At night, at a nearby Hunan restaurant. The food here was famous, but we never had the chance to come here. Today, I don't know what went wrong, but I just happened to walk here.
The moment I entered, I sighed. The boss was a middle-aged balding man. He was so perverted that he ordered coffee-colored uniforms for the waiters. They looked like maids, and they were all young girls.
Of course, it was a pain in the ass to see an auntie wearing a maid uniform.
I booked a room and waited on them alone. The boss gave us a beautiful waitress.
I didn't have much interest in the waiter. Anyone from the Snow Moon Studio was much better than this waiter. So, I focused on ordering the dishes. There were so many dishes, such as donkey meat from the sky or sea dog meat from the water. Since Ling Yue was treating us, we just needed to eat as much as we wanted.
Hunan cuisine was very spicy. After eating for less than ten minutes, the girls' faces were all red from the spiciness. Ling Xue and Ling Yue even stuck out their tongues. They looked at the delicious food with a mixture of love and fear on their faces. They looked exceptionally cute.
Soon, everyone was conquered by the spiciness. Even the battle-hardened Qin Yun stuck out her tongue.
I was a bit dumbfounded, so I asked the waiter, "Can you help us buy 8 cold drinks?
Thousand Layer Snow is fine. "
The waitress went.
Soon, eight Thousand Layer Snow were served. The girls licked the cold drinks. I was very happy. My goal was achieved. Chrysanthemum Daohana even praised me for being considerate. Cough cough, I feel so ashamed.
… …
At night, we returned to the workshop. Before going to bed, everyone drank tea together. Ling Yue took out her laptop and went online to learn about the game.
"Scholar, Ling Xue, come over and see!"
Ling Yue suddenly shouted, seemingly excited.
We moved over. Our notebooks stopped on the official Spirit of Grief forums. We saw four words written in bold calligraphy at the top of the China forum — Unparalleled Nation Knight!
"Unparalleled Nation Knight?"
Qin Yun was surprised. "What does this mean?
Could it be a new version? "
Ling Yue shook her head. "No, these four words were written by Uncle Solitary Grave. He wrote them himself. And he wrote them specifically for our Snow Moon Scholar …"
"Ah?"
Everyone was surprised. Ling Yue clicked on the details, and the relevant link was actually a post by Solitary Grave. The title was — Unparalleled Nation Scholar?
Snow Moon Scholar!
Below, there was a line of small words. "The China region is fighting on three fronts. This is beyond my expectations. What's even more unbelievable is that the Scholar led Snow Moon to destroy the Eastern Fortress, Stormwind City. This is unbelievable!
This battle is undoubtedly a miracle. It will forever be recorded in the Chronicles of Spirit of Grief! "
Then, Lonely Grave wrote, "When Xue Yue attacked Gale City, they used the three strategies of 'surprise attack', 'feint attack', and 'encirclement'. In the middle of the fierce battle, they even came up with the plan of 'burning the Withered Forest'. After that, in the battle of Holy Helm City, Xue Yue besieged Wei to save Zhao, and then attacked Fire Dragon City. Actually, they could have used the strategy of attacking from both sides, exhausting the Americans in the middle. Unfortunately, we didn't seize the opportunity.
"However, all of this is enough to prove one thing. The Snow Moon Scholar is worthy of the title of the best player in the game. In these two battles, he displayed strategies, big picture vision, and great strength. There is no doubt that he is a young general who is skilled in both literature and martial arts. Who else in White Cloud City could have done this?
Seven-star Lamp, Wang Junjie, The Waning Moon In The Morning Breeze. These young juniors are too far behind him.
The Xueyue Scholar is a peerless scholar of the nation! "
… …
Everyone finished reading without blinking.
I rubbed my eyes and said in confusion, "Wait, uncle doesn't owe me money, so why is he praising me like this? Damn, I'm embarrassed!"
Qin Yun said with a smile, "No, he's not exaggerating. Our Scholar is unparalleled!"
Ling Xue also said, "Yeah, Sister Qin Yun is right. You sacrificed yourself to save Solitary Grave, and uncle is doing this to promote Snow Moon. It's a kind of compensation in and of itself."
"Mn mn!" Ling Yue nodded with a smile.
Zi Yue blinked a few times before asking, "Big brother Scholar, after these two battles, is Snow Moon invincible?"
I shook my head. "It's just a small test. Didn't you see it, Zi Yue?
Our expedition to Saint Helm City has suffered a crushing defeat, it's terrible … "
Summer smiled. "That's not a problem. In a few days, we'll go to Holy Helm City again."
I frowned. "That's going to be difficult!
This time, Dark Roar and the others must've seen through our tactics. They're no idiots, and if we go to war again, there's no guarantee that they won't split up their forces to attack White Cloud City and Clear Breeze City. Also, in terms of overall strength, they're waiting for us to exhaust ourselves and have allies to help us. Right now, China isn't strong enough to swallow Holy Helm City. "
"Then what should we do?" Summer asked. She was starting to worry about national affairs.
I smiled. "There's no rush. Let's grind our levels first. Everyone's equipment is too crappy, and this Nation War has caused a lot of countries to lose their morale. I'm guessing that the Nation War will enter a period of peace, and we'll have to deal with some threats in our country. Also, there's going to be a second Holy Domain player in our workshop, and I'm always at the forefront.
It's putting a lot of pressure on me! "Ling Xue said," We'll do our best, but the Holy Domain is like a lottery. It's all about luck. Even Seven-star Lamp has entered the Holy Domain, but my sister and I haven't done anything at all … "
"There's no rush. Let's take it slow. Let's sleep first …"
My upper and lower eyelids were starting to fight with each other. I fell asleep the moment I returned to my room.
… …
Early in the morning, it was drizzling outside the window. An Audi slowly drove in from downstairs. It was Qin Yun's car. The car door opened, and Qin Yun got off the car with a bag of things. Behind her, Summer also came down with something. Clearly, the two of them were going to buy breakfast.
I looked at the time. It was 8: 30 in the morning. I'd slept for so long that my head was starting to hurt.
I hurriedly got up and washed up.
In the living room of the workshop, Ling Yue's face was rosy. Two people in suits sat on the sofa opposite her. They were the secretaries of Bluestar's Suzhou Company. They took out a large stack of documents and handed them to Ling Yue. The beautiful CEO's beautiful eyes swept over them, and she read the details of the documents at a glance. Then, she took a pen and drew her name on it.
The reason why I said it was a drawing was because Ling Yue's signature was too strange. At first glance, it looked like a rabbit squatting in the grass eating grass. People without a foundation wouldn't be able to tell that this signature was Ling Yue's. This was also Ling Yue's proud skill. It would be difficult for others to imitate this signature. A calligrapher definitely wouldn't be able to, but an artist had a chance.
Ling Yue quickly signed a few copies. In the end, she held onto one copy and hesitated. A hint of anger gradually appeared in her beautiful eyes!
"Pa!"
Ling Yue suddenly slammed the contract on the table and said angrily, "Which bastard drafted this contract? The Bamboo Forest Plaza in the west of the city is several hectares, and it's rented out for 500 thousand a year? Do you think this land is tofu? Anyone can eat it if they want?
No, change the price. At least 2 million a year. Otherwise, no discussion! "
Trembling with fear, the secretary said carefully, "Eldest Miss, this … was approved by CEO Lingtian. The other party is GGS. This time, we're actually taking a step back in order to advance. We still have a few big business deals to discuss with them in Shanghai."
Ling Yue's anger turned into a smile, "Hmph hmph, dad actually knows to take a step back to advance. Then all the more we can't take a step back. I don't care if it's GGS or PPS, I won't take a step back on the price. Since it's in Suzhou, I have the final say. Tell them they won't sign anything less than 2 million. There's no such thing in this world!"
"Then, what about Shanghai?"
"We won't take a step back. Business deals are about being fair and voluntary. We can't act like we're inferior before we even do business."
"Yes, Missy. I'll do it right away."
Ling Yue nodded. "Give me the number of the person in charge of GGS. I'll call him in a bit."
"Yes, Missy!"
Ling Yue said a few more things. The secretary nodded and left.
At this time, Ling Yue looked back at me and laughed softly. "What are you looking at? Are you peeping from the side?"
"It's just watching from afar. It's not peeping."
"Watching from afar?" Ling Yue pursed her lips into a smile. "You can watch from afar, but you can't play with it?"
The beautiful boss's smile was meaningful. I lost again.
After sitting down next to Ling Yue, Qin Yun and Summer also came up. Soundless Rain knocked on Ling Xue's door. "Ling Xue, wake up! The sun is shining on your butt!"
Ling Xue, who was in the room, exclaimed, "Didn't it rain the whole night?"
Soundless Rain was very calm. "It's dew."
Everyone sweated. Soundless Rain was clearly a liar whose heart didn't speed up.
… …
"Ling Yue, what's there to be happy about?
Why are you grinning from ear to ear today? "I asked.
Ling Yue shook the phone in her hand and said with a smile, "Bing Cha gave me a call this morning. She'll be returning to China tomorrow. We'll go to Hangzhou to pick her up then, okay?"
I exclaimed in surprise, "Heh?!
Really? "
But soon, my expression darkened. "But Bing Cha probably won't be returning to Xue Yue Studio."
Ling Yue smiled. "It's fine. Even if she doesn't come back, she's still Bing Cha in my eyes."
"Mn."
I nodded, but I was conflicted. Would Bing Cha bring her "blonde handsome" back?
If she did, should I bring a brick with me and smack him to death on the spot?
I smacked my forehead. What am I thinking? Bing Cha is Bing Cha, and I am me. Bing Cha is young and beautiful. It's normal for her to have a boyfriend. What right do I have to be jealous of her?
Never mind. I'll go to Hangzhou tomorrow and see for myself.
… …
Ling Xue walked out the door with her hair still wet. She had clearly taken a shower early in the morning. She sat next to me and asked with a smile, "Scholar, what are you doing today?"
"Grinding levels and equipment …"
"Oh, where are you going?"
I thought about it. I had reached Level 182 yesterday, but I was killed and dropped a level to 181. I could fight Level 232 mobs now. The Graveyard of the Gods was a Level 225 10-man dungeon in White Cloud City. After the system update, all the mobs in the dungeon were Warsong rank. From a certain perspective, the difficulty of the Graveyard of the Gods had been lowered. However, the seven new Great God Tier dungeons quickly made up for this shortcoming.
"I'm going to solo the Graveyard of the Gods," I said with a smile.
Xia Xia was astonished. "Wow!
Big brother Scholar is going to solo the Graveyard of the Gods?
OMG, last time we went to the Graveyard of the Gods as a ten-man party, we got wiped, but you're going to solo it … "
I smiled. "I have no choice. Little Tian, do you know that it takes me at least 40 times the experience to level up? If I don't solo it, it'll take me a long time to reach Level 255 of the Holy Domain."
Ling Yue burst into laughter. "That's right. Most Holy Domain players rely on solo dungeons to level up. Holy Domain players who don't dare to solo dungeons are too embarrassing."
Qin Yun unfolded the paper wrapped bun. "Then let's eat. Today, Scholar is going to solo the Graveyard of the Gods. The rest of us, um … why don't we let Ling Xue lead the team and fight the S2 Graveyard of a Thousand Monuments? Ling Xue is wearing an S3 equipment, so she shouldn't have much of a problem fighting an S2. At the very least, she won't be at a disadvantage in terms of defense."
Ling Xue nodded with a smile. "Yes, I'll listen to Sister Qin Yun."
After eating a bunch of buns, I let out a burp. It was raining today, so Ling Yue and the other girls had given up on their morning exercise. Otherwise, there would be a couple more girls running around the field next to the villa.
I returned to my room and went online!
Swhoosh!
My character appeared in the plaza of White Cloud City. Clearly, I had returned to the city after killing my way through Fire Dragon City.
I hurriedly checked my bag. Thankfully, I still had the Water God's Fury necklace.
I had dropped a lot of potions though, so I needed to replenish them.
When I arrived at the potion shop, I saw that a couple of high-level potions had respawned —
[Health Potion 1]: Recovers user's HP by 3% over 30 seconds. Cannot be stacked. Level Requirement: 120
[Health Potion 2]: Recovers user's HP by 6% over 30 seconds. Cannot be stacked. Level Requirement: 150
[Health Potion 3]: Recovers user's HP by 10% over 30 seconds. Cannot be stacked. Level Requirement: 180
[Health Potion 4]: Recovers user's HP by 18% over 30 seconds. Cannot be stacked. Level Requirement: 220
[Health Potion 5]: Recovers user's HP by 25% over 30 seconds. Cannot be stacked. Level Requirement: 255
… …
I was a bit surprised. In the past, health potions only recovered a certain amount of health points, and the highest one I could get was 4800. Nowadays, most players had hundreds of thousands of HP, and this little bit of health recovery was clearly not enough. Eternal Moon Corporation's system was very considerate. Now that they had released a potion that restored health at a certain rate, it was the perfect solution for the desperate needs of countless solo players.
After all, not everyone could have a top-tier priest, especially those who liked to solo. Now that we had this potion, it was like coal in a snowstorm!
I clicked the price and was immediately shocked —
A Level 1 Health Potion was priced at 1,000 gold coins per bottle. A Level 2 Health Potion was as high as 3,000 gold coins per bottle. A Level 3 Health Potion was even more ridiculous, costing 20000 gold coins per bottle!
Rank 4 Health Potions cost 50000 gold per bottle, and the highest Rank 5 Health Potions cost a ridiculous 100,000 gold per bottle!
Holy shit!
This wasn't coal in a snowstorm, it was firewood under the pot!
Although gold had greatly depreciated, and 1 RMB could be exchanged for almost a thousand gold, robbing people like this wasn't a solution. Rank 5 Health Potions cost 100 RMB per bottle, and only rich people could afford them!
However, I couldn't afford Rank 5 Health Potions either. I needed to be Level 255!
But then I thought about it. No, I was a Holy Domain player, so I should make an exception!
So, I gritted my teeth and bought a Rank 5 Health Potion.
Fuck!
100,000 gold was gone, but it could still be used!
Immediately, I was overjoyed. Very good, I could buy more.
I looked in my bag and saw that I still had over 4 million gold. Most of it was from killing mobs. The shop might have some left, but I wouldn't use it for now.