chapter 19: insufficient money

Want to fight me? Are you sure?

Li Xiang felt so stimulated by these words that he felt his whole body ignite!

Wu Zewen, who was sitting next to him, could see him gritting his teeth while getting ready. However, from Wu Zewen’s judgment and analysis, Li Xiang would definitely die if he fought the Tangmen. Didn’t they both see how easily the Tangmen dealt with the Three Grasses earlier?

Li Xiang obviously forgot about this. As long as he was stimulated, the blood rose to his head. He immediately waved his Buddha beads and rushed toward the Tangmen.

When the Tangmen saw him rushing over, his figure flashed for a second before he disappeared right in front of Li Xiang’s eyes.

Li Xiang said angrily: “If you have the ability, don’t activate your invisibility!”

While Liu Chuan activated his light step skills to move from one location to another, he still had the time to taunt Li Xiang with a smile: “Tangmen. What kind of Tangmen style are you playing if you aren’t invisible? Do you think I’m like you?”

Li Xiang: “……”

Li Xiang, who was so angry that his chest hurt, took a deep breath. When he saw him appear, he immediately turned around and rushed into soared like a crane with his light steps, chasing after him! His hand speed broke out and pressed the keyboard frantically and several light step skills were used one after the other!

Tangmen continued to run after circles and Li Xiang continued to chase after him, panting as he did so. The mobs in the entire bandit village were startled by the two of them and jumped, like chickens flying and dogs running*.

* In confusion

The Three Grasses and Wu Zewen stood in the middle as they watched the battle, somewhat unable to look at them.

Ahem, this picture is like… an owner walking his dog.

Li Xiang, who was treated as a pet and was dragged around in front of the audience, became angrier!

What’s even more unbearable is that the more he chases, the distance between him and the Tangmen also increases, which is really a pain in the ass!

Finally, Li Xiang’s light step skill stamina dropped to 0, and couldn’t catch up.

In the distance, the Tangmen stopped and smiled: “Is the stamina finally gone?”

* Since light step is a skill so I guess it can run down the stamina/endurance bar?

From the bottom of Li Xiang’s heart, he suddenly felt frightened. How did this guy know?!

The Tangmen continued to laugh: “Using light steps and not calculating the stamina, are you not afraid of falling from the sky and dying? Hehe.”

Li Xiang: “……”

Li Xiang was depressed but it was a pity that he was still far behind. Let alone hitting this Tangmen, he can’t even catch up…

Tangmen quickly flew to Li Xiang’s side and sat down. While meditating and recovering, he also sent a message on the [nearby] channel: “Sit down and restore your endurance. When it’s full, we’ll fly around the bandit village again. I’ll teach you how to play.”

Li Xiang: “……”

Hold on… I’m still opening a vendetta against you, yet you casually sat down beside me?

Aren’t you looking down on me too much?

Li Xiang looked at the Tangmen who was sitting next to him as if nothing had happened. Indeed, to him, it wasn’t really fighting. A row of black and dejected expressions was sent on the [nearby] channel to express his inner entanglement.

Liu Chuan smiled and said, “If you really want to fight me, come back when you reach your full level. Right now, your current level is too low, I feel like I’m abusing you.”

Li Xiang: “.........”

He suddenly found that this Tangmen had a very poisonous tongue and a powerful ability to change the subject almost immediately. He was originally going to do a hot-blooded vendetta PK but was calculated against by his light steps stamina, which made Li Xiang, who started the vendetta, very embarrassed.

After a while, Liu Chuan asked, “Is your stamina already recovered?”

Li Xiang reported: “.........recovered.”

Liu Chuan said, “Let’s go. Follow me from behind.”

Unlike the blood and blue bars’ immediate impact on the character’s attributes, the light step operation in the game only affects the stamina value which has 100 points in total. When the stamina is exhausted, all light step skills can no longer be used. If you’re flying in the sky and suddenly your stamina is exhausted… Sorry, young hero, we can only let you experience the pleasant feeling of free-falling and then splashing into the ground like a meatloaf!

Unable to calculate the stamina in using the light step skills, countless novices in the game fall to their deaths after flying halfway.

Stamina only recovers slowly over time. No skill nor medicine can restore stamina. Only when a player meditates in place will the recovery speed be faster. The mastery of calculating the stamina used in the operation of the light steps is very essential, especially for experts and sects such as Tangmen which require the frequent use of light steps. If the stamina is quickly exhausted, Tangmen who cannot use light steps is like a crab with only two legs*. Their fighting strength will go through a steep decline.

* Unable to walk properly/sitting prey

The light step skills in the game include the general light steps skills in Jianghu and the characteristics of the light steps skills of major sects. If one wants to master them all, naturally, they need to practice it over and over again. There isn’t a problem with Li Xiang’s light step skills, only that he doesn’t know how to calculate and save stamina. Just now, he chased blindly and his endurance quickly bottomed up.

While operating his Tangmen account and controlling his position in the air, Liu Chuan quickly typed and taught Li Xiang--

“Don’t use wind chase here. Wind chase steps consume too much stamina…”

“It would be more appropriate for you to ride the wind just now…”

“No, here, use it to adjust your position in the air…”

“Don’t be in a rush to land. First, use the Snowfall to Pass through the Clouds and leap above the obstacles…”

Li Xiang followed the Tangmen to play light step operations and sure enough, he found that the consumption of his stamina was lesser now and there were still more than 20 points left after circling one lap around the entire bandit village.

Liu Chuan gave him a thumbs-up: “Very good! You learn quickly. Do it again and pay attention to the details I told you just now.”

Li Xiang: “.......”

Earlier, he wanted to roll up his sleeves for battle but now his cheeks flushed with shame.

Classmate Li Xiang, who ran to meet the muzzle of a gun, was very embarrassed. He didn’t expect the plot to turn out like this. He wanted to kill the Tangmen with a vendetta but in return, the Tangmen unhesitantly taught him how to use the light step operations……

After another lap, he saved 30 points of stamina.

Liu Chuan sent a smiling expression: “Progress is very fast. Now, you just have to practice more.”

Li Xiang: “......”

Should he say thank you?

His vendetta is still in progress. It seems…

Li Xiang quickly closed the vendetta.

Cough, Zewen, I’m sorry. It’s not that I don’t want to be a bodyguard but the enemy is just too strong.

Just have to sacrifice you… okay?

After Liu Chuan taught Li Xiang, this simpleton, he chatted with Zewen privately and said, “What, is there any gain from watching?”

Wu Zewen nodded seriously: “En.”

This guy still cherishes words like gold so Liu Chuan had to continue spinning this little spinning top: “Have you memorized several light step operations of Jianghu clearly?”

Wu Zewen replied: “En.”

Liu Chuan continued to ask: “Let’s hear it?”

The little spinning top was finally willing to spin by himself and he typed carefully: “It’s not difficult to remember. Based on its literal meaning, Soaring Crane and Bursting Swallow are both upward light step skills. Soaring Crane is suitable to use when jumping from the flat ground. Generally, it’s used as a starting point for light step skills. Bursting Swallow is more suitable for jumping in the air, connecting, and adjusting in the air. What you said about Snowfall Passing through the Clouds is a light skill that is used when you’re high up, which is suitable for leaping through obstacles and chasing in the air.”

—Intelligent people are so worry-free!

Liu Chuan said with satisfaction: “It seems that you have understood the theory. IF you have time for actual combat, practice more light step operations. Ideal Master’s operation has no problem but his consciousness is messy. You are the opposite. You’ve figured out the theory but the operation is a mess.”

Wu Zewen’s ears couldn’t help but redden slightly.

This Tangmen really hit the nail on the head. In just one sentence, he pointed out both his and Li Xiang’s shortcomings. Even his tone was like a teacher lecturing a lesson…

However, he does have the qualifications to teach people. Just now, Wu Zewen couldn’t help but sigh when he saw the light step operation of the Tangmen which was like moving clouds and flowing water*. If there was a camera next to him, wouldn’t the picture be the same as an expert in a martial arts film?

* Natural

***

At this time, not far from the bandit Village, someone did set up a camera.

Of course, it’s not a camera like the set of a movie, but a video recording function that comes with the game.

The head of the branch of the Seven Star Grass Guild in the seventh district of TELECOM, Heartbroken Grass, was shocked as he turned on the video function of the game and filmed all the scenes just now. While recording, he quickly messaged Nepenthes privately: “Little Swine, little swine, what’s going on?!”

Nepenthes said blankly: “I don’t know. The Tangmen and Five Poisons got married, then the Shaolin withdrew from the team and started a vendetta…”

Heartbroken Grass frowned: “Don’t tell me, it’s a sadomasochistic love triangle?”

Scratching his hair, Nepenthes felt his head ache: “It doesn’t look like it! After the Shaolin started the vendetta, the Tangmen made him chase him around the bandit village then he began to teach the Shaolin how to play the light step operations…”

Heartbroken Grass: “.......” What’s with this situation??

Nepenthes said: “The two of them flew around in vendetta mode and discussed how to save stamina when doing light step operations. They flew around the bandit village for two laps and meditated side by side to restore their stamina.”

After Nepenthes said that passage, it was followed by a row of blood-spitting expressions.

Starting a vendetta shows a red name and the Ideal Master leaves the team to start the vendetta. Therefore, Ideal Master’s name was also red indicating he can be attacked. Then, the Tangmen actually sat down side by side with their enemy and meditated to restore their stamina. And what was that about the Five Poisons? The Five Poisons, which was actually the fuse, calmly watched from the side, without saying anything.

Nepenthes covered his chest in distress. He found out that with his human brain he’s unable to understand the thinking of these three people.

Heartbroken Grass was also confused, “What the hell is going on with these three people? Isn’t the Tangmen friends with these two little novices?”

Nepenthes said: “It looks like they’re a group of friends but it also doesn’t look like it. When Shaolin was talking in the team channel, he kept calling him “Brother Tangmen”, as if he had known him for a long time. Then, he started a vendetta after one discord… anyway, I really can’t figure it out!”

Heartbroken Grass sorted out his thoughts, “Then, the Tangmen and Five Poisons are married, right?”

Nepenthes said, “Yeah. Just got married.”

Heartbroken Grass thought carefully for a while. Just looking at the Tangmen’s light step skills operation, he felt a little shocked. The operation of experts and ordinary people was easily distinguishable and the Tangmen, like what Nepenthes said, was really an expert!

This light step skill is absolutely extraordinary!

Generally, when connecting skills, he doesn’t even need a pause like moving clouds and flowing water. Snowfall Passing through the Cloud was like hanging a line on your body and generally, you can fly directly in the whole field.

If it weren’t for the fact that I saw it with my own eyes, I would mistakenly think that this is an official promotional film cut put together after video processing…

Such a top master, it’s rare that he hasn’t joined a guild. As the President of the Seven Star Grass Guild, it’s absolutely necessary to win him over!

After thinking for a while, Heartbroken Grass finally revealed himself and privately messaged the Tangmen: “Hello brother. It’s nice to meet you. I’m the President of the Seven Star Grass Guild in the seventh district of TELECOM.”

Seven Star Grass is here to recruit people again?

Liu Chuan made a trumpet in the online game just to take Zewen and Xiang. He didn’t even think of disturbing any great guilds. What a pity that he fell for a curious coincidence. Outside the bandit village, he happened to meet the Seven Star Grass trio, killed the three by himself, and obviously attracted the attention of the management of the Seven Star Grass Guild.

Liu Chuan replied helplessly, “Hello President, are you looking for me for something?”

Heartbroken Grass cleverly changed the subject and said, “Little Swine said you got married? Congratulations!”

Liu Chuan smiled: “You are too kind.”

Heartbroken Grass said, “When will the wedding be held? Can we join in the excitement too?”

Heartbroken Grass deserves to be the president of a guild who is good at diplomacy. He doesn’t even mention the recruiting at all but started with the wedding instead. The so-called people are in good spirits during a happy event. When they encounter a happy event like a wedding, others would come and congratulate you. Do you want to refuse?

As a result, the Tangmen really refused, typing directly: “There is still a wedding? Is getting married so troublesome?”

Heartbroken Grass almost knelt down!

Isn’t it common sense to get married and have a wedding? Married such a beautiful Five Poisons wife, do you really not want to have a wedding?

Heartbroken Grass endured the twitching of the corners of his mouth and proposed: “It’s better to do it, right? It’s always a happy time when you marry a beautiful wife. If you have a grand wedding, your wife will be happy too!”

Liu Chuan said, “Oh, how much is the wedding?”

Heartbroken Grass said: “520 gold coins.”

Liu Chuan flipped through his inventory and said, “Not enough money :(”

Even with Heartbroken Grass’ slippery words, he directly overturned the glass, sprinkling water over the keyboard.

Master?! Is this really a master? What kind of master wouldn’t stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw* for such a beautiful wife?

* Extravagant or to throw money recklessly

The scene of an average master marrying a wife is: My wedding is today. My brothers must all come to my wedding. Come and join us! Sending the world channel red envelopes! Wife, I love you! Select 520 items to express my love for my wife! ——Then, everyone on the server knew that the master was getting married today.

Is that what a master should say? Even went through the trouble of adding a sad symbol after it?

Heartbroken Grass finally understood why Classmate Swine that he sent to recruit people were so miserable that they ended up vomiting blood.

The thinking of this Brother Expert is really far from the average online game expert……..