Chapter 55

Shifeng fell into deep thought, unable to understand how Qian Huan Wan Mie completed the task in his previous life.

Where was the Dark Bible stored? Who knew where it was?

Moreover, the information collected for this task in his previous life was very fragmented, and there were very few references available.

Now, with such an evil curse on his body, even leveling up was a problem. He had to think of a way to solve this issue, or else the problems would only get bigger in the future.

"Respected Miss Xia Lian, do you have any way to solve the curse I'm under now?" Shifeng calmed himself and then looked at the frail Xia Lian, asking one after another, "And where can I find the Dark Bible? Even some clues would be helpful."

Hearing Shifeng's series of questions, Xia Lian's holy face showed a bright smile.

"You, little one, have so many questions. I do have a way to deal with the curse, but you must understand that to gain something, you must pay a price. The only way to remove the curse is with the Dew of the Moon. The Dew of the Moon can remove all magic and curses in the world, but it requires a lot of materials to perform the ritual. I will provide you with some of the materials, but you need to pay 3 gold coins as a fee for performing the ritual. If you want to know the clues about the Dark Bible, you need to pay an additional 10 gold coins for the information."

Seeing Xia Lian's excited expression as she explained, Shifeng felt a chill. Especially her eyes, no matter how holy she appeared, they couldn't hide the burning desire in them.

In the end, it all came down to one word.

Money!

System: Do you accept the task to remove the curse?

"Respected Miss Xia Lian, I am willing to pay these fees." What else could Shifeng say? However, the price Xia Lian asked for was too high, 3 gold coins at once, and no player in Baihe City could afford it.

"Since you are willing, then pay 1 gold coin as a deposit." Xia Lian extended her white, delicate hand without hesitation.

Seeing Xia Lian's actions, Shifeng even suspected that she had a透视术 (透视术 means "X-ray vision" in Chinese, but it's not a common term in English, so I'll translate it as "ability to see through things"). However, he had to pay eventually, so he gritted his teeth and handed over 1 gold coin to Xia Lian.

The moment he handed it over, Shifeng went from a wealthy man to a pauper.

"Here, you need to first fill this with power. It can take you to the Moonlight Grove to collect thirty Moonstones and bring them back to me." Xia Lian quickly pocketed the shiny gold coin and then took out a fist-sized glass ball and gave it to Shifeng.

System: You have accepted the Dew of the Moon task. The task content requires you to collect thirty Moonstones and 2 gold coins and give them to Xia Lian. The reward is the removal of the evil curse of the Great Demon.

Shifeng took the glass ball and examined it.

Teleportation Orb: Using it will directly teleport you to the Moonlight Grove and back. The usage condition requires storing 200,000 experience points.

200,000 experience points were enough for an ordinary player to level up from level 0 to level 7, which was a daunting task for him. With 95% less experience from killing monsters, it meant that killing monsters of the same level would yield no experience. He would need to kill elite monsters one level higher to gain about 10 experience points, and to collect 200,000 experience points, he would need to kill 20,000 elite monsters, which would take an eternity, and there weren't that many elites in Hongye Town.

"Truly an epic task, indeed difficult." Shifeng smiled bitterly.

In his previous life, Qian Huan Wan Mie had the support of a top-tier guild, the Illusory World Temple, and barely completed this task. He had no such support, making it even more difficult to complete. However, the rewards would be insignificant compared to the curse removal, and even a magical artifact would pale in comparison to this reward. This was what made Qian Huan Wan Mie famous and the Illusory World Temple a future behemoth, surpassing even the Serpent of Self-Devouring.

Although he had no top-tier guild support, he was a reborn person and had some advantages, especially in earning money, where he could now match top-tier guilds.

"It seems I can only go back to forging the Guard Armor first." Shifeng put away the crystal ball and left the library, planning to earn enough gold coins first, and then think about accumulating 200,000 experience points later.

When he returned to the trade area, it was already daylight, and many players had already gone out to level up and kill monsters. The streets were suddenly much emptier. Shifeng went directly to the bank vault to retrieve the materials for forging and the Philosopher's Stone.

Just as Shifeng was heading to the forging association, the system sent a message.

System: The Heavy Guard Armor you sold at the auction house has been sold. After deducting the handling fee, 31 silver 53 copper coins have been added to your backpack.

"Is it really that valuable?" Shifeng was surprised.

It was just a level 3 Heavy Guard Armor with attributes similar to mithril, which at most would be worth 20 silver coins. Now it could sell for over 30 silver coins, showing how crazy these guilds were about the Guard Armor.

With this good news, his motivation increased, and he couldn't wait to forge a hundred pieces of Guard Armor to sell and make a huge profit.

So, Shifeng activated his Wind Walk and rushed to the forging association, renting a medium-level forging room for ten hours without a word. It would be a waste not to take advantage of the guilds' money with his rebirth.

In the forging room, Shifeng refined all the collected materials and devoted himself to forging the Guard Armor.

When the first piece of Guard Armor was successfully forged,

System: Successfully forged Guard Armor, increased forging proficiency by 2 points, gained 800 experience points.

System: Do you want to store the gained experience points in the Teleportation Orb?

Shifeng suddenly stopped his work, brought up the system menu, and examined it carefully.

"Forging gained 800 experience points?" Shifeng propped his chin with one hand and thought, then laughed, "How could I forget in my haste? The curse only affects experience points from killing monsters, not reward experience points."

Although forging an item takes a lot of time, with a high success rate, the leveling speed would be much faster than a player's normal leveling, especially with the 95% reduction in experience points.

With such a shortcut, the task difficulty was greatly reduced.

Moreover, he had the Forging Book, which gave him a 60% success rate for forging Guard Armor, making his leveling speed much faster than that of expert players. It wouldn't take long to accumulate 200,000 experience points.

This way, he not only earned money but also gained enough experience points, achieving two goals at once, which was incredibly satisfying.

Qian Huan Wan Mie probably never imagined such a quick way to remove the curse.

Thinking about this, Shifeng directly set the system to store 100% of the experience points in the Teleportation Orb, then picked up the ore and started happily forging equipment.

As his mood improved, Shifeng's movements became even more agile, and the rhythm of the hammer strikes was like a beautiful melody.

When Shifeng came to his senses, he looked at the Guard Armor in front of him and suddenly froze.

PS: Thank you to Zimei Yaoji for the tip!

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