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{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: Ok...
{Team}[Love You 59 Seconds]: There are horseback bandits in Yanbei, we will go to Yanbei first
{Team}[Love You 59 Seconds]: Then we will head to Changbai Mountain
Wu Han Ying looked at the team chat, then he opened the second TLBB game window to input the ID and password to log into XC's account.
When all three players were at Suzhou teleport station, Love You 59 Seconds sent over a following invitation; XC and Xiao Wu. immediately clicked accept. They were quickly teleported to Luoyang Nine Chambers of Commerce and from there headed straight towards Yanbei.
This was the first time Wu Han Ying played hunting the horseback bandits. He would occasionally see a few people hunting the horseback bandits when he did quests in Dunhuang map, but he never had a chance to try it out since it required a team of three people. He heard that occasionally while opening the treasure map the horseback bandits were also spawned as well. The number of bandits vary, but the location has always been fixed. However, the items dropped by the bandits always depend on luck. If one has good luck, one might be able to get a multiple attack skill book for BB {pets}, or materials to craft equipment. Most of the time though the bandits drop nothing at all.
After they had arrived at Yanbei, Love You 59 Seconds took a few steps forward and saw a horseback bandit. He cancelled the following function so that XC and Xiao Wu. stood still on the side. Meanwhile, the big Wudang began to throw numerous attack skills at the bandit.
The level of the horseback bandits in Yanbei are not too high or too low, their number is just right. Even though the level of the monsters here isn't too high for a level 90 with full level 4 stones, it would still take some time to kill them. However, it is a different story with the powerful Wudang like Love You 59 Seconds, he finished them off in seconds.
{Team}[Love You 59 Seconds]: Pick them up
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: Nothing is there
{Team}[Love You 59 Seconds]:
Love You 59 Seconds seemed to know the location of the bandits very well, he did not waste any time trying to find the bandits' hideout; he just sent over the following invitation and dragged a tail of two people behind him as he was throwing out skill after skill at the bandits.
They had been killing the bandits in Yanbei for quite some time, it was around 6 or 7 o'clock so there weren't many people logging into the game. Thankfully not that many people were here to hunt the bandits, so there was no one here to steal the monsters*. As a result, all the Yanbei bandits belonged to the two of them. Even though nothing great was dropped from the monsters, Wu Han Ying still felt very satisfied. He picked up two skill books for baby: an Ice Burst skill and an Aerobic Physical. Although they are not worth much he didn't mind, after all it was the first time Xiao Wu. played hunting the bandits and he felt very pleased with whatever he picked up.
{Translator Input: Steal the monsters - in this game, when the player is pointed at the monsters, the monsters will automatically belong to that player. So whoever is faster at finding the monsters will have the upper hand. If you're slow then good luck. However, if the player dies while trying to kill the monsters, then other players can have those monsters. If that happens then all of the effort you spent trying to kill that monster will be in vain and other players can and will just sit there and wait until you die. Once that happens they will jump in to take the monster that now have a low HP which is easier to kill. Usually for this game, the high HP monsters have a very low spawning rate and each time it would be just one or two of them. I don't want to put kill steal, because kill steal has a different meaning than this and it's the most frustrating thing that can happen to a gamer in MMORPG.}
While Love You 59 Seconds was killing the bandits, Xiao Wu. stood next to him and kept looking back and forth between the field and the system notifications. He kept tabs on the location for the next spawning of the bandits so he could quickly run over to take the territory. So, right after he got out of Yanbei he headed straight to Songshan.
All of the Songshan bandits were riding on ponies {which means they are an easier level of bandits}, their level is very low and he could easily kill them in one attack.
Seeing that Wu Han Ying eagerly wanted to kill them, Love You 59 Seconds gave leadership over to XC and let Wu Han Ying take him to attack the monsters; the monsters were instantly killed within seconds.
XC's damage is very powerful and he can rebuff his own blood bar. However, even though XC is incredibly powerful, he cannot autopath to find the bandits on his own. Wu Han Ying killed two bandits, but unfortunately they did not drop anything. After killing the bandits he clicked on the following function and took Love You 59 Seconds running around the map.
Xia Chen's Wudang account was equipped with auto pick up gear*, having this account following along was a huge convenience, so he simply just let Xiao Wu. take over to have some fun. He just pushed up his glasses and leaned back in his chair to watch.
{Translator Input: In some games, they have an item where as long as you are equipped with it, the character will automatically pick up the items on the ground. However, this item is usually sold in the cash shop, in short you have to buy it with your real money. I know in Maplestory, it's in the form of a pet and you have to equip that item on your pets >.> so yeah...more ways for the game to dig a hole into the player's wallet LOL}
After five minutes he couldn't take it anymore, XC was acting like a headless snake. He was dragging two tails behind as he was running around all over the Songshan map. He was going left and right and then up and down on the map, but unfortunately he missed some locations where the bandits would spawn, which meant that they did not get to attack even one.
In the minimized map at the upper right corner of the screen it appeared that besides their team of three people, there were also a few more dots. He was assuming that they are also here to hunt for the bandits.
Xia Chen really could not stay still anymore, he typed a few words into the chat box telling Xiao Wu. where to look for the bandits. After not hearing a response for quite a long period, he watched as the other was still staying in the same map running around like a madman.
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: Oh ok, I'll head over now
After Wu Han Ying had closed the regional map, he saw the message in the team chat and he quickly typed in his reply. Following his reply he headed over to the coordinates that Love You 59 Seconds sent him.
Sure enough, after he arrived he saw the silhouette of two bandits riding their horses from afar. XC excitedly rushed forward as he quickly cancelled the team following function.
Right when he was about to attack, the targeted bandit's name suddenly turned red. Suddenly a group of people appeared right next to them, but Wu Han Ying was a step slower, so the other bandit was also stolen by the group after they threw out an attack skill first; there was nothing left for him.
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: Got stolen...
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: T-T
{Team}[Love You 59 Seconds]: These low-level bandits don't drop anything good
{Whisper}[Yun Tou - Zhuan Xiang] said to you: Return Lan Ming Shi to me
{Team}[Love You 59 Seconds]: Let's open the treasure map
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: ???
Wu Han Ying saw a private message pop up in the chat box, he thought it belonged to Love You 59 Seconds; he did not understand its meaning, so he typed in a bunch of question marks in the chat box. After he sent them he came to find out a few moments later it was from a stranger; he then typed in a few words to explain.
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: Wrong send
{Team}[Love You 59 Seconds]: Let's go to Changbai Mountain to open the treasure map
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: =口= Shifu, you really think that I am...
{Team}[Love You 59 Seconds]: Let's go
XC returned the leadership to Love You 59 Seconds and the three accounts headed over to Changbai Mountain to search around.
Wu Han Ying did not pay any heed to the recent whisper chat, chances were they got sent to the wrong person. But obviously the other person did not think they got the wrong person, so the other person sent over a few more private messages. After a while, the other person began to spam his whisper chat with a bunch of puppy barking emoticons.
Wu Han Ying felt 囧...
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: I don't have any Lan Ming Shi
{Team}[Love You 59 Seconds]: ?
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: Ack...
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: Wrong send
{Team}[Love You 59 Seconds]: Yun Tou - Zhuan Xiang whispered to you?
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: Shifu, you know him?!
{Team}[Love You 59 Seconds]: Don't know
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: ????
Wu Han Ying wanted to ask him that if he didn't know the person, how did he know who he was talking to 囧囧, but after seeing the team chat he immediately turned to stone...
{Team}[Love You 59 Seconds]: World chat
{Team}[Love You 59 Seconds]: My obedient apprentice, you're being mentioned
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: =口=
Wu Han Ying was reminded of the world chat, so he immediately switched to the world channel to take a look. He usually did not pay much attention to the world chat and any nearby channels since their refresh speeds were too fast and he could easily miss the team and guild channel chat. Whenever he followed Love You 59 Seconds to kill the monsters, he did not even look at the guild channel. It was at this time that he realized that the guild channel was about to explode as Yun Tou - Zhuan Xiang kept on generously "greeting" him in the world channel.
{Translator Note: Remember I explained the "game culture" of greeting in this game in some earlier chapters. This is not the form of a normal greeting, it is a word to refer to you being cussed out by the other person. Usually, the other person would bring out your whole family tree and curse you out, even your parents and grandparents are being cursed at too; so this form of "greeting" in an online game means cursing you out ^^}
{World}[Yun Tou - Zhuan Xiang]: Xiao Wu. is a fucking swindler; cheated me out of my Lan Ming Shi, quickly give it back
On the world chat, one can only shout one message every three minutes to prevent spamming.
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: I don't know what's going on =口=
{Whisper}you said to [Yun Tou - Zhuan Xiang]: I don't know who you are and I didn't take anything from you
The guild channel was getting really heated and Wu Han Ying did not have time to reply to all the messages, so he really wanted to private message Yun Tou - Zhuan Xiang first to see if this was a misunderstanding.
{Whisper}[Yun Tou - Zhuan Xiang] said to you: I got killed at the Yan Nan portal
{Whisper}[Yun Tou - Zhuan Xiang] said to you: You bastard picked up my Lan Ming Shi while I laid dying on the floor
Wu Han Ying was shocked for a moment after reading the private message and then he suddenly realized that he had seen this name somewhere. He opened the contact list on the right side to take a look and sure enough he found the other's name, but it is in the...nemesis list...
A level 60 male Xiaoyao, Yun Tou - Zhuan Xiang...
Wu Han Ying looked at the name Yun Tou - Zhuan Xiang and suddenly felt his blood boil up. This guy killed him once and when he chased after the guy to take his revenge he unknowingly let Love You 59 Seconds kill the guy in his place and now this bastard came shouting at him for justice!
When Wu Han Ying thought about it, he did pick up a package at Yan Nan portal and inside was a "Lan Jing Shi"...
{Translator Input - Note the "Ming" and "Jing" in the name of the two stones ^^ The two stones below, they have different shape and their value is also different ^^}
Lan Ming Shi
Lan Jing Shi
囧...Wu Han Ying thought that he was lucky that time for being able to pick up a gem even outside in the field, but it turned out that the red name character with hanging sabres dropped it after being killed.
{Translator Input: Two points.
Point 1: Usually you obtain the low level gems from clearing the dungeons, or you buy high level stones from the cash shop; the field monsters don't drop those valuable items.
Point 2: Red Name - when your level of hatred is too high and you're in the open field your name will turn red which is why people call it "red name" character. When your name is red and you're in the open field you shouldn't have any valuable items in your bag because if you get killed some items in your bag will fall out and others can pick it up; meaning some people can attack you in hopes that they can get some good stuff from your bag}
Wu Han Ying could only wear this 囧 expression and keep silent. The one who did the killing was Love You 59 Seconds, but the one who picked up the bag was himself and now the person came to him to ask for the item. The most important thing is he thought that Lan Ming Shi {high level stone} was Lan Jing Shi {low level gem} and he put it on sale at his stall in Suzhou!!
{Translator Input: I hope by now you know why Xiao Wu has no idea what is going on. He thought the stone was the common low level gem Lan "Jing" Shi, but in actuality, it is the rare high level stone Lan "Ming" Shi ^^ Noobs crisis LOL}
{World}[Love You 59 Seconds]: I'm the one who picked up your stone, come to Songshan gate
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: !!!
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: Shifu, what are you doing =.=
{Team}[Love You 59 Seconds]: You sold it for 7 golds
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: =口= How do you know
{Team}[Love You 59 Seconds]: I saw it in the transaction history of your stall
{Team}[Love You 59 Seconds]: I thought you were in need of money so you set it at such a clearanced price
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: ......
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: What is the market price for that item?
Wu Han Ying was about to type out "I'll give you the money" when he saw a green clothing Xiaoyao appear at the Songshan portal with the name "Yun Tou - Zhuan Xiang" on top of his head.
Wu Han Ying felt somewhat reluctant in his decision, thinking that he got killed by that guy once and now he had to return Lan Ming Shi back to him as well? Until he had finished his train of thought, he couldn't help but make this expression =口= on his face. He was completely shocked at the scenario playing out on the screen.
On the screen, Love You 59 Seconds had the sabres hanging over his head and right next to his feet was the dead body of Yun Tou - Zhuan Xiang in green toad clothing.
{Nearby}[Love You 59 Seconds]: This is for killing my apprentice last time
{Nearby}[Yun Tou - Zhuan Xiang]: I ???
{Nearby}[Love You 59 Seconds]: I don't have the stone with me, go to the Nine Chambers of Commerce to take it
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: Shifu... =口=
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: You already killed him last time...
{Team}[Love You 59 Seconds]: ?? I did?
{Team}[Love You 59 Seconds]: I don't remember
{Team}[Xiao Wu.]: ......
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End of Chapter 26