10: "Soul Staff Technique"? Even a dog wouldn't learn that!

【Weapon Skill: Bow Mastery (Level 1)】 Common Skill

【Effect: Physical Attack +1, Physical Critical Hit +1, Attack Range 30 meters】

【Upgrade Condition: When equipping a bow, kill 1,000 living beings of the same level or higher!】

【Current Progress: 0/1000】

Xu Shian carefully examined this skill.

It's not a percentage? Common skills really are unreliable...

However, Xu Shian currently had no intention of using his extra lifespan to add points.

He needed to adapt to this game for a while, read more guides from pro players, and see how to add points to maximize his gains...

Having read Hu Zhihao's diary, Xu Shian clearly knew that this was a long-term game; one needed to constantly grow stronger, but there was no need to rush.

Since he had chosen to build his future leveling system around the Summoner class, Staff Mastery was a weapon mastery that he absolutely had to learn.

However, for the time being, there was no rush.

He couldn't afford to learn Staff Mastery right now, nor could he afford to buy a staff...

The main thing was that in the early stages, he didn't have any magic attack skills. Under normal circumstances, why would one learn a summoning skill, a passive skill, and then Staff Mastery?

To go up and bash the monsters' heads like using a hammer?

Although he could only learn two skills, the other skills were worth looking at.

A standard Summoner only has one attack skill for themselves!

All other skills were meant to serve their little summoned beast brothers!

【Soul Staff Technique】!

It really was just getting close and bashing people's heads with a staff...

This kind of skill... that... is it insane?

So, it would be better to get Bow Mastery... After all, when he played Diablo, whether it was a Druid or a Necromancer!

He always liked hiding behind his summons and shooting arrows...

That feeling was quite comfortable!

In this game now... especially in the early stages when Mana was very scarce, it was more satisfying to hide in the back and go "pew pew pew"!

Besides the bow, of course, there were the matching arrows!

A bundle of 1,000 inferior arrows, Physical Damage +1.

Once he was free, Xu Shian scampered over to the Grocery Store to check the price of a bundle of inferior arrows!

Ten Copper Coins per bundle...

The price was quite reasonable! They probably feared that Archer players wouldn't be able to survive!

But these were, after all, inferior arrows...

The Grocery Store also had normal arrows, a bundle of 1,000 for one Silver Coin, Physical Damage +2!

He checked the time!

east dragon calendar year 521, June 1st, 9:30 AM...

east dragon calendar?

This method of keeping time was clearly different from what Hu Zhihao had recorded!

But he had also said that things from decades ago were largely forgotten!

This matter also served as a reminder to Xu Shian!

It was likely that something had happened to the East Dragon Empire later on!

Could it have been caused by players? After all, they were known as the Fourth Calamity; it would be too strange if they didn't cause trouble while playing a game...

Thinking of this, Xu Shian remembered something very important.

Once he was financially well-off, he had to quickly buy a notebook or something to transcribe the contents of Hu Zhihao's diary!

A good memory is no match for a bad pen!

As time passed, he would probably forget it too...

Xu Shian used the 20 Copper Coins he had on him to buy two bundles of inferior arrows!

He then rushed over to the Cooking Trainer and spent ten Copper Coins to learn Cooking.

Fortunately, the most basic Cooking recipes weren't expensive! He bought a recipe for Grilled Tasty Small Fish for 10 Copper Coins.

They also had recipes for Braised Loach and Steamed Grass Carp here!

The problem was that both of these required purchasing the matching Cooking utensils...

Leaving aside the fact that the price of 20 Silver Coins was unacceptable to Xu Shian, his inventory only had 20 slots right now, so he couldn't use it to store these things!

Therefore, he could only choose the Grilled Tasty Small Fish!

Everything was ready...

Xu Shian officially headed towards the East Gate of the Novice Village.

There were three guards stationed at the East Gate!

One of them was the Militia Team captain, Jia Hu, whom Xu Shian was looking for...

Compared to the others, there were almost no players here...

【Ding, you have completed the novice tutorial quest issued by Village Chief Wang Hu: Report to Militia Team captain Jia Hu. Obtained: EXP +10, Copper Coin +10!】

As Xu Shian controlled his character to complete the quest, Jia Hu's gaze immediately turned towards him!

"Hello, Captain Jia, the Village Chief told me to come find you!"

This was the first NPC involved in a quest who was still idle, so Xu Shian didn't mind chatting a bit more!

Jia Hu looked Xu Shian up and down!

"Didn't Old Zhong tell you that you need to coordinate your skills and weapons well?"

"Er..."

"Forget it, you've already chosen, so be it!"

Jia Hu's gaze turned towards the monster area outside the village, and Xu Shian followed his gaze.

The Level 1 monster area outside was full of people... not a single monster could be seen!

Captain Jia felt a bit awkward, reached out, clenched his fist, and coughed.

"See the Wild Rabbits outside? Kill ten of them, and I have a skill book here to give you..."

【Ding, Militia Team captain Jia Hu has issued you a novice combat quest!】 Quest Content:

They say rabbits don't eat the grass near their burrows, so don't you go eating the grass at my doorstep either!

Requirement: Kill 10 Wild Rabbits at the village entrance. Quest Reward: EXP +10, Copper Coin +10, Skill Book: Scouting Technique! Do you accept?

He definitely had to accept it...

Seeing that the Militia Team captain didn't seem too busy, Xu Shian decided to chat with him!

"Captain Jia, isn't it said that our Novice Village only teaches a maximum of two skills!"

"That's right!"

"Then what about this Scouting Technique...?"

A faint smile appeared on Jia Hu's rugged face.

"Isn't this a skill book?"

"However, whether you want to learn it or not is up to you. After all, at this stage, there are only six active skill slots. Using one means one less, so you need to coordinate them yourself!"

What was that Scouting Technique used for?

Perhaps because he was idle, Jia Hu didn't mind clearing up the confusion for Xu Shian!

"It's used to check quest monsters and quest attributes! If you train it to a high level, you can even discern weaknesses, increase critical hits, and so on..."

As he said this, he remembered that this was just a Level 1 newbie!

"It's quite useful, you can learn it..."

"Thank you, Captain Jia!"

Jia Hu didn't treat Xu Shian differently just because he was polite!

He simply found Xu Shian pleasing to the eye! After all, 18 points of Charisma was no joke...

After all, this was a world where everyone had transmigrated; anyone with a brain wouldn't offend an NPC!

Of course, idiots are everywhere, but given the massive base, those people were just a minority!

"In the Novice Village, you don't lose lifespan or equipment when you die! You will revive in the plaza without any penalty! But once you leave the Novice Village, dying once costs five years of lifespan! Did you remember that?"

Before leaving, Jia Hu specifically emphasized the rules of the Novice Village!

Xu Shian still needed to quickly adapt to the current combat state.

Taking a few more steps, it felt like passing through an unknown barrier!

The whole world instantly became noisy.

"Fuck, I was in the middle of a Contract Summoning, and you killed my summoned beast?"

"Is it yours? Just because it's your summoned beast? Call out to it and see if it pays attention to you!"

"I... I..."

"What 'I'? Besides, actively attacking in the Novice Village will also result in a red name, do you see me having a red name?"

"You... you..."

"What 'you'? If you have time, why aren't you going to kill monsters properly instead of flirting with rabbits here? Stop dawdling..."

Xu Shian instantly laughed, unable to hold it in!

Of course, laughter erupted all around, and Xu Shian didn't seem conspicuous...

As he laughed, Xu Shian couldn't laugh anymore!

I also learned Contract Summoning!

In this current situation, where are there any Wild Rabbits left for me to contract?

Level 2 monsters were already outside the contract range limited by the skill... headache...

Just as he was thinking about this, a Wild Rabbit spawned at his feet...

Xu Shian subconsciously cast Contract Summoning! The contract effect rose, and the progress bar began counting down!

Not far away, the person who had just killed the previous Summoner's rabbit was happy. Hehehe! Another good thing had come knocking...

He immediately rushed over with a sinister grin!

Unfortunately, in the five seconds, before the other party had even run up to Xu Shian, the Wild Rabbit in front of him flashed with golden light, and the text above its head had already changed!

【Wild Rabbit, player 'Shi Chuan's' pet!】

The man's blade still slashed down, perhaps because he didn't have time to stop, or perhaps he never intended to stop...