Brother, I'll just pretend to be polite...

“We’ll see how things go then,” Li Xunle mused.

If he could acquire hundreds of decent pieces of equipment in the next half month, then a few pieces would indeed be negligible.

Tan Huan spoke softly from the side, “Alright, that’s certainly not an excessive request.”

Xia Bingxue nodded slightly, “Okay, this request is not too much, I agree.”

Xia Bingxue had thought it would be some outrageous demand, but it was just about picking up equipment.

This kind of thing was not at all excessive.

Anyway, her character's inventory was empty.

And there was another thing: Xia Bingxue’s family was in the business of selling equipment.

If she could get a large supply of good items, she could definitely walk tall within her family.

Tan Huan looked at Li Xunle curiously from the side and asked, “Aren’t both your inventories big enough?”

She didn't quite understand; their inventories could hold four or five hundred items.

Could they really get that much equipment in half a month?

One had to know that encountering a powerful BOSS monster would usually take others half a day to grind down, and even then, success wasn't guaranteed.

But for Li Xunle, it seemed, perhaps, possibly, he could finish it in two minutes?

Looking at it that way, it seemed… highly possible.

Zhao Hao immediately interjected, “You don’t know, my Big Brother wants to clear the area, which means we’ll be picking up equipment all the way. Remember, don’t pick up junk equipment.”

Li Xunle remained silent at the side, not speaking.

He suddenly felt that having someone speak for him seemed to have a tiny bit of swag.

No wonder the big brothers in those movies always had subordinates relaying messages.

So that was the reason!

After hearing this, Xia Bingxue and Tan Huan both raised their eyebrows in surprise.

Sure enough, this guy was quite greedy.

Seeing that Tan Huan and Xia Bingxue had agreed to his request, Li Xunle spoke nonchalantly, “Let’s go, we’ll head south first, clear out the wild monsters in the southern part of Gray Mist Forest, then go east, west, and north.”

“You… you want to clear out all the monsters in the four surrounding areas of Gray Mist Forest?” Tan Huan’s eyes widened in disbelief.

“Of course. While clearing, it would be best to encounter powerful BOSS monsters and get some powerful equipment and gems,” Li Xunle said, pulling out a piece of gum from his pocket and chewing it.

He seemed to have no worries at all about clearing the area.

What did he have to worry about?

He indeed had nothing to worry about; his Immortality talent had already made him invincible.

The poison could also stack infinitely, no one could defeat him.

Xia Bingxue and Tan Huan exchanged glances, clearly Li Xunle’s ambition was greater than they had imagined.

“Let’s go, we’re setting off! You two be careful!”

Li Xunle stopped the pleasantries and, after speaking, quickly walked towards the south of Gray Mist Forest.

“Let’s go, I’ll cover the rear,” Zhao Hao willingly played the role of a protector behind them.

The four of them moved extremely fast.

However, Xia Bingxue and Tan Huan’s speed was clearly much slower compared to Li Xunle and Zhao Hao.

After all, their current levels were only seventeen or eighteen.

It could only be said that they were already much faster than many others.

The equipment they wore, all enhancing Physique, was specifically found by Xia Bingxue and Tan Huan through the family connections behind Xia Bingxue.

Their Physique reached around 150, and some of their equipment even had Physique-enhancing attribute gems.

This was a complete waste of attribute gems.

But being second-generation rich, they weren't short on money and could indeed afford to waste it.

Despite this, they still couldn't keep up with Li Xunle and Zhao Hao's speed.

Li Xunle's Physique was 207, and Zhao Hao's Physique was 198.

There was a significant gap.

The group walked five or six kilometers.

They hadn't even left Gray Mist Forest before they started encountering monsters frequently.

Goblins and Skeleton monsters in their teens, and some Twisted Treants.

But no monster could last longer than a song.

When they walked out of Gray Mist Forest, Zhao Hao’s inventory was already filled with twenty to thirty pieces of equipment and three one-star attribute gems… all the equipment was one-star; he didn’t even bother with zero-star equipment.

Xia Bingxue and Tan Huan even complained about the two being wasteful.

Li Xunle’s reply was, “These pieces of equipment, leave them for those who are fated to find them…”

Unknowingly, Xia Bingxue and Tan Huan both leveled up once.

They really hadn't expected to level up just by walking out of Gray Mist Forest.

They decided to prioritize adding points to Physique first, then mainly to Intelligence and Labor later.

Because they also felt that although their own speed was already fast, they were still a bit of a hindrance.

So, increasing Physique would allow them to keep up with the pace and level up more quickly.

Li Xunle and the other three stood at the edge of Gray Mist Forest, quietly looking out beyond it.

He looked at Zhao Hao, and after retracting his gaze, he glanced at Tan Huan and Xia Bingxue, admonishing them, “Next, we might encounter some tough opponents. Just focus on saving yourselves; never think about saving anyone else. Just save yourselves, because if you die here, you’re truly gone!”

“Okay, Big Brother!” Zhao Hao immediately nodded.

Xia Bingxue and Tan Huan also nodded seriously.

Li Xunle led the way out of the Gray Mist Forest, heading further south.

He was wearing a white priest’s robe, still holding a wooden staff, looking like a harmless young man.

On his feet were still those level ten three-star tengyun shoes.

They sparkled and shimmered… Zhao Hao, a simpleton, there was nothing to say about him.

He had everything a commoner should have.

Outside the forest, the light was a bit better.

Li Xunle led the three south, unhurriedly.

He chewed gum while strolling leisurely.

Just then, Zhao Hao spoke suspiciously, “Big Brother, it looks like there are monsters ahead?”

Zhao Hao pointed ahead, where in the hazy mist not far away, there seemed to be some dark, lumpy monsters.

Li Xunle immediately stopped everyone: “You all wait here, I’ll go take a look.”

“You’re a priest, after all. Why don’t I go take a look?” Tan Huan felt a bit hesitant, but then thought that a priest going to scout while she, an assassin, just watched, seemed a bit inappropriate.

“Forget it. You all pay attention to your surroundings. The visibility in this fog is very low, there might be some monsters. Remember, if you encounter monsters, running is the best strategy!” Li Xunle repeatedly warned.

“Okay, then you be careful,” Xia Bingxue said.

Li Xunle looked at Xia Bingxue with a surprised expression: “Tsk tsk tsk, to be cared for by the School Beauty like this, it’s quite unexpected.”

“It’s no big deal,” Xia Bingxue said indifferently.

Zhao Hao, standing nearby, swallowed enviously and immediately said, “Big Brother, why don’t I go take a look!”

“Alright, then you go!”

“Heh, Big Brother, I was just being polite…” Zhao Hao replied weakly.

Li Xunle gave him a disdainful look, then slowly approached the dark figures ahead.

Finally, he discovered what the monsters were: “Level 30 two-star porcupines! Holy cow! They’re bigger than pigs!”