LWGP - Chapter 75
Chapter 75: The Pattern
After watching a master-disciple acting class, Qiao Xuejing, being a patient person, wasn't in a hurry to interrupt, but… gurgle gurgle gurgle…
Wang Shu: "Master, are you hungry?"
Wang Jiu narrowed her eyes. Wang Shu lowered his head and said sheepishly, "I'm hungry."
Dao Dao, who always had a problem with this Fatty, immediately fired off a taunt, "You really can't go a single day without eating. How long has it been, and you're already hungry."
Just as it finished speaking, gurgle gurgle gurgle, its stomach started growling too.
The atmosphere became a bit… indescribably awkward.
After a moment, Wang Jiu took out a box of seafood. Wang Shu's and Dao Dao's eyes lit up, and they proactively took out a large pot.
"But there's no water," Dao Dao bounced around the large pot excitedly.
"I have some, I have some! I have mineral water, from a drop!" Wang Shu was a practical and domestic type, very capable.
Qiao Xuejing looked at the flat ground. The light defense even covered the floor, and there was no firewood.
"I can burrow. I'll burrow out and steal some firewood." For the sake of food, Dao Dao didn't care if that Butcher was still squatting outside.
Wang Shu stopped it. "No need, I have some, I have some."
He then threw out two bundles of dry firewood, along with a few bags of salt and MSG.
Dao Dao was stunned. "How do you have so many things?"
Wang Shu, busy with cooking, replied casually, "They dropped from the small monsters I killed. Don't you guys have any?"
Fuck!
Dao Dao's favorable impression of him, which had skyrocketed from negative to positive because he could cook, suddenly plummeted again.
Qiao Xuejing was organizing her bag on the side, taking stock of her earnings from the previous dungeon, while asking Wang Jiu, "This base is placed here, can it be moved? This doesn't seem like a place to stay for long."
It was fine to use it temporarily to save their lives, but it still felt like a bit of a waste.
"It can. It can be fixed in place, or it can be carried around, just like those immortal grotto-heavens of the gods in novels."
Qiao Xuejing raised an eyebrow, grasping the key point. "So it's like a portable fortress."
"More or less. But carrying it on your person makes it an item, so it can be dropped upon death. It's best to fix it in one place; that's safer."
Although Wang Jiu wasn't a good person, she wasn't a complete antisocial psychopath either. She didn't put on airs and give Qiao Xuejing and Dao Dao the cold shoulder. In any case, she treated everyone with the same cordiality; it just depended on whether there was a need to pretend or a need to turn hostile.
"It might be a bit presumptuous, but may I ask how you obtained it?" Qiao Xuejing didn't hide her thoughts.
Wang Jiu directly told her about the Lucky Wheel.
There's that kind of reward?
Qiao Xuejing wasn't one to needlessly bother people, so she turned to ask the System about this concept. Perhaps because she was also an elite, the System had some affinity for her and provided some information.
A rating?
It actually requires at least 10 stars. So difficult.
"Impressive. I haven't gotten 10 stars yet." Qiao Xuejing was genuinely amazed. But Dao Dao at her side said, "That's not true! Master, you're amazing too. If it weren't for those people holding you back…"
Dao Dao rambled on about some oddballs—either they were weak yet greedy for credit, or they had ulterior motives and would backstab others. During the pioneer phase, they hadn't encountered a single worry-free dungeon run.
"This time was better. He Ruguang's group wasn't weak. Master got a personal seven-star rating, but the overall dungeon rating was only five stars. How should I put it…" Dao Dao was still dissatisfied.
She couldn't quite put her finger on it.
It was Wang Shu who continued the complaint. "They have some skill, but not enough. They can't keep up with your master's level. Besides the power gap, they either wanted to hide behind her to avoid damage and snatch participation points, or they wanted her to cooperate so they could snatch participation points. Actually, that's not a big deal; everyone's a refined egoist. The main problem was the captain's insufficient leadership. Plus, half the team were their old members, and the other half were us newcomers, which was a bit awkward."
After listening, Wang Jiu mulled over He Ruguang, then glanced at Qiao Xuejing. "That He Ruguang is your suitor?"
Qiao Xuejing was slightly surprised and asked with a smile, "How can you tell?"
"His leadership ability is actually okay, probably sufficient for simple dungeons. But he can't handle you, and he doesn't dare to. Being so cautious, it's not hard to guess."
Qiao Xuejing didn't comment on her admirer, but said neutrally, "Ms. Wang can probably relate."
Wang Jiu, who was preparing to treat the wound on her shoulder, looked at her. "You know me?"
"I had only heard of you before and didn't know much. Later, something unexpected happened, so I made some inquiries."
Before Wang Jiu could ask what the unexpected event was…
Qiao Xuejing lowered her head, took out a set of tables and chairs she had organized, and said lightly, "The website you hacked into is my property."
Pfft!
Wang Shu, who was drinking water, sprayed it out and looked at Wang Jiu.
Master, aren't you embarrassed?
Wang Jiu was very calm, saying placidly and naturally, "Sorry, my Photoshop skills aren't very good."
"It's nothing. It generated a lot of traffic, stayed on the trending list for a long time, and even became famous abroad."
Although the century-old brand was suddenly associated with certain indescribable elements, the world had changed, so it didn't matter.
"My master laughed for a long time back then. She just couldn't eat. Later, she specifically looked into it and said, 'How could such a proper-looking girl be so vicious?'"
Wang Shu looked at Wang Jiu again. Master, aren't you embarrassed?
Wang Jiu paused, then said thoughtfully, "Proper? Are you praising my dignified, elegant, pure, and flawless temperament? You speak so subtly."
Pfft!
Dao Dao, who was also drinking water, sprayed it out.
Qiao Xuejing didn't know how to respond. She saw Wang Jiu about to treat her wound. After taking off her shirt, she was wearing a small tank top underneath, so there was nothing to avoid looking at. But when she wanted to remind Wang Shu, he had already lowered his head like a frightened quail.
Mmm, still very respectful of his master.
There weren't many supplies at the moment, so Wang Jiu took her removed shirt, dipped it in water, and used it to wipe the wound.
Qiao Xuejing saw this, got up, walked over to Wang Shu, and asked, "Do you have any bandages?"
His line of sight was blocked. Wang Shu breathed a sigh of relief and dared to look up. He rummaged through his bag. "I think I do."
He really did.
Qiao Xuejing gave him a deep look, then turned and handed the bandage to Wang Jiu. Wang Jiu thanked her and, as she reached for it, casually asked, "So, you and Dao Dao have particularly bad luck with drops, right?"
Qiao Xuejing's movement stiffened for a moment. She slightly concealed her awkward expression. "Did you figure out I want to poach your disciple?"
Back when they spawned in the same village, she wasn't very familiar with Wang Shu, who had followed her. But she inadvertently saw this guy kill the lowest-level Big Yellow Duck with one slash and get a drop of two or three copper coins, or fewer coins and more basic materials.
In that instant, she and Dao Dao, who had been tormented by bad luck in many dungeons, had their worldviews completely shattered.
Wang Jiu: "You can't possibly be interested in his good looks and 220-pound body, can you?"
Alright, that makes sense.
After her embarrassment, Qiao Xuejing also launched a soft counterattack.
"On that point, I'm afraid you can also relate."
Fearing Wang Jiu would be embarrassed, Wang Shu said, "Not really. My master has bad luck, but when things reach an extreme, they reverse. Occasionally, she gets good drops, like this homestead. It's super awesome."
The rainbow farts started flying again…
But Dao Dao blurted out, "But after that, doesn't the bad luck just continue? Waiting for the next big drop?"
This pattern is a bit toxic.
The atmosphere became a little awkward.
Wang Jiu: "…"
This pig has been fattened up enough. Why haven't I slaughtered it yet?
After treating the wound and while the food was stewing in the pot, they weren't in a hurry to go out. After all, they still needed to recover their stamina.
So they each organized their things. However, Wang Jiu took out two garden fields, stuffed them in a corner, and then threw two Metasequoia seeds on them.
Metasequoia (Seeds can be harvested in 6 hours. Maturity can be accelerated with spirit energy, but the minimum time cannot be less than one hour.)
Growth Data: Current 120 spirit energy environment can reduce the time by 1.2 hours, meaning it will mature in 4.8 hours.
Plant Effect: The material can be used to craft manor furniture, and the furniture can increase spirit energy.
That's a significant reduction in time.
"If it were 600 spirit energy, it would only take one hour, right?"
System: "Correct. For example, your other perilla seed has a 3-hour growth period, but it also cannot be harvested in less than one hour, or it will be unripe and unusable. There will be plenty of seeds in the future, some taking a month or even several months. The only fear is that you won't have enough spirit energy."
Wang Jiu: "In other words, the higher the grade of the seed, the more time it requires, but the more advantageous it is for using large amounts of spirit energy."
That's more or less the meaning.
After all, there's a minimum guaranteed harvest time.
Wang Jiu searched the auction house and found no seeds for sale. As expected, manor materials were still rare items at this stage.
She reopened her bag. The bed had already been stored inside, and it was the first thing she saw.
Because of the toilet plunger, Wang Jiu had some expectations for special properties in certain items.
She examined it carefully and quickly confirmed that this was indeed a bed with a special effect.
Emperor-Grade Ultimate Enjoyment Warm Jade Fragrant Bed.
Attribute: Increases the enjoyment of X-rated relations by 500% when on it.
In short, it's a five-times-the-pleasure experience…
Wang Jiu glanced at it and said to the System, "Your system's planners are so indecent."
Her tone was reminiscent of the male lead's famous line from Temptation of Wife—"You're so slutty."
The System played dead the entire time.
However, Wang Jiu had no intention of using it. She listed it on the system immediately, and at a ridiculous price.
1 Gold Coin.
System: "Are you daydreaming?"
Wang Jiu: "Can't I just free up bag space? Anyway, this is our own player exchange. You don't have the right to collect a transaction fee. I'll list it however I want."
System: "…"
It felt this was a terrible loophole.
Wang Jiu summarized all her spoils: one card, two skill books, 10 strengthening stones, three bronze equipment pieces, a bag of seeds, a pile of other supplies like food and utensils, pots and bowls, and finally, the Luoyang brocade seeds she had found underground in the pool. That one gold coin was also directly deposited into her account.
Of the 10 strengthening stones, 7 were from killing players, and 3 were from the dungeon.
Overall… for such a strong level 7 bronze BOSS, with such a high dual rating, and even earning a title, this was it?
She never once asked what her fatty disciple got from the dungeon he ran with others. She was afraid she wouldn't be able to control herself from abusing her disciple.
But… forgetting the fact that there was no treasure chest, which was standard for a BOSS before (actually, she couldn't forget it; Wang Jiu was very annoyed), there were only three pieces of bronze equipment!
Just three!
Although the attributes were all top-tier, especially the trident weapon.
Its attributes were 10 points higher than her Tang knife.
But she was a woman, and her height and build weren't suitable for using it, so she planned to list it for 90 silver coins.
Just as she was about to list it, the System suddenly sent a lot of mail.
Surprised, she opened them and found they were sales notifications for the items she had listed.
The grey and bronze grade items had all been sold.
The remaining high-priced ones were also being sold continuously.
"The auction house has a peak period?"
Suddenly, she had an epiphany. "It's time to eat. The hunger level?"
System: "Those with low stamina attributes consume stamina faster and can't withstand the drain. Fatigue and hunger will surface. There's no specific progress bar for you to see; it's all up to you to manage. Most people can't stand it after one dungeon run. It's different from your previous eating habits."
Wang Jiu understood and extrapolated, "Then there must be a difference in the food eaten, right? Good food replenishes you faster."
System: "Correct. Don't think of rice as a staple. It's not as nutritious as the seafood you got as a drop. The former can only satisfy hunger but can't relieve fatigue, and it doesn't do much to restore combat power."
So many tricks, but it's quite interesting.
And the peak eating period brought with it players who were now idle. Although she had gotten many equipment drops, so many that her bag couldn't hold them all and she had twenty or thirty items listed in the auction house, half of which were bronze, for the vast number of players, the items in the auction house were just a drop in the bucket.
While Wang Jiu was talking to the System, all her equipment sold out. With one click to collect the mail, her wealth, which was originally 1 gold and 15 silver coins, suddenly skyrocketed to 10 gold and 50 silver coins.
She did a quick calculation. Half of her income came from killing players and taking their equipment. One could imagine why that Butcher was so powerful and so keen on killing people.
The strong get stronger.
Although the overall drop rate wasn't outstanding—no treasure chest, and pitifully few bronze items—she had a vague feeling that it might not have been that bad.
Because the System hadn't mocked her for it.
Given this guy's usual nature, if the drops were truly bad, it would definitely kick her while she was down.
Was there a catch?
There were many miscellaneous items, and her bag was full to bursting. But there was nothing to complain about. The feeling of monopolizing all the loot was too good. In the past, she always had to share.
Soon, she had examined all the items clearly.
She suddenly understood why the System hadn't laughed at her.
The card was nothing special, a Fishman Chieftain Puppet Card that lasted for 30 minutes. This was acceptable, as permanent puppet cards were extremely rare.
The skill books were 《Heavy Strike》 and 《Strength Mastery》.
Good, good. They were both needed. She learned them all directly.
Originally, the active skills she had planned for were Heavy Strike and Heal. Later, she felt that Heal had a casting time and could be easily interrupted, making it inconvenient to use during combat. It could, however, be used after a battle.
She didn't know if upgrading it would reduce the casting time. In any case, she wasn't very keen on it.
Actually, the three bronze equipment pieces also had high attributes.
The trident, cuirass, and pants—all three had attributes ten points higher than what Wang Jiu was wearing.
She equipped the cuirass and pants but didn't pay attention to the change in her attributes because she saw a silvery, sparkling item next to the remaining 10 strengthening stones.
Because it wasn't equipment, its glow was very faint, but Wang Jiu's mood instantly improved.
It was a badge.
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