On his way back, Wu Shaochen decided to remove all his gear and put on the novice cloth armor. Holding a wooden sword, he walked towards the village. He wasn't sure how much gear other players had acquired, but it certainly wasn't as much as he had, given that he was defeating monsters above his level with high efficiency. It was better to keep a low profile; being watched wasn't a good thing.
Returning to the Goat Area, he saw countless players in groups of three or five hunting goats. Their equipment was indeed uniformly novice cloth armor and wooden swords. Occasionally, someone had other gear, but it was rare. As expected, the drop rate in this game was quite touching. Fortunately, he had removed his gear before returning; otherwise, he would have been surrounded by onlookers. Wu Shaochen quickly left the Goat Area.
After he left, a woman wearing a white face veil frowned as she looked in the direction he had gone.
"That person... his speed seems different..." the woman thought to herself. "Even with full agility points, everyone is only level two; his speed shouldn't be that fast."
"What's wrong, Young Miss? Is there something wrong with that person?" Uncle Liu asked, looking in the direction his young miss was staring, but the person had already disappeared from view.
"Nothing," the woman shook her head, perhaps she was just being too sensitive.
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Wu Shaochen quickly returned to the village, which was now quite empty, as everyone had gone out to hunt monsters.
"Let's see if there are any quests to take," Wu Shaochen thought to himself, then ran directly to the white-haired old man standing at the village entrance, who should be the Village Chief.
"Village Chief, hello, is there anything you need help with?" Wu Shaochen asked politely.
"Adventurer, your current strength is too low to help me. Go see Granny Liu on the north side of the village to see if she needs any help," the Village Chief said.
Well, not enough level, can't take the quest. So Wu Shaochen trotted to the north side of the village and saw an old granny sitting in a chair basking in the sun. He quickly approached and said, "Granny Liu, hello, is there anything you need help with?"
"Oh, adventurer, hello, I do have a little problem. Recently, rabbits have been overrunning the outskirts of the village, eating all the carrots I planted. Can you help me kill these pesky rabbits?" the old granny said.
[Ding, Granny Liu has issued you a quest: Go to the grassland and kill Little White Rabbits, and bring back 10 Rabbit Furs to Granny Liu; Quest Reward: Experience Points +10, Copper Coins +10. Do you accept?] Read this novel at novelping.com for the best experience.
Uh, just this? Can I say I'm not interested? Isn't it better to spend this time killing wolves? He decisively chose to decline and quickly ran away under Granny Liu's resentful gaze.
Are the quest rewards in this game really so low? Or maybe this is just the lowest level quest. Wu Shaochen wandered around the Novice Village for a while, suddenly noticing a farmer sitting at his doorstep sighing. This state clearly indicated a quest. Wu Shaochen quickly approached and politely said:
"Hello, Uncle, is there anything you need help with?"
"Adventurer, hello, I've indeed encountered some difficulties recently. It's great that you're willing to help. Recently, wild boars have been frequently appearing in the forest, ruining my crops. Can you help me eliminate those pesky wild boars?" the farmer said.
[Ding, the farmer has issued you a quest: Go to the forest and kill wild boars, and bring back 50 Boar Tusks to the farmer; Quest Reward: Experience +500, Copper Coins +200; Do you accept?]
Ha, isn't this convenient? Looking at the over a hundred Boar Tusks in his backpack, Wu Shaochen accepted without hesitation. Just as he was about to submit the quest, he suddenly stopped. Damn, if I submit this, won't I level up directly? Then how am I supposed to farm talents? He quickly put the Boar Tusks he was about to hand over back into his backpack. This old man is quite cunning, trying to trick me out of my talents.
Forget it, since there's no time limit on the quest, I'll come back to submit it after I can't farm talents in the Novice Village anymore. Then I'll complete all the quests at once. Experience doesn't matter; the main thing is the Copper Coin rewards.
Having made up his mind, Wu Shaochen turned and headed to the pharmacy. There's no need to look for other quests now; farming talents is the most important thing.
At the pharmacy, he checked the goods and saw that the small Red Potion was priced at 20 Copper Coins. Wu Shaochen's face darkened. So expensive?
He originally thought this lowest-level potion would cost at most one or two Copper Coins, and with over two hundred Copper Coins, he could easily buy over a hundred bottles. Now he could only buy 10 bottles.
"Ridiculous, truly ridiculous!" Wu Shaochen said with a darkened face, finally gritting his teeth and buying 10 bottles. With only 16 Copper Coins left in his backpack, Wu Shaochen's heart bled; these were coins he had picked up one by one from the ground.
He ran to the General Store and sold the extra 81 Boar Tusks. The quest only required 50, and he had 131, so the extras could only be sold. A player can only complete the same quest once unless it's a chain quest. He earned 81 Copper Coins and returned to the pharmacy to buy 4 more bottles of Red Potion before heading out of the village.
As he walked, Wu Shaochen opened the chat channel. Honestly, he had been playing this game for several hours, constantly hunting monsters, and hadn't even looked at the chat channel. He felt disconnected from society and thought it was time to see what everyone was talking about. Currently, only the Area Channel and Private Chat Channel were open. He opened the Area Channel, which was bustling with activity. You are reading on g.com, the official source.
"Looking for a team to hunt goats, preferably level 1 or above with full strength or full body points."
"Need two full strength point DPS to hunt goats together."
"Anyone willing to help me hunt goats? I just reached level 1."
"Damn, I got killed again. Luckily, you don't lose levels before level 10, or I'd have to go back to hunting rabbits. These goats deal too much damage."
Seeing that the chat channel was all about hunting goats, Wu Shaochen shook his head. Luckily, his talent allowed him to hunt monsters above his level; otherwise, he would also be competing with everyone for monsters.
"I heard a few level 2 pros went to hunt level 3 monsters, but they came back shortly after. Are level 3 monsters really that terrifying?"
"They sure are. I even went to check the Green Snake's stats. That snake venom is disgusting; you can't farm it without potions, and the potions in the shop are ridiculously expensive. So the pros probably aren't planning to hunt Green Snakes."
At this moment, Junlin and his group, who had just retreated from the Bamboo Grove, didn't look too good.
"Let's go back to hunting goats. Forget about the Green Snakes. We'll level up a bit more and get some gear before going after level 4 crabs. Abandon the Green Snakes," Junlin said.
"Yeah, hunting Green Snakes isn't worth it; it uses up too many potions," Nanfeng replied.
"Sigh, but if we do this, the gap between us and that person will only widen," Haoran said.
"Our talents are more suited for the late game; we don't have much advantage early on. There's no need to compete with him. His talent probably gives him a significant advantage early on, but it might not be as useful later. So there's no need to worry. With our skills, surpassing him later won't be difficult," Junlin said.
Wu Shaochen soon returned to the Wild Wolf Area. Looking at the 16 potions in his backpack, he felt confident. He spent a few minutes luring out a wild wolf and began to fight.
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