Hébourg was very annoyed these two days.
As the only Weapon Master in the Roland Empire, he originally lived in the inner city. Half a year ago, he was assigned to Mercenary Town by His Majesty, and he had no complaints.
After all, this place was now a gathering place for Elementalists, and he lived comfortably.
However, for some reason, His Majesty suddenly had a whim and asked him to take in designated warriors as apprentices.
Hébourg was not an inflexible person. With the current situation of the Empire, naturally, the more people who could become Weapon Masters, the better.
Moreover, the frontline soldiers were wearing armor and weapons purchased from the Alien Alliance. As a Weapon Master, he felt ashamed. If he could increase the production of local weapons, that would be the best thing.
However, the quality of these warriors was too poor!
The Weapon Master he inherited was called an Elemental Forger a hundred years ago, but he was only good at making weapons, so he did not dare to call himself an Elemental Forger.
However, as the name implied, the prerequisite to becoming a Weapon Master was to be an Elementalist, and among them, a Metal Elemental Spirit Master was the most suitable.
It was not impossible for other elements, but compared to a Metal Elemental Spirit Master who was born with the ability to control metal, the practice of other elements was more difficult and required more energy.
The warriors sent by His Majesty were indeed Metal Elemental Spirit Masters, and they learned the skills quickly, which made him very happy at the beginning.
However, perhaps because their talent was too high, one or two of them were too ambitious, and wanted to fly before they learned how to walk. Not only were the exercises given perfunctory, but they were also unwilling to suffer.
How could they learn from a master and leave after less than two hours a day? When he was an apprentice, he could not wait to stay by his master's side all day long.
Even the simplest blacksmithing required five or six hours of work every day at first.
These warriors had just become Elementalists not long ago. Although they had mastered Elemental Control, it was a mess when they used it. If they did not practice the basics diligently, what could they do even if they were talented?
However, for His Majesty's sake, Hébourg still taught patiently. As for those who were perfunctory and scoffed at the basics, he also chose to look on coldly.
However, the two new warriors who came in today really made him angry, and in a fit of anger, he kicked them out.
Hmph, he wanted to forge a complete weapon as soon as he picked up the hammer, and he refused to listen to human words. This kind of person shouldn't expect to learn anything from him!
Not far away, Deng Jianan and Yin Xing happened to see this scene. They looked at each other and did not rush over.
"Is Star Age that awesome? How can an NPC mentor refuse to accept a disciple? "
Deng Jianan was confused.
When he saw that someone was giving him directions in the bullet screen, he quickly informed Yin Xing and opened the Starry Sky Forum.
The Starry Sky Forum was very active, especially after the start of the second beta. With the increase in the number of players, all kinds of new topics popped up like mushrooms after a rain.
For the past two days, the most talked about topic was undoubtedly the Life Profession Mission of the Weaponsmith.
There was also an Elemental Potioneer Quest during the previous Beta Test. However, that Quest did not arouse such a high level of discussion because the difficulty of the two Quests was not even on the same level.
Deng Jianan randomly clicked into a post related to the topic.
[I've been forging for two hours. There are still four hours left. Is that old man in Hébourg a devil?]
[I left after half an hour. Time is life. I'm here to play the game, not be played by the game.]
[Why is it so troublesome? I've already learned the skill, but I still have to forge for five to six hours a day? The Quest says that I have to do it continuously for a month? There must be something wrong with the design!]
[Yeah, and if you don't complete this Quest, you won't be able to become an apprentice weaponsmith. That means that you'll only be able to start forging after a month. Who knows how long you'll have to continue for!]
[I strongly request the developers to change this setting! If the Beta Test continues like this, won't it be dissuasive?]
After Deng Jianan finished browsing the post, he looked at Yin Xing. "Bro, do you still want to learn? I think you have to forge for five to six hours a day for a month to become an apprentice weaponsmith. "
He could not help but complain, "Isn't this Entry Quest a bit too ridiculous? Who would be online for so long? "
It was already the end of September. Even if you were a university student, you would have gone back to school after the summer break. Workaholics had to work in the day and play games at night to relax. Why would they spend all their precious time forging?
Probably only those who were freelancers and those who relied on games for a living had the time to do so.
Yin Xing also saw the post. He thought for a while and said, "I'll give it a try."
Ever since he entered the Star Age, other than meeting his basic needs and cooperating with the doctors, he had been in the game almost 24 hours a day.
When he could walk and run again and live like a normal person, every moment of returning to his sick body was torture and pain for him.
The Star Age was not a game to him. It was a second life, a place that gave him a new lease of life.
Everything here gave him a sense of reality. You could say that he was numb to it, or that he was addicted to decadence, but he wanted to treat this place as the real world.
As a guest from the "Otherworld", he hoped to be able to take root in the Roland Empire and create his own value here.
He already had some understanding of the background of the Roland Empire. Perhaps becoming a weaponsmith was a good choice for him.
As for the large amount of time he needed to invest? What he did not lack the most was time.
Looking at Yin Xing's serious expression, Deng Jianan scratched his head. At this time, the young man turned his head and smiled at him. "Didn't you say you wanted a weapon?"
"When I become a weaponsmith, I'll make one for you."
Deng Jianan was stunned for a moment, then he laughed. "That's great! Let's go, I'll go with you to meet that old man. "
The two of them walked to the weapons shop in Hébourg.
Halfway through, Yin Xing stopped and said to Deng Jianan, "Changan, wait here, I'm going to buy something."
Deng Jianan's game ID was "Changan's Moon", so Yin Xing called him Changan.
After that, Yin Xing turned and left.
Deng Jianan looked at him strangely, then looked at the live broadcast bullet screen.
[What is handsome Xingzhi going to do?]
[Buy something? Buy what?]
[Did you see the NPCs on the road? Are they holding … milk tea?]
Milk tea? Deng Jianan looked around and realized that it was true!
There was milk tea for sale in this game? He wondered how it tasted. He had to buy it and try it later!
Not long after, Yin Xing returned with a fruit basket in his hand.
"Why did you buy a fruit basket?"
Deng Jianan looked at the fruits in the basket. Other than apples and bananas, he had never seen anything else. Just as he was about to reach out to try it, Yin Xing patted his hand.
The two of them were in a team, so Yin Xing's attack on Deng Jianan was ineffective.
However, this scene still made the audience, who had no concept of holographic games before, feel very novel.
[This interactive system is amazing.]
[Ahhh, I want to play games, I want to play Star Age!]
[Is Xingzhi buying fruits for the NPCs?]
[Is this useful?]
[It's not strange to be polite. It should be able to gain some favorability.]
[Am I the only one who thinks that the host and Xingzhi are a little gay? Is this the friendship between straight men?]
Deng Jianan did not look at the bullet screen, but at this moment, he also thought of it and asked, "This fruit is for Hébourg?"
Yin Xing nodded.
"It's my first time visiting, and I'm learning from a master. No matter what, I have to bring a letter."
Deng Jianan could not help but be stunned. Of course, this was the rule in reality, but wasn't this a game?
It was just that …
Looking at the NPCs around him, feeling this incomparably realistic environment, and then thinking about how Hébourg had just angrily chased the two players away, and yesterday's Li Lei and bartender Peter …
Suddenly, Deng Jianan could not treat all of this as a game.
Perhaps this was the so-called sense of immersion.
"Yes, you're right. We have to bring a letter." Deng Jianan nodded. "Then, are we going in?"
"Yes."
Yin Xing tidied his clothes again, looking very solemn.
"By the way, where did you get the money to buy the fruit basket?"
"My sister gave it to me."
"Oh, oh, your sister in Glazed Sea City, right?"
"Yes."
The two of them talked as they entered the weapon shop.
With the identity of the brave and the order of His Majesty the Emperor, they successfully met the master of Hébourg.
However, Hébourg's attitude towards them was not very good.
Yin Xing did not mind and placed the fruit basket on the table. His attitude was neither servile nor overbearing, so Hébourg did not dare to lose his temper.
"Alright, if you want to be my apprentice, you have to forge for at least a month. At least five hours a day. If you can't do it, then scram!"
Yin Xing still had a smile on his face. "I understand. Thank you, master."
Hébourg thought that this brave warrior would be the same as before, but his attitude was not bad. Hébourg pursed his lips, and his expression became slightly better.
However, because the brave warriors gave him a bad impression, he did not say anything good.
He only sent someone to bring him to the forging room and left.
Deng Jianan wanted to follow him to take a look. This was also the request of the audience, but then he saw a system notification appear.
[Ding. Successfully triggered Elite Quest — Disaster Relief]
[Description: After winter, the Roland Empire has been affected by the snow disaster. The snow has blocked the roads, and the poor villages are in need of relief food.]
[Quest Details: Please arrive at Leixi Village within three days and hand over a ton of Dark Grain to the village chief [Hams]. Reward: A large amount of EXP and Roland Empire Reputation, [Communication Device] x1, Exer Coins x1000]
Holy sh * t!
Deng Jianan's eyes lit up, and a bunch of 666 popped up in the bullet screen.
"But … a ton of Dark Grain? How do I transport it? Even my backpack doesn't have that much space! "
[Host, are you stupid? As long as you arrive at the location, you can just exchange it from the faction storage.]
[I saw that someone posted a guide on the forum!]
[Yes, now the Wind Elementalists in the five main cities have received this quest. When they arrive at the location, they can exchange the corresponding amount of food for free.]
[Hahaha, so the host is going to be a delivery man now?]
[Am I the only one who saw 1,000 Exer Coins? That's 15,000 dollars in real life. I'm in love.]
In fact, Xu Sili felt that 1,000 Exer Coins was a little too little. After all, it was such an important quest. If he relied on Qiu Zheng to arrange the manpower, it would definitely cost more manpower and resources.
However, considering that it was the second beta and the game had not opened up the top-up channel, Exer Coins should be quite valuable to the players. He wrote down a zero to avoid affecting the balance of the game.
After all, the players could only earn 700 to 800 Exer Coins for a week's worth of daily quests.
At this time, the players were finally able to play a good role.
Although they were not strong and could not be used in battles, the enthusiasm that burst forth when doing quests was very different from the local people.
Moreover, with the help of the game system, it was cheap and easy to use. This quest could also improve the emotional bond between the players and the NPCs. It was killing three birds with one stone.
After finally editing the last quest and confirming that it was sent, Xu Sili collapsed on the sofa in exhaustion.
There were five main cities in the country, and there were more than 200 villages of various sizes that required aid. Every place was different, so he had to edit them one by one. He was busy from morning to afternoon before he finished.
As more and more players accepted the quests, his mana was gradually depleted. However, each elite quest only required 10 points of mana. With his current mana value, it was more than enough.
After lying down for a while, Xu Sili pulled himself together and confirmed that every village had been arranged and that there were no duplicates or omissions. Only then did he send a message to Qiu Zheng.
When Qiu Zheng received the message, he was a little stunned.
More than two hundred villages, including the other four main cities, had been arranged in less than a day?
A few of the ministers who heard what he said were obviously suspicious.
They already felt that it was not very reliable to leave this matter to the brave ones.
Although the brave ones seemed to have the talent of an Elementalist, they had also received news that the Elementalist College and its branches were receiving hundreds of brave ones who came to test their talent every day.
However, did the tested talent mean that they were Elementalists?
Moreover, even if they were Elementalists, could they transport so much food in one go?
They had already calculated that there were only a few thousand brave ones who were summoned this time, and they were scattered in the five main cities.
Could they really solve the food transportation problem of more than 200 places in the country by themselves?
Qiu Zheng was also worried about this.
He stayed in the palace every day to deal with government affairs. Apart from learning about the brave ones from reports, he had not actually come into contact with them. He did not understand why His Majesty trusted the brave ones so much.
However, when he thought of Wen Jishan's advice, he said, "Let's see how it goes first. Everyone, pay attention to the feedback from various places. If there are any problems, just solve them in time."
"Yes, that's all we can do."
"Let's first discuss the possible problems and come up with countermeasures. Don't be flustered and waste time when the time comes."
"Okay."
Everyone nodded in agreement and did not say anything else. Everything would be resolved in a few days.
On the other side, the young man slowly got up and lazily walked into the dark room in the sleeping palace.
He was tortured so badly last night. Today, he was going to "get his revenge" … Thinking that Si Sheng still did not know that he had been exposed, Xu Sili curled his lips. It seemed that the fatigue in his body had dissipated a lot.
Lying in the game cabin and entering the virtual room, he saw the little robot happily appear in front of him. It opened its mouth to speak but lowered its head nervously.
Xu Sili ignored it and walked to the entrance of the Star Web community.
After standing still, he looked back and saw that it still had its head lowered and its fingers twisted together. It looked sad and depressed. He finally could not help but smile.
"Why aren't you coming over?"
Xiao Wu looked up in a daze and disappeared on the spot. The next moment, it appeared on Xu Sili's shoulder.
"Brother, are you talking to me?"
"Is there anyone else here other than you and me?"
The little robot was happy. "Brother, you're not angry with me anymore?"
"Yes, I'll forgive you this time." Xu Sili tapped its head. "But don't do it again."
"Yes, yes! I won't dare to do it again! "
The little robot was so happy that it could not tell north from south. It said enthusiastically, "Brother, are you going to the community? With your current spiritual level, you should be able to play in Area C. "
He was now at Level 25 and could actually go to Area C.
Xu Sili sighed when he remembered that he could only go to Area E before.
But thinking of the purpose of this trip, he said, "Let's go to Area E and see how my milk tea shop is doing."
Previously, he was scared by the "Guardian of Roland" and thought that some alien force was targeting him. Considering the situation of the Roland Empire, he decided to retreat and did not even care about the milk tea shop.
He did not know how it was doing now. Although the program was set and the milk tea would be automatically produced as long as someone bought it, there was no promotion …
Huh?
When the background of the shop in the Star Web community appeared in front of him and he saw the revenue column, Xu Sili could not help but be stunned.
105.7 … billion?
Is this for real?
He sold one cup of milk tea for one yuan, no matter what flavor it was. 105.7 billion, that was equivalent to selling 105.7 billion cups of milk tea.
Xu Sili was a little confused.
Based on the cost of one cent per cup, the actual profit was more than 90 billion!
Thinking of something, he looked at the little robot beside him with a serious expression.
"Xiao Wu."
"Brother, what's the matter?"
"Did you change my background data?"
"No, Xiao Wu can't use the Star Web now, or he will be discovered."
Xu Sili thought about it and agreed.
Xiao Wu was only at Level 10. No matter how powerful he was, he could not secretly tamper with the Star Web.
"Then what's going on? How did my milk tea shop make so much money? "
The little robot scratched its head and said, "Brother, wait, I'll check."
Then it quieted down and its electronic eyes flashed as if it was retrieving data.
Xu Sili held it and strolled on the street.
He went offline at the Gourmet Street and now he went online at the same place.
Just like the last time he went offline, almost everyone on the Gourmet Street had a cup of milk tea. Wasn't that familiar packaging and logo the "Fox House" that he designed himself?
Of course, there were other brands besides the Fox House's milk tea, but in terms of quantity, the Fox House's milk tea accounted for the majority.
Xu Sili also saw a new milk tea shop on the Gourmet Street. It was not owned by the Fox House. It should be a new flavor developed based on his milk tea, and business was not bad.
He walked over and looked at the price. One cup cost five or six Universe Credits. Several varieties were obviously copied from the Fox House, and even the names were very similar.
"It's so expensive, it's not as good as the Fox House's." At this time, he heard a little girl complain next to him.
"Compared to the real world, it's considered cheap."
Her companion said, "The Fox House doesn't have a physical shop. This shop is a little expensive, but the decoration is very special, and a new flavor has been released recently. Let's try it."
"Okay, okay." The girl said, "When will the Fox House come out with a new product …"
Xu Sili watched them walk into the shop and silently looked away.
A new product …
Maybe he could find his second brother and get some formula from the real world? But for now, he wanted to know how the Fox House became popular!
Could it be … Si Sheng? Besides him, Xu Sili could not think of anyone else, but how did he do it?
"Brother, I'm back."
At this time, the little robot's electronic eyes stabilized again, and said in a childish voice.
Xu Sili nodded, looked around, and finally returned to the virtual room, and asked, "Tell me, what's going on?"
"According to the account, 10 billion of the 105.7 billion revenue came from the Guardian of Roland, and the rest from the Star Web users of the other ten regions. Besides the Guardian of Roland, Da Meng Meow was the second most purchased customer."
Xu Sili was stunned, 10 billion?
"Where did he get so much money?" And used it to buy his milk tea?
The little robot's eyes flashed slightly, and then a screen appeared in mid-air, and a video was playing in the middle of the screen.
"This is a video from the SP region's Genius Competition."
In the video, a blonde young man wearing a white fox mask was holding a cup of milk tea with the Fox House logo printed on it. He was seriously drinking, and his cheeks were slightly puffed up, looking innocent and harmless.
In front of him, there was a huge creature that looked like an octopus wriggling towards him, hissing, as if it wanted to tear him apart.
This scene was very heart-wrenching, but the caption said — High energy ahead!
The young man looked up and glanced at the large octopus, and his grayish-blue eyes turned golden in an instant, and then …
"Boom —"
A loud explosion sounded, and the octopus that was showing off just a moment ago did not even have time to scream before it exploded, and broken limbs and remains flew everywhere, splattering all over the floor.
In front of the white fox young man, there seemed to be a light shield, blocking the splashing octopus legs and innards. Then, he coldly looked away and continued drinking his milk tea.
The camera even gave him a close-up and clearly captured the Fox Family's logo.
Xu Sili was speechless.
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