Chapter 1: The Life and Death Formation (Prelude...)

  Liu Yun was stunned for a moment, then smiled lightly.

  It's as expected, this is a quest released by a specific NPC, otherwise... there's no reason for the NPC to come looking for me out of the blue.

  Liu Yundao said: "Girl, what task are you talking about? Let me see if I can complete it with my ability. If it's too difficult, I will refuse."

  "Absolutely something you'd like!" Gu Mei winked.

  "What I like?" Is it about women and money? Liu Yun's eyebrows furrowed.

  "Murder!"

  The ancient beauty smiled and said.

  "Murder?" Liu Yun was taken aback: "This isn't something I'd like to do."

  "How annoying! You just like to pretend!" Gu Mei gave Liu Yun a white eye, full of charm.

  Liu Yun: “......”

  "How?"

  "Who to kill?"

  "Zhenkong Sect Master's Son, Zhen Tianxiang!!!"

  Ding! System: You have triggered the hidden task 'Kill Shocking Sky Soarer'.

  The system's prompt sound rang out.

  Hidden Task... Shocking Sky...

  Liu Yun took a deep breath. As for this NPC, he had never heard of it before, but as for the Zhenkong Sect, he had quite a bit of understanding.

  However, Gu Mei's strength is not bad, she doesn't go to kill herself, but instead wants others to kill her, isn't there something fishy about this?

  Don't think that certain NPCs won't play dirty tricks. When they get cunning, players can only sigh in admiration.

  "How much strength?"

  "It's terrible, should be about the same as yours..." Gu Mei said with a smile.

  "Oh? Only second-layer strength? Then killing him would be a piece of cake for you, wouldn't it? So why are you still looking for me?" said Liu Yun.

  "He's approaching the sixth level of cultivation..." Gu Mei reminded him.

  Liu Yun suddenly realized: Ah, his father is the sect leader...

  "You're still taking me to send us to our deaths? Relying on just a second-layer cultivator like me to enter the tiger's lair?" Liu Yun asked.

  "You have 'Pride' shards!"

  "But this can't make up for the difference in strength between us! You also know that it's just a fragment!!"

  Liu Yun shook his head, preparing to refuse.

  Just kidding, the Zhenkong Sect is a medium-sized sect with over 10,000 NPCs, and it's an existence that can rival the Tianshui Sect. In my previous life, I knew the route and carefully snuck into the secret passage of the Tianshui Sect to get the Ao Fragment. But this time, it's not about stealing things, but about stealing a life!

  Killing and stealing are two different things. Liu Yun didn't think he had the ability to kill an NPC without being detected.

  "You use 'Ao Jian' to launch a sneak attack on Zhen Tianxiang, kill him, and I'll take you away! How about it? Don't worry, the Zhen Kong Sect is now openly recruiting disciples, they have no grudge against you, you can easily mix in with them, get close to Zhen Tianxiang, it's simply too easy!"

  Ancient charm way.

  "I'm worried that you might not be able to save me, killing the NPPC will make all my equipment drop, this is a gamble, I don't want to risk losing my precious items!" The player killed the NPC, and their sin value increased exponentially. If they die later on, it's not just the items in their inventory that won't be saved, but even the clothes on their body might not be spared..."

  "Brother, don't you trust me? I said I can take you out, and I definitely can take you out!"

  Gu Mei grasped Liu Yun's arm and coquettishly said.

  "What makes you think I'll believe you?" Liu Yun was unwilling to put all her eggs in one basket with a specific NPC.

  When Yulun heard this stern question, Gumie's whole body trembled slightly, her smile suddenly faded, and a hint of loss flashed in her eyes.

  What makes you think I believe you... This is indeed a sentence that hurts people without seeing blood.

  "What can I do with my life if it's in your hands?"

  Life?

  "In ten days, I'll accompany you to the Zhenkong Sect. When we arrive, if you see Zhentian Xiang and disagree with him even for a moment, kill him immediately! If you're in danger, I'll definitely protect you!!" Gu Mei's voice was no longer as charming as before, but instead revealed a hint of determination.

  Liu Yun's eyes widened as she fell into deep contemplation...

  Gu Mei went with herself, apparently taking her life as a companion, but... certain NPCs, after all, are specific NPCs. Their words made Liu Yun wonder whether she should believe them or not. Although this was just a task, it wasn't a simple one.

  "Come back and see me in ten days!"

  Liu Yun took a deep breath and said calmly.

  Ding! System: Player has accepted the 'Kill Jian Tianxiang' quest. This quest cannot be abandoned and will start counting down in 10 days. The quest is valid for 3 days. If the quest fails, the 'Jian Kongpai' will increase their hatred towards the player to 10000 points.

  "I'm so annoyed!!"

  Yú Yún's face changed greatly as soon as she saw him.

  Is this considered an answer? He just wanted to delay the task's acceptance time! To give himself some time to think, but the system actually determined it like that...

  "Good!" Gu Mei smiled and nodded: "Big brother, I'll come find you in ten days, you'd better wait for me!"

  After finishing speaking, Gu Mei threw a flirtatious glance at Liu Yun and walked into the alley with a smile, but she disappeared from view after just a few steps.

  Seeing this scene, Liu Yun shook his head helplessly and admitted that he was unlucky.

  When the time comes, I can only take it one step at a time. Hopefully, the treasure obtained from this task won't be too bad. Liu Yun's thoughts.

  Got the tracking necklace, now it's time to go to the most crowded place and kill some red-named players.

  Having a wordless heavenly book, why not fill it with layers of numbers that can kill people?

  Liu Yun is not a good person, why don't you do something beneficial even if it hurts heaven and reason?

  Chao sent a message to Zhou Baiyuzhuang as he walked away, and Liu Yun pulled out the friends list.

  "Wild boar, how's the collection of turbid gas essence going?"

  The message was sent for just a few seconds, and Bai Yezhu immediately replied.

  "10 coppers' worth is now over 2,000, and after careful calculation, it's cost us more than 20 taels of gold... Flowing Clouds, do we still need to continue?"

  "Are there more than 2000?"

  Liu Yun rubbed his chin, the drop rate of this turbid gas essence wasn't high, but Bai Yezhu was able to collect 2000 in such a short amount of time, which wasn't bad.

  Now players are all stepping into the second floor of the underground, should be close to touching that copy.

  That copy is the only one that drops stones in the early stage, if they want to brush, they can't miss this thing...

  "Come on!! I'll take everything you own!! If you don't have money, come over first and I'll give it to you!" Liu Yun made a decision in her heart and replied to Bai Yezhu.

  "We've only managed to get 45 units of Cloudy Yuanhua, this stuff is hard to come by, it took us half a day to collect just this much!"

  "Not less, you come to the warehouse first and trade with me!" said Liu Yun.

  "Good!"

  Bai Ye replied and after a few minutes, the two met in the warehouse of 'Versailles'.

  "Hey, Liuyun, where are you off to make a fortune again?"

  At first sight, Bai Ye's eyes were fixed on the azure sword in Liu Yun's hand, which was very beautiful.

  "No fortune made! The money is still so much, and the experience is still so much!"

  Liu Yun nodded and immediately sent a transaction request.

  Bai Yezhu also knew that Liu Yun didn't like to drag things out, so he clicked accept.

  Soon, he had arranged more than 2,000 turbid gas essences and 45 turbid gas yuan essences.

  "What's the point of this thing, players still can't figure it out! You're recklessly collecting, what do you want to achieve?"

  The white wild boar was grunting.

  "I have my own use for it, just take it from me!!" Liu Yun put all 50 gold pieces on the table: "Return the previous 20 gold to you, and the remaining 30 gold, continue to collect... Remember, collect more yuan hua."

  Bai Ye's face changed, and he thought to himself: What is this guy crazy about? Buying something that others can't even sell at a low price? And it's such a large quantity too... Has he spotted some business opportunity?

  Although I had doubts in my heart, I was also moved. After all, Liu Yun just gave him 30 gold coins so recklessly.

  "Aren't you afraid I'll take your money and run?"

  The white wild boar looked at the money in the bundle and asked.

  "You won't offend a character for just 30 gold!" said Liu Yun Dao.

  "Do you think you're a celebrity?"

  "Don't you think so?" Liu Yun turned his face, looking at Bai Yezhu, the pupils deep in his eyes calm as water, yet seemingly revealing a hint of sharpness that was hard to grasp, like a treasure sword not yet out of its scabbard.

  The rough face of Bai Ye quietly stared at him without a word, and the two exchanged eye contact.

  Finally, Bai Yezhuang conceded defeat and laughed: "Of course I think you'll not only be a somebody but also a big shot!! You so generously gave me 30 gold, how can I, Bai Yezhuang, not show some sincerity? I'll lend you another 30 gold, making it 60 in total. How about helping you collect it?"

  "You lend me as much as you have, and I'll pay you back with interest."

  Willow Cloud Path

  "Alright!!! I trust you!" Bai Yezhu patted Liu Yun's shoulder and immediately pressed confirm.

  The two parties have successfully traded.

  After a while, Bai Yezhou bid farewell and Liu Yun rushed straight to the auction house.

  There was also a top-grade feathered robe in his bundle, which was used by the Xianling.

  Although the white wild boar is also a spiritual being, it can be sold to him completely, but the power of the white wild boar has been devastated by Liu Yun's miserable situation, and there isn't much money. When Liu Yun takes out the feathered clothes, he may not even be able to buy a few good ones, and may even have to give in to the white wild boar at a personal price, which would be a loss.

  Arriving at the auction house, Liu Yun directly went to the equipment consignment window.

  "Miss, would you mind putting this equipment up for sale at 200 gold?"

  Liu Yun took out the feathered cloak from his luggage and pushed it into the window.

  "Alright, customer, please pay 10 taels of silver as the consignment fee. If the consignment is successful, a portion of it will be deducted as handling fees."

  The waitress smiled warmly and said.

  Liu Yun took out silver from his bundle and handed it over to the NPC lady.

  "Sir, is there anything you'd like me to note on the back of the receipt?" The young lady asked as she was pricing the down jacket.

  Liu Yun rubbed his chin and immediately said: "Just mark four words for me...'Price Negotiable'."

  Because he didn't have the money, Liu Yun didn't stay at the trading center for long. Not long after he left, a piece of equipment with a price tag of 100 gold was immediately put up on the trading board - a Xian Ling Fei Yan (Fairy Spirit Feather Cloak), which was an extremely rare 'Soul Absorbing' attribute that attracted countless people's attention.

  In the early days, Xianling practitioners cultivated by brushing monsters. After a few fights, their spiritual power was exhausted, and even drinking medicine couldn't keep up. Therefore, some equipment that could increase the upper limit of spiritual power were all sold at sky-high prices.

  However, this time, this heaven-defying equipment that can absorb spell damage and recover spiritual power completely overturned those equipment that increased the upper limit of spiritual power.

  Every sorcerer hopes that when they cast spells, they don't have to worry about the blue problem, and having this equipment can greatly guarantee the sufficiency of spiritual power.

  It's just... this 100 gold price is really daylight robbery, calculated at the current exchange rate between copper coins and RMB, it's almost a piece of equipment worth nearly 100 million RMB.

  In which online game has there ever been a piece of equipment that can be sold for hundreds of millions of RMB?

  But "Xuanjie" is different, here everything is possible.

  However, what brings comfort to many people is that there is a row of slogans on the back of this equipment. It's these slogans that make many people's eyes light up.

  "Price negotiable"

  (To repeat once again, the protagonist's rebirth time is when he knew Xiao Yue in reality, but they had not met in the game. Also, thank you to friends who popped up in book reviews, because of you, book reviews are lively, thank you.)