Chapter 1497: Pimping NPC
The sunset rays of Twilight City crept into the narrow alley as shadows were cast on the players’ faces.
w.a.n.g Yu saw the figure of the player clearly and he was rooted to the ground. Wasn’t this Frost Blade’s girlfriend, Meng Xi? Pretty? What an understatement!
Even though Meng Xi had joined the Quan Zhen Sect, she was the newest member in it and her personality did not align well with the rest of Quan Zhen Sect. Thus, w.a.n.g Yu did not have many opportunities to interact with her. Their relations.h.i.+p was simply that of acquaintances.
It was unexpected for the two of them to meet under such circ.u.mstances.
When Meng Xi saw w.a.n.g Yu, she herself was confused as she inquired, “What are you doing here?”
Meng Xi absentmindedly took out a couple of bottles of wine and handed it over to Old Man Hermit.
“Me?” w.a.n.g Yu pointed to himself before turning back towards Old Man Hermit, “Teacher, what is going on?”
“Haha!”
Old Man Hermit chuckled before replying, “This is your companion for the quest.”
Old Man Hermit also turned towards Meng Xi, “Pretty lady, this is my humble disciple. Let him accompany you on this exploration quest. He will be at your beck and call.”
“F*ck!”
w.a.n.g Yu’s face darkened instantly when he heard Old Man Hermit. Did this Old Man turn into a pimp?
“You are his disciple?”
Although Meng Xi did not see w.a.n.g Yu’s skills with her own eyes, she had heard all the rumours of his prowess. She was extremely perplexed when Old Man Hermit claimed w.a.n.g Yu as his disciple.
In her mind, w.a.n.g Yu was a generational expert and even a City Lord. How could a smelly and lazy man with loose morals have such an outstanding disciple?
“Yes! He is my Teacher.” w.a.n.g Yu interjected, with a slightly embarra.s.sed look on his face.
w.a.n.g Yu asked Old Man Hermit, “What about my quest?”
Following the question, Old Man Hermit looked at him solemnly, “This lady has told me that there was a dark crevice in the west of the Ethel Mountain Ridge. I hope you can accompany her to investigate the matter.”
w.a.n.g Yu then received
Quest Difficulty: None
Quest Details: Protect player Meng Xi when she investigates the dark crevice. If the player dies, the quest will conclude.
“This…”
w.a.n.g Yu turned over to Meng Xi and asked, “Is this quest yours?”
“En!”
Meng Xi glanced over at Old Man Hermit as she explained, “This quest was given to me when I was still on the European server. Today just happened to be the one month since that point in time and I was rea.s.signed by the NPC to retake the quest.”
In <>, since cross-region play was extremely c.u.mbersome, in order to facilitate smooth gameplay, the NPC in charge will change according to which continent the player moves to.
For example, Nian Liuyun has a Hidden Branch Job. But if one were to hand in the quest in Twilight City, then it would be appropriate to find Twilight City’s Hidden Branch instructor.
In the same way, since Meng Xi had taken up the quest in the European server, she could find an appropriate NPC over in Twilight City to hand over the quest. Because Meng Xi did not respond to this quest for a month, the system thought she could not find the corresponding NPC and automatically reset the quest.
“How did I get dragged into this whole quest?” w.a.n.g Yu was terribly confused.
“I am also unsure.” Meng Xi pointed at Old Man Hermit before continuing, “This old man was begging for money when I saw him. Out of pity, I handed over a few coins to him and bought him a couple of bottles of wine. Following that, he had already found a companion for my quest.”
Great! w.a.n.g Yu finally understood the whole matter. This Old Man Hermit had indeed taken someone else’s money and dragged his disciple over to do work for him. It seemed like he was too familiar with selling his disciple out.
“Hey, Teacher!” w.a.n.g Yu furrowed his forehead, “How much did you receive? Surely I am ent.i.tled to half of it.”
“Haha!” Old Man Hermit smiled from ear to ear as he took out five gold coins, “You are right. Here, this is for you.”
“Five gold coins?” w.a.n.g Yu was taken aback, “You sold me out for ten gold coins?”
“No, that’s not entirely right!” Old Man Hermit declared, “One thousand!”
“F*ck!” w.a.n.g Yu fished out a whole big bag of gold coins, “I am going to offer two thousand gold coins to complete the quest immediately!”
“This… I’m afraid this is not possible!” Old Man Hermit shook his head.
“Why is there a preferential treatment?” w.a.n.g Yu interjected.
“Because she looks pretty!” Old Man Hermit smiled lasciviously.
“Pretty?”
w.a.n.g Yu measured up Meng Xi and replied, “Quite typical. On the other hand, I think I look quite handsome too.”
“What?” Meng Xi’s eyes narrowed into slits when she heard w.a.n.g Yu’s a.s.sessment. In an instance, the whole alleyway was filled with her killing intent.
“It is not a matter of looks.” Old Man Hermit continued, “It has got to do with charisma! This woman is overflowing with hidden charm to the point that an NPC like me has to give her face.”
“Is it really so?”
w.a.n.g Yu was simply astonished by Old Man Hermit’s justification. It was his first time in his long experience of playing the game to have heard such a wild claim.
“Definitely so!” Old Man Hermit replied. “Did you not notice? Some players want to do job changing quests, awakening quests. These are extremely simple. However, some others want to undertake quests of extreme difficulty.”
“What is going on? Why does this statement sound so pointed…”
w.a.n.g Yu’s face darkened as he thought further. He stared at Old Man Hermit, “How much is my charisma worth?”
“Haha!” Old Man Hermit chuckled, “Only one.”
w.a.n.g Yu, “…”
It turned out this was the problem that caused him to receive all the absurdly difficult quests while others had it so easy.
Looking at w.a.n.g Yu’s sullen expression, Old Man Hermit offered some condolences, “Is it actually not a big deal for you to have low charisma? Except for being neglected by NPC and receiving difficult quests, there are not many differences out there.”
“Enough, stop talking!”
w.a.n.g Yu shushed Old Man Hermit from further comments, as he got up and walked out of the alley.
“Hey hey hey, where are you going?”
Seeing that w.a.n.g Yu was leaving, Meng Xi hastily caught up to him, “I have used a thousand gold coins to acquire your help. You need to listen to me.”
“One thousand gold coins…” w.a.n.g Yu checked on the five gold coins that Old Man Hermit had just given him and thought about the potential rewards from the quest. He suppressed his anger and said, “Okay fine, where are we heading to?”
“Of course we are heading to the Ethel Mountain!” Meng Xi declared.
“This…” w.a.n.g Yu was in a bind. “Do you want to find some others to go with together? It might be inappropriate for a man and woman to go alone…?”
w.a.n.g Yu was familiar with the Ethel Mountain Range. It was the dividing line between the local server and the European server and it was situated a significant distance away from Twilight City.
To be honest, w.a.n.g Yu was born into a relatively conservative family. He was more rigid and traditional in his thinking. It was unseemingly for him as Frost Blade’s friend to be travelling solo with his girlfriend. Although w.a.n.g Yu did not have the slightest wrong thoughts about this whole matter, he felt something was inappropriate.