Chapter 2 Hello
A person with a good face but no awareness and unfortunately a mouth, the peaceful atmosphere was instantly broken, and the kitten urgently withdrew a request.
Unexpectedly, the player who had the misfortune of having a mouth was very interested in the face-shaping cards. He put the things into his backpack with satisfaction, finally stopped talking about canceling the subscription, and got up and walked towards his residence.
It is dangerous to stay in the mountains in the middle of the night, as there is a risk of collapsing in the wild due to exhaustion. The menial disciples have a place to live, and if I remember correctly, it should be on the next hill.
Tianzong is located deep in the mountains and is divided into inner and outer peaks. The elders and their disciples live in the inner peak, while the outer disciples and menial disciples live in the outer peak. Old players have been up and down in Tianzong too many times and have a clear understanding of the layout here.
It was late at night and it was completely dark on Qiyun Peak where the outer peak disciples lived. Fortunately, the mountain was high and close to the sky, so the natural light was very abundant.
The houses built against the mountain were lined up. The small house at the edge, close to the bamboo forest, was pitch black and silent. It was where he lived.
The scenes in the game become reality, and no matter how you look at it, there is a real sense of fantasy.
He stepped over the threshold and pushed open the door to enter the room. With the light coming in from the window, Lin Zhusheng fumbled to light the lamp. The dim light came on, illuminating most of the room.
The room was very simple, not very big, with a bed in the middle, a table in front of the window, a wardrobe not far away, and a dusty cooking table in the corner. It took him a long time to recognize that it was the cooking table.
On the way, I learned that he was an old player who was just selected to join the game when he opened a new account. The kitten, who had lost his role as a guide for the newbies, followed him into the room. After noticing his gaze, he finally found an opportunity to take advantage of the situation and jumped onto the table to quickly introduce, "That's the cooking table. You can make energy snacks there to restore your physical strength."
In addition to energy snacks, other foods can be made, but the cooking table cannot be repaired now, and there are no materials for making food or recipes.
Xiaomao no longer uses the broadcasting accent when introducing himself. Lin Zhusheng nodded and responded politely, then sat down at the table in front of the window with the lamp in his hand and quickly took out the face-pinching card.
There is a mirror on the table. It’s not big, but it’s enough and you can see your face in it.
The newcomer became an old hand, and the kitten, who had lost his job of guiding the newcomers, sat aside and watched the man attack his face.
The face-pinching card has a wide range of effects and can change almost everything except the pupils.
——This person indeed changed everything except the pupils, and his technique was extremely bold and confident.
kitten:"……"
A great miracle was performed before his eyes. The furry face changed from indifference at first to surprise, and finally to shock. The kitten couldn't help but take a step back. Its pure black fur merged with the shadow, leaving only a pair of glowing, shocked eyes.
It took several minutes for the hardworking Master Lin to complete his transformation. He turned left and right to show the fruits of his labor in all directions. He smiled with his eyes narrowed, turned around and said, "It looks good, right?"
The candlelight in the lampshade flickered, and a smiling unfamiliar face appeared.
"……?"
Kitty rarely uses the term "massive" to describe a person. With ordinary facial features and an ordinary face, once thrown into a crowd of people, it would be like a drop of water falling into the sea, and once thrown in, you would no longer be able to recognize it.
It seems like everyone has this face. You can randomly pick three like this one on the street. They are so similar that you can collect three and eliminate them like in Candy Crush. It was silent for a long time, and finally said, "It looks good...?"
All kidding aside, on the first day on the job, it felt like this player had a huge problem with his vision.
Master Lin agreed that it looked good. I looked left and right and was very satisfied.
After finishing one thing, his excitement subsided a little. He finally had time to ask about checking his physical strength. He rubbed his temple and said, "I've been feeling a little dizzy since a while ago."
He often stayed up late, but he had never fainted like this.
Good news! The kitten doesn’t need to answer. The status bar appears automatically the moment the words come out.
Bad news, when he saw the status bar, he watched the stamina bar jump from the red [1] to [0].
[Name: Lin Zhusheng]
[Level: LV: 1]
[HP: 100]
[Physical Strength: 0]
"Bang——"
Without any warning, the person who was still rubbing his face bravely suddenly fell onto the table, completely exhausted, and turned off the computer on the spot.
The first day into the game ended with me passing out on the table.
When Lin woke up the next day, it was hard to tell whether he had fallen asleep or fainted. When he opened his eyes again, he was awakened by the overly strong light.
Very dazzling. The light shone through his eyelids, reflecting a red color. The moment he opened his eyes, he was blinded by the light. He quickly closed them again and moved into the shadows with the chair.
He finally opened his eyes again after his eyes adjusted to the surrounding light.
A wooden room with a simple bed and a simple table. Sunlight shines in through the window, and the green bamboo shadows sway, illuminating the entire room.
It was not the familiar floor-to-ceiling windows and the hustle and bustle of the city. There was a woody scent in his nose and the sound of wind in the bamboo forest outside. He was still in the game.
“Dongdong——”
There was a heavy knock on the door, followed by a deep male voice, calling his name: "Lin Zhusheng, are you there?"
Lin Zhusheng was there. He stood up from the chair with difficulty, supported by the table, and took two steps forward to open the door.
After a creaking sound, the door of the room opened, and the overly bright sunlight fell into the room. A tall figure stood at the door.
The man was standing in the light behind him, and Lin Zhusheng squinted his eyes. He could only barely make out from his figure and voice that he was a tall, middle-aged man. There was no other information.
But it was not a big problem, because the man had a flashing display frame above his head: [Meng Cai (manager of miscellaneous disciples)]
Manager Meng didn't look too happy, especially after seeing that he had obviously just woken up. It is now past half past the hour of Si, and the other chores disciples have already gone out to work. Only here the door is closed, and the whole place is warm and sleepy. Trying his best to ignore the scene in front of him, he dutifully reminded, "It's only six days left, and you haven't even completed half of your mission for this month, so you need to pay attention."
Then he took out a booklet out of thin air, flipped through a few pages, and continued, "You have been here for two years. If you cannot pass the bone strength test next time, our sect will have no choice but to send you back."
Tianzong recruits menial disciples every year. Menial disciples are disciples who have the physique to cultivate, but are not qualified enough to become outer disciples. Therefore, they improve their physique while completing tasks in Tianzong. Tianzong is the largest sect in the world of cultivation, and competition is very fierce. Menial disciples must either be promoted or leave. If they cannot become outer disciples within two years, they have to leave.
Lin Zhusheng, who used to skip dialogues and plots, now understands that his character is a lazy and useless disciple who is about to be kicked out of the sect.
[Daily Task: Find 100 Lingxu Grass and give them to Meng Cai, time limit 6 days]
[Main quest: Upgrade to LV2, pass the root bone test and become an outer disciple]
Lingxu grass is a low-level medicinal herb that is very effective in treating external injuries. The sect uses a large amount of it, so it needs the help of menial disciples to pick it.
Two task boxes popped up one after another. He sobered up a little, and a smile rose on his face out of habit. He said hello to the manager and waved his hand in a small arc.
I didn't expect him to be so easy to talk to this time. His attitude was also unexpectedly good. The manager's serious expression could no longer be maintained. His brows relaxed slightly. Before leaving, he turned back and kindly added, "There have been red snakes appearing in the Lingxu grass collection area recently. They have not been caught yet. You need to be more careful when you go to pick them."
Lin Zhusheng thanked him for the reminder and said he would pay attention to it.
Manager Meng left, and as he left he looked back twice in disbelief. Watching the people walk away, the old player standing there withdrew his gaze and turned to walk into the room.
The little black cat jumped out from the corner and watched him go back to the room, wash up quickly, tidy up his clothes in an unskillful manner, and then try with difficulty to tie up his loose hair with a cloth strip, and quickly prepare to go out. Although his physical strength was not recovered by half, he was in very good spirits.
It discovered that this person is actually very positive about gaming life, and the cancellation he made yesterday might just be to get himself an extra face-shaping card.
Don’t trust anyone else, don’t trust the game guy. His guess was right, but it was too late. The face-shaping cards had been used up and could not be taken back. Lin Zhusheng went out happily with his carefully shaped face and roughly tied hair.
His stamina bar was very worrying and was being consumed very quickly. He had a clear self-awareness of his body which had not been exercised for years, so he took out the energy snacks from the novice gift pack and started eating them on his way down the mountain.
This place is different from the city where we usually live. There is no noisy sound in the wind, but a cool smell of grass and trees. There are unknown white flowers mixed in the grass on the roadside.
The energy snacks tasted good and were very chewy, so he chewed them all the way down the mountain. The place where Lingxu grass is collected is at the foot of the mountain, which is where the sect connects with the outside world, in a forest.
The other chores disciples had already completed their tasks and were preparing for the root bone test. There was no one in the woods except him. The coal-like kitten landed on the ground, walked on the fallen leaves, and watched him squatting on the ground pulling weeds everywhere.
You got: Weeds
【Weeds】
…
【Weeds】
There was a bald patch around it. Before he continued to pull it out, the kitten couldn't help but ask, "Don't you know what Lingxu grass looks like?"
It is true that this person is an old player, and old players should have completed these tasks.
After manually cleaning the nearby ground, the hardworking Master Lin wiped off the non-existent sweat and said, "Pulling weeds is boring. I didn't do this task."
As he failed to complete the task, he was asked to leave Tianzong. After that, he took the path of a casual cultivator, made a circuitous journey, and finally returned to Tianzong as an external elder, where he toured the place from top to bottom.
Having never taken the disciple route, he was very curious, so this time he thought carefully and decided to pull out the weeds.
It took him half an hour to harvest the 99 weeds that were put in his backpack. He didn't see any Lingxu grass, and even the red snake that was said to exist wasn't seen. He felt that the feng shui of this piece of land was not good, so he stood up decisively and walked deeper into the woods.
The kitten, who was serving as a guide for the newbie, had been completely assimilated into the body, jumping up and down and playing with leaves, making a noise.
Sure enough, the deeper he went, the more things he found. Among the weeds, he finally pulled out the Lingxu grass he wanted.
The tips of the Lingxu grass are turning white, and there are a lot of them in the surrounding grass, forming a dense patch. A quick glance shows that more than half of the task can be completed. Master Lin, who had never worked on the fields before, sat down on the ground without caring about his image. He adapted well and worked diligently as a weed puller.
The kitten was still flying around, making the leaves rustle, and seemed to be getting closer and closer. Without even turning his head, he said, "Play further away and don't step on my grass."
His words were ignored like air. The sound of dead leaves being crushed on the ground continued, and it was getting faster and faster. Feeling that the Lingxu grass that he had not yet picked was in danger, he quickly turned his head and moved his hands, raising his voice and saying, "You——"
The dead leaves were crushed into pieces by the red tail, and the raised hair fell down. When he turned his head, the first thing he saw was the red vertical pupils that looked at him affectionately less than half a meter away.
“…”
The raised hand was still in the air, less than a quarter meter away from the snake's head, and it couldn't fall down no matter what. Between running and resting on the spot, Lin Zhusheng still held a piece of grass in his other hand. He waved his raised hand in a small arc and made a friendly sound: "...Hello."
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