As time passed, two and a half hours have now gone by.
The Cultivation Golden List has reached the sixtieth position.
The front has already reached the Divinity Transformation stage, this sixtieth could very likely be the Mahayana Stage.
[Sixtieth, Water Fairy, Early Mahayana Stage]
[Reward: Water Spirit Immortal Grass]
As the Golden List was revealed, all the teachers and students on the field turned to Yan Yu, all shocked.
It's quite exaggerated that the sixtieth position is only at the Mahayana Stage.
Could it be that after the fiftieth position, all are Tribulation Stage or Immortals?
But then again, back in the day, many players spent a lot of money in the game, they could surpass many with just a few thousand or ten thousand yuan.
Yan Yu was somewhat surprised to see herself only at the sixtieth position, if the Mahayana Stage can only rank sixtieth, then further up must be the Tribulation Stage.
Chen Lan wasn't surprised, but the Water Spirit Immortal Grass did intrigue him a bit.
He remembered that this Water Spirit Immortal Grass was used to develop Water Spirit Root.
In the game, every cultivator had the five main Spirit Roots: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Everyone would unlock their own Spirit Root and could even gather all five.
Unlike the novels, there would be no such thing as Mixed Spirit Root or No Spirit Root.
However, after the game manifested in reality, he found that he indeed had no Spirit Root, maybe they needed to awaken it themselves.
This Water Spirit Immortal Grass could just allow Yan Yu to awaken her Water Spirit Root.
Shortly after the Golden List was announced, Yan Yu received a call.
Although eavesdropping is unethical, Chen Lan still used his Divine Sense to listen in.
It was Luo Wei calling Yan Yu, inviting her to the Qin Capital Branch of the Dragon Department to meet the leaders, as there was something important to discuss with her.
This was the first time Chen Lan heard the name, Dragon Department!
It reminded him of the secret departments often written about in novels, mysterious organizations responsible for national security.
It stirred something in his young heart.
But then, he thought about it and set it aside, for he didn't want to join such departments; freedom suited him more. Otherwise, he wouldn't have named himself Celestial Venerable Xiao Yao in the game.
From a young age, he fantasized about becoming a great cultivator like in novels, living freely, roaming the sky, carefree.
Thus, in the game, he named himself Celestial Venerable Xiao Yao, and he hadn't expected it to come true today.
With his cultivation level, he really could roam the sky without anyone being able to restrain him.
Soon, Yan Yu left the field, disappearing from where she stood.
The ordinary people on the scene were amazed, only cultivators knew that the Mahayana Stage could already achieve the realm of Shrinking Earth into Inches.
In the blink of an eye, one could travel far distances.
Only Chen Lan knew where Yan Yu had gone because his Divine Sense was always locked onto her.
He wanted to see what the Dragon Department was all about.
Yan Yu arrived in a deep mountain, where there was actually a heavily guarded secret base with dozens of soldiers patrolling and hundreds more in training.
Luo Wei, who was earlier at the door waiting for Yan Yu, led her inside, through the corridors, to a meeting room.
Inside were seven or eight high-ranking military officers in uniforms, their ranks on their epaulets were high, the lowest being major general, but each was very courteous to Yan Yu.
Because this was the Mahayana Stage, with just a flick of a finger, she wielded terrifying power.
They began the conversation.
Their aim for inviting Yan Yu was to appoint her as the deputy head of the cultivator management department's Qin Capital Branch, while the main head was still being discussed.
They then explained the main content of the management department, which was managing those cultivators not in the department and protecting the people.
With the appearance of cultivators, crime rates had soared, with hundreds of crimes nationwide within just half a day.
These ranged from ordinary theft and robbery to grievous crimes like QJ and murder.
The vast majority were committed by cultivators.
Some cultivators, upon gaining power, immediately sought revenge on their old enemies, with no regard to the severity of their actions.
The power of a cultivator was terrifying to ordinary people.
Yan Yu did not refuse, thinking that since she now possessed this power, she should bear the responsibility because she was a Huaxia citizen.
The generals admired her greatly and finally appointed her as the branch's deputy, tasked with recruiting at the school, calling upon the cultivators to unite into an incomparably powerful force.
"Holy crap, Tribulation powerhouse!"
Just then, Luo Tao suddenly shouted from the side, breaking Chen Lan's train of thought.
Having heard what he wanted, he retracted his Divine Sense and looked up at the sky's golden list.
This one glance left him slightly astonished.
[Fifty-first, Misty Fairy, Early Tribulation Stage]
[Reward: Random Acquired Spirit Treasure]
This Misty Fairy was also one of his Dao companions!
It was half a year after the game started that he met a girl, who was a young wealthy lady.
At that time, his cultivation was still low; he saw a young wealthy lady on the world channel seeking disciples, so he added her as a friend, willing to try it out.
Unexpectedly, she agreed, and after a few days of gaming, she suddenly sent a Dao companion request to become Dao companions with him.
He thought she was just playing around, but she was unexpectedly serious, even gifting him many good items.
Regrettably, she only played for a month before quitting.
But due to spending, she reached the Tribulation Stage within a month, reportedly spending over a hundred thousand yuan, though the truth was uncertain.
Seeing this name, Chen Lan recalled past memories, unsure of who this Dao companion was now.
...
Meanwhile, in Longdu, in a certain luxurious villa.
A girl with a voluptuous figure, slim where she should be, extremely full where she shouldn't be, yet with a baby face, lay on a deck chair by the outdoor pool, watching the golden list in the sky.
Seeing her name on the ranking board, the girl jumped up, dancing with joy.
"Wuhu, I made the ranking! I'm actually fifty-first! Who would've thought that a game I played casually, spending some small change, would lead me to become a powerhouse!"
She had played the game on a whim, initially planning to quit, but met a nice little brother, hit it off with him, so she played an extra month.
She spent about two hundred thousand yuan altogether to reach the Tribulation Stage.
Unexpectedly, because of this, she became a Tribulation powerhouse admired by thousands.
"I wonder what cultivation level that little brother has reached now," the girl mused with a smile.
She recalled the game memories, naturally remembering Chen Lan.
The boy who called her sister every day with his sweet talk must be in his twenties now.
She wondered if he continued playing that game—if so, he must be quite formidable by now.
But then again, there wasn't much fun in that game. More people quit as time went by, and few might have continued to the end.