46: Sweep the treasure vault

These were the items Xiao Xing had looted.

As for Qing Lan, she had looted a Level 30 Epic staff and several other decent items, though that staff was suitable for Mages.

But she didn't show a hint of regret, as she intended to take it back to her sister; Xiao Xing didn't say much and even gave her several skill books to take back as well.

Instead of selling these things for a few thousand or ten thousand gold coins, it was better to give them to his own people; Xiao Xing didn't care for that much money anyway.

After tidying up the items, Xiao Xing led Qing Lan toward the stone door at the back.

When they stepped through the stone door, they found only a small room inside, containing nothing but a few decorations.

However, Xiao Xing had heard that Yaofeng Town's treasury was located here; if it wasn't on the ground, then it must be underground.

"Qing Lan, help me knock on the floor. Tell me if you find a spot that sounds hollow."

After instructing her, Xiao Xing took out his weapon and began tapping.

Qing Lan, who was about to ask why, realized what was happening and didn't ask further, following Xiao Xing's lead and starting to tap as well.

"Brother Jian Chen, here! It's hollow under here."

Before long, Qing Lan shouted out.

Hearing her, Xiao Xing walked over quickly.

Confirming the floor was hollow, Xiao Xing began to pry the floor tile with his sword, and soon enough, he managed to get it out.

System Prompt: Congratulations on discovering Yaofeng Town's treasury.

"Wow, it's really a treasury!"

Hearing the System prompt, Qing Lan cried out in excitement, then knelt on the ground, peering inside.

She loved all kinds of treasures most of all; now that a treasury had appeared, she was beyond excited, even forgetting her fear.

"You go in first, there are many treasures inside."

Xiao Xing intended to use the word "treasure" to motivate her and see if she dared to go down.

Since she was already starting to adapt to this environment, he wanted to push her a bit more to get her used to it, so she wouldn't be so afraid in the future, whether in reality or in the game.

"For real?"

Qing Lan looked up at Xiao Xing, a hint of doubt on her face.

She thought that in the game, equipment and treasures only dropped from killing monsters; she didn't expect there to be a place like a treasury with so many treasures.

If it were true, a whole town's treasury—wouldn't that be a lot of treasure?

Thinking of this, she no longer hesitated and began to crawl into the entrance.

Xiao Xing followed closely behind into the treasury, but the endless treasures he imagined didn't appear; there was only a small mountain of gold coins and a set of equipment.

"Brother Jian Chen, so many gold coins!"

Seeing the pile of glittering gold coins, Qing Lan squatted down and kept scooping them up with her hands.

These were physical gold coins, not just numbers in a backpack; it was like the difference between a WeChat balance and countless gold bars in a bank vault, providing quite a visual impact.

"You take charge of picking up this pile of gold coins."

Xiao Xing didn't care much about the gold; while the pile looked visually impressive, it would probably only amount to about ten thousand coins once collected.

He was preparing for a major operation that would net him much more; only then could he accomplish something no one could imagine.

Ignoring her as she picked up the gold, Xiao Xing walked toward the set of equipment.

This was a Level 30 dark gold set called the Heaven Armor Set.

He then gave the set to Qing Lan; if it were before, it might have been fine, but now that he had the Level 30 thunder set, he didn't care much for this kind of set.

If any other team had come and found a set and gold, they would definitely be ecstatic, but since he even had a Divine Artifact, he felt this gear was just mediocre.

After giving the set to Qing Lan, he asked her to trade the gold coins over to him.

He had a great use for these gold coins; they were the startup capital for his major operation.

Afterward, they returned to the surface, and after letting Qing Lan mount the Divine Deer, he began sweeping through the monsters here.

The monsters here were just ordinary mobs and respawned very quickly, and the area of a town was quite large.

Whenever he pulled a dense crowd of ghosts, he would either use Aurora Dance to wipe them out or use the Divine Deer's Trample skill; his killing speed was not at all slower than when he was in the Saber-toothed Tiger's territory.

Although pulling large groups of mobs took some time, thanks to the killing speed and the high experience from challenging higher-level mobs, each Level 30 monster provided them with over 3,000 experience points, so their Rank increased very quickly.

After repeatedly killing like this, more than half a day passed before they knew it, and both people and the deer had reached Rank 28.

At the same time, due to the luck necklace, Xiao Xing harvested over 3,500 Silver-grade thunder set pieces by the end of the day.

Other Level 30 Silver and Bronze equipment added up to over 10,000 pieces, along with quite a few copper coins.

If others knew about this ability to farm equipment, they would probably curse his entire family.

Actually, Xiao Xing couldn't help it; his luck stat was simply too high. If not for his Golden Finger, an item like the luck necklace might not be obtained by anyone even in the Late Stage.

Without such a high luck stat, even if he farmed for a whole day, he might not even get 10 pieces of the thunder set; that was the difference.

To put it simply, it wasn't that he wanted to be like this, but his strength just wouldn't allow otherwise; there was no helping it.

"Brother Jian Chen, I need to log off to eat. I'll come back later, okay?"

They leveled until about 7 PM when Qing Lan saw a message from her sister, so she said goodbye to Xiao Xing, intending to eat before playing more.

They planned to reach Rank 30 today and rest after they could equip their sets.

"Alright, log on at eight sharp. We'll rest once we reach Rank 30."

After Xiao Xing finished speaking, he also logged off directly.

He and Qing Lan had already hidden their Ranks, and the two of them had long since disappeared from the Rank leaderboards, so not many people would notice their Ranks.

Additionally, Xiao Xing had hidden the mount rankings, equipment rankings, and everything else, so he didn't have to worry about trolls at all.

After logging off, Xiao Xing picked up his Mango phone and prepared to go eat.

Glancing at his phone, he saw a missed call; Xiao Xing checked and saw it was from his landlord.

This landlord basically never called him except to collect rent; he didn't expect her to call now.

Immediately, Xiao Xing pressed the landlord's number to call back, as he also happened to have something he wanted her help with.

He wanted her to help him get a driver's license; he heard she had some connections and could get it done if he paid.

He wanted to improve his quality of life, and it would be awkward if he didn't have a driver's license then.

"Hello, is this Xiao Xing?"

As soon as the call connected, a clear voice came through.

The landlord was a 30-year-old woman who was quite beautiful; he didn't know why she hadn't married yet.

"Sister Mu, it's me!"

Hearing her voice, Xiao Xing's brow furrowed, but he still responded.

He could hear that she sounded very exhausted, the kind of exhaustion that comes right after finishing some business.

"Oh, are you free to come over to my place for a moment?"

After Mu Yaner logged off today, she found that her home computer had a blue screen; restarting didn't help, and a skull kept appearing on the screen.