17: Hiring someone to commit murder?

Xu Shian thought about it for a moment and sent a private message directly to this Invincible Lucky Star!

Shi Chuan: "I think your price is a bit much. Just sell it to me for 40 Silver Coins!"

Auto-reply: From Invincible Lucky Star.

"The item is in the Auction House. If you need it, go bid for it yourself. If you're here to haggle, get lost!"

Xu Shian: ...

No wonder so many people are arguing with you. You deserve to be scolded...

Invincible Lucky Star: "I'm here, I'm here! Sorry about that!"

Shi Chuan: ...

Invincible Lucky Star: "Big brother, I haven't eaten in two days. I'm just waiting for this money to buy food..."

If the other party had started acting cute right from the beginning, Xu Shian felt he might have conceded a little.

As for now? Absolutely not!

You already scolded me, and if I still follow your lead, wouldn't that make me a pushover?

Shi Chuan: "No matter how much you talk, that's all the money I have!"

Invincible Lucky Star: "At least... it has to be one Gold Coin!"

She also knew that everyone might really be broke right now, but she needed money too!

The game had just launched, and time was precious. Wasting one more day meant falling further behind others...

If Xu Shian knew what she was thinking, he would only smile and tell her, "Kid, you're overthinking it..."

This was a real world where one had to live for a lifetime!

You need to have a plan and ideas to live this life well, don't always be thinking about just seizing the day...

Shi Chuan: "Think about it, we've only been here for one day. Where am I supposed to get a Gold Coin for you?"

"The Stealth skill, isn't it worth a Gold Coin?"

"You can learn it for free from the instructor. How is that worth a Gold Coin?"

"Then why are you still buying it?"

Xu Shian ignored her. He would let her stew for a while and let her see just how poor players were right now! Then she would be able to accept reality!

He continued to Search for the skill books he wanted!

There really was Arcane Shot for the Archer class!

The price of this skill book was much more reasonable, ten Silver Coins each!

He bought it decisively.

He got the skill book at the entrance of the Auction House and clicked to learn it!

Sigh, active skill slots -1.

[Ding, you have learned the skill: Arcane Shot]

[Arcane Shot: Level 1] Normal skill.

[Requirement: Bow Mastery skill]

[Upgrade requirement: Hit opponent 0/1000]

Skill effect: Quickly fire an arrow, dealing physical damage + 13 Arcane damage to the enemy.

Cooldown: 6 seconds, Mana cost: 25 points.

...

A level one skill! It wasn't too bad with this effect!

It was much more reliable than Soul Staff Technique.

Who didn't know that when fighting a BOSS, the melee range was a disaster zone? All kinds of ground slams, stomps, sweeps, and crushes—there was always one that fit you!

In a game world where getting hit actually hurts, let me ask you, are you afraid?

It was only right that the Arcane Shot skill was cheap, because anyone who wanted to play an Archer would choose this skill first!

Pair it with a Serpent Sting or Hunter's Mark!

As for classes that didn't want to play an Archer... well, what more was there to say? They basically wouldn't even learn Bow Mastery! Without Bow Mastery, what was the point of learning a shooting skill?

He looked through all the skill books currently on the market!

He wasn't considering those with level requirements for now, and he wasn't considering those with prerequisites either...

For example, the skill he valued quite a bit, Stealing, was officially named [Search]. In reality, it was just a beautified version of the act!

If you're going to steal, just steal; why be embarrassed to admit it?

This [Search] skill required the [Stealth] prerequisite, and it could only be used while in [Stealth] state.

Currently, he hadn't even managed to get [Stealth], so he hadn't even thought about buying [Search]!

Of course, it wasn't in the Auction House right now either. If it were, he wouldn't mind paying the price.

Everyone's skill slots were very tight right now. Apart from combat skills, no one dared to blindly learn skills that they didn't know would be useful!

Over on Invincible Lucky Star's side, seeing the chat window remaining quiet and the price in the Auction House unable to rise anymore, she couldn't help but think that it was a lost cause!

She proactively contacted Xu Shian.

"50 Silver Coins! If that works, let's trade offline! I'll lose 1 Silver Coin if I cancel the auction!"

"Deal, at the entrance of the Auction House!"

Invincible Lucky Star was stunned and began to look around at the people nearby.

She immediately spotted Xu Shian, who was also looking around in the crowd.

After confirming with a glance, it was the person she was looking for!

"Shi Chuan?"

"Yeah, it's me!"

Xu Shian didn't waste words and went straight to the mailbox at the entrance with her.

[Player Invincible Lucky Star has initiated a trade with you. Trade content: [Skill Book: Stealth] for 50 Silver Coins!]

Xu Shian handed over the Silver Coins and clicked confirm!

The other party checked it twice and also clicked to confirm the trade.

Once he got it, he learned it... no hesitation, no regrets.

[Ding, you have learned a new skill: Stealth]

[Stealth: Level 1] Normal skill.

[Upgrade condition: Stealth time reaches 100 hours, 0/100]

[Requirement: Use while out of combat.]

Use: Makes you enter Stealth state, movement speed reduced by 50%, the effect lasts until cancelled or an attack is initiated.

Cooldown: 10 seconds.

Now, he only had 3 Silver Coins left on him!

With the money spent, he had no other distractions; he could go out to level up, kill monsters, and clear his red name!

He had died and returned to the Novice Village today, entering in an unconventional state. Plus, his Charisma stat was high, so Captain Jia had given him some face!

However, just because Jia Hu gave him face and didn't arrest him, didn't mean he could be too unreasonable!

At the end of the day, he was just benefiting from his off-the-charts Charisma stat.

It didn't mean that he and Jia Hu really had any friendship!

If he returned to the village in a red name state again today, Jia Hu would probably settle old and new scores with him together!

Deciding to go out to level up, Xu Shian headed straight towards the east end of the Novice Village.

Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened...

A six or seven-year-old boy stood in front of Xu Shian, staring at him with a serious expression!

"Little kid, do you need something?"

"Are you a bad person?"

"I'm not, oh?"

"You're lying. You have a malevolent aura on you. My mom said before that anyone with a malevolent aura is a bad person!"

Xu Shian was at a loss for words for a moment. Little kid, if you had met me yesterday, I wouldn't have had a malevolent aura on me!

How troublesome...

No matter how troublesome, life must go on...

Squeezing out a smile he thought was kind, Xu Shian said to the little kid.

"Little kid, what's your name?"

"My name is Lu Ming!"

"You... what do you want with a bad person?"

"I want to hire you to kill Limping Liu in the north of the village..."

Xu Shian was dumbfounded!

Are the children in this myriad realms online all this bold? Hiring a hitman right off the bat?

Now Xu Shian understood a little bit!

This Lu Ming saw his red name and the slaughter value on him, which was why he approached him...

Although this red name wasn't very obvious, it really made it impossible for Xu Shian to righteously claim that he was a good person, and that he wouldn't accept any counterarguments!

"Xiao Ming, why do you want to kill Limping Liu?"

"My dad went out on an adventure with him, but he came back alone and said my dad died, then forced my mom to marry him..."

Xu Shian: ...

He really had a death wish!

This little wolf cub looked like a ruthless person!

Just as he was about to refuse, he didn't expect a mission to be issued in his ear.

[Ding, Lu Ming has issued a special mission to you: Kill Limping Liu!] Mission content: Limping Liu may have killed Lu Ming's father while they were out, and is forcing his mother to marry him. Please help Lu Ming kill him! Mission reward: EXP +50, Gold Coin +1, unlock next round of missions. Do you accept?