Chapter 24. Ghost Cave ⑦: Abundant...
Lin Xiaoxiao reached out and closed the box on the low table, then pushed it back towards the lich Anse, her voice dry: "I can't accept this reward; the content and the reward are not commensurate."
The moment the box was closed, the [Divine Seed] notification screen in front of her disappeared.
A faint hint of disappointment flashed deep in the eyes of the lich Anse opposite him. His smile seemed somewhat forced as he softly persuaded, "This is all I have. I can give it to you as payment. Are you really not going to reconsider?"
Lin Xiaoxiao gently shook her head, silently refusing.
Although the reward was very tempting, the simple content and the generous payment, coupled with the unequal nature of the content, made her feel like she had encountered a "pig butchering scam" before.
A moment later, the amiable smile on the lich Anse's face vanished.
It sat steadily on the mat, coldly watching Lin Xiaoxiao, its voice chilling: "What a pity, you didn't take the bait. You are the most rational ***** I have ever seen in all these years."
Lin Xiaoxiao forced a weak smile, suppressing the buzzing in her head: "Thank you for the compliment. My mother taught me from a young age that one should not take what one should not take, and that excessive greed is the beginning of utter ruin."
Given the ability, greed is the most primal driving force for progress.
But she was just a life-skilled professional with little combat ability, and suddenly someone offered her such a good thing as a reward, which made her wonder if the lich had bad intentions.
The lich Anse lowered his eyes to look at the small wooden box on the table and chuckled, "Your mother was a very wise human."
After speaking, it took out another 5-centimeter crystal ball from its fur.
The sphere was half-filled with golden liquid, and as Anse moved, the liquid swayed, producing tiny specks of iridescent light, making it look like a very high-grade item.
Anse placed the ball on the table and said in a hoarse voice, "Change the mission reward to this. As for the mission itself, change it to finding a place to settle my clan's descendants."
The quest request from the lich Anse of the Raeldonsser tribe has been changed.
[Quest Content (Changed): The Lich Anse requests that you, as *****, help the spirit race find a suitable habitat to settle them.]
After thinking for a moment, Lin Xiaoxiao decided to accept the task.
After she accepted the task, the crystal ball came into her hands.
The moment her palm touched the crystal ball, it shattered automatically, turning into a wave of golden mist that drifted in the air. After circling the stone chamber a few times, it seemed to have found a precise target and surged directly into Lin Xiaoxiao's body.
At the same time, several special notification sounds rang in her mind:
Congratulations on obtaining: 200 points of Medium Faith Power (Unclaimed)
[Power of Faith: Originating from the faith of all living beings, it is the gods' favorite offering (offering it may bring unexpected surprises)]
[Congratulations on unlocking your special identity: The agent of Lady Luck who travels the world]
[Divine Agents: It is said that the gods are unable to descend to earth for some reason, and every hundred years they search for suitable agents in the human world to act on their behalf and complete various instructions/transactions.]
【Special Note: Remember to conceal your identity. Your identity might help you receive VIP treatment, or it might get you torn to shreds.】
[Congratulations on obtaining: Identity Concealment Buff (Permanent)]
[Identity Concealment Buff: As long as you don't actively reveal your identity, those below the demigod level will not be able to detect your abnormality.]
[Special Note: Those with good intentions, task partners, or those hoping to make a deal can easily see through your identity. Please be careful to protect yourself.]
Her panel information has been updated again:
[Name: Lin Xiaoxiao
Age: 21
Occupations: Treasure Chest Merchant [Hidden Occupation], [Divine Agent]
Destined Bound Person: Xiao Weizhi [Effect: Shared Life and Death]
Level: LV43 (45124500/2300...) [Currently retained experience points: 3945475]
Job Skills: Daily Treasure Chest [0/10] (10,000 Gold/each), Luck Treasure Chest (refreshes daily), Experience Treasure Chest [0/3] (100,000 Gold/each), Sacrifice to the Goddess of Fortune (once every six months)
Other skills: Appraisal (Beginner), Gathering (Intermediate), Listening to the Sounds of All Things
Talents: Extra Large Storage Space, Lucky Libra, [Negative Buff: Experience Points -50% (Permanent)], [Negative Buff: Stamina -20% (Permanent)], [Identity Concealment Buff (Permanent)]
After the special identity was unlocked, the asterisks in the previous missions were replaced with clearly legible text.
The five asterisks correspond to the words: 【God's Agent】.
The nine stars in the mission reward indicate: [The Faith Power of the Treant Clan].
Also changed was a skill on the information panel, "Sacrifice to the Goddess of Fortune," which changed from gray to its normal color.
This means that the skill is now usable, but it refreshes every six months.
After the strange phenomenon on Lin Xiaoxiao's side ended, Anse waved to Hongwei.
The six-tailed fox hesitated for a while before reluctantly approaching Anse.
Its fluffy little face stubbornly turned to the side, its tail slapping the floor behind it, refusing to look in Lin Xiaoxiao's direction.
Anse reached out and patted the little fox on the head, his gaze fixed on Lin Xiaoxiao, his voice hoarse: "Redtail is the most talented descendant of my Raeldonser tribe. If possible, I hope you can take it in and make it your pet."
Lin Xiaoxiao was puzzled: "I've already accepted this task, wouldn't it be better for it to live with its companions?"
Moreover, the little red fox in front of her didn't seem willing to become her pet.
Anse slapped the little red fox on the head, as if reminding it to hide its reluctance. Then, he calmly explained the reason: "Red Tail is 3 years old this year and is currently a Gold-level leader BOSS. It needs a platform to develop. If it is sent to the resettlement area along with those younger ones, its talent will be wasted."
"Following a divine representative, one's path is bound to be rugged, but the future is limitless."
Anse's original plan was to trick the naive human girl in front of him into absorbing the divine seed, and then find an opportunity to extract the divine energy from her body to maintain the cave.
But when Lin Xiaoxiao said those words, Anse suddenly changed its mind. It thought that Red Tail's talent should not be wasted like this. Since there was such an opportunity, it should not be wasted.
Let's take a gamble and see if the Raeldonser tribe can produce another demigod.
Anse bent down and gave the little red-tailed, fluffy bottom two pushes, pushing it towards Lin Xiaoxiao.
Redtail's six tails thrashed wildly behind it. It obediently lowered its head in front of Lin Xiaoxiao, lay prostrate on the ground, and gestured for her to put her hand in front of its forehead.
Lin Xiaoxiao didn't reach out. Looking at Red Tail, she asked softly, "Are you really willing, Red Tail?"
After confirming several times that Redtail was acting voluntarily, Lin Xiaoxiao gently stroked its fluffy red head.
A light red magic circle rippled out from the point of contact, gradually expanding to envelop the human and the fox, drawing upon their magical powers and intertwining them.
A moment later, the contract was formed, and Red Tail had a little more golden fur on its forehead, while Lin Xiaoxiao had a 3-centimeter red fox tattoo on her right wrist.
[Congratulations on binding your pet: Level 62 - Six-Tailed Red Celestial Fox (Cub Stage) (Gold Grade)]
Just after Lin Xiaoxiao and Red Tail were bound together, Anse led Lin Xiaoxiao to a secret room filled with beast eggs of all sizes.
Pointing to the colorful eggs, he said softly, "These are all discarded eggs. They should be quite valuable to you humans. You can take them too."
Then, Anse activated the energy within his body to activate the magic circle in the secret chamber.
After a violent earthquake, the entire blessed land was shrunk by 10,000 times and packaged into a crystal ball, leaving only the grotto where Anse was located out of the scope.
This crystal ball is a super-large spatial artifact of the (five-light level), capable of holding living beings in it for three years.
Three hours later, sitting on Lin Xiaoxiao's shoulder was Red Tail, her eyes brimming with tears, her body shrunk to 25 centimeters.
Before she left, she asked Anse, "Are you really not leaving with us?"
Anse shook his head, his eyes gazing tenderly at the shrunken little red fox perched on his shoulder, his voice growing even hoarser: "No, I have to stay here. If I disappear, that thing will go crazy."
Rejected once again, Lin Xiaoxiao silently left the cave and followed the red tail's guidance, walking a long, winding road.
Before a dark cave entrance, she met Xiao Weizhi, who was waiting for her, as well as a golden-haired monster and a ferocious-looking monster not far away.
Xiao Weizhi looked at the little red fox on Lin Xiaoxiao's shoulder with some surprise. He subconsciously stepped forward to support her and asked in a low voice, "Are you alright?"
Lin Xiaoxiao shook her head: "It's okay, let's go, we've found our way back."
He then briefly touched on some things that couldn't be discussed (e.g., his identity, the deal with Anse), and briefly talked about gaining a new companion, Redtail, as well as the hundreds of pet eggs.
Xiao Weizhi rode the flying motorcycle, carrying Lin Xiaoxiao, up the slope from the 4-meter-high dark cave entrance.
Just after the two people and the fox left, the golden-haired demon beast led the evil-faced demon beast back to the cave where Anse was located.
Anse stood behind the table, gazing at the broken stone sculpture, now only half its original shape, without turning around. He asked in a hoarse voice, "Are they all gone?"
The golden-haired monster squatted at the entrance, its deep male voice emanating from its mouth: "Hmm, let's go."
Currently, only these dozen or so old guys remain in the cave, guarding it. All of them are at least at the Brick level, with their leader, Anse, being an Epic level being.
[Monster/Beast/Pet Level Classification: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Epic, Legendary, Quasi-God, Demi-God, God-level]
As Anse turned around, its body shape twisted and contorted, sometimes transforming into a beautiful woman, sometimes reverting to a furry beast. It said in a hoarse voice, "Very good!"
Now that the little guys are gone, these old folks can finally put their skills to good use and have a real fight with that thing.
As Anse turned to leave, he casually placed the box on the table. The box, now open, contained the [Divine Seed], which was no longer the original crystal-clear object but a black stone emanating ominous black energy.
[The Divine Seed of the Dark Tyrant (God-level): A seed personally blessed and bestowed upon believers by the Dark Tyrant, applicable only to His followers. Believers of other gods will be punished with divine wrath if they use it.]
Seven hours later.
A flying car crashed through the thick stone wall of a cliff, soaring into the air, with countless pieces of rock sliding down beside it.
Lin Xiaoxiao looked exhausted, her head resting against Xiao Weizhi's back, holding the shrunken Red Tail in her arms, her right leg aching unbearably at the fracture site.
Xiao Weizhi pursed his thin lips, his goggles concealing the worry in his eyes, and twisted the accelerator harder.
We must find the location of the Dragon Fang Squad as soon as possible; she needs treatment and rest.
Redtail kept sticking its little head out, its purple eyes curiously looking around. Apart from the time it took on a mission to find Lin Xiaoxiao, this was the second time it had left the deep underground cave.
Xiao Weizhi asked in a deep voice, "How are you? Can you hold on?"
Lin Xiaoxiao said wearily, "I can still manage."
Lin Xiaoxiao reached out and scooped up Redtail, who was about to fall out, and said with a hint of helplessness, "Redtail, be good. Once we find the team, Brother Yijin will make you something delicious."
Redtail cried as it left the cave, so Lin Xiaoxiao tried to coax it with all sorts of delicious food and snacks until it finally stopped crying.
Redtail's childish voice rang out in mid-air: "Okay, I won't move. I want to eat snacks, I want to eat delicious food."
Lin Xiaoxiao patted Red Tail's fluffy little head: "Hmm, Red Tail is so good."
Xiao Weizhi drove the flying car south for more than 500 kilometers. Just when Lin Xiaoxiao was about to give up, he finally saw the members of the Dragon Fang team frantically fleeing for their lives in the distance.
Behind them were countless, relentlessly pursuing ghosts and monsters.
On the ground, Wang Hao sprinted away, gritting his teeth, "What's wrong with these ghosts? They won't let go once they've killed them?"
Chen Feng, carrying Cheng Cheng on his back, ran alongside Wang Hao, saying, "Stop talking nonsense, run!"
Li Junxuan remained silent with a long face. He decided to conserve his energy, as his agility was naturally inferior to that of other classes, especially as a shield warrior.
As Chen Yijin ran, he threw alchemical bombs behind him. After all, as a logistics officer, such a sprint was the first lesson in survival, and he was used to it.
Jiang Tao and Liu Huihui gritted their teeth and ran away without saying a word.
Suddenly, the car horn rang out from mid-air.
Immediately afterwards, a forbidden spell scroll was torn apart, and an ice-blue magic circle appeared out of thin air. Large swaths of ice and snow fell, turning all the frantically chasing ghosts into ice sculptures, freezing them in place.
A moment later, the flying car slowly came to a stop in front of them.
Wang Hao looked up, his voice filled with surprise and delight: "Boss, I knew you guys were alright."
Chen Feng carried Cheng Cheng on his back, panting and nodding at Xiao Weizi.
Jiang Tao rested his hands on his knees and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Li Junxuan and Liu Huihui simultaneously gave Xiao Weizhi a thumbs-up.
Chen Yijin put his hands on his hips and said with a smile, "Boss, welcome back safely."
Xiao Weizhi glanced at the ghosts behind them and frowned, saying, "Let's leave here first. We'll talk about the details later."
Then, the five flying cars soared into the sky and quickly moved away from the area.
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