Chapter 244: Purple Dragon Howl (2/2)
2!
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Hahaha, 1 damage? Guard truly was an incredible skill!
“Glug!”
I downed an HP potion and healed myself. Three seconds had passed, and I had recovered from the ”Weakened” status. My Defense had also returned to normal, meaning that the Greedy Wolves couldn’t threaten me anymore.
After killing the last few mobs, I received a message from He Yi: ”Lu Chen, we’re logging off now! The server maintenance is about to start!”
”Got it. I’ll be logging off as well!”
I set down a tent at the entrance to Xinran’s village. I guess you could say that, game-wise, I would be staying the night there.
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I checked the time after I returned to the real world. It was past 5 pm, and I had to skip lunch in order to complete the quest. That being said, the reward was pretty sizable. Not only did I leap from Level 78 to Level 83, I gained a new trump card called Purple Dragon Howl. It was such an amazing skill that I bet it was one of the kind in the entire server right now. Its value was immeasurable in a PvP war, especially when the enemy had formed a defense line. I bet that it would tear them apart as if they were paper!!
Very delighted with today’s reward, I stepped out of the room and found the girls fully dressed up as if they were about to go out.
”Are we going somewhere?” I asked.
”Yep, we’re going to the base!” He Yi smiled at me. ”We’ve decided to invite the core players of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls to dinner tonight. Xu Yang, Du Thirteen, Gui Guzi, Yamete, Chaos Moon, and so on will be attending as well.”
”Oh, that sounds fantastic. I wonder what I should wear…”
”I thought you only had two sets of clothes?” Murong Mingyue teased me.
”Fuck~~”
I rolled my eyes, but she had a point. I was a normal man, so there were only three sets of clothes in my wardrobe at most. But so what? I’m not a prostitute, I don’t have to dress up and attract customers!
We took off after I was done tidying myself. I was the driver tonight, and I overtook countless cars on the elevated highway with Murong Mingyue’s powerful A8. Countless drivers spat at me because of it.
The venue was a hotel, or rather a restaurant, called Zhongtian Business Hotel. It was in the city center. Only twelve of us were attending, so the expenses were fairly small. Besides, Murong Mingyue was the one who would be paying for the meal. She was He Yi’s assistant, and she was entrusted with a fair amount of economical power, so to speak.
Xu Yang, Gui Guzi, and the others were already waiting for us when we made it to the restaurant. Du Thirteen walked up to us with a smile. ”Finally, our glorious leaders are here! Now can we get some food on the table already? I’m so hungry I could die!”
”Fuck!” I punched him once before laughing. ”How have you been in the past few days?”
Du Thirteen laughed. ”Not bad, not bad.”
Gui Guzi added in a timely manner, ”Oh yes, he’s doing well alright. He tried to invite Chaos Moon to a date, but was turned down. Then he tried to make a move on Moonlight Stone and got the same treatment. Brother B’s casanova legend was completely destroyed as a result…”
I couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise, ”Really? He was a legend back in our school days though. He used to go through girlfriends faster than I went through my bed sheets!”
He Yi giggled. ”Why does it sound like you’re the one who’s going through your bed sheets too quickly?”
”Ahem…” I coughed embarrassedly before looking at Du Thirteen. ”Seriously, how did you fail? Both Chaos Moon and Moonlight Stone are pretty good girls. It shouldn’t be hard for you to hook up with them.”
Du Thirteen curled his lips but didn’t say anything. It clearly was a silent plea that he would rather forget the experience.
But Yamete dashed his hopes and laughed loudly. ”Allow me! When Thirteen tried to woo Chaos Moon, she asked him: what good points do you have? Are you as rich as Li Le, as skillful as Lu Chen, as tough as Gui Guzi, or as brave as Xu Yang? You don’t even have Yamete’s fluffy tummy, do you? Why should I go on a date with you?”
He Yi and Murong Mingyue burst into a giggle. Our Chaos Moon had quite the bizarre tastes for men, it seemed.
It was at this moment Chaos Moon and Moonlight Stone showed up together. ”What are you laughing about?”
”Nope, nothing at all!” Everyone shook their heads in unison.
He Yi leaned against me and said in a soft voice, ”If Chaos Moon meant what she said, I doubt she’ll ever find her ideal boyfriend.”
I nodded. ”Yeah.”
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We entered our room and sat around a large table. The four of us from Frost Cloud workshop and the eight key players of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls totaled 12 people.
Xu Yang had booked all the dishes even before we showed up. He had worked under He Yi and Murong Mingyue for a long time, so he wasn’t completely ignorant about certain things. For example, assuming he hadn’t booked the dishes, and Gui Guzi had gotten his hands on the menu. ”What is this Clear Sky exactly? Ah, it’s stir-fried bok choy—wait, WTF!? How can something so simple cost 88 RMB? I’m not eating at this place!”
Of course, it was equally pointless to berate the waiter about the exorbitant price. They would claim that the aroma of wine permeating from the bok choy was because it was imported from overseas and soaked in grape wine before preparation, but in reality we all knew that the chef simply added several drops of Erguotou to the pan to give it the flavor. These days, there was nothing you could buy that didn’t have some level of bullshit slapped on top of it.
He Yi broke out a couple of red wines for everyone after the dishes were set on the table. It was exactly 500 RMB per bottle; not so expensive that it seemed completely wasteful, but not so cheap that it didn’t fit someone who called herself the vice president of GGS. At the very least, it was potent enough to knock the likes of Xu Yang, Du Thirteen, and Yamete out cold.
He Yi raised her glass and declared with a happy smile on her face, ”The first glass of the day goes to Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls and our dreams of conquering the virtual world! Cheers!”
”Woohoo!”