[It turns out that the peculiar thing is right here in this city, operating a small shop, which makes you feel quite strange. When you entered the shop and saw a person who looked ordinary, devoid of any aura, completely like an ordinary person, you became even more astonished.]
[Because it's the first time that a peculiar entity voluntarily revealed itself and invited you over. Moreover, this peculiar individual is the weakest among all the peculiar beings you've encountered, at least in terms of their combat power. Perhaps even an ordinary person with a bit of martial training could defeat and kill them.]
[However, despite finding it strange, you didn't let your guard down. After all, Ye Xiaofan had already been turned into a puppet, indicating that this peculiar being was not simple. The most formidable aspect of peculiar beings is always their extraordinarily high-level abilities, not their combat strength.]
[While you remained cautious, the peculiar being invited you to sit down and served you all a cup of tea. However, none of you had any intention of drinking it, which the peculiar being found quite boring.]
[Then, the peculiar being voluntarily revealed their ability to you. Their ability is to use a shop as their base. This base is invincible; it cannot be destroyed from the outside or within. Moreover, within this base, they are invulnerable, and no one can harm them or move them. Of course, they cannot harm their customers through conventional means; at most, they can only eject them.]
[Upon hearing this, your expressions changed. It was the first time this peculiar being had voluntarily disclosed their abilities, and if what they said was true, it posed a significant problem. You couldn't kill them, and the peculiar being could obviously deal with you through unconventional methods.]
[In response, your expression turned cold as you began to attack the peculiar being and the small shop. What left you silent was that even when you unleashed attacks capable of annihilating quasi-gods, you couldn't harm the peculiar being, not even a single thing within the small shop.]
[Seeing your actions, the peculiar being didn't seem to care, merely smiled and indicated that they had forgotten to mention something. Once you entered the shop, you would need to pay a certain price and purchase a card from them. Inside this card, there were various things—possibly great rewards or great pitfalls—everything depended on luck.]
[Upon hearing the peculiar being's words, your expression grew solemn, realizing that this peculiar being had no good intentions from the start, setting traps for you to fall into. However, you still had to enter.]
The text simulation paused here. Wang Ping's consciousness blinked, and various scenes appeared in his mind. Finally, his vision shifted to the interior of the small shop.
"What do we need to pay? How did he end up like this?" Wang Ping's expression was serious, knowing that it was time to make a choice. He glanced at Ye Xiaofan and spoke in a low voice.
"Him? What if I told you I saved his life? Would you believe it?" The peculiar being said mysteriously.
"What do you mean?" Wang Ping furrowed his brow.
Wu Jun and the others also showed surprise on their faces.
"When he came to this city, he was already cursed. Despite appearing as a puppet now, without my help, his soul would have long degenerated," the peculiar being said calmly.
"A curse?" Wang Ping raised an eyebrow. Thinking about it, Ye Xiaofan had indeed been absent for a while. He had been pursued before; could it be that someone in the cultivation world had targeted him? But what about this soul degeneration?
"By the way, apart from you, everyone around you has also been cursed, and their souls have already degenerated. Especially this kid, his situation is the worst," the peculiar being calmly observed Wang Ping, then glanced at Chen Kang and others before finally pointing at Chen Kang and speaking slowly.
"What? I've also been cursed? And my situation is the worst? Why don't I feel anything?" Chen Kang pointed at himself, his scalp tingling.
"Hehe, it would be strange if you did feel something," the peculiar being chuckled.
"Don't beat around the bush. Just tell us what's going on," Chen Kang anxiously asked.
"My shop is very fair. If you want to know something or obtain something, you need to pay a corresponding price and rely on some luck," the peculiar being pulled out a card and placed it on the table, then slowly explained.
"Do you want to know certain things? Then take out 'coins' to purchase a card, and the card will reveal the truth to you. Of course, you might also get a 'bad card,' in which case, you're out of luck," Wang Ping sighed, realizing the situation.
Yes, it was troublesome. Facing a peculiar being who couldn't be dealt with through combat or simulation but relied on luck, it was the most troublesome for Wang Ping.
Honestly, this situation reminded Wang Ping of some protagonist-operated shops in certain transmigration novels from his previous life. However, those protagonists were mischievous but not as dangerous as this peculiar being.
That's probably why this peculiar being dared to approach them actively; they could only deal with them through such methods.
"So, what do you think? Do you want to purchase a card to know what you want to know?" The peculiar being continued to tempt them.
Facing the peculiar being's alluring words, Chen Kang and the others fell into silence.
"You mentioned that everyone except me has run into trouble. It means that something is wrong with the spiritual energy, spiritual fruits, and other cultivation resources in this world, right? So, you just took over an ordinary person instead of a powerful cultivator," Wang Ping looked at the peculiar being, his gaze sharp, and he directly revealed the truth.
This point wasn't difficult to guess. Wang Ping hadn't absorbed any of this world's spiritual energy or consumed anything from this world since he entered. Therefore, he remained unaffected.
As for Chen Kang, Wu Jun, Chen Si, and Cai Yonglong, they have all consumed the spiritual fruits of this world over the years.
Especially Chen Kang, he has enthusiastically cultivated as a cultivator during these years.
His talent for cultivation is unexpectedly good.
For this reason, with everyone's help, he has never lacked cultivation resources in the cultivation world, and his cultivation level has already reached the Nascent Infant stage.
The higher the cultivation level, the deeper the curse, this is undoubtedly very abnormal.
Therefore, Wang Ping could only think that everything related to spiritual energy in this world, such as the spiritual energy and spiritual fruits, was problematic. So, any cultivator who used things related to spiritual energy was in trouble.
Anything associated with spiritual energy was a pitfall.
In this situation, Wang Ping recalled some peculiar cultivation-themed stories he had read before.
"Hehe, you're quite smart, you guessed it right. Indeed, there's a problem with the spiritual energy in this world. As long as you use anything related to spiritual energy, trouble follows," the peculiar being sinisterly chuckled.
These words sent shivers down the spines of Cai Yonglong and the others, making them feel a coldness in their hearts.
"Was it you?" Chen Kang's face darkened as he clenched his fists.
"Fool, I already mentioned my ability from the beginning. How could I do such a thing?" the peculiar being taunted with a sip of cold tea, unperturbed.
"Not you, then who?" Chen Kang said, disbelieving, his teeth gritted.
The words of the peculiar being were unreliable, and he didn't trust the other party.
"Compared to your leader, you guys are really foolish," the peculiar being sighed.
This remark left Chen Kang and the others disgruntled.
"They were just pawns in the game. Anyone who knows they have been cursed cannot remain calm," Wang Ping calmly explained, soothing Chen Kang and the others.
"Oh? It seems you've already guessed the truth," the peculiar being smiled appreciatively at Wang Ping and spoke.
"In this world, there is another peculiar being, isn't there?" Wang Ping took a deep breath and finally uttered those words.
This statement instantly cleared up everything for Wu Jun and the others, and they felt their scalps tingling and their hearts growing cold.
In one world, there were two peculiar beings, which was utterly absurd.
Moreover, the other peculiar being was clearly more dangerous and had already grown stronger.
"You got it right. In this world, there is indeed another peculiar being," the peculiar being chuckled and openly revealed its thoughts.
"Do peculiar beings not get along with each other? You seem quite willing to expose the other peculiar being. In fact, you seem eager for him to die," Wang Ping stared sharply at the peculiar being in the shop, speaking slowly.
"Peculiar beings are all solitary individuals. Except for those true big shots, we, who have not yet grown up, won't submit to anyone. In fact, we are competitors, hoping our colleagues would die," the shop peculiar being explained emotionlessly.
"I came to this world first. Originally, I had set a trap and was about to successfully destroy this lower realm and leave. However, that guy appeared. He unreasonably polluted this world, destroyed everything I had, and forced me to stay in this world," the shop peculiar being calmly revealed the truth.
"Furthermore, to avoid being contaminated by him, I had no choice but to abandon my original body and take over a mortal. So, I'm not happy with him. If you can get rid of him, it would be the best thing for me," the shop peculiar being said.
Wang Ping's eyes flickered, and he finally obtained more information.
Peculiar beings don't get along, which was normal.
If peculiar beings got along, it would be extraordinary.
Of course, he didn't rule out the possibility that the shop peculiar being was throwing up a smokescreen.
"We can cooperate. You tell me where the other peculiar being's true body is, and I'll help you deal with him," various thoughts flashed through Wang Ping's mind as he spoke.
"Deal with him? Please, although I hope you can help me get rid of him, you can't. Your strength is far from enough," the shop peculiar being said strangely, laughing out loud.
"I see. He has already gone to the Immortal Realm, and he has even polluted the Immortal Realm, hasn't he?" Wang Ping frowned and quickly thought of a possibility.
"Hehe, that's right. In this entire world, all the cultivators are doomed. What makes you think you can deal with him?" the shop peculiar being shrugged, showing its displeasure.
Hearing this, Wu Jun and the others felt a chill in their hearts.
Wang Ping, too, furrowed his brow and fell into silence.
This was the first time he had encountered a peculiar being that had already contaminated a vast realm. The cultivation world was not weak, and there were undoubtedly many powerful cultivators.
However, if even the Immortal Realm was ruined, there was indeed no hope.
This peculiar being had already grown to such an extent that it was beyond comparison with the fledgling peculiar beings he had encountered before. It was very puzzling.
Unless he had the ability to destroy the entire realm, it might be impossible to kill this terrifying peculiar being, especially since he had already contaminated the entire realm and could leave at any time.
"You should be grateful that you haven't absorbed a bit of the spiritual energy from this world; otherwise, you would be finished, and your world would be finished along with you," the shop peculiar being said coldly.
Wang Ping remained silent.
He couldn't kill the shop peculiar being, and he couldn't kill the peculiar being that had polluted the Immortal Realm. Their mission in this world seemed utterly meaningless.
"Can you let me see the current true state of this world?" Wang Ping looked at the shop peculiar being and asked this question.
"For a price, draw a card, and perhaps you'll get what you want," the shop peculiar being pointed to the cards spread out on its table and said meaningfully.
"Wang Ge, let me do it," Chen Kang gritted his teeth and said.
"Wang Ge, you can't afford to have any mishaps. Since we have already been tainted, it makes more sense for us to do it," Wang Ping agreed with a nod.
"Yes," Chen Kang hesitated for a moment but ultimately carried out the transaction.
"Very well," the shop peculiar being nodded in satisfaction.
Then, Chen Kang visibly aged rapidly and lost his formidable power. Without his cultivation as support, he wouldn't age like an ordinary person and would still have a much longer lifespan, but aging was inevitable.
Chen Kang, feeling his own weakened state, gave a bitter smile and glanced at the many cards before randomly selecting one.
"I'm sorry, but your luck doesn't seem to be good. Congratulations, you've drawn the Doll Card, and you'll turn into a doll," the mysterious shopkeeper said with a pitying look at Chen Kang.
These words made everyone, including Chen Kang, change their expressions. Following that, Chen Kang's body twisted and turned into a puppet doll, falling to the ground.
"Who's next?" the mysterious shopkeeper looked at Wang Ping and the others.
"I'll go. But I want to change what I wish for; I want to save my brother," Chen Si said, mustering her courage.
"That's quite touching sibling love; of course, it's possible," the mysterious shopkeeper nodded.
Next, Chen Si drew a card. Unfortunately, it was still a bad card. Though Chen Si didn't turn into a puppet, she became a puppeteer like Ye Xiaofan. This left Wu Jun and Cai Yonglong in silence.
"Anyone else?" the mysterious shopkeeper scanned Wang Ping and the others with an intense gaze.
"Wu Jun, use your ability," Wang Ping didn't pay attention to the mysterious shopkeeper and instead looked at Wu Jun.
Wu Jun's ability was a bug-level power that could bring about miracles. They might not need to purchase dangerous cards from the mysterious shopkeeper. Earlier, he had just let Chen Kang and Chen Si test the waters with the cards.
Now it appeared that this mysterious shopkeeper was indeed tricky, with many pitfalls in the cards.
"All right!" Wu Jun took a deep breath and activated his own "Golden Finger: Unstable Factor" ability.
However, this time, Wu Jun's ability didn't bring about a miracle, nor did it trigger a lethal effect on the mysterious shopkeeper. It didn't activate any powerful buffs either. He just triggered an unimportant possibility.
That possibility was that Chen Si and Ye Xiaofan, who had turned into puppets, woke up from their puppet-like state.
After regaining consciousness, Ye Xiaofan was initially bewildered, then realized what was happening and thanked Wu Jun with a bitter smile.
"Interesting ability," the mysterious shopkeeper said with some surprise when he saw this scene.
"Do you want to make a trade? Pawn your ability to me, and I can directly give you the ability to see the truth," the mysterious shopkeeper suggested with a sly and sinister expression.
This proposition made Wu Jun's expression change. He didn't want to give up his ability to this mysterious shopkeeper. Moreover, this was the first time they had encountered a mysterious being capable of stripping them of their abilities.
This mysterious entity appeared less harmful on the surface, but in reality, it was far more dangerous than the mysterious beings they had encountered before.
"Cai Zi, don't mind the mysterious shopkeeper. Go ahead and draw a card, try to flip all the cards at once, and remember to use your ability at the crucial moment," Wang Ping said, looking at Cai Yonglong.
"I understand," Cai Yonglong said, clenching his teeth.
Then, he drew a card. However, he chose to flip all the cards at once. In an instant, various "bad cards" appeared. Out of the remaining twenty or so cards, only one was the card they needed, and a few were harmless cards. The percentage of bad cards was surprisingly high.
However, when the effects of these bad cards and the corresponding prices were triggered, Cai Yonglong chose to use his own "Golden Finger: Absolute Defense" to protect himself.
Cai Yonglong's "Golden Finger: Absolute Defense" was indeed powerful. The upper limit of this special ability was extremely high, much higher than what Wang Ping had initially predicted.
Although the protection time was very brief, the dark mist within the Primordial Forbidden Land couldn't break through his defense.
Now, even when facing the mysterious entity's ability, Cai Yonglong's defenses held firm. The mysterious entity's ability did enter Cai Yonglong's body but failed to take effect, as if it were trying to control someone who had entered an invincible state and couldn't be controlled. It had no effect.
However, the enhancement-type effects did work. Cai Yonglong gained an ability called the "Eye of Truth."
"You cheating bastard! You're cheating!" The mysterious shopkeeper spat out blood and cursed at Cai Yonglong.
Damn it, he had been a shady merchant for so many years, but he had never been taken advantage of like this. Now, he was being exploited by his enemies. Damn, it was infuriating!
"Cheating? What cheating? Haven't I paid the price as well? It's just that your ability can't affect me. Is that my fault?" Cai Yonglong looked at the mysterious entity, innocently saying.
"I...!" The shopkeeper's mentality exploded.
Damn it, who would have expected someone who could be immune to his ability? Wasn't this breaking the rules?
"Among all these cards, most of them are bad cards. There's only one good card, and you have the nerve to accuse us of cheating," Wang Ping added, sneering.
From the shopkeeper's reaction, Wang Ping finally understood why the mysterious entity had shown such a cunning and malicious expression.
This mysterious entity's ability might be peculiar, but there were some rules it couldn't change. For example, it couldn't take back the cards released as rewards. Otherwise, there would be no need for it to be so frustrated; it could simply take back Cai Yonglong's gained ability.
"Hmph." The shopkeeper's expression changed, then he snorted and said, "Forget it, consider the Eye of Truth a gift from me to you. By the way, let me kindly inform you that the Eye of Truth's ability can be shared with others."
As he finished speaking, the shopkeeper revealed a cunning and sinister expression.
"Cai Zi, use your ability and let us see what this world is really like," Wang Ping squinted his eyes and told Cai Yonglong.
"I understand," Cai Yonglong replied.
Then, he looked at Wang Ping and the others with his eyes filled with an eerie light. After that, Wang Ping and the others felt their vision change.
They saw the abnormality in the souls of Cai Yonglong and Wu Jun and others. Their souls were no longer their original selves; they had all turned into twisted and wriggling entities emitting a sinister aura.
The spiritual energy flowing within Cai Yonglong and Wu Jun's bodies was no longer as pure as it had initially seemed. Instead, it contained various disgusting insect-like creatures or unnamable muddy substances.
This was not only disgusting but also emitted an eerie vibe, contaminating both their eyes and souls.
"Ugh!" Because it was too disgusting and because they couldn't accept that their souls had turned into such a state, Chen Si, the young girl, vomited first.
However, due to her former status as a powerful cultivator, she hadn't eaten in a long time. Even though she had lost her cultivation now, her body was no longer that of an ordinary person; it was a spiritual body closely related to spiritual energy.
As a result, what she vomited out was also unnamable worm-like substances.
Cai Yonglong and the other grown men were equally uncomfortable, their
faces pale, and they felt an extreme sense of nausea, even to the point of having the urge to commit suicide.
"It's indeed quite disgusting," Wang Ping couldn't remain calm either. He had finally understood why the mysterious entity had shown such a cunning and malicious expression.
Because opening the Eye of Truth and seeing the true side of this world is not a stroke of luck; instead, it is a misfortune.
The feeling of seeing one's own soul transform into a monster is enough to drive a person insane.
Even for powerful individuals like Wang Ping, who have not yet been contaminated, there is still a sense of mental pollution, which is highly uncomfortable.
Wang Ping didn't say much and walked out of the mysterious shopkeeper's shop, stepping outside.
Then, he saw that the air was no longer filled with pure spiritual energy, but various kinds of muck, insects, and unnameable substances.
Occasionally, even the cultivators appearing in the city had situations similar to Cai Yonglong and the others.
These were just relatively weaker cultivators; it was hard to imagine what had become of more powerful cultivators once they were contaminated.
Wang Ping silently tore through space and arrived at the Thunder Universe Sacred Ground.
The Thunder Universe Sacred Ground was currently hosting a grand celestial banquet, with all the mighty old ancestors in attendance.
However, what he saw was no longer a group of celestial cultivators with refined manners. Instead, their bodies and souls had all been tainted to the point that Wang Ping felt disgusted by the monstrous creatures they had become.
The exotic treasures and rare spiritual waters, fruits, and grains at the celestial banquet were also unnameable substances.
The denser the spiritual energy, the more disgusting it was, and the more terrifying the aura of uncertainty and pollution it carried.
Even Wang Ping, who was currently quite powerful, felt nauseous when he saw the contaminated old ancestors at the celestial banquet. He felt like his stomach was churning and his soul was being polluted.
These were only some of the cultivators below the Tribulation Crossing stage, and even Wang Ping, who had practiced the Emperor's Heaven Scripture and could defeat Void-level deities, felt extremely uncomfortable. He had a feeling that his soul was being polluted.
It was hard to imagine what the Immortal Realm had turned into; it might have become a chaotic world ruled by malevolent forces.
"Qin Tian and Ye Xiaofan, they are both done for," Wang Ping sighed, his mood heavy.
Before he could find a way to resolve the strangeness in this world, there was no hope for these two.
Unless Wu Jun's Golden Finger could work miracles, but such things relied on luck, and there were countless possibilities in the world. No one knew when the possibility of purifying the contamination on them would be triggered.
Apart from that, Wang Ping also recalled that Qin Tian and Ye Xiaofan had participated in group missions in other worlds.
He couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
The situation seemed to have set off a chain reaction.
Wang Ping felt uncomfortable about this situation.
He was thankful that Qin Tian and Ye Xiaofan had never been to his world.
Otherwise, he would have been in trouble too.
If he hadn't encountered the strange shopkeeper and learned about these things, he might have been silently contaminated, and then the game would be over without him even realizing it.
Wang Ping took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, and then left the Thunder Universe Sacred Ground, returning to the mysterious shopkeeper's shop.
"How does it feel? Do you regret opening the Eye of Truth's perspective?" the mysterious shopkeeper said with a smirk that seemed to say, "I told you so."
"Sometimes, not being able to see the true side of the world is a blessing," Cai Yonglong and the others said, their faces showing their discomfort.
They still couldn't accept the fact that they had become monsters.
"You're right, this is genuinely peculiar cultivation. Whether it's my companions or this world, there's no hope left," Wang Ping said slowly.
"So I said, only you think you can help me eliminate him. It's just wishful thinking," the mysterious shopkeeper said mockingly, leaning on the table.
"His kind of strangeness, as long as it's not eliminated from the beginning, the world that he invades will eventually come to an end. This guy will also grow into a strange boss that reigns over countless worlds after contaminating one world after another."
"To be honest, I've never encountered a strange being that would tell our enemies these things," Wang Ping said, sitting down.
"I'm curious. What's the situation inside the mysterious world? Do you have any communication between you? What's the hierarchy of strange beings among you?"
"Come on, even though I've told you a lot out of curiosity, trying to make you despair, do you really think I'm an easy-going strange being or that I've been tricked?"
"Your task is simply to destroy the living beings in this lower world, right? I can help you destroy them, and then you can leave, right?" Wang Ping didn't care about the mysterious shopkeeper's complaints and continued to try to persuade him.
"Heh, I can leave whenever
I want."
The mysterious shopkeeper rolled his eyes, not swayed by Wang Ping's persuasion.
"Besides, if you really make a move, you're done for. Although I don't care whether you live or die, the enemy of an enemy is a friend. It's better for you to stay alive."
"You're quite real," Wang Ping sighed.
It was difficult to persuade him; this was a bit tricky.
"By the way, you said you could leave whenever you wanted? Then why don't you leave this world?" Wang Ping stroked his chin, seemingly recalling something, and said with a smile that didn't seem like a smile.
"Based on my previous experience dealing with you strange beings, your task is to eliminate all living beings. If you don't exterminate the living beings to a certain extent, you can't forcibly leave, can you?"
Although Wang Ping wasn't sure if his guess was correct, he decided to probe first, and he was certainly right about that.
"Uh..."
The expression of the mysterious shopkeeper froze for a moment, although he quickly recovered, Wang Ping, with his cultivation level, had already sensed it instantly.
For this, he gained new information.
To forcibly leave an invaded world, strange beings must complete the mission objectives to a certain level; otherwise, they cannot leave.
So, this mysterious shopkeeper resented the contaminated strange being so much because that guy stole his mission, ruined his plan, and prevented him from leaving this world.
As long as that contaminated strange being didn't choose to destroy the living beings in this lower world, he couldn't leave.
And would the contaminated strange being destroy them?
No, he had already regarded this cultivation world as his base and couldn't destroy it.
So, this mysterious shopkeeper was locked in this world.
His most miserable fate was probably that he had to possess a mortal every once in a while to survive.
After all, mortals did age.
Of course, it couldn't be ruled out that he might survive in a mortal body all along.
But that was indeed quite miserable.
A strange being with the potential to dominate the heavens and earth, locked up in such a miserable state in a single world, and even betrayed by a fellow strange being, was truly pitiful and unjust.
"What's the point of saying all this? You can't destroy this world, and if you destroy it, you'll die. And here, I have no way to help you deal with him," the mysterious shopkeeper said, looking at Wang Ping, clearly unhappy that Wang Ping had exposed his weakness, and he snorted.
"You have no way here? Isn't your ability to grant wishes? Can't you generate purification power?" Wang Ping squinted his eyes, not believing the mysterious shopkeeper's words, and slowly spoke.
Dad once said to use magic to deal with magic.
Now, it was time to use strangeness to deal with strangeness.
"Heh, you make it sound easy. My ability has rules. You have to pay a corresponding price to generate the power to deal with him, and you obviously can't afford such a price," the mysterious shopkeeper sneered.
"How much world source is needed to deal with him?" Wang Ping slowly asked.
"World source!? " Upon hearing the world source, the mysterious shopkeeper suddenly became spirited, rubbing his hands and laughing hehe.
"If you want to generate the ability with world source, it's not impossible. But at least this much?" The mysterious shopkeeper said this while raising one finger.
"How much is this?" Wang Ping raised an eyebrow.
Damn it, even in the Life Simulation, he didn't know what the unit of the world source was.
Group points were clearly not applicable in the current situation.
"A thousand catties of world source. Besides, you can't let your companions cheat in the transactions anymore; you have to draw cards honestly," the mysterious shopkeeper said, smirking.
"Heh heh, do you take me for a fool?" Wang Ping sneered.
Although Wang Ping didn't know how much a thousand catties of world source equated to in terms of group points, it definitely wasn't a small amount. This guy was treating him like a cash cow.
"Fine, if you can't afford it, forget it," the mysterious shopkeeper said, his lips curling into a look of disdain.
Wang Ping's forehead veins bulged, and he really wanted to slap this guy to death.
However, Wang Ping seemed to have thought of something and directly exerted his power, reaching out towards the mysterious shopkeeper.
Unfortunately, Wang Ping's power dissipated the moment it touched the mysterious shopkeeper.
"What? Can't afford the money and want to use force? I've said it before, in the shop, I'm invincible," the mysterious shopkeeper sneered.
"Also, let me remind you. I've said it before; everyone who enters the store has to draw a card, and you haven't drawn a card yet."
"Can't forcibly seize it? It looks like I'll have to use some unconventional methods," Wang Ping thought without paying attention to the mysterious shopkeeper's words, his eyebrows slightly furrowed.
"If I want you to have sex with a woman, can this wish be included in the cards?" Wang Ping looked at the strange being calmly and said.
"Pfft."
Wang Ping's words stunned Cai Yonglong, Ye Xiaofan, Chen Si, and Wu Jun.
Brother Wang, this is too bold.
What a bizarre wish.
"Are you serious, kid?"
The mysterious shopkeeper asked with a subtle expression on his face, "Are you serious?"
"I'm absolutely serious," Wang Ping replied calmly, wanting a straightforward answer.
"Of course, it can be done. As long as I can accept your wish within the scope of my abilities, I can fulfill it through a card. Once you draw that card, whether I want to or not, I have to do it," the mysterious shopkeeper nodded and said.
"However, I need to add a condition. It must be done inside the shop. I absolutely won't leave the shop," the mysterious shopkeeper said with a serious expression.
"Of course, it will be inside the shop," Wang Ping said meaningfully.
"Then, let's start drawing the card. Since your wish is so low-level, you won't have to pay a significant price. I'll just randomly give you some cultivation. However, if you draw a bad card, the curse will be quite unpleasant, and I'm really looking forward to making you my puppet," the sinister shopkeeper said.
Wang Ping didn't say much and chose to draw a card.
His luck was quite poor as he drew a card that turned him into a puppet.
Then, under the excited gaze of the mysterious shopkeeper, Wang Ping gradually lost consciousness.
At this moment, the screen appeared, and the text simulation also appeared.
[Ding, because you've turned into a puppet and lost your soul, this simulation is over.]
With these words, Wang Ping suddenly woke up, breaking free from the immersive simulation.
"Phew."
After returning to his senses, Wang Ping let out a deep breath.
The feeling of losing his soul was eerie and unsettling. Even with his current strength, he felt a bit frightened by it.
Fortunately, it was just a simulation. If it were real, he would have to rely on Wu Jun's golden finger to save him.
However, Wu Jun's golden finger couldn't randomly trigger the possibility of rescuing a soul every time.
"Wang Ge, how did it go?" Qin Tian asked with concern, seeing Wang Ping looking a bit shaken.
"The method to deal with the strange being is now available," Wang Ping replied, which immediately brought a look of joy to everyone's faces.
"But," Wang Ping hesitated for a moment and then looked at Qin Tian.
Qin Tian, Chen Kang, Cai Yonglong, Chen Si, and Wu Jun were still not absorbing the spiritual energy, using their energy to protect themselves.
But Qin Tian and Ye Xiaofan had completely failed.
"But what?" Qin Tian's heart skipped a beat.
"Ah, Qin Tian, your situation and Ye Xiaofan's are very bad," Wang Ping sighed and began to explain the details of the simulation.
For a moment, everyone's faces turned pale, and Wang Ping's description made them feel nauseous.
Especially Qin Tian, whose face turned extremely pale, filled with extreme fear.
He, he had already been contaminated?
How could this be possible?
"One world, two strange beings, and one of them has already grown into a big boss. This is too dangerous," Cai Yonglong looked at Qin Tian with a compassionate gaze and sighed.
"Am I, am I going to die?" Qin Tian's eyes became lifeless.
"Not exactly. You've just turned into an unrecognizable and nameless monster," Wang Ping shook his head.
"This is worse than death," Qin Tian's mentality collapsed.
Everyone fell into silence and silently reinforced their energy shields, completely preventing themselves from absorbing external spiritual energy or allowing external spiritual energy to touch them.
"Alpha, can't you see that Qin Tian and Ye Xiaofan have been affected by the strange beings' abilities? Also, have they been to worlds with spiritual energy? Is it possible that other worlds have also been contaminated?" Wang Ping quietly asked Alpha in his mind.
(End of this chapter)