Chapter 15

Black Tortoise City

“Everyone, look over there! Isn’t that the player targeted by Godslayer Hall? This is the first mission taken by Godslayer Hall in ‘Tomorrow’! How long do you think it will take to complete?” Several players saw Meng Jingtian next to the teleportation portal and called out in surprise.

This cry drew the attention of quite a few players, and they gathered around Meng Jingtian, chattering and gesturing like he was some rare animal.

Meng Jingtian’s mouth twitched. He even saw someone start taking bets on how long it would take Godslayer Hall to kill him.

A few moments later, Meng Jingtian rolled his eyes, deciding that he would take advantage of this bustling crowd to open up a stall.

He couldn’t get the money while the auction was still running, but he direly needed money, so he would have to sell something in order to gather up the money for the teleportation portal as soon as he could.

Otherwise, once the players from Beacon and the other guilds got out, he would probably have to waste even more of his time messing around with them.

He was selling only one thing in his stall: ‘Constitution-Boosting Potion’!

This was the recipe for a blue potion. Once a player studied it, they would be able to produce the same potion that he had helped Rupud sell, the one that could permanently boost Constitution by 5.

In the later stage of the game, this sort of potion would become rather common. After all, it was only of blue grade and gave a rather minor boost. But in the early stage of the game, it was an extremely valuable item!

While it might not help any particular individual very much, it would be of great significance to a guild.

If every member of a guild used this potion, then in a large-scale battle against opponents of the same level, just how much advantage would the guild with the potion have?

It might have only been 5 Constitution points, enough to have the guild members last for an extra two seconds, but if each person were able to use one extra skill in those extra two seconds, that could be enough to reverse the battle and decide victory!

Meng Jingtian placed the price of this recipe at one thousand gold coins, a sum that no single player in the early stage of the game could produce.

The majority of the players could only spectate, sighing in wonder at the price while growing even more curious about Meng Jingtian.

Just who was this fellow? Not only was he the first target of Godslayer Hall in this game, he had also obtained this extremely valuable recipe at such an early stage in the game. This guy had to be one of the godly players from some other game, right?

The spectators couldn’t afford the recipe, but they quickly spread the word.

Soon, several people paid a visit to Meng Jingtian’s stall.

“Five hundred gold coins! You know that this thing is only useful in the early stage of the game.” A somewhat familiar voice caused Meng Jingtian to turn his head and spot a player impatiently pushing his way through the crowd.

This guy was haggling even before he had reached the stall.

“Oh, you didn’t go to jail?” Meng Jingtian folded his arms and jeered.

This player was none other than the one who he had met at Rupud’s stall, Luo Yang.

Luo Yang’s face froze, and his eyes flashed with anger and apprehension. “It’s you again!”

Perhaps one could call it fortune amidst disaster, but because Rupud’s transformation potion had lasted for a full eight hours, he had not been able to participate in the boss hunt or the pursuit of Meng Jingtian, and thus was saved from being thrown into jail by the NPCs.

“Whose is it this time? You’re not just helping an NPC again, are you? All you know is how to wipe their butts!” Luo Yang mocked.

Meng Jingtian was just about to retort when a trade screen popped up in front of him. A girl wearing a short red blouse squeezed through the crowd and crisply declared, “1000 gold coins! Sell it to me!”

Name: Chen Sisi

Level: 17

Race: Human Race

Talent: Divine Thought (Additional 5% Intelligence)

Starting Skills: Three Talent Sword Art, Spirit Qi Barrier, Recovery

Identity: Second Daughter of the Seaside City Lord

Meng Jingtian glanced at her information and sighed in praise. This woman and her swift decisiveness were much easier to work with than a man like Luo Yang.

“I’m sorry, but could you hurry up? I’m busy!” Chen Sisi urged, seeing that Meng Jingtian had yet to agree.

“Hey! I was here first…” Luo Yang hastily said.

“One thousand is one thousand! Sold!” Meng Jingtian was in no mood to haggle.

“Ding! Trade successful!” the system notification crisply declared. Meng Jingtian agreed to the trade and handed the recipe over to Chen Sisi.

He turned to Luo Yang and shrugged. “I’m sorry, but you were just a step too slow!”

“You! Do you know how to run a business? Don’t you know what ‘first come, first served’ means?” Luo Yang angrily gestured at Meng Jingtian.

“But I’m playing a game, not running a business! I can sell my things to whoever I please!” Meng Jingtian sent Luo Yang a beaming smile as he pushed him aside and walked to the teleportation portal.

“Shit! Don’t run if you’ve got the guts! Once Brother Lan and the others get out, I’d like to see how cocky you are!” Luo Yang continued to rage.

“I should just stay because you want me to stay? Wouldn’t that be extremely humiliating to me? If you’ve got the skill, why don’t you chase me to Black Tortoise City?” Meng Jingtian said without turning his head. Paying the fee of ten coins to the soldier, he entered the teleportation portal.

In a flash of white light, several virtual words appeared in front of him: ‘Welcome to Black Tortoise City!’

“Little Hou, I’m in Black Tortoise City. Where are you?” Meng Jingtian looked around at this strange game city as he sent Cai Minghou a message.

Black Tortoise City was one of the four major cities of the Black Dragon Empire. It was extremely prosperous and thriving, far superior to Seaside City. The average level of the players on the street was two levels higher than Seaside City’s, and their equipment was also much better.

“You’re here? Then head to the Fragrant Pavilion in the city to find me! I’ll wait for you!” Cai Minghou happily messaged back.

“Weren’t you supposed to be in jail?” Meng Jingtian asked as he opened up his map and began to make his way toward the Fragrant Pavilion.

“Haha! Who am I? How could I be toppled so easily? You think I couldn’t convince my NPC dad to let me out?” Cai Minghou smugly replied.

“But… but the mission I had to take is somewhat problematic.”

“What mission?” Meng Jingtian questioned.

“Of course, it’s finding the item King Pingwu entrusted to us. I have a time limit of ten days, and failure means death. All my stats will get wiped out and I’ll have to reincarnate,” Cai Minghou said in an intentionally relaxed manner.

“You dared to take this sort of mission? It’s like you signed a do-or-die oath!” Meng Jingtian paused.

This guy has to be missing brain cells. Why didn’t you just wait for me to save you?!

With the maximum Friendliness he had with NPCs, even if he had to take a mission, it would definitely be much easier.

“Uh… how did you know I signed a do-or-die oath to get that NPC to let me out?” Cai Minghou weakly replied.

Meng Jingtian was struck speechless. What could he say?

“Do you have any clues?” In the end, he could only resolve himself to help him complete the mission.

As they conversed, Meng Jingtian arrived at the Fragrant Pavilion. This restaurant seemed to be some sort of chain restaurant in the Black Dragon Empire. Seaside City also had one, though much smaller.

The waiter warmly guided him to Cai Minghou’s table.

His equipment was rather decent, a set of blue armor. This seemed to be due to his status, as the equipment was the standard equipment of a mercenary company.

But his level was terrible. Because he had been locked up for so long, he was only Level 12.