“Ding ding ding, your little cutie is online!”
Just as Chen Xiaoyan was scrolling through the World Channel messages, suddenly two soft lumps crashed into her from behind, pressing tightly against her back.
Hearing this familiar voice, Chen Xiaoyan curled her lips slightly and said, “You dead girl, learning to scare people now?”
“No way, I’ve been online for a few minutes now. Sister Xiaoyan, what are you doing? You’re so distracted, you didn’t even notice me walking up beside you.”
Chong Chong gave a symbolic hug and then let go, turned around and sat on the bed, supporting herself with her hands on the edge, swinging her little feet playfully.
Chen Xiaoyan didn’t turn around. While continuing to scroll through the World Channel, she opened her mouth to explain, “I’m looking at the World Channel. Didn’t the Xianjie just update? That equipment enhancement and reputation quest stuff—do you know how to do it?”
“I just came online, how would I know?” Chong Chong gave her a blank look, hopped off the bed, walked over to Chen Xiaoyan, hugged her left arm, and asked with a grin, “Did you find anything?”
Chen Xiaoyan silently nodded.
Chong Chong was overjoyed and exclaimed excitedly, “Big Sister Xiaoyan, please take me!”
Who would have thought, Chen Xiaoyan turned around, raised her hand, and flicked her forehead.
“Can’t take you.”
She closed the World Channel, sighed in disappointment, and found no useful information on it.
It had just updated, and almost all players were in the dark, unable to make sense of the new features, needing time to figure things out.
This decisive “can’t take you” immediately made Chong Chong pout her small lips and ask plaintively,
“Why can’t you take me? Are you abandoning me?”
Chen Xiaoyan’s mouth twitched. She raised her hand as if to hit her, and warned her in a very stern tone.
“Dead girl, don’t say things like that anymore. If you say it again, I’ll really get angry, you know?”
Faced with the white, slender hand hanging in front of her eyes, Chong Chong’s head shrank back in fright, and she nodded timidly.
“I understand.”
“Alright, regarding the new quests and enhancement functions, I’m still scratching my head right now. How can I take you?” Chen Xiaoyan put down her hand and explained carefully.
“I asked Sister Xiaoyan if you found anything, and you nodded. I thought you knew.”
“Ahem, I wasn’t paying attention. I nodded out of habit.” She coughed twice to hide her embarrassment.
Chong Chong covered her mouth and laughed, returning to her previous cheeky self: “So that’s how it is. Sister Xiaoyan, did you check out the house for me? The one near you, you know.”
Hearing this, Chen Xiaoyan’s expression immediately froze.
Check out the house?
She had long forgotten.
However, she couldn’t say that. Once she did, this little girl would probably throw a tantrum.
“How could it be found so quickly? Be patient, wait for my news.”
“Alright, but hurry up. I’m ready to move anytime.”
“Okay, okay, okay, don’t worry.” Chen Xiaoyan nodded extremely perfunctorily. In fact, there were still a few rooms in the apartment building in the complex that hadn’t been rented out.
But Chen Xiaoyan didn’t want Chong Chong to come over, nor any of the other two either.
Mu Qingxue often threatened with plane tickets without a word. No one could guarantee whether she would come or not. If they ever met up, the scene would be unbearable just thinking about it—gunpowder filling the air. She couldn’t stand that.
Chong Chong saw through her perfunctory attitude, but she didn’t say anything. She decided to prepare a backup plan.
If that woman interfered, who knows how long it would take for this matter to be settled.
After that, both of them focused on studying equipment enhancement and reputation quests.
Not long after, Xianyun and A Curtain of Dreams also logged in. Seeing them, they immediately came over to greet them.
“Good morning, Big Sister.”
“Sister Xiaoyan, you’re online so early?”
Chen Xiaoyan smiled slightly. “You’re here. Did you see the system update notification?”
“I saw it.”
“Chong Chong and I researched for a long time but couldn’t find a clue. Come over and discuss it.”
Xianyun and A Curtain of Dreams joined in. The four of them then deeply expressed their opinions on the two difficult points.
One brain thinking is definitely not as good as four brains thinking.
“Big Sister, since the game panel can’t find the enhancement function, could it be specific to an NPC?”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean that equipment enhancement must be done at an NPC. This mechanism is also in traditional online games.”
“Wow! I think Xianyun makes a lot of sense,” A Curtain of Dreams chimed in.
“Mm,” Chen Xiaoyan also nodded in agreement.
“Xianyun is right. I was just confused. So now the question is, where is the NPC for equipment enhancement?”
As soon as she said that, the three of them all looked at her in unison.
Chen Xiaoyan was puzzled.
“What are you all looking at me for? Is there something on my face?” After saying that, she touched her face.
There’s nothing.
“Big Sister, you should go ask Shen Qingqing. After all, she’s the Vice Sect Master of the Tianxiang Sect. She should know all about this.”
Chen Xiaoyan was taken aback, then immediately realized. She slapped her thigh. “Right! If I go ask this big shot, won’t I know?”
It just so happened she needed to go to Tianxin Pavilion anyway. She’d ask along the way.
Time waits for no one. I’ll go right now.
“I’ll go ask now. Wait here.”
Chen Xiaoyan stood up. Just as she was about to use the Yueying Step to rush up the mountain, she heard Chong Chong start speaking sarcastically.
“This time it won’t be another few hours, will it?”
“I’ll see how it goes.” She couldn’t be sure about this. If that person suddenly had a whim and gave her a Death Bath, it would definitely take some time.
“Tch~”
“Let’s all disperse. Our Sister Xiaoyan won’t be back for half a day.” Chong Chong also stood up, stretched, and walked into the inner room.
“Huh?” Chen Xiaoyan was a bit dumbfounded, staring blankly at the girl entering the room.
Xianyun shook her head with a smile and said to Chen Xiaoyan, “Big Sister, last time you went to Tianxin Pavilion and didn’t come back for a long time, Chong Chong waited on the rooftop for half a day.”
“Yeah, and she was in a foul temper. Look at that missing corner of the roof beam—she kicked it to pieces. Sometimes I really wonder if Sister Chong Chong is actually a Tianxiang player. How can a healer have such monstrous strength?” A Curtain of Dreams pointed at the eaves and complained.
The roof had upward-curving beam corners on all four sides. Although it was unknown what material they were made of, they felt quite hard to the touch.
Being able to kick one to pieces—such strength, in reality, would basically land an ordinary person in the ICU with one kick. She was a complete tyrant loli.
Even she herself, who had taken two medicinal baths, wouldn’t dare claim to surpass her in strength.
But Chen Xiaoyan wasn’t discouraged.
She had only just started the Body Tempering medicinal bath. Who knew how things would turn out in the future?
If she soaked the medicinal bath to the extreme, could she also reach the level where one punch shakes mountains and rivers?
If that were possible, then from now on, I, Chen Xiaoyan, also want to be a DPS.
Heal?
Heal my ass! I’m a DPS!!!
Thinking of that beautiful future imagination, Chen Xiaoyan let out a silly giggle.