59 Chapter 59 - How Things Are in Yueye City (1/2)

Fleeting Smile unintentionally said something about Gu Fei finding a clue to the chain quest, 'Eddie's Mission', when the latter had asked for directions to Yeguang Village. Because of this slip of the tongue, Gu Fei somewhat deduced that a link to the chain quest existed in that village. Gu Fei always thought that finding out the mission Eddie had taken would unravel as well as help continue the chain quest. By the looks of things, the clue was of Eddie either passing through that village once or being an inhabitant of that place.

It was easy to find out which of these two the clue was. Gu Fei only had to ask the NPCs in that village about Eddie.

Gu Fei considered all this as he and Xiaoyu steadily walked toward the city. The outline of Yueye City could be seen from their current location, and it looked rather unremarkable just like Yunduan City. Xiaoyu had a dumbfounded look on her face as she pointed at the city, ”That's a really big village.”

Gu Fei did not know whether to laugh or cry at her comment, ”That's not Yeguang Village but Yueye City. It's just like Yunduan City. We'll ask the locals for direction to Yeguang Village since it's probably nearby.” Gu Fei looked around and spotted a few players engaging the monsters scattered about. The area was apparently not a popular grinding map, seeing that there were not many players around. Gu Fei chose a random player and walked toward him with Xiaoyu.

This player wore the signature clothes for Thieves and ran with brisk footsteps. He avoided half of the monsters he encountered instead of confronting them. The player would also bend over from time to time as if he was searching for something on the ground.

Gu Fei and Xiaoyu chased the person as they yelled to get his attention.

”Hey, buddy. What's your name?” Gu Fei asked as soon as they caught up to the player who had stopped running.

”Master Kang,” the player replied as he examined the two.

”Ha ha ha ha ha! Your IGN is the same as that instant noodle brand!” Xiaoyu chortled. This sort of joke was right up her alley. Instead, a Mage having the name Fireball was a more complex joke to her.

The person's face turned unpleasant as he said, ”It's not a name I chose for myself.”

Hearing that this player was a member of the forced-to-bear-an-undesirable-IGN club like him, Gu Fei immediately felt a slight sense of closeness to him. He stopped Xiaoyu's laughter as he continued to ask, ”We're trying to get to Yeguang Village; do you know the way?”

Master Kang looked at the two with shock, ”Appraisal doesn't work on either of you! You guys must have a higher level than me! Level 30, perhaps?”

The two nodded their heads.

”You guys are at level 30, yet you don't know how to get there?” Master Kang began to regard them with suspicion.

”You're mistaken. We're not from Yueye City but from Yunduan City, which is somewhere over there,” Gu Fei pointed toward the direction of Yunduan City as he explained.

Master Kang's eyes suddenly shone brightly, ”Really, you're from another city? You actually traveled on foot from there to here? Which road did you take? How long did you walk?”

”We trekked through the Oolong Mountain Range for three hours at a leisure pace,” Gu Fei gave an overall answer.

”Come here! Let me ask you something,” Master Kang pulled Gu Fei toward himself, ”In Yunduan City, have you seen a plant with green leaves and pink – or rosy red – flowers? The leaves are about this big,” Master Kang gave an estimated measurement with his hands.

”Nope,” Gu Fei swiftly shook his head.

”Think this through first,” Master Kang maintained a hopeful look at Gu Fei.

”Green leaves with pink or rosy red flower petals... I've seen some plants similar to your description but never one with leaves THAT big! So my answer is still no,” Gu Fei said firmly as he made the same hand gesture. The leaf size that Master Kang had gestured was ridiculously huge. Gu Fei estimated that a plant with such large leaves would most likely be about a man's height; ergo, it should no longer be called a plant but a small tree instead! Gu Fei had definitely not seen something like that in all his travels.

”What sort of plant is that?” Xiaoyu asked curiously.

”Oh, I'm an Herbalist looking for that medicinal herb among others. Is either of you an Herbalist? If you guys aren't, then there won't be any point in me sharing information about that plant.”

Gu Fei and Xiaoyu were no longer at a loss. Gu Fei, in particular, did not have much knowledge about the crafting profession except for the fact that there were currently five main types of it: Chef, Blacksmith, Tailor, Herbalist, and Alchemist. Chef made food, Blacksmith produced weapons, Tailor sewed clothing, Herbalist researched medicine, and Alchemist crafted magic staves or similar equipment, as well as accessories.

”If possible, try to look for it yourself in Yunduan City! Don't just take our words for it. After all, we're not experts when it comes to plants,” Gu Fei advised.

Master Kang nodded, yet his face showed worry, ”Yunduan City may not be very far, but I heard that it's a very dangerous place.”

”How so?” Gu Fei felt puzzled.

”Heard that the top killer in the entire gaming server is in that city. He got 15 PK points in a day from hunting a single player all over the city. He even caused that player to drop eight levels, and yet no one dared to stop him. It's far too frightening,” Master Kang said in a frightened voice.

Gu Fei could only grimace in response, while Xiaoyu became upset, ”What did you say? Do you even know who that killer hunted? It's a rotten-to-the-core swindler.”

Master Kang nodded his head, ”Heard about that as well. Hot da*n! For that guy to take such extreme measures… He must have been cheated horribly by that swindler in the past.”

Gu Fei felt so mad that he almost fainted. How had the entire story become this twisted just by spreading beyond the Oolong Mountain Range? This in-game information had been spread through the online forums; how could it deviate so far from the truth when there was a centralized platform to clarify the validity of any in-game information or story?