Chapter 628: Soul of the Foo (1/2)

”OMG, which one should I eat first…”

At the dining table, Beiming Xue hesitated for a long time before finally picking up a slice of pizza and taking a bite out of the Anhui stinky Mandarin fish. She beamed. ”It’s so tasty…”

He Yi smiled back. ”We bought it from that old Anhui restaurant when we passed through the new district. It’s pretty renowned far and wide, you know? It only sells 30 dishes of Anhui stinky Mandarin fish a day. I had to book it with my phone to buy one.”

I spread my arms for a moment before rubbing the gauze between my fingers with a frown.

Seeing this, Murong Mingyue immediately rose to her feet and grabbed my hand. She asked, ”Is it still hurting?”

”It’s okay. The wound is almost fully scabbed,” I replied with a smile. It was the injury I inflicted upon myself when I was trying to dig out Murong Mingyue that day, and there hadn’t been a day gone by where she wasn’t worried about it.

”You should avoid getting water on your wound as much as possible. It’ll scab faster that way,” said Murong Mingyue.

I laughed. ”How am I going to avoid water while bathing, for example? Or are you going to wash my back for me?”

Murong Mingyue smiled sweetly. ”Sure! If even you don’t mind, why would I?”

I immediately sounded the gong of retreat and escaped to the seat next to He Yi. I picked up a slice of pizza, sauced it with a bit of stinky mandarin fish sauce, and… mm hmm, the combination of flavors was truly exquisite!

The next food combo I went for was white buns + steamed bullfrog.

…...

Half an hour of ferocious eating later, we were all filled to the brim.

”What did you do today, Lu Chen?” He Yi asked me with a wide smile on her face.

I thought for a moment. ”I accepted a quest from Xinran that I haven’t finished yet. The next quest in the chain is to kill a lot, and I mean A LOT, of Level 165 ancient mobs. It’s difficult, and the enemies are so strong that I can’t AoE them like I used to, which means that grinding will be very slow. Luckily, this quest can be shared with two other players, so I want you and sis to come online and join me later. It’s been a long time since the two of you went online, right? This is the perfect time for you to catch up in levels!”

He Yi replied pleasantly, ”Sure. It so happens that Mingyue and I don’t have any important business to attend tomorrow. We can afford to sleep late tonight. We’ll join you on your grind.”

”I know!”

”Don’t forget to restock your Health Potions and Magic Consumables…”

”Mn!”

……

After the meal, we drank a few glasses of water and went back to our rooms for a new battle.

Swhoosh!

My vision brightened, and I was back at the ruins of the Roland Empire. I climbed out of my tent and looked around me. The sky was gray dark, and the barely alive Knight Captain Mengchuan was still lying beneath the wall and waiting for me to complete my quest. I couldn’t bring his remains to Xinran unless I completed all the quests he had given me. Of course, this was a golden opportunity to grind some levels, one that not many people could come by.

Beep! Beep! The moment He Yi and Murong Mingyue came online, I immediately sent them a party invite, since it had no range limitations. They accepted it immediately, and I could see the two dots representing them moving toward me on the world map. The Snow Domain Windchaser had great movement speed, so I was sure that they would reach me in 20 minutes or so. All I needed to do was wait for them to arrive.

I walked out of the capital city and went to the camps. Even from a distance, I could see the place crawling with Undead Roland Soldiers. There had to be tens of thousands of them at least, which was more than enough to fulfill my quota. I was in no hurry to complete the quest, however. The more I killed, the more Roland equipment set I could collect, and this place was overflowing with mobs!

You know what? I’m going to kill some of them until He Yi and Murong Mingyue arrive!

And so I baited eight Undead Roland Soldiers to my side and killed them slowly and methodically. It was much harder to create an advantageous position for myself without the Sky Obsidian Greedy Wolf to help me, but it wasn’t beyond my capabilities. It cost more resources than usual to fight, but a worthwhile grind like this wasn’t bad at all.

After killing a bunch of mobs, I took a seat atop a pile of magic stones and two low-grade items to rest. I brought up the guild channel—

Xu Yang: ”God damn, three Famous Generals in an hour? Was there a bug in the system or something?”

Li Chengfeng: ”Nah, it’s just going through a seizure…”