18 - Mermaid's Tomb (3)

Chapter 18: Mermaid’s Tomb (3)

There were plenty of shining things dropped on the ground. Xiao Ran picked up all of it, a total of fifty eight silver coins, five pieces of whiteboard equipment, four pieces of green equipment, four pieces of red equipment, and a kind of rare material called ‘Siren Silk.’ 1 The burst rate for such equipment in the instance was extremely amazing.

Other than Yiye Feihua, who said that Fengdu players couldn’t use it, Xiao Ran divided the drops amongst the three of them.

“You can take this Siren Silk.” Guaiwo Ge said to Xiao Ran. “I think there’s some sort of collection task on it.”

When Xiao Ran heard those words, he lowered his head and checked the item attributes on the Siren Silk.

Siren Silk: Rare Material, ‘Haizhong City’ 2 Invitation Letter Fragments 4/30.

Xiao Ran couldn’t help but whisper, “Haizhong City?”

‘Haizhong City’ was a special trade map. It was based on Luochahai City 3 from ‘Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio.’ It opens on the 20 th night of every month in the Western Sea of the Fifth Realm. All items and equipment sold there are Level 60 orange quality!

Level 60 was an obstacle for most players. After reaching level 60, the burst rate for equipment drops harshly, especially for orange equipment. Even if you’re a full-level player for an entire year, you may not be able to get orange equipment. Most people are in a state where they have no money to spend, so they have to focus on upgrading their skills and old equipment.

As a result, Haizhong City has become a favorite place for Shenzhou players.

The invitation letter to enter was of course very difficult to collect. He didn’t expect it to be in these Level 40 hidden instances!

Guaiwo Ge spoke enviously. “Yeah. I didn’t expect such a good thing. You keep it. It’s usually considered good to collect this kind of hidden instance map, but there aren’t many. No one who distributes them to us will be able to create a complete invitation letter.”

If it weren’t for Xiao Ran asking them to play this instance, they wouldn’t have found the entrance. Although Haizhong City was tempting to any player, it was reasonable to Guaiwo Ge and Danshen Guai Shei.

Xiao Ran wasn’t a person who enjoyed faking politeness. Guaiwo Ge took the initiative to offer, so he wasn’t polite and said: “If the invitation letter is actually issued, I’ll contact you all if there is something you can use.”

He also said that if there was any excess Siren Silk, it would definitely be divided amongst them. Although the two knew that it was probably impossible to use such a routine system, Xiao Ran’s methods made them feel very comfortable.

Yiye Feihua didn’t speak. He just leaned against the wall of the residential building, quietly watching Xiao Ran handle the drops in an orderly manner. After he finished, he leaned forward and said: “Team leader is so partial. I also have a need in Haizhong City, but I was completely ignored.”

Xiao Ran knew that he was going to be poor, but so long as he met those teasing eyes, he had no power to resist. “Alright, I’ll share the money with you, too.”

“I have money.”

“Then what do you want?”

“Kiss.”

Xiao Ran glared at him with reddened cheeks, then walked silently into the village.

This was truly being ignored.

Yiye Feihua shrugged, then followed nonchalantly after him.

Guaiwo Ge and Danshen Guai Shei stood in place with stiff faces.

Guaiwo Ge: “A-Chuan, do you think the two of us are a bit unnecessary.”

Danshen Guai Shei: “Not just a bit.”

Guaiwo Ge: “So why did they ask us, two lightbulbs, to play an instance together?” 4

The two of them didn’t know that the instance had a required player number, so Danshen Guai Shei thought seriously about the issue.

Danshen Guai Shei: “Isn’t it boring to show off affection without an audience? Maybe we can also show off in return?”

The straight-as-a-steel-pipe man got angry and said: “You’re so stupid, damn it!”

Danshen Guai Shei looked at the bald back of Guaiwo Ge’s head, then sighed and chased after him.

After ten waves of trumpeting just now, they cleared all of the mobs in the village. Going further in, there was a field path. Alongside the hard-working sirens, there were some precious herbs growing in the fields.

This time without the trumpets intervening, the four of them passed by smoothly, saw the herbs, and Guaiwo Ge stepped forward to gather them.

Insufficient Gathering skill level. Cannot gather.

Danshen Guai Shei stepped forward. Failure.

Xiao Ran stepped forward. Failure.

Yiye Feihua stepped forward. Success.

Hateful!

They silently watched Yiye Feihua with burning gazes as he gathered 80-90 silver coins worth of Focus Grass 5 into the bag. All of the three’s eyes were somewhat red.

After walking a few steps, they found a locked orange treasure chest in the corner along the edge of the field!

“Damn damn damn!” Guaiwo Ge yelled, eagerly stepping forward, before—

Insufficient Unlocking skill level. Cannot unlock.

Danshen Guai Shei stepped forward. Failure.

Xiao Ran stepped forward. Failure.

Yiye Feihua stepped forward. Success.

……History is always surprisingly familiar.

What came out was a pair of orange gauntlets that were useable by Shen Bi at Level 40. Seeing that it wasn’t equipment for their occupations, Guaiwo Ge and Danshen Guai Shei’s feelings of resentment lessened.

But Xiao Ran was different.

He knew that he would be able to use the Level 40 gauntlets soon.

But Xiao Ran was aware that the very experienced Yiye Feihua understood that even more.

So Yiye Feihua shamelessly pointed his finger at his cheek.

Xiao Ran glanced at him, then calmly walked away.

This path, Xiao Ran didn’t know if it was intentionally trying to hinder him. The treasure chests they encountered were all for Shen Bi; no other occupations were available.

The good friend who was depressed because he couldn’t gather herbs and could only watch Yiye Feihua harvest them had the dark clouds over his head transform into deep sympathy for his Xiao Ma-ge.

Xiao Ran also found that the spicy chicken system was full of malice toward him, so he walked alone along the corner of the field, silent.

Yiye Feihua childishly stepped up to Xiao Ran and played a bargaining game.

Reject . Trade. Reject. Trade. Reject.

It was definitely unwilling, ah!

Yiye Feihua grabbed Xiao Ran’s hand, protected the back of his head, and pushed him against the large tree to their side, kissing him without refusal.

Sweet, sticky breath instantly flowed between his lips and teeth, as Xiao Ran’s gums were carefully licked.

Xiao Ran was so dazed by the kiss that he only felt the belt around his waist became slightly loose before Yiye Feihua stuffed some things into his bag.

The players’ bags were designed on their belts, and they usually only needed to touch their waists to open the bags. Ye Minghua 6 took advantage of this to force a deal on him.

After waiting long enough, Ye Minghua slightly widened the gap between them and said hoarsely: “Baobei, do you like this method of trading? En?”

Xiao Ran was already dazed by the kiss, and when he clearly heard what Ye Minghua said, his entire face instantly burned red straight to the edge of his neck.

He pushed him gently, without force, and he was grasped by the hands and their lips and teeth pressed against each other again in a kiss.

“In the future, don’t accept anything I offer you, okay? Okay.” Ye Minghua murmured in a low voice, even breathing slightly heavier.

“Shameless…”

“There are some even more shameless.”

Having said that, he touched Xiao Ran even more from top to bottom while kissing.

That posture, if it weren’t for the two spectators on the side, independently facing the wind, the two of them in the instance may not have been able to be described. 7

Those two good friends were single since birth felt that their eyes were in pain.

Guaiwo Ge tightly covered his blinded eyes, and in the end couldn’t help but let out a desperate plea from the depths of his soul—

What did I do wrong, why should I be subjected to such torture! Hateful!

TL Notes: Author put Ye Minghua in here at least 4x, so I’m not sure if she’s trying to subtly tell us that Yiye Feihua’s real name is Ye Minghua or if she’s just getting her names confused. Hopefully some clarification will arrive soon qq, but for now I’m just going to put it in because it makes sense if it’s his real name.

Footnotes

鲛绡: shark (siren) silk City Under the Sea can’t find an official eng name for this, but it seems to be a well known pinyin. Sounds like an underwater market/trading city lightbulb = third wheel, someone who interrupts a romantic atmosphere hhh this is kinda like a xianxia herb used for condensing a golden core As far as I can tell, Ye Minghua is Yiye Feihua’s real name. Author just kind of tossed it at us right here, sorry. they would be censored