Taoyuan Village is surrounded by steep mountain walls on the east and west sides, with a wide river to the north. It has only one narrow exit to the south, making it a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The village is vast, and four or five thousand people don't feel crowded at all.
This place is like a starting village in an online game, with blacksmith shops, general stores, tailor shops, clinics, restaurants, and so on. Humans can take on various tasks or buy and sell items such as artifacts, medicines, and food in these places.
As Xia Tianqiong walked through the quaint village, her mind was filled with strange information.
The strangeness that creates this game's eerie realm is called the Game Ghost, and its true form is within the eerie realm, and is also a part of it.
It is somewhat similar to the Snow Demon, and it only appears when certain conditions are met.
Otherwise, even if you break through the ghost realm, you still won't be able to find it.
There are many beginner villages in the Ghost Realm. The number is related to the number of people who come here. Each village can accommodate a maximum of five thousand people. The more people there are, the more villages there are.
In the previous life, tens of thousands of people were also drawn into this strange realm, initially doing quests and killing monsters to level up.
It was later discovered that killing people had a higher drop rate and made it easier to level up.
Moreover, each village had the task of hunting down villagers from other villages, which gradually evolved into a killing between villages.
In the end, all the other villages were either destroyed or annexed, leaving only one village.
Suddenly, an extremely powerful BOSS appears. After defeating it, the game world ends, and the survivors are able to leave the ghost realm.
And that super powerful BOSS is the game's true form.
So what Xia Tianqiong needs to do is to destroy or annex other villages, leaving only one in the end.
However, without using trickery, he is only slightly stronger than an ordinary person and cannot possibly wipe out other villages by himself.
Therefore, it is necessary to unite the people of Peach Blossom Village and lead them to conquer other villages.
However, integrating Taoyuan Village will not be easy.
First, you must be strong enough to convince others.
Secondly, you need to defeat the village chief of Peach Blossom Village and become the new village chief. Then you will have the right to issue missions to others and lead the whole village to attack.
After much thought, Xia Tianqiong decided that her top priority was to level up and become stronger as quickly as possible.
Not only do we need to catch up with others' progress by three days, but we also need to surpass them.
Actually, he also had an immature idea.
If he were to use trickery, his strength would easily allow him to wipe out other villages. However, he would also become a bandit, and it's uncertain whether the game's trickery would still appear in that situation.
He wasn't sure, so he couldn't try it; it was safer to stick to the method from his previous life.
Summer Qiong wandered around the village, talking to the locals and accepting various quests.
"Boss, two jin of braised beef and a pot of liquor, please."
"Please wait a moment, sir, it will be ready shortly."
The waiter smiled warmly and invited him to sit down.
A moment later, the braised beef and soju were served.
Xia Tianqiong picked up a thin slice of beef, put it in her mouth, and then spat it out.
"Why does your braised beef taste a little strange?"
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper immediately came out from behind the counter with a smile, "Sir, our braised beef is absolutely fine."
Xia Tianqiong said with a straight face, "But I just don't think it tastes good."
The shopkeeper's smile gradually faded. "The beef in our shop is just from ordinary draft cattle, and the quality is indeed not top-notch. If you can get meat from the Golden Horned Demon Bull, we guarantee we can make braised beef that will satisfy you, and we will also give you a generous reward."
Xia Tianqiong smiled. This was a hidden quest; it was very difficult for ordinary people to receive it.
"Okay, tell me where the Golden Horned Demon Bull is, and I'll go catch it right now."
The shopkeeper suddenly took two steps closer and whispered in his ear.
Xia Tianqiong then packed up the braised beef and soju to take with her and left the restaurant.
Outside the restaurant, Li Shuo had been eavesdropping and heard Xia Tianqiong's conversation with the manager very clearly.
He was greatly shocked; the restaurant actually had a hidden mission.
How did this person know? Was it just a coincidence?
After Xia Tianqiong left, he immediately turned around and went into the restaurant. "Boss, where is the Golden Horned Demon Bull? I can help you hunt it."
The shopkeeper glanced at him and shook his head, saying, "Someone has already gone; we don't need anyone else."
Li Shuo was taken aback; this was a unique mission.
He didn't dare linger and immediately chased after Xia Tianqiong, following at a distance.
Xia Tianqiong carried a package of braised beef and shochu wrapped in oil paper, wandering around the streets, searching for something.
Finally, they found an old beggar at the foot of the wall of an inn.
He sat down right next to the old beggar, opened the oil paper package, and started eating beef and drinking liquor on his own.
"Honorable sir, please have mercy and give me some food!"
The old beggar held up a broken porcelain bowl and waved it in front of Xia Tianqiong.
Xia Tianqiong acted as if she didn't see him and completely ignored him.
"This old man hasn't eaten in a long time and is about to starve to death. Please, as an act of kindness, give this old man a bite to eat!"
The old beggar had cloudy eyes and was covered in filth, making him quite repulsive.
Xia Tianqiong sat to the side, munching and smacking his lips, seemingly enjoying his meal immensely. He pretended not to hear what the old beggar was saying.
The old beggar swallowed hard as he looked at it, then suddenly sighed, "I have a set of blueprints for forging magical artifacts. I'll trade them for you."
"You should have said so earlier!"
Xia Tianqiong directly stuffed the braised beef and liquor into the old beggar's hands, and then took a few crumpled pieces of animal skin paper from the other party.
Without even looking at it, he put it away.
This is a great item. Once you collect the materials, you can go to the blacksmith's shop and craft a set of magical artifacts with set bonuses.
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