Chapter 511: Sincerely Become a Disciple to a Master
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
They had meant to find some weaknesses in their opponents to win at least one match. However, they lost pathetically from the younger generation to the youth generation, from saber techniques to sword techniques, to fist techniques. They didn't win a single match and lost all their dignity during the process. It could be said that they almost lost their pants.
Even the cultivators and warriors of the Heavenly Academy looked at them as if they were morons.
Now, the warriors of the Ultimate West Realm had replaced the disdain in their eyes with a weird look as if they were observing a group of monsters.
What kind of people are they?!
How come each of them is so f*cking powerful?
However, a few of them still thought that they had met all the masters of the Deserted Sea Realm.
There must be a few weak ones, right?!
For example, Sia thought that the young man sitting nearby looked like a harmless passerby. He had refused several requests to compete with all kinds of excuses.
Maybe this guy is weaker than the others and doesn't want to bring shame them by being a burden?
Mr. Fang was chatting with others and casually took a big handful of potato chips from Jiang Xiaoyue's bag, making Jiang Xiaoyue glare at him with her eyes wide open.
Suddenly, he felt like something wasn't right as he felt a chill on the back of his head.
Turning his head, he saw many warriors of the Ultimate West Realm staring at him.
He even took that little girl's snack! There is no way that he is a master!
Fang Qi heard them talk in their native tongue while glints seemed to flash in their eyes.
Meanwhile, Luo Piaoling who was sitting a little further from them stood up. "I'm surprised to witness the great power of the combat techniques in the Deserted Sea Realm. Since it's quite late now, shall we call it a day?"
...
"Ugh? How come you are leaving?!"
"We can certainly win against this guy!" The brown-haired young man of the Frost Dragon Family yelled.
"Don't drag me!"
"..."
...
The warriors of the Ultimate West Realm looked livid when they left.
In contrast, the warriors of Deserted Sea Realm cheered, "Awesome!"
"Hahahaha! Senior's tutoring session of the greatsword technique was precious."
"Didn't you see their faces and expressions?!"
"They deserved the shame! They were acting so arrogantly!"
They were elated.
However, the cultivators and warriors of the Spiritual State looked envious.
"Brother, where did you learn that fancy technique where flames shot into the sky?"
Song Qingfeng was surrounded by many people.
That technique with a lot of flames is indeed cool and dashing! they thought to themselves.
"Brother, how come your double-handed sword technique looked different from what I saw in Final Fantasy?"
Meanwhile, Fifth Prince Ji Yang looked around at the people who had surrounded him, and he had tears on his face. He had thought that he wouldn't have a chance to have a match, but the people of the Ultimate West Realm were stubborn and insisted on having more matches, giving him a chance to compete in the field.
He was exhilarated as he explained, "I combined the double-handed giant sword technique from Diablo 2 with the one that I leaned from Final Fantasy. It's super effective!"
"We can do that?!"
"Boss, why didn't you go?" Li Lanruo asked in bafflement, "You can beat them senseless by yourself!"
"Um..." Mr. Fang was embarrassed. He only had the cultivation strength of a King Warrior, and he was strong in prior important battles since he used Complete Synchronization. Now that he had run out of Owner-brand cigarettes, and he couldn't stimulate his potential, so he might be stuck in the field if the people of the Ultimate West Realm kept coming at him one after another.
Then, he heard Li Wuya say, "Lanruo, Boss is a super master. How can he show his hand unless its necessary?"
"Ahem." Mr. Fang coughed lightly to hide his embarrassment, grateful for Li Wuya's powerful explanation. "This... Elder Li is right."
Then, he lectured like a senior, "Lanruo, you're still young and need to obtain more worldly experience by doing different things at different places."
"I think Boss just wants to stay here and eat my potato chips!" Before Jiang Xiaoyue could finish her words, Mr. Fang took another handful of chips from her bag.
"Aya!" She immediately put away the bag of potato chips.
Mr. Fang was at a loss for words.
...
Luo Piaoling and other warriors of the Ultimate West Realm had returned to their hotel.
On the other hand, Gabriel was carried back by them instead of walking himself.
Born in the snowy mountains in the northwest, the people of the Ultimate West Realm respected the powerful people as they followed the law of the jungle. They would work harder to obtain more cultivation strength after being defeated, trying to redeem themselves that way. They would never resort to secret acts of revenge, so the warriors of the Deserted Sea Realm didn't have to worry.
The competition between the Spiritual State, Deserted Sea Realm, and Ultimate West Realm had temporarily come to an end.
In the hotel, Andrew, the black-armored elder of Black Dragon Family said, "According to the legends, the Deserted Sea Realm is a wasteland notorious for its shortage of spiritual essence, right? How come they have so many masters?!"
Lou Piaoling said, "From what I saw of their cultivation strengths, the rumor about their shortage of spiritual essence is true. Their realms are generally lower than ours."
In the later stages, the path of cultivation had no short cuts. It must be accumulated with the passage of time, which was why the cultivators and warriors of Deserted Sea Realm generally had lower realms compared to their counterparts in the Spiritual State.
"Then, why are they so powerful?"
Luo Piaoling patted his forehead, feeling a headache.
Then Andrew asked again, "About the Frost Dragon Family...?"
Luo Piaoling said with a snort, "Ignore them. It's not a bad thing for them to learn a lesson."
Andrew said, "If we followed our plan, and this was only a normal Martial Dao Exchange, we wouldn't have ended in such a disgrace..."
Andrew's expression turned ugly.
"Let's talk about something else," Luo Piaoling said, "Elder Andrew, did you notice that the old man with the family name of Nalan defeated Elder Chekov with the same sword technique as the warrior of the Heavenly Academy who was defeated by Sia?"
"Now that you mentioned it... it is indeed the case."
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Someone knocked on their door.
"Come in."
A blond-haired beauty pushed open the door. She was dressed neatly in long leather boots, a leather jacket, and leather pants.
"Did you notice the weirdness of today's competition?" Sia walked in briskly and went straight to the point.
"It was more than strange..." Elder Andrew shook his head. If it were in the past, he wouldn't have believed that there were such warriors in the world.
"I plan to do some investigation tonight," Sia said suspiciously, "Each of them is powerful; I wonder if the Deserted Sea Realm has a secret that we don't know about."
Hearing her words, Luo Piaoling was deep in thought.
"Oh, also Master Cloud!" she said, "It isn't a name used by people of the Spiritual State. I think I can become one of his disciples and learn sword techniques from him. Since he taught warriors of the Spiritual State and Deserted Sea Realm, I don't think he will refuse to teach us!"
"We must show enough sincerity."
"Sincerity?" Lou Piaoling and Andrew looked at her in confusion.
"Of course!" The two people behind her each carried a big chest into the room.
They opened the lid of one chest and revealed crystals that were as clear as water.
Crystals were usually translucent with a faint grey color. Only the perfect crystals were as clear as these ones without a single trace of impurities.
One of these crystals was equivalent to 100 ordinary crystals.
When the other chest was opened, they saw all kinds of precious ores and treasures.
Sia said confidently, "These are treasures of our Red Dragon Family. I think they can show my sincerity to learn! I'm sure that I can successfully take Cloud as my master! I will cultivate under Master Cloud!"
Chapter 512: Do You Think You Can Do Whatever You Want with A Large Payment?
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
Some time had passed after the Martial Dao Exchange among the warriors of the Deserted Sea Realm, Spiritual State, and Ultimate West Realm. It was night now.
In Yuanyang City which was full of cultivators, there were no curfews; most of the cultivators who could enter the big Yuanyang City usually spent their nights in cultivation.
Although there was no curfew in the city, few people walked around during the night.
However, at this moment, a few furtive figures sneaked some glances toward the shop.
These people all wore black cloaks, and one of them asked, "Are you sure that this is the place?"
"Yes. It's said that they learned the sword technique in this shop. Master Cloud must live in here as a hermit!"
"Good!" A proud and cold female voice said, "As long as Master Cloud is willing to teach us sword techniques, we will soon defeat the warriors of the Deserted Sea Realm!"
"Should we enter now?!"
"Now?" A voice reprimanded, "Don't you know any manners?! Do you want to enter the shop dressed like this?
"Hurry back and change your clothes!"
...
With the elevation of his privileges, Fang Qi now had the right to postpone the release of new items and had access to the data on the System's energy reserve and partial consumption.
He glanced at the System Interface. When the Nangong Family attacked last time, the shop activated a large-scale, high-level lightning punishment, consuming lots of system energy. After the shop expansion and the production of movies and games, the system energy had almost run out. The original tens of millions of crystals had dwindled to about 100,000 a couple of days ago.
After the shop expansions, the business had more players, which replenished some of the consumed crystals. However, it would take some time to return to the previous level.
Mr. Fang had earned a few million crystals; he enjoyed his life by wearing custom-made spiritual artifacts as clothes and eating spiritual food as his lunch and supper to increase his cultivation strength, other than his breakfast of instant noodles. But recently, he was also a little short in funds.
He stayed in the shop each day to keep an eye on the business. He was afraid that trouble makers might come in. If they activated a couple of more lightning punishments, Fang Qi's remaining crystals would run out.
At this moment, Mr. Fang suddenly saw two big figures pushing open the door and coming in.
They wore luxurious light armor which seemed to be designed for special ceremonies; they weren't as stiff as those used in battles. They looked form-fitting, light, and smooth to move in.
The gilded engravings on the armor gave people the illusion of dancing light in the dark background. When the light reflected on the glossy surface, the radiant colors made the armor look like a silky garment.
These armors were beautiful pieces of work of art.
After they pushed open the door, a blonde-haired woman walked in. She was wearing a pure-white fur jacket, a pair of long boots, and a pair of long pants; she looked elegant and aristocratic.
Mr. Fang had seen this woman earlier today. He thought for a moment and remembered that she was Ms. Sia of that so-called Red Dragon Family.
Mr. Fang was sipping iced red tea when rows of aristocratically-dressed people, both male and female, filed in after this woman.
Mr. Fang gaped at them and stood up immediately, thinking that they were here to make trouble.
"Is Master Cloud here?" At this moment, Sia gestured to the people behind her with her eyes, and they put some chests on the counter.
When the chests opened, spiritual light almost spilled out from them. While looking at them, Li Xin'er, who was the cashier, felt a bit dizzy.
"These are our small gifts for Master Cloud," with a rare smile, Sia pointed at the chests of treasures and said in her awkward Spiritual State language.
"Boss..." Li Xin'er was totally confused by the situation.
These people brought so many treasures to Cloud?!
If I can, I want to give him gifts too! After all, Cloud is so gorgeous.
But this...
Li Xin'er turned her eyes to Mr. Fang beseechingly.
"Gifts for... whom?" Mr. Fang stared at them in a daze.
"For Master Cloud!" Sia lifted her exquisite chin and said with cold arrogance, "You learned the huge sword technique from Master Cloud. The people of our Ultimate West Realm can do the same. I think we are more sincere than you guys."
She pointed at the crystals and treasures on the counter and said, "These are two million crystals and all kinds of unique treasures from the Ultimate West Realm. I hope we can meet Master Cloud; it would be better if we can see his ultimate sword technique."
"..." Mr. Fang's lips kept twitching.
"Boss... What should we do...?" Li Xin'er asked in a low voice.
"..." After a long pause, Mr. Fang said, "Put two hundred million crystals in this lady's membership card."
Almost all the players in the shop looked over and stared at the newcomers in a daze.
Mr. Fang waved his hand and said, "There are seats over there. You can get online yourself."
Then, he asked Li Xin'er to lead these people over to their seats.
Everyone was at a loss for words.
Mr. Fang said, "Now, I don't even know why I got two million crystals. What can I do?"
"..."
On the other side, Sia had sat down and gotten online. A group of warriors of the Ultimate West Realm stood behind her and watched.
"I can meet Master Cloud through this spiritual artifact?" After Li Xin'er explained the operations to her, Sia began to watch Final Fantasy.
Soon, she was enthralled by the fascinating battles.
"Master Cloud is so young?!" She was surprised.
"This double-handed sword technique is awesome!" She was thrilled.
When Sephiroth came out, Sia's eyes almost popped out as she yelled in astonishment, "How come he's so powerful?!"
"Superb!"
Her shrieks could be heard all over the internet café, "What combat technique is this?!'
Nearby, two old men from the Heavenly Academy were playing StarCraft. When hearing the noise, they put down their virtual reality headsets and glared at her.
Zerg units filled their screens. GG!
Sitting opposite to her, the young people playing the Legend of the Sword and Fairy also put down their virtual reality headsets and glared at her with murderous gazes.
The people of the Red Dragon Family who were watching from behind her looked baffled.
The veteran players of the Deserted Sea Realm were more experienced, and they turned off their external communication option. But before that, they called over Mr. Fang.
Mr. Fang had heard her screams from the counter which was far away from her computer; he immediately walked over.
"Do you think that you can do whatever you want with a large payment?!"
Snap.
Mr. Fang turned off her computer.
Chapter 513: Dungeon Fighter Online— The Game Is Free?!
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
"What's wrong?! How come the screen is black?" Sia asked impatiently. She was in the middle of the thrill, and the screen darkened!
After putting down her virtual reality headset, Sia saw people around her glaring at her 'murderously'.
After all, most of the players leave a thread of spiritual awareness outside, afraid that they would be sneak-attacked.
"Why were you screaming while watching the movie?" Mr. Fang issued the warning, "This is a public place; please don't make loud noises here."
"..." This woman of the Ultimate West Realm was torn between being ashamed and jumping up to hit him.
It wasn't a good feeling.
Suddenly, she remembered that she was here to become a disciple of Master Cloud. Instead, they let her watch this stuff?!
While she was mulling over it, she suddenly felt like she had understood many combat techniques. If she were to use a double-handed greatsword now, her combat force would be much higher than before!
"How can it be?!" Astonishment and excitement filled her mind! She couldn't contain herself!
She felt as if she had obtained the legendary battle memories left by some ancient master in her family. If she could understand these memories, she would achieve unimaginable elevation in her strength.
Thrilled, she was eager to continue watching.
"Hurry! Turn on the spiritual artifact for me!"
Mr. Fang said mildly, "It's no use turning it on."
He pointed at the time on the computer beside hers. "It's 12 at midnight, time to close the shop."
"..." Grinding her white teeth, Sia looked like an enraged female puma.
"By the way, if you beat the shop owner or make trouble in the shop, you're no longer welcome in the shop." This sentence ended all her violent urges.
Mr. Fang gestured to the door. "Please."
"!!!" Sia felt like she was going to explode.
Her expressions changed several times. In the end, she cussed in her own tongue to vent her anger and finally walked out.
...
The sales of Final Fantasy had slowly increased to a little over 900. After all, if not for the recommendations of other viewers, few people would spend 100 crystals to try it.
– The morning of the next day –
Mr. Fang had just opened the door when he felt a surge of murderous spirit rush toward his face.
He rubbed his tired eyes and saw about 100 warriors of Ultimate West Realm blocking the door with murderous spirit.
According to the family badges on their clothes, they mostly came from the Red Dragon Family and the Black Dragon Family. As for the Frost Dragon Family, with several high-level warriors still recovering from their injuries, only a few of them came.
"What are you doing here?" Mr. Fang asked, "Don't you know how we handle trouble makers?"
The leaders were Sia, Luo Piaoling, and elders of the two families.
With her hands on her waist, Sia walked to stand before Mr. Fang arrogantly while saying in a heavy accent, "We want to see Final Fantasy! Now! Block us if you can!"
Mr. Fang closed the door and put a notice on it. [The shop owner is resting; not open until the afternoon.]
Nalan Hongwu and the others who had just arrived were surprised, and their faces turned dark. "What's happening?"
The masters of the Tang Family, Wang Family, and other ancient families had just traveled from afar and arrived here, ready to get on the computers in the shop. "The shop is not open?"
"What's wrong?! How come it's still closed at this hour?"
"Resting? What damn excuse is this?!"
Nalan Hongwu stroked his beard, feeling like something wasn't right. "It happened once before when a few kids of our Deserted Sea Realm woke up the shop owner in the middle of the night. I wonder..."
The moment he said it, the family masters immediately looked around with anger on their faces. "Who did it?!"
F*ck!? The warriors of the Ultimate West Realm were stunned, and their faces twitched.
"This... We have something else to do; we need to return to the hotel now."
Run!
They fled.
"You guys! Stop immediately!"
The others had the urge to catch them and beat them to death.
"What should we do now?"
"Should we call and ask the shop owner to open the door...?"
"Let's come back in the afternoon." Nalan Hongwu was too lazy to try since he still remembered what had happened in the last similar incident.
...
When the door opened in the afternoon, the warriors of the Ultimate West Realm looked more subdued.
About 100 warriors filed in and some of them whispered, "What happened today?!"
"I have no idea... I was beaten when I was just walking down the street. How come this city is so dangerous?!" With bruises on his face, a warrior of the Ultimate West Realm said to his friend.
"I want to return to the Ultimate West Realm... The Spiritual State is so dangerous..."
Walking before them, Sia looked awkward and embarrassed when she overheard the conversation.
Feeling a headache, Lou Piaoling touched the scratches on his face and said, "You guys, stop messing around..."
Subdued, about 100 of them each bought a membership card and got online.
At this moment, Fang Qi finally saw a message on the System Interface.
[New Task: New Online Game (Completed)
Task Description: The game can only be activated by unlocking more world views.
World View Unlock: Please unlock more sci-fi world views (5 sci-fi games/movies reaching average sales of 1,000); please unlock more magic world views (5 magic fantasy games/movies reaching average sales of 1,000)
Task Reward: Dungeon Fighter Online Virtual Reality Remake; one luck treasure chest (Large)]
By now, the old games and the rules in the shop had been listed in a big table and glued on the wall.
Only new games would be written on the small blackboard.
Today, the top position of Final Fantasy was taken by a new game on the small blackboard: [Dungeon Fighter Online. Activation price – free.]
The cultivators were swarming into the shop after waiting for a whole morning. Then, they saw that a new game had appeared on the small blackboard.
"Free?" Mo Xian and her female companions exclaimed, "Sir, is this game... free?!"
Afraid that she had seen it wrong, she looked again with wide-open eyes.
There was a line of words below the title. [You can enter the game by clicking on the icon on the desktop; it doesn't need to be activated.]
Nalan Hongwu had also entered the shop and was passing the counter.
"Ugh? Kid Fang finally found his conscience?"
Instantly, chatter erupted before the counter.
Sia was displeased. Due to her yelling, her computer had been turned off yesterday, and now people were making such loud noises.
Soon, she finished the last part of Final Fantasy. After putting down her virtual reality headset, she walked over to the counter and looked at the people around the counter curiously.
"Sir, is this new game really free?!" A cultivator of Yuanyang City asked cautiously.
At this moment, the Jiuhua City Shop and Half City Shop had also put this new game on the small blackboards.
"We don't have to pay money to activate this game?!" Many people felt as if they were in a dream. After all, even Resident Evil needed 5 crystals to activate, which were not much for high-level people but were quite a lot for ordinary players.
It was more so for soldiers of Jiuhua Army; they only played the Legend of Mir 2 since it was paid by the army, and they would hesitate for a long time before they decided to buy other games.
But now, there was a free game?!
Sia narrowed her eyes. In the last two days, she had gotten a general idea about games, knowing that other people had been high-level players in the old games. As proud as her, she would feel bad if she entered those games now as a newbie.
It was even harder in the online games. It was said that the forces in the Legend of Mir 2 had been firmly established.
However, in the new game, everyone was at the same starting line.
Maybe... I should try this game?!
Chapter 514: Arad Continent
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
It was noon, and many people were playing games. However, with only a few games on the screen, the new game icon attracted many people's attention.
After the incident with the three saint factions and the counterattack of Dajin, and the demon catastrophe in the Morning Star Sea Realm, the players in the Half City Shop and the Jiuhua City Shop included not only big forces but independent cultivators, independent warriors, and people of small and moderate forces from nearby areas.
After seeing that this game was free...
– In the Jiuhua City Shop –
An independent warrior sat before his computer and yelled, "Hurry up and look! This game doesn't need activation to play!"
Someone had tried to click on the game. "It's indeed free! I'm in the game now!"
While they were talking about it, some young masters from other cities had just entered the shop. Upon hearing this, they looked over and asked, "It's free? Really?"
They exchanged a look. "Should we try it?"
...
– In the Yuanyang City Shop –
As a new player, Sia was very eager about this new game.
She immediately returned to her seat and clicked on the game.
While she waited patiently for the game to load, she heard crisp musical notes sounding by her ear, which were quite enjoyable.
Lou Piaoling who was sitting next to her looked over at the sounds. "What's this?"
"The newly-released game. I want to try it."
"A newly-released game?" Lou Piaoling started thinking once he heard that. In this morning, he asked around and got lots of information; he was still not familiar with this new stuff but wasn't as ignorant as before.
A new game meant a new starting line and a chance to fairly compete with others.
Acutely, his sharp senses told him that something was unusual.
A new game that was just released? He had heard that in a virtual world such as the Legend of Mir 2, the players who entered the games before others would obtain lots of advantages.
Should I try it too?
At this moment, they entered the game with many other players from the three shops at the same time.
The Character-Creation Interface was decorated in the classical western style. On the bottom of the screen was a row of metal boxes, in which were complicated-looking, medieval emblems representing different classes. The sword represented Slayers, the gun represented Gunners, and the cross represented Priests...
It was only a game, but it gave people the feel of an ancient ceremony. When one class was chosen, the character for the class and the related introductions would appear on the screen.
It must be noted that, when the original game was first released, there were no Female Slayer, Female Gunner, Female Priest, Male Mage, and Male Fighter.
However, the virtual reality remake by the System was as real as it could be, and there was no chance for imposters. Therefore, in this remake version, there were both male and female characters for all five classes.
"Can this class use greatswords?" Sia clicked on the Female Slayer and started.
Lou Piaoling also chose Male Slayer.
Meanwhile, the guests from the Deserted Sea Realm had also started the game.
For example, Song Qingfeng chose the class of Fighter.
Xu Zixin chose to be a Female Gunner.
Tang Yu, Wang Xie, and others of the Spiritual State chose classes such as Male Gunner and Male Mage respectively after reading the introductions on each of the classes.
"Boss, what should I choose?" Jiang Xiaoyue stared at Mr. Fang questioningly, intending to choose the same class as Mr. Fang.
Fang Qi said after a moment of consideration, "You can choose Mage; I want to play Slayer."
"Okay..." She chose to be a loli mage reluctantly.
This was an adventure story that happened on th eArad Continent.
When the crystal wind-chime-like music faded, players opened their eyes in the darkness and found that the world suddenly lightened.
The clouds before them scattered, and they looked down from the high sky, seeing a vast world of mountains and oceans. The sky was engulfed in an extremely huge magic array, and the distant tower reached high into the clouds. Faint shadows that looked like huge beasts moved behind the clouds, and everything showed that this continent was strange and special.
Even the warriors of the Ultimate West Realm were amazed.
"I feel like I'm in a new world! Is it really not a small world in a spiritual artifact?" Lou Piaoling asked in surprise.
He could feel wind flowing around him, and everything felt real at the touch. When he opened his eyes again, only fuzzy memories were left in him.
He remembered a vicious and bloody-red demonic hand, and the creepy atmosphere startled him out of his sleep as a cold corpse lay beside him
When he woke up, he found that he had fallen asleep leaning on a big tree in a huge forest.
Reaching out his hands, he found that his left hand was locked in a huge chain, and it looked vicious and bloody-red, giving him an ominous feeling. A huge sword that was as long as one person lay on the ground on his right. He was dressed in a simple short vest, which didn't seem like his clothes.
"I'm..." Lou Piaoling shook his head and found some information and memories in his head. "Is this the Slayer?!"
With wonder and surprise, he looked at his left hand which seemed to contain demonic strength. "Kazan...?"
Dark-green skinned monsters walked out from the shadows in the forest and surrounded him.
Each character that the players controlled in the game came to this land with their own dreams and goals. The slayers wanted to find Kazan and seek revenge, male gunners were squeezed to a corner in the Empyreans and fell onto Arad, priests fought with the imposters of 'Curse of Blood' with holy missions, and the female slayers came to this land to seek revenge on the empire as the products of the empire's Metastasis experiments...
The slayer on Luo Piaoling's screen waved his huge sword and slaughtered all the goblins that surrounded him in the forest. The adventurers (players) who walked out of the forest would enter Elvenguard, the spawn place in the game.
It must be noted that the forest in the spawn place was an open map instead of a dungeon. A character called Seria would be rescued by the first group of adventurers, and she would be friendly to later adventurers because of that.
Elvenguard was a station built in the forest. Only when the players entered Hendon Myre riding in horse-drawn carriages would their adventures really began.
"Wow... It's huge!"
The players saw a huge, prosperous city with white walls and red tiles. In the streets lined with many green plants thronged all kinds of pedestrians from all over the world, including adventurers, merchants, and scholars.
As a free city that advocated a magic civilization, Hendon Myre had many magic infrastructure and devices around the city.
Seeing the pedestrians walking on the streets and the prosperous scenes, the players all exclaimed in amazement.
On the street, many pedestrians were talking, and sometimes...
"Giggle... Boss, look at that guy! He's so funny!" Jiang Xiaoyue pointed at a vendor on the street and giggled.
"Come on! Make money with money!" A cunning merchant with a weird pot on his head called out to people like Fang Qi and Jiang Xiaoyue in a croaky voice.
"I don't believe your non-sense!" Jiang Xiaoyue snorted. While glancing around at the adventurers and pedestrians who were walking on the street, she said, "Boss, we're here to look for Master Pungjin, right? Where is he?"
"He's easy to find. He might yell 'My name is Pungjin, and I'm a Wind Fist instructor!'" Fang Qi tried to mimic Pungjin's voice.
A bald man, who was wearing yellow clothes and walking from the opposite direction, looked at them in disapproval. "I'm the Wind Fist Instructor Pungjin!"
"..." Mr. Fang felt embarrassed that it was so easy to find his target.
Chapter 515: How Can I Adventure on Arad While Wearing Those Ugly Clothes?
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
The word 'dungeon' in the game was derived from a tabletop role-playing game 'Dungeons & Dragons'. As the game evolved, in most cases, the word 'dungeon' represented a private zone or a parallel space where one could explore, adventure, or complete missions.
No one but you and your teammates could enter this private zone.
There weren't multiple servers or channels in the system version of the game, but Hendon Myre was as large as any city in the real world. The adventurers walking out from the spawn place didn't crowd the city. In fact, if not for the many pedestrians and NPCs (non-playable characters) including adventurers and merchants who were thronging in the streets, the players would find this huge city quite empty and cold.
Also, the players had to travel in horse-drawn carriages between places. If they walked, they wouldn't be able to finish a few simple quests that required running around even if they had eight hours.
Besides the main storyline and quests, the various side story quests weren't limited to those few NPCs; more NPCs could issue quests. Perhaps the pedestrians walking on the streets or residents living in the houses in the alleys might give them quests.
For the adventurers, despite their different goals and ambitions, their way of surviving was to complete quests and make money.
For Luo Piaoling and other new players who had just arrived at the city, the first place that they had an encounter with was Seria's hotel. The new adventurers entered the elegant and bright hotel in twos and threes.
Upon entering, they heard the beautiful music played by bards.
The first thing that they saw was a snow-white grand hall with a western-style floor paved in sapphire blue tiles. Also, exquisite magic chandeliers dangling from the ceiling made the place look elegant and comfortable.
On one side was a corridor leading to the second floor. The hotel wasn't huge but bright; the bright yellow curtains were pulled to the sides, letting in radiant sunshine. People felt warm and cozy bathed in the sun.
Luo Piaoling saw several familiar faces who were cultivators of the Deserted Sea Realm that he had seen in the Martial Dao Exchange.
"Ugh? Isn't the hotel owner the girl who we encountered in the forest?" He saw two figures walking into the hotel.
"Hello. My name's Seria." He seemed to hear the silver-haired elven girl friendly greet the adventurers.
Subconsciously, he recalled the old man in the Slayer Dojo in the Back Alley who kept murmuring nonsense such as 'a sword may conquer the flesh, but only your heart may conquer the mind.'
If not for the others' introduction, he would never have thought that this blind old man was his instructor.
He had only seen him a few times, but the old man left a deep impression on his mind.
"A sword may conquer the flesh, but only your heart may conquer the mind?" Luo Piaoling chewed on the words and was amazed. "It's surprising that such a grandmaster lives on the inconspicuous streets."
Since Dajin was almost a nation full of warriors, there were many slayers in the game. Some of them paid gold coins and went up to their rooms, and some were still chatting in the hall on the first floor.
At this moment, Luo Piaoling made a sudden discovery.
"These people... how come they are dressed exactly like me?!" He hadn't noticed it before since there were all kinds of people thronging in the streets.
But now in the hotel, most of the people here were adventurers, and he made this unique discovery in one glance.
Meanwhile, Sia who chose to the class, Female Slayer, had also come to Arad as instructed in the special mission for female slayers. They had taken another route after they fled from the empire compared to other players, and they met other adventurers at this place.
Upon entering the hotel, she froze. How come so many people are dressed exactly like me?!
She wore a short, tight-fitting black dress with decorative black feathers on the shoulder, a pair of flaxen, tight-fitting long pants, and a pair of black boots.
Sia found that all the female slayers were dressed this way!
However, her clothes were quite pretty.
Beside her, Lou Piaoling felt embarrassed while he looked down at his loose pants and short vest which covered only his chest and shoulders, so he wasn't completely naked.
Lou Piaoling thought that it looked quite ugly.
Putting that aside; more importantly, with everyone dressed this way, he wouldn't be able to be distinguish from others.
Damn it!
At this time, he saw three young man walking over from the opposite direction. They each held a sword, but they were dressed differently.
One of them wore a long windbreaker with dark grey and silver shoulder armor, the second wore a black, sleeveless turtle-neck, and the last one wore a dark blue vest with a white inner shirt. More important, the last guy's hair was red hair?!
"Young Master Lin, what do you think? My outfit is quite awe-inspiring, huh?!" The red-haired young man wearing the dark blue vest laughed and said, "If it is still like before, how can I adventure on Arad while wearing those ugly clothes?"
"Good, good. It looks like Iori Yagami's outfit."
Luo Piaoling's face reddened, feeling as if they were talking about him.
"Ugh-?!" Sia had just met up with Luo Piaoling, and she looked in the direction of the conversation. "How come they are dressed differently from you?!"
"I have no idea." Luo Piaoling spread out his hands. "Should I... go and ask them?"
Immediately, he walked up to them. "Brothers, are you slayers too?"
Song Qingfeng said, "Yeah. What's up?"
"Can I ask a question? Why are we all dressed..." Luo Piaoling pointed at himself and said, "And you're dressed differently?"
"Oh, that..." Lin Shao explained casually, "It works like the store in Qzone. You can pull out the Game Interface and find the button leading to 'Item Shop'."
"We can buy clothes in there?!" Sia ask in surprise.
Immediately, she entered her hotel room in which there were items such as windows and desk, etc. Then, she pulled out the Game Interface, wondering if she should change into other outfits.
...
"We can indeed buy clothes here..." Sia looked as if she had just discovered a new continent. "There are other things too!"
"Hurry and look! There are many good things!"