Suddenly, I felt like I'd boarded a pirate ship. I turned around and glared at the little beauty beside me. "Fuck, didn't you say it's only four hours?
Why are we going to the train station again? "
Chaos Moon smiled and took out a red train ticket from her pocket. "Look, this is where my grandma lives. Sorry for the inconvenience, but you'll have to take a five-hour train ride to get there …"
It was clearly written on the train ticket: Urumqi to Turks County. Fans of the book also liked to read:.
I felt like I'd been struck by lightning. I put a hand on Chaos Moon's shoulder and said, "Chaos Moon, you little liar! You told me it was only four hours, but now you're telling me when we'll get there …"
Chaos Moon blinked. "You can't blame me for that. How could I have tricked you all the way here from Suzhou if I didn't do this?
Hehe, alright, alright, let's just treat this as a vacation … "
Resigned to fate, I leaned back in my seat and said, "We'll sweep the grave tomorrow, and we'll return the day after tomorrow. Have you booked a return ticket yet?"
"Not yet …"
"Alright, I'll call the manager of Raincube's Suzhou branch and ask her to book us a return ticket."
"Does Raincube's manager need your permission?"
"Hmph hmph, what do you think? I own 10% of Raincube's shares, you know!"
"OMG, you're a bigshot …"
"Worship me!"
"You're treating me to the lamb stew for lunch …"
Me: "..."
… …
After we arrived at the train station, we grabbed a bite of something to eat before boarding the train in a hurry. Then, we continued to move forward amidst the clattering of the rails.
I was completely befuddled by this point. What exactly was Tekes? I had never even heard of it before, but I figured that Chaos Moon wouldn't sell me off. Well, I might as well follow her. It's fine as long as there's food and drinks, and fans like to read more.
It was night by the time we arrived at Tekes.
Standing in the middle of the huge county, I asked in a daze, "Holy shit, where is your grandma's house?"
Chaos Moon giggled and held my hand. "Grandma's house isn't in the county, and I doubt there's a car there. Come on, let's find a hotel with internet access first thing in the morning. It'll take us two hours to sweep the grave, and then … we'll return the day after tomorrow. We won't be staying at auntie's place."
I nodded. "Yeah, let's find something to eat first. What's good here?"
"Mutton …"
"Alright, let's find a hotel and settle down first before looking for food!"
"Yes."
…
After walking around the city, I finally learned that there was only one hotel in this city that had a dedicated line to Eternal Moon Corporation. It was a 4-star hotel, and it was pretty expensive. That was why we had no choice but to go to a private house to borrow the line. That would be too abrupt. Also, I was a southerner, so it would be better for me to keep a low profile since I wasn't familiar with this place.
We entered the hotel and booked two rooms for 1000 yuan each. After we settled our luggage, Chaos Moon dragged me to the streets. She was pretty familiar with the area, so we found a restaurant and went in. Big Plate Chicken, Mutton Pot and Beer. The food was so good that I almost called my mother. I was in a foreign land, but I was able to enjoy such delicious food. I had no regrets in my life. I really regretted not bringing He Yi and Lin Yixin with me. If I had, I would've been able to enjoy this beautiful scenery!
After eating and drinking to his heart's content, he returned to the hotel, connected to the internet, and went online. Since he had nothing to do at night, he might as well go online to grind some low-level FB and raise the level of the Ancient Divine Dragon.
Swhoosh!
The moment I appeared in Sky City, I immediately received five messages — Lin Yixin: "Oh, you're online, Little Cheat. You haven't lost your way yet?"
He Yi: "Have you arrived?
Have you settled down yet? The food here in Xinjiang is pretty good, right? "
Beiming Xue: "Big bro, I miss you …"
Lian Xin: "Lu Chen, Beiming said she missed you so much that she PKed someone …"
Murong Mingyue: "Have you eaten yet, brat?"
I couldn't help but smile when I saw the string of messages. It felt good to have someone thinking about me, so I replied to them one by one — to Lin Yixin: "I've been in a car for an entire day, and I'm almost crippled. Did you miss me, Yiyi?
Give me a kiss, haha … "
I replied to He Yi: "Mn, I'm staying in a 4-star hotel with internet, and the food here is pretty good. I like it."
I replied to Beiming Xue: "I'll be back the day after tomorrow. Work hard, Beiming!"
I replied to Lian Xin: "You have to help Beiming when she's being bullied!"
I replied to Murong Mingyue: "I've eaten. Sleep early, sis …"
… …
After that, we gathered our party. He Yi's wise decision was to grind A4. This was going to be a big challenge since the mobs in A4 were all Level 210 dread-rank mobs, and the bosses were at least Level 220. The good news was that our players were at least 10 levels ahead of the average players in the country after the WEL nationals and internationals, so it wasn't impossible to grind A4.
We teleported to Silver Fir City because it was closer to our destination this time.
Our party of five gathered outside Silver Fir City, and by the time I arrived, He Yi, Lian Xin, Beiming Xue and Murong Mingyue were already waiting for me.
"Big bro!"
Beiming Xue rode up to me and asked with a smile, "How do you feel after fooling around with sis Chaos Moon for an entire day?"
I pouted. "It's nothing. That girl set me up for a 4-hour flight in the morning, and a 5-hour train ride in the afternoon. I'm almost dead from exhaustion, and we're not going to sweep the graveyard until tomorrow morning. That's why I logged into the game to grind some dungeons. Did anyone challenge an S Rank dungeon?"
"Yes!"
He Yi nodded affirmatively. "Beauty Lin led Purple Marquis, Nangong Lexi, Shadow Chanel, and a priest to challenge Boss S1. We managed to defeat the first boss, but we were stuck on the second boss. We died twice, but we still couldn't defeat the second boss. Yiyi was worried about losing levels, so she gave up."
Beiming Xue added, "Also, Song of Cloud and Water, God Bone, Song of Ice and Fire and Ringwraith went to S1 as well, but they got stuck at the second boss. It looks like they've given up on the dungeon because the boss is so powerful that even our party's DPS and healers can't keep up."
I smiled. "I knew it. The S1 boss is at least a Level 250 Immortal Rank boss, and we're around 50 to 80 levels below it right now. If Immortal-grade equipment sets were that easy to collect, then Divine Rank S1 equipment sets would've been worthless a long time ago …"
He Yi smiled. "That's why it's a wise decision to grind A4. Oh right, how's your Ancient Divine Dragon right now? Can you ride it?"
"Oh, let me see …"
I opened up my personal interface and found the Ancient Divine Dragon's portrait. I confirmed that I was going to release my pet. "Roar roar!" A blue hexagram formation appeared in front of me. The Ancient Divine Dragon slowly crawled out of the center of the formation. After sleeping for a long time, its body had grown a lot bigger. Its entire body glowed with a dark silver light, and its head was covered in blood-red whiskers. It lay on the ground majestically.
"Why can't this Ancient Divine Dragon fly? Isn't it supposed to be able to ride the clouds?" Lian Xin asked with a smile.
I was a bit speechless. Yeah, why did my WEL champion's reward look so lame? Even an Archean Immortal-grade item would've been much better than this stupid dragon!
Beiming Xue said, "Big bro, can you share your Ancient Divine Dragon's stats? We'll help you!"
"Mn!"
I waved my hand, and the Ancient Divine Dragon's stats appeared in front of me. However, to my surprise, it had evolved a little after sleeping for so long — [Ancient Divine Dragon] Level: 83, Grade: Divine Rank Mount Stage: Growth Stage, Effect: Cannot be mounted. Growth Stage — Infant (Level 0 ~ 50) [None] Growth Stage (Level 50 ~ 100) [None] Adult (Level 100 ~ 150) [Mountable] Awakening Stage (Level 150 ~ 200) [Fusion Armor] Awakening Stage (Level 200 ~ 250) [Unknown]...
I laughed and rubbed my palms together. "Damn, this is awesome! It's already Level 100, so it's already possible to ride it. If I work hard, I'll be able to get it to Level 100 in the next few days!" I laughed.
He Yi laughed. "Yeah, it's too bad we don't have an EXP dungeon like the Fury of the Goddess of Death. Otherwise, it would've reached Level 100 in a day!"
"Come on, let's run A4 and sweep through dozens of A-rank dungeons! I refuse to believe that we can't reach Level 100!"
"Mn!"
The Ancient Divine Dragon's EXP requirement was 100 times that of a normal pet. This was the price to pay for a powerful mount. Thankfully, grinding EXP was my favorite thing to do, and with a beautiful woman accompanying me, it wouldn't be boring at all.
… …
After we exited Silver Fir City, He Yi pulled Murong Mingyue onto her horse and said, "Let's go. Lu Chen, take Lian Xin with you, and we'll be an all-knight party!"
I replied, "It'll be the same if Beiming carries Little Xin. Everyone else, just watch as normal."
Beiming Xue spread her hands and smiled. "She doesn't want to. She just wants to ride with you …"
"Then come over here …"
Speechless, I pulled Lian Xin onto my horse. She waved her scepter and said, "Let's go, Armored Ice Qilin Horse, full speed ahead …"
Thud!
Her scepter smacked me in the head.
"Fuck …" I was even more speechless than before.
The three warhorses galloped through the forest in front of us. In less than ten minutes, we would reach the gathering point for the A4 dungeon. On the world map, there were a ton of blue dots. It looked like there were a lot of players there.
… …
"Hmm? What's going on? Why are there so many people?" Murong Mingyue asked suspiciously.
I spurred my mount forward and saw a large group of players blocking the way. Every one of them had the same emblem on their shoulder, which was the shape of an iron sword. They were none other than Sword Lord of Jianghu. Sword Lord of Jianghu's guild encampment was right next to the A4 dungeon. Were they planning to occupy the entire A4 dungeon?
I blended into the crowd and slowly moved forward. The Sword Lord of Jianghu players were lined up like a wall, and a legion commander carrying a scepter said with a smile, "Thank you for coming, everyone. Sword Lord of Jianghu is grinding here. The A4 dungeon is just up ahead, and the mobs around the dungeon are incredibly high-leveled. For everyone's convenience, we cleared them out overnight, and many of our brothers suffered a lot of injuries, and some even lost a level. As compensation, we will charge 10 gold per person to enter the dungeon. I hope everyone can understand."
… …
"Fuck, are they crazy for money?" I exclaimed in astonishment.