude toward him had improved quite a bit recently for some unknown reason, it was only just a little bit better.

The more he compared, the more he realized how good Yu Xunge—who had unhesitatingly told him about this game in the first place—had been to him!

[Yu Xunge]: Sure~ When? I even brought gifts for all of you.

[Happy Qiuguo]: Hehe, good daughter, Mom loves your gift.

[Depressed Qingshan]: It's alright, I guess.

[Yu Xunge]: [Little yellow face blushing.jpg]

[Yu Xunge]: There's really no need to share everything with the child.

[Happy Qiuguo]: A 30-gold-coin gift! What's wrong with Mom sharing her experience using it? My daughter is so thoughtful.

[Depressed Qingshan]: Alright, alright...

[Yu Xunge]: [Adding chaos to society.jpg]

Looking at the lively chat group, Yu Xunhuan smiled with a rare sense of ease.

Yu Xunge was currently cooking for the cats in the backyard. She had left in mid-December, and now it was nearly mid-January. She could hear the continuous meowing. Whenever she cooked late, the cats would cry out like this. She used to not understand them and always felt like they were cursing at her.

Now, having learned [Beast Speech Comprehension], she could finally understand them.

Well... they really were cursing at her.

She shouldn't have learned it.

Yu Xunge wore a deadpan expression as she made [Roasted Spider Legs] and a huge basin of [Fresh Meat Sheep Milk Soup] for them, and also roasted a large pile of dried fish and chicken jerky, filling all the food bowls in the backyard.

She even used the [Spring of Light] to create a well. The gushing spring water had the effect of restoring vitality. Whether it was useful for the cats' health, she didn't know, but the well water tasted great, and she had used it a few times while farming monsters earlier.

Sure enough, a few cats ran to the edge of the wellhead to taste the gushing spring water and ended up drinking so much they didn't want to go back for their meal.

Hearing the purring sounds of the cats eating and drinking, Yu Xunge simply lay down on the lawn, cradling the back of her head with her hands, enjoying the rare peace and quiet.

Su Yitong's dinner party was probably coming with an agenda.

Although the news that players could go to Zelan Star could not be spread due to the constraints of the contract, every rule had loopholes. Information regarding how practical the skill [I'm Happy Again] was could still leak out. She didn't believe the Su family had no one embedded within the official ranks.

Too bad, though—she had already been "forcibly" conscripted by the authorities.