◎【You have successfully collected all five pieces of equipment for the quest [Queen's Gift], triggering the set skill】◎

"Mr. Hei, I, I still have a mission to do, so I'll leave first..." Taohua was still trying hard to refuse.

unexpectedly.

"stop."

Hei Ye's cold and impatient voice came from the woods, followed by the crunching sound of his footsteps on maple leaves. Xia Li guessed that this guy was trying to stop her.

"I've put so much thought into you, and spent so much effort on booking the entire theater today, and you just say 'I'm leaving' so casually. Do you think that's appropriate?"

The gentle yet alluring gaze she had previously held was gone. Now, Taohua stared into those eyes, which had suddenly turned cold. She was frightened and said to herself, "Master Hei, I..."

"What?" Hei Ye grabbed Tao Hua's delicate wrist, his discontent evident. "I, Hei Ye, have everything you want, and I won't treat you unfairly. What are you dissatisfied with?"

Taohua felt the pain in her wrist from being held by the other party, and she hissed softly and fearfully. Just as she was about to beg the other party to let her go, suddenly, a wisp of green mist rushed up and headed straight for the hand holding her wrist.

Taohua screamed and stepped back in fear. Heiye immediately withdrew his hand and glanced in the direction of the green mist with his fox eyes: "Who?"

As expected of Hei Ye, a man who had seen a lot in Area A, he didn't panic at all when attacked, not even trying to dodge. Xia Li pushed aside the grass and walked up to him and Taohua confidently: "Nice to meet you. I'm Xia Lihua."

She didn't say "hello" or mention the word "Hei Ye", but only used the rather official "first meeting" instead. How much of a reminder this was meant to be depends on how the person involved understands it.

As the person involved, Hei Ye of course understood the hidden meaning behind her words. He stared at her intently for a long while, and finally said with a half-smile, "I didn't expect that the famous Lihua God would like to eavesdrop on private matters? This is quite surprising."

He still liked to speak so pretentiously. Xia Li had long been accustomed to it and curled her lips: "Garden Valley is not owned by your family. You speak so loudly and you blame others for having good ears?"

Hei Ye paused for a moment, "Then you know I've reserved the entire Garden Valley for today? By reserved, I mean I don't want to see strangers like you. Otherwise, haha."

Xia Li tilted her head. "What else? Did you swallow the second half of the sentence?"

"Sister Lihua...!" Seeing that she was not being polite to Heiye at all, Taohua was frightened and quickly pulled her sleeves and whispered, "He is Heiye, the president of the Spade Kingdom."

Xia Li turned her head and met Taohua's trembling gaze: "I know."

In the previous life, he tried to seduce her but failed. How could she not know?

"Then Sister Lihua, you still..." Taohua was a little at a loss. She looked timidly at Hei Ye who had a cold face opposite her, and then turned her head to look at Xia Ri Lihua who was protecting her behind him. Oh my God, two heavyweight players, she couldn't afford to offend either of them!

Wuuuuu, she was just an unknown pastor, the kind that would be easily missed in a crowd, yet why had Hei Ye chosen her? She already had someone she loved, and that was something that would never change. But, but she couldn't refuse him outright. What if she offended Hei Ye and brought trouble upon Sister Lihua and the entire Fengyun World?

Peach Blossom just stood there, neither knowing what to say nor what not to say, her face flushed red with confusion almost written all over it!

However, Hei Ye didn't notice Taohua's embarrassed expression at all. In fact, ever since the female player named Xia Ri Lihua appeared, his eyes have been on her.

He hadn't expected someone to dare speak to him like that. Who was he? He was the universally recognized most handsome man in the entire Miracle World. What girl wouldn't be moved? Even if they weren't, at least his exquisite face would make them nervous. But what was wrong with this female player? She'd only said three sentences, two of which were directed at him, bringing out his damned competitive spirit.

So he smiled gently, took two steps towards her, stretched out his bony fingers, and firmly and firmly pinched the tip of her small chin. He leaned over and said in a voice full of extreme temptation: "Do you know that you are making my heart itch like this?"

His thin and sexy lips were deliberately raised to form a perfect arc. He had practiced this arc in front of the mirror. It could be called a 360-degree, all-round, 100% perfect smile. No one could escape his evil charm.

Damn it, he was almost killed by his own handsomeness.

However, instead of the expected prostration, Xia Li responded with an indifferent expression, even a hint of sarcasm. "If you're feeling itchy, you can check if there's a heart problem. Of course, that's medical, and I don't understand it. I suggest you go to the emergency department and have a doctor take a look. Oh, no, I forgot you're from District A. In that case, you don't need to make an appointment. Just call your private doctor. I'm sure they can help you with your itchy condition."

The knuckles holding her chin stiffened slightly.

Heiye: Hey player, are you serious?

Before he had a chance to speak, she pulled out her mount, the Lava Beast, picked up Taohua, and then rode on it herself. The two of them and the beast swaggered away from his sight!

He stared at her back without any regrets, stunned for a long while, and finally uttered a few words from between his teeth: "Woman, you have successfully attracted my attention!"

After bringing Taohua out of the Garden Valley, she rushed back to the royal city without stopping. Richard was very happy to learn that she had made an excellent quality piano. The piano was placed on his left shoulder, the bow was held in his right hand, the strings began to vibrate, and a melodious piano sound floated into her ears.

Richard played the piano in ecstasy, with his eyes closed, as if he and his piano music were the only ones left in the world.

When the song ended, Richard carefully put the piano away and excitedly shook Xia Li's hand. "This is such a rare and fine piano. The music is so beautiful. It's like my old friend has come back! Thank you, Xia Lihua. Without you, tonight's concert would have been a disaster!"

[Richard highly praised your piano. Go back and tell Golov the good news!]

With this news, Xia Li ran to Gorlov. Gorlov smiled happily and said, "Great, that's great! I see how loyal you are to the Queen. Unfortunately, I don't have anything precious to give you. I only have a ring that Richard gave me a long time ago. If you don't mind, you can take it!"

【Will you accept the thank-you gift from Golov?】

Of course, choose [yes]!

【Get a ring (click to view details)】

[Richard's Ring: Precious Purple, Magic +29, Spell Crit +18, Spell Defense +25, Physical Defense +20]

The stats were pretty good, nearly double those of the Skeleton Mage Ring. It was indeed a great deal to do these holiday-limited quests. The gear they dropped was all top-notch. You have to know that gear of this caliber would cost at least 700, 800, or even 1,000 gold coins at the trading center. Rounding it up, she'd saved herself 4,000 to 5,000 gold coins. Great! Very good!

At this time, the system sent another message.

[You have successfully collected all five pieces of equipment for the quest [Queen's Gift], triggering the set skill - Synthesis]

Synthesis? Xia Li was stunned. What kind of skill was this? She had never heard of it before.

With a nervous and expectant mood, Xia Li clicked on the skill details.

[Synthesis: You can synthesize existing professional skills. Each synthesis has a 50% chance of generating a new skill, a 35% chance of generating the original skill, and a 15% chance of generating nothing. Each synthesis requires [Character Level * 15 + Skill Level * 5] gold coins and [Character Level * 60 + Skill Level * 80] experience points.]

That's it? Is this all the set skills I promised you?

After reading the details, Xia Li was completely stunned. No wonder when she had chosen the Alchemist from the NPC Elei, who was supposed to be her classmate, he had said to her with such sincerity, "Dear Xia Lihua, are you sure you want to choose the difficult and unpopular Alchemist career path?" It turned out there was a good reason for all this!

It is difficult, it must be difficult. Not only does it take more energy than others to learn professional skills, but even developing a set of skills is more difficult than other professions, right?

Although there was a 50% chance of a new skill appearing, who could guarantee that the new skill would be better than the previous one? Furthermore, each synthesis required a lot of gold and experience points. For a player like her in an urban village, it might take ten days or half a month to save up before she could afford to synthesize once.

Alas! Xia Li sighed to the sky, forget it, I chose this path myself, I have to finish it even if I cry.

After leaving Golov, Xia Li came to Emerald Lake outside the city alone. There was no other reason, she was just feeling depressed and needed to come here to relax.

When she opened her personal account, the balance showed that she currently held 3,950 gold coins. When she opened her personal panel again, the experience value column indicated that she was still 40% away from level 30.

After careful calculation, if she wanted to synthesize a skill now, it would cost [29*60+20*80=3340] experience points and [29*15+20*5=535] gold coins. The experience points were within her acceptable range. After all, it took more than 130,000 experience points to upgrade from level 29 to 30. She was not in a hurry to reach level 30, so there was no problem in using some experience points for synthesis.

The problem lies in this gold coin... She really feels pain in her heart, the kind that makes her feel pain just thinking about it.

After some thought, Xia Li decided to go to the Cologne Cathedral and pray. What if the gods, sensing her piety, were willing to grant her a red hand? Immediately, Xia Li pulled Xiaoguai out and hurried to their destination.

There were many more players in the Cologne Chapel than before. Xia Li looked around, picked a corner seat that no one else was taking, sat down, closed her eyes, clasped her hands, and began to pray devoutly.

After a while, suddenly, her sixth sense told her that someone was staring at her. Xia Li opened her eyes and looked in the direction she felt.

"Even a great god like you has things that he can't handle. Do you need to pray for him?" Cheng Tianxia walked over to her and asked with a smile.

Xia Li also smiled: "Aren't you the same?"

Cheng Tianxia let out a cry of relief, pointing to the dozen or so players sitting in front and behind them, and whispered, "In our line of work, we have to come here and pray before we do anything, otherwise it's hard to get rare items from the equipment we're fighting for."

Wow, this is superstition. Xia Li was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

The two chatted for a while, and suddenly Xia Li teased him: "You've been doing well recently."

Because she found that Chengtianxia looked much better in both spirit and appearance than the last time they met. She felt a little emotional for a moment, but of course she was more happy for him.

Cheng Tianxia scratched his head embarrassedly: "It is also thanks to you, the great god, that I am where I am today."

Recalling their first meeting, he'd died countless times in the Night Altar just to gather the right materials. Without her help back then, his journey to becoming an equipment maker would have been much more difficult. Later, when he'd been bullied to the point of having nothing left by the Blazing Fury group, it was thanks to her help that he was able to recoup his investment at the trading center.

There are many such tender moments, and Cheng Tianxia wrote down every bit of her help to him. Although he is not rich or powerful enough now, one day he will become the top equipment maker of Miracle. At that time, he will definitely take his most proud work and give it to her personally!

From Xia Li's perspective, she naturally had no idea what Cheng Tianxia was thinking at the moment. She only knew that for her, the favor she owed him in her previous life had finally been repaid in this one. Cheng Tianxia, ​​the one who hadn't cared about the world's opinions, repeatedly risking Long Yan's pursuit to tip her off, was no longer the penniless and despised equipment engineer.

As long as he lives a good life, she will have a clear conscience, Xia Li thought.

Perhaps prayer was a popular activity among equipment designers. Ever since she entered the Cologne Chapel, there had been a constant stream of equipment designers coming and going. Just before leaving, Xia Li noticed another equipment designer sitting next to Cheng Tianxia.

She was a female equipment engineer, and her profession was the same as Cheng Tianxia, ​​also a thief. She chatted with Cheng Tianxia shyly, with admiration flashing in her eyes.

Xia Li felt as if she had realized something. Adhering to the principle of not being a light bulb, she quietly stood up and left the chapel.

Returning to Emerald Lake, with the help of the beautiful scenery and the blessing of the gods, Xia Li dragged the Green Mist and Poison Bee skills into two circles on the left and right. In the middle of the two circles was the synthesis button. She took a deep breath and slowly placed her finger on it.

[Please confirm whether to consume -3340 experience points and -535 gold coins to perform skill synthesis?]

【confirm】

The circles merged into one, and golden light flickered in her eye sockets. After a few seconds, she received a new prompt.

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