118: Happy corpse-touching starts with me

“Jinhai Mermaid Beach?”

Three small question marks immediately appeared above Lin Ling's head.

Didn't Old Jiang ask someone to help him fight that Mermaid Leader?

Could it be that he made a mistake?

Thinking this, Lin Ling couldn't help but touch his nose awkwardly.

“Miss, there might be some misunderstanding between us,” Lin Ling said with a forced smile.

“Who's your Miss? You all bully me.”

Autumn Leaf huddled on the ground, hugging her knees, thinking about the pressure from her family these days and the obstacles from the Lin family, her emotions growing increasingly low.

In the wind and snow, her body trembled slightly, as if from the cold, and as if from fear.

At this moment, Autumn Leaf was like the little match girl huddled in a corner.

When that Meteor Fire Rain fell, she once thought she was going to die.

Seeing her pitiful appearance, Lin Ling was immediately at a loss.

He wasn't good at coaxing girls, and besides, he had no obligation to coax her.

If it were normal times, he would have just taken the BOSS.

But now, why was there a lingering sense of guilt, like a bad uncle bullying a little loli?

“Um… this… the cooling crystal is gone, how about I compensate you?” Lin Ling asked tentatively.

Autumn Leaf stubbornly raised her head, “How will you compensate me?”

Lin Ling scratched his head, “I'll sing you a song?”

“No, I don't want to hear it. Other people sing for money, you sing for your life!” Autumn Leaf said, the scene of the hurricane and Meteor Fire Rain appearing in her eyes again.

Lin Ling: (ᇂ_ᇂ|||)

“Cough, cough, cough…” Lin Ling coughed awkwardly three times, “How about I tell you a fairy tale? You look quite fitting for one.”

A hint of doubt flashed in Autumn Leaf’s eyes, “You can tell stories?”

Lin Ling's old face flushed. How could he tell stories? He just remembered telling Ji Mo the story of the little match girl before, only for that guy to turn it into a joke on the spot.

“Have you heard of the little girl who sold Forbidden Spell Scrolls?” Lin Ling asked.

Autumn Leaf shook her head.

“Once upon a time, there was a little girl who made a living by selling Forbidden Spell Scrolls.

It was snowing heavily on Christmas Eve, and it was especially cold.

The little girl hadn't sold a single Forbidden Spell Scroll today.

She hadn't eaten all day and was cold and hungry.

She came to a corner of the Base City, huddled there, hugging her knees, but still shivering from the cold.

She looked at the passersby, and with a trembling voice, she called out, 'Forbidden Spell Scrolls for sale, Forbidden Spell Scrolls for sale.'

But no one paid attention to her at all.

As night deepened, the little girl was too hungry. She rummaged in her pocket and pulled out a few colorful mushrooms she had picked during the day, stuffing them into her mouth.

Something magical happened. The shoes in the display window all turned into roasted ducks, lining up and dancing Subject Three in front of her.

Even the donkey dung on the roadside turned into fragrant roasted chickens and began to spin and jump around her.

A moment later, a gust of wind blew, and the biting cold wind made the little girl shiver. The roasted ducks turned back into shoes, and the roasted chickens turned back into donkey dung.

The little girl remembered the warm embrace of her great-grandmother when she was alive.

She took out a Fire-type Forbidden Spell Scroll, a smile of unprecedented happiness on her face.

She activated the scroll, and immediately, a powerful Meteor Shower enveloped the village.

That night, everyone in the village saw her great-grandmother.”

Lin Ling finished telling the joke, recalling Ji Black Dog's words. At the time, Ji Mo had laughed for a long time while telling it.

However, he soon realized that Autumn Leaf hadn't laughed at all.

“Isn't it funny?” Lin Ling couldn't help but ask.

Autumn Leaf shook her head, “Don't you notice anything strange?”

Lin Ling frowned slightly and turned to look at the Ice Silkworm Cave.

The small monsters had been killed for so long, why hadn't the BOSS appeared yet?

“Are you saying the BOSS hasn't appeared?” Lin Ling asked.

Autumn Leaf: “Just now, the prompt asked if I wanted to clear the dungeon with a three-star rating. I chose no, so the BOSS should have appeared, but…”

Lin Ling frowned slightly, “Don't be coy, but what?”

Autumn Leaf didn't answer, but instead shared the system prompt in front of her to the team channel via the sharing function.

[Due to the adventurer's excessive brutality, BOSS Ice Silkworm King was startled and refused to appear.]

[Adventurers, please leave the dungeon on your own, or wait for the Ice Silkworm King to appear.]

When Lin Ling saw these two prompts, three black lines immediately appeared on his forehead.

Strange things happened every year, but this year they were especially frequent.

Even the BOSS was going on strike?

Lin Ling touched his nose; this was the first time he had encountered such a thing.

But Ice Silkworm Silk could only be dropped by the Ice Silkworm King. If he didn't kill the Ice Silkworm King, wouldn't this trip be in vain?

After all, he could level up by simply finding a wild area and casting a Forbidden Spell.

“What should we do? Should we wait?” Lin Ling asked.

Autumn Leaf shrugged, “That's the only way.”

Lin Ling turned and walked into the forest, found Ben Boha's corpse, and began to loot it.

[Congratulations, you successfully looted dragon coins cash: 3,05,450,000]

[Congratulations, you looted the Batian Robe (Legendary) special weapon]

[Congratulations, you looted the Batian Staff (Legendary) special weapon]

[Congratulations...]

Lin Ling looked at the prompts on the panel and couldn't help but curl his lips. Once a special weapon was named, only its owner could use it.

This Batian set was clearly Ben Boha's special weapon.

Although it couldn't be sold, special weapons could be melted down, with a certain probability of melting rare materials.

These materials could be used to upgrade special weapons.

But Lin Ling had never studied special weapon melting and was completely ignorant in this area.

He suddenly turned to look at Autumn Leaf. He didn't understand, but that didn't mean she didn't.

When Autumn Leaf took out that manuscript on the fighter jet, Lin Ling had already confirmed that this Autumn Leaf must be the Miss from the Forging Guild.

Having a professional like her around was much better than spending money to figure out these common-sense problems.

He walked back to Autumn Leaf, smiling awkwardly, “Beautiful Miss Autumn Leaf, since we're waiting anyway, why don't we do something meaningful?”

Autumn Leaf suddenly looked up at Lin Ling, her eyes full of disbelief.

“You brat, what do you want to do? I'm telling you, give up on that idea. There's no way I'm going to mess around with you here,” Autumn Leaf said, scooting backward.

Lin Ling: “…”

What the hell do adult Misses have in their heads?

Lin Ling spoke again, “I want to discuss with you…”

However, before he could finish, Autumn Leaf interrupted, “I don't want to mess with you. I admit you're handsome, but we've only known each other for less than a day. I'm not that kind of casual girl.”

“Can't we be a bit more innocent?” Lin Ling became even more speechless, “I want to discuss forging experience with you.”

“Uh…”

Autumn Leaf instantly petrified. At this moment, she wished she could dig a basement with her toes and hide.

This was simply too embarrassing.

Heavens and earth, Autumn Leaf, Autumn Leaf, you need to wash your hair, your mind is all dirty.

(ಥ_ಥ)

“I want to ask you some questions. If your answers satisfy me, I can teach you how to purify enchantment stone to 30%,” Lin Ling said.

Upon hearing this, Autumn Leaf's two large eyes instantly became as bright as searchlights.

“Ask away! As long as I know, I will tell you everything without holding back,” Autumn Leaf nodded vigorously.

“Do you know how to melt finished special weapons to get upgrade materials?” Lin Ling asked.

“You don't even know that?” Autumn Leaf's face was full of surprise.

Lin Ling: “I can purify enchantment stone.”

Autumn Leaf: “…”

“You can just use the melting system that comes with the life profession. As long as you're a second-tier Forger, you have the melting system,” Autumn Leaf said.

Lin Ling's eye twitched.

“I don't. Can you help me melt these equipment?” Lin Ling said, pushing the Batian set over.

This immediately made Autumn Leaf petrify again, and at the same time, she felt a hint of pride, “Your Forger profession hasn't even reached second-tier?”

Lin Ling: “I can purify enchantment stone.”

Autumn Leaf: “o(╥﹏╥)o”