Chapter 3 Taoyuan Canyon(1/2)
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When Yue Tian opened his eyes, he had already arrived in a beautiful Grand Canyon with beautiful mountains and rivers.
It is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and a waterfall flows down from the top of the mountain to the east. Under the waterfall is a deep pool, and a clear river flows out from this deep pool, winding across the entire canyon.
There is a village in the middle of the canyon, surrounded by green trees, birds singing and flowers singing, and green tiles and white walls lined up. The river winds through the village, nourishing the rice fields around the village. At the foot of the mountain to the south of the village is a camp of recruits. The camp is surrounded by wooden fences, and there are two tall sentry towers at the door. A group of soldiers in armor are patrolling around the barracks.
This is one of the birthplaces of players in the Qinding Empire Order Camp - Taoyuan Canyon.
Looking at the familiar scenery, Yue Tian secretly praised himself for his good luck.
You should know that the player's birthplace is arranged randomly in thousands of novice villages. Yue Tian was actually arranged to the novice village where he was born in his previous life. It really has his own will.
At this time, on the grass at the foot of the mountain on the north side of the canyon where Yue Tian was located, the white light emitted by players when they entered the game was already rising and falling. In less than a minute, players were already standing next to Yue Tian.
One by one, the players wearing novice clothes in thick burlap clothes were stunned by the beautiful scenery in front of them.
"Damn! Is this still a game? It's too real, it's no different from the real world!" A tall warrior player sighed, grabbing his head.
"Wow! So beautiful! More beautiful than the national scenic spots in the real world!" An MM player covered his mouth, his eyes full of little stars.
Seeing the players' appearance of intoxicating with the beautiful scenery in front of them, Yue Tian couldn't help but smile and shook his head.
I wonder if anyone could laugh when they saw the same real wild monsters, especially those non-death monsters like rotten zombies?
Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted.
"Go to the village to take on the mission and kill monsters! If it's too late, there will be no monsters to kill them!"
Hearing this, the players were immediately excited. All the players were like chicken blood, and they ran to the village in the middle of the canyon. After all, everyone came in to play the game, and it was better to appreciate the scenery when you had time.
Any player who has played online games knows that when they first entered the game, everyone was crowded in the novice village, and the tasks they received were the same as those of NPCs. They either drove away the field mice or killed the chickens and ducks and slimes. The refresh speed of these little wild monsters is far from the speed of encirclement by many players. Players who have taken the lead can quickly complete the task, improve their level, and then leave the novice village first to go to other cities to continue upgrading and making equipment.
Players who have not grabbed the monster can only wait for the system to refresh the monster, and the upgrade time will be delayed a lot. After a few moments, the gap between players has widened at the first time.
Although the players around Yue Tian rushed towards Taoyuan Village like a tide, he was walking in a square step and followed the army slowly, without any intention of being anxious.
Each novice village has at least 10,000 players assigned to it. No matter how you grab it, the speed of wild monsters refreshing will definitely not keep up with the speed of players killing monsters. If you want to reach level 10 in advance and leave the novice village, you must find a shortcut.
For example, completing hidden tasks with rich rewards is a good shortcut.
"I wonder if the old man who was fishing is still in the old place?" Yue Tian, who was left for two miles by the player's army, thought leisurely while walking.
When most players rushed into Taoyuan Village to grab the mission, Yue Tian had already walked along the river along the entrance of the village.
When he walked to the river about a mile away from the entrance of the village, an old man fishing by the river in a straw raincoat came into his sight.
"It's true that's still here!" Yue Tian raised his lips and accelerated his pace.
When he walked not far behind the old fisherman, Yue Tian stopped.
He did not walk to the old man directly to talk to him, but stood more than ten meters behind the old man and watched quietly.
The old man seemed to have no idea that there was one more person behind him, and he was still staring at his fish float attentively.
After 5 minutes, the old man's fish float moved slightly, and the old man's face suddenly showed an extremely excited expression, and he hurriedly lifted the rod and closed the line.
Unfortunately, the old man was too anxious. He lifted the rod before the fish could bite the bait, so naturally he didn't catch anything.
Looking at the empty hook, the old fisherman was not discouraged. He hung the new bait on the hook slowly and opened his mouth without looking back.
"That's right, young people, there are not many young people who are as polite as you are these days."
Yue Tian waited for a long time, just waiting for the old fishing man to say this. It seems that his first hidden task is well-known.
You should know that this fishing old man is a hidden mission NPC in Taoyuan Village. In his previous life, Yue Tian also saw other people's posts on the forum to know about this NPC. At that time, many players did not notice this fishing old man, but they all habitually talked to him as soon as they came up. As a result, all the players who went up to talk were driven away by the old man on the grounds of affecting his fishing. It was not until a player who loved fishing watched the old man fishing here that he accidentally discovered this hidden mission.
Yue Tian quickly walked to the old man and said politely:
"You have been awarded the prize. Actually, I also like fishing very much. When I saw you fishing here, I couldn't help but stop and see it. I didn't expect to scare your fish away. I hope you don't take it a fuss."
Seeing Yue Tian was so polite, the old fisherman smiled slightly, and saw him put the fishing rod, turned around and waved his hand to Yue Tian and said:
"No, no, no, I don't blame you for not catching fish just now. In fact, the bait I brought today is really not very good. I don't like to eat it. If I could use fresh earthworms in the grass on the top of the Nanshan Mountains as the bait, I would definitely be able to return with a full load. Alas... It's a pity that I am old and can't go to such a far place to dig earthworms."
When everyone heard this, they knew that the mission was going to be there, so Yue Tian quickly walked up the pole.
"It's okay, as long as you need it, I can help you. I wonder how many Nanshan earthworms you need?"
The old fisherman was not pretentious and directly slapped him.
"50! As long as there are 50 Nanshan earthworms, I will definitely catch a basket full of plump golden carp today! Young man, if you can get me enough bait, I will definitely repay you."
At this time, the system prompts: Do you accept the entrustment of the fishing veteran?
Of course accept it! Yue Tian pointed out without hesitation to confirm.
After taking the bait box handed by the old fisherman, Yue Tian headed straight to the grass on the top of Nanshan Mountain.
It is indeed a bit far from Taoyuan Village. Yue Tian ran for fifteen minutes before reaching the top of Nanshan Mountain. Thinking about the generous mission reward, Yue Tianhua's time is absolutely worth it.
The top of Nanshan Mountain is an endless mountain meadow. This is a wild monster area of level 1 to 2, mainly wild goats, rabbits and foxes. However, most of them are neutral wild monsters with yellow names. Except for the occasional appearance of one or two level 3 elite foxes that will actively attack players, it is also safe.
When he arrived at the place, Yue Tian immediately took out the new dagger distributed to the thief player by the system, and began his own earthworm digging operation in full swing.
It took Yue Tian nearly an hour to dig 50 earthworms. But Yue Tian had no intention of stopping, so he continued to dig the earthworms.
Until there were 100 Nanshan earthworms in the bait box in his arms, Yue Tiancai stood up and stretched.
At this time, Yue Tian opened the Taoyuan Canyon Novice Village player level list and looked at it. Thousands of players have reached level 1, and more than a dozen players have reached level 2.
In the game of Reincarnation, players are very slow and laborious to upgrade in the early or late stages. These players who have reached level 2 should be either professional players or game old birds. However, Yue Tian, who is still at level 0, is not in a hurry. He has designed a reasonable and effective upgrade route for himself in his heart.
After jogging back to the old man on the fishing side, Yue Tian handed the bait box in his arms to the old man who had been waiting for a long time.
"Oh! So many earthworms in the south mountain! It seems that it will be difficult for the old man to not have a good harvest today, haha! Thank you so much, young man, please accept my meager reward!" The old man who opened the bait box and looked at it narrowed his eyes into a slit.
System prompts: The commission of the fishing veteran is completed, and the reward experience value is 150 points and 3 copper coins.
I saw a golden light flashing on Yue Tian’s body, and it was upgraded.
Yue Tian, who had been promoted to level 1, was not in a hurry to look at his character attributes, but waited with a smile.
Sure enough! When the old fisherman found that there were obviously more than 50 earthworms in the bait box, he turned his confused eyes on Yue Tian.
"Huh? Young man, I only asked you to find me 50 Nanshan earthworms, why are there 50 more here?"
"Grandpa, I see that you are old and your legs are inconvenient, so I dug 50 more. I will give you the 50 extra earthworms."
"This..." The old fisherman was moved by Yue Tian's actions. He grabbed Yue Tian's hand, and his gratitude was beyond words.
"You are such a sensible child! I am so moved by old man. I must give you a reward for your behavior of respecting the elderly and loving the young!"
The system prompts again: Since you have completed the hidden task of "Trust by the Fishing Old Man" with excellent results, you will be rewarded with 150 points of experience, 5 copper coins, and reputation of Taoyuan Village +5. This task is unique and cannot be refreshed after completion.
Yue Tian’s two hours were not wasted, and the upgraded golden light flashed again. His experience value easily reached level 2 80%, and he was about to reach level 3. You know, most of the players who are struggling to kill monsters and do ordinary tasks are still level 1. This money-making task disappeared after he completed it, and other players cannot take on this task.
Farewell to the old fishing man, Yue Tian, who was carrying 8 large copper plates, walked towards Taoyuan Village happily.
Since the game coins in the reincarnation game are commuted with real currencies from various countries after half a year of server opening, it is very difficult to earn game coins in the game. The rewards for tasks and the coins of junglers are dropped very little, and the few can be described as stingy. When a novice player is born, he does not even have a copper coin on his body, and the normal task rewards are only experience values. As for monster drops, they must be monsters of level 5 or above to have a certain chance of dropping coins.
Now most players are still competing with the voles, hares and pheasants at level 0-3 and cannot make money at all. So Yue Tian, who is now worth 8 copper coins, is definitely considered a "big guy".
Entering Taoyuan Village, Yue Tian, who had his name hidden, came to the blacksmith shop on the street.
"Boss, I want to see the goods you sell." Yue Tian said to the boss who was struggling with his shirtless iron.
"Young adventurer, you are considered to be in the right place. The whole Taoyuan Village is the best weapon here! Please choose whatever you want." The blacksmith boss stopped working and grinned at Yue Tian.
A cargo panel appeared in front of Yue Tian.
Yue Tian glanced at the eye and stopped his eyes on an item.
Low-quality dagger (levelless), close attack +3-5, priced at 3 copper coins.
It's it.
In the early stage, players have no money, and the novices' weapons and equipment distributed by the system usually take a long time to use until they have the ability to sweep the cave savages of level 4-5, and they will only pay some money to change their equipment. But Yue Tian is different. With the reward of hidden tasks, he can now double his attack power.
At this time, the blacksmith spoke again.
"As the first adventurer to visit my blacksmith shop, you will get a pair of inferior leather boots given by our store for free." After saying that, Yue Tian's backpack had an extra pair of inferior boots with a moving speed of +1.
He was actually the first customer of the Blacksmith Shop in Taoyuan Village, and he also got a pair of inferior leather boots that could only be bought by light armor shops for free. Yue Tian really didn't expect it.
This saves 2 copper coins on boots, and it seems that you can buy a piece of inferior leather armor in advance to wear.
With a light step, Yue Tian walked out of the blacksmith shop and came to the Light Armor shop.
After entering the shop gate, Yue Tian didn't say anything, and his four big boys slapped the counter and bought a piece of inferior leather armor with defense +4.
However, Yue Tian did not put on the leather armor immediately, and put it in his backpack first.
Now almost all players are still wearing uniform burlap novice outfits. If he just wears leather armor and goes out for a walk, it is too conspicuous. After all, the equipment can only hide special effects such as light, and its appearance cannot be hidden. There is still a big difference between leather armor and civilian clothes, and others are not blind.
Keep a low profile before necessary. Yue Tian is not here to show off in the game. He plays games to accumulate his strength to take revenge. It is not a good thing to expose his strength to players too early, especially in front of enemies.
It was not until Yue Tian left Taoyuan Village and came to a remote wood that he put on his leather armor and boots from his backpack, and the dagger was equipped properly.
Who knows that human calculations are not as good as God's calculations. Just when Yue Tian changed into new equipment, he encountered several players who returned from teaming up to kill monsters.
"Damn! This guy is so awesome! He's wearing leather armor!"
"That's a low-quality leather armor that can only be bought with 4 copper coins. We are all poor like rats in an empty house. Where did he get the money?"
To be continued...