113: Level Seal

It takes one million experience points to advance from level ten to level eleven.

Compared to going out and fighting wild monsters, the cost-effectiveness of running a Dungeon is clearly much higher!

Of course, this is only because Xu Shian is powerful enough to run Hell-level Dungeons...

If one lacks the strength and just dilly-dallies, it's really hard to say which way is more cost-effective for leveling up!

For the time being, Xu Shian didn't even bother making potions anymore!

After consulting with An Xixi, he had her buy two tents from the Grocery Store and list them on the Auction House. Xu Shian decided not to skimp; whenever he entered a Dungeon, he would rest inside a tent...

Xu Shian was also too lazy to keep running back and forth.

After calculating, if he pushed his time to the limit, he could barely manage to reach his max level before the version update...

A single tent can be used five times!

Each time, it can restore a few energy points...

Staying for a full six hours or more grants 40 energy points.

However, Xu Shian only uses them for two hours at most at a time, so naturally, he can't achieve the optimal effect.

Speaking of buying these tents, a small incident occurred!

The first tent An Xixi listed on the Auction House was immediately sniped by someone else...

It left both of them completely baffled.

They didn't know what the other party was after...

The second time, Xu Shian simply told An Xixi to set the price higher!

Let's see if you still buy a tent that costs five gold...

The experience points from one Dungeon run varied, but they generally stayed around 33,500!

In other words, Xu Shian would need to run this Dungeon about 30 times to reach level 11...

Wu Lun was in no rush to return to the Militia Team right now!

Why go back? Once Xu Shian broke through level ten, he would be heading to the main city. At most, they would only be staying here for another three or four days...

Xu Shian couldn't even be bothered to deal with them; he only wanted to enhance his team's strength and then leave the Novice Village.

During these past few days, not only did Xu Shian replace all of his own gold-tier equipment.

Even Wu Lun and Ben Boer Ba were fully equipped with gold-tier gear...

Looking at it himself, Xu Shian felt they were ridiculously strong!

Xu Shian even found time to get a few pieces of gold-tier leather armor for An Xixi...

As the equipment was upgraded and the team's overall strength improved, the speed of clearing the Dungeon became faster and faster.

They compressed the time from two hours per Dungeon run down to one and a half hours...

This time was basically the limit!

There was no way to go faster; after all, they still had to travel such a long distance, climbing mountains and crossing rivers...

By grinding the Dungeon non-stop, Xu Shian finally reached his limit before 11 PM on June 14th!

【Ding! Your level has reached the Novice Village limit. You can choose to participate in the trial to break through the bottleneck, or contact the Village Chief directly to leave the Novice Village! After leaving the Novice Village, the level seal will be automatically lifted!】

【Ding! Your level has reached the Novice Village limit. You can return to the Novice Village and find Village Chief Wang Hu to accept the trial quest!】

Xu Shian breathed a sigh of relief.

Having worked non-stop for three days, Xu Shian also felt he couldn't hold on any longer...

He returned to the 'You Jian Inn' and slept until the world went dark!

When he woke up, it was already noon on the 15th.

Early this morning, the system issued an online update notification...

Of course, stopping the server for maintenance was out of the question!

Early this morning, when everyone was fighting monsters, the experience points increased, but the extra lifespan decreased...

Although the experience points gained from fighting monsters increased and levels could quickly catch up, everyone knew in their hearts exactly how much they had lost.

Everyone could only swallow their teeth along with their blood...

Xu Shian's level was sealed!

Now that he had to prepare for the trial, he didn't intend to race against time anymore.

And the others in the Novice Village visibly relaxed as well.

At this moment, someone whom Xu Shian found quite unexpected came knocking at his door.

"Old Liu... sit!"

Xu Shian never expected that Limping Liu would actually come to him on his own.

He poured a cup of water, exchanged a few pleasantries, and Limping Liu got straight to the point.

"Didn't we agree on three to five days back then..."

Xu Shian smiled; naturally, he couldn't say he hadn't had the time to deal with him!

Even if that was the truth, and even if both sides knew that was the case...

"It's just that back when I looked for you, you were so reluctant, and you even went to Captain Jia to frame me. How could I dare to visit?"

Xu Shian was spouting nonsense.

Limping Liu listened with an awkward expression!

"Explain yourself... how did I frame you?"

"Didn't you say yourself that you killed Wu Lun?"

"You've said both the good and the bad all by yourself!"

But now that Limping Liu needed a favor, he could only force a smile.

"Hey, wasn't that just a misunderstanding back then... Now, this Lu Ming is still lurking in the village, and who knows what kind of trouble he's going to stir up. Why don't we strike first?"

Xu Shian didn't take the bait...

To him, the most important thing right now was the trial, and then heading to the main city...

Seeing Xu Shian sitting there like a statue, Limping Liu gritted his teeth and had to bring out his trump card.

"Do you remember the skill book I told you about before?"

Xu Shian was stunned. If you hadn't mentioned it, I really wouldn't have remembered that...

"I brought it!"

【Skill Book: Summon Grizzly Bear】

(I originally wanted to get a 【Coup de Grace】 here... but then I thought, it's not appropriate to arrange this skill in the Novice Village, I'll deal with it after going to the main city!)

Huh?

"Didn't I remember you saying last time that it seemed to be a passive skill?"

Xu Shian pointed to the skill book that Limping Liu had placed on the table.

"You said this was a passive skill?"

"Isn't this an apology... I have to cater to your preferences, right?"

Xu Shian laughed!

"Sensible~!"

He watched as Limping Liu put the 【Skill Book: Summon Grizzly Bear】 back into his inventory.

【Ding! Limping Liu has issued a quest to you: Unconcealable Conspiracy】 Quest Content:

Limping Liu has suffered under Lu Ming for too long; he can't beat him, and he can't escape him; you are his last hope!

Please help Limping Liu expose Lu Ming's disguise and kill him!

Quest Reward: 【Skill Book: Summon Grizzly Bear】; Gold + 1

【Do you wish to accept?】

Xu Shian's first thought wasn't whether this quest could be completed, but whether he could steal this item...

The only problem now is... this guy is a friendly NPC!

Limping Liu felt Xu Shian's gaze like a knife, scraping over him for no reason, giving him a rather chilling sensation.

On one hand, he marveled at how this person's strength had grown many times over.

On the other hand, he was also organizing his thoughts, considering how to guide Xu Shian's attention back to the right path. Shouldn't you be thinking about how to complete the quest?

"Don't you go thinking of any crooked ideas! You can't steal it or anything! This skill book is a quest reward; I can't even discard it. Otherwise, if the system issued a quest but there was no reward upon completion, how embarrassing would that be?"

After all, Limping Liu had had his Scout Shortbow stolen by him before. One look at Xu Shian's eyes, and he knew this guy was up to no good!

Xu Shian thought about it and realized it made sense; the system couldn't afford to lose face like that...

The quest was issued properly, the player completed it, and then the reward was gone?

However, this also explained from the side why he couldn't steal the 【Skill Book: Lifesteal Aura】 no matter what last time.

It seems this quest must be completed!

But this Limping Liu was such a coward, he hadn't dared to investigate Lu Ming for such a long time!

If only he had dared to investigate, he would have known that this person had long been unable to keep up the disguise.