Chapter 4：Alchemy (2/2)
”Oh, you can earn money by converting in-game currencies to dollars. We make some good bucks, enough for our monthly pocket change” said Logan. ”Alright, we are logging in, you should go too, Alex.” All 3 of them logged in afterward.
”Me? Earn money with the game?” that concept was quite funny to him. A kid who barely played any video games could never earn money from it.
He quickly freshened up and went back to his bed. He saw that his phone had a notification and checked it.
His cousin, Hannah, had replied. He put down his phone and put on the helmet. Before he knew it, he was back in the game.
He opened his eyes in the room in the tavern. As soon as he did, he heard the rumbling of his stomach.
”I can get hungry as well?”
Thankfully, he was already at a tavern, so he walked down to the ground floor and ordered himself a bowl of stew. It cost him one Silver, but he didn't care for the money right now.
He listened to the conversations of different people in the tavern and came to a piece of information that interested him. Hong Wu sect was holding an entrance exam tomorrow.
During dinner, the 3 guys have told him that he should find a sect as fast as possible. 'If they are really taking a test, then I should try in it as well.' He thought.
He walked to the people who were talking about this and asked, ”Hello, can you tell me where this examination is taking place exactly?”
”I would suggest you don't bother, brother. Hong Wu Sect is an alchemy sect, so they are very hard to get into. But, if you still want to know, it will take place at around 8 am in the Hong Wu Sect.”
'Alchemy?' he was confused as he had never heard that term before. 'I should check what it is tomorrow morning.'
He went back to his room after eating the food and thought, ”It's already so late at night. So, I probably shouldn't go out, right? Why don't I take this chance to cultivate instead.”
He sat cross-legged in the bed and started to meditate. Slowly, he started getting drowsy, and before he knew it, he had lost consciousness and entered a trance-like state.
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Alex suddenly woke up. He didn't realize when he had fallen asleep in the game, but by the time he was awake, it was already 6 AM in the morning.
”Where am I?” he got confused for a second before he realized that he was still in the game. ”But, I fell asleep, how am I still in the game?” he was confused. After he stopped thinking about it, he logged out.