Chapter 586: Corrosive Worm (1/2)
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The restaurant was bustling with activity as a matter of course. Groups of people were sitting together and eating lunch. While I was chowing down my food, I looked up sneakily only to find Lin Yixin sneaking a glance at me as well.
”What’s wrong?” I asked with a smile. ”Do you want me to feed you?”
Lin Yixin turned red. ”No!”
”Let’s not waste any more time then.”
”Mn!”
It was at this moment we heard the students sitting at the table behind us conversing with each other in a clear and articulate Suzhou accent—
”Hey, did you guys hear that the students from architectural engineering, specifically those from room 209, 211 and 213 of the hostel have joined Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls?”
”Eh? I thought they had their own trash guild? How did they suddenly join Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls?”
”I’m not sure. At any rate, they somehow joined Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls and became their eighth subguild. It’s unbelievable…”
”That’s surprising. Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls usually pick their people carefully, so I wasn’t expecting them to recruit these troublemakers. Do you still remember that assault case from last month? They’re all involved in that incident!”
”Yeah, they’re truly the black sheeps of our university!”
”Yeah…”
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I couldn’t help but frown after listening to their conversation. ”Fuck me, are they talking about Waste and Burn?”
”Waste and Burn?” Lin Yixin sounded surprised.
”Mn, this morning, I ran into a guild called Waste and Burn whose tactician has the potential to become the best in China. Because of him, I recruited them and made them into our eighth subguild.”
”Oh, so you fancy their beautiful tactician, is that it?” Lin Yixin shot me a meaningful smile.
I stared at her. ”You’re mistaken, okay? That tactician is a man, not a woman, and even if he was a woman, I would never abuse my power for personal pleasure…”
Lin Yixin giggled. ”That’s hard to say…”
Seeing as I was about to lose control, I immediately produced a Durex condom from my pockets and shook it. ”See this? I’ve been keeping this all this time! If you bully me again I swear I’ll use this on you!”
I replied, ”If you think one isn’t enough, I can buy a dozen…”
Finally, Lin Yixin relented. ”Fine, fine. Can we please not talk about this?”
”Mn.”
”Oh right, why didn’t you investigate Waste and Burn before accepting them? Unless the guys behind us were bullshitting, it didn’t sound like they’re particularly good people. You really should pay more attention to this. One of the main reasons Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls was able to establish themselves in Sky City is because they’re proud and strong enough not to bully the weak. It would be terrible if the guild lost its image and reputation because of a single subguild.”
”Mn, I got it. Don’t worry, I can handle this!”
”Okay. Now let’s finish our lunch already!”
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After eating lunch and sending Lin Yixin back to the university, I returned to the workshop and went online immediately!
Swhoosh!
I crawled out of my tent after appearing in Sky Forest. A beep notified me that my satiety meter was below 50%, so I took out some dried dear meat and ate it. This consumable restored 10% satiety instantly, so I ate five of them in one go. While I was filling my stomach, Lin Yixin had also crawled out of the tent with the Blade of Violet Lightning in her hand. She said, ”Come on, let’s head to Dragonbone Mountain Range!”
”Okay!”
Lin Yixin hadn’t summoned her mount probably because she didn’t want me to feel bad. As we walked side by side, I felt like we looked more like a couple enjoying the scenes rather than a pair of adventurers set on a journey. My Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf was running circles around us as if it had boundless energy. Lin Yixin’s Ice Fox had grown into an adult, but it was still only as big as a cat. It ran up its owner’s arm and stood atop her shoulders, fur swaying slightly to the wind and an intimidating icy aura circulating around it. Since the Ice Fox matured, the power of its ice magic had grown by leaps and bounds. It was one of the reasons Lin Yixin was able to maintain her insane leveling speed.
I looked through the official data for a bit before complaining, ”Goddammit, more than half of the maps at Dragonbone Mountain Range are occupied. We’re going to have to climb to the maps about 20% away from the peak to grind without interruption. However, there’s almost no chance we’re going to find an NPC up there, meaning that there won’t be a quest to accept. Our leveling speed will suffer like this.”
A pair of beautiful dimples appeared on Lin Yixin’s features as she smiled. ”Actually… I know a leveling map that I really wanted to grind at, but couldn’t find a powerful player to team up with. Now that you’re here, why don’t we head there? It even has a repeatable quest…”
”Ah? There’s a place like this? Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”