Chapter 1 Inception

Shi Feng fell into deep thought, unable to understand how Qian Huan Wan Mie had completed the quest in his previous life.

Where was the Dark Scripture hidden? Who knew?

Moreover, the information he had gathered on this quest in his previous life was very incomplete, leaving him with too few references.

Now, burdened with such an evil curse, even leveling up was a problem. He had to find a way to solve it, or the future problems would only be greater.

"Respected Miss Xia Lian, do you know of any way to solve this curse I've been afflicted with?" Shi Feng calmed his mood and immediately asked the delicate Xia Lian, "Also, where can I find the Dark Scripture? Any clues will do."

Hearing Shi Feng's series of questions, Xia Lian's holy face revealed a cunning smile.

"You little fellow certainly has a lot of questions. It's not that I don't have a way to deal with the curse, but you must know that to gain something, you must give something in return. There's only one way to remove the curse, and that's to use the Moon Dew. The Moon Dew can remove all magic and curses in the world, but it requires many materials to perform the ritual. I can provide you with some of the materials. As for performing the ritual, you'll need to pay a reward of 3 gold coins. If you want to know the clues to the Dark Scripture, you'll need to pay an additional information fee of 10 gold coins."

Seeing Xia Lian's excited expression as she explained, Shi Feng felt a chill. Especially Xia Lian's eyes, no matter how holy she seemed now, she couldn't hide the burning desire within them.

In the end, it all came down to one word.

Money!

System: Do you accept the quest to remove the curse?

"Respected Miss Xia Lian, I am willing to pay these rewards." What else could Shi Feng say? However, Xia Lian's asking price was too high. Three gold coins at once? There wasn't a single player in the entire White River City who could afford that right now.

"Since you're willing, then pay a deposit of one gold coin first." Xia Lian unceremoniously extended her fair little hand.

Seeing Xia Lian's actions, Shi Feng even suspected that she had some kind of clairvoyance. But since he had to pay sooner or later, he gritted his teeth and handed over one gold coin to Xia Lian.

The moment he handed it over, Shi Feng went from being a wealthy man to being penniless.

"Here, you'll need to fill this with power first. It can take you to the Moonlight Glade to collect thirty Moonstones. Just bring them back to me." Xia Lian quickly put away the glittering gold coin, then handed Shi Feng a glass ball the size of a fist.

System: You have accepted the Moon Dew quest. The quest requires you to collect thirty Moonstones and two gold coins to give to Xia Lian. The reward is to remove the evil curse of the Great Demon.

Shi Feng took the glass ball and looked at it.

Teleportation Orb: Can be used to teleport directly to the Moonlight Glade and then teleport back. The condition for use is that it needs to store 200,000 experience points.

Two hundred thousand experience points was enough for an ordinary player to level up from level 0 to level 7 in one go. For him now, it was simply fatal.

Killing monsters granted 95% less experience, which meant that killing ordinary monsters of the same level gave no experience at all. At the very least, he had to kill elites one level higher to get about 10 experience points. And 200,000 experience points would require killing 20,000 elites one level higher. It would take until the year of the ox, and there weren't that many elites in Red Leaf Town.

"As expected of an epic quest, it's difficult enough." Shi Feng smiled wryly.

In his previous life, Qian Huan Wan Mie had the support of a first-rate guild, the Illusionary World Pantheon, and even then, he barely managed to complete this quest. He didn't have the support of a first-rate guild, so completing it would be even more difficult. But as long as he completed it, the gains would be insignificant compared to what he would get in return. Even a Demonic item was not worth mentioning compared to this reward. That was why Qian Huan Wan Mie's fame was achieved, and the Illusionary World Pantheon became a behemoth in the future, even stronger than the Devouring Serpent.

Although he didn't have the support of a first-rate guild, he was a re-born, and he had a considerable advantage. At least in earning money, he wouldn't lose to a first-rate guild now.

"It seems I can only go back and forge the Guardian Armor first." Shi Feng put away the crystal ball and left the library, intending to earn enough gold coins first, and then think of a way to accumulate 200,000 experience points later.

By the time he returned to the trading area, it was already dawn. Many players had already gone out to level up and kill monsters, and the streets were suddenly much emptier. Shi Feng went directly to the bank warehouse to retrieve the materials for forging and the Philosopher's Stone.

Just as Shi Feng was heading to the Forging Association, the system sent a message.

System: The Guardian Heavy Armor you sold at the auction house has been sold. After deducting the handling fee, 31 silver and 53 copper coins have been transferred to your inventory space.

"Is it worth that much?" Shi Feng was taken aback.

It was just a level 3 Guardian Heavy Armor with stats similar to Black Iron grade. At most, it would sell for 20 silver coins. Now it could sell for more than 30 silver coins, which showed how crazy these guilds were for the Guardian Armor.

This good news made him even more motivated. He wished he could forge a hundred Guardian Armors right now and sell them, making a fortune.

So Shi Feng activated Gale Steps and rushed to the Forging Association. Without saying a word, he rented an intermediate forging room for ten hours. If he didn't earn the money from those guilds now, he would be letting down his own rebirth.

In the forging room, Shi Feng refined all the collected stone materials and went all out to forge the Guardian Armor.

When the first Guardian Armor was successfully forged.

System: Forging the Guardian Armor was successful, increasing forging proficiency by 2 points and gaining 800 experience points.

System: Do you want to store the obtained experience points in the Teleportation Orb?

Suddenly, Shi Feng stopped working and called out the system bar to take a closer look.

"800 experience points for forging?" Shi Feng supported his chin with one hand and thought, then smiled, "I forgot in my haste that the curse only affects experience points from killing monsters, and is ineffective against rewarded experience points."

Although it took a lot of time to forge a piece of equipment, if the forging success rate was high, the leveling speed would be much faster than normal leveling for players, not to mention the current situation of 95% reduced experience.

With such a clever way to take advantage of the situation, the difficulty of the quest was greatly reduced.

Moreover, he had the Forging Book, and the success rate of forging the Guardian Armor was as high as 60%. The leveling speed was much faster than those expert players. It wouldn't take long to save up 200,000 experience points.

This way, he not only earned money, but also earned enough experience points. It was simply killing two birds with one stone, a complete win.

Probably Qian Huan Wan Mie would never have thought that there was such a shortcut to remove the curse.

Thinking of this, Shi Feng directly adjusted the system experience point distribution to 100% stored in the Teleportation Orb, then picked up the ore and began to happily craft equipment.

As his mood improved, Shi Feng's movements became much lighter than before, and the rhythm of the Hundred Refinement Hammer was like playing a moving melody.

When Shi Feng came back to his senses, he was stunned when he looked at the Guardian Armor in front of him.

ps: Thanks to Zi Mei for the reward!