chapter 18: how to propose

It was really boring to brush monsters the entire afternoon. Fortunately, level 30 is where the real game begins. Although the Tangmen reached level 30 first, the others weren’t far behind. Everyone couldn’t help but be shocked at the speed they were upgrading. Nepenthes worked harder when pulling monsters and the others also woke up from their lethargic state and began to fight monsters with overflowing power.

The difference level between everyone wasn’t big. Soon, the Three Grasses rose to level 30 and because Li Xiang and Wu Zewen weren’t as fast as them in doing the early tasks, they reached level 29.5 at the same time. It’s estimated that in half an hour, they would be able to reach level 30.

Tangmen seemed to see through the thoughts of the Three Grasses. With a smile, he sent a message on the [team] channel: “The three of you are at level 30. If you want to do an instance, you guys go first.”

Nepenthes hurriedly said: “It’s okay! It’s okay! I don’t like to do instances.”

The guild leader of the Seven Star Guild, Heartbroken Grass, saw in the guild panel that the Three Grasses already reached level 30 and couldn’t help but send a private message to ask: “Little Swine, how’s the person I told you to recruit?”

Nepenthes said, “President, we are working hard!

Heartbroken Grass asked, “Then the Tangmen has also reached level 30?”

Nepenthes said, “Just reached!”

Heartbroken Grass said: “Ask him to come to the next instance. The guild has opened several instance teams and there are still vacant positions. Let’s see how good he is.”

Nepenthes said in despair: “President, I’m afraid this won’t work.”

Heartbroken Grass wondered: “Why? Isn’t he already at level 30?”

Nepenthes sent an expression that was full of tears: “He’s with two little rookies and they haven’t reached level 30 yet…”

Heartbroken Grass was surprised: “Then what are you doing now?”

Nepenthes said: “Help him bring these two rookies to level up…”

The Guild Leader was speechless: “Ah? This Tangmen expert is being dragged down by having a family to feed!”

Nepenthes said: “Yes, he took two little rookies. He didn’t go to an instance after he was promoted to level 30 but continued to brush monsters and bring the rookies into the bandit village!”

“Quite loyal!” The Guild Leader was heartbroken. He was silent for a while before he said, “How high is the level of this Tangmen? Tell me once more.”

Although Nepenthes was depressed in remembering the scene of the Three Grasses being killed continuously by the Tangmen’s bereavement nail on their backs, he still confessed honestly: “This Tangmen is really an expert! More powerful than the first-class experts we have in the elite group of the guild!”

The Guild Leader was surprised: “So strong?”

Nepenthes added: “Yes! It seems to be the same level as Sister Sanse*.”

* Three colors

The Guild Leader was stunned!

The Sister Sanse mentioned by Nepenthes, whose full name is “Sanse Fengjiang Cao” is the first female Tangmen of the guild and plays the Concealed Weapon School.

Most of the girls in online games like to play nannies and support, and there are limited players who like to play output. The Tangmen of the Concealed Weapon School has a very high requirement for operation and vulgar killing method. They often release poison darts and throw concealed weapons behind people’s backs…

Only a few girls will like this school…

But there are some exceptions and Sanse Fengjiang Cao is one of them.

That girl is also the guild leader of the Seven Star Grass Guild in her region. Her younger sister is one of the main professional players of the Seven Star Grass team. Although her poor hand speed isn’t accepted as a professional player, she has a passion for game competition. She has played many online games and is quite experienced with management therefore, she was specially hired by the Seven Star Grass Team to manage the online guild.

Even if her hand speed does not meet the standards of the Seven Star Grass Team to be a professional player, she is still a top expert in online games!

The way she fights is quite sharp. In addition, she is also a beauty, a strong woman of the royal sister type who has a domineering demeanor, a sharp personality, and is meticulous in her job. Therefore, the Seven Star Grass Guild respectfully calls her as “Sister Sanse.”

When Heartbroken Grass heard Little Swine say that the Tangmen was on the same level as their own guild leader, he immediately became upset: “You said he’s on the same level as Sister Sanse? Are you sure you aren’t mistaken? How can there be such a master in online games?”

Nepenthes scratched his head in confusion: “I’ve also played PK against Sister Sanse in the old district and I was also killed immediately by her back-target style of play.”

Heartbroken Grass was very straightforward: “That’s because you are too weak.”

Nepenthes blushed and said, “Cough, but I feel that he should be at the same level as Sister Sanse.”

Heartbroken Grass was confused: “You feel?”

Nepenthes nodded seriously: “Hmm! This Tangmen expert’s aura is very domineering! He is indeed a master!”

Heartbroken Grass was conflicted: “Aura?!”

Indeed, it’s getting more and more unreliable. What feeling?! What aura?! Are you in a martial arts movie?! Able to detect a murderous spirit?

Heartbroken Grass was helpless: “Okay, okay. Stop bragging. I’ll go meet him in person.”

Nepenthes isn’t considered a master in the Seven Star Grass Guild, only a veteran. He has been playing the game for several years and has a very deep understanding of it. Unfortunately, he isn’t born with a hand speed that could keep up. The fastest is about 150 so when fighting an expert, he is often beaten into tears.

However, it’s precisely because of the fact that he fights badly that his understanding of the game is very deep. He said that the Tangmen is very sharp and his level is even the same as the guild leader. It’s not good to reject or accept it immediately and he was also cautious, thinking that it’s better to meet this expert in person.

If it’s really a master, he must be won over at all costs!

***

After a few minutes, Liu Chuan saw that it was late so he chatted privately with Wu Zewen and sent a message: “How much experience is left in order to upgrade?”

Wu Zewen took a look at the experience bar and quickly figured it out in his head: “Two thousand three, hit 8 more mobs and I’ll upgrade.”

Liu Chuan sent a smiling expression: “After reaching level 30, want to get married?”

This smiling expression is like a gray wolf abducting the little white rabbit.

It’s a pity that although Wu Zewen is a noob in the game, he isn’t when it comes to IQ. He quickly sent a one sentence, one kill message: “I am a man.”

Liu Chuan: “…….”

Zewen, sometimes being too direct is no good! I haven’t even finished my lines yet!

Liu Chuan spat out his drink, coughing as he did so. He freed up his hands to type quickly: “It’s okay. There are a lot of men playing female accounts, which is very common in games. Getting married in the game is actually done to do tasks. It doesn’t matter if you’re a man or a woman.”

Ah, it doesn’t matter if you are married to a man or a woman, this kind of thing… Liu Chuan feels like his integrity is about to run out.

The noob in the game was really fooled: “Doing the task?”

Liu Chuan said without changing his face: “Yes, after getting married, there are husband and wife tasks that reward a lot of experience and five-element stones. The husband-and-wife task is much simpler than the main lines of the game which saves time and effort. It will be faster to find someone to get married and upgrade together.” A few smiling expressions were added later.

Wu Zewen thought about it seriously.

If it was true and the husband-and-wife tasks upgrade faster, then he can consider it. After watching the video of Wheel of Reincarnation, Wu Zewen wanted to upgrade quickly to the full level and learn all the summoning skills of the five pets. He hasn’t been interested in one thing for a long time……

Liu Chuan continued: “The number of men and women in this game is seriously imbalanced. Female accounts are really short in comparison so many male players open female accounts to marry someone and do tasks and some people even open their own trumpets* to marry themselves just to do husband-and-wife tasks to get lots of rewards.”

* side accounts

…open a side account and marry yourself?

Wu Zewen felt that his worldview had been refreshed. He replied: “This is the first time I played a game. I haven’t heard of that.”

Liu Chuan smiled and said, “It’s okay. After we get married, we will do tasks together and earn more experience. Do you think it’s okay?”

Wu Zewen thought for a while and said, “Okay.”

Liu Chuan is happy!

Zewen, aren’t you too easy to deceive? I’ve only read half of the lines of my proposal…

Wu Zewen asked seriously: “Do you need any formalities to get married in the game?”

Liu Chuan said happily: “I’ll propose. You can just agree.”

Wu Zewen said, “It’s that simple?”

Liu Chuan smiled: “Yeah.”

It’s that simple to kidnap a rookie…

Liu Chuan really doesn’t feel any guilt at all : )

Soon, a few mobs were killed and lines of prompts showed up in the team channel--

Teammate [Ideal Master] reaches level 30!

Teammate [Misty Swamp] reaches level 30!

Because of the upgrade, a novice guide page popped up on their screen at the same time--

Congratulations on your promotion to Level 30. The new main city of Jiang Ling is now open. You can teleport directly to Jiang Ling from the stations on the major maps!

The novice guidelines for the games are very detailed. Every time you reach a key level, a prompt box will pop up to let players fully understand the various gameplay of the current level. Before Wu Zewen could finish reading it, he saw a prompt box popping up on the screen at the same time—--

Teammate [Immortal], sect [Tangmen], level [Level 30], requests for marriage, do you accept?

This quick hand speed… The invitation came the moment Wu Zewen upgraded?

Wu Zewen pushed his glasses upward, then pressed accept.

At the same time, the [world] channel swiped out a pink announcement: “Congratulations to Tangmen Knight [Immortal] and Five Poison’s [Misty Swamp], who are in love and tied the knot! I wish you two to grow old together and be united forever.”

—The four teammates were stunned!

What’s happening right now? After brushing monsters for a while, the two people around them fell in love and tied the knot? They say that whirlwind romance is popular in games right now, but this is too fast, right?! Directly blinded the eyes of the passers-by!

Li Xiang was so shocked he even forgot to type, so he simply took off his earplugs and asked Wu Zewen next to him, “Zewen? Why did you marry this Tangmen?”

Wu Zewen still had a calm expression and said calmly: “He said that we can do husband-and-wife tasks after getting married and the upgrade is faster.”

“…” Li Xiang's tears poured down his cheeks.

Game rookie was abducted just like this! Abducted… abducted…

It feels like the little Chinese cabbage that he finally grew up with was suddenly taken away by a pig…

Li Xiang said seriously: “Zewen, you don’t know that there are many liars in the game. A gossip broke out in the forum before that the president of a certain guild used his trumpet in the game and married a lot of wives. He cheated a lot of girls’ money on the grounds of having an illness. The online game is very messy and you have only known this Tangmen for a short time before getting married… This is too hasty!”

Wu Zewen said calmly, “It’s just a task. It doesn’t matter.”

Li Xiang: “……”

Wu Zewen continued, “Moreover, I don’t have anything of value to give to him and this Tangmen doesn’t look like a liar.”

Li Xiang: “……”

Do liars say “I am a liar” to their victims? This Tangmen proposed as soon as he saw you rise to Level 30. Clearly, he has ill intentions!

Wu Zewen played online games for the first time and didn’t know the complexity of online games at all…

Li Xiang looked at the computer screen with a complicated expression. The Three Grasses in the [team] channel had already begun to congratulate them--

Nepenthes: “Congratulations! Congratulations to both of you!”

Moon Grass: “Let me just say it! The Tangmen and Five Poisons are a perfect match! The two of them are a match made in heaven!”

Mimosa, who recently asked for marriage with the Five Poisons on the team channel was surprised. “Brother Tangmen, I’m sorry, I didn’t know that the Five Poisons is your wife. I just proposed casually, please don’t mind!”

Liu Chuan sent a smiling expression: “It’s okay. It’s okay. Don’t mind.”

Don’t mind? You really had the nerve!

Li Xiang tricked Wu Zewen into playing a female account and also wanted to be Wu Zewen’s bodyguard all the way. He took care of this little rookie so he wouldn’t be deceived but what was the result? As soon as he got promoted to Level 30, he was immediately abducted…

Li Xiang couldn’t help but message the Tangmen privately:” Brother… by doing this, aren’t you being too unkind?”

Immortal: “Is it? I think it’s very kind : )”

Li Xiang was so angry that he quit the team directly and right-clicked the Tangmen to put him on his list of enemies--

Shaolin Knight [Ideal Master] has opened a vendetta against you!

Liu Chuan simply put down the mineral water, freed up his hands, and typed a row of smiling expressions to the [nearby] channel--

“Want to fight me? Are you sure?”