Chapter 3 Transmigration 3 She actually possessed life skills from the game?! ...
In the online games that Xu Xing used to play in his previous life, there was a type of player who could talk about the game's storyline with great expertise, whose eyes would light up when talking about map easter eggs, and who was proficient in all kinds of life skills.
However, they are probably terrible at mainstream PVP and PVE gameplay, so casual players who only play PVX are called "salted fish".
Xu Xing is a casual player who mainly focuses on life skills. She always wears tattered clothes and has extremely low combat power, but she can still make top-notch pills and equipment in the game.
Xu Xing's parents divorced when he was young. Later, they each remarried and had children. Although they couldn't give Xu Xing affection, they never mistreated him financially.
Xu Xing had no worries about food and drink. She had few friends and no other pursuits. She usually spent her time playing games.
In the game, the highest-quality ingredients for making snacks and medicines can be obtained either by gathering resources or by defeating bosses in dungeons. Xu Xing doesn't run dungeons; she buys the ingredients directly from other players. Since she sells them at low prices, she basically doesn't make any money from this process, purely enjoying the fun of making medicines and dishes.
Xu Xing still remembered the excruciating pain of an electric shock before she lost consciousness. She had come into this world because she was dizzy and lightheaded from working hard for a long time, and accidentally killed herself...
Xu Xing, who had been playing life skills games for several years, never imagined that one day she would see the game panel in her real world.
But the life skills panel in my mind was clearly there; it wasn't an illusion.
[Gathering Activities: Gold Mining, Herb Gathering, Fishing]
[Production-related skills: Forging, Medicine, Cooking, Sewing]
[Special Abilities: Treasure Hunting, Beast Taming]
Of the nine skills, only cooking is currently active; the rest are grayed out.
Xu Xing was somewhat incredulous. As soon as she had a thought, the panel changed accordingly, and the cooking skill was unlocked, revealing an unlocked dish.
Bamboo Shoot Soup
Is this the kind of cheat code that's essential in time-travel novels?! With these skills, will she never have to go hungry again?
The thought of being able to cook for himself immediately brought to mind the lavish dishes in the game for Xu Xing.
No, this is a world of cultivation!
Thinking of the immortal path and martial arts that Zhao Linglan mentioned, Xu Xing swallowed hard and finally realized that with the life skills panel, she shouldn't focus on whether she could get enough to eat.
Since it's a world of cultivation, can she refine pills and craft weapons like in cultivation novels?
Xu Xing couldn't help but get excited.
Xu Xing tried to contact the panel with her consciousness, and even tried to call out "system", but she obviously didn't have that kind of luck. Apart from a skill panel, she didn't find anything special.
But being able to carry the game's life skills panel already made her overjoyed.
The cooking skill level experience bar currently shows 1/100. Recalling his actions when the panel was triggered earlier, Xu Xing excitedly peeled and cooked another bamboo shoot. Sure enough, the experience bar moved a little bit more, becoming 2/100.
However, the next moment, Xu Xing felt much weaker. Although she had been weak because she hadn't eaten enough, this feeling of lack of energy made her realize that using life skills in this world probably required "stamina" just like in a game.
Xu Xing realized that she could no longer gain experience by cooking bamboo shoots.
Discovering she had such a treasure, Xu Xing barely suppressed her hunger and began to study it carefully. However, the only cooking option on the panel was bamboo shoot soup, and at her current pitiful level 0, she obviously couldn't do much.
As his feverish mind gradually cooled, Xu Xing realized that things weren't so optimistic.
Regardless of what she can do after her skills are upgraded, she doesn't even know what the immortal path and martial path of this world are right now, so it's too early for her to experience alchemy and weapon crafting.
Gold mining? She couldn't find any ore.
Gathering herbs? She didn't recognize herbs.
Gathering skills are difficult enough, let alone the more challenging skills like forging and medicine.
Moreover, in cultivation novels, alchemy requires spiritual energy. If Xu Xing's body does not have the talent for immortality, would she still be able to access alchemy through the panel?
After all, there is no dish called "bamboo shoot soup" in the game, and Xu Xing cannot predict how his life skills panel will change when he comes to the real world.
Xu Xing pondered for a moment and then put it down. Mainly, she was too hungry; the dizziness from hunger made her vision blur. Given her current situation, she feared she would starve to death before she could even figure out how to survive.
The best course of action now...
Let's eat first!
Xu Xing ignored the fact that her hands were burning and hurriedly started eating the cooked bamboo shoots. As expected, the bamboo shoots were so old that they were almost impossible to chew. She had to chew until her cheeks ached before she could barely eat a small half of them.
Having to face the harsh reality, Xu Xing had already snapped out of her earlier excitement and continued to try to eat bamboo shoots to fill her stomach.
As for those life skills, Xu Xing, who is willing to spend several years playing only one type of game, has the patience to unlock them slowly...
"I've heard that those immortal cultivation sects have many powerful things, including alchemy, but I don't know anything about that..."
Zhao Linglan, who came to find Xu Xing, touched her hair. She was still too young, and the village was remote, so they couldn't know much about the outside world. For them, being able to come into contact with martial arts was already a blessing from eight lifetimes. As for something as ethereal as immortality, how could they dare to hope for it?
Xu Xing wasn't disappointed that she didn't get much information about immortality from Zhao Linglan. She was grateful to this kind and innocent girl; if it weren't for Zhao Linglan, she would have had a hard time obtaining this information.
"I heard that Zhao Youming was punished by his father for not practicing martial arts properly."
Children can't keep secrets. Zhao Linglan, who has never liked Zhao Youming, secretly told Xu Xing, "Now he definitely won't have time to bother you."
Xu Xing smiled. Zhao Youming's "bullying" was a huge blow to the child, but she was an adult after all and wouldn't be upset about it.
She was about to speak when she saw Zhao Linglan's expression change. She suddenly stood up and said timidly, "Father, Father..."
Xu Xing suppressed her smile and turned around to see a short, thin man frowning at her with displeasure.
It was Wang Lianhua's husband, Zhao Youwei.
"When did you start hanging out with this idiot? Didn't I tell you to learn more from Uncle Youming?!"
Although Zhao Youming is only two years older than Zhao Linglan, he is of the same generation as Zhao Youwei. However, when the children are playing, they don't care about such things. If it comes down to seniority, Zhao Linglan should call him uncle.
Zhao Youwei glared fiercely at Xu Xing, then stepped forward and pulled Zhao Linglan aside. "If you dare to stay with this idiot again, I'll teach you a lesson!"
Zhao Linglan looked visibly frightened, and Xu Xing, worried that she would be beaten, felt a little regretful and quickly explained, "Uncle Zhao, I came to find Sister Linglan myself."
"Who's your uncle? How dare you call me uncle, you monster? Don't think I won't hit a child! Everyone in the village is afraid of that dead Xu Zhen, but I don't care!"
These words were too harsh. Xu Xing knew that the villagers tolerated her living in the village, which was probably due to the many good deeds that Doctor Xu had done back then, sowing the seeds of good karma. Although she didn't remember what Doctor Xu Zhen looked like, Xu Xing was still very grateful to him.
When Zhao Youwei said such contemptuous words, Xu Xing's face darkened. Ever since she regained her "sense of reason," she had always appeared in the village with a smiling face. Although the villagers didn't say anything, they had actually become less hostile towards her in the past few days.
When Xu Xing stares blankly at someone, his golden eyes reveal an inorganic coldness.
Before Xu Xing realized it, Zhao Youwei noticed it first.
Realizing he was actually afraid of a little girl, Zhao Youwei snapped out of his daze and felt a surge of anger, immediately raising one hand high in the air.
"Zhao Lao Er! What are you doing!"
A shout from nearby interrupted Zhao Youwei's actions.
Wang Lianhua walked over with a man with graying temples. The man had a stern face and said rudely, "A grown man hitting a little girl, our Xiahe Village can't afford to lose face like that!"
Zhao Youwei awkwardly withdrew his hand, his face unnatural, and said, "Village chief, I... I was just trying to scare this idiot, I didn't mean to really hit him..."
"Alright! Now that she's not stupid anymore, don't call her that anymore." Village Chief Zhao Desheng waved his hand. "If you don't have anything to do, don't wander around outside. You'd be better off helping Lianhua take care of the fields! You're asking your wife to farm every day, how can you be so shameless!"
Zhao Youwei was used to being idle, but he still had his pride. He felt embarrassed when Zhao Desheng said it so bluntly. Before leaving, he glanced at Wang Lianhua with some resentment in his eyes, blaming her for bringing the village chief to embarrass her child.
Even after Zhao Youwei had walked away, Wang Lianhua kept her head down and remained silent.
Zhao Desheng sighed. Although he was the village chief, he couldn't say anything about other people's family affairs. He had only said that because he was an uncle.
"Lotus, don't worry. Since Xu Xing isn't stupid anymore, then he's not possessed by a spirit. I'll explain it to everyone. After all, he's a member of Xiahe Village."
After speaking, Zhao Desheng glanced at Xu Xing, looking into those golden eyes that seemed out of place with everyone else. He moved his lips, but didn't say anything to Xu Xing, and turned to leave.
"Were you scared?" Wang Lianhua bent down and patted Xu Xing's head, then casually took a piece of flower cake from her bosom and handed it to him.
Xu Xing smiled again, obediently shook his head, but did not accept the gift. "Auntie, I'm not hungry."
She felt genuinely grateful to Wang Lianhua, but being too weak to do anything to repay her, she could only write it down for now.
Wang Lianhua glanced at Zhao Linglan, who was huddled behind her, and still stuffed the flower cake into Xu Xing's hand, "Eat it, Auntie has some more at home."
"You, you shouldn't blame Lao Zhao. Although he has a sharp tongue, he never laid a hand on anyone..." Wang Lianhua looked away at the bewildered girl whose features vaguely resembled Xu Zhen's, unable to continue speaking.
Straightening up, Wang Lianhua instructed, "Go home quickly, your aunt has taken Lingling home too."
Xu Xing clutched the flower cake, silently watching the mother and daughter's retreating figures. Thinking of the village chief's words earlier, she felt a pang of sadness.
In fact, she understood that the reason why a mentally challenged child could live for two more years was because, besides Wang Lianhua, there must have been other people secretly taking care of him. Otherwise, when Xu Zhen passed away two years ago, "Xu Xing" would not have survived.
Moreover, although she had been met with cold stares when she went out these past few days, apart from a few children, no one really did anything to Xu Xing; at most, they just ignored her. Therefore, from an outsider's perspective, Xu Xing did not have any ill feelings towards Xiahe Village.
But the child who was considered "stupid" and "monster" really did die.
How heartbroken Dr. Xu, who was kind to many people and helped many villagers with their medical needs, must have been to know that his child would meet such an end after his death...
Xu Xing slowly walked around the riverbank, and only after returning to the back mountain did his depressed mood ease somewhat.
Seeing that it was still early, she thought about whether she could find some food in the bamboo forest on the outskirts.
Xu Xing was delighted to find a few clusters of wood ear mushrooms. While picking them, she pulled up a few weeds, which she didn't pay much attention to at first. But then, the life skills panel in her mind suddenly activated.
"Successfully unlocked gathering skill: Herb Gathering".
Gathering herbs?
Xu Xing was momentarily stunned, but quickly came to his senses and looked at the weeds in his hand.
What were just ordinary blades of grass now clearly displayed three words in Xu Xing's eyes.
[Hemostatic herb]
Although Xu Xing was still hungry after eating the flower cake, she was no longer as weak as usual. Overjoyed, she picked several hemostatic herbs.
It wasn't until he felt an overwhelming sense of fatigue and was completely exhausted that Xu Xing realized he was about to enter the depths of the bamboo forest.
The surroundings grew increasingly quiet. Xu Xing, worried about encountering wild beasts, was about to retreat when another light appeared on his skill panel.
"Successfully unlocked the supernatural skill: Treasure Hunting".
Then, the treasure compass from the game appeared in Xu Xing's eyes.
The compass needle wobbled, then finally settled, pointing towards the distant mountains.
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