Ch78 - They were all made up of data. If looks weren’t important, then what was? Their soul? (1/2)

Although he had become aware of some things, based on the current situation, Xue Ling could guess that it would take some time before he could remember anything. He very naturally placed this matter on his list for further consideration later on, and then coldly refused the person in front of him’s invitation.

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“There’s no need. I’m just looking for materials, and there are no advantages for you.” These words of refusal sounded particularly pleasant when coming from his mouth, as though he was being considerate towards of the other party.

Su Xuanyan shrugged and did not respond to Xue Ling’s words. He just followed behind Xue Ling as he continued on his way.

Since they had not yet reached the stage where they could fight in the sky or use their swords to fly, whenever they needed to go somewhere, they still had to walk to the teleportation arrays. Fortunately, the one thing that absolutely Jiuzhou did not lack were teleportation points. In order to facilitate travel across the continent, there were many such arrays everywhere.

Su Xuanyan wanted to follow, and Xue Ling did not prevent him from doing so. Once they had left the novice village, there was no way to go back unless they received a quest that was related to it and so far, he had never heard of such a quest. So, even though the protagonist shou had already arrived, Xue Ling still chose to go and do the things he needed for himself.

After all, the protagonist gong and shou only came into contact after the protagonist shou was unexpectedly accepted as a disciple by an elder of Tianxuan Gate. As his only martial-brother, the protagonist gong was told to take good care of his younger martial-brother, and over the course of taking care of him, they ended up in bed.

Plots like these were very popular, but Xue Ling would not let it happen so smoothly.

His priority now was not to worry about the protagonists, but to make himself a good sword. Although the system could help him find high quality materials, he still needed to go and kill the monsters in order to obtain the things that he wanted.

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While they chatted, the two of them had already arrived at the place where Xue Ling wanted to go. There was a vast ocean before their eyes, and Xue Ling’s final destination was underwater, so without a second thought, he dived directly into the water.

Although somewhat surprised by his actions, Su Xuanyan, who was following behind him, also quickly jumped in. After jumping in, he saw a certain someone’s long hair glide across the water in front of him, white clothing floating up as the soaked garments completely outlined the person’s figure. He was currently holding his breath and swimming to a cave under the sea.

Su Xuanyan frowned slightly, and pulled up information about the cave. Only then did he learn that there was a rare piece of frozen cloud iron in the cave, the kind that only showed up once in a thousand years. It was a good material for forging swords, and would definitely be able to make a sword that suited Xue Ling’s attributes.

Only, Xue Ling was currently level 17, while the monster who protected the frozen cloud iron was level 40.

This was a hidden instance that had already been set up, but had not yet been opened up for players. Normally, players would only learn the location of the cave by completing a prerequisite quest chain, and the quests would definitely have a level requirement.

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For Xue Ling to be so clear about the existence of the place, it looked as though he had been well-prepared before coming here.

Su Xuanyan laughed lightly. He just knew that the person that he liked would absolutely not be ordinary. No wonder the main computer was also watching him; it was probably because he was just like them, a ‘strange being’ that existed in this world. Only, he had sneaked in so quietly. Was the fox here to take something from the main computer, or had he simply been born because of the game and therefore chose to live here?

As his ‘senior’ in various ways, Su Xuanyan felt it necessary to properly teach him not expose everything in front of others. If it had been the main computer here instead of him, by now, this fox would probably be trapped with no chance to win.

Following Xue Ling as he swam through the water, the two finally arrived at a platform. Other than the stream of sea water in the middle that had brought them here, the surrounding area was a flat and dry. It was illogical for such a place to exist in the middle of the ocean, and even more unreasonable for a person to appear here at this point in time.

In fact, Xue Ling had not hacked into the main computer in order to find the information. He knew about the cave because the protagonists had completed a series of quests later on in the original plot and obtained a piece of frozen cloud iron. After that, Thousand Miles Without Leave had crafted a sword for Xiaoqiao Tingyu as proof of the feelings between the two.

Xue Ling had no second thoughts about taking the frozen cloud iron and preventing them from obtaining it. In any case, they only received this quest chain because the original string of data had modified some data for them. Now that he was not foolish enough to expose himself for those two, why not make good use of something so useful?

As for fighting a level 40 monster whose level was far above his?

Ha-ha, levels were nothing in Xue Ling’s eyes. His strength came from his own power and abilities, and although he needed a teacher to learn skills on the surface, in fact, as soon as those skills were unlocked, he could already use them perfectly.

After all, Xue Ling had been a fox demon for thousands of years. Since he was a fox demon again in this world, he would at the very least have some measure of control.

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As for a certain person behind him?

Since he unexpectedly was able to safely follow him over, there was obviously no need to worry about him. That person would definitely not be some simple character that would casually die. He still didn’t know why, but it seemed that his lover’s status in every world was always much higher than his, and he was really a godly assistant and big golden thigh. If he really was unable to deal with the monster, then he could just look towards Su Xuanyan. If that guy was genuinely a lower levelled weakling that couldn’t even deal with one little monster, then Xue Ling would change his surname to his.

The system had a cold expression on its face as it interjected, “If you want to use your husband’s surname, nobody will stop you.”

“Shut up.”

“Tsk.” Its host’s arrogance was getting worse and worse, getting angry even though it hadn’t said anything wrong.

The monster that protected the frozen cloud iron was a level 40 rabbit monster. Xue Ling had no idea how rabbits could exist under water, even though there was no water in this cave. The rabbit’s attack also made Xue Ling not know whether to laugh or cry, because its attacks were carrots that were launched everywhere in the air.

Carrots fell down like rain. If they hit, Xue Ling would lose the majority of his health, and if two or three of them hit, then he would end up dead on the ground.

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Interestingly, not only did carrots fall from the sky, but vegetables also sprouted from the earth. If he stepped on them, the vegetables would turn into people-eating monsters and bite his feet.

This overwhelming and dense offensive made it impossible to approach the rabbit, let alone kill it.