Locking away my heart and love! Going back to 2000 to be a top student again.

It's a rare holiday, wouldn't it be a waste of time not to play games?

Xu Su shouted in the group, asking if anyone wanted to do quests together. Only a few people replied intermittently after a long time.

During the Lunar New Year, everyone is busy visiting relatives and exchanging New Year's greetings; no one has time to go online and cultivate their immortal skills or fight monsters.

Xu Su expressed his regret, but remained completely unaffected as he controlled his character to roam the world of immortals and heroes.

She has already reached the Foundation Establishment stage and is just one step away from achieving the Golden Core stage. Her master, Nanyang, has already prepared the Qi-stabilizing pills she will need after breaking through the current level. He is just hoping that her breakthrough mission will come soon so that she can get rid of the newbie title.

Xu Su's current skills are incredibly impressive. He reacts quickly when fighting monsters, and his awareness, positioning, and damage dodging are all top-notch. He has been praised by Master Nanyang many times for his talent. Even if the cultivation methods and weapons are the same, within the same realm, he can crush most players with his skillful operation.

After wandering around the newbie Taobao area for a while and completing the day's tasks, the task area finally showed the Golden Core Breakthrough task that Xu Su had been looking forward to for a long time.

System: [Please immediately proceed to Wuwang Island, slay the Poison Spider Yan Yue, absorb its venom, and consume it along with the 'Meteorite Pill' that drops. This will allow you to cultivate a Golden Core.]

The first line reads "Broken Mirror Mission, Limited Time: Four Hours," in bold red font, indicating the mission's urgency.

Looking at the words 'Meteorite Pill', Xu Su felt both nervous and excited. This was a celestial pill that even Nascent Soul cultivators coveted. It was said to be able to strengthen the foundation and cultivate vitality, giving high-level cultivators with unstable foundations a chance to rebuild their foundations. However, it appeared in extremely rare cases and was a rare commodity with a high price but no market.

After all, each player's advancement mission is randomly assigned by the system based on their strength, talent, and growth experience. Obtaining a Meteorite Pill is a reward for advancement missions that only geniuses can obtain, and it's something that can only be encountered by chance.

Xu Su suppressed his excitement, looked at the mission countdown above, and without delay, quickly picked up the teleportation talisman and headed directly to Wuwang Island.

During the teleportation interval, thinking that this task might be difficult, I specifically checked if any experts were online in the group. It would be best if my master, Master Nanyang, were there to back me up, so that I could be almost certain of success.

Unfortunately, all the group members' avatars are grayed out... The few who are online on QQ are just saying they don't have time to play the game.

There was no other way but to do it myself...

During the first month of the lunar calendar, the number of players online in the entire Xianxia game was much lower than usual. Wuwang Island, an island shrouded in poisonous fog, was even more deserted at this time.

Xu Su found the Poisonous Spider Flame Moon, which the system had just spawned, without much effort. It was a monster tailor-made for her to advance in level, and its strength was comparable to hers.

Fortunately, the immortal robes sent by Nanyang have a weak defensive attribute. They may be no match for high-level cultivators, but they are still somewhat useful for Foundation Establishment cultivators.

With this limited defensive power, Xu Su managed to drag the monster to its death, but he also coughed up blood and was seriously injured. His health bar was half empty, and his mana bar was almost depleted.

Fortunately, the outcome was good.

System: [Congratulations on defeating the Poison Spider Flame Moon and completing the advancement quest.]

A bunch of mission rewards exploded on the ground.

One Meteorite Pill, one page of the Exquisite Heart Sutra, a pair of Immortal-grade Tassel Earrings, and a set of High-level Immortal Robes.

Xu Su already had a set of high-grade immortal robes, so she wasn't particularly excited. But these immortal-grade earrings really surprised her.

This is the first time Xu Su has obtained an accessory with attributes, and it's even a charm attribute, capable of charming demons at the Nascent Soul stage for a certain period of time.

This was an unexpected surprise.

After drinking two bottles of recovery potion, Xu Su gradually regained his health and began happily looting the loot box, which was the reward for advancing to the Golden Core stage!

Just as he finished packing his things, a blade slashed from behind. Xu Su realized the danger and hurriedly dodged, but the blade still managed to cleave through his immortal robes, instantly reducing his fully restored health bar by a third.

Xu Su turned around and saw a man and a woman slowly walking towards her not far away. They were both dressed in emerald green fairy robes and should be a couple.

She quickly clicked on their profile pictures to check their information: the man with the knife was Yan Yue, a Nascent Soul cultivator, an inner sect elder of the Cangyue Sect, and a sword cultivator.

The female cultivator draped in cloud brocade, Ge Fei'er, a Golden Core cultivator, is an inner disciple of the Cangyue Sect and a music cultivator.

Xu Su felt a chill. The Cangyue Sect was one of the three major sects in the Immortal Continent, and it and the Qingxuan Sect looked down on each other. It was common for the disciples of the three sects to fight over treasures.

Could they be after her Meteorite Pill?

If it were any other time, Xu Su would just consider herself unlucky and have to pay to avoid trouble if she encountered a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Cangyue Sect. But now it's her Golden Core mission. Once the Meteorite Pill is lost, it's hard to say whether she will have the luck to get a second Golden Core mission.

System: [Ge Fei'er requests to establish a temporary group call, accept/disappear?]

Xu Su clicked "Accept".

"What incredible luck! To actually get a pair of celestial-grade tassel earrings." A girl's voice rang out. Xu Su quickly turned down the volume on his headphones. The other person's voice was a little softer: "Someone from the Qingxuan Sect?"

The voice paused, presumably while looking at Xu Su's information, and soon a male voice asked, "Is your master the Nanyang True Man of the Qingxuan Sect?"

Xu Su was overjoyed, hoping that her master's reputation would ward off any misfortune, and quickly typed on the keyboard: 【Yes, I am Master's only disciple.】

Hurry up, hurry up, I still need to absorb the venom...

"So what if you're the True Person of Qingxuan Sect, Nanyang? My husband is also an inner sect elder of Cangyue Sect. He's not afraid of Qingxuan Sect at all. We won't make things difficult for you. Just leave the earrings behind and go." The female voice was clearly reluctant to part with the extremely rare earrings in Xu Su's hand. They were beautiful and even had attributes. How precious they were!

The man with the knife remained silent, which clearly conveyed the same meaning.

Xu Su breathed a sigh of relief. It was just an earring. She decisively took out the earring and put it on the ground. As long as she didn't see the Meteorite Pill, that was good.

Ge Fei'er quickly picked up the earring, touched it with great affection, and then begged Yan Yue to put it on her. The two flirted without a care in the world, completely forgetting that Xu Su was still in their group and could hear their conversation.

"Hey, what are you still doing here? I let you go, or I'd send you back to your starting point with one slash. Don't cry if you lose a level."

The concept of losing a small realm upon death in the Xianxia world makes players cherish their lives immensely.

Xu Su didn't not want to leave, but she couldn't!

She typed rapidly on the keyboard: "The venom on this spider is somewhat useful to me. If you're not interested, then I'll absorb it."

How polite she was to say that! Xu Su only hoped that he could successfully absorb the venom and then take the Meteorite Pill to enter the Golden Core realm.

Sure enough, her slightly respectful attitude pleased Ge Feier. "We're not poison cultivators, what would we do with this venom?"

"This is the game you're addicted to? You seem to be having a really frustrating time playing it."