Chapter 218 (2/2)
“Mn!”
Beiming Xue was drinking her milk, and she put down her gla.s.s temporarily to ask, “Big bro, our previous workshop was called b.l.o.o.d.y Mercenaries, and now it's joined up with Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls. What should we call our new workshop then?”
Her question stumped me immediately. I muttered to myself, “What should we call our new workshop? Maybe we can just call it b.l.o.o.d.y—nah, that's not good, we have Eve and Mingyue now. Ancient Sword is clearly not good either, we're a workshop that is detached from our gaming base. It's gotta be a new name…”
Murong Mingyue puffed up her chest confidently and declared, “Let's just call it Mingyue workshop…”
I shot a glance and snickered. “Who do you think you are? There's no way we can use your name…”
He Yi also nodded in agreement. “That's right, you're just a healer. You can't be the face of our workshop. It should be a whole new name, but what?”
Beiming Xue tried. “We have three girls and one boy here, so how about we call ourselves… the Emei Sect?”
“Pu!”
I accidentally spat out the water in my mouth. “Why on earth would you want to be a bunch of Daoist nuns? Absolutely not.”
Beiming Xue blinked. “Well, there are three girls in the workshop, so… do you have an idea, big bro?”
“I wonder…”
I thought for a moment when a light bulb suddenly appeared above my head. I declared confidently, “From now on, our name is Stayfree workshop…”
“Pu!”
This time, it was the three girls who spat out their drinks. The living room dissolved into chaos for a moment.
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In the end, we weren't able to come up with a good name everyone was satisfied with, so we decided to put it on the backburner and tackle it another time.
I logged into the game after breakfast was over!
Swhoos.h.!.+
I checked my level after I appeared in Floating Ice City's inn. Due to Beiming Xue's matter the day before, I had dropped to the fourth place of the player ranking.
NameLevelCla.s.sWind Fantasy74Light WandererClear Perfume73ArcherPurple Marquis73WarriorBroken Halberd Sinks Into Sand72Undead SwordsmanDominating Heaven Blade72WarriorBeiming Xue71Dark ArcherGui Guzi71Undead KnightShadow Chanel71MageIndigo Collar71WarriorDominating Mage G.o.d71Mage
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Lin Yixin was still number one, and Clear Perfume probably had just finished some epic quest line since she leveled up twice in a single night, entering the Top 3. As of now, the entire podium of the Heavenly Ranking belonged to Snowy Cathaya In other words, they were as dominant as the sun in Floating Ice City!
There were four Snowy Cathaya players, three Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls players, two G.o.ds of Destruction players and one Peach Garden player on the Heavenly Ranking. It was the world of the Top 4 guilds of Floating Ice City!
I checked the contents of my bag for a bit. I didn't have much of anything, but my gold count did go up by ten thousand or so. It was the sum I got after selling the random a.s.sortment of top-tier equipment I had gotten during my adventures. The income was good. Thanks to my high level, awesome equipment and solo grinding, I was able to earn a couple thousand RMB a day. Thank you very much for the gold~~
After I was done admiring myself, I checked my skill list next and noted that my Cooking was now Rank 7. Very good. It was time to find some Rank 7 ingredients to grind and reach Rank 8!
As the average level of players increased, so did the MP expenditure of the top-tier mages. The most basic of Rank 7 spells cost 70 MP, and such mages' total MP was around 2000. They would literally run out of mana with a few high-rank Fireb.a.l.l.s. Therefore, Rank 6 Magic Consumables were no longer enough to meet their needs. It was time to look for something better.
I brought up the official database and searched for the term “Turtle Meat”. The only information I found was:
Frost Turtle: A wild monster between Level 75 and 85. They can be spotted at the freshwater lakes to the southwest of Floating Ice City. Their diet consists of fishes and prawns, and their bodies are extremely tough. Empowered by the power of ice, they are capable of firing magic attacks at their enemies.
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Very good, I should be able to gather a ton of Turtle Meat if I hunt down these monsters!
Right now I had no idea where I could find a quest to do anyway, so I might as well check out the west side of Floating Ice City.
I opened the world map and saw all of Floating Ice City. Some portions of the giant map were open for access, and others were concealed, including the freshwater lakes that were supposed to be at the southwest side of the map. Not even the names of the concealed locations had been revealed to the players. However, I could spot a blue area in that region. I was sure that it was the lake I was looking for.
It was only a 50-minute journey away from where I was, but to most players it was too much running and not enough grinding. Most players would choose to travel to a leveling ground at most 20 minutes away, because it seemed foolish to spend an hour traveling instead of fighting monsters.
I repaired my equipment, bought some pots and checked my bag again. I still had some of the Rank 6 Health Potions Lin Yixin had given me last time, and they should be enough for my trip even if I happened to run into a boss. Plus, my Defense was awesome, and Tenacity of the Dead could instantly restore 25% of my HP. Soloing a boss below Level 80 shouldn't be entirely out of the question for me.
I ran along a small trail across Frost Forest as nighttime arrived. The forest grew increasingly wetter as time pa.s.sed, and dew was starting to form on the leaves and branches. The slightest touch would cause them to splash against my flesh and induce a cool, icy sensation.
I aspired to maximize my gains as much as possible, and if nothing else, gather as much Turtle Meat as I could before returning to Floating Ice City. If I added some carrots to the mix, I could even cook special Turtle Soups that gave 20% more MP than normal. For example, a Rank 7 Magic Consumable could restore 800 MP in one go, so a 20% increase would make it almost 1000 MP. That should be enough to satisfy the needs of Level 70 mages!
1. Stayfree is a female hygiene product brand
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