Mana consumption 150?
Looking at his 600 MP, he couldn’t help but click his tongue.
‘Is the Mana consumption of this skill a bit too exaggerated?’
His 600 Mana was actually only enough to use it four times.
‘Does this mean warrior classes aren’t recommended to use skills in this game?’
While Xiao Nanchu was pondering, a rapid “ding” from his private messages rang out.
[Li Dong: Holy crap, Brother Xiao, you’ve struck it rich! You even took the BOSS First Kill!!]
Li Dong, real name Li Dong, was one of the leaders of the Four Seasons Guild in the game and the heir to the Four Seasons Group in the real-world.
He and Xiao Nanchu had practically grown up together. However, unlike Xiao Nanchu, who was uninterested in his family’s business and could wander around freely, Li Dong wasn’t nearly as liberated. Fortunately, the appearance of this game had made things much more comfortable for him.
For some reason, the founder of the Four Seasons Group — Li Dong’s grandfather — had instructed Li Dong to bring the group’s capital into the game to develop just as it was about to be released.
That was the only reason this guy had time to play.
[Left Hand High Damage, Right Hand High Damage: Stay low-key, stay low-key. It’s just average performance. 【得意】【得意】【得意】]
[Li Dong: Just keep acting! I give you a couple of compliments and you really start climbing the ladder!]
[Li Dong: You were probably carried by Xiao Taozhi, right? How did you hook up with her?]
[Li Dong: You should have said earlier that you knew Xiao Taozhi. If I’d known you two were acquainted, I could have bought one less slot!]
[Left Hand High Damage, Right Hand High Damage: I’m not that close with Xiao Taozhi. We just happened to run into each other. Also, your buddy here was the main damage dealer! She was the one just hanging around!]
[Left Hand High Damage, Right Hand High Damage: Slot? What slot?]
[Li Dong: ?]
[Left Hand High Damage, Right Hand High Damage: ?]
[Li Dong: You don’t know?]
[Li Dong: Xiao Taozhi has the unique task for our Novice Village No. 001.]
[Li Dong: Each Novice Village only has one. Based on speculation, it should be the Village Exit Quest. Only by completing this task do we get a chance to walk out of the Novice Village.]
[Li Dong: You really don’t know?]
Nonsense! How would he know?!
He had just finished taking care of Luo Taozhi in the real-world, and as soon as he got online to grind some mobs for levels, the BOSS jumped right in front of his face. Then, he fought the BOSS together with Luo Taozhi.
Where would he find the time to go on the forums?
[Left Hand High Damage, Right Hand High Damage: Explain in detail.]
[Li Dong: Isn’t that detailed enough? How much more detail do you want?]
[Li Dong: How about I fly to your house right now and whisper it in your ear?]
[Li Dong: Send me your address!]
[Li Dong: Hurry up. Thanks to this game, I finally escaped the crap at the company. It’s the same if I play at your place.]
[Left Hand High Damage, Right Hand High Damage: Get lost. Leave a slot for me and then get lost.]
[Li Dong: Holy crap, you won’t let me come over but you still want the slot I paid for? You couldn’t be hiding a woman in your house…]
Xiao Nanchu was too lazy to finish reading the rest of Li Dong’s message.
That kid liked to send messages in short segments, which was annoying to look at.
Moreover, the current situation at his house really wouldn’t allow that guy to come over. If he actually saw Luo Taozhi, it would lead to a bunch of explanations and trouble.
But… the unique task of the Novice Village… that girl Luo Taozhi must have made a lot of money from Li Dong, right?
‘Once the money arrives, I’ve got to extort a heavy meal out of her!’
—
“Achoo!”
Luo Taozhi, who had just finished taking stock of her loot, suddenly sneezed.
‘How does it feel like someone is eyeing my empty little wallet?’
Luo Taozhi couldn’t help but feel a shiver. ‘It wouldn’t be, right?’
Her little wallet was currently empty; even a thief would shake their head at it.
As for getting money, she had to wait for the two gold-buying sponsors who bought the slots to pay up.
‘Could it be that those two sponsors are going to regret it? Should I have collected a deposit?’
Luo Taozhi shook her head. It shouldn’t come to that.
Didn’t that guy named Li Dong say he was from the Four Seasons Group in the real-world?
He shouldn’t be stingy over her small amount of money.
[Xiao Taozhi: Ahem, I’ve reached Level 5.]
Even though she thought that way, Luo Taozhi couldn’t help but send a message to Li Dong and the Tiger Regiment Leader.
[Li Dong: Oh, okay. We’ll level up to Level 5 as quickly as possible. You must leave the slot we agreed on for me.]
[Xiao Taozhi: No problem.]
Li Dong must have been doing nothing because his reply was instantaneous, while the Tiger Regiment Leader had not replied to her yet.
However, seeing how crisp and decisive Li Dong’s reply was, Luo Taozhi felt at ease.
Fortunately, it seemed this biggest gold sponsor had no intention of canceling the order.
Immediately after, she continued to look at her panel and skills.
[Status Window]
Name: Xiao Taozhi
Level: 6
HP: 740 (400 + 140)
MP: 720 (400 + 120)
Mental Power: 30 (15 + 5)
Qi Attack: 50 (30 + 20)
Qi Defense: 40 (25 + 15)
Attribute Points: 0
Skills: Basic Swordplay MAX, Basic Footwork MAX, Longsword Mastery MAX, Weakness Insight+, Qi Gathering
Equipment: Wolf Tooth Necklace (Green), Wolf King Belt (Green), Wolf Skin Cap (White), Wolf Skin Boots (White)
A total of five skills!
Luo Taozhi was quite satisfied with her skill bar. It was just a pity that four of the five skills had appeared for no apparent reason and provided no bonuses to her.
**[Weakness Insight]** was something she discovered after fighting the Wild Wolf King. It felt like the game was simply taking things she already knew how to do and putting them in the skill bar.
It was just a simple certification.
But **[Qi Gathering]** was different!
This was something she had opened from the random skill book dropped by the Wild Wolf King!
**[Qi Gathering]**
**[Mana Consumption: 0 — No upper limit]**
**[Convert Mana into an enchantment on the weapon, turning it into flowing Qi. (A skill with great development potential and high operational difficulty. You are very lucky!)]**
Luo Taozhi had experimented with this skill. It was called a skill, but it didn’t really seem like one.
First of all, the method of using this skill was not quite right.
Simply shouting it out or clicking it would not use it.
According to her research, she first had to feel the existence of her Mana, then transfer the flowing Mana into the longsword.
After that, a layer of flowing Qi would appear on the blade.
She hadn’t figured out too many uses for this layer of Qi yet.
But this method of using Mana was very similar to… Spiritual Energy?
Although it was a simplified version in terms of both the difficulty of sensing it and the operation, the method of use was clearly the same as Spiritual Energy!
‘A coincidence?’
Luo Taozhi wasn’t sure, but immediately after discovering this, she logged off to check.
There was no extra Spiritual Energy in her body out of thin air, nor was there any Spiritual Energy in this world for her to absorb.
That feeling seemingly only existed within the game.
From the look of it, was it really a coincidence?
It probably was. After all, there was no Spiritual Energy in the real-world. It must have just referenced the flow of Qi from Taoist theories.
That being said, the person who could create this skill was truly a genius. If they were in Another World, they would definitely be a genius in cultivation.