upgrade

His Hearthstone was bound to the guild.

Yang Jian could only run back to Nightshade Town.

After all, it was the Blood Moon period at night.

The shops and general stores were all closed.

Fortunately, the innkeeper also had certain permissions to buy and sell goods.

He might not be able to buy anything good, but he could definitely sell at the system price!

"Oh, who do we have here? Isn't this our Guild Leader?"

Yang Jian looked back and saw that it was Bai Youyou and her team!

The Xia Family's Three Daughters and the aunt and niece from the Bai family!

"Purple-Gold Squad, huh? How did you all end up here?"

"Leveling up!"

Bai Youyou replied with righteous indignation.

"Coming here to level up?"

Yang Jian looked at their levels; the Xia Family's Three Daughters were already level eleven, while the aunt and niece from the Bai family were still level ten.

"The main road from Stone Bridge to Nightshade Town is full of level 20 monsters at the lowest, and other places have much higher levels... Although your team has a Purple-Gold level talent configuration, it will be difficult to fight if you're over 11 levels lower!"

Bai Youyou smiled, "Don't listen to their nonsense. We just happened to reach Stone Bridge while leveling up, so we came over to open a flight point!"

"Boss, you don't even know, I was so shocked when I saw that Stone Bridge! A stone bridge spanning over two hundred meters... I feel like my scientific worldview is about to collapse!"

Xia Mingruo exclaimed in awe from the side!

"Here, we only talk about theology. Who's talking about science with you? If you want, they can even create a Stairway to Heaven for you. What's a stone bridge?"

"It's not clear at night. If I have time tomorrow during the day, I'll go to Stone Bridge to take photos and check in..."

"Check in for what? Why aren't you leveling up quickly? I estimate in another two or three days, when a few million people reach level ten and arrive at the main city, things will get chaotic..."

"Why will it be chaotic? Fighting for territory?"

Xia Mingwei was quite interested in this topic!

"Children shouldn't ask so many questions..."

Xia Mingwei was about to retort, 'But he called me a child... Never mind, never mind, I'll let him off this once!'

Bai Youyou naturally picked up the conversation.

"The guild matters are all sorted out, and even the inn has been opened. At this point, I, the Vice Guild Leader, don't need to keep an eye on it every day. So, I hurried out to level up. I want to return to the first echelon!"

Yang Jian nodded upon hearing this.

Considering this, Bai Youyou had indeed contributed greatly!

Yang Jian opened the guild system to check the recent various situations.

["Name: Star Palace, LV1"]

["Guild Leader: Tianmu Zhenjun"]

["Vice Guild Leader: 3 / 3"]

["Officers: 6 / 6"]

["Members: 1482 / 1500"]

["Guild Points: 143175 / 500,000"]

["Guild Warehouse: Warehouse 1, East Market No. 13, Outer City of Zhenhai City."]

(Guild residence needs to be bound using private property.)

["Guild City: None (Guild City quest can be activated at Level 3.)"]

["Guild Shop: Unsealed (Requires Guild City to activate)"]

["Guild Skills: Omitted..."]

The guild not being full was actually unavoidable; this game was not very friendly to ordinary players.

It was difficult to fight monsters, difficult to level up, and difficult to learn skills!

The map was also huge. Many people in reality weren't willing to travel long distances, so would they be willing to in the game?

Therefore, people were AFK every day.

Out of two hundred million global players, at least ten million were estimated to have left by now!

So, the guild had an announcement: if you don't log in for 24 hours, you get kicked... Then he looked at the points... "No... it's only been three days? How are the guild points already at 140,000? I remember that each person could only get a maximum of ten points per day, right?"

"Yesterday, Xiao Yue handed in a guild token to the quest system, which directly increased the points by 100,000..."

Yang Jian was stunned upon hearing this, wanting to slap himself!

What the hell have I been doing?

"You can also hand in guild tokens... and it has this effect?"

"Yeah! We just found out too... I heard Xiao Yue inquired about it at the Mage Association!"

Yang Jian listened with a blank expression.

"Mages... also have an association? Are they that high-end? What about us hunters?"

Xia Mingruo, who had been a background prop the whole time, chuckled.

"Boss, don't think about such high-end organizations for a poor profession, okay?"

"Who are you calling poor?"

"I'm talking about the profession! Not you... My mom said to address the matter, not the person! I'm just expressing my feelings about the profession here!"

Yang Jian didn't know how to respond to that old line!

"Have you opened your flight point?"

"It's open!"

"If it's open, why aren't you leveling up? What are you doing?"

Xia Mingruo didn't know what embarrassment was.

"Boss, meeting is fate. Why don't you take us to level up?"

"What are you talking about?"

Yang Jian was so amused he laughed!

"I... the Guild Leader of Star Palace, the big boss of Lingyun Studio, I earn millions a minute, and I'm supposed to take you guys to level up?"

"Boss, if you take us, you'll definitely make a fortune this year!"

Xia Mingwei, seeing her sister act like this, didn't think it was a big deal. The two of them, one on each side, hugged Yang Jian's arms and shook them... almost making Yang Jian fall into the Grandma's Bridge. Seeing Bai Youyou's smile stiffen slightly, Yang Jian quickly exerted force and broke free from the two of them.

"Xiaobai, what are you laughing at over there? Why aren't you helping me? I doted on you for nothing!"

Bai Xiaobai was grinning widely, happily giggling!

She didn't pay any attention to her aunt's icy cold face beside her.

"Alright, alright, stop messing around!"

At the critical moment, the eldest sister was still the most considerate, stopping their teasing and testing.

"The few of us are only a little over level ten, and it's indeed difficult to move an inch in this Nightshade Forest, which is full of level twenty-plus monsters. So, we won't bother you..."

As soon as Bai Youyou spoke, Xia Mingruo immediately quieted down.

The boss was easier to talk to and wouldn't argue with them over trivial matters.

But Bai Youyou would really fine them!

"Let's go, return the way we came, head south to Iron Mine Territory to farm murlocs..."

Yang Jian was a little surprised to hear that they were going back the way they came.

"Aren't you just flying there directly on a鸞 bird?"

"The flight point for Iron Mine Territory hasn't been registered yet! We can't go..."

Yang Jian was stunned, indicating that their chosen route was truly bizarre!

Listening to Bai Youyou's complaints.

Yang Jian didn't say anything either.

He could only say that this team was strong enough!

An ordinary team of all level ten to eleven players would find it difficult to get here... Seeing these few people planning to go back, Yang Jian decided to give them a ride!

Leaving through the North Gate of Nightshade Town, they could go all the way to where Yang Jian was grinding monsters.

Leaving through the West Gate also led there, just a slightly longer detour!

Before setting off, Yang Jian had to take care of business first!

After telling the team to wait for him for a while, Yang Jian emptied his backpack at the innkeeper's!

He looked at his balance... Hmm, 371 gold, 52 silver, 18 copper!

One should know that when he bought the guild stronghold a few days ago, Yang Jian had emptied his pockets!

He had emptied his pockets at that time, and now, only three or four days later, he had over three hundred gold again... Yang Jian had never misappropriated a single cent of the gold collected by the studio.

With his earning speed, he had to stay in an inn every day to keep himself in the best recovery state!

After Yang Jian made all preparations.

He chased after them in the direction of the team.

The five of them were not there for tourism; knowing that time was precious, they also ran forward all the way!

"Boss, how long do we have to run on these two legs?"

"Level 20... At Level 20, you can learn riding skills and ride horses..."

"This game also has a mount system!"

"Otherwise, how could we keep running on foot in such a large area around Zhenhai City?"

While they were chatting, there was a commotion ahead!

"Hmm? What's that sound?"

"What a foul smell..."

Yang Jian frowned.

He wondered if his luck was a bit bad... This BOSS was usually impossible to find, but today it showed up when he was seeing them off?

["Wanderer, Butcher Pudge, LV25"]

["Undead, Stitched Monstrosity, Silver-tier"]

["Health: 25,000,000 / 25,000,000"]

["Skills: Meat Hook, Cleave, Rot, Toxic Aura, Serrated Rend"]

Yang Jian was a little stunned looking at Butcher Pudge's attributes.

This isn't right!

You... If I remember correctly, this should be a Level 20 BOSS with 10,000,000 health, right?

How did you level up?

He quickly opened his Heavenly Eye to check the situation.

["Name: Wanderer, Butcher Pudge (Blood Moon Contamination)"]

["Description: The Blood Moon has begun to contaminate some powerful monsters, comprehensively strengthening their abilities! Used to kill powerful new players..."]

["Description: For you, this strength is nothing special..."]

["Note: In the early stages of the game, no divine interference can break the existing rules! For example, the maximum level in Newbie Village is fixed at Level 10, and in Level 20 to 30 monster areas, no ordinary monsters exceeding Level 30 will be born..."]

No ordinary monsters exceeding Level 30 will be born?

Yang Jian reasonably suspected that this sentence was playing word games with him... If it was a BOSS, could it break this rule?

"Boss, why don't we run!"

Xia Mingruo swallowed, looking at the Butcher's tall figure, and hid behind Yang Jian!

"Don't get more than thirty yards away from the monster later... Its hook will pull you in front of it! You should position yourselves between 20 and 30 yards!"

Enemies meeting, eyes red with hatred!

Mo Song, upon receiving Yang Jian's command, let out a howl and charged forward.

The few people behind him, having received Yang Jian's tip, quickly moved to suitable distances and positioned themselves!

Yang Jian's actions were also decisive!

He cast Misdirection on Mo Song, then directly raised his hand and attacked.

Hunter's Mark, Aimed Shot... This set of skills thrown out left the few people behind him completely stunned!

It wasn't that they didn't know Yang Jian's attack power was abnormally strong, but after not seeing him for so long, they didn't expect the boss to be this strong already... This time, with Mo Song tanking damage and Xia Minglan healing.

Although Xia Minglan was in the late stage of her saintly complex, her talent was still very good.

Yang Jian was also level fifteen, so he wasn't suppressed by her level.

The Purple-Gold Squad were also veterans who had been in salvation for a long, long time!

Since the fight had started, everyone naturally contributed their share.

The only one watching from the side was Xia Mingwei.

Her talent for drawing aggro was very strong, and Yang Jian was afraid that if the BOSS just looked at her, she would instantly die!

So he simply let her watch from the side!

Fortunately, the Paladin profession was team-oriented.

She cast a Blessing of Might on Yang Jian, and a Blessing of Kings on everyone else... For Yang Jian now, without reaching a qualitative change, an ordinary Silver-tier BOSS was just that!

Of course, if it were level 26, Yang Jian would only be able to run away with his tail between his legs.

In less than ten minutes, Pudge's huge body crashed to the ground!

The ground was covered with loot, dazzling the eyes of the few people.

"Youyou, you collect the items and throw them into the guild warehouse later!"

No one naturally liked fighting monsters; what everyone liked was the experience gained after the monsters died and the ground full of loot.

With Yang Jian's approval, the Purple-Gold Squad swarmed forward, starting to pick up the BOSS drops.

Yang Jian turned his back and activated the skill 'Specified Acquisition'.

First, he checked the equipment; as usual, there were no orange-tier items!

It seemed now that at least monsters below level thirty would not drop orange-tier items.

There was no guild token, but there was a [Curiosity: Secret Realm Stone (Small)]

Secret realms were good things, so Yang Jian simply chose this one!

The items dropped by a Level 25 Silver-tier BOSS were all quite good.

Bai Youyou also always knew what items Yang Jian needed.

She sorted the items, picked out what was needed, and handed Yang Jian three Silverlight Fruits.

Watching the three figures disappear on the bridge, Yang Jian headed north, intending to detour back to his leveling spot.

Before level twenty, Yang Jian had no plans to change locations!