36: What if there's not enough time for the mission? Find outside help.

After connecting the voice chat with An Xixi, Xu Shian greeted her.

"Classmate Xixi, good afternoon!"

"Mm! Good afternoon to you too, Classmate Xiaochuan?"

"Shian, Xu Shian!"

"Oh, good afternoon to you too! Classmate Shian!"

Xu Shian was stunned!

Seeing that there was no movement on Xu Shian's end, An Xixi 'helloed' a few times on the other side.

"Are you listening?"

"I am!"

"What do you need me for?"

"I heard you're leveling up near the Wild Boar Forest?"

"Yes! Sister Lili and I are leveling up over here!"

"Sister Lili?"

"I heard that if you play this game well, you can return to your youth. Our current top priority is to help Sister Lili return to being 18. Of course, a youthful mindset has to start with how we address each other..."

Xu Shian was speechless!

The Novice Village really was just for everyone to adapt!

After leaving the Novice Village, I heard players have it pretty rough. Do you really think myriad realms online is here to give you benefits and eternal life?

What are you thinking? Eternal youth? It would be good enough just to live out your natural lifespan!

"Although lifespan is important, improving yourself is even more important! Don't just hoard everything and be reluctant to use them!"

"Don't worry, we study the guides from the great Jianghu Encyclopedia every night!"

"Fine, but you should look at the guides dialectically; don't believe everything!"

After chatting for a long time, An Xixi realized something was wrong.

"Wait... what is it? You didn't just call to chat, right? I still need to level up!"

Xu Shian directly asked for help.

"Help me pick an herb called [suffocating grass]..."

"Huh? I learned Tailoring and Enchanting; I don't know Herbalism!"

Xu Shian was stunned!

"No, you're a hunter, why did you learn Tailoring?"

An Xixi stuttered on the other end, muttering: "Mind your own business..."

"Just give it a try. That [suffocating grass] isn't even a proper herb. Just pull it out by the root and bring it to me, and that's it!"

At this moment, Liu Lili's voice came from the other side.

"Xiaochuan, I learned Herbalism. Send me the location and the image!"

On the other end, An Xixi's dissatisfied muttering could be heard.

"Oh, I'm almost at the turning point. Introduction, development, twist, and conclusion—let me finish this round..."

"Alright, alright, we're all friends, don't be so temperamental!"

"We're all friends? Then Mom, you're my friend too, right?"

Xu Shian: ...

He sent the image and location over.

"Xiaochuan, does the Novice Village have this herb? Aren't there only three kinds?"

"It's a quest item..."

Hearing that it was a quest item, Liu Lili didn't ask any more questions. She just prepared to pick more [suffocating grass] later to prevent having to make another trip if their own quests needed it in the future!

"Mom, his name is Xu Shian..."

Before ending the call, Xu Shian heard this sentence from the other side.

Hanging up the communication, Xu Shian felt that this Sister Lili was quite easy to talk to...

He made his way to the river on the west side of the village. According to the location given by Limping Liu, the [nether flower] grew upstream.

There was no other way, so he followed the river upstream!

After walking more than ten li, he finally reached the location marked on the mini-map.

Looking around, it was actually a large lake!

Xu Shian was completely speechless.

This [nether flower] actually grew in the water...

Did it have to be so abstract?

There was no choice; even if it grew in the water, he had to complete the quest!

He summoned all of the four tyrants of sheep village.

Afterwards, Xu Shian prepared to enter the water.

I have to say, at this moment, the effect of the Water-Controlling Bead was reflected.

Underwater breathing...

It must be said that its range of application is really not large, but when you need it, it's really hard to manage without it!

Although the function of the Water-Controlling Bead was written as underwater breathing.

But Xu Shian, who had just entered the water, still subconsciously started to hold his breath!

This kind of thing...

It's really hard to do...

After holding his breath underwater for a while, Xu Shian finally adapted to the rhythm of breathing normally underwater!

This was a lake, and the water was more than ten meters deep.

Without underwater breathing, the journey to collect the [nether flower] would certainly not have been smooth...

myriad realms online's speed setting was relatively uniform; the player's initial swimming speed was five meters per second.

And aquatic monsters had a swimming speed of seven meters per second in the water.

Therefore, when swimming, do not run if you encounter a monster.

You won't be able to escape at all...

And with the 10% swimming speed bonus from the Water-Controlling Bead, Xu Shian's maximum swimming speed was 5.5 meters per second...

It didn't seem to be of much use; if you couldn't run, you still couldn't run.

Fortunately, there were no fish-type monsters in this river upstream of the Novice Village!

After diving to the bottom of the water, Xu Shian swam all the way toward the marked location.

Wait!

Is that a treasure chest over there? And a Black Iron Tier treasure chest at that?

Although the [nether flower] was important, it wouldn't run away if left there!

But the treasure chest was different; if I didn't open it, I would really feel uncomfortable all over!

With motivation, Xu Shian's swimming speed increased by 30%...

【Ding, congratulations on opening the Black Iron Tier treasure chest, you obtained: Linen Cloth +12, Linen Cloth Roll +3, Copper Ore +5, Equipment 'merman hunter bow' (Black Iron Tier), Skill Book: Tame Beast.】

This is exactly what I wanted!

Luck is truly an incredible attribute!

He put everything into his backpack.

He casually learned the Tame Beast skill...

Xu Shian swam toward the nether flower not far away.

【Ding, you have obtained the quest item: nether flower +17】

The quest only required bringing back one, but Xu Shian's thinking coincided with Liu Lili's.

Regardless, just pick it first...

When he got back ashore, it was already four in the afternoon!

Xu Shian had originally thought about using his three fishing skill attempts for the day here.

But after thinking about it, taking care of business was more important.

He connected to a private voice chat with An Xixi.

"Big star, are you on your way back?"

"Sigh, there's still more than ten li to go, it feels so far!"

"This crappy game has neither a teleport back to town nor mounts, forcing us to run on two legs..."

Xu Shian still needed a favor, so of course, he agreed with whatever the other person said!

He quickly followed up on her complaint with a few words of his own.

"What else can we do? Work hard to level up, and it will be better once we have mounts..."

Not bad, that's the right mindset!

"Good luck, I'll wait for you in the village!"

"Okay, we'll speed up..."

I have to say, An Xixi is quite easy to talk to, and she didn't hesitate at all when asked for help!

Xu Shian didn't plan to wait outside the village.

After all, he still had a red name, and if he were targeted by Jia Hu again...

"Why do you have a red name again?"

When he met up with An Xixi and her mother, An Xixi was very curious about his current status.

"Yesterday, when I had a red name, I accepted a quest, only to find that it could only be accepted while in a red name state..."

Xu Shian didn't finish his sentence, but An Xixi already understood what he meant.

"Oh... for this kind of evil faction quest, will you defect once you finish it?"

"You're overthinking it! Even if you want to be a bad guy, the bad guy gang might not even want you..."

"Tch... I'm a lively and cute girl, which faction wouldn't fight to have me?"

As she spoke, she handed over three portions of [suffocating grass]!

Xu Shian thought about it; giving money didn't seem appropriate.

Playing dumb was even less appropriate... she knew he was in a rush, and she hadn't even leveled up today and came back early...

Thus, he traded two bottles of highly effective [Primary Healing Potion] to An Xixi.

"A potion with no cooldown? You're this lucky? You managed to snag this?"

"Luck is alright! It's alright!"

When he received the [suffocating grass], the system indicated that the quest was complete.

After saying goodbye to the two, Xu Shian headed toward the North Mountain again...