Soul Palace No. 1 Player

Chapter 7: The Stepping Stone of Mittel Branch

The next day, early morning.

The breeze bird began to crow like a rooster.

The breeze bird was in a bad mood.

Although it lays eggs every year, this time the eggs are bigger.

It was a difficult birth, and the baby even suffered from anal fissure!
Even now, I still often spurt out blood when defecating.

The eggs that I laid with so much effort were stolen yesterday by a group of first-level green bamboo snakes that were looking for death.

Not even the bird's nest was left behind!
It was forced to sleep standing on a branch last night, and today it had to look for branches everywhere to build a new nest.

Maybe it's because I've been shouting for too long and my throat can't take it anymore.

After resting for a while, the breeze bird flapped its wings and began to choose branches for building a new nest.

After flying not far, the Qingfeng Bird found a pretty good dead branch on the ground.

After landing, the Qingfeng Bird picked up the dead branch and prepared to fly back, but suddenly stopped.

This dead branch smells like eggs!

This is clearly the dead branch where it built its nest before!

"Chirp, chirp, quack."

The eyes of the Qingfeng Bird suddenly turned red.

The hatred of stealing eggs and destroying nests is irreconcilable!
The Qingfeng Bird soon found the second dead branch not far away.

Then the third and fourth
The Qingfeng Bird flew all the way north without looking back.

Yang Shan took advantage of the night yesterday to dismantle the bird's nest and set up this trap specifically for the Qingfeng Bird.

Building a nest is not as important as revenge.

After all, it is just a second-level monster with limited IQ.

The Qingfeng Bird finally found clues of the egg thief and was already very angry.

And Yang Shan has appeared next to the century-old tree.

Yesterday, a fierce battle took place here, leaving at least four hundred green bamboo snakes dead.

If the cause of death of the World of Warcraft is not killing by the player, then the refresh of the corpse follows the principle of "new replacing the old".

That is to say, when green bamboo snakes appear again in the habitat of green bamboo snakes, these dead green bamboo snakes will disappear at the same time.

Generally speaking, the refresh time for elite-level World of Warcraft is at least two days in the game.

If Yang Shan delayed another day, all his efforts would be in vain.

Yang Shan had no way of estimating the time when the Qingfeng Bird would return, so he had to be quick!
Since the monster was not killed by a player, there are no "drops" from its corpse.

Players need to manually cut and obtain it.

Fortunately, the Qingfeng Bird is strong enough. The bodies of these green bamboo snakes are basically riddled with holes, so it is very easy to take out the snake gall.

Originally, the meat and fangs of the green bamboo snake could be sold for some money.

But time is limited.

For the sake of his own life, Yang Shan really only took 100 snake gallbladders, and then left quickly with the package.

When Yang Shan returned to Yunshuang City, it was already the fourth day of the game.

Compared to the deserted scene four days ago, players can now be seen everywhere in Yunshuang City.

Of course, there are still more players staying in the novice secret realm.

After all, the novice secret realm is so comfortable.

Many enthusiastic players on the forum have shared some strategies after leaving the Novice Secret Realm.

The mercenary guild became one of the shortcuts to initial development.

The core of the player is of course still in the NPC family's missions.

But if you can go to the mercenary guild while accepting the family mission to see if there are any missions in the same location, it is equivalent to making one trip and getting two benefits.

Although the rewards for the mercenary guild’s missions are relatively small, every little bit counts.

Therefore, the Yunshuang City Mercenary Guild is now overcrowded.

A row of guards with lumps of flesh all over their bodies stood at the door.

All of them are top fighters!
The leading guard captain is at the two-star fighting master level!

The captain of the guard shouted:
"My fellow lads! I know you are very enthusiastic, but you must abide by the rules and line up properly!"

The line of players outside the gate already stretched half the length of the street.

The mercenary guild hall is only 800 square meters, and it is good enough to accommodate 600 players at the same time.

But Tianyao Company was well prepared.

The space within this mercenary guild can be "copied and layered".

No matter how many players come, they can all fit in.

But the gate is so small that only ten people can go in at a time.

You still need to queue, but you don't have to wait too long.

Yang Shan originally wanted to keep a low profile, but he was online for too long this time. Fifteen hours had already passed in the real world.

He needs to rest.

So Yang Shan bypassed the long queue and walked quickly forward.

Seeing this, the players in the queue started talking at once:

"Hey, man, where's your quality? Get in line!"

"Damn it! Cutting in line is shameful!"

"It's going to be a good show! Just now I saw a fool trying to cut in line, but he was thrown aside by the guards on the spot."

"This little brother obviously doesn't know his own weight. He even dared to go to the captain of the guard. Hehe, this is a good opportunity to see how strong the fighters in the game are."

Yang Shan turned a deaf ear and walked all the way to the captain of the guard.

The captain of the guard frowned and was just about to teach Yang Shan, the troublemaker who didn't line up properly, a lesson.

Yang Shan took out a golden token first.

This token is the certificate for the golden mission "Qingfeng Bird Egg".

Yang Shan said:

"Big brother, I'm here to hand over my mission. Can you please make some concessions?"

The captain of the guards immediately turned his anger into laughter, and his facial expression changing skills were truly extraordinary:
"This young man is very skilled. He can even complete a golden mission. Come on, come on, please come in. Please come in! Grandpa Yao happens to be on the second floor. I'll take you there!"

The captain of the guard personally led Yang Shan into the mercenary guild.

Countless players widened their eyes.

"What the hell? Why?"

"What is that golden token? An imperial decree?"

"Could it be that this person is not a player, but a prince of the Jiama royal family?"

"possible!"

"It's possible! Are you blind? Isn't he wearing a novice uniform like us?"

Seeing that there was an opening to exploit, another player immediately rushed to the door, raised his head, and took out a blue token:
"Let me in."

The guard beside him frowned:

"Go aside!"

The player said angrily:

"Why can the guy just now go in, but I can't?"

The guard said as a matter of course:
"I completed a gold mission, so of course I am eligible to skip the queue!"

The player was startled:
"What golden mission? When I came here yesterday, weren't there only three colors: blue, green, and white?"

The guard sighed:

"Young man, you are a little ignorant."

There was a commotion outside the mercenary guild, and Yang Shan had already followed the captain of the guard to the second floor.

The decoration on the second floor is completely different from that on the first floor, and it is more like a place to drink tea.

At the tea table in the southeast corner, a fat man in his fifties with big ears and a broad body was drinking tea.

This person is "Master Yao"!
The captain of the guard led Yang Shan to Master Yao and half bowed his head:

"Master Yao, this young man has completed the task you issued."

"Oh?"

Master Yao put down the tea in his hand, raised his eyebrows, and looked at Yang Shan:
"Heroes emerge from youth."

There is a very detailed point.

The Mercenary Guild holds a very high status among the civilian organizations in the Gama Empire. As the captain of the Yunshuang City Mercenary Guild's guard and a two-star fighter, his status is no less than that of an ordinary seven-star or even eight-star fighter.

But in front of Mr. Yao, he appeared respectful.

Yang Shan knew the reason.

This Mr. Yao is the appraisal director of the Miter Yunshuang branch!

His status is second only to the bank president and the chief guard.

He is definitely a true “senior executive” of the Yunshuang branch!
Yang Shan had dealt with Master Yao in his previous life.

However, he had already taken the lead in joining the Pang family.

And it's version 1.1.

The Miter Yunshuang branch was jointly run by the Pang family and the Chai family, and life was miserable.

Of course, the more miserable the situation was, the more Yang Shan wanted to join in. The benefits of helping someone in need were completely different from those of adding icing on the cake.

Will the Mittel family be short of good things?
This Mr. Yao is the important channel to join the Mittel branch!
But a stepping stone is needed.

Yang Shan put the large package he was carrying on the table.

Although the two tasks of Qingfeng Bird Eggs and Bamboo Snake Gallbladder were issued by Madam Yao and Mr. Yao respectively.

But the person who took over was Mr. Yao.

There was a guard standing behind Master Yao.

Yang Shan used the system's built-in detection function, but was unable to find out anything.

The level difference is too big.

This guard has at least the strength of an eight-star fighter!

The guard stepped forward, opened the package, counted it, and nodded to Master Yao.

Master Yao urged:
"Go back first and give the snake gall to the doctor, and quickly boil the medicine for me!"

After giving the order, Master Yao looked at Yang Shan:

"The items are fine. According to the mission, you can choose any high-level yellow-level martial arts technique and a fine weapon. I wonder if you have any choice?"

Yang Shan smiled and said:

"Master Yao, don't worry for now. I have some good stuff here. I wonder if Master Yao is interested?"

Master Yao smiled and said:

"Master, I have seen so many good things."

The captain of the guard also reminded:

"Young man, Master Yao is the appraisal director of Miter Auction House in Yunshuang City! As a fighter, what can you show that will impress Master Yao? It's better not to embarrass yourself."

Yang Shan calmly took out the dark green magic core from his sleeve.

Master Yao just took a look and nodded:

"A wood-attributed magic core of the first-order beast king level. This young man is really capable!"

Yang Shan smiled and said:

"I wonder if this magic core can make Master Yao raise the mission reward a little bit more?"

Yang Shan did not directly mention joining the Mittel Yunshuang branch.

Because this type of event must be initiated by the NPC.

Therefore, Yang Shan planned to establish a friendship with Master Yao first, and then use the magic core to exchange for some good things that are not available on the market for the time being.

As long as his favorability level is high, Mr. Yao will beg him to join!
Facing Yang Shan's proposal, Master Yao was not very interested:

"I'm afraid this is not appropriate. The mission is the mission. You can take this magic core to the Miter Auction House and exchange it for spirit stones."

"Alas, spiritual stones are easy to earn, but good things are hard to find!"

As he spoke, Yang Shan took out the bamboo python gallbladder from the small package:
"It just so happened that when I killed the Green Bamboo Python, I also cut off the snake's gallbladder. I know that Master Yao is a young man with a healthy body, so he can enjoy himself for a while."

The value of snake gall is far less than that of magic core.

But Master Yao's reaction was obviously much more exciting than when he saw the magic core:
"This, this thing is really good."

Yang Shan: "Master Yao has taken the trouble to prepare the reward for me. It's quite hard work. I'll give this to Master Yao!"

Master Yao: "My dear friend, I haven't agreed yet!"

When Yang Shan heard the change in the way Mr. Yao addressed him, he knew that something was going to happen!
NPCs, especially those from righteous forces, generally won't cheat people.

If you don't agree, the items will generally be returned to the player.

And Master Yao has already grabbed the snake gall in his hand!

[Ding! The player's gift touched Mr. Yao's heart, and gained 10 points of Mr. Yao's favorability.]

With ten points of favorability, this snake gall is already a huge profit!

Master Yao thought for a moment and said:
"Well, I will temporarily change the task content and add an extra first-level beast king magic core. As for the reward,

I see that you usually pack things in parcels, so I will give you a fine storage ring, how about that? "

Yang Shan was delighted:
"Thank you, Master Yao!"

Using the goodwill with NPCs to gain more rewards is in line with real-life logic and was fully designed by Doupo long ago.

But generally speaking, the rewards players receive will only be slightly higher than what they pay.

Although a storage ring is a storage tool, due to the difficulty in making it and the scarcity of materials, the price of a storage ring is often much more expensive than equipment of the same level.

Moreover, high-level storage rings are not something you can buy just if you want to.

As of now, players can only purchase ordinary rings through normal channels.

This exquisite storage ring is now “not for sale”!
The value is probably half a percent higher than the first-level Beast King magic core.

The extra half point is equivalent to 10 points of favorability.

Master Yao: "My friend, have you decided on the original reward for the mission?"

Yang Shan replied:

"The technique needs to have thunder attribute, and the weapon should be a sword."

Master Yao stood up:

"Okay, my friend, please wait for a moment. I have to go back home first, and someone will deliver the things to you."

Even the mission description has made it clear that Mr. Yao is a serious old man.

Now that snake gall can be used as medicine, Mr. Yao must want to test the efficacy of the medicine on the spot after taking it!
Mr. Yao is really straightforward and generous in doing business. He exchanges a favor of snake gall for the right to exchange for a fine ring. Where can you find such a good thing?
Seeing that Master Yao was about to leave, Yang Shan was really reluctant to let him go, and subconsciously said:
"Master Yao, please take care!"

Soon, the guards of the Yao Mansion who had left earlier returned and handed a fine-grade storage ring to Yang Shan.

【Aoki Na Ring】

Quality: Fine

Accommodation space: 10 cubic meters
Highest storage quality: Level 4.

10 cubic meters of space is enough for Yang Shan to use in the early stages.

As for the highest capacity, there is some explanation for that.

The quality of storage rings depends on the size of the space and the stability of the space.

Storing items in the ring will take up a lot of storage space.

The Qingmu Ring can only store fourth-level items at most, so if Yang Shan obtains a fifth-level magic core or fifth-grade medicinal materials in the future, he will not be able to store them.

Yang Shan opened the storage list and found that there were not only martial arts secrets and weapons, but also one hundred spirit stones.

The guard explained:
"Our master is a senior executive of Miter Auction House. He is in business, so he won't take things for free. Our master has taken the python gallbladder. These 100 spirit stones are just a token of appreciation."

Yang Shan smiled and said:

"Please, big brother, thank Master Yao for me."

The guard said to Yang Shan in a serious tone:
"The master has instructed that if you have nothing to do, you can go to our Yunshuang branch. We also have many tasks to take on in our branch."

[Ding! Congratulations to the player for qualifying to receive the Miter Yunshuang branch mission! ]

Yang Shan thought that he could only unlock the qualification by raising Mr. Yao's favorability a little higher.

It seems that the snake gall really made Master Yao ecstatic.

Tasks that appear within a faction in the game are basically issued by NPCs within the faction according to demand.

After completing the task, you will also have the opportunity to gain the favor of the corresponding NPC.

As for the Pang family and the Chai family in Yunshuang City.

I am afraid that for a long time to come, there will be a lot of players scrambling to take on the tasks from the two NPCs Pang Yan and Chai Wenjing.

Yang Shan took out the knife and secret book from the ring.

Yang Shan was the first to draw his sword.

This is a horizontal sword that can be used with one hand, and there is a faint cold light on the blade.

[Refined Cold Blade]

Quality: Fine (purple)

Attack: 30
Durability: 80/80.

Introduction: The fine weapons forged by the master blacksmith every month are much more powerful than ordinary standard weapons!
Its simple and direct attributes demonstrate the most direct attack.

The attack of ordinary standard weapons is increased by about 10 points.

The attack of white fine weapons can be increased by up to 20 points.

But this refined cold sword can have 30 points! The player breaks through from the first level of Dou Qi to a one-star Douzhe, and all the attributes are added to the root bone, and the attack is only increased by 30 points!
Taking up the refined cold knife, Yang Shan's attack came to a very auspicious number:

88!

Of course, compared to the purple fine weapons, the skills are the most important!

"Thunderbolt"

Level: Yellow Advanced (Gold)

Cultivation requirements: 5 points of thunder spirit root
Fighting spirit strength increase: 20
Total amount of fighting spirit increased: 100
Introduction: The "Thunder Skill" was created by a Dou Wang-level strongman in the Jia Ma Empire eight hundred years ago specifically for the younger generations of the clan to practice. The skill is so exquisite that it has almost reached the ultimate of the Yellow Level!

Even though the strength of the fighting spirit of "Benlei Gong" only increases by 20 points, the application of fighting spirit is much more extensive than that of weapons!

Attack, defense, and even movement.

Any action can be amplified by using fighting spirit.

It is also an important basis for the power of fighting skills.

It can be called an all-round improvement!

Yang Shan left the mercenary guild, found a decent inn, spent two spirit stones to check in, and finally admired his attribute panel again before logging off with satisfaction.

With just a knife and a set of martial arts skills, Yang Shan can dominate the world in this early version without even any fighting skills!

(End of this chapter)