Chapter 75. The Mad Chaser, and...
A fiery red magic circle, 8 meters in diameter, appeared in mid-air and quickly fell to the ground, raining down thousands of fireballs the size of basketballs.
Together with the enemy, they blasted the forest below into the deep crater created by the explosion.
A huge plume of smoke instantly rose up, and the enemies who had been scavenging in the woods quickly converged in this direction.
Lin Xiaoxiao, clinging to Xiao Weizhi's back, tugged at his hair and whispered, "Run quickly, those who didn't die at the bottom of the pit are coming over."
Xiao Weizhi cast a [Sprint Forbidden Spell (Gold Level)] on himself, then carried Lin Xiaoxiao on his back and dashed away from the area.
[Sprint Forbidden Spell (Gold Tier): The target temporarily gains 8000 Agility; Duration: 30 minutes; Cooldown: 2 hours; Mana Cost: 100,000]
After Xiao Weizhi successfully changed jobs, all of his skills were converted into forbidden spells. The casting time for these skills ranged from 1 second to 8 seconds, essentially treating the forbidden spells as ordinary skills.
Aside from the drawback of its huge mana consumption.
In other aspects, it's practically perfect: high attack power, rapid skill activation, wide range (currently covering a maximum of 300 meters and a minimum of 8 meters), and dense firepower...
Another drawback, though not exactly a flaw, is that when attacking, the target is too obvious, making it unsuitable for sneaky, stealthy attacks.
Half an hour later, the forbidden spell skill expired, and Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi had already run nearly seventy kilometers through the winding mountains.
The two found a secluded little cave, nestled inside, made sure they were well hidden, and then activated the concealment magic circle left behind by Xingyan.
Xiao Weizhi sat on a folding stool, breathing heavily. He took the damp handkerchief Lin Xiaoxiao handed him, wiped the dust off his face, and said with a hint of regret, "My level is too low. If I were at the seventh level, I would have five, no, three skills, enough to blast these pursuers to dust."
Even if Xiao Wei's combo attack doesn't kill a low-level seventh-ranked enemy, it can still cripple them.
Even a high-level seventh-ranked warrior can only inflict minor injuries, but still retains the ability to move.
There's no need to mention the eighth level.
Currently, those chasing after us are mostly seventh-level professionals, with the occasional eighth-level professional we encounter.
Whenever they encountered an eighth-level enemy, Xiao Weizhi would cunningly take Lin Xiaoxiao and run away without looking back. When they encountered seventh-level enemies with lower levels, they would seize the opportunity to chase after them and fight back.
Lin Xiaoxiao glanced at him irritably, her tone a little sour: "You haven't even finished the sixth job advancement quest, yet you managed to jump a level by one and a half and injure a seventh job professional. I seriously suspect you're in Versailles."
She's at level 230 after six job advancements, and her skill damage has only doubled; he hasn't even reached the sixth job advancement yet (considered the peak of the fifth job advancement), but he's already able to chase down seventh job advancement professionals.
If it weren't for the fact that this job change skill book had pre-set prerequisites, making it usable only by Xiao Weizhi, it would be a different story.
The moment she sees the job change certificate, she'll definitely secretly keep it for herself to change jobs.
The [Treasure Chest Merchant] is a hidden profession that deals no damage, but it's much better to find the [Multi-Element Forbidden Spell Mage], a hidden profession with extremely high output.
Xiao Weizhi chuckled and nuzzled her cheek with his nose as if begging for forgiveness: "Without Versailles, I just felt that I was not capable enough and wronged you to follow me around hiding and running away."
Lin Xiaoxiao was feeling a bit annoyed and pushed away Xiao Weizhi's face that was pressed against hers.
He pulled out a leather map from his spatial storage and carefully examined how far they were from [Yorbond City].
As for why they didn't leave the City of Divine Favor now...
It was because Lin Xiaoxiao remembered that there would be a period of turmoil in the city of Yorband during this time.
The city was half destroyed in the turmoil, which eventually led to the statue containing the elf ending up in the hands of a well-known collector in the City of the Gods.
In her past life, she spent most of her fortune (Lin Xiaoxiao's later fortune was enough to surpass 90% of the professionals/small and medium-sized families in the City of Divine Favor) to buy back the half of the statue containing that elf from that collector.
If she hadn't been hoping to find a lucky break in this life, she wouldn't have been hiding like a rat in the City of Divine Favor with Xiao Weizhi.
The plan is to wait until Xiao Weizhi reaches level seven or eight, enabling him to sweep aside most people, before swaggering into the City of Divine Favor.
Xiao Weizhi rested his head on Lin Xiaoxiao's shoulder and looked at the map with her.
This map is made of special monster hide, with several materials embedded inside, and a ring of positioning runes drawn around the edge. By inputting a little magic power, you can see on the map how far you are from the place you want to go.
I bought this map from a stall near Shenlingdu. It cost me a steal at 50 wish coins for this [diamond-level] map.
Lin Xiaoxiao tapped her fingers lightly on the map. There was still more than 3,000 kilometers to go to reach Yorband, and she felt a headache coming on.
At the current speed, it will take about 10 more days to arrive.
However, in my memory, the city of Yorband was supposed to be in turmoil around these few days. The statue was bought the day after the turmoil. If the timing wasn't right, all that suffering would have been for nothing.
Xiao Wei rested his chin on Lin Xiaoxiao's shoulder, put his arm around her waist, and stared intently at the distance on the map. Knowing what she was probably worried about, he tentatively asked, "How about I carry you on my back to speed things up?"
Lin Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at him and complained irritably, "Traveling over 3,000 kilometers on foot, don't you care about your health?"
With a group of pursuers trailing behind, he dared not take out the flying car in his spatial storage and ride it, as it would be too conspicuous.
A light screen suddenly popped up in the contact module, showing the Starry Night constellation with specially set contacts.
Xingyan's slightly impatient voice came from the palm-sized light screen with a small megaphone pattern: "Crazy Xiao, something bad has happened. Those people probably know your location."
"Kagome and I can only hold off half of the enemy for you. If it really doesn't work, let's abandon the Yordbon Castle area and leave the City of the Gods first."
The implication is that the remaining half of the enemies will swarm out and head towards their location. Given Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi's current levels, they may not be able to withstand the attacks of these eighth-level professionals.
Lin Xiaoxiao's expression remained unchanged, but her eyes were serious as she quickly weighed the options in her mind: should she give up directly, or take a gamble and continue towards Yord City?
After a moment, she asked in a deep voice, "Xingyan, can you find a way to hold them off for three days?"
After a long while, Xingyan's irritated voice rang out: "I must have owed you something in my past life. I'll try my best to stall for three days, and the rest is up to you."
After saying that, he unilaterally hung up the phone.
Lin Xiaoxiao turned to look at Xiao Weizhi beside her: "Weizhi, it seems we won't get any rest."
Xiao Weizhi's lips curled up slightly, and he turned his head to rub his cheek against hers: "Okay, then let's not rest."
Over the next three days, Xiao Weizhi carried Lin Xiaoxiao on his back and raced against time to reach their destination. The forbidden spell for sprinting was about to expire, and it was time to run on foot.
Along the way, they encountered a caravan transporting goods. They gave them several hundred coins and hitched a ride on their monster-themed wagons, traveling for nearly 1,800 kilometers.
[Monster Truck: Composed of 4-6 Diamond-level or Epic-level monsters, pulling a large cargo box, it is a common means of transport for goods in the surface cities of the Divine Capital. Not only can it intimidate monsters in the wild, but it also travels at a very high speed.]
At noon on the fourth day, Xiao Weizhi, whose robes were filthy, carried a tired-looking Lin Xiaoxiao on his back and successfully arrived at the entrance to the underground city of Yorbond.
The entrance to the underground city is a deep pit with a diameter of about 80 meters.
Looking down into this pit, it was bottomless and pitch black. If you didn't know this was the entrance to the underground city, you would probably mistake it for a bottomless abyss.
Lin Xiaoxiao pointed to the deep pit and said to Xiao Weizhi, "This is it, jump down."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Weizhi did not hesitate for a moment. He carried her on his back and jumped into the deep pit.
A whistling wind swept upwards, ruffling their clothes and hair, and accompanied by a strong sense of weightlessness, quickly enveloped them.
A few minutes later, the light at the bottom gradually became visible. Just as Xiao Weizhi was about to activate his incantation and use his skill to land safely,
It was discovered that a buffer magic circle was set up at the bottom. As long as a person gets close, the magic circle will take effect, and no additional skills are needed. The person will hover for a few seconds when they are 30 centimeters above the ground.
As you step out of the entrance, the first thing you see is the stone-paved road, decorated with colorful flags and bouquets on both sides, and then the city's buildings.
[Yorbond] was originally a city built inside a huge cave. The buildings were initially constructed using local materials, with stones of various sizes, and were built according to the terrain inside the cave. Because there was very little flat ground inside the cave, most of the houses were built on the rocky hills, and according to the plan, ladders were built into the mountainside.
After years of development, using dozens of large stone pillars with diameters of hundreds of meters as load-bearing structures, the city of Yorband has been reasonably expanded. Today, it covers an area of more than 9 million acres and is one of the five major cities on the surface of the land favored by the gods.
The architectural style has continued the previous historical features, and even the buildings built in recent years tend to follow the previous style, with various kinds of stones still used as decorations on the exterior.
A child about 1 meter tall, wearing a brick-colored leather jacket, with bronze skin and two patches of red on his face, ran ahead of Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi among his peers.
He bowed slightly at a 30-degree angle and said politely, "Hello, I'm a professional from out of town. Do you need a guide in the city? It only costs 10 wish coins to hire me for a day."
The children who were a few steps behind were vying to offer their prices:
"I only need 9 wish coins."
“I have eight coins. Please hire me. I know all the alleys in the city of Jorband very well.”
"I can accept only 6 coins, hire me."
"It's always you who quotes the wrong price, beat him up!!"
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Lin Xiaoxiao got off Xiao Weizhi's back, bent down and patted her crumpled clothes. Ignoring the children fighting behind her, she took out a 10-yuan wish coin from her spatial storage and tossed it into the hand of the child who had initially struck up a conversation with them.
The child took the wish coin, quickly stuffed it into his pocket, revealing eight large, white teeth: "Thank you for choosing me. My name is Tuoya, and I will be your guide from today until noon tomorrow."
Lin Xiaoxiao beckoned to Tuoya and asked softly, "When does the Fire Festival start?"
[Fire Festival: A traditional annual festival of the Yorband people. Every year at this time, they sing, dance, drink, and offer sacrifices to the god of craftsmen. They bring out their best and most perfect tools and weapons from the year and place them in front of the statue in the central square...]
Therefore, many people who want to reach higher levels of professions will rush to the city of Yorband during the Fire Festival in an attempt to find a bargain.
Tuoya was very skilled in business and answered without hesitation, "The day after tomorrow morning."
Lin Xiaoxiao took out two more 10-coin tokens from her spatial storage and tossed them to Tuoya: "I'll hire you the day after tomorrow too. The remaining one is your tip. Now, please take us to a hotel."
Tuo Yali put the wish coins into his pocket, his smile growing increasingly warm: "No problem, sir."
Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi held hands and followed behind Tuoya, passing through a long street of general stores and turning two or three more streets before finally finding the hotel.
The shops on that general store street had piles of gold-grade equipment stacked up like small mountains in front of their entrances, which looked like garbage dumps. There wasn't even a cloth on the ground. It was obvious to anyone that the shop owners didn't care about these things at all.
The equipment of the diamond-level quality receives slightly better treatment; at least it is placed in wooden frames for people to choose from.
Meanwhile, the treasure-hunting mouse in her pocket kept excitedly chirping, "Master, so many good things, so many good things, buy them, buy them all..."
Helpless, Lin Xiaoxiao pressed down on the treasure-hunting rat that was about to jump out of her pocket and replied telepathically, "Okay, okay, don't rush. Let's go to the hotel to wash up and change our clothes before we go out to buy."
Upon arriving at the hotel, we completed the check-in process.
After washing up and changing into a floor-length gauze dress, Lin Xiaoxiao looked at Xiao Weizhi, who had already finished washing up and was sitting in a chair deep in thought, and asked in confusion, "Weizhi, what are you thinking about?"
Xiao Weizhi came to his senses and said, "I was thinking, if items, weapons, and resources of the Seven-Colored level and above cannot be taken out, what about Gold-level, Diamond-level, Tricolor-level, and Five-Colored-level items?"
Seeing his serious expression, Lin Xiaoxiao thought he was thinking about something serious. When she realized it was this, she chuckled and replied, "Okay, but it's best to use it yourself and not let it circulate in large quantities, otherwise it will easily attract the attention of law enforcement here."
There are also law enforcement agencies in the City of Divine Favor. The divine beings who managed those secret realms before belonged to this agency, which is one of the agencies.
The duty of law enforcement is to supervise, balance, and maintain order. If any professional resellers engage in large-scale trading of high-level equipment and resources, they will be arrested.
Xiao Weizhi nodded: "Okay, let's go buy some local specialties to take back later."
Buy something? Thinking of Xiao Weizhi's shopping style, there was also a treasure-hunting mouse jumping around next to him.
Lin Xiaoxiao felt a throbbing pain in her forehead.
Sure enough, after the two finished washing up, Tuoya took them to another slightly cleaner general store street. Xiao Weizhi and the treasure-hunting rat wanted to buy everything they saw.
Xiao Weizhi kept rummaging through equipment and items; the treasure-hunting rat kept rummaging through ores, metals, and resources...
But they were all very sensible, mostly staying within the gold and diamond range, occasionally buying one or two tri-color or five-color items, so she didn't say anything more.
In the end, Lin Xiaoxiao stood aside with a numb expression, watching the two of them choose, and silently paid the shopkeeper after they finished.
During this time, a slightly plump Yorband woman, about 1.4 meters tall, cheerfully struck up a conversation with Lin Xiaoxiao: "Miss, I still have quite a few gold and diamond-grade equipment in my warehouse. Would you like to go over there and pick some out?"
Lin Xiaoxiao chuckled and waved her hand, "No need, the level of the secret realm we manage is not high, and the required quantity is not particularly large."
The woman looked regretful and said, "Oh, that's alright. Once you manage a higher-level secret realm, you can buy from me and I'll give you a 10% discount."
I spent the whole afternoon shopping, until after 8 p.m.
With most shops closed, Lin Xiaoxiao returned to the hotel with a satisfied Xiao Weizhi and an exhausted treasure-hunting rat.
Late at night, Xiao Weizhi lay in bed with Lin Xiaoxiao in his arms, sighing, "I never imagined that gold-level and diamond-level equipment would be as cheap as cabbage here."
Lin Xiaoxiao raised her eyelids and glanced at him, then yawned widely: "The craftsmen of this underground city of Yorband produce 90% of the equipment, props, and weapons in the City of Gods. Anything below the brick and stone is just practice work by high-level craftsmen, so of course it's dirt cheap."
Bronze and Silver levels are still just the learning assignments for beginner apprentices... (Beginner apprentices are generally 6-8 years old).
It is precisely because of the tens of millions of artisans in this city that the city is able to supply the weapons and items dropped by monsters in the various secret realms outside.
The next day, Xiao Weizhi planned to take Lin Xiaoxiao to the general store to continue shopping.
She pinched him several times before he gave up the idea of going to the general merchandise street and instead went to the regular shopping street.
In a weapon shop on the shopping street, Lin Xiaoxiao bought Xiao Weizhi two sets of five-star level flowing robes, a five-star level staff, and two pieces of three-color level mana regeneration equipment.
Tuoya, the little guide waiting on the side, couldn't help but complain, "Brother, why is it always the older sister who pays? Don't you have any money?"
Xiao Weizhi paused as she reached for the earrings, a blush rising uncontrollably across her fair face, which also flushed pink around her ears and neck.
When it was the first time that Young Master Xiao had ever tried to live off a woman, he was called out by a child, and he felt a little embarrassed.
The shop assistant knew Tuoya and patted the child on the back helplessly: "What do you know, you little brat? It's a young couple, the woman manages the money, it's perfectly normal."
Tuoya pouted and muttered, "Then I won't look for a partner anymore. I have to give my partner the money I earn."
Lin Xiaoxiao chuckled and reached out to pinch Xiao Weizhi's blushing earlobe: "It's okay, buy it if you like it."
Previously in the City of Divine Decree, I exchanged a lot of Wish Coins with the power of faith. Since I won't be in the City of Divine Favor for a long time, it's fine to spend them all.
After this little incident, time quickly came to the day of the Fire Festival.
Lin Xiaoxiao found a shop on the edge of the central square and sat in a small private room on the second floor. Through the window, she stared at the statue of the God of Craftsmen, which was more than ten meters tall, faceless, and holding a forging hammer high in the central square.
To be precise, focus your attention on the hammer held aloft by the statue of the god of craftsmen.
She gently put down her teacup and tossed a 10-wish coin to Tuoya, who was standing to the side waiting: "We'll stay here for a while. Go and get something to eat. Come back to us in three hours."
Tuoya took the wish coin and nodded happily: "Okay!"
After waiting for a while, the celebration officially began.
Many master craftsmen, dressed in neat clothes, combed their usually messy hair back and tidied their beards, lined up and respectfully placed their most prized works of the year before the god of craftsmen.
As more and more epic items were placed in the center of the plaza, the surrounding area gradually began to stir.
Lin Xiaoxiao focused her gaze and her face turned extremely pale, because she saw the group of people who had been chasing her and Xiao Weizhi in the crowd. They were dressed in all-black business suits and had badges with a bow and arrow symbol hanging on their chests.
She whispered to Xiao Weizhi beside her, "Weizhi, they're here. As soon as things get chaotic, we'll run towards the statue. Once we get the item, we'll leave the City of the Gods immediately."
Xiao Weizhi also saw the 'acquaintances' below who were constantly searching for them.
A cold glint flashed in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth and sneered, "I know."
The moment the legendary weapon was brought out, someone in the crowd immediately cast a massive smoke spell towards the central square.
"Be on guard! The people who want to steal the props are here!"
As the shouts subsided, thousands of skills landed on the mist in the center of the square, followed by violent explosions. The explosions blew away most of the smoke in the square, making it barely visible.
Xiao Weizhi cast a sprint spell on himself, then, carrying Lin Xiaoxiao on his back, he jumped out of the second-floor window and, like a gentle breeze, sprinted towards the statue in the square.
In the chaos, the pursuers still noticed Xiao Weizhi and Lin Xiaoxiao, reacted quickly, and gave chase.
When the two arrived at the statue, Lin Xiaoxiao realized that the statue was intact and had not been smashed to pieces during the first wave of attacks, unlike in her previous life.
She climbed off Xiao Weizhi's back and said in a deep voice, "Weizhi, knock the hammer off the statue."
Xiao Weizhi immediately pulled out a long sword from his spatial storage and slashed at the hammer held by the statue without hesitation. The metal and stone collided, producing a series of teeth-grinding clanging sounds.
After being slashed more than a dozen times, the guards of Yorband, who were fighting the enemy in the square, also noticed that someone was destroying the statue of the god of craftsmen.
The guard immediately roared, "Someone is destroying the idol! Quick, stop them!"
Cold sweat broke out on Xiao Weizhi's forehead, veins bulged on his right hand, he clenched his teeth and increased the force with which he chopped the statue.
The pursuers behind them and the guards on the other side raised their weapons at Lin Xiaoxiao and Xiao Weizhi, and the light of their skills shone brightly.
At the critical moment, the hammer on the statue was cut off and fell down, which Lin Xiaoxiao, who was waiting nearby, quickly put into her spatial storage.
Xiao Wei instinctively turned around and shielded Lin Xiaoxiao in front of him, using his back to block the incoming skills and arrows...
The next second, the teleportation light rose up—
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Author's Note: Mini-Theater:
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Miao held the microphone up to Xiaoxiao and asked, "Miss Lin, what's it like to spend money on Young Master Xiao?"
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Lin Xiaoxiao fanned herself with banknotes in her hand, laughing smugly: "It's so great! Before, he was always the one spending money on me, but now I'm spending money on him. I'm experiencing the joy of a rich woman supporting a handsome man."
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Xiao Weizhi blushed from head to toe, hid in a corner and covered her face, secretly vowing that she would work hard to make money in the City of Divine Favor in the future.
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