Chapter 50 I should have told you earlier that you would change.
Knowing its value, Chu Liuxiang was inevitably a little uneasy when asking questions. He wasn't worried about the price, but he genuinely felt sorry for this ingenious mechanism.
“Of course not.” Lu Yusheng chose a suitable analogy: “It’s like a storybook. If you accidentally close the book halfway through, you can just open it again to read it again.”
"It's the same. Just enter again, and you can start the challenge again."
After saying that, she glanced at the screen on her phone again, and drew an arc in the air with her hand, saying, "Did you just see this pattern appear on the ground?"
Chu Liuxiang nodded, and Lu Yusheng continued to explain: "This painting does not have the function of connecting the hands. If you want to start over, you only need to gently step on this pattern."
This series of explanations made him realize the wonder of this item. If it could be used repeatedly as the shopkeeper said, then long-term use could indeed improve one's lightness skill.
Not only that, but physical coordination and the ability to react to unexpected events can also be honed.
Even if the improvement is small, in such an interesting and unique environment, it can definitely arouse greater interest in ordinary people.
Now there is another issue that he cares about most.
"Who exactly created this mechanism?"
"Didn't I say that Master Zhu Ting once stayed here for a period of time?"
"you mean……?"
"no."
Upon hearing this, Chu Liuxiang subconsciously assumed that the painting was also Zhu Ting's work, and he was admiring his skill as well as his reputation, when Lu Yusheng categorically denied his idea in the next second.
She continued, "Do you know who Zhu Ting's master is?"
"There are rumors that he is a descendant of Lu Ban."
Lu Yusheng shook his head again: "I mean the kind that the outside world doesn't know about... That master is very low-key, and his expertise in mechanical manufacturing is not the same type as Zhu Ting's. Most of the components here were made by him."
"There really is such a person?"
"Some masters dislike empty fame and tend to be more low-key, so it's normal for them to remain unknown... Of course, I don't mean that Zhu Ting is ostentatious."
Chu Liuxiang nodded in understanding and praised, "It is truly rare to have such skill yet be willing to remain anonymous."
She nodded in agreement with an air of seriousness: "The spirit of craftsmanship."
Just then, Chu Liuxiang's sudden remark enlightened Lu Yusheng: "Young lady, you know so much about the uses of these things, you don't seem like a simple buyer. Could you also be a disciple of the master?"
This is a new direction I hadn't considered before.
Yes, if you're trying to ride on Zhu Ting's popularity, just saying you bought his work is a bit too much of a blatant attempt to piggyback on his fame. If you're fellow disciples, it would be much more believable.
As for Zhu Ting, if he knew, he probably wouldn't be unwilling, since he himself had said that he could be his master...
After confirming that Chu Liuxiang had reconnected to the game without any problems, Lu Yusheng went downstairs.
This entire dungeon run isn't short, and as long as he doesn't die immediately after landing and is willing to play a few more rounds, he should have enough time to play for quite a while.
There was no other way; there was still an hungry person downstairs. After entertaining this person for free, he had to go and take care of Ye Guhong, the real guest who had paid him.
Before going out to buy groceries, Lu Yusheng made sure to check on the other person's game status.
She didn't react when she saw the "Sword Maniac" ID on the screen, but she was shocked when she saw his level.
It's only been a few hours and I've already reached level 20?
When Linghu Chong and the others were playing, they still had the expectation of getting level-up costumes, and they were grinding so hard that they almost missed eating before they could barely level up.
Ye Guhong was just aimlessly killing monsters... because he couldn't run a dungeon by himself.
Lu Yusheng then recalled the way he had seen him fight earlier; his swordplay was sharp and his sword strikes were extremely fast, which must have been influenced by his personal style.
However, she ultimately said nothing, distracted the system by keeping a close eye on the store's situation, and then pushed open the door and left.
As Lu Yusheng walked along the forest path, he once again experienced the benefits of improved physical fitness. Normally, he would not have been able to keep up with the pace of the journey for long under the blazing sun.
Surprisingly, I didn't feel tired at all today; in fact, I walked faster and faster.
The nearby farmers live quite far away, and you have to go to those clustered villages to see them, which is why other people always say that Lu Yusheng's place is not very safe.
This place is quite far from any populated areas, but thankfully we haven't encountered any bandits.
Even though she was moving faster and faster, and was almost jogging at the end, it still took her nearly an hour to see a house.
This family's location is not near the village, which suggests they must have had some conflict with others to separate themselves. If Lu Yusheng hadn't wanted to go to the river to wash his face and cool off, he probably would have missed it.
Luckily, it was lunchtime, and everyone in the house was there. She bought a chicken and asked them to help her prepare it, and also picked up some vegetables and eggs.
The people of this dynasty are living well, and this family is obviously also quite well-off. They not only live in several sizable wooden houses, but also have a small courtyard built on the outside, which is why they have surplus grain to trade with her.
The vegetables that Lu Yusheng bought were freshly picked from the yard.
The plastic bag she brought couldn't hold all the items, so she could only put the bloody chicken in first, and then stuff it into the cloth bag the seller had given her.
I left home about ten minutes before eleven o'clock, so I guess I won't be able to get back until one o'clock.
With the added weight on the way back, she couldn't walk as fast as she had on the way there. Even so, she kept her attention as she walked, looking around the woods for any other wild fruits she could bring back for her guests to try.
Unexpectedly, instead of finding wild fruits and vegetables, she saw a graceful and tall young woman approaching from afar.
The woman had a serious expression. Each time she took a step, she would lightly tap the ground before leaping up again and using her lightness skill to leave.
Are they on their way? I'm so envious.
Seeing that the other person hadn't noticed her, Lu Yusheng's furtive gaze grew even more unrestrained. She diligently studied the black-clad woman's movements, trying to learn some techniques for deflecting force.
It wasn't that she was deliberately trying to steal someone's skills; it's just that she had walked such a long way that even a tough person like her was getting tired, so she couldn't help but want to find an easier way.
--"stop!"
"Don't run!"
Before the woman's figure had faded from Lu Yusheng's sight, two more voices came from behind him, one in front and one behind.
The two men seemed not to have even seen her, and were only focused on using their lightness skills to chase after the woman in black who had left.
This development is not so pleasant.
Lu Yusheng was right to see the girl's beautiful face, but the two men chasing her, one was fat and wore an eye patch, and the other was bald and muscular... neither of them looked like good people.
She swallowed nervously, wondering what to do now.
A young girl in the prime of her life is being chased by two thugs. Although she seems to have the upper hand so far, what if she runs out of energy later...?
Lu Yusheng clenched his fists, somewhat afraid to think about it.
She wanted to save people, but she also had to consider her own strength; protecting herself from being implicated was the top priority.
There are still two experts in the shop, but they are too far away. If we go back and forth, we'll probably only have time to collect their bodies.
Only then did she realize that her abilities were still somewhat insufficient in these local struggles, so she subconsciously wanted to ask the system for help, but then she remembered something in a flash.
"System, have I not used up all the attribute points I gained from leveling up to level 6? Please add them all to Agility."
Lu Yusheng mentally begged the system for help, while at the same time being glad that he had saved up all the upgrade rewards from the last time because he was worried about whether adding all the attribute points to attack would improve the effect of "Wind Blade".
When she felt light again, she knew that the boost had been applied.
There was no time to hesitate in the face of the situation. She could only tie the vegetables in her hand to a tree branch nearby and then quickly chase after the direction the others had left in.
Because she had been given a short rest in order to observe the woman's movements, and now, with the added attribute points, she was able to unleash an unprecedented power.
At this moment, Lu Yusheng was in a state of anxiety and tension, and having not tested the enhancement effect, she lacked awareness of her own speed.
So in her imagination, she could be quick.
Whether she can actually reach that speed depends half on her belief and half on her adrenaline.
With his heart pounding like it was on a rollercoaster, Lu Yusheng ran for hundreds of meters before finally catching up with the two men.
The two people finally stopped because of the scene in front of them.
Lu Yusheng lowered his voice and calmed his breathing while hiding in the shadows to observe. He then saw the woman sitting with her back against the tree in front of the man.
The woman in black seemed to be restricted in her movements, yet it didn't seem like she was physically weak. Her bright eyes darted around, as if searching for a chance to escape.
When his eyes met Lu Yusheng's shadowy figure, they seemed to light up for a moment, but then moved away as if nothing had happened.
Lu Yusheng knew she couldn't wait any longer, so she tried to move closer to the group. There were many fallen leaves in the forest, so she was very careful with every step in order not to make any noise.
There was no way around it; she still remembered how she used Wind Blade in front of Lu Xiaofeng and the others, and knew that her skills were affected by distance, with close-range damage being much greater.
Finally, when she was less than forty meters away from her opponent, she stopped adjusting her posture and began preparing for battle.
Lu Yusheng took a deep breath, because there were two bad guys. Even if the first hit hit, it wouldn't be easy to take down the second one who was on guard.
We must finish this quickly and live up to her reputation as the strongest ace.
She was fully prepared for this attack, perhaps because her opponent did not look as harmless as an ordinary person, which made Lu Yusheng act without hesitation.
After successfully striking one person in the back of the head and knocking him down, before she could even give herself a small cheer, she saw another person react quickly and turn around to defend himself.
She didn't dare to hesitate. Although her current location was relatively hidden, she would inevitably be discovered if she stayed there for too long. So she charged up and launched a second wind blade.
However, the burly man, who was prepared, sensed the wind and dodged it.
Instead of searching for the enemy's location, the man turned his head to look at the spot where the attack he had dodged had landed.
Of course, it was all empty.
A question flashed through his mind, for he himself was a master of concealed weapons, yet he had never seen such a silent and invisible weapon.
Unfortunately, the current situation left him no time to investigate, as the enemy in the shadows had already launched another attack on him.
The weapon's trajectory was still invisible, but fortunately, it was detected by the abnormal fluctuations in the air as it approached.
Even without seeing the trajectory, the two identical attack directions allowed him to roughly determine the location from which the attack originated.
"I told you the casting animation needed to be optimized!"
Seeing it walking towards him, thinking that his waving gesture had been noticed, Lu Yusheng mentally complained to the system while estimating his close combat success rate after his body was strengthened.
But the person suddenly stopped halfway through their journey.
Lu Yusheng thought the other person had lost their bearings and was holding his breath to observe when the other person collapsed.
Only when she saw the person standing behind the huge figure did she guess that it must have been the injured girl who made the move.
Since there was no blood flowing from the two people who had fallen, Lu Yusheng waited a few more minutes to make sure they were really not going to wake up before jogging over.
As she drew nearer, she took a deep breath and, with the air of a wise hermit, spoke softly to the woman in black: “Lost traveler, you are destined to go to a magical shop.”
The woman in front of her just stared at her without saying a word.
"What's going on, System? Didn't you say that I was speaking the common language here?"
Seeing that the other party did not respond, Lu Yusheng could only secretly ask the system in his mind.
When it comes to user experience, the system naturally gave an affirmative response immediately.
Lu Yusheng was left confused. Since her language system was normal, the problem must lie with the other party.
She was born in Jiangnan in modern times, and she also settled in Jiangnan when she came here. Perhaps this girl escaped from other regions?
After searching his memory of the language database, Lu Yusheng managed to squeeze out another phrase in the dialect he knew: "Girl, you're afraid, I'm just a good girl."
To everyone's surprise, the girl still didn't react after hearing this, but after a long while, she suddenly grinned and chuckled with her head down.
Lu Yusheng was stunned. She didn't know what the other person was laughing about. Was it because they were too happy to have escaped, or because their accent was different?
But the woman's joy was not dampened in the slightest by her stunned expression; in fact, her laughter grew louder and louder, and her voice even seemed to distort and become hoarse for a moment.
...Sister, stop laughing, it's creepy.
She was about to interrupt her when the "girl" in front of her stopped talking on her own, her expression still smiling brightly. When she spoke again, she said, "Lu Yusheng."
At this moment, Lu Yusheng, whose name she called out, was in a state of near-horrified shock.
In this desolate wilderness, she rarely performs a heroic rescue, so why is the story becoming increasingly bizarre?
no……
What was that sound just now...?
The more she thought about it, the more familiar the face seemed, but this unfamiliar face couldn't evoke any memory in her.
Until the other person reached out and touched her cheek, and after a few moments of hesitation, they reached out and peeled off a flesh-colored membrane covering her face.
It really turned into a ghost!
Oh wait...
"Sikong Zhaixing?!"
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