27: Giving gifts

Cultivating the Body of Light required using Divine Soul power to absorb light energy from heaven and earth. Because of his excitement, he had squandered his Divine Soul power for half the day and was now exhausted.

With Spiritual Qi having only just recovered, there were no Divine Soul medicines available to restore his Divine Soul power; he could only rely on rest for it to recover naturally.

However, natural recovery took a lot of time. After an ordinary person got tired, they could usually feel energetic after a night's rest. But his Divine Soul was currently very powerful; relying solely on sleep to recover would take at least ten days to half a month.

It seemed that training the Body of Light quickly would be difficult. However, he could improve not only in reality but also in the game. With this dual improvement, his strength wouldn't increase too slowly.

After Xiao Xing returned to his residence, he checked his phone: 12:30. The game update was finished, and he could log in.

However, he needed to go downstairs to eat first. As for the company, he didn't plan on going back; he no longer cared about that meager monthly salary.

Moreover, he had been transferred to another department. To avoid offending the supervisor and manager, those colleagues never gave him a friendly face. Working in such a place was pure misery.

In his past life, he didn't have a Golden Finger and was an ordinary person in reality, so he hadn't skipped work. He only left that company after he earned some money in the game.

In the restaurant, Xiao Xing ordered green pepper with twice-cooked pork. Just as he was about to eat, his phone rang. Seeing it was an unknown number, Xiao Xing clicked to answer anyway.

"You're fired. Don't bother coming in anymore."

Xiao Xing was just about to say hello when an angry roar came through, clearly showing great displeasure with him.

Hearing the voice, he naturally knew who it was. This Supervisor Zhang had roared at him more than once or twice. During his time in the project department, he faced Supervisor Zhang's gloomy face every day. Xiao Xing had long been annoyed, not to mention he was someone who had experienced Rebirth.

"Get lost. If I see you again, I'll slap you every time."

Xiao Xing hung up the phone, finished his meal, and returned to his residence.

With his current abilities, earning money in the game was not only not difficult, it was extremely easy.

He would increase his Rank today and go for a big score tomorrow. If he was lucky, he would get a massive amount of gold coins.

After the game update, many functions had opened up, such as the top-up portal.

After topping up, the balance would be displayed in the Trading Pavilion. This balance could be used to buy gold coins sold by players; the Trading Pavilion only allowed the buying and selling of gold coins.

If you earned gold coins, you could sell them there to get a balance and then withdraw it.

Xiao Xing put on his gaming helmet and soon entered the game. His figure appeared in the Novice Village square.

Because Qing Lan had gone to the main city, causing the game update, no one else had entered the city today besides her.

The reason he waited until today was to wait for the Golden Finger's cooldown and then find Luge to become his disciple.

As soon as Xiao Xing reached the entrance of the General Store, he saw Yue Yue behind the stall. She was currently responsible for looking after the shop and selling sundries, while Luge focused on searching for Materials and crafting items.

"Brother Chen, why are you here!"

Seeing Xiao Xing arrive, the previously dazed Yue Yue instantly revealed a sweet smile. She then ran out from behind the stall and came before Xiao Xing's eyes.

Her actions left the players who were buying things on their own wide-eyed with shock.

They all opened their own interfaces to buy things, and this beautiful NPC ignored them completely. They didn't expect her to take the initiative to run out.

Who is this person?

His information was hidden, so they couldn't see anything. They hadn't seen Xiao Xing before either, so they could only stand there in confusion.

"Can't I come to see Yue Yue?"

Seeing her expression, Xiao Xing couldn't help but rub her head.

He felt great sympathy for Cheng Xiaoyue's past experiences. Seeing her cheerful appearance now, Xiao Xing was also very happy.

"Hmph! I've already grown up. Brother Chen, don't rub my head like I'm a child, okay?"

Having her head rubbed, Cheng Xiaoyue gave a huff and turned her head away, showing her dissatisfaction with Xiao Xing's actions.

"If I don't rub your head, where should I rub?"

Seeing her cute appearance, Xiao Xing lowered his hand and couldn't resist teasing her.

The NPCs in this game were very intelligent; it just depended on whether you had the ability to interact with them. In fact, many NPCs had higher IQs than players.

In the years of the game in his past life, many players were scammed into bankruptcy by NPCs. They were constantly seduced into topping up money and then buying things to give to NPCs, but in the end, they didn't even get a single hair of the promised Divine Artifacts or Divine Skills.

"Where to rub... rub... you can't rub anywhere!"

Hearing Xiao Xing's words, Cheng Xiaoyue was stunned. Once she reacted, her expression became somewhat bashful.

She was a girl; how could she let Xiao Xing rub her? No matter where it was, it wasn't allowed.

"Sigh, if I can't rub, then forget it. I'm leaving!"

Xiao Xing shook his head, showing a look of disappointment, and then prepared to turn around and leave.

He wasn't really going to leave; he just wanted to see how Cheng Xiaoyue would react next. She had 50 favorability points with Xiao Xing, which was about the level of a good friend, which was why she ran out to greet him.

"Brother Chen, you just got here, why are you leaving? Father is in the room. Are you looking for him?"

Seeing him about to leave, Cheng Xiaoyue quickly asked.

She could feel that Xiao Xing wasn't mainly here for her, so she was a bit angry and hadn't let Xiao Xing rub her head.

"I mainly came to see Yue Yue. Look, I even brought a beautiful gift for you."

Xiao Xing took out a Feather Sting and handed it to Cheng Xiaoyue. His face remained unchanged, as if he really had specifically brought a gift to see her.

This Feather Sting was a material dropped from the Great Lord Bee King. Its shape was similar to a longsword, and its entire body emitted a faint rainbow light, making it look very beautiful.

"Wow, so pretty! What is this?"

Seeing the gift Xiao Xing handed over, Cheng Xiaoyue held the Feather Sting in both hands, revealing a look of curiosity that was extremely cute.

"This? It's a feather I plucked from a giant hornet. For this gift, I almost didn't make it back. Do you like it?"

With Xiao Xing's IQ and experience from his past life, fooling an NPC like her was a piece of cake.

"Thank you, Brother Chen, for giving me such a beautiful gift. Yue Yue likes it so much."

After receiving the gift, Cheng Xiaoyue reached out and hugged his arm, showing a happy expression.

She didn't expect Brother Chen to take such a risk to pluck a giant hornet's feather just to give her a gift, so she felt Brother Chen was too good.

System notification: Cheng Xiaoyue's favorability toward you has increased by 20 points, totaling 70 points.

Xiao Xing was a bit surprised by the System notification. He didn't expect a single Feather Sting to add 20 points. It seemed these NPC girls were indeed easy to fool.

However, if he gave another one, it probably wouldn't have the same effect. But seeing how much she liked the Feather Sting, it should still increase a bit more.

Once favorability reached 70, there were more things one could do. It was roughly the level of a relative. Since they were like family, there would naturally be no problem if Xiao Xing wanted to rub her head.

"Here, there's one more. I plucked two in total, and I'm giving them both to you."

Xiao Xing took out another Feather Sting and handed it to her. He wanted to see if he could still increase the favorability.