Chapter 79

At night, the soft meadows of the Queguirre Swamp are shimmering with a brilliant blue light, the light emitted by the fireflies unique to this swamp. It is neither bright nor dim, just enough to illuminate the way for night walkers.

Because there are not many monsters, few players set foot here, but for pharmacist players, it is a rare paradise for collecting herbs.

The Kguir Swamp is rich in special medicinal herbs. By combining these special varieties with ordinary herbs, pharmacists have a certain chance of refining finished medicines with special properties.

For example, the strong antidote that Xia Mo and the others need right now can be found in the Kguil Swamp.

Of course, Xia Mo didn't plan to pick the herbs herself. Although she remembered the location of the herbs and every step of refining them, she would not become a pharmacist in her life and would not get involved.

Through the dim fluorescent light, she saw the ID that was extremely familiar to her - Riding a Donkey to Watch a Turtle.

Sure enough, it's here.

Seeing the other person squatting on the ground and digging the soil, Xia Mo felt inexplicably at ease.

You have to know that in her previous life, the other party was her "mortal enemy". Back then, in order to gain a foothold in the pharmacist industry, the other party had challenged her countless times, each time in the name of competition.

Initiating a competition will attract the attention of many peers and other players.

In a sense, these exchanges played an important role in her later success and establishment in the pharmacist industry.

Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, she and Qilu Kanwangba are the two people who get along the most in the pharmacist circle, so much so that a saying later spread among the player community: Look for Mo Se, not Wang Ba; look for Wang Ba, not Mo Se.

The implication is that you can only choose one of the two when buying medicine. Anyone who dares to buy from both will cut off his own chance of survival in the game.

Because of this "maxim", many players began to divide themselves into camps. Whoever they bought medicine from was the one they supported. As a result, the Mo Se Party and the Wang Ba Party came into being, which made Xia Mo laugh and cry for a while.

In fact, she never regarded Qilukanwangba as an enemy, and the other party had no ill will towards her. He just regarded her as an excellent competitor in the same industry, nothing more.

It is said that masters always appreciate each other. She and Riding a Donkey to Watch a Turtle are similar to this. However, neither of them is talkative and is used to being alone, so the outside world has the impression that they are hostile and incompatible.

In fact, not at all.

Xia Mo walked towards him while reminiscing.

The first time I knew about [Ride a Donkey to See a Turtle] in my previous life was when I was already over level 40. That was the first time I met him. His equipment was not that good, but it was definitely not bad.

However, at this moment, Xia Mo looked at his equipment carefully, and he didn't expect that he was such a poor boy in the early stage.

He was already level 15, but he was still wearing bronze clothes that had been eliminated long ago. He didn't wear many accessories, only a bracelet of the same bronze quality on his wrist... If Xia Mo didn't know about his extraordinary achievements in the field of alchemy, no one would think of him as a master at this time.

Seeing her approaching without saying a word, the man riding the donkey looked up at Wang Ba and asked, "What's the matter?"

Perhaps because he was in such a state of poverty, his tone and expression at this moment were a bit more humble than when Xia Mo saw him that year.

But Xia Mo still regarded him as a pharmacist who would become famous in the future. He smiled and asked, "Did you dig up the Wu Humai Huancao?"

Riding a donkey, Wang Ba was stunned for a moment, his eyes looked at her several times, and frowned slightly: "You are not a pharmacist, how do you know this?"

Wuhumai Huancao is a relatively rare special medicinal herb. Unless you are a pharmacist, few people know about it.

Xia Mo was not nervous at all, he just smiled lightly: "I just happened to know."

After that, he continued to ask: "Is there?"

Seeing that she was well-equipped, he saw that she was a high-level player, or perhaps she had the support of a large guild. In any case, she was not like the scammers he had encountered before, so she would not steal his things. So he retracted his gaze and continued to dig the soil under his feet: "Yes."

“How many are there?”

"Let me see, there are now a total of... 120 plants."

Xia Mo: "Okay, I want all 120 plants."

Normally, you should be very happy when someone comes to buy medicinal herbs.

However, having been cheated several times, the man who rode a donkey to watch a turtle not only did not raise his eyebrows, but became alert instead.

He stood up from the ground in a flash and took several steps back, while at the same time, he held the elemental staff tightly in his hand.

However, when he took out his weapon, he glanced at the equipment on the other person again. It was all silver level or above, and then he looked at his...

Third-tier Black Iron, the lowest tier among all Black Irons...

He was no match for her at all.

Once again recalling the time when he was ambushed and robbed by those high-level players, and how he was pinned to the ground and had no power to fight back, a feeling of bitterness surged uncontrollably in his heart. He pulled the corners of his mouth bitterly, his tone sounded like negotiation, but more like begging.

"I'll give you half... Please leave the remaining half to me..."

"I really don't have any money left. If you take it all, I really... don't know how to survive..."

Xia Mo raised his eyebrows and looked at the person in front of him with a bit of amusement: "Who said you want to get it for free? I'll buy it at a price slightly lower than the merchant's price, 6 gold per plant, okay?"

What? 6 gold per plant?!

The man riding the donkey was stunned. He thought he had misheard and asked again uncertainly, "Are you really here to buy it?"

Xia Mo laughed again: "What else? Am I getting it for free?"

After a pause, seeing that he still didn't react, she suddenly smoothed her hair in a pretentious manner: "Of course, if you are willing to give it to me for free, I definitely don't mind~"

"No, no, no! It can't be free!!!" When he heard her change her mind and wanted to take it for free, Qilukanwangba suddenly came to his senses and waved his hands repeatedly, "6 gold, I'll give it to you according to 6 gold!"

Although the selling price is cheaper than the one listed by the merchant, the problem is that the merchant has to pay certain taxes and stall fees for transactions. After deducting various deductions, the profit for a single plant is less than 6 gold.

He nervously gave the total price: "720 gold in total. Are you sure about this price?"

My heart was excited and a little nervous.

Would the other party agree to this price? Would they think the total price was too high? Perhaps he could offer a discount, since the other party was buying so much at once...

While I was still thinking about all sorts of things, a box popped up in front of me.

【Do you want to trade with the player "Mo Se"? 】

Hmm? Ink? Ink color?!

The world's number one violent actress, Guan Mo Se?!

The donkey-riding turtle stared with wide eyes, unable to believe that the person standing in front of him was actually her?!

Before, he was completely focused on being on guard against the other party. In addition, it was dark and he had been squatting on the ground, so he didn't pay attention to her ID at all. Until this moment, when he saw the two big words on the system, his throat couldn't help but roll again and again.

He hadn't expected to meet the continent's top expert here. How lucky is he?!

And if it was her, she would definitely not cheat him. After all, reputation is very important to players like them on the leaderboard. It's a pity that he was so wary of her before!

When he thought of the defensive posture he had just taken, the face of the man riding a donkey and watching the turtle turned red instantly.

How embarrassing! He actually tried to fight the top-ranked senior player...

After clicking "Agree", the sound of coins falling to the ground will be heard.

[Received a transaction transfer of 720 gold coins from player "Mo Se"]

Looking at this string of numbers, the man riding a donkey and watching a turtle stared and swallowed his saliva.

This was the first time, the first time since he started playing Protoss, that he'd received so much money! The other party hadn't lied to him, and there hadn't been any ambiguity. He was so happy that he didn't even know what to say!

The man riding the donkey to watch the turtle became more and more excited. After a few seconds, he raised the back of his hand and couldn't help wiping away his tears.

"...Thank you..." he said with a choked voice.

Looking at his extremely excited expression, and considering his previous words of begging her not to take everything away, Xia Mo probably guessed what he had been through.

He worked so hard to dig out a bunch of herbs, but before he could take them back to refine them, they were robbed. After experiencing this so many times, even a normal person would develop PTSD from being robbed. No wonder he reacted so strongly before.

"What's your pharmacist level?" Xia Mo suddenly asked him after putting 120 plants of Wuhumai Huancao into his backpack.

Riding a donkey and watching the turtle calm down from his excitement: "...Level 19."

Level 19 means he is a junior pharmacist, and he only needs 1 level to be promoted to intermediate level. This speed is not fast among pharmacists, but considering the economic situation of Riding a Donkey to Watch a Turtle, he was robbed and got freeloaders, and it is quite amazing that he can train to level 19 by himself.

However, Qilukanwangba doesn't think he is that strong. He checks the pharmacist rankings every day and knows very well that at level 19, he can't even catch up with those big guys.

The pharmacist levels up faster than life professions such as the blacksmith and enchanter, so even though he is level 19, after the ranking is pulled up, he can't even make it into the top 30.

Knowing that his level was not high enough, he lowered his head silently after saying this.

"Are you interested in joining our guild?" Xia Mo saw what he was thinking, smiled, and extended an invitation.

"Guild?" The man riding the donkey looked up at the turtle and suddenly raised his head with a look of surprise.

He glanced at the pattern on her left arm, but couldn't tell which guild it represented. He couldn't help but ask, "Which guild are you from?"

Although he was very happy to be invited by the other party, he was not such a demanding person that he would agree to any guild.

This might sound a bit hypocritical, as he's not a very good pharmacist, yet he's still picky about the guild, but this is indeed his bottom line.

He would rather be alone than join an inappropriate guild, so as not to cause trouble for himself after joining. He might even be severely punished by the guild before leaving, and in the end he would work hard but get nothing.

Seeing how cautious he was, Xia Mo smiled and said, "Qingyao, go straight up."

Qingyaozhishang is not a big guild, and its name cannot be found on the guild rankings, but there is one thing that makes everyone know this name - the first kill in the level 15 difficult dungeon.

He had no idea how difficult that copy was, but he knew that the first guild, the Black Domain Kingdom, didn't even make it into the top three and only got fourth place. This alone showed Qingyao's strength.

Of course, what's more important is that with a top player like her in the continent, Qingyao is a guild worth entrusting.

He lowered his eyes and thought for a few seconds. He raised his head and said solemnly: "Okay, I agree!"