As the person who discovered the hidden quest, although Lu Fengmian did not participate in the subsequent eradication of the evil spirits, she still received some rewards.
[Player Yu Mian has unlocked the hidden side quest initiator achievement, receiving the reward Rank 3 Spirit Beast: Juvenile Nine-Tailed Fox.]
The moment Lu Fengmian entered the town area, the system prompt sounded.
Immediately afterward, an underage nine-tailed fox appeared in her game mailbox.
This was indeed a special privilege Lu Fengmian gave herself. She was simply tired of traveling everywhere on foot, and she didn’t really like the mounts originally provided during quest progression.
At the current stage, the vast majority of players obtained the lowest tier of quest mounts, which included horses, wild boars, stubborn donkeys, cows, and sheep.
Anyway, they were nothing high-grade, with the highest grade being a single-wheel wooden unicycle that players could ride around for fun.
The players were quite happy with them regardless, but Lu Fengmian herself did not like them, preferring higher-tier exotic beasts.
Lu Fengmian had even decided to gradually import some exotic beasts from the recipe book Classic of Mountains and Seas into the game later on.
Of course, some would be obtained through quests, while others would require spending money.
Having obtained the nine-tailed fox, Lu Fengmian happily summoned it.
Although the juvenile nine-tailed white fox was not as large as an adult one, it was more than big enough to serve as a mount for Lu Fengmian, who belonged to the Human race.
However, the moment Lu Fengmian sat on it, Qing Shi sat down right behind her as well.
She even casually wrapped her arm around Lu Fengmian’s waist.
[So skillful, how many times has she held her like this?]
[Are you still caring about that? Shouldn’t you care about the streamer’s mount? It really looks so good!]
Some people were marveling at how beautiful the nine-tailed white fox was.
However, others were already used to it, since they had come over from other live stream rooms.
Other discoverers of hidden quests had also received mounts, and depending on the region, the mounts they received were different as well.
They were all created by Lu Fengmian and the system based on descriptions or illustrations of exotic beasts from various ancient civilizations.
Of course, she certainly didn’t research the materials bit by bit herself. When making the game, Lu Fengmian still found the system to be extremely powerful and convenient.
After all, as long as you spoke what you wanted, it could directly retrieve it for you. Possessing a massive material library containing all kinds of historical and cultural records from ancient times to the present in this world, anyone who used it would feel happy.
Lu Fengmian took Qing Shi along to continue grinding quests and leveling up. Riding her flashy nine-tailed fox on the way to level up attracted the envy of many people, which made her feel quite smug.
Of course, some people were used to playing other games. Since Lu Fengmian had not yet opened the open-world combat function, even if a portion of players wanted to try killing others to rob their treasures, they didn’t have the chance yet.
The maximum level in the current version was level 50, and a group of hard-grinding players had already reached max level.
They had even started entering small dungeons to clear content.
Because Lu Fengmian moved slowly through quests and was in no rush to level up, she was only level 30 right now.
After doing quests for a day and reaching level 40, Lu Fengmian felt tired.
Aside from forcing herself to work hard when on the job, she was generally too lazy to put in extra effort at other times.
Upon reaching level 40, Lu Fengmian fully restored her health and headed straight back to the nearest town.
“I’m starving to death, I’m going to find something to eat,” Lu Fengmian said as she walked, pondering what to eat.
Qing Shi held her hand, walking side by side with her. “What does Mianmian want to eat?”
“Isn’t that what I’m thinking about? There are quite a few things I want to eat. You don’t know what kind of stuff I ate before, completely tasteless. Eating food was solely to stay alive. Logically speaking, shouldn’t eating also be for pleasure? To enjoy that kind of happiness from the taste buds.”
Qing Shi couldn’t help laughing softly. “That makes sense, so what did Mianmian eat before?”
“Nutrient fluid.”
The little nine-tailed fox followed behind the two of them, while Lu Fengmian and Qing Shi walked in front, discussing what would be good to eat.
Qing Shi had no special preference for food. To her, as long as she could eat together with Lu Fengmian, everything was good.
Lu Fengmian finally stopped in front of a restaurant, turned her head, and asked Qing Shi curiously, “Do you have money?”
Qing Shi obediently shook her head. “No.”
[Wait, streamer, how absurd are you! You actually asked an NPC if she has money, are you trying to get an NPC to treat you to a meal?]
[It’s not impossible, a streamer next door freeloaded a meal just like that, and someone even became a professional beggar.]
[I know, I know, it seems during a quest they encountered a group called the Beggar Gang, and that streamer said they wanted to join, and in the end the other party actually agreed.]
[Hahaha, I remember the NPC’s exact words were: You look like you’re dressed pretty well, how come your pockets are cleaner than my face?]
[Ever since Huajiao next door became a professional beggar, her life has become prosperous. Every day, passersby give her some money or buy her food. It cracked me up, I have to say the passersby in this game are quite compassionate.]
[And then some people went up to passersby saying their money pouch was lost and they had no money to eat, looking at those rich people and going over to ask if they could spare a bite, and some actually managed to freeload a meal.]
[You don’t mention a single word about those who were beaten half to death by guards or even thrown into the moat, do you?]
The bullet comments were discussing fervently, while Lu Fengmian was feeling gloomy because the money in her pocket wasn’t enough to feast extravagantly, and Qing Shi, this girl, held the title of a divine maiden in vain without having any money at all.
Before Lu Fengmian could figure it out, Qing Shi suddenly said to her in her mind, “It seems they all really like the game Mianmian created, and they are having a lot of fun.”
Lu Fengmian, who was still seriously thinking about what would be good to eat, suddenly heard Qing Shi’s words containing a bit of joy.
She turned her head to look at Qing Shi, answering her in her mind as well, “You can see the bullet comments?”
“I can, otherwise how could I block them for you?”
“That makes total sense.”
Lu Fengmian didn’t expect everyone to like this game. “Right now, it’s just that few people are playing, and it’s still in the closed beta phase. Furthermore, there are no similar types of games on the market, so novelty allows them to temporarily ignore other shortcomings. Once there are more people, there will naturally be those who pick out faults.”
“Which game developer doesn’t get scolded? But whatever, what kind of scolding haven’t I experienced, sigh.”
She was a human, not a god, so naturally she couldn’t consider everything so thoroughly. Even gods could get distracted, otherwise how could the Land of Exile merge with this small world without anyone noticing?
Lu Fengmian took it in stride, but Qing Shi’s face unconsciously turned grim, and even her whole body exuded an indescribably somber and cold aura.
Walking beside her, Lu Fengmian keenly noticed her abnormality.
She hurriedly turned her head to look at her. “What’s wrong?”
Qing Shi concealed the surging emotions deep in her eyes, then gently shook her head. “It’s nothing, I just don’t want Mianmian to be scolded by people.”
Hearing her words, Lu Fengmian froze for a moment, and then smiled softly. “Silly, it’s not that big of a deal.”
“I just don’t like it,” Qing Shi pouted.
Lu Fengmian raised the corners of her mouth slightly. “Alright, if you don’t like it, then you don’t like it. I don’t like being scolded either. Next time if I get scolded, how about Ah Shi helps me scold them back?”
It was originally a joking remark, but Qing Shi nodded in all seriousness. “Okay.”
At this moment, the bullet comments could not hear the conversation between the two, only seeing their occasional eye contact and subtle body movements.
[Why do I feel like they are whispering to each other?]
[I haven’t heard of anyone’s companion being able to whisper with them?]
[Others might not be able to, but the streamer might, after all, there are bugs all around her.]
Lu Fengmian didn’t know whether to laugh or cry for a moment. Should she praise these audience members for being surprisingly smart?