Update Time: 2014-02-20

“Shengun Gege, what are you doing!?” Xiao Meng stared at Lin Zheng curiously.

“Nothing! Just lost my balance!” Lin Zheng said with a laugh as he got up, “You guys continue! You guys continue!”

“Continue what! There’s nothing much to say!” Lilith said, but the hint of pleasure at the corner of her mouth was fully revealed, clearly showing she was very happy! “Simply put, starting from the day after tomorrow, I will begin my young lady training course, and my game time might decrease a bit!”

“Wow! Then Glasses Sis will become a young lady in the future!?” Xiao Meng stared at Lilith with an expression of adoration, but a faint longing also appeared in her eyes. How many girls don’t wish to become a noble young lady!?

“No need to envy me!” Lilith said, dotingly stroking Xiao Meng’s head, “Bai Ling Xuejie said that as a young lady trainee, I can recommend three girls to participate as candidates. Xiao Meng is so cute, she will definitely pass the candidacy!”

“Really?” Xiao Meng immediately perked up, but she quickly calmed down and said happily, “Thank you, Glasses Sis, but I’m still not going!”

“Why not?” Lilith was a little surprised, but then she saw Xiao Meng turn around, hug Youxi tightly, and rub her small face against Youxi’s with a look of intoxication, “Our precious Youxi won’t be participating, so as Youxi’s number one Guardian, how can I leave her alone!”

“Youxi is so outstanding, Bai Ling Xuejie might look for her too!”

“Youxi won’t go, otherwise she wouldn’t be Youxi! Right? Youxi?” Xiao Meng looked at Youxi with confidence and a smile, “Yes, Youxi is just a girl next door, she won’t become a young lady, otherwise she wouldn’t be Youxi!”

Youxi, a girl who always remained silent, seemed difficult to notice. But once you paid attention to her, you would be irresistibly drawn to her, whether you were a boy or a girl! Xiao Meng’s actions made everyone’s attention fall on Youxi. Her eyes, clear and beautiful like gemstones, seemed to have a purifying effect on the soul, captivating people! Her fresh and refined delicate small face made people feel affectionate at first glance. Looking at her this way, she truly wasn’t suited to be a graceful and noble young lady! This was the common sentiment of everyone; everyone felt that such a Youxi was the most perfect and charming, and any action that destroyed this perfection was a sin! However, whether or not to participate in the young lady training, others couldn’t decide for Youxi; it still depended on Youxi’s own wishes.

Youxi blinked her eyes and stared intently at Lin Zheng, seemingly asking for his opinion. In fact, that was exactly what she was doing! Lin Zheng couldn’t help but scratch his head and said, “Don’t look at me, just make your decision according to your own wishes!”

“Is that so!” Youxi softly responded, then opened the book in her hand, making everyone tense for a long time before she said, “I’m not going!” Immediately, everyone breathed a sigh of relief!

“Hehe! You heard that! Youxi isn’t going, so I’m not going either!” Xiao Meng said happily to Lilith. After hearing her words, Lilith also decided not to force her and smiled, “Suit yourself, but whenever you want to be a young lady, just find me, and I’ll save a spot for you!”

“Thank you, Glasses Sis!” Xiao Meng thanked her again.

“Alright, all this thanking back and forth is boring, let’s go level up!” Lin Zheng shouted. This statement was affirmed by everyone, who all nodded, indicating it was time to level up! But just as they reached the city gate, Lin Zheng suddenly remembered something and asked Youxi, “Youxi, have you completed that ‘Millennium’s Devotion’?”

“No!” Youxi gently shook her head, “The quest difficulty is too high, even Xiao Meng and I can’t complete it?”

“What about with me and Lilith?”

Youxi looked up at Lin Zheng, then at Lilith, then lowered her head to read her book again, and said, “The success rate is less than 50%!”

“Less than 50%?” Lin Zheng was surprised. His current strength was already considered top-tier, yet the success rate for a quest he took when he was around level 30 was less than a mere 50%. This was a bit outrageous! Just as he was about to say something, beep beep! Someone was requesting to chat. Lin Zheng looked and saw it was Yang Qi. He connected and asked, “What’s up, Liu Mang?”

“Big news!” Yang Qi shouted. Before Lin Zheng could ask what big news had happened, he said, “Yesterday I saw you selling White Cut Chicken at a stall. Good boy, you’ve leveled up really fast! Do you have any more in stock? Give me a few hundred to use!”

“Are you eating them as a meal, a few hundred!” Lin Zheng said in annoyance, then he thought of Youxi’s quest, and wondered if adding this guy would increase the success rate? So he said, “Come to the city gate, and I’ll tell you something too!”

“Cough! Look behind you!” Yang Qi said. Lin Zheng immediately turned around and saw Yang Qi’s graceful figure just behind him, about to leave the city! “Hi—three beauties! Long time no see!” Yang Qi greeted “frivolously,” and when his eyes landed on Lan Xiran, he couldn’t help but be stunned, “Who is this little beauty?”

“I’m a boy!” Lan Xiran shouted angrily. Only then did Yang Qi pay attention and look closely. Sweat! He really was a boy, but Liu Mang was Liu Mang. She even giggled and said, “Oh—! So it’s a little hottie! Let’s get to know each other better sometime! Jiejie will show you what a real man is!”

Lan Xiran shivered at her words, feeling that this seemingly gentle and beautiful sister was very dangerous! Clearly, his intuition was spot on!

"Speaking of which, Shengun, why did you look for me?" Yang Qi changed the subject! It worked well, and everyone's attention immediately fell on Lin Zheng.

"Hmm—do you remember Youxi's quest? 'Millennium's Affection'!"

"I remember! Of course, I remember! Wasn't that just two days ago! What? Has there been any unexpected progress with that quest?" Yang Qi looked curious. A quest taken at level 30-something shouldn't be a problem for Lin Zheng, who was already level 40 and had a new set of equipment. Why did it seem like he still couldn't handle it now?

"Yes, in fact, Youxi said that if we, not counting you, go to do this quest, the success rate is less than 50%!"

"Oh? That impressive?" Yang Qi raised an eyebrow, her eyes burning with excitement, clearly intrigued by the quest's difficulty! "Add me to the party. Let's go see what's so formidable about this quest!" Lin Zheng sent an invitation, and Yang Qi joined the team. Six people, just enough to fill a small party, though one was just there for the ride!

"Where does the quest require us to go, Youxi?" Lin Zheng asked.

"Far away, in a canyon south of Tianshuang City!"

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Yang Qi exclaimed confidently.

...

The group began to advance towards the quest map. Occasionally, they would encounter monsters, which Lin Zheng and Yang Qi dealt with. After walking for nearly an hour, they reached the edge of Tianshuang City's jurisdiction. Looking at the dark map ahead, Yang Qi's previously dismissive expression finally turned serious!

"Damn it, this quest is a bit abnormal. It actually requires us to go to a second-tier map to complete it!" Yang Qi said with some surprise. Just then, a huge black spider ran out in front of them.

Weaver: Level 50, Physical Attack 1450-1940, Physical Defense 650, Magic Defense 620, Health 12500. Skill—Spider Silk Entanglement. A giant spider living in the Green Wild Forest, not only powerful but also highly venomous, extremely dangerous!

"No way!" Lin Zheng's mouth dropped open in shock as he checked the monster's data. It was just a level 50 normal monster, but its attack and defense were comparable to the boss they had killed earlier! Lin Zheng shared the monster's stats with his teammates, and everyone except the calm Youxi was stunned!

"Although we all know that second-tier monsters are abnormal, this is just too abnormal!" Yang Qi swallowed. Each one had attack and defense equivalent to a level 40-something gold boss, even if their health wasn't as high. Such monsters were truly too dangerous for first-tier players. What if several of them ran out at once? Would they even survive?

"I'll go try!" Lin Zheng said, taking out his shattered moon. Then, he disassembled the shattered moon into dual swords and charged forward. "Stomp!" Bang—! With a Stomp, the big spider was stunned. -2490! Seeing this damage, Lin Zheng's mouth immediately dropped open. Damn it, one-third of the damage was reduced! Was this the legendary tier suppression? After a moment of stunned, Lin Zheng quickly recovered, swinging his short swords "Swish swish!" Twice, -1310, -1245. He had just stabbed twice when, unexpectedly, the big spider, which should still have been stunned, bit Lin Zheng fiercely! -790! Although the damage wasn't very high, it still surprised Lin Zheng. This was after a 30% reduction and 100 points of damage. If there had been no damage reduction, this attack should have been over 1200 points of damage! Damn it! The damage directly doubled! In shock, Lin Zheng stomped the ground, "Ice Pierce!" Ice Pierce, Level 1 effect is an instant burst of 3 times the maximum physical attack as ice damage, piercing enemies with ice spikes, with a 5% chance to cause a second strike to the enemy! Lin Zheng stomped down, and immediately the ground formed a layer of ice. "Swish—" With a sound, a huge ice spike thrust up from the ice surface, piercing the big spider, -8240! Even with one-third of the damage reduced, this number was still very impressive! The big spider, lifted into the air, paused slightly and fell down, triggering the 5% chance of a second strike, and was pierced again by the ice spike, -7210! After a "Screech—" scream, the big spider kicked its eight legs and died! At the same time, Lin Zheng also gained a large amount of experience! Lan Xiran, who was only level 10, even leveled up three times in a row, "Swish swish swish!"

"The experience is really high! But these guys are also quite terrifying!" Lin Zheng said, while Yang Qi immediately pressed, "What's the situation?"

"Under tier suppression, the damage monsters receive is reduced by about one-third, the duration of control skills is shortened, and at the same time, the damage monsters deal to us is doubled! That's all I've tested so far!"

"Oh my goodness!" Yang Qi gasped, this tier suppression was too harsh! Ordinary players simply couldn't kill monsters across tiers. Even for her, the consumption was enormous. If she were to really kill them, she'd probably have to keep munching on plain boiled chicken to heal. Otherwise, if there were even a few more monsters, they'd be wiped out!