am-books Chapter 10 – Your Virtual Girlfriend's small gift has been delivered
Chapter 10 – Your Virtual Girlfriend's small gift has been delivered
Night— The rain gradually stopped.
Li Qingran looked nervously at the protective amulet in her hand, preparing to complete the final three steps.
The first step was to replenish the amulet with spiritual energy.
She wasn't sure how much spiritual energy was needed to make the protective amulet from the remaining materials of the Immortal Grade Array Banner. All she knew was that she used up all 50 low-grade spirit stones and drained her own spiritual energy just to barely fill the amulet with the necessary energy.@@@@
She rubbed her pale, delicate face and took a deep breath, "Next is the second step!"
Engraving the name!
The creator of the amulet must use their own blood as ink to write the name of the person to be protected on the amulet.
This step was supposed to be the simplest, yet Li Qingran was even more nervous than before.
"Write it well, write it well, I must write it well..."
She muttered to herself, finally writing the three characters 'Chen Huaian' on the amulet.
However, her face showed a smile more awkward than crying, "It's over, now it's even more laughable..."
The characters on the amulet were crooked and twisted, even worse than chicken scratch.
Li Qingran had a natural flaw—her handwriting was ugly.
It wasn't that she was uncouth or wild; before joining the Azure Cloud Sect, she was the daughter of a military general. Although her parents wanted her to learn the skills of a lady, she had no interest at all, focusing entirely on horseback riding, spear techniques, archery, and other skills useful in battle.
Back then, she cried when her parents forced her to learn to write.
Riding into battle didn't require beautiful handwriting.
Now she regretted it.
If given another chance, she would definitely follow her parents and learn to write properly.
"Father always said that the thought behind a gift is what matters most." Li Qingran pumped her fist to encourage herself and moved on to the final step—bestowing fortune.
As the name suggests, it means transferring one's fortune to another.
The fortune of heaven and earth forms its own cycle, with gains and losses.
Fortunately, with the amulet as a medium, the fortune transferred is only temporary.
However, after giving away the fortune, the giver will experience a period of bad luck due to the loss.
But Li Qingran didn't mind; regardless of whether the senior needed this modest fortune, she only hoped for his safety.
Using a secret technique to seal the fortune into the amulet, Li Qingran's complexion visibly worsened, but she smiled happily.
"I'll just leave this amulet on the table for now."
Li Qingran bowed her head in respect towards the ceiling, not caring whether the senior could hear her, but believing he surely could.
"Junior Qingran is grateful for the senior's care. My injuries have healed, and I feel I have nothing to repay you with, so I specially crafted a protective amulet as a gift! Though small, it carries my sincere heart... I hope the senior won't disdain it."
After speaking, she lowered her head, but her eyes nervously glanced upwards, cautiously watching the amulet on the table.
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
Swish—!
However, Chen Huaian himself had a bit of interest in these mysterious things.
So, with a bit of curiosity, he searched online: The so-called Zhen Gua indicates thunderous movement, corresponding to the feet of a person. Generally, when Zhen Gua is paired with ominous signs, it is not suitable for travel. Ominous is easy to understand; extreme ominous means death, while ominous suggests serious injury, like losing a limb.
Could it be that climbing Mount Tai would get him struck by lightning?!
He checked the weather forecast.
For the next two days, the weather at Mount Tai was over thirty degrees, where would the rain come from?
He closed the two prompt boxes, as they blocked Li Qingran's beautiful sleeping face.
Li Qingran was indeed still asleep, and this girl's sleeping posture was excellent, not moving an inch all night. However, for some reason, her complexion didn't look good. Last night, after he finished reading the Mount Tai strategy guide, he went to sleep and didn't pay attention to Li Qingran's condition. Anyway, before he went to sleep, Li Qingran was still meditating and cultivating. To be fair, this girl was really diligent, always cultivating whenever she had the chance, like a perpetual motion machine.
He tapped on Li Qingran's face and checked her information.
He found a new debuff: Loss of Fortune.
"Strange, could deducing the Heavenly Secret affect Li Qingran too?" After thinking it over, that seemed to be the only reason.
[Status: Sleeping]
[Current Favorability: 25 (Admiration)]
[Favorability reached 25, triggering a small gift]
[Your virtual girlfriend 'Li Qingran' has made a small gift for you, and it has been delivered]
"A gift system, that's quite common."
Chen Huaian stroked his chin and nodded, but he couldn't find Li Qingran's gift in the game's inventory after searching for a long time.
There was no such thing as a mailbox.
This game was very pay-to-win, not even offering hundreds of draws at launch.
"It probably hasn't refreshed yet." Chen Huaian made this assumption.
Some small workshop games were like this.
The announcement updates were faster than the item updates, so maybe by eight or nine in the morning, it would be available.
Just then, there was a sudden knock on the door outside.
Chen Huaian, puzzled, went to open the door, but there was no one outside.
Just as he was about to close the door, he glanced down and saw a palm-sized delivery box.
"Huh? I didn't order anything, and who delivers packages at five in the morning..."
He picked up the box.
There was no logo of any courier company on the label, nor any tracking number.
Just a line of small regular script: For Senior Chen.
Proofreader & Editor: Peter Pan