Guan Fei, lying in bed, had no idea how much of a commotion her roommate had caused, because she was doing daily tasks in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms team and just fell asleep.
By digging for flowers, He Rou's character finally leveled up her medicine-making skill to level 5 that night, but she was still a long way from reaching the level 10 required to make the Life and Death Pill. Now, each level up required a lot of experience.
Rubbing her eyes, He Rou opened her character interface. Her level was high enough, so she accepted the main quest. Unexpectedly, the quest required her to clear the side quest "Scorpion Tide" in "Black Mist Valley".
Yes, the game "Tales of Jianghu" has a unique design for its main story dungeons, which include four difficulty levels: Novice, Warrior, Master, and Desperate Situation, supplemented by some event-based side dungeons.
These mini-dungeons aren't difficult, but you can only run them once a week. They're even more popular than the main story dungeons because only in mini-dungeons can you get a treasure pouch, and the chance is pitifully small!
Seeing her character fall to the ground, and the system notifying her that her character had died, He Rou frowned. It was obvious that as a newbie, she couldn't get through this alone.
So she opened the world channel for the first time.
[World] Add a little more sugar: Is there anyone who can help me fight the scorpion swarm? Thanks.
[World] Chubby Girl: Wow, the ultimate lucky person has appeared!
[World] Old Dog Watching the Fight: I just finished fighting? I should have known better than to fight. Maybe if I had fought with a lucky player, I could have gotten a treasure pouch.
[World] Drunk and Examining My Sword by Lamplight: Here, here, lucky one, pull me in!
[World] Soul-Snatching Female Gorilla: Me too! Lucky one, take me with you!
He Rou frowned; she didn't know what "pulling me" meant.
Just then, an invitation to join the team popped up on her screen, and He Rou subconsciously clicked "confirm".
After joining the team, she was teleported to the captain's side due to the automatic follow function.
[Team] Rising Sun: Scorpion Tide?
[Team] Add more sugar: Yes.
[Team] Rising Sun: Lie down.
He Rou clicked "Confirm" to enter the dungeon, and then watched as the powerful player, gleaming with gold, slaughtered the monsters all the way to the boss. He Rou's character died after two attacks from the boss, and then she just lay there watching the powerful player defeat the boss.
Taking this opportunity, He Rou sent a friend request to the other party, as she had a very high level of affection for this expert who had helped her pass the test.
"Hiss—!!" With a scream, the Scorpion King fell, and the team's reward interface appeared. A large square was divided into two, listing the rewards obtained by the two people in the team. Two brocade pouches were dropped at once, one for each person.
Xu Yuan, looking at the bright red and gold-inlaid brocade pouch in his reward section on his phone screen, raised an eyebrow, clicked to open it, and obtained 15 Refinement Stones.
"..." Sure enough, he shouldn't have had any expectations. Then Xu Yuan glanced at the legendary newbie lucky one, whose character was currently standing next to him due to the follow status.
A golden system announcement scrolls across the top of the screen.
System: Blessed with good fortune, young hero! Opening the brocade pouch, you've unexpectedly obtained the Heart Sutra Treasure Box, truly enviable!
Xu Yuan: ...
[World] Your Hair Dryer: Shocking! The legendary copper coin pouch can actually contain a secret manual treasure chest!
[World] Murphy Yan Shao: Is this what a lucky person looks like? I'm so envious.
[World] There is no cure: I have never felt so bitter today.
[World] Gradually No Book: I'm just waiting to see what secret technique the lucky treasure chest will reveal.
Soon, everyone got the answer.
System: Add some sugar! Young hero, you opened the Heart Sutra Treasure Box and actually obtained the Heart Sutra "Ten Steps to Kill One Person". What great fortune!
[World] Let's call him Ersha: Great, now our TuMi sect has gone mad, let's see who can win the bid.
[World] The Cat Taking a Walk: I want it, but I don't have the money. I hold my two daggers and weep silently.
[World] Your dad: I'm rushing to the exit of the Scorpion Tide dungeon. You guys on channel 11, you won't believe who I saw.
[World] I'm super fierce: I'm meditating right here, it's Xu Shen! Xu Shen! My god, that set of dazzling legendary equipment is blinding me.
[World] Selling everything: Frontline reporter reports that the leader's team status is 25!
[World] Husband: An iron tree blooming?!
[World] Handsome Guy Here: I saw it! The moment the boss moves, the one with the extra sugar moves too, and its status is also 25!
[World] Night Raid on Widow Village: Holy crap!
Just as the world was exploding, He Rou was making a deal with the gleaming Rising Sun in front of her, exchanging money for goods. Seeing that the purplish-purple Heart Sutra had brought her a pile of silver notes, He Rou was very happy because she now had money to buy more shovels!
[Team] Add some more sugar: Thank you!
[Team] Rising Sun: Newbie?
He Rou tilted her head and replied: Yeah~
[Team] Rising Sun: Do you have a mentor?
[Team] Add more sugar: No.
In fact, she didn't know that she could become an apprentice in this game. Looking up at Guan Fei, who was already fast asleep, He Rou was finally taken to the Confucius Temple by Xu Ri Dong Sheng with a bewildered expression, and was accepted as his personal disciple.
Then, Rising Sun sent her a guild invitation, which He Rou accepted, and that's how she joined the server's largest guild, "Jiangshan".
[Gang] Yingying Monster: Wow! It's the legendary lucky guy! He actually joined our guild!
[Guild] Laughing loudly: I'm going to open the boxes from this event to soak up some good luck.
[Gang] Heading out: Dog Laugh, exchange points for love~
[Gang] Cola is delicious: Don't scare the newbie, okay? Newbie, don't be afraid, say something.
[Gang] Add More Sugar: Um, hello everyone.
[Gang] Rising Sun: My apprentice.
[Gang] Unpredictable Mood: !!! Oh my god, the gang leader is taking on apprentices!
[Gang] Laughing loudly: I opened ten boxes, and I'm heartbroken. Wait, Dog Xu, you've taken on an apprentice? A little lucky charm?
[Gang] Rising Sun: Okay, keep an eye on things for me.
He Rou silently closed her chat window. The people here were so enthusiastic and lively; she couldn't get a word in edgewise. Then she remembered what Yangtian Daxiao had mentioned about the activity box, so she sent a private message to Rising Sun.
[Private Chat] Add More Sugar: Master, what does the activity box refer to?
[Private Chat] Rising Sun: The limited-time event in the upper right corner, open the event shop inside, the first few are boxes, click on the reward preview to see what you can get.
Curious, He Rou clicked on the limited-time event page and then opened the event shop. Sure enough, there were four golden boxes listed at the very beginning. She looked at them one by one. The first box was for single purchase, the second box was for 50 at a time, and the third and fourth were for 100 and 150 respectively.
Further down, it says that buying boxes requires spending in-game currency. He Rou remembered what Guan Fei had said: "There are only two ways to spend money: zero times or countless times." Forget it, why spend money? Why bother opening clothes? I might as well go dig for flowers.
But women are most easily blinded by flashy and glamorous things, and He Rou was certainly one of them. In the end, she could only satisfy her love of beauty by trying on clothes, but deep down she still felt a strong urge to try them on.
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