Chapter 23
"Well, for cooked meat... you might have to wait a few days..."
Xia Mo looked at the eagerly awaiting little beast, took a deep breath, and explained with a stiff upper lip, "I haven't learned [cooking] yet. Only when I learn it can I grill meat for you."
Xia Mo could already imagine the scene in a few days when the cooking NPC would kick her out of the kitchen with a dark face...
So sad.
Hearing her words, Jingjing's tail, which had been originally erect, drooped down, and disappointment was visibly revealed.
“Ouch…”
It hung its head and let out a low cry.
Then, to Xia Mo's surprise, it actually walked back to the wolf meat that it despised and started to chew it obediently!
Xia*'s mother* Mo's eyes were filled with tears.
She swore that even if she had to blow up the entire kitchen in the royal city, she would still make a piece of top-notch cooked meat for the little guy!
After Jingjing had eaten and drunk his fill, Xia Mo took it back to the battle pet home, then rode on the little black horse and galloped towards another place - the Nordland Forest.
She couldn't go back to Buluo Town now, so she could only do what she could outside the town first, and then wait until her red name was removed before going back to report.
She currently has three unfinished tasks: Brett's forging task, her mentor Quinn's professional sparring task, and a task that isn't really a task, but something she has to do sooner or later - the "Physical Fitness Enhancement Guide."
[Northern Delan Forest] is a location given in the illustration. Xia Mo rode a horse and galloped all the way to the forest.
The dense primeval forest is shrouded in mystery and tranquility. Most of the sunlight is blocked by the lush ancient trees, leaving only slender beams of light projected onto the ground, forming mottled and shallow light spots.
Xia Mo rode on the horse, breathing the forest air comfortably.
The Nordland Forest is worthy of being rated as one of the top ten scenic maps of "Protoss" by later players. Everyone who has been here is shocked by this magnificent green ocean.
It was difficult to ride a horse in the forest, so Xia Mo dismounted at the edge, tied the horse to a tree, and then walked to the designated coordinates.
However, at the coordinate location, there was nothing except a dead tree.
She circled the dead tree several times but couldn't find any place that could trigger it.
Could it be that I've found the wrong place?
She never doubted her sense of direction, so she unfolded the map and looked at her current coordinates. They were correct, she was not wrong.
Is it necessary to attack to trigger the activation conditions?
Xia Mo thought about it, took out his weapon, the Star Staff, and prepared to attack the dead tree.
At this moment, there was a sudden rustling sound overhead! Xia Mo raised his head alertly and took a big step back, taking a defensive stance.
To her surprise, there was no monster above the dead tree, but a pretty female elf. She was sitting on one of the dead branches, with her long legs hanging in the air, swinging back and forth, and a pair of dark green eyes staring at her with a smile.
"Young human, what are you doing here?"
According to official historical records, the Nordland Forest was once the world of the elves, but after several wars, these beautiful and powerful elves suddenly disappeared in the forest, and no one knew where they went from then on.
Xia Mo didn't expect that there was one at the coordinates given in the atlas. She suppressed her excitement and politely explained her purpose.
The female elf said, "Improve [Physical Fitness]? Sure, but can you handle it?"
"It's nothing I can't stand." Facing the female elf's distrustful eyes, Xia Mo raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "Strong people always come from suffering. If you want to stand at the top of the pyramid, how can you not pay?"
The female elf smiled, seeming satisfied with her answer.
With a spin, she came in front of Xia Mo, and waved her slender and pale arms lightly in front of her. The familiar Nordland Forest disappeared, replaced by a vast and withered field.
"Human, do you see the demon army coming towards you? Kill them, and I will tell you how to improve."
After saying that, without waiting for Xia Mo to ask any more questions, the female elf disappeared without any warning, just like when she came.
Then the only thing left to do was to take action. Xia Mo stood still, regained his composure, quickly raised his weapon, and ran towards the countless legion on the opposite side.
At the same time, a flying pigeon suddenly landed on a dead tree. It turned its little head and looked around, with confusion in its two big eyes. It seemed that it didn't understand. The person who needed to receive the letter was obviously right here, but why couldn't it find anyone?
*
Half an hour ago.
"Xiaoyu, did she accept the friend request?"
Outside the town of Buluo, Xu Xiaobei turned around and asked while he was killing the level 2 rabbit with the least attack power.
Xiaoyu shook her head: "...Not yet."
"What? Xia Mo didn't pass?" Xu Xiaobei threw away his staff and walked up to Xiaoyu angrily, "Let me see!"
Xiaoyu couldn't stop her, so she had to show her the panel on her side.
Seeing this, Xu Xiaobei became even angrier.
"It's been half an hour, and she hasn't checked the application yet? Come on, I was the one she hit last time, and I didn't even say anything, and she's already acting so arrogantly?"
Ever since the last incident at Dunba Hills, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Xia Mo had something against the three of them, but Xiaoyu just couldn't figure out how they had offended Xia Mo.
Sighing, she patted Xu Xiaobei: "It's not necessarily that he doesn't want to join, he might be busy with other tasks."
As he spoke, he glanced at Yao He.
Yao He quickly chimed in, "Yeah, Xiaobei. Although she certainly wasn't very kind last time by stealing our monsters, we're still friends after all. She wouldn't completely ignore us, right? How about this? I'll go to the post station and hire a carrier pigeon. As long as she's not in the dungeon, she'll definitely get our message."
The Buluo Town Post Station provides a pigeon carrier service, which is mainly used when players cannot contact acquaintances. It costs 1 silver coin per time, which is within the affordability of most players.
Yao He said this, and took Xu Xiaobei and Xiaoyu back to the town, and paid for a flying pigeon.
The three people just looked at the pigeon flying away from the NPC's hand with mixed feelings.
"Xiaobei, if, I mean if, Xia Mo still doesn't add you as a friend, will you still join the guild [Absolute Dynasty] created by [Lingyun Huangtian]?" Xiaoyu looked at Xu Xiaobei, trying to keep her tone calm.
Although she also wanted to join that guild, but... Lingyun Huangtian said that there were requirements for joining. Either the average healing of the three of them reached 100, or Xia Mo was brought into the guild.
Originally, Huangtian only asked for one requirement, and Xiaoyu thought that she would try her best to improve their treatment before joining. However, Xu Xiaobei added another word, saying that she knew a friend whose combat power was as high as 500.
When Renhuangtian heard this, he added a second requirement temporarily, saying that as long as they could invite their friend into the guild, the three of them could join as well.
Isn't this just taking advantage of others' glory to benefit yourself?
Xiaoyu and Yao He felt that this method was inappropriate, but considering that Xu Xiaobei was planning to resolve his past grievances with Xia Mo in order to join the guild, they didn't say anything more.
The three of them waited at the post station for half an hour when an NPC suddenly ran out with a pigeon in his arms: "Excuse me, the pigeon didn't find the person you mentioned."
Not found?
Xu Xiaobei, who was originally sulking, suddenly relaxed his brows upon hearing this: "Yao He, it seems you're right! She must be in the dungeon, so she can't receive the message."
As he spoke, he smiled and opened his friend contacts, then sent a message to Huang Tian: [Huang Tian, my friend has been in the dungeon and can't be contacted. Why don't you just let us in? My friend will follow him in anyway.]
Without waiting for Xiaoyu to stop her, Xu Xiaobei happily pressed the send button.
Xiaoyu held her hands in the air, seeming to hesitate as she seemed to be about to speak. Yao He, standing by, also looked embarrassed, unsure how to tell Xu Xiaobei. Xia Mo was afraid he wouldn't agree to this "act first, ask for permission later" approach.
A few minutes later, the three of them received the news of joining the club.
Lingyun Huangtian (President): @Xiaobeibei, @Sisiyuyu, @Yaohehe, welcome three new members to join the guild~
【Cui Yan Niaoniao (Administrator): Welcome, welcome! 】
Xiao Bei Bei: Hello everyone! I'm happy to join Absolute Dynasty.
[Sisi Yuyu: Hello everyone~]
Yao Hehe: Thank you, President.
Xu Xiaobei's actions made Xiaoyu and Yao He feel hesitant, but when they thought about the fact that they had joined the guild after all, they decided to say hello to everyone in the guild.
After greeting each other, new messages suddenly popped up.
[Lingyun Huangtian (President): @Xiaobeibei, when will your friend release the dungeon?]
Xu Xiaobei was startled and quickly replied, "Uh, it shouldn't take long, right? She's been in there for a while."
[Lingyun Huangtian (President): Okay, then I’ll wait for your good news.]
After closing the guild chat channel, Xu Xiaobei noticed that her two friends looked uneasy. She glared at them and raised her voice, "Please, both of you. Although Xia Mo has a cold temper, she's not unkind. Have you forgotten how she argued with the teacher to help me a year ago? I think she's just being tough, but in her heart she still considers us friends."
Xiaoyu looked at her with a complicated expression.
You have said all the good and bad things, what else can she and Yao He say?
Forget it, hasn't Xu Xiaobei always been like this? He speaks without restraint and acts according to his mood. Today he's happy and can swear to be your friend forever, but tomorrow he's unhappy and can curse you with all kinds of unpleasant words.
Thinking of this, Xiaoyu sighed deeply and said, "I hope so..."
*
In the wilderness, Xia Mo was completely unaware that he had been admitted to the [Absolute Dynasty].
All her thoughts now are focused on how to efficiently destroy the demon army.
Judging from the situation on the opposite side, there are at least forty or fifty of them, while on her side, she is alone and doesn't even have anyone to replenish her blood. If she loses this test, she will lose the qualification to improve her physical fitness.
But no matter how difficult it is, Xia Mo will never give up and will step forward without hesitation!
Normal attack, star shock, star destruction, she released these skills while dodging the fireball attacks launched by the demon army. She dodged all the fireballs and all the demon's skills were in vain.
If there was a God's perspective at this time, everyone could see that in the vast wilderness, there was only a star official jumping left and right on the ground, waving weapons, throwing skills, and dodging attacks. All the movements were done in one go, so smooth that it seemed as if he was not a magic star official, but a hunter or assassin.
In just over twenty seconds, the first row of demons fell.
At this rate, it shouldn't take long to wipe out the legion, Xia Mo thought to himself, and with a leap he launched an artillery attack on the second row.
But something unexpected happened.
The group attack skill Star Destruction should have dealt 900 points of health to the enemy like it did to the first row, but this time it only dealt 600 points of health.
Xia Mo's eyes flashed, and he immediately realized that the overall strength of the second row of demons was stronger than that of the first row.
If that’s the case, there are still three rows behind... No wonder the female elf asked her if she could bear it.
Xia Mo chuckled, then took out the blue medicine and purple medicine and drank them respectively. Her pace suddenly increased, and she began to pull the second row of demons around in circles in the wilderness.
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