Visit Zhenhai City with Zhou Yue

Yang Jian transformed into his travel form and jogged all the way to the seaside.

This murloc village was very large; judging by the monster density, there were quite a few murlocs inside.

Yang Jian felt somewhat relieved that the little saintess from the Xia family hadn't followed him.

Otherwise, seeing these murlocs with their families, she would probably try to stop Yang Jian from punishing evil and promoting good again!

The general level of this murloc village started at Level 18.

Even so, this village didn't have a name of its own.

Sometimes, Yang Jian wondered if Hai Chao Village was just unlucky.

A group of monsters from a high-level map was packed up by the gods and stuffed into a Newbie Village, suddenly all becoming Level 10!

When Yang Jian came knocking on their door back then, they must have been cursing up a storm in their hearts, right?

Starting with Arcane Shot, he prioritized picking off the ranged units among the murloc crowd.

With one arrow fired, a swarm of murlocs came charging at Yang Jian with howling cries.

He picked off the Murloc Hunters and Murloc Shamans one by one, then began dealing with the melee units bunched together.

The Frost Trap triggered, and then the area-of-effect of 'Quadruple Arrow' activated.

Before this group of murlocs could even reach Yang Jian, they had all met their bitter end!

He gathered the loot; the equipment was all Level 15, and he didn't know what the materials were for yet.

The only somewhat useful things were the three Cat's Eyes he got from opening a chest.

Looking at the empty wilderness, Yang Jian felt a gust of chilly wind blow past.

Sigh, there was no helping it. Being so far ahead of the main force, he was playing this like a single-player game!

He directly filled the three Cat's Eyes into the ring's upgrade materials.

It saved them from taking up a slot in Yang Jian's inventory.

Looking at the 'druid king ring' which wasn't far from upgrading, he wondered what kind of surprise it would bring him once it reached Green quality.

With the death of the first batch of murlocs, the remaining murlocs couldn't sleep peacefully anymore.

Led by the village shamans, almost all of them launched wave after wave of suicidal charges at Yang Jian...

In-game time, 4:30 AM, Yang Jian finally received the long-awaited good news!

She's coming, she's coming, she's teleporting in with the supplies...

Zhou Yue: I rushed as fast as I could, I'm half-dead from exhaustion...

Yang Jian: You're here, sis? You hit Level 10?

Zhou Yue: I've prepared ten pieces of Level 10 Blue gear for you. See if you need anything else? I'll mail it all to you in a bit?

Yang Jian: Give me two more bags...

Zhou Yue: Hey, I only missed one day and you're already starting to eat bags! This kid's life is so miserable... Just as well, I got a Blue quiver when I was fighting a BOSS, I'll mail it to you too!

Yang Jian: Always taking from you but never saying thank you...

Zhou Yue: Get lost!

Yang Jian: Will do.

After continuing to work for a long while, the sun rose in the game.

Yang Jian looked at the now-cleared murloc village.

Then he looked at his bag full of Blue and Green equipment that he couldn't devour due to level requirements. It was heartbreaking!

However, it wasn't all bad news.

Condition 2: Wisteria Wood (Green) 5/10, Cat's Eye (Green) 7/10, Carnelian (Green) 5/10.

At least this murloc village had yielded quite a few good materials for Yang Jian!

Seeing that the ring upgrade was in sight, he looked at the necklace again!

Sigh, better not mention it!

He took out the coordinate token Li Weina had given him and placed it on the ground in the village.

After a scanning-like detection, the quest panel showed that the quest was complete...

Thinking about it, at this hour, Nathanos would be completely drunk. Although he seemed to be wandering around, he wouldn't be leaving anytime soon.

Besides, he wouldn't care for the wine sold in town anyway.

He might as well go back to Zhenhai City and see if there was any good wine there!

Action followed thought; he rubbed his Hearthstone and returned to the city!

"Oh, so your Hearthstone is bound here?"

Zhou Yue, being in a party, could see Yang Jian's current location and status.

When she followed the teammate marker over, Yang Jian was discussing how many types of fine wine there were in Zhenhai City with the cat-eared girl who owned the inn!

As soon as Zhou Yue walked in, she saw Yang Jian smiling at the proprietress with what looked like ill intent.

It was just that Yang Jian didn't know Zhou Yue's thoughts; if he did, he would have cried out that he was being wronged.

He truly was wronged. Yang Jian was only giving a polite smile; how did that become 'ill intent'?

"Ahem, this place is close to the city gates, flight point, and commercial district after all... it's convenient for going out to level up!"

"Oh... how should I address you, proprietress?"

The cat-eared girl looked at the unfriendly Zhou Yue, then at the seemingly nonchalant Yang Jian.

She smiled!

"Lilith!"

"I'd like a room!"

"Miss Mage, if you stay in the same room as this Mr. Hunter, you can bind your Hearthstone at this establishment for free..."

Lilith looked at the silver coin Zhou Yue slapped onto the table and suggested with a smile.

"Who... who wants to stay in a room with him! Besides... wait? Doesn't binding the Hearthstone just work? Why do I need to book a room? What are you trying to do by booking a room?"

Yang Jian was momentarily dazed.

Did I book a room?

How come I don't seem to remember?

Although he was nearly buried by the pit the proprietress dug, he did indeed obtain a lot of information about wine.

In this massive Zhenhai City, there were four major market districts: East, South, West, and North.

They gathered almost all the medium and low-grade wines from the Eastern Continent.

Why was there no high-quality wine?

The City Lord's Mansion might have some, but ordinary merchants wouldn't necessarily be able to sell it if they stocked it...

Mainly because the current players were still too poor.

Once levels went up and people had money in hand, all sorts of luxury goods would be shipped over.

As the leader of the number one guild, the total gold Yang Jian could currently mobilize was less than eight hundred.

It was primarily because players were low-level; even with desperate gold farming, they couldn't produce much!

Other people were even poorer.

He walked with Zhou Yue to the Practitioner's Hall.

This place was specifically set up in Zhenhai City for players of various classes to learn skills and receive class quests.

In the Inner City, there was a Mage Quarter, which was filled with all sorts of Archmages!

Standing in any corner of Zhenhai City, one could see the Mage Towers they lived in.

I heard teleporting inside is free...

The second most successful group would be the Light Church; Priests and Paladins were theoretically under their jurisdiction.

Of course, theory was just theory. In this world where great power resided in the individual, ignoring them was already the most polite way of behaving!

After all, for players, as long as you dared to show a health bar, they would dare to take a poke at you first!

Hunters also had their own territory.

However, while the Hunter brothers' place couldn't compare to the luxury of the Mages or the grandeur of the Church,

it was much more normal compared to 'gutter' classes like Rogues or Demon Summoners.

Yang Jian had come here specifically because he remembered that Nathanos was, after all, an advanced hunter class; perhaps he could hear some news about him here!

As it turned out, while he did get some related news in the Hunter Quarter, it was only legends about this Nathanos...

Looking at these Level 30 or 40 hunters before him, Yang Jian could only think of another way!

"Nathanos? Marris?"

"Ah, yes, yes, yes, that seems to be the name! You know him?"

Over this period of time, Yang Jian had developed his own understanding of "salvation".

For instance, when looking for information, one could find the Dwarves.

They liked to drink and make friends!

It didn't matter if you weren't close; just find a small shop, buy some strong liquor, and you'd be friends after finishing it!

"Nathanos Marris, he's a pitiable man. He was once the most talented hunter in the Kingdom of Lordaeron..."

Hearing this, Yang Jian's eyes lit up.

"Are you two from the same world?"

"Huh? No, no, no, I'm from Middle-earth, I arrived earlier than them..."

Yang Jian nodded.

"Then it seems he really is quite famous..."

The Dwarf uncle chuckled.

"Famous? Every time a New World is anchored by the Abyss, it's the start of a new round of competition. And every mortal with hope of reaching the Demigod rank is very famous!"

"Demigod? Then what about the gods?"

The Dwarf's eyes widened.

"Heh, there are countless planes targeted by the Abyss. Over hundreds of thousands of years, thousands of Demigods have been born, but there are only five gods in total!"

The Dwarf might have been a bit drunk as he muttered to himself about how incredibly difficult it was to become a god!

"You've lived for hundreds of thousands of years?"

Yang Jian was momentarily shocked.

Equipped with his cheat-like Heavenly Eye, Yang Jian obviously didn't just pick anyone to ask for information.

[Name: Thorin Ironfoot]

[Description: The second son of the King Under the Mountain of the Middle-earth Dwarves, looking to try his luck in the New World!]

[Note: Do not expect their strength to guard your important things. These high-level practitioners looking for luck have the possibility of joining your guild; before the world is destroyed, they will briefly follow your orders! Before complete loyalty, if there is a risk of the world being destroyed, they will be the first to run away!]

Thorin Ironfoot rolled his eyes at Yang Jian.

"What are you talking about? I'm only 86 this year, I've just reached adulthood..."

Yang Jian: ...

86 years old, damn, my grandfather has been in the ground for several years!

Yang Jian opened another bottle of Volcanic Rock Spirits and filled Thorin's cup.

"Where were we? That Nathanos has a deep obsession with the High Elves who once occupied the Sunwell. If you can get your hands on the fine wine 'Sorrow of the High Elves', I believe he'd be willing to pay any price!"

"What happened to those High Elves?"

"Wiped out!"

"Wiped... wiped out?"

"What kind of strength did they think they had to occupy a supreme treasure like the Sunwell? That's a treasure condensed from Titan's Blood..."

While they were chatting, two Dwarves suddenly rushed out from behind.

One grabbed his arms, the other his feet.

They picked Thorin up and left.

"Sorry, our boss is drunk. Please excuse us, excuse us!"

"I'm not drunk, let me go, I haven't had enough..."

Thorin's two lackeys ignored his shouting!

What kind of person is this? Coming to find their boss for a drink first thing in the morning, and the key was they didn't drink themselves, just kept urging him...

If they kept talking, divine punishment might descend!

Yang Jian and Zhou Yue looked at each other as the three Dwarves disappeared from sight.

With no more information to gather, the two of them quickly evacuated the smithing district.

They planned to go out and level up together, but as they passed a shop, Zhou Yue suddenly stopped.

"Look, is that a weapon shop?"

"Doesn't the sign say it? 'Oakenshield Weapons and Armor'!"

Yang Jian was still looking at the sign when he noticed Zhou Yue beside him looking at him with disdain.

"Don't bother looking, it's expensive as hell, not worth it..."

Yang Jian was just being stubborn. At the time, he was single-mindedly focused on leveling up as fast as possible to expand his lead, so he hadn't had time to explore Zhenhai City!

After all, Yang Jian and his companion had been working hard all day. At this time, they needed to log off and let their characters rest well.

Even though his character's attributes were very high and he could fight and level up for long periods without rest,

that was only something to consider in emergencies.

At a time like this, it was better to have a scientific sleep schedule!

When Yang Jian logged off, it was already 8:30 PM.

He checked his WeChat messages, intending to clear the red notification dots that had accumulated throughout the day...

Mo Suqing: Golden Talent Nature Summoner, seeking a major guild for recruitment!

Yang Jian: ...?