78: Farming equipment

These items were for Tian Chen and the others, intended as a small gesture of help.

If Xiao Xing learned of any difficulties they faced in the future, he would still lend a helping hand.

"Brother Tian Chen, take these items and divide them among yourselves."

After Three-Year-Old Cute grumbled a bit and reluctantly left the pile of treasures, Xiao Xing called out to them.

"Brother Jian Chen, we haven't done anything. If there's anything you need help with, just say the word."

Tian Chen and the others cupped their hands toward Xiao Xing, but they still didn't move to take the items.

He believed that Xiao Xing must need them for something; otherwise, why would he give them items for no reason?

"This is compensation for poaching someone from your team. If you have any trouble in the future, you can send me a message."

Xiao Xing sent a friend request to Tian Chen. He certainly wouldn't mention things from his past life, so he could only use Three-Year-Old Cute as an excuse.

"Then, thank you. If there's anything we can do to help in the future, feel free to contact us anytime."

After cupping his hands slightly, Tian Chen led his people over to take the items. Xiao Xing had offered twice already; refusing again would seem a bit pretentious.

Thus, he didn't hesitate any longer. Getting to know an expert like Jian Chen was certainly not a bad thing.

After packing up the items, Tian Chen and his group left the area.

Once they were gone, Xiao Xing left the party and had Three-Year-Old Cute take his place. Then, they also left the third-floor space.

Just as the girls left the map with the Dungeon Clearance Certificate, a System announcement suddenly rang out, giving them a start.

System Regional Announcement: Attention everyone! The Guild Leader of the You Lan Guild—You Lan—undeterred by hardships, led her capable subordinates Ruo Lan, Ling Lan, Xue Lan, Three-Year-Old Cute, and others to battle demons in the dungeon for three days and nights. They finally defeated the Evil Sky Archmage and successfully achieved the first clear of the Level 20 Dungeon. As a reward, the You Lan Guild is granted 2,000 Reputation points! [1630.455]

System Regional Announcement: Attention everyone! The Guild Leader of the You Lan Guild—You Lan—undeterred by hardships, led her capable subordinates Ruo Lan, Ling Lan, Xue Lan, Three-Year-Old Cute, and others to battle demons in the dungeon for three days and nights. They finally defeated the Evil Sky Archmage and successfully achieved the first clear of the Level 20 Dungeon. As a reward, the You Lan Guild is granted 2,000 Reputation points! [1630.455]

...Three consecutive regional announcements rang out, leaving the players throughout Holy Light City both shocked and delighted.

They were shocked that such an obscure guild could be so formidable, and delighted that there was now a dungeon available for them to run.

A dungeon meant massive amounts of experience and equipment.

In such an isolated dungeon map, there was no need to worry about others stealing loot.

At that moment, the girls at the dungeon entrance snapped out of it and embraced each other, weeping with joy, their expressions full of celebration.

When they received the certificate, they knew it was for a dungeon, but they hadn't expected a System announcement.

Following this announcement, the You Lan Guild caught the eye of every player in Holy Light City, leaving a deep impression.

Everyone believed that the You Lan Guild was a hidden, high-end guild.

Though obscure before, with everyone currently only around Level 10, being the first to clear a Level 20 Dungeon was enough to prove the You Lan Guild's strength.

Qing Lan and the others, who were recruiting in the central plaza, were also overjoyed upon hearing the announcement. But before their excitement could last long, they were surrounded by a massive crowd of players.

Furthermore, the number of players continued to grow. Their original recruitment message was already driving people wild, and with the first clear announcement, it directly attracted countless people wanting to join the guild.

Few could resist the temptation of high rewards and massive amounts of equipment, especially since this was a hidden, high-end guild.

Seeing the dense swarm of players flocking toward them, Qing Lan scratched her head, feeling a bit troubled.

These people were mostly Level 15, making her unsure of whom she should or shouldn't add.

Although the guild had reached Level 2, it could only accommodate 5,000 members.

Seeing this, Peerless Under Heaven, who was standing nearby, changed the joining requirement to at least Level 16.

Instantly, countless players began to wail and complain, forced to quickly form parties and leave the city to level up.

Despite the changed requirement, the guild's roster was soon full, and the two had no choice but to pack up and leave.

On Xiao Xing's side, hearing the System announcement reminded him of the guild base issue. He directly gave You Lan a Guild Base Land Deed and 1 billion gold coins.

He told her to hurry back to the city to set up the base and then build the warehouse, mission hall, exchange hall, and so on.

You Lan was deeply moved by this. She became even more convinced of her suspicion; she had previously suspected that Xiao Xing was the one who sold the 100 billion gold coins, and now she was certain.

Xiao Xing produced 1 billion gold coins without even batting an eye. Without a massive amount of gold, how could he be so extravagant? Moreover, he was the one who opened the Lucky Chamber of Commerce.

The girls finally realized just how terrifying Xiao Xing was—not just in strength, but in every aspect.

After You Lan left, Xiao Xing led the others to Flame Wolf Valley to farm equipment.

Flame Wolf Valley was to the northwest of the city. It was a valley surrounded by mountains on all sides and was a Level 20 ordinary map.

Because the valley wasn't very large but was teeming with Flame Wolves, players in his past life were unwilling to come here to level up.

Arriving at Flame Wolf Valley, Three-Year-Old Cute reluctantly hopped off the Divine Deer.

While riding the Divine Deer, she had been touching it everywhere, sometimes lying flat, sometimes leaning back, absolutely delighted.

She had already decided that no matter what, she would find a way to get her hands on the Divine Deer.

The girls had originally planned to help kill monsters, but Xiao Xing instructed them to just pick up the equipment while he charged into the packs of Flame Wolves.

When they saw Xiao Xing's true strength, they felt despair; the gap was like a heavenly chasm.

They couldn't imagine that a player had already reached this level. Wasn't this the kind of power that should only appear in the Late Stage of the game?

But soon, they began to grow more and more excited as they discovered that Xiao Xing not only killed monsters quickly but also dropped a massive amount of equipment and Materials.

Every time Xiao Xing wiped out a large wave of Flame Wolves, the ground in the area would be completely covered in various treasures, making them feel as if they were in an ocean of equipment.

After the initial excitement, they quickly dropped to the ground and worked hard to dig up all sorts of treasures, completely disregarding any ladylike image.

Since entering the game, not only was leveling difficult, but despite fighting tooth and nail, they had hardly dropped any Bronze Equipment.

Now, the ground was covered in Bronze and Silver Equipment.

Furthermore, every hour, not only was there a large amount of Silver Equipment, but quite a few Gold pieces appeared as well.

They didn't know why Gold Equipment was dropping, but with items covering the ground before them, they didn't care about the details—they just wanted to pocket it all.

As time passed, Xiao Xing and the others had been farming equipment here for three days.

The girls had all reached Rank 25, and they had long since occupied the top four spots on the Rank Leaderboard.

With their experience constantly rising and countless pieces of equipment and treasures, they hadn't been able to sleep at night for several days.