The second volume is called "One Heart" Chapter 27 Introduction
Long Piaopiao was quite satisfied with my cooperation and expressed understanding for some of the inconvenient content. In fact, I have revealed a lot of exclusive information to her, and the numerous materials are enough to write a rich article to satisfy the curiosity of players. After accepting the interview of the French socialite Karenna, a reporter of Tian Media, with the highest honor of "the first person in Tianxia", I, the second person in Tianxia, also "fell under the pomegranate skirt of the Chinese beauty Long Piaopiao" and "betrayed" my secrets.
However, I still had some reservations and did not publish my appearance publicly like Supreme Honor did, so that everyone would know about it. Although I took several photos, I always chose the portrait protection mode. The faces of the people in the photos would be covered by shadows. Unless you have seen me in person, it would be difficult to recognize me just by my body shape. Supreme Honor is a Knight of Light and has a powerful force. He doesn't have to care about anything. I am just a weak undead wizard with an uncertain future. I don't want people all over the world, especially the Western Continent, to know me. Even when I took a photo with Long Piaopiao, I did not remove this restriction. I couldn't let my beauty get to my head and make a principled mistake. If she didn't keep her promise and published it, I couldn't do anything to her. I would still be the one who suffered. She is a reporter and is not familiar with me. It is not impossible that she would "betray" me for her professional needs.
The interview was conducted very happily under the guidance of Long Piaopiao. The atmosphere was quite relaxed. The initial awkwardness was gradually eliminated. I had to admire her ability. She was not just a pretty vase. The only regret was that I didn't know how to closer to her. It was not my specialty to take the initiative to talk about some private topics with an unfamiliar person. I didn't think I could perform well in that aspect. Instead of performing some clumsy performances, it was better to let things take their own course. I could only try my best to show my cooperation and sincerity in the conversation.
Until the end of the interview, I was still a little nervous. I didn't know how I had completed the task that Afeng had entrusted to me, what impression I had left on her, and whether there would be a chance for us to have further contact. Seeing that she had already started to pack her things, I had no choice but to say goodbye and leave. I couldn't be so shameless as to take the initiative to ask her out. Wouldn't that make people misunderstand that I had some bad intentions?
Just as I walked to the door, Long Piaopiao called me again, "Oh, by the way, Ah Dai, my cousin wants to join your Tongxin League. I forgot to tell Wuxia just now. I wonder if you can help introduce her?"
"Well..." I hesitated a little, "Can you give me a brief introduction of your cousin's situation? The number of places is limited, and we have some restrictions on recruiting new members..."
"My cousin's name is Yue Linglong. She's not very good at playing games. She was promoted to a junior knight a few days ago." Long Piaopiao seemed to feel a little embarrassed and added hurriedly, "But she's a very nice person with a gentle personality. She's also a great beauty!"
A gentle beauty of the knight profession? Would she be as "gentle" as Little Pepper ? But that's not what I care about. With this period of buffering, I have made up my mind. It is definitely more beneficial than harmful to absorb the cousin of Long Da, a reporter, into the team. Isn't this a great opportunity to bring us closer? With such a relative staying in Tongxin League, are we still afraid that Long Piaopiao will not make things convenient for us? As for other matters, that is Afeng's problem. At worst, I can hide in the "Dead Soul Space" and turn a blind eye to her. Anyway, as a girl who is not very good at playing games, she shouldn't cause too much trouble.
Since I personally introduced her and she is the cousin of Long Da reporter, I guess Xue Wuxia won't have any objections. Isn't she also thinking about getting along well with Long Piaopiao? Thinking of this, I agreed, "Okay, I'll talk to them. There shouldn't be any problem. I'll let you know as soon as I have any news."
After saying goodbye to Long Piaopiao, I thought about it and told Xue Wuxia about the situation, asking them to consider it and report the result directly to Long Piaopiao without me being the middleman. I think Afeng will be very happy to have such an opportunity. It depends on how he handles Yue Linglong in the future. I just hope he can grasp the degree and not be too involved and neglect Xue Wuxia, making her unhappy. It is not so easy to enjoy the blessing of having many wives.
They are all leveling up, so I have to hurry up and work hard too, but now there is one more important thing to do, which is to advance to my second profession - the thief profession.
"Stealing something while the hand is running" has already reached the three-star proficiency level, but because he is busy completing the mercenary group's tasks, he has not found the time to upgrade. Until now, he is just an apprentice thief. Although he does not expect to become a high-level thief, in order to learn more life-saving skills, he must at least reach the fifth or sixth level of the profession.
This was not the first time he had been to Beijing. He was already familiar with the locations of various guilds. He walked through the wide streets and entered an alley. Even the branch of the Thieves Guild located in the Eastern Continent was so inconspicuous. Compared with the branches in other cities, it was just slightly larger in size.
I pushed the door open and walked in. There were no other players here. The interior layout was as simple as before, with only seven or eight ordinary tables and chairs, and four NPC staff members sitting there. Sitting at the main table was a fat old grandfather, and next to him were three young men, who seemed to be his assistants.
Because it was a promotion, there were not many conversations like last time. Everything was handled according to the procedures. After the identity was verified and the professional information was confirmed, I received the promotion task - of course, the difficulty was doubled.
The mission required me to use the skill of "stealing" to steal three bear galls from a black bear and deliver them to the Thieves Guild. It had to be completed within one day. It seemed simple, but it was quite difficult to operate.
The location to complete the task is not difficult to find. Just set it on Black Bear Ridge. Generally speaking, killing an ordinary black bear can only get bear skin. Only by killing a particularly strong adult black bear will there be a chance to drop bear gall. It is said that if you can kill the Black Bear King, there is a certain chance to get thousand-year bear gall. Taking it can increase the upper limit of physical strength by 3%. However, only the first ten thousand-year bear galls dropped have such an effect. After that, they become ordinary hundred-year bear galls and can only be used as raw materials for synthesizing potions to restore physical strength and can no longer be taken directly. However, as the big boss of Black Bear Ridge, the Black Bear King is not only extremely brave, but also has a large group of younger brothers under his command. After he was promoted to the second-level profession, he set off a frenzy of killing bears for gallbladders. Dozens of player teams challenged his authority. The most at one time actually organized four to five hundred player masters to participate. However, each time they suffered heavy losses and sacrificed many people. Although most of them succeeded in killing the Black Bear King in the end, they only dropped two thousand-year-old gallbladders. The drop rate is too small, and the effort is not proportional to the reward. It has been a while since no player has thought of killing the Black Bear King. It is estimated that we have to wait until we are promoted to the third-level profession, and our strength has increased to have a greater chance of killing the Black Bear King. At that time, it should be its doomsday. I just don’t know who will be lucky enough to get the third to tenth thousand-year-old gallbladders that increase the upper limit of physical strength.
I didn't dare to hope for thousand-year-old bear gall. If it was just ordinary bear gall, it would not be a problem to get eight or ten with the help of my undead minions. But the key is that the task requires me to use the thief's "steal" skill to steal from the black bear. In this way, I can't kill the black bear and wait for the bear gall to drop. I have to do it while it is alive. According to the skill setting, once the "steal" skill fails, there is a certain chance of being counterattacked by the black bear. The thick bear paws are not vegetarian. For an undead wizard like me with a fragile life, a slap in the face can reduce half of my life. It is really very dangerous.
