56: Lu Ming visited again

As he respawned at the Novice Village square, Xu Shian suddenly thought.

"Could it be that the three of them haven't reached the Novice Village yet?"

But that didn't seem right; he had walked back quite a long way to contract the level 5 Goat.

Then he had a fight with Scarface Zheng's gang, and after contracting the Peiqi family, he even went to provoke Peiqi's grandfather...

However, when he was pierced by the Wild Boar King's tusks just now... it hurt so much!

That feeling was so real.

It made Xu Shian wonder if he was really going to die just like that...

He opened his status bar.

[Weakened: All attributes of you and your summons are reduced by 50%, duration 30 minutes!]

[Satiety: 16 / 100]

[energy points: 23 / 100]

[Your satiety is below 20 points, triggering the debuff 'Poor Condition']

If his energy points dropped below 20, he would trigger [Exhaustion]!

They called it a lossless resurrection... but both of these attributes were deducted by 20 points!

If he died once like this in a day, he would basically have to be careful about everything to prevent his energy points from getting too low.

Fortunately, Xu Shian, gradually regaining his senses, could no longer feel the pain in his abdomen, and his attention was immediately drawn to the lively Novice Village square!

An Xixi hadn't lied; this square was indeed lively!

He took a quick look around.

Xu Shian stopped in front of a stall.

The stall was run by an elderly couple.

Xu Shian recognized them; they had always sold breakfast near 'Yunlu Garden', where Xu Shian lived!

Although their shop was very small, the taste and hygiene were always highly acclaimed.

Many residents of Yunlu Garden went there to eat!

Unexpectedly, they had even brought their business into the game...

"Old Chen, do you have anything to eat?"

Old Chen looked up and exclaimed in surprise.

"Young Manager Xu... I really didn't expect to meet you in this game world!"

"Don't mention it, hurry and get me a bowl of food. Do you have your signature noodles?"

"Yes! Yes, we do!"

The moment he buried his head in the shredded pork noodles, if he didn't look at the surroundings, it really felt like he was still on Blue Star, as if all of this was just a dream in the void!

Unfortunately, when he looked up again, Xu Shian was still in the square of this Novice Village.

"Sigh!"

Hearing Xu Shian's sigh.

Old Chen smiled and sat down next to him.

"You have a lot of thoughts after eating this bowl, don't you?"

Xu Shian gave an irrelevant answer.

"Old Chen, you have a really good attitude. How did you think of setting up a stall here?"

"What else can I do?"

Old Chen laughed at himself.

"The only thing I'm grateful for is that the children are still by my side! Every morning we go out to level up together, and by three in the afternoon, we come back to prepare the stall..."

Xu Shian smiled, that was pretty good.

Old Chen's family couldn't be considered destitute; they must have earned plenty of money, but the daily toil and running around were certain!

But their family was happy!

In contrast, among the people living in Yunlu Garden, they certainly didn't lack money, but each had their own misfortunes...

Husbands and wives sleeping in the same bed but having different dreams, children growing up facing their parents' mistresses, lovers, and flings...

"How much?"

"This meal is on me. It's fate that we met again in this other world!"

Xu Shian looked at the other man's equipment and guessed that Old Chen wasn't short of money either.

After thinking for a moment, he took an unprocessed leg of lamb out of his backpack!

"I won't eat your meal for free. Consider this me treating you to roast lamb leg..."

"Isn't this inappropriate?"

"Let's just leave it at that!"

Being able to meet such an acquaintance here could be considered a happy thing.

Once he left the Novice Village, he didn't know if he would have the chance to meet acquaintances again.

Although the shredded pork noodles at Old Chen's place tasted excellent!

But apart from satiety, they didn't add any other attributes.

However, on such a late night, adding satiety was enough!

After eating and drinking his fill, Xu Shian strolled to the foot of the North Mountain.

He knocked for a long time, but there was no movement in Limping Liu's house!

Was he avoiding him? Or was he avoiding him?

Since you are avoiding me, I can only use your good brother Wu Lun to trade for [Lifesteal Aura]!

He glanced at his talent, [soul sand grains: 1407].

If he decided to kill Wu Lun, he had to consider how to wrap things up...

These soul sand grains might not be enough! He would have to collect more tomorrow.

When moving around in the village, it was inappropriate to bring either a wild boar or a Goat.

Therefore, Xu Shian only brought the Rainbow Cat with him!

First, he went to the Engineering hall to see if the Engineering supplier had any new blueprints for sale!

If they did, he would buy them; if not, he would browse the Auction House!

[Construction Diagram: Primary Master Key]

Requirement: Copper Ingot * 5

Is this right? Five copper ingots to make one key?

Five copper ingots are enough for me to make a sledgehammer that could just smash the lock...

And now you're telling me five copper ingots can only make one key?

He looked at the price of the construction diagram, 1 gold coin...

Not bad, bought it!

He was just worrying that Lu Ming stayed at home all day and wouldn't give him any chance to steal from him...

And here, didn't this just solve it?

He learned the construction diagram immediately.

[Engineering: Primary Master Key]: Can open all locks with difficulty below 50.

Requirement: Copper Ingot * 5, Engineering Wrench.

Following the principle of convenience, Xu Shian made ten [Primary Master Keys] right there.

Making these keys made Xu Shian's heart ache; after all, the prices of all kinds of materials in the Novice Village had risen across the board.

Since he had a way to pick locks, Xu Shian planned to try his luck at Lu Ming's house!

Although 2 gold coins were nice, Boss Xu really wasn't short of that little bit of money.

As long as the [Skill Book: Lifesteal Aura] could be stolen, he decided to immediately turn against Lu Ming.

Of course, if he didn't get it, he would have to apologize to Wu Lun.

When he was still a mile away from Lu Ming's house, Xu Shian entered Stealth mode directly.

This time, he didn't have the chance to sneak in by following Lu Ming's mother, but Xu Shian wasn't panicked.

He took out the [Primary Master Key] and gave it a try!

Sure enough, for an ordinary residence in the Novice Village, how hard could it be to pick the lock?

When picking the lock, not a single sound was made.

Xu Shian silently pushed the door open a crack.

It was June, the height of the hot summer.

If it were winter, once the door gap opened, cold air would rush in directly, and even a fool would know there was a thief in the house!

In summer, this situation was much better...

Closing the door silently, with no one discovering him, this was good news...

Although he didn't know what kind of strength Lu Ming had now.

But judging from the fact that he failed to discover Xu Shian's Stealth last time, his strength couldn't be that high!

Didn't you see Jia Hu, even from ten meters away, his eyes kept searching in his direction!

[Search]

[Congratulations, you have obtained: Skill Book: Summon Crow]

When he touched the skill book, Xu Shian's excited heart and trembling hands almost gave him away.

When he saw it was the Summon Crow skill, saying he wasn't disappointed would definitely be a lie.

Disappointment was disappointment, but the work still had to be done!

Try again...

[Congratulations, you have obtained: Gold Coin + 1]

I am really falling apart...

Xu Shian cursed internally; what the hell was the use of giving money at such a critical moment!

Although he was very resentful, he could only calm his mind.

[Search]

[Congratulations, you have obtained: Tailoring Blueprint: Quiet Cloth Shoes]

After the three searches were over, Xu Shian didn't continue to try.

Last time, he had just upgraded [Search] to a Black Iron Tier skill; otherwise, that failure would have been enough to expose Xu Shian.

He couldn't gamble on getting away with it every time.

Sigh!

Why didn't his brother get it?

He glanced at Lu Ming, who was still sitting there motionless.

Although he knew he should have been controlled by the Treant.

But after seeing the other person's true face officially last time, he reckoned that Limping Liu's side was the real one!

Besides, they were all hanging out in the Novice Village, and it was wrong of him to be so rich...

He had already given out so many various blueprints... how many more was he hiding?

Xu Shian was really curious!

He came out on tiptoes and closed the door again.

Xu Shian planned to return to the inn to review today's gains...