Chapter 61 City Lord's Mansion

A different world

Passing the waterfall in the other direction, Chi Dong's eyes were filled with countless medicinal herbs. Among them, the first-level rose grass, Du Heng and the second-level hemostatic grass and Xun grass were the most numerous, occasionally mixed with a few third-level star flowers and fourth-level spiritual fruits. As for the fifth and sixth-level precious herbs, they were almost impossible to find and only had a chance of dropping in the next dungeon.

Could this be the legendary paradise for Chinese medicine masters to advance to higher levels? Chi Dong opened his mouth and stared at the game screen in amazement, his heart pounding wildly.

"When we separated, I discovered this place. I remembered that you mentioned before that you wanted to become a pharmacist, so I brought you here to have a look. I thought you would like it."

Bu Qianli explained in a calm voice, his tone was always so calm and peaceful, and he didn't care even if he saw medicinal herbs and materials worth thousands of gold all over the ground.

In his eyes, the materials that can be bought at the market with money are not a problem, and are even far less attractive than wild bosses.

Bu Qianli brought Chi Dong here alone because when he found the herbs, he subconsciously felt that he would be happy to see this place. As for why he didn't bring his gang or that group of unlucky friends, it was simply because there was not enough time.

"You collect first. The new map will be closed after 20 minutes. The next time it is opened, it will be after the update." Bu Qianli reminded.

Chi Dong also saw the huge countdown on the panel. He knew that time was running out and he didn't dare to dawdle any longer. He hurriedly rummaged through his backpack to find the medicine hoe and wondered where to start digging first.

There is a clear rule for collecting herbs in "Heroes of the Storm". The higher the level of the herbs, the longer it takes to collect them. Chi Dong glanced at the panel that showed less than 20 minutes left, and without a second thought, he gave up on the first and second level herbs that were scattered all over the mountains.

He held down the space bar, and several light workers jumped to the pile of herbs flashing with third- and fourth-level titles, and dived into it.

If there were fifth or sixth level high-level herbs now, Chi Dong would not choose them. After all, only third or fourth level intermediate herbs were the most valuable materials on the market.

Although the gathering time is longer than level one and two, the amount gathered once is equivalent to gathering low-level herbs twice. Not only can you gain gathering experience, but you can also sell the finished small medicines at the market. It's like killing two birds with one stone. You won't suffer any loss at all, but will make a profit instead.

Chi Dong looked at the increasing number of herbs in the bag with a frown, and suddenly remembered the debt he owed Bu Qianli. He thought to himself: When his pharmacist level is raised, he will be able to refine higher-level medicines.

Time passed by minute by minute. Seeing Chi Dong getting farther and farther away, Bu Qianli, who was standing behind him and watching, called him in a low voice, "Dong Dong, come back quickly. The map will be closed soon. We have to leave."

Hearing this, Chi Dong hurriedly stopped collecting, pressed the shortcut key at lightning speed, took a few screenshots, then put away the hoe and followed. The two of them walked out the same way they came, one in front and one behind.

Before leaving, Chi Dong stopped and looked back, his eyes full of regret and nostalgia, and he sighed, "Alas, after the update, this place will be open, and there will definitely be a sea of ​​people, and it will be impossible to squeeze in, just like the previous herbal garden, and we have to queue up to collect it."

As the two stepped out of the waterfall, all the scenery behind them disappeared from their sight. Chi Dong Bushi thought that he should walk forward and try as before, but the system reminded him that the area has not been opened yet and players are requested to explore it hard.

Bu Qianli, who was standing nearby, chuckled but did not stop him. Instead, she waited until he finished trying before summoning her mount. She then stood at the edge of the island and waited for him leisurely.

After Chi Dong accepted the invitation to ride together, the two flew towards the ground without looking back. Chi Dong thought they would fly directly down, but Bu Qianli controlled the Fire Phoenix to fly to the center of the sea.

[Team] Dong Dong hides: Where are we going? ?

Bu Qianli said in a low voice, "Yes, let's go to Hongyu City."

Rainbow City? ?

What to do in Hongyu City?

Lin Jie, who was watching him play the game, gently touched his arm, pointed to the upper right corner of the screen and said, "Xiaodong, look, the Rainbow City logo has been released. It turns out that this is the new map. It's quite beautiful!"

Chi Dong was stunned for a moment, then looked in the direction where his finger was pointing. As he said, there was a new logo in the upper right corner, and a line of small characters below, which read Hongyu City (1536, 1248).

Chi Dong clicked it, double-clicked to zoom in, and was surprised to find that the direction they were flying was clearly marked with three big words "City Lord's Mansion". Only then did he remember the NPC named Hong Yu whom he had rescued before.

Chi Dong heaved a sigh of relief and secretly felt lucky that he didn't ask foolishly just now, otherwise Bu Qianli would definitely think he was a fool who had forgotten his mission.

“…Luckily you reminded me, otherwise it would have been a joke.”

The boss was confused. "Ah, a joke? What kind of joke is that?"

"I just thought the mission was completed and was about to quit the team and log off. Luckily you reminded me that the new map was opened, otherwise I would have stupidly asked him."

Lin Jie smiled brightly, "Don't think too much. These great people on the list don't care whether the questions you ask are simple or difficult. Next time if you don't understand something, just ask boldly. There's nothing to be afraid of."

Chi Dong nodded, not quite understanding what was going on. He also felt that he had thought too much. Not long after, with the added speed of the Fire Phoenix, they arrived at their destination - the City Lord's Mansion.

It circled in the sky for a long time until the NPC guards of the City Lord's Mansion below turned on the defensive mode towards them. The names suddenly changed from green to yellow. Seeing this, Bu Qianli patted the Fire Phoenix and signaled it to fly down.

After the two men landed safely, Bu Qianli put away his mount, and the guard returned to green, unable to attack.

Chi Dong looked at the majestic mansion in front of him, the large stone lions built on both sides, and the several majestic guards standing in front of the door, and couldn't help but sigh: "This Hongyu City is so beautiful!"

It was also the first time that Lin Jie saw a city richer than Xuancheng. It really deserves to be a new map. "Yes, it's really beautiful! The environment here is quite good. It feels better than Xuancheng."

He paused, then as if remembering something, he slapped the table, ecstatic, "I remember now, once a new map is released, the land in the new map will be super cheap, how about you buy one here, Xiaodong? Before it is opened to all servers, the price hasn't increased."

Hearing him say this, Chi Dong was actually a little tempted, but the next moment he remembered that he still owed someone a debt, and the idea of ​​buying the land disappeared in an instant. "After buying the land, I also need to buy a house and furniture. It will probably cost a lot of money. Let me show you my current balance."

He then opened his backpack and showed it to the public, "There are only a few tens of thousands of gold left. I guess I can't buy anything else."

Lin Jie frowned, stared at the tens of thousands of gold in the bag and pondered for a while. His eyes suddenly turned, as if he had thought of something. "If you sell the herbs you just dug, won't you have enough money to buy a house?"

Chi Dong rejected him without even thinking, "No, you have to pay back the money to Shi Bu Sha Yi Ren later."

“…If it really doesn’t work, how about we spend some money?” Lin Jie looked at him speechlessly, and after a moment of silence, he suggested.

"Let me think about it. To be honest, I don't care whether I have a mansion or not. I heard from them before that if the mansion is upgraded to level two, you can grow low-level herbs inside, so I really want to buy one, but I haven't paid off my debts yet, so I dare not spend money recklessly!"

Chi Dong had never thought about spending money on the game. He had never played such a large online game before, and he had very little money left. If he had to spend money on the game, he would probably have to live on instant noodles for the rest of the month, so he decided to give up.

When he has enough spare money in the future, he can buy a piece of land, build a house, and upgrade it to level two so that he can grow low-level medicinal herbs. This way, he won't have to wait in line every day to enter the herb garden to collect them.

While the two were talking, Bu Qianli was also chatting with someone, or to be more precise, he was talking to the guard NPC. Soon after, an NPC with a green name and two big "Butler" characters on his head appeared at the city lord's gate.

This NPC might be the reason for the art team's prank. His facial features are different from those of ordinary NPCs. He has a serious but funny expression. He doesn't look like he is welcoming them. Instead, he looks like he is threatened by someone and is walking out slowly.

"Heroes" is a very intelligent game. Most NPCs, especially high-level NPCs, will give different answers every time the player talks to them during a mission. Sometimes, the player will even be rejected by the NPCs, who will claim that they are in a bad mood today and deliberately do not issue missions to them.

The most interesting thing is that when the butler was talking to Bu Qianli, there was a small parenthesis after each sentence, and the parentheses contained his true thoughts. This was the same as the intelligent NPCs that Chi Dong had met in Xuancheng before. They were all intelligent NPCs that could express their inner emotions independently.

Sometimes he really felt that the game's over-realization was not a good thing, because when playing the game, he often had the illusion that he was talking to a real person.

"Dongdong, follow me."

[Team] Dongdong hides: Here we come.

The butler led them through corridors one after another, and after walking for several minutes, they were brought to the central courtyard. The butler walked very fast, not caring whether Chi Dong and the others could keep up.

He walked up and knocked on the door. A cough was heard from inside the house, and the next moment Chi Dong and Bu Qianli were invited in.