Chapter 9

"Level 0?!" Yeseopiao stood with her red lips slightly parted, hardly believing it.

Xuxinran also had a look of shock on her face.

Then, everyone hurriedly opened the forum and indeed found a very popular post — "Hidden Master Appears in Falling Leaves Town — Level 0 Solo Challenges Elite!"

Xuxinran immediately saw a screenshot of a player missing an attack on an elite White-Eyed Rabbit.

"How familiar..." Xuxinran continued to read, and on another screenshot, the player's name was clearly written — Xuanyang!

"Xuanyang?" Xuxinran's heart raced, and she quickly brought up her friend list, only to see that one of her friends was indeed "Xuanyang"!

"I knew it, with Xuanyang's skills, he would definitely make a big splash in the game. He's already famous on the second day of the game!" Xuxinran's face was full of joy as she opened the video.

In the video, Xuanyang's footwork was fluid, and his movements were like flowing clouds, effortlessly dodging the elite White-Eyed Rabbit's attacks. No matter how furious the elite White-Eyed Rabbit was, it couldn't even touch the hem of Xuanyang's clothes.

"This guy, his movements are still so cool!" Xuxinran thought happily.

Yeseopiao and the others finished watching the video, all of them stunned into silence.

After a long while, Yeseopiao sighed softly, "This guy must be a super expert in real life too!"

Then, Yeseopiao noticed the uncontainable joy on Xuxinran's delicate face and asked curiously, "Xinran, what's wrong? Did you fall for the handsome guy in the video?"

Xuxinran let out a "Huh?" and then came to her senses, "No way, I didn't!"

"Our beautiful Xinran, if you really like that Xuanyang, go for it. Would he dare to refuse? You should lure him to our studio, ha ha!" A petite female Daoist laughed and said.

"You're the one who likes her!" Xuxinran blushed and retorted.

"I might like him, but he might not like me. I'm far from as good as Sister Xinran. I know my limits," the female Daoist pretended to sigh.

And the usually composed and steady Yeseopiao also surprisingly teased, "Xinran, go for it. If you can lure him to our studio, I'll give you ten times your salary!"

Yeseopiao's words seemed to carry a hint of seriousness.

Xuxinran's heart skipped a beat. If she could bring Xuanyang to the studio, she would get ten times her salary? That's 30,000 RMB. Once Xuanyang joined the studio, wouldn't his salary be even higher?

Xuxinran was a bit conflicted. Should she tell the boss that she knew Xuanyang? If she did, the boss would definitely ask her to bring Xuanyang to the studio. If Xuanyang was willing, that would be fine, but if he wasn't, he might join out of consideration for her, which would make him unhappy...

After some thought, Xuxinran made a decision. She would temporarily not tell the boss about her knowing Xuanyang. She would ask Xuanyang first, and if he was willing, she would tell the boss.

...

Falling Leaves Town.

After repairing the Flowing Cloud Sword, Xuanyang counted the equipment he had obtained today.

"Two pieces of Daoist equipment, three pieces of Swordsman equipment, one piece of Archer equipment, two pieces of Priest equipment, and three pieces of Mage equipment..."

Xuanyang thought for a moment. He would keep the Daoist equipment, give the Swordsman equipment to Sister Xinran when he reached Qingfeng Town, and sell the remaining six pieces of equipment in the evening.

"I wonder if anyone can afford them. A piece of damaged equipment is said to sell for 200 copper coins on the forum."

After deciding the fate of the equipment, Xuanyang was about to log off.

At that moment, a system message suddenly appeared —

Player "Xinran" requests a video call. Accept?

"Xinran?" Xuanyang quickly clicked "Yes."

"Xuanyang, is the player in the forum video who soloed the Level 0 elite monster you?" Xuxinran's beautiful figure appeared on the screen, and her sweet voice came through the communicator.

"Yes, it's me," Xuanyang smiled. He understood that with the post being so popular, Sister Xinran would definitely know about it.

"Sure enough, it's you!" Xuxinran's voice was filled with joy. Then she asked, "Since you can solo elite monsters at Level 0, why were you only Level 2 at noon today? That doesn't make sense."

"I only started the game and created my character at noon today. My account was forcibly deleted yesterday," Xuanyang said with a bitter smile.

"Forcibly deleted... What happened?" Xuxinran's beautiful face showed surprise.

"It's a long story. I'll explain when I see you. In short, it's not a bad thing. I got a hidden class."

"Hidden class?!" Xuxinran's beautiful big eyes stared at Xuanyang on the screen, "So the forum was right, you are a hidden class!"

"Yes, it's called Daojun, an enhanced and upgraded version of a Daoist. However... this class comes with a cost. It requires double the experience to level up compared to regular classes," Xuanyang said with a bitter smile.

"Ah? Then how... how did you get to Level 6! Our boss is ranked second on the Qingfeng Town level leaderboard and is only Level 5," Xuxinran could see Xuanyang's level from her friend list.

"Daojun's attacks are much higher than those of regular classes, and I can farm monsters without taking damage, so I gain experience faster," Xuanyang explained.

"Hmm... That's too strong." Xuxinran exclaimed, then changed the subject, "Xuanyang, would you like to join our studio? If you do, I think our boss would give you at least 100,000 RMB a month."

"100,000!" Xuanyang's body trembled. He didn't expect his value to be so high.

100,000 RMB. With this money, although it wouldn't be enough to move his master and the others out of the slums, at least they wouldn't have to live in poverty anymore. However, for some reason, he felt resistant.

"Sisters' Studio?" Xuanyang said helplessly, "Your studio's name... I'm a guy, it doesn't seem suitable."

"The name doesn't matter, it can be changed. Will you come or not?"

Xuanyang thought for a full minute and then asked, "Sister Xinran, do you really want me to join your studio?"

"I hope you choose based on what you want," Xuxinran said seriously.

"Sister Xinran, I don't want to join a studio for now. My leveling pace doesn't fit with a studio," Xuanyang took a deep breath and replied.

Xuxinran felt a bit disappointed but still managed to smile, "It's fine. I think you should be a lone wanderer."

"Okay, Sister Xinran, I'm logging off now. I'll be back online after dinner, and I have a surprise for you," Xuanyang said.

"What surprise?"

"I'll tell you tonight."

{Piaotian Literature