Chapter 43 (Face Shaping)
Perhaps the giant eagle's owner is not far away.
He received a reply from the leader of the men in black shortly after showing off his extraordinary encounter.
“Our master has promised you that if you bring back the Star of Bliss and hand it over to us, he will pay you a thousand gold pieces.”
Show off your amazing encounter! Look at the new side quest generated by the system with satisfaction, and click to accept it.
"Okay, I'll contact you again once I find Elysium."
He turned and prepared to leave.
"etc!"
The man in black suddenly called out to Xiu Chuqi and tossed her a whistle.
“Once you find the Star of Elysium, blow this whistle, and the giant eagle will guide us to find you.”
Watching the departing figure of the man who had just shared his extraordinary adventure, one of the men in black suddenly spoke.
"Can she really find Elysium?"
“Of course,” a seductive voice rang out, “she is the Green Reed Fairy Mother.”
The speaker was a woman of breathtaking beauty; it was unclear when she had appeared there. Upon hearing her voice, the men in black around them immediately knelt down.
"Owner!"
The woman ignored the man in black, and continued to smile as she looked in the direction where the woman had left after her extraordinary encounter.
"The King of Kucha wants us, the clam and the crane, to fight each other so he can reap the benefits. But I'm determined not to do as he wishes. I wonder what his expression will be when he sees the Green Reed Fairy return?"
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Showing off his extraordinary adventure, he left the spot but did not go to the King of Kucha's camp as the mysterious woman had suggested. Instead, he followed the quest's guidance to an unnamed sand dune.
Step into the yellow box marked with the system task icon, show off your adventure and click to interact. In no time, you'll dig out a corpse from the sand pile.
Interact with the corpse again, and once the progress bar is complete, a gem marked with the words "Star of Elysium" will fall into the backpack of the person who showed off their adventure.
She took it out and looked at it out of curiosity.
"It looks so ordinary, not even as pretty as a cat's eye stone, yet it's worth a thousand gold?"
Whether she thinks it's worth it or not, as long as the NPC thinks it is, that's all that matters.
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he deftly took out a whistle from his backpack, blew it lightly, and a sharp sound rang out.
Within minutes, a flock of giant eagles pulled a boat traveling in the desert towards her.
"Wow!" Showing off her amazing encounter, she couldn't help but exclaim, "A new mount! I want it!"
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Back on the ghost ship, Shi Guanyin leisurely reclined on the couch, enjoying delicious food while being served by several handsome men.
A pair of exceptionally long and slender hands gently peeled the skin of the purple grapes and tenderly fed the peeled grapes to Shi Guanyin.
Shi Guanyin swallowed the grapes as if it were a common occurrence, her eyes glancing at the handsome man massaging her.
"How long do you think it will take for the Green Aloe Fairy to retrieve the Star of Elysium from the King of Kucha?"
Upon hearing this, the handsome man's face turned pale, and he knelt down with a thud.
“We, as slaves, have no right to listen to our master’s plans. Please spare our lives.”
The other handsome men surrounding the stone Guanyin also knelt down, their trembling appearance quite pitiful.
Shi Guanyin gently stroked the face of one of her favorite male concubines: "I forgot, but the rules cannot be changed easily. You may each go and receive a hundred lashes."
Upon hearing this, the group of handsome men not only weren't angry, but instead showed expressions of relief, as if they had escaped death.
One by one, they looked at the stone Guanyin with lingering eyes and thanked her in as soft a voice as possible.
"Thank you for your kindness, Master."
One group of male concubines left, and another group took their place.
Shi Guanyin was in a good mood and was about to exchange a few jokes with her male concubines when she heard a series of sharp whistles.
"There's news from Elysium!"
Shi Guanyin sat up straight and waved her hand to dismiss the male concubine beside her.
"I didn't expect the Green Reed Fairy to be so fast? Could it be that she has joined forces with the King of Kucha? Otherwise, how could she obtain the Star of Bliss from the King of Kucha so quickly?"
Shi Guanyin became suspicious and beckoned to the female disciple who controlled the giant eagle to ask her questions. She was surprised to learn that the Green Reed Fairy Mother was actually found on Peng Yihu's corpse.
Her face darkened.
"All the people we sent to intercept and kill the Five Tigers of the Peng Clan have been dealt with."
"They killed everyone, but didn't bring back any loot, leaving it for others to scavenge." Shi Guanyin grew angrier the more she thought about it: "They can't even handle such a small matter, what use are they?"
"Yes!" A woman with a veil covering her face responded and withdrew.
Having killed the incompetent servant, Shi Guanyin's anger finally subsided considerably. But what followed was curiosity about the Green Reed Fairy Mother.
How did she know that the Star of Elysium was hidden inside Peng Yihu's body?
Shi Guanyin, who was always confident in her martial arts skills, decided to personally meet the Green Reed Fairy Mother who had suddenly appeared in the desert.
Arriving at their destination aboard the ghost ship, Shi Guanyin saw from afar a green gourd spirit with long, beautiful legs standing atop a sand dune.
"..."
Even though she had heard about the appearance of the Green Reed Fairy Mother before, Shi Guanyin still felt a pain in her eyes when she actually saw her.
Does she have absolutely no sense of aesthetics?
"Since it's already a demon that has become a spirit, can't it transform into something more attractive?"
For the first time in her life, Shi Guanyin, who always hated other people's beauty, hoped that the person in front of her could be a little more beautiful.
This appearance was so ugly it hurt her eyes.
Shi Guanyin averted her gaze from the hideously ugly goatee and spoke directly.
"You found Elysium?"
The Green Reed Fairy opposite nodded. With her movements, the green lotus leaves and pink lotus flowers above her head trembled, and if one ignored the gourd below, it looked quite beautiful.
Before Shi Guanyin could even shake off this absurd thought, the other party suddenly jumped onto the boat and handed her a shiny diamond.
A murderous intent flashed through Shi Guanyin's mind, but she quickly suppressed it and reached out to take the diamond that Xiu had given her.
"Is this the Star of Elysium?"
Showing off his extraordinary encounter, he nodded.
"right."
Then, without any hesitation, he stretched out his hand to Shi Guanyin: "One thousand gold coins."
Shi Guanyin remained silent for a moment, but reason prevailed in the end. She nodded and gestured to the female disciple behind her to take out the gold notes and hand them to Xiu Chuqiyu.
After showing off his extraordinary encounter and accepting the quest reward, he wasn't in a hurry to leave. Instead, he turned around and took a closer look at the ghost ship beneath his feet.
Then he turned to Shi Guanyin and asked, "Where did you get this mount? Are you selling it?"
Shi Guanyin was taken aback.
No one ever dared to ask her if she was selling the ghost ship.
She couldn't help but laugh.
"You probably can't afford this."
Show off your amazing adventures and no one will believe you.
She has almost 300 bricks in her bag, how could she not afford a rare mount? You know, at the end of the season, even a large iron mount only costs 400 bricks, how could this be comparable to the price of an iron mount?
"How much?"
"It's not about money. This thing can't be bought with money."
Showing off her unexpected encounter, she understood the implication: "Then how can I buy it from you?"
What do you want?
Shi Guanyin turned around and retreated back to her bed, where she half-reclined and picked up a grape to examine it.
“I lack nothing. If you really want something, you should think about what you can do to move me.”
Showing off my amazing adventures has made me numb.
How did she know what the other person wanted?
No, it seems she really does know!
Picking up another phone, she quickly searched for information about Shi Guanyin online, discovering that the person had a deep obsession with beauty.
She opened her backpack, showed off her adventure, and rummaged around inside before finally fixing her gaze on a character customization card she hadn't had a chance to use yet.
"The quest items are non-tradeable, but they can be given to NPCs."
"Can those non-tradeable character creation cards be given to NPCs?"
A daring idea flashed through her mind as she recounted her extraordinary encounter. She decisively took out the face-pinching card and handed it to Shi Guanyin.
Looking at the small card with a puzzled expression, Shi Guanyin asked curiously, "What is this?"
Seeing that the character customization card could actually be given to NPCs, I was overjoyed to show off my amazing encounter.
He quickly began to explain.
"This is a character customization card that lets you change your appearance."
Thinking it was just an ordinary disguise prop, Shi Guanyin threw the item back.
"Disguise is nothing, do you think I can't do that?"
"You want to trade this for my ghost ship? That's far from enough."
"This isn't a disguise tool; it's a face-shaping card."
Showing off her amazing experience, she explained, "By crushing it, you can reshape your facial features, skin, and makeup."
"It's not just a disguise, it's a real face change."
Shi Guanyin's eyes changed.
After hearing Xiu Chuqiyu's explanation, her eyes were filled with determination as she looked at the character creation card in Xiu Chuqiyu's hand.
But she, always cautious, still asked the question.
How do you prove it?
Showing off her extraordinary encounter only made me think she was difficult to deal with.
But for the sake of a new adventure mount, even if it's difficult, so be it. There are plenty of difficult NPCs in JX3. Are we really going to give up the quest rewards just because of this?
Impossible!
“I can show you.”
Show off your adventure by removing a series of accessories from the gourd set to reveal your character's original face.
“This is what I look like now,” he said, switching to a face he had created before: “This is the face I created before.”
“You can take a closer look; it’s definitely not a disguise, the bag is real.”
Shi Guanyin, who was initially filled with murderous intent when she revealed her true appearance after showing off her extraordinary encounter, unconsciously dispelled her murderous intent when she saw the second avatar of Shi Guanyin.
The first face was so beautiful that it aroused her jealousy, but the second face continued the aesthetic of the Green Aloe Fairy Mother, and was so ugly that it hurt her eyes.
After personally rubbing the unsuspecting Green Reed Fairy Mother's cheeks to make sure there was no trace of disguise, Shi Guanyin finally felt relieved.
"I need to test the effect first. If it is really as you say, then why not give this ghost ship to you?"
After glancing at the task panel and seeing that the corresponding task had indeed been generated, he decisively showed off the "Adventure" card and handed it to Shi Guanyin again.
"Wait here for a moment."
Before she could even respond with her extraordinary encounter, Shi Guanyin had already flown into the cabin.
The man who wanted to follow was stopped by a female disciple whose face was covered with a white veil.
"Master asked you to wait here."
Thinking that the system was preventing him from entering, he didn't argue and simply sat down on the spot, waiting patiently.
After who knows how much time had passed, and after several guide posts had been published about the adventure, Shi Guanyin finally emerged slowly.
The phone's camera, set to a distant view, doesn't show many details of the adventure. However, the hearts constantly appearing above the NPC's head indicate that Shi Guanyin is satisfied with the character customization card.
"Now you should hand over the ghost ship to me, right?"
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