Chapter 42
Stepping into the advanced studio, looking at the various precision instruments and equipment on the workbench, Xia Mo rolled up his sleeves and started to work.
45 minutes later, the [Copper Belt] and [Copper Wristbands] were freshly baked.
Brett inspected it and found no flaws. He nodded in approval, "Not bad. You're a good candidate for learning forging techniques."
[Successfully complete Bright's mission]
[Gain Experience +700, Silver Coins +12]
[Gain Forging Experience +15]
[Congratulations, your forging level has reached level 3!]
Even though she has reached level 3 after completing only two tasks, she is actually still in the apprentice stage.
Xia Mo plans to upgrade his title from apprentice to junior as soon as possible so that he can end his relationship with Brett and go to a more advanced town to continue his apprenticeship.
It wasn't that she was snobbish and looked down on Brett. In fact, Brett was at least a mid-level blacksmith, more than enough to take her as an apprentice. It was just...
The location of the town of Buluo is quite remote, and the surrounding map is relatively barren. Apart from the crystals that can be mined in the Liki Hills, there are almost no other biological resources or mineral resources, which puts a lot of restrictions on the development of blacksmiths.
Especially compared with players in big towns, they can pick up a piece of scale armor when they go out, and dig up high-quality ore when they go up the mountain. This whole task can be completed in less than half an hour.
If Xia Mo still chooses to stay in the town of Buluo, each forging task will take her at least 2 hours on average.
Just looking at the time, you can tell that she can't compare. If this continues, she will easily be overtaken by others.
Therefore, it is wise to graduate as an apprentice as soon as possible and go to a big town to find a master as soon as possible.
While Xia Mo was thinking, Brett gave her a new task.
"Now that you can make small objects, try to bring me a [Copper Armor] this time."
[Bright's mission: Make a [copper armor] that satisfies him (time limit: 72 hours)]
[Making a piece of copper armor: Requires copper ingots*20, Kodo scale armor*30, silk*10]
She took a look at the required materials. Fortunately, she had sources for the first two, but for the last silk... well, it seemed she had to go to the silkworm farm.
This brings us back to the inconvenience of accepting tasks in the town of Buluo. The silkworm farm is far away from the town, and it takes at least 2 hours to go back and forth, teleporting and running all the way.
Xia Mo sighed silently, and with helplessness, he had no choice but to ride his little black horse on the road again.
Her task today is to do forging, and upgrading can be put aside for now. After all, the dragon battle gave her a lot of experience, allowing her to directly upgrade from level 12 to level 13. Currently, she is still ranked first in terms of comprehensive combat power.
He ran from dawn to noon, and from noon to sunset. When his strength was almost running out, Xia Mo opened a bottle of physical strength potion he got from Andrew, replenished his energy temporarily, and continued running under the clear night sky with sparse stars.
After a whole day, even Xia Mo, who had 5 years of gaming experience, was so tired that he wanted to vomit.
She walked out of the advanced studio in a daze and handed the finished product to Brett.
After inspecting the quality, Brett stared at him, "Young man, you're a genius! No one has ever produced so many results in one day!"
[Successfully complete Bright's mission]
[Experience +1000, Silver +15]
[Gain Forging Experience +15]
[Congratulations, your forging level has reached level 10! You have advanced to a junior blacksmith!]
"You learn quickly, and the small town of Bullo can no longer keep up with your development. Young man, you can go to a bigger town where there are teachers more suitable for you."
As soon as he finished speaking, a selection box popped up in front of Xia Mo.
[Please confirm whether to end your mentoring relationship with Bright? (If you choose no, you will continue your studies under Bright's guidance.)]
Xia Mo did not hesitate, raised his hand and chose [Yes]
A system voice announcement came to his ears. Brett also received the instruction and said to her with a smile: "In this case, I will give you an apprentice graduation gift!"
A big gift package appeared in front of Xia Mo.
When Xia Mo opened it, he found that it was a complete toolbox!
This is perfect for her when she is out and about.
As mentioned before, the blacksmith does not necessarily have to go into the studio to complete the forging. Sometimes when the situation is urgent and it is impossible to return to the studio, he can only forge on the spot.
If she has a set of toolboxes that can be used outdoors, she can do forging work anytime and anywhere without being restricted by the environment.
Brett really understood the players' psychology the best, and every time he bought something, it was worth a lot of money. Xia Mo was very happy and kept thanking Brett.
"Okay, young man, as long as you like it. It's getting late today, so I'm going to close the stall and take a break." Brett waved his hand and returned to the blacksmith shop.
After watching Brett disappear into the depths of the store, Xia Mo collected his thoughts and breathed a sigh of relief.
She was overjoyed to have successfully advanced to a junior blacksmith and to have unexpectedly obtained a toolbox, but the fatigue from a whole day's running around also came flooding back at this moment.
His physical strength was about to fall below the safety line again, so Xia Mo found a hotel nearby, paid the bill, went back to the room, lay down, and logged off.
In order to save electricity, Xia Mo usually does not turn on the lights in the room when she stays in the holographic cabin, so her room is dark almost all night.
But as soon as she comes out of the game, the lights will be turned back on.
As soon as she turned on the light, the landlord knew she had quit the game, and immediately ran upstairs to make trouble for her.
Xia Mo thought that tonight was an exception. After all, she had paid the rent and the express delivery fee, so she should be able to have a quiet day today. However, not long after she turned on the light, the door banged again.
"Xiao Mo, it's me, the landlord~"
Compared to the previous two times, Xia Mo noticed that the landlord's tone was inexplicably more restrained this time.
Her eyes narrowed slightly and she opened the door: "What's going on?"
The landlady rubbed her hands and chuckled, "Xiao Mo, that's the priest you mentioned last time... My son said he checked and there don't seem to be any priests among the players entering from the 13th Street port in our Jiman District... Hey, do you think you got your profession wrong?"
port……
Xia Mo stared at the person in front of him, his tone suddenly turned cold: "Are you investigating me?"
The landlord immediately shook his head. "No, no! How could that be? It's my son. He heard you play Protoss and was very curious. Yesterday, after I told him you were a priest, he wanted to see your ID. Look at you, you're making such a fuss. It really hurts the neighborhood!"
When needed, they are neighbors; when disliked, they are burdens. This double standard is pretty cool.
Xia Mo raised the corners of his mouth slightly. Although he had a smile on his face, the smile did not reach his eyes. "Mrs. Mary, I am indeed a pastor. Your son can't find me because I didn't enter through the 13th Street port. If your son is curious about me, you can ask him to find me directly. There is no need to use such a shameful method to find out."
Without waiting for the other party to respond, Xia Mo smiled and closed the door.
The moment the door closed, the smile on his face disappeared and his eyes grew colder.
Using the entry port to check people's identities is strictly prohibited on the planet Alman.
However, it is impossible to completely eliminate any illegal activities, especially in the slum area of Jiman where Xia Mo lives, the system is sometimes just a piece of light paper.
Landlord Mary wanted to check her game ID, mostly to see her account level and strength. If her strength was poor, the snobbish Mary would definitely not bother her anymore. But if she found out that she was now the world's number one player, she would definitely pester her like a mad dog every day and force her to make money with her son.
Then move out of the apartment as soon as possible?
No, that would make it easier for people to find out.
She had just lied to her landlord Mary. In fact, she had been accessing the game from the port on 13th Street. If she moved out of the apartment and switched to another port, Mary's son would notice that someone was missing from the 13th Street port, making it easier to lock her down.
Most of the people living in Jiro District are poor, and only a handful of them can use the holographic cabin. Xia Mo estimates that there are no more than 100 people playing "Protoss" in the entire 13th Street. With such a small number of people, if the number of ports changes slightly, the people who change will be easily caught.
So, the more this happened, the more she couldn't move.
Moreover, there are only two weeks left before the military academy starts. When school starts, she will move into the academy. By then, even if Mary's son finds out who she is, he will be unable to do anything to her.
No outsiders are allowed to enter the military university's intranet. If Mary's son is not afraid of being imprisoned in a military prison, he can come.
*
After a sleepless night, Xia Molei entered the game the next day without hesitation.
The stargazing mission assigned by Quinn has not been completed yet, so she can do it now while it is still dark.
After finishing her breakfast and replenishing her hunger, she rushed towards [Fennat Heights].
90 minutes of stargazing is not easy. You need to crane your neck the whole time, observing the stars shifting in position while recording and depicting them on the drawing board.
She let the little guy out just for a little fun.
One man, one beast, and one starry sky, on the green grassy highlands, are as harmonious as an oil painting.
After 90 minutes, Xia Mo ran back to the Astrology Tower with the recorded results.
[Successfully complete the career mission [Astrology 2], experience +1000, silver coins +10]
[Obtain Intermediate Red Medicine*3, Intermediate Blue Medicine*3, Intermediate Purple Medicine*1]
【Obtain Teleportation Scroll*1】
[Obtain the star fragments of White Tiger Lou, Wei, Mao, and Bi]
[Constellation Fragment: White Tiger Lou, Wei, Mao, and Bi: On the distant ancient blue planet, people divided the starry sky into four major regions, each named after four animals. The constellation located in the western sky is called the "White Tiger," and the White Tiger is composed of seven constellations: Kui, Lou, Wei, Mao, Bi, Zi, and Shen. Lou, Wei, Mao, and Bi represent its tiger body. (Current fragment progress: 5/28)]
Just as she expected, completing the astrological mission would give her corresponding fragments.
And this time, because the observation time was relatively long, she obtained a full 4 fragments at one time. It is estimated that next time she will get the fragments of Zi and Shen.
I just don’t know what I will get after collecting them all?
Xia Mo went to the forum and official website again, but still found nothing.
It seems to be a very rare hidden task, so there is no clue on the public platform. Xia Mo closed the page and decided not to guess anymore. Anyway, he will know when all the fragments are collected.
After completing the task, Quinn did not assign her a new one this time. Xia Mo probably didn't trigger it because her level was not high enough, so she politely withdrew, rode on the little black horse, and headed towards the royal city.
Since the players reached level 10, some of them have entered the royal city one after another. Xia Mo did not rush in first because he was previously held back by the dragon and many tasks.
Now that all the tasks have been completed, she can finally set off on her journey with ease.
The towering city walls stand tall on the earth. Even across the vast plains outside the city, one can still get a glimpse of the grandeur and sacredness of the royal city.
Before entering the city gate, Xia Mo first collected the horse.
In the royal city, without the royal horse riding order, ordinary players and civilians in the city are not allowed to ride horses.
As I walked step by step into the city gate and onto the street, the excitement I felt when I first entered the royal city five years ago rushed to my heart again.
As expected, no matter how many times she came to the royal city, she would be shocked by the prosperous and majestic scene.
Memories and reality intertwined at this moment, but soon, Xia Mo withdrew his thoughts, quickly turned into a familiar branch road, and then went into an inconspicuous little shop.
"Boss, please enchant my weapon!"
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