6: The beginner quests are tough!

Following the direction indicated on the mini-map, Xu Shian found the Village Chief...

Damn it! There are already dozens of people in line ahead!

"Line up, everyone line up properly. If it's chaotic, don't blame me for not being polite!"

The one speaking wasn't a player, but one of the two guards standing at the entrance of the village government office!

【Zhang San, Novice Village Guard】 【Li Si, Novice Village Guard】

Good grief... Xu Shian quickly lined up at the back of the queue!

Fortunately, the Village Chief probably realized today was urgent, so the efficiency of people entering from the left and leaving from the right was very high.

It probably took less than ten seconds for a person to be inside...

So, in less than ten minutes, it was Xu Shian's turn!

The Village Chief wasn't inside the room; instead, he had moved a chair to the doorway and sat down.

The Village Chief looked to be only about forty years old, without the traditional image of an old grandfather.

When Xu Shian entered the room, there were still three people in line ahead of him. As soon as those people stood in front of the Village Chief, he would distribute a few quests, then wave his hand to tell them to get lost!

Just as Xu Shian stood still in front of him, the system sound rang out several times in succession...

【Ding, the Village Chief has issued you a Novice Guidance Quest!】 Quest Content: Head to the Career Hall in the southwest of the Novice Village and report to the Career Hall Administrator, Zhong Hui. Quest Reward: EXP +10, Copper Coin +10; Do you accept?

【Ding, the Village Chief has issued you a Novice Guidance Quest!】 Quest Content: Head towards the east gate of the Novice Village and report to the Blacksmith, Ou Yeqing. Quest Reward: EXP +10, Copper Coin +10; Do you accept?

【Ding, the Village Chief has issued you a Novice Guidance Quest!】 Quest Content: Head outside the east gate of the Novice Village and look for the Militia Captain, Jia Hu, to report. Quest Reward: EXP +10, Copper Coin +10; Do you accept?

... Xu Shian was stunned by this efficient style of work!

He probably wasn't the only one stunned. Immediately, he was pulled to the side by the secretary standing nearby!

"Don't block the way. If you don't leave, I'll deduct your favorability points. Besides, everyone else is running forward, and you're just dawdling here. In a while, the line at the Career Hall is going to be even longer..."

What you said makes so much sense that Xu Shian was left speechless!

Opening the mini-map again now, three bright spots were clearly marked on it.

Xu Shian thought for a moment and headed towards the Career Hall first.

It was called the Career Hall, and it was indeed a large hall.

However, there were too many players now, and it was noisy and chaotic, so all the Skill Mentors in the hall had come out to work on the side of the road!

Looking at it, it seemed like there were even more people than in the square just now... The entire street was blocked tightly!

The sound of cursing and swearing in the crowd rose and fell.

No one was fighting, not because they were civilized, but because they couldn't even stretch their arms!

Xu Shian completely gave up on the idea!

He opened his backpack; it was empty, with nothing inside!

He didn't even have the legendary standard-issue Hearthstone for returning to town!

Let's look around first! See if there are fewer people at the other two quest locations.

Just as he was about to turn around, he realized the location for turning in the quest on the mini-map was wrong!

He skirted around the crowd a bit and saw a middle-aged man sitting next to a table set up in an open space nearby.

【Career Hall Administrator Zhong Hui, LV40】

"Hello, I'm here to turn in a quest!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a system prompt sounded.

【Ding, you have completed the Novice Guidance Quest issued by the Village Chief, report to Zhong Hui, and received: EXP +10, Copper Coin +10.】

"Young man, I'm too busy today, so I won't waste words. You can go to that row of Skill Mentors over there and learn two skills! Remember, the village only teaches two, and after that, you'll need to find your own way! Also, your skills must be systematic! Otherwise, there will be endless troubles!"

【Ding, Career Hall Administrator Zhong Hui has issued a Novice Guidance Quest!】 Quest Content: Ask the Career Mentor for skills! Quest Reward: Can learn two career skills for free! Do you accept?

Not wanting to complain about anything, Xu Shian obediently accepted the quest, then looked at the gathering crowd and decisively chose to retreat!

Only now did he have time to start studying the game system.

This Novice Village is not exactly big, but it is definitely not small. It's about the size of a town outside.

Because the Novice Village was assigned based on the area, Xu Shian even saw a few familiar faces...

Of course, in modern society... it is common for neighbors living across from each other not to know one another! In most cases, the only people you can trust are your blood relatives!

Opening the mail system, the system prompted that there was one unread email!

Focusing his mind on it, the system showed it was sent from the East Dragon Empire.

Anyway, since he didn't have any skills yet and couldn't fight monsters, Xu Shian simply asked for directions and found a mailbox to check the email!

【Respected Descender, hello. Welcome to Novice Village No. 12315 of the East Dragon Empire. Your arrival will greatly enhance the strength of the East Dragon Empire, and we look forward to meeting you at the peak! Below, we have attached a welcome gift for you!】

【Congratulations, you have obtained: Rough Tent +1, Copper Coin +10】

【Tent】 【Quality: Rough】 【Living Item: Can be used five times; destroyed after five uses!】 【Effect: Can form a temporary safe zone in wild areas, with a single duration of eight hours! Living Effect: Restores 5 energy points per hour.】 【Note: Regarding food, clothing, housing, and transportation, housing is currently not possible, so buy a tent to make do!】

Xu Shian was stunned! That's right, this game can no longer be logged out of! From now on, I am a person in this game world! Where will I live from now on?

Looking up, the sign for 'You Jian Inn' was hanging right above the mailbox... Good grief, everything is so well-connected!

He went in to ask about the prices, then walked away feeling depressed!

The inn's rooms are divided into different grades. The cheapest dormitory bed costs 10 Copper Coins per night... It can restore 60 to 80 energy points in one night!

Why is there a fluctuation? That depends on whether your roommates snore, grind their teeth, and so on...

Is the price expensive? It doesn't seem expensive! But it's a dormitory bed! I, Xu Shian, have never suffered such indignity in my life...

But a single room, even the lowest Human-tier room, costs three Silver Coins per night!

One night can restore 100 energy points! Any portion exceeding the limit can be converted into an 'Energetic' BUFF, allowing you to gain double EXP when fighting monsters!

The currency system of myriad realms online is very ordinary and common. One Gold Coin = One hundred Silver Coins = Ten thousand Copper Coins!

Xu Shian sighed once again, why weren't we allowed to top up with Gold Coins when adding funds? My two hundred thousand plus xia yuan has just been wasted like this!

Open the ranking list! Level ranking list, equipment ranking list, wealth ranking list! Currently, all three lists are empty; there isn't a single person on them!

Open the chat channel... The World Channel was completely quiet. Xu Shian felt something was wrong; it shouldn't be like this, right?

So, he tried to post a message... 【World Channel post, one Gold Coin per time, do you wish to pay?】 "Yes!" 【Your balance is insufficient, please earn money in time!】

Sigh, I've lived for twenty-four years and have never been this embarrassed!

Closing the World Channel, he opened the East Dragon Empire channel and tried it; posting once cost two Silver Coins! My goodness, have they fallen into a money trap?

He could only check the forum; it was lively here! Having only been in the game for about an hour, there were already thousands of posts on the forum!

Xu Shian certainly didn't have time to read them slowly! He could only look for those posts marked with the suffix 'Hot'!

Upon looking, he discovered that there were not only text posts but also video content? Xu Shian quickly searched for how these videos were recorded... You guys are just too clever!

After looking around, he found that the three hottest posts were all from the same person. That's right, the old actor... 【Jianghu Encyclopedia】!