Volume 4 Chapter 25 Wedding (2)
Mazes… I hate mazes.
During the Imperial Mausoleum mission, the maze tortured us enough. If it weren't for Wanxing's "Scout" skill, there would be no hope of success.
This mission map is not as big as the imperial mausoleum, and the maze is not that complicated. After all, marriage is a matter between players, and the game design team developed such a link just to increase the fun of the game. It is impossible to deliberately make things difficult for players and make it impossible for most people to complete it. That would inevitably attract a lot of bad reviews.
The idea of this task is quite special. Two people have to meet in a maze. It sounds simple, but it may take a lot of time to do it unless you are very lucky. I think this is also the meaning of the task, to test the "patience" between a couple.
If you quit the task halfway because you have spent too much time and have not completed it, without patience and persistence, without waiting and longing, can such a "couple" be considered to have love? What is the meaning of their marriage? On the contrary, if after a hard search, the lover suddenly appears in front of you, the surprise at that moment is probably beyond words. Therefore, no couple who got married in the game has ever been dissatisfied with this task. This task is evaluated by players as "the most romantic task in fantasy."
Since the map of this task is not fixed, but randomly generated by the system each time, there is no previous experience to learn from. In addition, after entering the map, both parties cannot communicate remotely, and you cannot know the location of the other party before you find them.
There are some tips. Usually, one person stays where he is after entering the map, and the other walks around the whole map. They can always find each other. If both of them walk around randomly, it will be like looking for each other and they may not meet even after walking for a day or two.
However, the designers are a bit of a spoof. The map of this task usually contains many locations with exactly the same terrain, which can create illusions and make people go back and forth or take a detour without realizing it, wasting a lot of time. If it is the kind of person who does not ask for directions without consulting his conscience... I hope his future wife will not also be a person with a poor sense of direction, otherwise he will never be able to get married in this fantasy in this life!
Originally, it would be fine for Xiao Yi and I to spend more time on this task, but Xiao Yi still had to level up and complete the task of increasing spiritual power before she could wear the Moon Shadow Robe. If she wanted to hold the wedding on October 1, she might not be able to make it in time if she spent too much time on this task. So we discussed a method beforehand. After entering the map, we both moved to find each other, but at every corner or fork in the road, we sprinkled a coin as a mark. The coins on the ground will be refreshed after two hours, so as long as one of us can see the mark left by the other, we can quickly find the person by tracking it. Of course, in order to distinguish the difference between the two marks, one person sprinkled copper coins (this amount of money doesn't matter ), and the other sprinkled silver coins (this is a bit painful, although I often handle millions of gold coins now)...
So I started to wander around in this maze. The map of Tongxin Journey is called "Peach Blossom Island". It is an island of neither too big nor too small. There are countless peach blossoms planted on the island, arranged in rows, forming a maze.
Putting aside the eagerness to complete the task, the peach blossom forest here is still worth appreciating. The peach blossoms are in full bloom on the peach trees, as red as blood and extremely gorgeous. There are clusters of them, as bright as clouds. The petals fall in the wind, and the ground is covered with a layer of delicate petals, which makes people reluctant to trample on them.
Monsters appear from time to time among the peach blossoms, but the monsters here are all designed with cute Q-version appearances, such as fat golden-haired mice, cute raccoons, etc. Haha, girls probably can't bear to kill these little things, so most of the couples who complete this task are girls waiting and boys looking.
But I am not that kind-hearted. Anyone who dares to stop me from going to find Xiao Yi will be killed without mercy, even if he is the emperor!
These monsters are only around level 60, and I can basically kill them one by one with one strike. Not only do they cause me no trouble, they can't even stop me for a moment.
But when I got to the first fork, I found a problem: I had originally planned to scatter coins as a mark, but the ground was covered with flower petals, and there were countless fallen petals in the air. If I scattered the coins, they would be covered up in less than three minutes and would be completely useless.
No wonder I haven’t heard of anyone using this method. I wonder why others haven’t thought of it... It seems that the traditional method is more reliable!
The question is, since there is a deviation from the plan, even if I change to the normal method, should I wait here, or take the initiative to find Xiao Yi? I must agree with Xiao Yi on this point, otherwise if both of us don't move, or both walk around randomly, it will be a lot of fun!
It only took me a minute to think about it and I made my decision!
I firmly believe that after Xiao Yi discovered this problem, she must have stayed where she was, waiting for me to find her!
This is a logical reasoning. Since we have to take the ordinary approach, then under the premise that we cannot be sure of the other party's actions, the best way is to choose the one with a higher probability, that is, the man takes action and the woman waits. With Xiaoyi's intelligence, she must have thought of this, and I can think of this too!
Facts proved that Xiao Yi and I were indeed in sync with each other. Three hours later, I appeared in front of Xiao Yi, and my heart was filled with happiness and joy. My bride, she had been waiting for my arrival.
At this point, most of the mission has been completed. We rode on Coco's back and came to the Temple of Marriage in the center of the island to challenge "marriage" and "fate".
"Yin" and "Yuan" are a pair of very interesting monsters. Yin looks like a tiger, while Yuan looks like a monkey riding on Yin's back.
According to other people's experience, "Marriage " is not difficult to deal with. It is only slightly stronger than an E-level Boss. Generally, a level 50 player can easily fight it alone, let alone Xiao Yi and me!
I rode my horse and charged forward casually. Xiao Yi's Five Thunder Curse had already been activated. Five lightning bolts struck down and all landed on Yuan. Then I waved my Tiger Soul and Yuan let out a scream.
Something is wrong!
My sword only took away 3,000 HP? My charge is level 8, and I can easily injure more than 10,000 HP of a D-level boss!
I don’t know, it was my peculiar charm attribute that played a role again. The difficulty of the mission was upgraded, and “marriage” evolved into “immortal marriage” and “heavenly marriage”. The two together are almost equivalent to a C-level Boss!
Although I felt strange, I could tell from Yuan's defense that he was not a simple person, so I said to Xiao Yi, "Be careful, these two guys are weird!"
Xiao Yi nodded and sent out an Ice Roar.
Unexpectedly, a ball of fire suddenly appeared on Yuan's body, completely dissolving the ice and snow storm created by Xiaoyi. Yin roared, jumped into the air with Yuan on his back, and pounced on us!
Ha, I made a big mistake. Others might panic when facing such a fierce attack, but I have been in many fierce battles and my martial arts skills have improved day by day, so I can easily find its flaws. Although attacking from the air is powerful and fierce, but it is not a flying monster. It is in mid-air and cannot turn smoothly, and it can't even change the direction of attack!
I squeezed the horse's belly with my legs, and the unicorn understood what I meant. It rushed forward two steps and then crouched down. It missed its target and flew over our heads!
Not only did I dodge Yin's attack, I also used my Tiger Soul to cut a big hole in its belly!
Xiao Yi and I cooperated perfectly. Before Yin landed on the ground, she turned around and cast an earth spell, Rock Spike. Seven or eight rock spikes suddenly rose from the ground, pushing Yin to roll. I had already made Coco stand up, turned the horse's head to aim at Yinyuan, and charged again!
My original intention was to chop Yuan with this knife, but before I could reach them, Yuan bounced off Yin's back and shot into the air like a rocket. I had no choice but to change my target and chop at Yin's forehead!
Yin showed no weakness and exchanged its claws for a knife. Although it was sent flying several meters away by the powerful blow caused by my charge, it also left several claw marks on my body. However, it suffered a great loss because it had been hit continuously by Xiao Yi and me before, and it had just gotten up. It was unable to exert its full strength this time, so I was not seriously injured.
At this time Yuan had already flown towards Xiao Yi!
The monkey's movements were naturally agile and swift. I was busy dealing with Yin and had no time to dodge on my horse. Xiao Yi was a magician and had no ability to block. She had no choice but to activate the magic shield and open the shield to withstand the attack.
It should be said that Yuan's tactics were correct. If it had not taken the initiative to separate from Yin, it would have never been able to avoid my charge, and it would have been repelled by me together with Yin. After distanced itself from Xiao Yi, it would have had to face Xiao Yi's magical attacks, and would have been completely at a disadvantage. Now it has successfully entered close range for hand-to-hand combat, posing a serious threat to Xiao Yi!
Unfortunately, from a strategic point of view, Yuan was totally wrong. It and Yin were originally one and the same, a bit like a knight player, and the two can only exert their greatest strength when they work together. Now it is separated from Yin, and even though it is a "Tianyuan" that is much more powerful than usual, it is still not as good as a real C-level Boss after all. As long as it fails to kill Xiaoyi in one blow, it will face the consequence of being defeated by the two of us one by one!
At this time, I turned around and used a set of small knife techniques for close combat. Because I hated it for attacking Xiao Yi, I went all out, and the knife light covered Yuan's whole body!
The Yin in front wanted to rush up and meet Yuan, but was hit on the head by a series of icy rain from Xiao Yi. Although it could not cause much damage to it, it was blocked five meters away from us!
It can be said that these two monsters, Yin and Yuan, were unlucky. With their strength, it was a close call against Xiao Yi and me. However, Yin made a mistake at the beginning and was caught by me, so he was forced to fall into a disadvantage. Then Yuan made further mistakes. At this moment, the situation is completely in our hands. Yin and Yuan can't even exert half of their strength, let alone change the situation!
In less than ten minutes, Yuan was killed by me with the Tiger Soul Sword. Xiao Yi and I then joined forces to attack Yin, and the battle was over in five minutes. With a slight sound, a pair of golden rings appeared on the ground.
I dismounted and picked up the trophy, then carefully admired it with Xiao Yi. The rings were of unique style, exquisite and beautiful, with beautiful patterns carved on the ring faces.
"Huh? This doesn't seem to be an ordinary wedding ring?" said Xiao Yiqi.
"The Oath Ring, a token of love given by the hero king Arthur to his lover, witnesses thirty years of unyielding love. Mission equipment, no level limit, attributes: Absolute Protection (Physical Defense +100%, Magic Defense +100% within 10 seconds, usable once an hour); Love Protection (sacrifice 50% of your own physical and magical defense, increase spouse's physical and magical defense by 25%, both parties wearing the ring can use it within a range of 100 meters)." I read out the attributes of the ring.
Hehe, it’s the best, absolutely the best!
The wedding ring is a very special item in Fantasy. It does not take up equipment space. In other words, ordinary players can equip two rings and wear one more wedding ring after getting married. However, the wedding ring obtained in the Concentric Journey mission usually only adds 20 to 30 points of physical defense, magic defense, etc. For high-level players, the increased attributes are negligible and dispensable. The important thing is that the ring can be used to use various couple functions after marriage (such as ultra-long-distance couple communication, directional teleportation to spouse, etc.).
But some people are lucky and get a top-quality wedding ring, which can add 50, 60, or even 70 or 80 points of defense, or have attributes such as physical defense +5%, magic defense +5%, which is a great help to increase personal strength. Couples who get this kind of ring usually call it "the blessing of the god of love."
But wedding rings like ours with special names are extremely rare. Only one couple out of ten thousand can get one. Of course, the attributes will be better than the ordinary top-grade ones. We are lucky enough to get it because the task has been upgraded.
Moreover, this oath ring can be said to be special among special ones. It does not add any attributes, but the two additional skills are so practical! Absolute Guardian has a great chance of saving your life in a critical moment, and Love Guardian... Hehe, after Xiao Yi puts on the Moon Shadow God Robe, if she goes to fight monsters with me, she uses Love Guardian on me, even if her defense is reduced by half, it is still very high, and generally there will be no danger. As a meat shield, I often stand in the front. How much safety factor will be increased by adding 25% defense, and how much red medicine will be saved?
We happily passed through the exit of the temple and were teleported back to Shenghua City.
Then I accompanied Xiao Yi to level up. In fact, she was already halfway to level 50, and even if she trained on her own, she could reach level 51 in just two days. In order to help her reach that level as quickly as possible, I volunteered to do the hard work, that is, I would not team up with her. I would lure a large number of monsters to fight them myself, and then let Xiao Yi use large-scale attack magic bombing to solve the groups of monsters at one time. She would gain experience alone, so naturally her leveling speed was very fast!
Therefore, on the 28th, Xiao Yi reached level 51, and then she went to do hidden tasks to increase her spiritual power, while I went back to the Thunder Alliance to find a profiteer to help me get equipment with additional spiritual power.
After returning to the headquarters, I called all the brothers together. After we gathered together, I coughed twice and said, "Everyone, I have a big news to announce!"
Huh? What do they mean? Everybody gave me the finger!
Lonely said: "Tsk! Everyone knows that you are going to marry Xiao Yi on National Day!"
"Ah? You all know about this? Who told you?"
Lemming came up with a lewd smile on his face and said, "Boss, don't think that my intelligence chief is fake. The news has spread to Tianshui Pavilion. Their big sister is getting married. How could I not find out? If you don't want me to know, just say it. How can I know if you don't want me to know..."
What a pity! I asked Lemming to be in charge of the intelligence system, but he extended his intelligence network to allied gangs!
The fat man looked at me with disdain and said, "If we hadn't encouraged you in the beginning, you wouldn't have pursued Xiao Yi. But now that you have won the sister-in-law, you didn't even tell us. Do you think we are brothers? I despise you!"
Ah Wei sighed and said, "Boss, I understand you. You wanted to give us a surprise. But since you have been keeping it a secret, why not just announce it at the wedding? Why do you want to say it today? I made a bet with them that you would not announce it until October 1st. You made me lose miserably. Just for this reason, I despise you!"
Speechless... I knew this would happen, so I didn't dare to say it! If I had really said it earlier, I don't know what excuses you would find to attack me!
After being severely teased by my brothers, I finally had the chance to talk about business. I gave the Moon Shadow Divine Robe to Xiao Yi as a betrothal gift. It will also be the dress she wears on her wedding day, but it requires the assistance of spiritual equipment to wear.
The profiteer laughed and said, "Haha, I guessed it a long time ago. You are a grown man, but you are so eager to get a female magic bubble, even embezzling public funds. What use is it if you don't want to give it to your sweetheart? But it is not easy to wear a magic weapon with the current player level. I got you four spiritual equipments, each of which is different. Consider it my wedding gift to you."
I was so touched! Although they didn't respect me as the boss when they were joking, they were definitely my good brothers! Even if it was a profiteer's ability to gather four spiritual equipment in such a short time, it must be the result of him mobilizing all his strength to find them. They sincerely wished me well and were happy that I found love, but...the way they expressed it was a little too much.
On September 29, I was busy preparing for the wedding the whole day, mainly sending invitations to the leaders of allied and friendly gangs, and arranging and planning the wedding ceremony. I didn't want to make such a big fuss, but everyone said that the Thunder Alliance was the number one fantasy gang, and if the leader's wedding was not grand, it would be a loss of face for all the members, so I had no choice but to let them do it.
On September 30th, Dream was shut down for maintenance and system upgrades.
On October 1st, at 9:00 am, Xiaoyi and I’s wedding officially began!
First, I led Awei and Xiaoniao, as well as one hundred of the most elite knights selected from the Thunder Regiment, to Tianshui Pavilion as the wedding welcoming team.
A group of more than a hundred riders rode their horses slowly into the territory of Tianshui Pavilion.
These one hundred knights were all carefully selected. Each of them was tall and strong, and was a mighty man among the brothers of the alliance. They rode a group of black war horses (originally they could all ride unicorns, but in order to distinguish them from the protagonist like me, they temporarily changed their mounts). Everyone wore golden armor, and matched it with a gorgeous red cloak made by the Weaver Girl herself. They were truly awe-inspiring. What was even more rare was that all the horses marched in unison, and the ranks were straight and neat. Although they did not gallop, the solemn momentum like a mountain had already made the Tianshui Pavilion gang members who came to greet them cheer continuously.
When we arrived in front of the headquarters of Tianshui Pavilion, a hundred riders stopped in unison and lined up in two rows, with their horses' heads facing each other, leaving a three-meter-wide passage in the middle. I rode the snow-white unicorn in the middle and walked slowly forward. When I reached the steps, I dismounted. Uncle Zhang, who was in charge of welcoming guests, came forward and led me into the headquarters gate. Ah Wei followed us in.
A moment later, Xiao Yi and I appeared at the gate hand in hand, and warm cheers suddenly broke out outside. Xiao Yi, who was dressed in a gorgeous dress today, wore a flower crown on her head, her face was like a lotus, her lips were like vermilion, her eyebrows were like willows, her eyes were full of spring water, and she was wearing a moon shadow robe. The soft white halo emitted by the artifact enveloped her, and the whole person looked like a fairy in the sky!
I wore a brocade dress today. The Tiger King suit is majestic, but it is not suitable for a wedding. So Da Qiao specially embroidered a dress for me. Although it has no practical attributes, she put a lot of effort into the appearance. It is indeed her masterpiece of clothing design. It adopts a design similar to that of a military marshal's dress. It looks dignified and noble, and it makes me look more heroic. Xiao Yi and I standing together are a perfect match!
I held Xiao Yi's hand and slowly walked down the stairs. Behind me followed my husband Awei, and behind Xiao Yi followed her mother Wanxing.
Walking to the horse, I held Xiao Yi horizontally and rode on it.
The hundred knights on both sides suddenly pulled the reins, and all the horses stood up, showing a beautiful riding skill. At the same time, they shouted in unison: "Welcome, sister-in-law, congratulations to Miss Yin and our brother for getting married!"
I couldn't have imagined they would do this, and their movements were so coordinated and their voices so loud that it was obvious that they had rehearsed it - it must have been Lonely and the others' doing.
However, this did push the atmosphere of the wedding reception to a climax. Warm applause rang out all around. I was full of energy and shouted loudly: "Brothers, let's go!"
The mighty wedding procession headed for Shenghua City. Outside the city gate, Lonely, Profiteer, Fatty, Bad Guy and other brothers from the Thunder Alliance came to greet us. Then Xiaoyi and I went to the Palace of Good Marriage and exchanged rings with Yue Lao as witness, completing the official procedure of marriage in Fantasy. At the same time, the system issued a wide-area broadcast: Congratulations to players Blood Sky and Water One Side for their happy marriage, love in Fantasy, and a long-lasting marriage! I spent a lot of money to apply for this broadcast. Although it is in the game, marriage is such a big event, so I have to be extravagant! I want my happiness to be known to everyone in Fantasy!
The wedding was now complete, with constant congratulations coming from all around. Countless magicians cast brilliant spells, and fireworks bloomed in the sky. Looking closely, these magic spells were arranged in an orderly manner to form eight big words: Happy New Year, and may you live together till old age.
The guests who attended the ceremony included Myna from the Brotherhood, Boneless Blood Sea from the Blood River Sect, Dark Sword from the Shadow Alliance… In short, the bosses of more than a dozen gangs that have alliances with the Thunder Alliance and the Tianshui Pavilion were all present in person, giving Xiao Yi and I enough face. The scene was naturally very grand. In addition, what was more special was that in order to express my gratitude to Tianxiang Tower for sending me invitations and free tickets twice, I also sent a note to Xiaokan Hongchen. Although she did not come in person, she sent an envoy to congratulate her - this envoy was Baiyun Suifeng. I didn't expect that she was from Tianxiang Tower. In this way, among the four beauties on the Cang Continent's Most Beautiful List, one was the bride, one was the concubine, and two (three) were guests. All of them were present. Just based on this point, Xiao Yi and I's wedding is not unprecedented, but it is definitely unprecedented!
In addition, there is an uninvited guest, the second best player in Dream World, Lawless!
He congratulated me and said, "Since we parted at the martial arts competition, I have admired Brother Sky so much and have wanted to make friends with him. However, I was not bold enough to ask for a meeting. I just heard the system broadcast and learned that today is the day of the alliance leader's wedding. I came here to congratulate you and wish you two a happy marriage and a happy life!"
In fact, I have always had respect for Wu Fa Tian, who is closely following me in rank. He is not as lucky as I am, and he has climbed to this position only through incredible efforts. He is online for more than 20 hours a day!
I also want to make friends with such a person. As far as I know, he is still a loner and has not joined any sect. If I can bring him into the Jinglei League, our league will have another world-famous master!
So I said a few polite words to Wufawutian with a smile on my face, but then there was a continuous stream of people coming to congratulate Xiaoyi and me, and I didn't have time to say much to him. I had to ask him to meet me at the Jinglei League for a wedding banquet later, and Wufawutian readily agreed.
After a lively time in Shenghua City, the profiteer, as the master of ceremonies, announced to all the guests: "Today is the wedding day of our leader. Thank you all for coming to the wedding of our boss and his wife. Our alliance has set up a wedding banquet in the territory. Please come. Let's drink to our heart's content and get drunk!"
Therefore, a team of at least several thousand people came to the headquarters of the Thunder Alliance again. Under the arrangement of the one who loved eating fish the most, rows of tables were set up on the grass by the river, filled with delicacies, fresh fruits and fine wines. It was all his thoughtful thought that they adopted the form of a buffet, otherwise we really wouldn't have so many people to entertain the guests!
The music started playing. It was the dance troupe invited by Crystal and Loneliness that was performing. The scene was filled with a festive atmosphere. Countless brothers and friends took turns to toast me. Haha, thanks to the fact that this is a game, no matter how much I drink, I will just feel dizzy. If it were in reality, I would have been knocked to the ground!
The party lasted until the evening, and a round bonfire was lit. The brothers who were excited by the drink asked Xiao Yi and me to put on a passionate show, saying that there was no bridal chamber to perform in the game, and this was our compensation to them.
Well, what should I perform? I was already dizzy, blinking my eyes but couldn't think of any idea. Xiao Yi smiled and took my arm, and led me to dance the passionate samba...
