Chapter 111 (1/2)

“Vremya,” Azalea said. “Defeating people who want to bar our path is part of being domineering, right?”

“Obviously.” Grandpa Vremya grunted. He was staring at his screen while the mouse and keyboard clicked and clacked by themselves thanks to his spiritual energy. He was playing a popular online game, one that involved working with four other players to destroy the base of five opponents through three different routes. However, instead of working with four other people, he was operating all five controllable characters at once.

“The sect has a problem, and it involves dealing with people who want to oppress us,” Azalea said, glancing down at the report she had just received. It was sent via computer and ended up displayed on her bracelet. “The titan flesh was a popular product, but some kind of food and drug administration outlawed it. They claim it’s a steroid and that the health effects are uncertain. Miss Emily hopes you’ll convince the administration to change their minds.”

“A group like that exists?” Grandpa Vremya asked, raising an eyebrow. “And the people don’t care that they aren’t allowed to eat whatever they want?”

“I’m not sure,” Azalea said, her brow furrowing. “It seems like this administration vets products before they go on the market to make sure they’re safe for consumption. If the products are deemed as harmful, the administration blocks their sales.”

“Oh,” Grandpa Vremya said. “How did this become a problem for me to solve?”

“Emily can’t solve it,” Azalea said. “She said she tried her usual method of bribery, but it didn’t work. Next, she tried blackmail, but that failed as well. Her third method of doing business is coercion, and since we’re significantly strong enough and happen to be at the capital already, she asked us to be her hired thugs.”

“Oh.”

“Are you still playing your game?” Azalea asked, her brow furrowing. Clearly, Grandpa Vremya was not paying as much attention to her as he could be. “I thought you already won a bunch. How long are you going to keep playing? Before this, the longest subject you took to master was painting, and that only took three days. You’ve been playing this game for over a week.”

“There are many characters in this game,” Grandpa Vremya said. “It takes a day to master the playing style of five of them.”

Azalea placed her hand on her forehead. For some reason, she felt like Grandpa Vremya was straying from his goal. “And this is helping your nascent soul become domineering?”

“It’s one of the best ways to become domineering,” Grandpa Vremya said. “I almost can’t believe I hadn’t thought about it before. With every game played, I can crush the hopes and dreams of five people at the same time. Every time their main building explodes, my nascent soul grows a little more.”

“Is playing your game more important for your cultivation than getting titan flesh back on the legal market?” Azalea asked.

“It is way more helpful for my cultivation,” Grandpa Vremya said. “If I defeat this food and drug administration, all I’ve done is crush one person with my strength. How long will it take to do that? A day or two? In that time, I’ll have defeated over a hundred people. The two simply can’t be compared in terms of efficiency.”

Azalea exhaled. “Alright,” she said and stood up. “I’ll just ask Ancestor Rachel to do it then.” She left the room, leaving Grandpa Vremya to his game.