Chapter 28: The Clear and Lonely Flower

  Accept the task: The tombkeeper's entrustment.

  Task content: Help the tomb guardian collect 20 Qingyu flowers, which grow on the bones of the dead and are often surrounded by great danger. Be careful! If you complete the task, the tomb guardian will give you a generous reward!

  ……

  Let's gather the items in the package, the Skull Warrior we just defeated dropped a lot of "Low-level Undead's residual clothing", I don't know what use it has, but it should be worth some money.

  I took a glance at the nearby graveyard, where the skull warriors were still wandering aimlessly. Although I had a feeling that something was off, I couldn't quite put my finger on what it was.

  After killing a few small groups of monsters, I finally found the difference. It turned out that except for the skull warriors on the outermost periphery, all the other skulls were patrolling back and forth in a regular pattern, as if they were guarding something.

  I took a closer look and found that they were guarding a small bunch of flowers, the milky white flower was shining with a crystal clear light in the moonlight, it should be the Qingyu flower. It seems that my task has triggered a change in the distribution of NPCs here, and this task may also have uniqueness.

  After watching for a full five minutes, I finally grasped the trajectory and pattern of the skull's movement.

  He took a step forward, then quickly retreated back. The two skull warriors charged over as I had expected, while the other skull warriors continued to patrol around Qing Yu Hua.

  With a swift sword, I cleanly cut down the two monsters, and then used this method to lure over the remaining ones one by one. When I finally cut down the last two, it was already 11 o'clock in the middle of the day. My level had also reached 17 with 72% experience. Just one more hour and I would reach level 18. Currently, the highest level in the entire world is only 18 anyway.

  A small patch of graveyard had been cleared out, and that delicate flower was right there, forming a striking contrast with the dark soil.

  Unlike last time, this time a Clear Flower only yielded one flower, which means I have to kill 20 of these monsters to complete the task. I don't know how long it takes for the Clear Flowers to refresh either.

  It's time to eat at 12 o'clock, I hurriedly speeded up and swept away the skull on another tomb, as expected, I picked up the second Qingyuan flower, and the level also successfully climbed to 18. Looking at the ranking list, I found that the original first place had shamefully become 19th, and my 18th level only ranked in the world's eight hundred or so.

  "Lin Fan, have you eaten? I have something to tell you after we finish eating." Xinyu sent me a message and then went offline.

  I took a look at their levels, and Lu Xuehan was the highest, already at level 15. Xu Lin and Xin Yu were both at level 14. Although it wasn't very high, they were definitely among the top 100 players in the city.

  After getting online, everyone was already gathered around the dining table in the hall. Xu Lin saw me coming over and immediately asked in surprise: "Lin Fan, what's going on? We saw Kuang Zhan gathering people in the city, saying he wants to kill you and Mu Rong Xiang's group back to level zero. What did you do to offend him?"

  Xin Yu also laughed and said: "Right, what's going on after all? Won't it be that you've played with someone else's girlfriend too much?"

  "Please, don't think too much, I'm still relatively pure, it's just that there are some small conflicts with Kuang Zhan and his people."

  Xu Lin nodded and said, "It's good that it's just a small conflict. Kuang Zhan is the boss of a small group in our city. Just now... he has already contacted me in the game. He said that if you are not one of our family members, then he will show no mercy. And if you are, then he might not be polite to our family's players in the future!"

  Lu Xuehan's mouth was agape as she exclaimed in surprise: "What kind of person is he, anyway? How can he be so arrogant? Do we really need to be that afraid of him?"

  Xu Lin said thoughtfully, "I know this Crazy War guy, and he's not a good person. In his early years, he was imprisoned for several years for chopping someone on the street. After being released, he didn't change much. With some dirty money at home, he led a group of hooligans to bully others. Now, being first on the city's ranking list is probably also due to his wealth. This kind of person is just a show-off, and in the game, they don't have any real strength to speak of. A skilled player can easily take down three Crazy Wars."

  I suddenly felt relieved, no wonder Crazy War didn't dare PK with me, it turned out that he knew his level wasn't good enough.

  Xu Lin's slender white fingers touched the chopsticks in front of her and said, "However, it's still better for us to avoid him as much as possible. Even if we're not afraid of him in the game, in reality, we should still be cautious around him. What can we use to resist him if he comes after us? Can we rely on Lin Fan?"

  Xin Yu looked at me and shook her head, saying: "If we rely on him, we're definitely going to be finished."

  Lu Xuehan smiled and said: "Don't say that, I think Lin Fan can protect us."

  "You're too naive..."

  “……”

  I took a deep breath, looked up and said: "Let's not argue about this anymore. From now on, I'll just avoid Crazy War when I see him. Anyway, the city teleport will be open in a week, and we can go to one of the four main cities that just opened to level up. The world is so big, it shouldn't be easy to run into Crazy War."

  "Alright, let's eat."

  "Right, Xinyu, you said you had something to tell me after dinner, what is it?"

  Xin Yu secretly glanced at Xu Lin and Lu Xuehan, and whispered: "Accompany me to the supermarket, buy some fresh fruit back for everyone to eat, is that okay?"

  "Oh, just don't take too long, I have tasks to complete this afternoon."

  "Uh-huh."

  Lu Xuehan's beautiful big eyes swept across me and Xin Yu, not saying a word, lowering her head to eat. Xu Lin similarly glanced at us once, with a cold and pretty face said: "You two... have made rapid progress recently!"

  Xin Yu puffed out her chest and smiled softly, saying: "No way, you guys mustn't misunderstand, we're innocent~"

  After her explanation, I seemed to have no need to explain anymore. I quickly finished my meal and said goodbye to everyone before leaving with Xin Yu.

  On the bustling street, Xin Yu was dressed up exceptionally beautifully, with a low-neck T-shirt revealing a large area of snow-white skin, enticingly almost making the saliva of middle school students who had just finished school flow down.

  I'm also a normal man, and my eyes were involuntarily drawn over there.

  Xin Yu glanced at me and grasped my arm, saying: "Lin Fan, do you want to..."

  "What was I thinking...!!" I'm extremely nervous.