Chapter 72
Xia Mo's face turned dark.
She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and opened them after a few seconds, only to see the boiling water and ice cubes looking at her with sympathy.
She: "Gone."
The two of them: "My condolences, sir... Take care, sir..."
When he stood up and left his seat, Xia Mo clearly felt the pity and sympathy of the people behind him.
"Ah, it seems that even the world's number one can't escape the curse of being a non-African~"
"Mo Se is so miserable. I wonder if her mentality will explode next week..."
"Luckily, we all got the lucky numbers. Now that I think about it, we're also better than the big guys, right?"
"That's right, haha, my mood suddenly improved!"
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Xia Mo, who had just stepped out of the church door, smiled and said with a strong face: Thank you for your slander, from now on, the church will be black for life :)
Instead of changing her luck, she got herself a bad luck buff. Xia Mo was depressed and wandered around the street restlessly. When she sighed for the Nth time, she looked up and suddenly found herself in the Royal Library.
Now that you're here, let's do a task before leaving.
The director, Ms. Tess, was patrolling the first floor. Upon seeing her arrival, she welcomed her with a smile and continued to assign her today's bookshelf organizing tasks.
After receiving the task, Xia Mo immediately got into the state. Within half an hour, she finished tidying up the bookshelf and received the normal task reward.
However, after completing the task, she did not leave immediately. Instead, she moved through the numerous bookshelves and finally came to an area. She stood on tiptoe and began to search carefully among the rows of books.
After a few minutes, his eyes stopped on one of the parchment books.
She took it off, spread it out, lowered her head and took a quick glance. It was this!
A booklet specifically records the list of professional certifications in the royal city, which includes high-level blacksmiths for her to learn from.
Turning to the forging profession column, behind a row of ranking words are the names, genders, ages, forging levels, past honors, and whether they are currently employed of the major blacksmiths in the royal city, which is very detailed.
She had not been a blacksmith in her previous life, and did not know much about NPCs in the forging field. After thinking carefully for a while, she finally set her sights on the name "Marjorie".
Marjorie, the 66-year-old master blacksmith of the royal city, once forged epic equipment for the previous captain, greatly improving his combat effectiveness. He also won the first prize in various major competitions, which promoted the development of the forging industry. He was a blacksmith at the peak of his career at that time.
It can be said that his first 50 years were very prosperous.
However, according to the records in the book, when he was 51 years old, due to a major change in his family, Marjorie lost his beloved wife and daughter overnight and was on the verge of mental collapse.
Considering that it was impossible for him to forge suitable weapons in this state, the old king had to approve his retirement with regret and let him live in the east side of the royal city, which had the best scenery, to enjoy his old age.
Xia Mo chose him not only because he was a rare master-level NPC, but also because of the life story behind him.
Again, NPCs with story backgrounds, especially those with twists and turns, usually come with special tasks, just like the enchanter Matthew. After clearing his name, she received a full 10,000 gold reward from King Cyril, and also enjoyed the right to a permanent enchantment discount.
These are things that other players can't envy.
After making up his mind, Xia Mo immediately closed the book and left the library, heading east to Marjorie's house.
In the three-story red-tiled Western-style villa, the elderly Marjorie was taking care of the flowers and plants in the yard. Xia Mo walked to the iron gate and gently pressed the doorbell.
Marjorie heard the voice and slowly raised her head, glanced at her, then lowered her head again and said in a hoarse voice, "Young man, I don't accept disciples. Go away."
Being rejected was a common thing, and she had just received a favor from the priest, so she didn't expect him to agree immediately.
After thinking about it, Xia Mo decided to show off his title of [Junior Blacksmith], and then read out the records of a series of forging tasks he had completed in the town of Buluo, hoping to impress Marjorie.
Halfway through, Marjorie finally gave her a look: "Were you Brett's apprentice before?"
Unexpectedly, the other party would ask this question. Xia Mo's eyes flashed, but his face remained respectful: "Yes, he taught me all my forging techniques."
"He's been giving you a lot of cold shoulder, hasn't he?" Marjorie looked at her inquiringly.
It seems that Marjorie knows Brett. Xia Mo thought for a moment and found a neutral excuse: "Mr. Brett treats me wholeheartedly. I think he is a blacksmith worthy of respect."
"Heh." Marjorie narrowed her eyes and snorted coldly, "Do you know what I hate most in my life? People like you who flatter and suck up to others all the time. Go away now! I don't want to see you again!"
After saying that, he put the lawn mower aside, turned around, walked into the house without mercy, and closed the door!
Bang! The door slammed shut, shaking the grass in the yard.
Xia Mo looked up at the sky and sighed deeply.
Bad luck, the cathedral did not deceive her!
With such an unlucky buff, Xia Mo didn't dare to pester Engineer Edmund like she did before in the Black Bear Forest. Marjorie was dissatisfied with her now. If she didn't know what was going on, she might never be able to become his disciple again.
A man of insight is a hero, so Xia Mo had no choice but to leave the royal city and head north back to Huangsi City to complete the city mission.
However, she underestimated the power of the bad luck. On the way back, she encountered several inexplicable sneak attacks. Although those people were no match for her and she could solve them in a few moves, she was fed up with wasting her mana bar so many times.
When Xia Mo was attacked by someone in the bushes for the eighth time, he could no longer bear it and simply went out to stretch his body.
A scream came from the bushes, birds flew away and insects disappeared, and a man dressed as a hunter rolled out.
Jingjing has grown bigger than before. It has grown from a cute kitten to the size of an adult tiger in the zoo.
One of its big claws pressed on the hunter's back, and the hunter was pressed to the ground, unable to move.
Xia Mo stopped his horse and looked down at the person under him.
Unrecognizable ID, level 16, no guild logo, preliminarily determined to be an individual player.
A lone man dared to challenge me in a one-on-one fight? Xia Mo had a blank expression on his face, not even giving me a second glance, as he rode away.
However, the male hunter behind him suddenly laughed mockingly: "Do you think you can dodge sneak attacks every time? Don't be naive, Mo Se. No matter how strong you are, you are no match for an entire guild!"
An entire guild.
Xia Mo tightened his reins, narrowed his eyes, then dismounted and walked over to the prone male hunter. He raised the corner of his mouth and said, "What kind of guild is so cowardly that they don't even dare to display their guild logo?"
The hunter's expression suddenly changed, but he gritted his teeth again in the next instant, his face stubborn, "None of your business! Our leader can do whatever he wants. Anyway, I'm putting this out there today. Our leader has issued an order. From today on, you can forget about living in peace!"
"Okay, then you can try it for me first, what it feels like to be restless."
The male hunter on the ground saw her smile disappear and her eyes filled with a terrifying aura. He was suddenly horrified and began to struggle desperately out of a physiological reaction.
However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not escape the clutches of that damned battle pet.
Soon, something tied his hands. His heart trembled and he subconsciously shouted, "What are you doing?!"
No one paid any attention to him except his own echo coming back from the forest.
He looked back in horror and saw the female official pulling the other end of the rope and quickly jumping onto the tree.
Oh no! She's going to hang herself!
The male hunter yelled, "How dare you hang me? Our leader will kill you!"
Xia Mo pretended not to hear, jumped onto the tree nimbly, passed the rope over, and then jumped lightly down from the tree. The rope was instantly tightened.
The male hunter at the other end was hung up by the wind, struggling and screaming.
"Fuck you! Let me go!"
The male hunter was really panicked. This map was famous for its basilisks. These snakes did not walk on the ground but on trees. Now this guy was hanging him here. Wasn't he just trying to let those basilisks attack him?
What made him even more depressed was that he had specially chosen this sneak attack location, which was remote and far away, in order to catch her off guard and leave her helpless. But who knew that the plan did not work at all, and he fell into a trap instead?
The male hunter cursed anxiously and angrily, and it looked as if he wanted to curse Xia Mo's ancestors for eighteen generations.
But if cursing is useful, what is the point of PVP?
Xia Mo had already tied the rope to the tree trunk, and then blew a whistle, calling Jingjing back. She turned around, got on the horse and left without looking back.
From tying him up, to hanging him high in the air, and finally to the disappearance of both the man and the horse, the whole process happened so quickly that the male hunter had no chance to fight back.
Like a sausage drying in the wind, the male hunter tried to pull in his stomach and kick his legs, trying to swing himself back onto the branch.
However, he tried several times and failed each time.
A rustling sound gradually came to his ears, and the male hunter was shocked. Oh no, those snake monsters are coming!
He looked around in horror and saw a black snake as thick as his forearm zigzagging towards him along the treetops.
The black snake's body was longer than that of an ordinary snake. He could see from the head to the back, but he couldn't even see the tail!
The length was quite terrifying. The male hunter's pupils stood up and fear crawled through his pores like a thorn in his flesh.
In the remote forest, Xia Mo soon heard screams coming from behind him.
She raised the corners of her lips, her smile wider than before.
After returning to Huangs City, she quickly completed three sets of city tasks, and then spent all her time in the Nakao Forest outside the city to the west.
She released Jingjing as well to level up with her until late at night, when her stamina was almost exhausted. She then took back Jingjing and rushed back to the Huangs City Hotel to log off.
In the next few days, she kept staying in the forest to kill monsters, and also participated in sea adventure activities with Taotao and others. Two days later, her level was successfully upgraded to 20, and the little beast Jingjing finally broke through level 10, and all its attributes increased.
At 6 o'clock that evening, "Protoss" finally opened the channel for exchanging game coins for real coins under the attention of everyone.
As soon as the system announcement was released, the world channel was immediately flooded with players.
[Holy crap! The official website is serious! They're actually willing to exchange money!]
[The official dad is not lying to me. I want to recommend it to all my sisters who haven't heard of "Protoss" yet! ]
I feel like I'm going to be rich, haha! I'm going to redeem everything today, and then treat my parents to a nice meal tomorrow (laughing.jpg)
Ahhh, so this news is real? Damn, I regret this! I thought the game was just saying this feature to keep us hanging, but I didn't expect it to be the truth!!! (crying.jpg)
[Who understands, my family, the joy of having 5,000 gold coins in your account balance~]
[5k?! Rich woman seeking sponsorship!]
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Xia Mo was dazzled by the dense messages, so he had to close the world channel and click on the redemption function instead.
[Would you like to exchange 5,000 gold coins for real money? (Note: The exchange rate between gold coins and real money is 1:1)]
5,000 gold is 5,000 star coins, which is enough to cover her accommodation and living expenses for the whole year (excluding tuition fees, as she came from a slum and enjoyed tuition fee reduction policy).
This progress was much faster than in her previous life. Xia Mo remembered that when school started that year, she had only saved 4,000 gold. Although it still ranked among the top 50 on the mainland wealth list, it was still a little tight for her who was about to enter military school and had huge expenses.
But that wouldn't happen in this life. Not only did she now have a good job in the royal city, receiving a regular weekly salary, she also had invested in three royal bonds with potential for growth at the post office, plus various dungeon and monster kill rewards, as well as future income from opening a shop in Huangs City...
Xia Mo can say without exaggeration that even if she cannot become a wealthy woman in this life, she will definitely not be short of money.
When Xia Mo thought of his future petty bourgeois life, he raised his eyebrows with a smile.
After another two hours of killing monsters, she reluctantly logged off as the grocery store was about to close.
Li Zewei was standing by her holographic cabin with an unhappy look on his face. "You still remember to come out? I thought you were going to school empty-handed tomorrow."
Knowing that he was doing this for her own good, Xia Mo grinned apologetically: "I'll be leaving right away."
Her daily life was simple, so she didn't need many daily necessities. After shopping at a few grocery stores, she only spent a little money on sheets, quilts and pillows. She could carry all the other small items with one hand.
When it was time to pay the bill, Li Zewei, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped, turned his wheelchair, and made way for her: "You pay the bill."
Xia Mo: ? Aren’t you even going to pretend?
Seeing through her inner thoughts, Li Zewei snorted twice: "Don't think I don't know how rich you are in the game. King Cyril gave you a lot of gold coins for pointing out the tricks in the Enchanting Competition, right?"
Family wealth should not be exposed to the public. After hearing this, Xia Mo said nothing, walked to the cashier and paid the bill quickly.
On the way home, Li Zewei suddenly started nagging about how she should get along well with classmates, teachers and students, and abide by the military academy rules, etc. Like an old father who was worried about her, he kept talking to her.
The nights in Jiman District are always foggy. Under the dim light of the street lamps, Xia Mo turned his head and looked quietly at the person in the wheelchair.
Noticing her gaze, Li Zewei suddenly revealed a creepy expression: "What are you doing? Why are you looking at me so weird?"
Xia Mo retracted his head and deliberately smiled jokingly: "Nothing, I just saw that you are not that old, why are you so nagging."
Li Zewei gritted his teeth and said, "Check out! Don't stay at my house anymore!"
Xia Mo: "Okay, I'm going to live in the school dormitory starting tomorrow anyway~"
Li Zewei clenched his fist and pretended to hit her. Xia Mo carried a pile of things and ran back to the repair shop.
The First Military University of Alman Star.
Xia Mo, who has been here for 5 years, can find her room with her eyes closed. After completing the admission procedures skillfully, she moved the bedding, pillows and other large and small bags to her familiar bed one by one.
A few minutes later, a well-behaved girl knocked on the door: "Hello, may we come in?"
It was a familiar voice, and Xia Mo knew who was speaking without turning around.
"Hello, you can come in." She responded gently as she made the bed.
The girl uttered a sigh and waved hurriedly behind her. A group of bodyguards in black suits entered the dormitory carrying various miscellaneous items.
Perhaps afraid of scaring her on the bed, the girl smiled sheepishly and said, "Sorry, these are my family's bodyguards. They'll pack up and leave soon."
Xia Mo smiled faintly: "It's okay." Then he continued to lower his head to make the bed.
The girl's name is Long Yue, the only daughter of Long Yang, an oil tycoon from Alman Star, and also the designated heir of the oil group company.
Just by hearing this, you can tell that she has an impressive family background.
However, this rich girl who was born with a silver spoon in her mouth did not study finance or economics as her parents wished after graduating from high school. Instead, she disobeyed the wishes of her elders and stubbornly chose the mecha department of the military academy.
As soon as he saw Long Yue, Xia Mo couldn't help but think of Xu Xiaobei.
Both of them came from wealthy families. The former was well-educated and well-mannered, and after five years of living together, she did not have the slightest bit of a spoiled brat. However, the latter took selfishness to the extreme, forming the other extreme with Long Yue.
It’s no wonder that Xu Xiaobei later complained to her that her former high school classmates no longer wanted to talk to her. Even when she paid for everyone’s meal, no one in the class group responded.
All I can say is that everything has a traceable path.
As I was reminiscing, suddenly an irritable voice came from the corridor.
"How could I disobey orders? It was clearly his inability to give orders that led to our failure, and he actually had the nerve to blame me? Fine, once I've cleaned up the dorm, I'll go online and settle the score with him!"
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