Chapter 38

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

[System notification: Do you claim the 3,577,281 Source Crystals to unlock your post?]

“Claim them,” Xia Feng mumbled.

[System notification: Source Crystal +3,577,281]

Looking at the hill of Source Crystals in the Shelter Ring, Xia Feng was rather excited.

This is probably what turning rich overnight feels.

Thinking about that, Xia Feng skimmed through the replies.

First Floor: I haven’t read yet, but I’m going to post a reply first. Brothers, thumb me up!

Second Floor: Shoot! I lost my first floor because of lagging.

Third Floor: With my 20-year novel-reading experience, I scanned the thread in one second. I didn’t expect to see alpha test and beta test players in such a real game. You really don’t know the fate’s arrangement.

Fourth Floor: I’ve been single for 30 years, yet your hands are still faster than mine. I have to say that Master Xia Feng is awesome.

Xia Feng quit the thread after reading a few replies. Those people must’ve spent all the time on the Internet back on the Blue Planet.

Turning off the game menu, Xia Feng checked his equipment, and was ready to go.

However, when he was about to set off, a private message popped up.

Shangguan Hongyue: I have the shield you need.

One second later, a screenshot was delivered.

[Superior Golden Shield: A spiritual shield that’s mainly made of gold. It’s very sturdy.]

Xia Feng was quite surprised to receive Shangguan Hongyue’s message. He replied, “What do you want from me?”

On the other hand, Shangguan Hongyue, who had used up the exploration opportunities for the day, massaged her temples tiredly on an island with a coverage of almost 500 square meters.

She had just explored her 30th island, and was ready for a rest when her friend sent her a message and refreshed her.

It had never occurred to her that Xia Feng was an alpha test player.

She was quite suspicious at first. However, when she looked at the rank, and found that Xia Feng’s combat ability reached 5,000, she was convinced.

She could not think of a second reason why Xia Feng’s combat ability could be so high.

As the person who ranked first in the closed beta test, and with a talent and a divination orb, she only had 2,000 points of combat ability.

She used to be the best in the closed beta test, yet she was completely eclipsed by Xia Feng.

How could’ve Xia Feng done that if he weren’t an alpha test player? Unless, Xia Feng was cheating…

However, Shangguan Hongyue was more inclined to believe that Xia Feng was an alpha test player than to believe that he was cheating.

Receiving Xia Feng’s message, Shangguan Hongyue thought for a moment, and replied, “I can craft a Golden Shield for you as long as you pay for the raw materials, but you have to answer a question.”

“Deal,” Xia Feng instantly replied.

Without further ado, Shangguan Hongyue opened the craft menu, and took a screenshot of the materials that the Golden Shield needed.

[Superior Golden Shield: Gold 2/8, Source Crystal 102/8, Earth Spiritual Rune 22/16, Fire Spiritual Rune 19/10, Water Spiritual Rune 18/8]

Xia Feng offered six pieces of gold to her so that she could craft a Golden Shield. He then bought it from her.

10 seconds later, a dialog popped up.

[System notification: Superior Golden Shield +1]

A shield one meter long and 60 centimeters wide appeared in Xia Feng’s hand. It was glowing fascinatingly.

“Ask whatever you want to know.” Xia Feng sent a message, but actually he already knew what she was going to ask.

“Are you an alpha test player or not?”

“Of course… not.” After the reply, Xia Feng turned off the game menu.

Having acquired a superior shield, Xia Feng walked to Channel No.2 delightedly.

On the other hand, Shangguan Hongyue was stunned as she gazed at the game menu.

Reaching Channel No.2 in delight, Xia Feng subconsciously looked at the hint again.

[Warning. Someone is trying to tame the king of the Wind Birds and making great progress. You’d better hurry if you want to kill it.]

Seeing how greatly the hint had changed, Xia Feng was shocked, and rushed without much thinking.

Reaching the glittering membrane in 10 seconds, Xia Feng gritted his teeth and crossed it even though he only had half of his spiritual power left.

He had planned to restore all his spiritual power before he explored the 24th island.

But apparently, sometimes things didn’t go as planned.

The environment changed. Xia Feng found himself on a rather spacious island that was bigger than any of the precious 23 islands.

Xia Feng was on a slope. In front of him was a forest, and behind him was a cliff.

On the cliff, there was a protruding rock and a nest on it. The nest was built by the king of the Wind Birds.

At this moment, a girl in a white dress seemed to be communicating with the king of Wind Birds on the nest.

When Xia Feng looked at her, a golden hint quickly popped up.

[This mysterious girl is about to tame the king of the Wind Birds.]

Seeing the hint, Xia Feng took out the Lightning Crossbow and fired at the nest.

When the arrow darted out, Xia Feng shouted, “The lady up there, release that bird and let me.”

Jiang Yuxi was trying to communicate with the king of the Wind Birds, and turn it into her partner.

Over the past two days, she had run into a lot of creatures, and turned quite some of them into her partners.

However, she had never seen a bird until she came here.

Everything had been going well. With her friendliness with animals, she managed to reach the king’s nest, and have a nice conversation with the king.

However, when the king of the Wind Birds was about to accept her request to become her partner, an arrow flew close and darted into the cliff.

The unexpected arrow took Jiang Yuxi by surprise, and infuriated the king of the Wind Birds.

It flapped its wings, flew up from the nest, and gazed at Xia Feng on the slope with its sharp eyes.

“Caw!”

The king of the Wind Birds was so short-tempered that it swooped at Xia Feng the moment it locked onto him.

At the same time, when the king of the Wind Birds cawed, several other Wind Birds soared from the forest and attacked Xia Feng together.

On the rock at the cliff, Jiang Yuxi came back to herself. She was anxious to see Xia Feng surrounded by the Wind Birds. As a kindhearted girl, she shouted at the king of Wind Birds, “Little White, he’s my friend! Don’t kill him!”

Jiang Yuxi’s voice was beautiful and penetrative. It seemed to have the magic power to subdue the king of the Wind Birds, which stopped swooping.

However, the moment before Jiang Yuxi spoke, Xia Feng had already aimed the Lightning Crossbow at the king of the Wind Birds and pulled the trigger.

Hiu… An arrow went straight at the king of the Wind Birds.

Looking at the flying arrow, Xia Feng blinked his eyes. He glanced at the stumped girl on the rock, and mumbled to himself, “I wonder if she’ll believe me if I tell her that I didn’t do it on purpose this time.”