15: When it rains, it pours.

Death is a very unique perspective; after wandering in soul form by the river for about ten minutes, I was finally forcibly teleported back.

Xu Shian respawned in the Novice Village square.

His name was still slightly tinged with red!

Although respawning cleared away the physical pain, the mental sensation of death was still quite vivid!

After taking a moment to recover, he looked left and right.

He discovered that the guards on duty during the day had gone off shift! The night shift ones probably hadn't arrived yet!

Xu Shian hurriedly and stealthily made his escape...

While running away, he checked his logs! He wanted to see just how miserable he really was!

【Ding, congratulations on fishing up a BOSS, Merman Guard Kun Kai!】

【Note: Kun Kai is in a hostile state, be careful to dodge attacks!】

Before the words had even faded, Xu Shian was battered by a full combo of the opponent's skills!

【You have been affected by Kun Kai's Corrosive Mist skill, Armor -30, current Armor -27, you will receive 27% increased damage!】

【You were hit by Merman Smash! HP -208, HP -337, you have entered a Stunned state! 'Braised Chicken' has died】

...

【You were triggered into a Heavy Strike state, HP -298, you have entered a Stunned state! 'Big Plate Chicken' has died】

【'Spicy Chicken' has died】

【'Kung Pao Chicken' has died】

【You have died!】

It was simply... completely powerless to fight back!

The key is, since the four of them already lost HP, shouldn't they also share this pain?

Xu Shian checked his own status.

Weakened: All attributes for you and your summons decrease by 50%, duration 30 minutes!

【red name: slaughter value 1 point.】

【Satiety: 53/100】

【energy points: 29/100】

Both Satiety and energy points dropped by 20 points, and he also happily received a Weakened DEBUFF!

Let's see what these two achievements are all about.

【First Death in Life】: Common achievement, record your first death!

【Dare to be the First】: Unique achievement, the first player in the entire server to challenge a BOSS and be killed!

So... what use is this achievement?

Oh, completing a series of achievements provides various rewards? Some achievements even reward mounts?

Never mind then...

Back when I was collecting rent, I played games whenever I had free time; most of these achievements require a very long time to complete.

Some are even impossible to finish!

I'll just have to see if they happen to be on my way later!

Being killed in the Novice Village doesn't result in any real losses, so Xu Shian wasn't too worried about that!

The only problem is, if he gets caught by the guards now and locked up for an hour, he'll probably unlock another "going to jail" achievement!

"Hey, what are you doing here acting all sneaky?"

Xu Shian had been too engrossed in checking his status and hadn't noticed anyone around him for a moment.

When he looked up, Militia Team Captain Jia Hu was standing in front of him with a half-smile!

What is this?

Misfortunes never come singly? What a miserable life!

"Captain Jia... hello!"

"Hello! Young man..."

As he spoke, he patted Xu Shian on the shoulder!

"I couldn't tell, you've got such guts? You're a red name and you still dare to wander around the village? Do you look down on our Militia Team?"

"How could I! I just... respawned here after dying!"

"Respawned?"

Captain Jia was a bit confused; he had witnessed Xu Shian's strength during the day, which was definitely an A-grade or higher summoning talent!

"Did you go solo a level six Wild Boar?"

"No... I accidentally encountered a BOSS..."

Captain Jia's expression turned serious!

"There are only four BOSSes in the Novice Village! The Wild Boar King, the Silver Wolf King, the Toad BOSS, and the Treant BOSS... you can already run that far?"

"Er, a Merman BOSS I fished up! I was insta-killed by it..."

Captain Jia was speechless!

"Then you better be careful; until this Merman BOSS is dead, don't you dare go fishing again!"

Xu Shian was taken aback: 'Please enlighten me...'

"I've heard of this before; from the moment it was fished up by you, it has an invisible contract with you, so the next fish you catch will still be it! Unless it dies, you won't be able to catch any other fish..."

Xu Shian felt a toothache!

Captain Jia seemed to be gloating a little.

"You should just be happy! Legend has it that someone once fished up a Black Dragon BOSS, and all the anglers in that water area were insta-killed by a single Black Dragon Breath that day; that person has stayed away from the side job of fishing ever since..."

Thanks a lot, I really can't be happy about this!

This talent has such hidden traps?

Captain Jia waved the skill book in his hand.

"Aren't you going to turn in the quest?"

"Yes, I must turn it in!"

【Ding, you have completed the combat tutorial quest from Militia Team Captain Jia Hu, kill ten Wild Rabbits, completed. Obtained: EXP +10, Copper Coin +10, obtained skill book: Scouting Technique!】

Without a second word, Xu Shian directly learned Scouting Technique!

This decisive behavior left Captain Jia stunned.

"Don't you want to think carefully about your build?"

"No need, I've suffered enough today for not having Scouting Technique!"

"Alright, go to the inn and get some rest; don't be stingy with money. Money is just an external possession, there's a long road ahead, it's more important to get some rest!"

Xu Shian was a bit dazed, and the words blurted out without thinking.

"You're not going to arrest me?"

As soon as the words left his mouth, he slapped himself! Damn your loose tongue...

"When you're out in the world, you have to value connections and background... that someone-or-other hasn't given me any benefits! Besides, I find you quite agreeable!"

"Yes, yes, yes! I feel like Captain Jia is my long-lost brother!"

Captain Jia almost couldn't keep a straight face!

"You're a clever one, remember, this is a real world; what's there to fear about a red name? What's there to fear about slaughter value? If you can handle the City Lord of the main city you're in, even if you kill someone in front of the guards, they'll turn a blind eye!"

This time, Captain Jia really left!

Xu Shian immediately breathed a sigh of relief...

Since Captain Jia didn't arrest him, Xu Shian immediately started acting cocky again.

He first went to the Grocery Store to deal with all the crude items on him!

Crude items, grey, basically mean they have no use other than being sold to NPCs for money!

With the blessing of the ancient jade of reincarnation, Xu Shian's luck was high enough that he dropped a lot of items!

Just the trash alone sold for fifty-nine Silver Coins and fifty-seven Copper Coins!

How could there be so much?

Right, that grey crude chainmail shoe was actually quite valuable...

With money, Xu Shian immediately started acting cocky!

He immediately hurried to the Chef Trainer!

He learned all the Cooking recipes he could in his current state!

Charcoal Grilled Lamb Chops, Fruitwood Grilled Lamb Skewers, Braised Chicken Wings, Braised Chicken Legs, Spicy Rabbit Head...

Ten recipes that were a bit above beginner level cost Xu Shian over fifty Silver Coins!

He almost learned all the Cooking he could from the Chef Instructor Ding Big Mouth!

Having spent a lot of money, he was now a big client, and it was very easy to borrow the Cooking utensils from Ding Big Mouth!

Xu Shian spent two hours processing all the ingredients he had on him!

He kept four portions of Fruitwood Grilled Lamb Skewers and four portions of Braised Chicken Wings!

He put all the other items up at the Auction House...

As for the cliché issues of food, clothing, housing, and transportation, Xu Shian didn't want to dwell on them!

Xu Shian also compared them from various sources and felt these two items tasted the best...

Satiety is the basic requirement! Extra attributes are nice if they exist, but if not, so be it!

But the taste really cannot be bad...

Once the taste is bad, the dish loses its soul!

However, after this, Xu Shian also completely understood the awesomeness of his SSS-grade talent!

Before, he only saw the cold text description and didn't have a concrete concept.

Now it's different! Xu Shian has had a personal experience.

Although it has no combat ability, its comprehensive index is not inferior to combat talents at all...

It belongs to the type where no matter where you go, you can be treated as an honored guest...

Xu Shian ran to the Auction House and put all these items up for auction.

He set the starting bid at ten Copper Coins, limited the time to two hours, set no price cap, and no buyout price!

When the time is up, the highest bidder wins!

After finishing all this, Xu Shian ran to the inn and realized that he had overspent!

The cheapest Human-tier room single room costs three Silver Coins a night.

Currently, Xu Shian was strapped for cash and could only spend ten Copper Coins to get a spot in a dormitory to make do for the night!

Fortunately, today is the first day of the game, everyone is very excited, and they were all distributed crude tents!

Saving money is a virtue of the citizens of the Great Xia Country!

Thus, Xu Shian miraculously achieved the effect of staying in a single room for ten Copper Coins; no one else could do that.

He slept until he woke up naturally and checked his status.

【red name: 1 point of slaughter value】

【Satiety: 37/100】

【energy points: 98/100】

It's a pity that he couldn't trigger the energy points overflow and gain double EXP!

But after all, it's a dormitory; when he has money later, he'll stay in a Heaven-tier room every day...

He took out a lamb skewer!

【Fruitwood Grilled Lamb Skewers】: After eating 60% of the entire portion of food, you will gain the effect: Satiety +50, restore 130 HP; and gain a BUFF, Strength +2, duration 20 minutes!

These lamb skewers are not the small iron-skewer ones from the south!

They are the big ones from the northwest with half a jin of meat on each skewer!

"Sigh, eating something this oily first thing in the morning, who can handle this!"

As he said this, he took a bite, and his mouth was full of grease...

Whether Xu Shian could handle it, no one knew, but the hungry onlookers nearby couldn't handle it anymore!

They glared at Xu Shian one after another!

Ignoring the surrounding gazes, Xu Shian finished his breakfast and then headed towards the mailbox at the inn entrance!

It was time to go and verify the results!