Sword Among Us

“Happy, this is my boyfriend, Qiu Ming.”

Within the physiotherapy room to aid treatment, Happy performed physiotherapy and completed various actions to regulate his body’s motor functions under the doctor’s guidance. During that time, he listened to Young Yi explain matters. “He read on the forums online saying that you woke up, so he hurried over to catch a glimpse at you.”

“That’s right! Senior, you’re so amazing, you managed to kill a Moksha Realm elite with just two moves on the first day you woke up! That’s too amazing! I really want to call you my master now.”

Qiu Ming stood behind Young Yi. He seemed to be quite the introvert, and he only dared look Happy in the eye for a few seconds, making him seem like a very shy person.

Happy was quite speechless when he heard this. “That sort of person is an elite?”

“He managed to steal a manual right under Master Xuan Kong’s eyes, and he almost succeeded. He is already considered to be quite good.” The person who spoke was not Qiu Ming or Young Yi, but the female doctor who was seriously helping Happy through his physiotherapy session.

“Wha—ahem.” Happy was very shocked. “Doctor Li, you play World of Martial Arts as well?”

“Yeah, I’m an herbalist in there, and my class is pretty high.” Doctor was in her twenties. She seemed very young, and she was very professional in her work. However, when she said those words just now, Happy began wondering whether he should switch to another physiotherapist.

He said nothing at first. “Can you make Illusion Life and Death Pills?”

Doctor Li extended her hand and stared into Happy’s eyes. “Sure, if you have the money.”

Young Yi and Qiu Ming were instantly rendered speechless.

“The doctors nowadays really know how to do business too well. They treat patients in the real world, and even in the game, they sell pills.”

“Are Illusion Life and Death Pills really cheap now?”

“It’s much cheaper than before, because there are certain items that have effects which are similar to Illusion Life and Death Pills, such as Origin Returning Pill. If you use one, the one month recovery time will shrink down to half a month. There are also some hospitals that have amazing skills. If you use them once, you can cut down one week of being in the injured status. At the same time, you can also reduce some of the negative effects of the injured status on your body. The treatment fee is two million taels of silver. Even though they can’t completely cure you of the injured status like Illusion Life and Death Pill, all these alternate methods managed to bring down the pill’s price. Right now, the price for one pill is only ten million taels of silver, and only when there is an urgent need for it in the market but a lack of stock for it will the price go up.”

“It is indeed very cheap.” Happy frowned.

Last time, Illusion Life and Death Pills were controlled by various major forces of power, and it was very difficult for it to appear in the market.

In the other world, even a sect with such great resources as Class One Hall cannot provide a lot of it for its members, and they can only provide those pills to their core members. Usually, one pill will cost more than fifty million taels of silver. In fact, it might be even more expensive.

Ten million taels of silver was only 100,000 RMB.

“Give me one,” Happy said without hesitation.

Doctor Li was instantly stunned. “Didn’t you just return to the game? Why would you want that? Are you treating them like candy or something?”

“I accidentally died once today. Do you have one or not?” Right when Happy said those words, not only did Doctor Li look at Happy like she was looking at a monster, Qiu Ming and Young Yi also approached him nervously.

“You ran into an enemy so soon?”

“That’s not right, it has only been a while since you left the temple. How could you have possibly died?”

“Stop probing into my business. Do you have it or not?” Happy asked.

Doctor Li seemed to be a woman who had a very strong spirit for gossip. She had a thought bloom in her mind and said, “Tell me how you died, and I’ll give you a twenty percent discount. But the prerequisite for that is that you won’t lie to me.”

“It’s before I went to the temple.” Happy did not refuse to tell her this time. It was pretty good that he can save up twenty thousand, after all. “If you don’t believe me, you can check my current condition.”

Right when he finished speaking, the entire physiotherapy room fell silent.

The trio stared at Happy as if he was a monster.

“You lost ten percent of your abilities, and yet you still managed to kill a Moksha Realm player in such a straightforward manner?”

“I told you, people at that level aren’t considered elites.”

“Then just who is an elite?”

“One Emperor.”

The trio immediately stopped talking.

“Master, please take me in as your disciple.” Qiu Ming stared at Happy with a gaze full of admiration.

“That’s right, please take me as your disciple as well.” Young Yi’s eyes were bright. She decided to join the fun with excitement brimming in her. “I’m very obedient. Once I master my skills, I’ll kill for you!”

Cold sweat broke out on Happy’s face and rolled down his forehead. Happy was suddenly very glad that Doctor Li was just an herbalist, or else he can forget about completing his physiotherapy session today, which will only last for an hour.

His time was very precious. “One Illusion Life and Death Pill with a twenty percent discount.”

“Got it.”

“I know that becoming someone’s disciple isn’t easy. Anyway, I won’t give up on becoming an elite like you, master,” Qiu Ming said, in a manner of a true idiot.

Happy just rolled his eyes and ignored him. He redirected his gaze and saw Xu Yao standing at the door with a bag of items. She was still holding a phone, and it was still connected to someone else in a call.

“It’s Blood Robes’ call. He knows that you woke up now.”

When she noticed Happy’s gaze, Xu Yao sucked in a deep breath and answered.

The conversation in the physiotherapy room instantly vanished. Doctor Li and the other two watched Happy with worry in their eyes.

Blood Robes! The alliance master for Blood Alliance, an Inaction Realm elite, and one of the leaders for the few greatest factions of power in the Chinese server.

The only person who did not show any shock was Happy.

“Oh,” he replied indifferently, and his gaze landed on Xu Yao’s phone. “Pretty good phone you have there.”

Xu Yao kept quiet in her shock. She did not expect that Happy’s reaction will be so calm.

“You didn’t hang up the phone, right? Don’t need to. Switch on the video call function. Let me greet him.”

Silence.

Qiu Ming, Young Yi, and Doctor Li looked fearful.

Blood Robes clearly called to verify his enemy’s status. In fact, there was a possibility that he called to provoke Happy.

Xu Yao did not move.

Happy spoke again, “You understand how Blood Robes is. He’s a paranoid person, and if he doesn’t personally see my current condition, he might actually be unable to help himself but come and check on his own. Turn on the video call function. I’ll greet him.”

Happy’s tone was so cordial that he did not seem to have any anger in him.

When they heard this, Doctor Li and the others finally knew why Xu Yao appeared in front of Happy with her phone.

If Blood Robes truly appeared in front of Happy, the situation might be really terrible.

Xu Yao sucked in a deep breath before she slowly turned on the video call function with a complicated look on her face. She stretched out her arm and pointed the camera at Happy.

“Hey, man.”

Happy’s action caused everyone to gasp in amazement.

Those who did not know the situation will definitely think that Happy was greeting a good friend through a phone call, judging by how relaxed he sounded like when he said those words in a joking tone.

His expression, tone, and even smile was clearly very relaxed and natural. Not a single hint of anger or abnormality can be detected on him, and it was as if he was just talking to a friend he was incredibly close with.

“Blood Robes, you’re the first person to call and ask after my condition. Thanks for the concern, once I recover, I’ll go over and search for you. Bye.”

A clear snap of the fingers rose to indicate the end of the call.

Xu Yao hesitantly looked away and said to the person at the other end of the call, “Are you satisfied now?”

No reply came from the other side even after a long time passed.

A few seconds later, the beeping sounds indicating a busy connection rose.

Blood Robes hung up.

*****

“How is it?”

When Blood Robes put down his phone, a pair of soft arms gently wrapped themselves around the man’s neck, and a coquettish voice rose, “Is that comatose person really awake?”

Blood Robes nodded quietly.

“Don’t look so stern, he’s just a vegetable. It has been one and a half years, even if he still retains his previous skill, it’s impossible for him to be of a threat to us.”

The woman was completely unbothered, and she continued to tease Blood Robe’s chest. She drew light circles on his chest, but the man’s attention was not on her, and he did not react to her at all.

After doing this for half a minute, the woman finally gave up. “Just what exactly did he say that made you so uneasy?”

“It’s precisely because he said nothing that I find the situation strange.” Blood Robes was already scowling so hard that the crease between his eyebrows was incredibly prominent.

He believed that he understood Happy quite well.

But this time, he absolutely could not decipher the meaning behind Happy’s seemingly calm smile and the tone he said.

Anger? He sensed none of it.

It was not the sort of calmness a person will have after a depressed episode.

The profound gaze and smile seemed to be supported by an invisible power, and it did not seem as if it was fake.

“He said nothing? Isn’t that even better? He knows that he is no longer our opponent, and he knows that no matter how much he tries, he cannot catch up to us.”

“No. He said that he will come to me when he recovers.” Blood Robes rubbed his forehead.

This was not the way he did things.

Originally, he was not bothered when he obtained this news. In fact, he already thought of how Happy will react, but the only reaction he did not expect was this, and it caused him to be unable to calm down.

“Why are you so bothered by it? Since he wants to come for revenge, what we need to do next is just to… you know. He’s just a player in Life and Death Realm, and even if he’s slightly better than the average person, did you forget that we have elites in Blood Alliance as well?” the woman said.

“Are you implying…?”

“Since you care about him so much, that means that he has the potential to become a threat. We just need to kill him again. Why do you need to trouble yourself over it?” The woman’s tone was so calm that it made it seem as if she was just talking about the weather.

“No, if we attack him now, everyone will know that it’s my doing.”

“Does the alliance master of Blood Alliance still care about his reputation?”

“I don’t care about my reputation, but right now, he attracted too many people’s attention, and his group of people from his university have already killed me twice in succession in the past. They forced Class One Hall to be in complete chaos at that time, and if we attack now, we might end up causing Blood Alliance to go through the same thing.”

“Then… should we wait?”

“Yes!” Blood Robes’ gaze became determined. “We’ll wait. Once the halo of him being a former elite fades away, everyone will lose interest in him, and once he becomes a normal first class elite, we’ll look for someone to attack him. Have someone from the council of elders take action. Third, Seventh, and Thirteenth will attack at the same time.”

“The council of elders? Those people are really merciless when they take action, and you’re even sending those three over? You sure regard him highly!” the woman exclaimed in surprise.

The three codenames Blood Robes mentioned were all top-class elites who were incredibly famous in the game. All of them were in Inaction Realm, and they were incredibly ruthless when they fought.

“Since we’re attacking, we’ll naturally have to do so with the speed of lightning, and nip all threats at the bud.” Blood Robes smiled, but his heart was cold. He will not be like everyone else and underestimate a former opponent who managed to bypass Star Sucking Great Skill will just skill alone.