Port of Kasaron.
When Xia Yao was teleported from the Novice Village to the port, she noticed that there was a large undeveloped river beach outside the port, called the Misty River Beach.
The monsters marked on the map are generally between levels 15 and 20, which is just right for her to kill monsters of higher levels.
A grayish-white mist shrouded the shallow river beach, and wisps of mist lingered on her skin, as if an animal's nose was sniffing at her.
She could clearly feel that there was something behind the fog, watching her.
But her vision was blocked and she couldn't see for the time being.
So he became more cautious, unfolded the Soul-Devouring Fan, and walked cautiously into the depths of the fog.
As I was looking around, suddenly a brown twisted object came from the front.
Xia Yao was prepared and dodged the attack by turning sideways. She raised her arm and cut the twisted object with a crackling sound. The twisted object was cut off, and a piece of dry vine as thick as a human arm fell in front of her. It even struggled and twisted a few times because it was not dead yet, which made it look particularly weird.
In order to eradicate the problem completely, Xia Yao sent another wind blade to the dead vines on the ground. The dead vines completely lost their vitality and lay on the ground like a dead snake.
Xia Yao secretly clicked her lips, with an expression that was half contemptuous and half teasing.
At this time, the fog seemed to be frightened by her. It retreated slightly, and gradually, a dark and brown ghost face appeared inside.
The ghost face was attached to the lifeless tree trunk, grinning and laughing at Xia Yao.
The laughter was full of sarcasm, which made people feel scared.
Thinking that this laughter might have some negative effect, Xia Yao clearly felt her legs become heavy and bulky.
A rustling sound suddenly rang out, and all of a sudden, four or five dry vines as thick as before spewed out from the ghost face's eye sockets, nostrils and corners of the mouth!
She raised the Soul-Devouring Fan and swung it forward, and the Soul-Soothing Skill landed accurately on the ghost's face.
A five-second sleep timer kicked in, and all negative effects on her body were removed. Xia Yao raised her weapon and charged forward, severing the suspended vines one by one.
With just one second left, she perfectly timed her leap and, just as the ghost face gaped and screamed, she raised her hand and slashed down, a devastating blow! The ghost face was instantly split in two.
More than 3,000 experience points and more than 800 cross-level experience points were gained.
The fog nearby completely dissipated due to the death of Ghost Face. Xia Yao walked closer and found that it was actually an elite monster.
No wonder the experience is so high.
It’s a pity that the ghost face is a plant-type monster and will not drop bone grains upon death. This makes Xia Yao, who wants to kill two birds with one stone and collect some bone grains, quite disappointed.
After working on the Misty River Beach for more than an hour, she quickly reached level 11. When she looked at the level leaderboard, she saw that her ID was tied for first place with that of Wushan Leng.
He curled his lips.
This is far from enough. She needs to make her level and strength far surpass other players so that she won't be coveted by others.
Just as she was thinking about it, Xia Yao suddenly saw the three words "Wushan Leng" on the ranking list suddenly jump up, and in the blink of an eye it became the first, while she was pushed down and returned to the second place on the list.
It seems that the opponent is also gaining experience. Xia Yao nodded, raised her weapon, and started a new round of monster hunting.
In the blink of an eye, two hours passed and her experience points were maxed out again, and her level rose from 11 to 12.
This is the second time that the two people's IDs are tied on the list.
Some players in the world noticed what was going on between the two and couldn't help but ask about it.
[Are these two bosses competing in a level competition? ]
[It's so terrifying! In just a few hours, they've already reached level 12...]
[The newbie still wandering around the Novice Village said my whole family was shocked! ]
[By the way, I was also spawning monsters outside the city, so why didn't I see these two guys? ]
[There are so many maps with monsters outside the city, I'm afraid it won't be easy to see them]
[No, there's only one level 10-15 map available outside the city right now, Red Crow Wilderness. I've been grinding it for ages, but I haven't seen any trace of them.]
[Uh, let's just say, is there a possibility that the top people don't even care about this kind of low-level picture?]
"But that's too outrageous, isn't it? Level 10 challenging level 15? Aren't you afraid of dying so badly that even your own mother won't recognize you?"
I don't understand Wushan Leng, but that poetess named Yinyao, her actions in the Novice Village, don't they speak for themselves? Is it so hard to acknowledge someone else's excellence? A great person relies on their ability!
[You're right, ordinary players will die if they enter the high-level map, but the masters can just play there~]
…
Xia Yao had no idea how lively the world was talking about. She only knew that she had finally gotten back to the top of the list (although it was a tie), but the next moment she was pushed down again!
Xia Yao: What a monster-killing maniac who can rival her!
But so what? The more challenges she encountered, the more she would face them head-on.
Seeing that her physical strength was decreasing, Xia Yao drank a bottle of physical strength potion on the spot, replenished her physical strength, and then started the third round of monster hunting.
Now she can deal with the ghost faces with ease. In order to improve the efficiency of monster hunting, she no longer fights them one by one as she did at the beginning. Instead, she pulls the ghost faces to one place and kills them with the least skills possible.
But at this moment.
“This is my territory!”
A young man's voice sounded, and a boy in white shirt and white pants appeared from the fog. He stared at Xia Yao, with a layer of anger in his eyes.
Xia Yao swiftly killed the last ghost face, withdrew her hand, and looked impatiently at the other side: "Your family owns this map? Is your name written here? Call the monster and see if it responds?"
The boy was speechless after being asked three questions in a row.
"Then I was the first to discover these monsters!"
Unable to become the king of the mountain, the boy turned to blame Xia Yao for stealing his monster.
Xia Yao looked at the young but rather hot-tempered child, waved her hand, and said, "I've already killed the monster. Now tell me what to do."
"I...I want..." The boy was probably stunned because he didn't expect Xia Yao to admit it so quickly. He stood there thinking for a long time, wanting to say something, but his brain didn't work well at this time and went blank.
Seeing this, Xia Yao spoke for him, "How about this, I'll help you get another wave over here as compensation, how about that?"
Pull... pull the monster?
The boy snorted coldly and stared at Xia Yao in disbelief: "You can pull monsters?"
An ink-colored fan, some armor that looked of decent quality, and a nice bracelet. Apart from that, there didn't seem to be anything else special about it.
Suddenly, he discovered something and his pupils shrank: "You...you are Yin Yao?!"
The female poet Yin Yao who has always been superior to him since the novice village and whose name has long been known among the old players!
The fog lingering above her head gradually dissipated, and at this time Xia Yao also saw the boy's ID - Wushan Leng.
Completely ignoring the surprise in his eyes, Xia Yao turned around and plunged into the fog. Not long after, she returned to the boy with even more ghost faces than before.
"Here, I'll give it all to you. I won't fight."
!
Wu Shan Leng stared in disbelief at the ghost-faced monster that she had pulled over and was controlling very well, and couldn't help but feel a little unhappy... and a little jealous in her heart.
Tsk, isn’t it just controlling monsters? He is also a poet, he can do it too.
As if to prove that he, as the number one on the list, was not inferior to her, who was only number two, Wu Shan Leng bluntly told Xia Yao to let go.
Xia Yao ran out of the control circle and threw all the monsters to Wushan Leng.
Unexpectedly, Wushan Leng failed to catch the monster, but instead let out a scream. Then, dead vines sprang out from the ghost face and rushed towards the lonely Wushan Leng.
The poet's health is not thick, only slightly better than that of the fragile mage. If his movement is not flexible enough, he can only withstand 3 or 4 more hits at most before his health is reduced to zero.
Wushan Leng struggled to move among the flying dead vines, dodging while busying himself with medicine, and had no energy left to attack the ghost face.
Seeing that his health bar was about to be empty, Wushan glanced at Xia Yao coldly, thinking that she would save him, but he saw that she looked calm and at ease, as if she was enjoying the show, which made him even angrier.
But no matter how angry he was, he couldn't say the words "save me" to his enemy in person!
A thought suddenly came to my mind.
Wu Shan Leng smiled smugly in his heart, then turned around and rushed into the group of ghost faces at the risk of dying!
Seeing this, Xia Yao let out an "oh" sound, her eyebrows slightly raised, but she stood there, still unmoved.
Wushan Leng's operation was not very good, but he had all the props on him. He was almost killed by a slap from the withered vine before, but he didn't know what props he used to add most of his blood back. Now he was about to be drowned by the ghost face. At the critical moment, Xia Yao saw him take out another fish.
The fish swelled up in the blink of an eye and turned into a small ball, which bounced the ghost faces directly out. He also took the opportunity to escape through the gap in the middle towards Xia Yao.
"Hmph, wait and see! I'll show you my show!"
Wu Shanleng muttered with gritted teeth, he still didn't believe it. They were all poets. He couldn't withstand it even with the props to protect him, let alone her who looked unarmed?
It would be best to take advantage of this opportunity to let her die, so that her experience level will drop and he will be firmly at the top of the level list!
Wushan Leng was very proud in his heart, but he didn't know that in Xia Yao's eyes, his little tricks were just like children playing house.
Just when he pulled all the monsters towards Xia Yao and thought he was safe, suddenly, dozens of strong wind blades flew out from both sides of him!
The wind blade was so fast that it felt as if the air beside the ear was ignited!
He subconsciously turned his head and looked back.
The whole person was shocked.
She charged forward against the withered vines, her weapon whirling in her hands. In a few moves, the vines were slashed one after another, and the ghost face was chopped into pieces. The monsters, which were difficult for him to deal with directly and could only be killed with various props, were like powerless shrimps under her fan, chopped into pieces in an instant.
They are obviously at about the same level, so why is her wind blade so different from mine?
The jealousy that remained in his heart had to turn into admiration, and the previous feeling of resentment also disappeared with her smooth movements.
Wu Shan Leng whimpered inwardly, his face aching for his earlier arrogance. He then turned around, slid down to his knees, and hugged the thighs of the person in front of him: "Big Boss, please take me with you! I promise to be obedient and come whenever you call. If you say east, I won't go west. If you say stand, I won't sit!"
Xia Yao:?
Where is the arrogance and stubbornness?
Wushan Leng: What arrogance? What stubbornness? Why not cling to someone powerful? Why not eat the gigolo? He's so stupid!
Half an hour later, some sharp-eyed players discovered that the ranking list had quietly changed again.
[Huh? Wushan has gotten colder (thinking with my chin in my hand.jpg)]
[Holy crap, Boss Yinyao has leveled up again?!]
[Level 13 already?! Oh my god, this woman is not human!]
【Big brother is awesome! 】
…
The screen was full of the word "awesome". Wushan Leng silently closed the world chat and looked at Xia Yao who was walking in front of him.
Well, how should I put it... If it were half an hour ago, he would definitely run away and swear to the heavens that he would surpass that female poet, but now...
He followed Xia Yao with an expression of genuine admiration and a servile manner, his tone filled with unprecedented respect.
"Sister, are you thirsty? I have a refreshing drink."
"Sister, are you hungry? I have some fragrant osmanthus cake."
"Sister, are your legs sore? Let me rub them for you."
Xia Yao: Not thirsty, not hungry, and not sore!
After reaching level 3 in a row at the Misty River Beach and finally securing the top spot on the list, Xia Yao decided to go back to the city.
Although there was a small incident in the middle, and I was forced to add him as my friend due to his persistence and persuasion, overall, this trip was still worth it.
There are a lot more players in the city than before, and the streets that were empty before are now crowded and lively.
But she was not here to watch the fun. She came to find out where else she could get other tasks besides the Profession Hall. She couldn't just keep killing monsters. After all, some skill books and special items would not be dropped by wild monsters.
While thinking about it, Xia Yao started running around the city.
Soon, a Baroque-style spire building caught her attention.
The double-arched doors, carved with gorgeous patterns and inlaid with colored semicircular glass windows, form a sharp contrast with the other quaint and simple buildings next to it.
It is obvious at first glance that this is not an ordinary building. In fact, only people with a certain status can enter here.
But strangely, the white jade steps in front of the door had become gray, and a lot of grass had grown on the open space in front of the steps, indicating that few people entered.
With curiosity and an exploratory mindset, Xia Yao stepped onto the stairs.
Just as she was about to knock on the metal ring on the door, she suddenly saw a small blackboard hanging on the wall next to the arched door. She hadn't noticed it before because of the glare from the sun when she was standing at the bottom of the stairs, but she could see it clearly after she walked up.
There was a piece of paper on the blackboard with something written on it. She leaned in to take a closer look.
[Mission: Form a 5-person team to hunt the Bass Beast in Moonlight Lake (Limited time: 1 day)]
I didn't expect that I could get tasks in this place?
Xia Yao was very happy. She took the paper off the blackboard, folded it and put it in her backpack. The next moment, the task bar was automatically updated with this task.
However, there is an additional note below the task.
[Note: All team members must be magic professions. If there are physical professions, the mission will automatically fail.]
Curious about why there was such a special requirement, Xia Yao stepped back a few steps down the stone steps and raised her head. Only then did she discover four words faintly engraved on the outer wall of the building - House of Scholars.
Xia Yao had heard of scholars. Before entering the game on the first day, a scholar had appeared in the game's introductory screen. His profound knowledge and special abilities made him quickly famous in the Perth Empire. Later, with the changes of the times and the reforms of the empire, the scholar group gradually differentiated into two major professions - magician and holy light.
Later, after several decades of development, mages were further divided into Dragon Mages and Summoners. The former mainly gained their skills due to an accidental blessing from the dragon clan, while the latter was the result of years of accumulation, gradually forming a summoning group with magic lines as weapons.
At this point, the Perth continent has formed three major magic professions, each with its own responsibilities. The Dragon Mage is responsible for long-range output, the Summoner is responsible for summoning external forces to increase manpower, and the Holy Light is responsible for treatment.
So the question is, where did the bard, who is also a magician, go?
Xia Yao had also had this doubt. She checked on the official website, but unfortunately the official only mentioned it briefly and did not describe in detail the specific development path of the poet. She only knew that the position of poet appeared the latest and was slightly less well-known in the Perth Empire than the other three legal positions.
Regardless, the predecessors of the Dragon Mage, Summoner, Holy Lightbringer, and Poet were all scholars, and the Academy of Scholars was established during that time. Correspondingly, the Physics professions also had their own administrative organization, which also appeared in the pilot film and was called the Academy of Power.
The grand scenes of the two major academies both appeared for a moment in the pilot film. Although it was gone in the blink of an eye, one could still see their former grandeur. I just don’t know why the Academy of Scholars has become so dilapidated today.
Xia Yao thought that when she had the chance, she would go to the library to check it out. After all, it would not hurt to increase her historical knowledge.
In order to complete the task as soon as possible, Xia Yao began to recruit people from the world.
[Yin Yao: [Scholar's House] Limited-time quest: Beast of Bass, 4 magic classes, full capacity]
This quest wasn't like a dungeon, where you couldn't enter even with all the people present. To prevent the message from being lost, she used a small loudspeaker, letting it stay on the server for 15 seconds. She'd bought the small loudspeaker when she passed by the Southern Market. It wasn't expensive, only one gold coin each, so she bought 50 of them and stored them in case of emergency.
As soon as the small loudspeaker was used, the players started discussing it immediately.
[Wow wow wow what is [House of Scholars]? I can actually get quests there?]
[Same question, I've only heard of the Hall of Professionals, but what is the Academy of Scholars?]
[Isn't this some low-rate organization? It's not recognized by the Perth Empire, and the missions it issues are worthless.]
[Very likely~]
[And don't you find it strange? Why does she only want magic classes? She looks down on us physics majors!]
[That's right! Watson, you found the blind spot! ]
[Oh my god, this is blatant occupational discrimination! They really don't take us seriously! What kind of person is this?]
[Brothers, let me add one more thing. The quest she just mentioned seems to have been released in the Career Hall as well.]
[Oh, that's nothing, the quest monsters will be refreshed after they disappear.]
[That's right, it's not the same sea monster boss that you can only kill once.]
[Okay~ Then I won’t worry anymore]
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