Chapter 4 Village Quests (Revision)

  It's rare to see a village, and even if it's rotten, I have to take a look. Xiao Ying walked closer and turned around, suddenly seeing a house with a clean and tidy door, which should have been swept by someone. She couldn't help but excitedly run over, the door was slightly ajar, and she knocked on it, asking loudly: "Is anyone there?"

  "Come in!" A weak and trembling voice came from inside the house, but somehow it seemed to have a hint of excitement and anticipation.

  Xiao Ying pushed open the door and walked in, only to see an old man lying on a bed in the somewhat dimly lit room. He looked like he was bedridden with illness, and Xiao Ying felt a bit disappointed at first. However, after thinking about it for a moment, she realized that this village was so remote that she had to walk for two days to find it, and there was only one old man living here who was sick. How did he survive? It was obviously a task, probably arranged by the system. If Xiao Ying hadn't rushed over in the past two days, the old man would have probably passed away already. Fortunately, her efforts had paid off. Suppressing her excitement, she put on a concerned expression and walked over to ask, "Old sir, what's wrong with your body? Why are you living alone in such a remote place?"

  "Can't you see that I'm ill? At your young age, your eyesight is worse than us old men!" The old man suddenly became spirited and loudly scolded.

  "I'm so annoyed, what an attitude! Doesn't he ever think that if he drives me away, who will take care of him? Looking at him like this, even if the illness doesn't kill him, hunger definitely will! Xiao Ying secretly despises him."

  "Alright, alright, no need to explain. Don't take advantage of my old eyes being bad. As soon as I saw your excited and agitated gaze, I knew what you were thinking. It's simple: on the right side of the mountain waist, there is a tiger den with a small tiger inside. Bring me a tiger whip to decoct medicine for my illness, and I'll give you the Village Building Order! Remember, it's on the right side of the mountain waist, don't go wrong!" The old man said loudly and domineeringly, without any signs of being ill at all. Using a tiger whip to decoct medicine? It's really surprising that the system came up with this idea. Does the tiger whip really have healing properties or not? Is this old man not afraid of taking fake supplements? Or does he want to relive his bravery from back in the day?

  "Ah!" Xiao Ying responded with a gloomy and helpless tone, turned around and was about to leave, but couldn't help but curse in her mind! Damn it, is this still NPC? It's already so humanized, yet so arrogant. If I were to be reckless and ignore the village rules, just to see if he'd die or not!

  "Young man, you want to murder an old man like me! Haven't you seen that I've been starving for several days? Quickly bring some food, I won't be able to hold on until you complete your task and return! Not even a bit of the village chief's ability is shown here, how can this manage the entire village, town, city?! Ah..."

  "Sweat... I was just scolded by you, and my heart is all messed up. Sorry about that! Here are some wild fruits for you to eat first, I'll go roast some meat." Although the old man's voice was quite fierce, he didn't seem like an unreasonable person, so Xiao Ying spoke more easily, her heart moved, and she couldn't help but try to please him. Since he could eat tiger whip as medicine when he was ill, eating meat shouldn't be a problem either!

  "Ah, ah... young people are honest and sincere, that's good! I'll eat the wild fruit first, you quickly go roast some meat and bring me a basin of water!" The old man said matter-of-factly, ordering him around without courtesy. Alas, Xiao Ying wasn't his relative or anything, but rather someone who wanted to treat his illness, making it seem like Xiao Ying was begging him...

  Forcing down the gloom in his heart, he put on a smiling face and roasted a rabbit, two snakes, and fetched a basin of water for him. He also brought a bucket of water for backup before heading down the mountain to find the tiger's den. Fortunately, the old man finally showed some conscience and gave him a rusty axe as Xiaoying was about to leave.

  After searching for a long time, Xiao Ying finally found a huge cave entrance on the mountain waist. She sneaked up to the entrance and took a peek inside, only to be frightened out of her wits. She quickly retreated with the fastest speed, cursing that old man in her heart - what kind of little tiger was this? Its entire body was pure white, excluding its tail, and it was at least six meters long. Even when it was sleeping, its height was about one meter. Just a glance made Xiao Ying feel terrified, and she could confirm that even the average tiger king didn't have such an appearance or aura.

  He retreated to a distant location and sat on a prominent rock, deep in thought. He had considered all possible methods: ambushing, poisoning, burning, but still couldn't think of an effective way. Ambush? Even if he managed to hit it dozens of times, it would just wake up from its daze and knock him out with a single swipe. Poisoning? How could he poison it? He didn't have any poison, and even if he did, there was no guarantee the beast would eat it. Burning? Xiao Ying wasn't naive enough to think he could burn it to death in the cave. Judging from its size, it would take at least a few hours to burn it to death, not to mention how he would even manage to set it on fire in the cave. Was he supposed to smoke it out? Did he really think it wouldn't run away? Logically speaking, the system shouldn't have given him a task that was absolutely impossible to complete at this stage. Even if Xiao Ying were level 20 and wielding Lü Bu's halberd, he still wouldn't be able to kill this "little tiger".

  After walking for so many days, it's not easy to see someone, unless you enter the game and are born in a mountain valley, swamp, cliff or other dead-end terrain with no way out. Otherwise, you can't find a player who is more unlucky than yourself! They say "Heaven will entrust a great responsibility to this person, but first, they must be made to suffer in their heart and spirit, labor in their bones, starve their body, empty their mind, and disrupt their actions!" My birthplace is also a top-notch one, it's unreasonable that the task I received after so much hardship is impossible to complete! Is the system playing with me? It seems the problem must be with the old man, who is he? A person living in this remote place, speaking so "arrogantly"!

  When he thought of that old man, Xiao Ying remembered a strange sentence he said when assigning the task. Why did he emphasize that it was on the right side of the mountain and cared so much about not getting lost? Looking at the old man's behavior, he didn't seem like a good person, why would he be so kind? The more he thought about it, the more suspicious it became. Anyway, he couldn't leave the mountain for the time being, and there was nothing to do. That old man's abnormal emphasis on not getting lost must have been fishy! Thinking of this, Xiao Ying got up and walked in the opposite direction, towards the left side of the mountain waist.

  After another half an hour, the evil shadow finally arrived at a dense forest with towering ancient trees. It had to be admitted that this was indeed a beautiful and secluded place. After strolling around and admiring the scenery, his originally angry heart calmed down a lot. Unknowingly, he walked deep into the forest and suddenly saw a huge cave. Driven by curiosity, Xiao Ying involuntarily approached the huge cave. As soon as he reached the entrance of the cave, Xiao Ying saw a gigantic creature lying in the cave, its entire body fiery red, its size no smaller than the "little tiger" he had seen earlier, just like a cluster of huge flames!

  The crisis was imminent, Xiao Ying just wanted to turn around and run, but suddenly remembered the principle of left and right opposition, fire and white collision. He couldn't help but have an epiphany, could this be the breakthrough for this mission? The reason is simple, one mountain can't hold two tigers, although the two tigers are on the left and right sides of the mountain, they're not far apart. With Xiao Ying's speed, it would take about half a time unit to meet. If both tigers walked with all their might, it would be just a matter of a short while!

  After some deliberation, anyway there's no other way out, might as well treat a dead horse as if it were alive. Even if the provocation doesn't work and there aren't two tigers fighting each other, it would be better to kill oneself instead. There's even a chance of killing oneself ten times over, which would allow for a fresh start! Thinking this, Xiao Ying couldn't help but give herself a boost, starting to think about ways to provoke the fiery giant tiger and lead it towards the right side of the mountain waist. Finally, gritting her teeth, taking a deep breath, no poison is not husband, early death early reincarnation! Go for it!

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