Chapter 4. Rumors and Preparations Before the Next Chapter...

Plans can't keep up with changes. Xiao Weizhi's original idea was to spend another two months leveling Lin Xiaoxiao up to the third job advancement before considering taking her to dungeons.

A new dungeon entrance suddenly appeared outside the capital city. Judging from the light emanating from the entrance, the dungeon level would not be lower than C.

Dungeon levels, from highest to lowest, are: SSS, SS, S, A, B, C, D, E, F.

The dungeons are divided into two types: permanent and one-time.

It's a one-time instance; once you've gathered all the resources, it disappears after you've finished playing.

Permanent copies are sustainable. As long as they are restored over a period of time, the resources and monsters inside will be refreshed until all the energy inside is consumed.

When wild dungeons first came out, they were unstable and required a strong team to enter, clear the dungeon, and obtain the core of the dungeon.

The profit distribution model for the acquired copies is generally as follows: 25% to the country, 20% to the city, 10% to taxes, and the remaining 45% to be distributed among individuals.

Therefore, whenever a new dungeon appears, any team with the strength will choose to explore it.

After all, having a high-level instance can ensure a family's livelihood for three generations.

Xiao Weizhi's original idea was to have Lin Xiaoxiao stay obediently in the Xiao family. He sent two teams of guards to watch over her at home and protect her safety.

Under Lin Xiaoxiao's persuasive words, he changed his mind.

Because Lin Xiaoxiao said, "If you don't take me with you and just leave me at your house, aren't you afraid that someone might take a liking to me and kill me? Wouldn't you die without knowing why?"

Xiao Weizhi frowned upon hearing this. He was about to say that she was overthinking things, but then he suddenly seemed to remember something and, with a dark face, ordered Lin Xiaoxiao to go with the team to purchase the resources needed for the dungeon.

The identity information of the 7 members of the team is as follows:

Chen Feng: Male, 28 years old, Level 112 Holy Light Knight, is the vice-captain of the squad;

Cheng Cheng: Female, 25 years old, Level 88 Holy Light Priest, is the team's professional healer;

Jiang Tao: Male, 23 years old, Level 89 Dark Assassin, Team Member;

Li Junxuan: Male, 26 years old, Level 91 Dragonblood Shield Warrior, Team Member;

Wang Hao: Male, 22 years old, Level 72 Swift Shooter, Team Member;

Liu Huihui: Male, 28 years old, Level 99 Berserker Swordsman, Team Member;

Chen Yijin: Male, 30 years old, Level 71 Alchemist Poison Master, is the logistics officer in the team.

The Dragon Fang Squad, including Xiao Weizhi, only has 8 members.

But everyone in the team is of a rare profession, famous for their high attack power, high burst, and high technology. Among the younger generation, they are all top-notch.

The free trade market in Qingfan District of Beijing —

Lin Xiaoxiao was wearing a loose-fitting sky-blue dress, and her entire body was covered in at least twelve protective gear items, all of them high-quality and provided by Xiao Weizhi.

This is one of the factors that allowed her to be released; secondly, the Xiao family owns shares in this free market; and thirdly, Xiao Wei herself came along.

She smiled and walked in hand in hand with Cheng Cheng, followed by Xiao Weizhi and several teammates.

The free market was very different from what Lin Xiaoxiao remembered. It wasn't the kind where people would set up a cloth on the ground with props and materials on it, and people dressed in all sorts of strange professional outfits would loudly hawk their wares to attract customers.

The area outside was divided into small rooms of about 8 square meters each, as well as a small number of temporary stalls.

The long-term rental house has a display case outside, and another cabinet inside, with a neatly dressed salesperson standing there.

The temporary stalls consisted of folding tables with a support frame on top, and a small tent on top to provide shade and shelter from the rain.

Inside are rows of exquisitely decorated shops, each with a different location, size, and rental price.

Cheng Cheng couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Xiaoxiao, you're so cute! How could you possibly think that you'd wear business attire to set up a stall at the free market?"

Professional attire is usually only worn when going into dungeons or when fighting; in everyday life, they wear their favorite clothes.

Professional attire is often embellished with various materials, painted, and engraved with all sorts of runes, which can increase damage output, restore mana, increase defense, and so on.

Good professional attire, when custom-made, will cost no less than a million gold coins. It requires a master craftsman or higher and takes one or two months to make by hand.

Of course, you can also fight bosses to get treasure chests. Opening the treasure chests requires luck, and the items may have average attributes or not be a good fit.

Lin Xiaoxiao looked a little embarrassed. She nudged Cheng Cheng with her little hand and whispered, "Where I was born, in the D City Free Market, those who set up stalls all wore their own professional suits."

This is a memory from several years ago. Since joining the original male lead Chen Zhuoran's team, the original owner has never been to the trading market again. Her teammates always buy and bring back items for her to store in her space.

Cheng Cheng understood, as if he had already found an excuse for Lin Xiaoxiao in his mind, and explained in a low voice: "Some smaller free trade markets are not very safe. If someone comes to steal something while you are wearing professional clothes, you can react quickly."

Lin Xiaoxiao nodded repeatedly, "So that's how it is."

The original body's memory is vague about many things, but he remembers clearly only things related to the original male protagonist.

Xiao Wei glanced at Lin Xiaoxiao out of the corner of his eye, a shallow frown forming between his brows, the scrutiny in his eyes mostly hidden by the glasses on his nose.

Xiao Weizhi began to doubt Lin Xiaoxiao's true identity. The basic questions she asked from time to time made Xiao Weizhi feel that she was not from this world.

Even if they try their best to hide it, they will still reveal some ignorance and naivety about the world.

It has been thousands of years since the dungeon was created. These are common sense facts. Is there really anyone who doesn't understand them?

Lin Xiaoxiao, who was walking ahead and looking around with great interest, was unaware that she was actually not far from being exposed.

The two women were looking around and buying things in front with great interest, while Xiao Weizhi and others followed behind them, forming a unique landscape.

Not far from the Longya team, two women in dresses looked at Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi in surprise. They leaned against each other and whispered to each other.

Short-haired woman: "I'm not mistaken, am I? Isn't that Duoduo's fiancé's group? Who's that unfamiliar woman in front?"

The girl with long wavy hair said: "I don't know, are they new members?"

The short-haired woman nudged the long-haired woman, her tone somewhat gossipy: "Hey, have you heard? That rumor."

The long-haired woman craned her neck, peering towards their location: "Rumor? The rumor that Duoduo had a fight with Young Master Xiao, and he turned around and brought a woman back? What? That woman is her?"

The long-haired woman's voice rose uncontrollably, and was stopped by the panicked short-haired woman.

The short-haired woman said in a slightly panicked tone, "Shh, shh, don't shout! Squat down, squat down! They're looking over here!"

The two of them quickly squatted down and hid behind the stall.

On the other side, Lin Xiaoxiao held a cute little ornament in each hand, her expression somewhat conflicted, as if she was hesitant about which one to buy.

Xiao Weizhi, who was standing behind her, waited for a while, then took out a gold card, held it between her fingers, and handed it to the stall owner, saying coldly, "Wrap them all up."

The stall owner took the gold coin card with both hands, his tone excited: "Okay, Young Master Xiao, I'll wrap it up for you right away."

Lin Xiaoxiao turned to look at him, her expression somewhat embarrassed: "I can buy it myself, you don't need to pay for it for me."

Xiao Weizhi put one hand in his trouser pocket, looking like a cool guy, and glanced at her coldly: "I don't have that much time to waste here with you."

In just a few words, the stall owner had packed up everything on the stall and then respectfully handed the gold card back to Xiao Weizhi: "Young Master Xiao, everything has been packed."

Xiao Weizhi reached out to take the card, his tone very calm: "What are you standing there for? Put your things away and let's go."

Lin Xiaoxiao immediately stuffed the huge bag, which was as tall as a person, into her spatial storage.

Then he obediently followed the team into the inner area. However, not long after they left, rumors started to spread:

Young Master Xiao spent a fortune on his new love, buying things without blinking an eye, and bought out all the stalls in the outer area of ​​the free trade market.

Young Master Xiao abandoned his willful fiancée and fell in love with an obedient and well-behaved girl instead.

...

Rumors like these spread throughout the imperial capital in less than half a day.

When the elders of the Xiao family heard about this, they didn't react much. After all, they knew that Liu Duoxin had proposed to break off the engagement, and they had tacitly agreed to it.

Since the engagement has been called off, it's perfectly reasonable for their child to find someone else.

But the Liu family was different; they were extremely anxious after hearing about it.

He bombarded Liu Duoxin with messages, but Liu Duoxin, who was deeply in love with the male lead, blocked him on all of them.

It was almost 8 p.m. when Lin Xiaoxiao sat wearily in a chair, feeling a throbbing pain in her temples.

At 3 p.m., they arrived at a store called Zhenhuo Baibao. Xiao Weizhi handed over a rolled-up list, and then every 10 minutes someone would bring over items for Lin Xiaoxiao to put away.

It includes everything from food and drink to clothing, shelter, transportation, tools, and equipment.

The manager bowed slightly, holding a receipt in both hands, and said respectfully, "Young Master Xiao, these are the last fifteen boxes."

Lin Xiaoxiao quickly stepped forward and put the last fifteen boxes of items into her spatial storage.

Xiao Weizhi took the receipt without even looking at it. He picked up a pen and signed his name at the bottom, then led the team back to their residence.

While sitting on the flying car, Xiao Weizhi seemed to remember something and turned around to ask, "How much space do you have left?"

Lin Xiaoxiao closed her eyes and felt the remaining space in her body, then replied, "Today these things only occupy one-fifteenth of it."

Xiao Weizhi nodded, then went back to review the documents.

For the next five days, Lin Xiaoxiao would collect a huge amount of stuff every day until the space was so full that there was only a little room left before the activity officially stopped.

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At 6 o'clock that morning, Lin Xiaoxiao was woken up by the maid and got on a car out of the city with a dazed look in her eyes.

The friends on the flying car were all wearing their professional combat uniforms, with serious expressions and high spirits, while she was like a Capybara who had strayed into a wolf pack, confused and sleepy.

A note from the author:

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