24.1 - Identity Revealed (Three in One)

Chapter 24: Identity Revealed (Three in One) – Part One

Those people who don’t know the truth would all say that the image was too cruel.

But those who truly understand the item would say that it is far from the price that golden equipment should have.

Sure enough, the auction price was still rising, until it finally stopped at around 1500 gold.

The offer was so cruel. The entire crowd was shouting for the brother who had the Entry Ticket 1 to come out and say something.

However, no matter how much they petitioned, Xiao Ran was as calm and peaceful as the breeze flowing through the hills.

The turmoil in the world channel about Entry Ticket 1 continued, but Xiao Ran had little interest. He secretly searched the words ‘Xiao Ran’ in the channel record, confirming that the latest new about his ID was from the day before yesterday, and it burst through him instantly. The continued obscurity about his existence throughout the world made the divine race boss feel relieved.

“Xiao Ma-ge!” Naozhong Ni Bie Nao, Liang Xia, and the others appeared in Xiao Ran’s line of sight.

Xiao Ran closed the world channel and waved at them.

There were five other people who arrived, although Xigua Jingling was gone. It just so happened, however, that they didn’t have any extra space for him, so they didn’t reach out to him at all.

The extra person was the one whose team had gone offline yesterday, named Pingguo Pai, 1 a Level 42 immortal cultivator player. He was the original core of the team.

Although Pingguo Pai wasn’t the leader, his precise operations and powerful output allowed him to occupy an important position in the team, and his level was also the highest.

At that time, the core player obviously hadn’t figured out the situation. He couldn’t understand the five of them. Why did they go so far to run through the instance, and why did his team members look at Xiao Ran as if they were worshipping a great god – calling him master, calling him great god. Naozhong Ni Bie Nao even directly handed command of the team over to him……

Did something happen? That was a Shen Bi!

Just a…… Level 38 Shen Bi?!

Pingguo Pai grabbed Liang Xia and asked in a low voice: “That, I said- Is that the master you mentioned earlier?”

The girl nodded in affirmation: “Yes!”

Pangguo Pai: “He’s a Shen Bi, fuck!”

Liang Xia: “What about Shen Bi, you’re still an immortal cultivator.”

Pangguo Pai: “No, I mean he’s only Level 38. He hasn’t learned Brush Spirit Summoning yet, right? There are so many ghosts in Youming Town…… Can we do it, ah?”

Liang Xia understood Pangguo Pai’s hidden worries, so she was understanding when she spoke: “If you’re really afraid of those things, just follow behind jie 2 . Jie will protect you, so don’t be afraid.”

Liang Xia didn’t pay any attention to ‘Brush Spirit Summoning’ at all. 3

In her mind, with Xiao Ma-ge’s operations, his focus, was not having learned Brush Spirit Summoning even important?

Pangguo Pai had tears streaming down his face.

Jie, that’s not what I meant……

Everyone routinely reported their personal attributes, and Xiao Ran and the team were about to attempt the instance.

Pangguo Pai wanted to forget about it, but then Liang Xia screamed: “Pangguo Pai is afraid of ghosts, nobody get too far away from him…… wuwuwu!”

Pangguo Pai quickly stepped forward to cover the girl’s mouth and smirked: “Alright, alright, let’s enter the instance.”

White light flashed in front of the group of people, and they entered the Level 39 instance Youming Town—

Dark clouds overcast the city, the fog was rolling, and the visibility in Youming Town was very dim. The trouble the instance map caused the players was no less than the blizzards in Han Bing Xue Field.

Generally speaking, in that kind of map, the player team must be very cautious about the limits of their peripheral vision, lest ghost mobs suddenly appear out of nowhere and disrupt the entire team’s rhythm.

Pangguo Pai understood that, so as soon as he entered the map, he followed closely behind Xiao Ran.

Surrounded by his teammates who he had been fighting alongside for so long, he of course knew that he could trust them. The only unknown factor was this Level 38 Xiao Ma-ge……

In the eyes of ordinary players, the Shen Bi was only +38, so it was like dragging an oil barrel, ah! 4

Classmate Pangguo Pai had excellent vision, so he stuck to Xiao Ran’s back without saying a word. He held his staff tightly in his hand, fearing that the Xiao Ma-ge would be accidentally swept away by something dirty.

The sound of breathing that was much too close made Xiao Ran turn around. He saw that Pangguo Pai was sweating on his forehead, and looked overly nervous. The little angel couldn’t help but softly coax: “Don’t be afraid. Follow me closely.”

Hearing that, Pangguo Pai was stunned for a moment. It wasn’t until he saw the paternal smile on Xiao Ran’s face that he understood, and burst into fury on the spot.

“Who’s afraid?! Who said I’m afraid! I’m afraid that you’ll kill us!”

If those words were said before entering Han Bing Xue field the day before, Naozhong Ni Bie Nao and the others would certainly agree, but now……

Liang Xia: “Pingguo, it’s alright. There’s no need to be ashamed.”

Naozhong: “Aren’t you afraid of ghosts, bro? I’m also afraid of snakes.”

Gaosu Gonglu didn’t speak, but stared at him with an ‘I understand you’ type of look.

Pangguo Pai was so angry that he spat blood: “Dedede, go do whatever you want! Don’t blame me for not warning you when this newbie causes our whole team to be destroyed!”

Liang Xia: “Why is your temper so short? Isn’t it just that you’re afraid of ghosts? Why are you cursing our team to be destroyed!”

Pangguo Pai had old blood stuck in his throat. 5

This time, he wisely chose to stay silent, and to let the facts come and slap someone in the face.

Sure enough, it didn’t take long for him to be slap someone in the face.

But the one who was slapped in the face was actually himself—

“Xiao Ma-ge, be careful! Yi, you avoided it, okay……”

“No, no, it’s too much, I can’t continue my group attack skills, ah! Eh, One Thousand Troops and Horses?! Did you use One Thousand Troops and Horses just now? You’re so lucky to have suck a rare skill, bro!”

“No good! It’s OT, Xiao Ma-ge, run quickly! Why are you rushing forward! Run away, ah…… Aaaahhh! What was that just now??? His brush turned into a spear, didn’t it? Did you see it! One of his spellcasting weapons turned into a spear! Fuck!”

Liang Xia rubbed her ears and said impatiently: “You’re too loud, Pangguo.”

Naozhong Ni Bie Nao could understand Pangguo’s mood very well at that time. He thought about his reaction yesterday when his three views were completely shattered, and he deliberately put on an impatient look and chided: “Pangguo, why are you so surprised? You’re not a newcomer anymore. Is it really that strange for a spellcaster to use a spear to kill mobs?”

Pangguo Pai screeched internally:

It really is that strange for a spellcaster to use a spear to kill mobs!!!

Pangguo Pai covered his head and turned around to leave, but he happened to bump into a pillar standing beside the street.

A ‘dong’ sounded.

It wasn’t the sound of him hitting the wall. It was the sound of something shattering……

After the instance was cleared, Pangguo Pai was teleported out alongside the group in a daze.

Naozhong Ni Bie Nao patted him sympathetically on the shoulder, then turned his head and let out a gleeful ‘hehehe’.

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After the second round of Youming Town began, Pangguo’s mentality was much better.

It didn’t seem strange that the spear had been held for so long! Besides, that Xiao Ma-ge’s operations were so arrogant, ah!

Pangguo Pai not only became accustomed to Xiao Ran’s strange attack style, but also began to appreciate Xiao Ran’s sharp angles when he slashed his spear.

Then in the third round, he began to enjoy the leisurely feeling of that kind of relaxed instance……

It’s toxic, ba!

Pangguo Pai couldn’t help but laugh and snort. After discovering the benefits, he also joined Xiao Ran’s fanboy faction, one master at a time. The change was so quick that Naozhong Ni Bie Nao was rather disgusted.

Xiao Ran didn’t feel much during the entire instance. His goal was very clear. He was thinking about upgrading, then upgrading again. Not a single little monster in the instance was spared. Each time he could try a hidden instance he must try it, and he must work hard.

Maybe it was bad luck, but he used up all three instance opportunities in a row without activating a hidden instance, and his Lesser Instance Buff Halo was also used up.

That meant Xiao Ran, who hadn’t wanted to go anywhere else with them, had to accompany them to go to the popular Fentou Village.

Fortunately, after two instances, he didn’t encounter any Shenyao players, and he survived the offline time without any incidents.

In the final run of the Fentou Village instance, Xiao Ran was promoted by one level.

The people in the team gave him their sincerest wishes.

It was notoriously difficult to upgrade in Oracle of the Gods. Xiao Ran was promoted from Level 38 to Level 39 in only two days, which was extremely fast. Even if there were people in the super guilds who specialized in upgrading, they may not be as efficient as him.

Xiao Ran wanted to go back to Beiyou Town to rest, but Naozhong Ni Bie Nao and the others said that they would directly logout near the instance.

“Let’s go, Pangguo. What are you thinking about?” Naozhong Ni Bie Nao urged.

“Oh, oh. Nothing.” Pangguo Pai looked at Xiao Ran’s back. He felt that Xiao Ran, a Shen Bi player, he seemed to have heard of him somewhere……

His arena friend Chi Ning was one of Shenyao’s 50 branch guild masters. He had a lot of knowledge, so maybe he could ask him.

Pangguo Pai opened his friend list and saw that the other party was offline, so he had to temporarily shut down that idea.

They did the exact same thing the next day.

It’s just that the six people got better and better. After six instances, over an hour had been saved compared to yesterday, but Xiao Ran still needed 48% experience until Level 40.

He wanted to take advantage of the day to upgrade to Level 40.

In just an hour, 48% experience would be an impossible task in the eyes of any player.

But Xiao Ran was different.

For an NPC, offline time was basically non-existent.

Xiao Ran glanced at his skill bar. Without any ideas, he opened his inventory again and saw the Tian Shen Pills in the corner of his inventory, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind.

Of course, how could he forget that he still had a Tian Shen Pill!

A good idea for his upgrade gradually formed in his mind.

Xiao Ran said goodbye to everyone in the team, then walked alone into the depths of the Mai Gu Forest outside of Youming Town.

TL Notes: Okay so this chapter is over 10k! It’s like 3x as long as recent chapters qqqq. Next ch is 8k, and the one after is also over 10k. so. hm. not excited for that, but ooh like at that title here~ it’s getting fun.

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Footnotes

Apple Pie older sister Side note: brush spirit is not the same as pen fairy, although the English versions have the same vibes a hindrance for no reason. It leaks everywhere, wasteful. Like vomiting blood, it means outraged/offended