Chapter 685 - Obfuscation (2/2)

Immortality?

Ren Xiaosu had never thought about living forever. He always felt it might not be a good thing for some people to live too long.

If a cat was not happy, having nine lives would be kind of sorrowful.

Ren Xiaosu did not think those people living in high places and had a grip on authority were truly happy at all.

Tonight, Ren Xiaosu was keeping watch for the first half of the night. Even though he was on guard in front of Yang Xiaojin’s tent, Yang Xiaojin still placed her pistol nearby so she could easily grab it. However, her breathing this time was much more even, and it was as though she was sleeping better.

Ren Xiaosu turned around and glanced at Yang Xiaojin, who was sound asleep. This girl must have been so wary in the past because she did not have anyone she could rely on.

Comparing Yang Xiaojin’s current state with how she was in the past, she did not even fully trust Luo Xinyu. After all, Luo Xinyu had always been by her side while they were in the Jing Mountains. But at that time, Ren Xiaosu clearly noticed the girl had never really slept well.

At this moment, the young man, who had earlier asked Ren Xiaosu what his expertise was, got up and walked into the wilderness. It might be that he wanted to relieve himself.

Initially, Ren Xiaosu did not take this matter to heart. However, something the palace said suddenly caused his expression to change.

Ren Xiaosu paled as he sat at the entrance of the tent. When the young man returned to the campsite more than ten minutes later, Ren Xiaosu looked up and asked, “Why were you gone for so long? Did you pee on your hands?”

The young man was shocked. Are you crazy?!

The young man flew into a rage out of humiliation. “What’s so strange about that? Have you never peed on your hands before?”

Ren Xiaosu sighed. Judging by this reaction, he actually got it right!

But he really did not want to ask such a weird question in the first place. It was the palace that made him do it!

Moreover, after this quest was completed, the palace suddenly added, “As you have completed three penalties perfectly, a side quest has been activated. If you can complete every quest perfectly over the next seven days, you will receive a new skill reward.”

Ren Xiaosu was stunned. He did not even hear what the young man said to him after that. After completing all three penalties perfectly today, he had activated a new side quest that would reward him with a new skill?

When it came to new skills, Ren Xiaosu got really excited at the thought. After all, everything the palace gave him as a reward, including a crop like the Potato Shooter, always proved to be useful at critical moments.

Ren Xiaosu was a very pragmatic person. As long as there was a new skill to be earned, what was there to be embarrassed about?

Then Ren Xiaosu heard the sound of something stepping on decaying leaves in the wilderness behind him. But when he turned around, he did not see anything.

Ren Xiaosu counted the number of people at the campsite. Everyone was right here, so who could have made that sound just now?

He recalled his encounters in the Jing Mountains. At that time, they had also encountered many strange happenings.

The commotion outside the campsite did not only alarm Ren Xiaosu, but many of those who were sleeping also suddenly opened their eyes. It seemed that everyone here was no average person.

Yang Xiaojin asked in a whisper, “Is it an enemy attack?”

Ren Xiaosu shook his head. “Don’t worry, go back to sleep. Everything will be fine with me around.”

He was no longer that ignorant young man from the Jing Mountains.