Chapter 71: Quest Conditions
Chapter 71: Quest Conditions
Chen Mo walked towards Selena. Selena’s gaze shifted, and she also looked at Chen Mo.
Looking Chen Mo up and down as he approached, Selena nodded. “You are not bad. Much better than those guys earlier, and even better than the three I met a few days ago.”
The three from a few days ago?
Chen Mo was slightly surprised. The meaning behind Selena’s words was that before he came, three people had already visited her and left a good impression.
This was not a simple matter.
Meeting Selena up close, Chen Mo confirmed that Selena’s good impression of him was not because of the Fallen One title. Unlike Grisen, there was no envy or hatred in Selena’s blue eyes. The reason she treated him well was likely due to a combination of various factors.
Human Race Reputation, Favorability, honor, and so on. The Fallen One title might be useful, but it was definitely not the main factor.
“Master Selena, I heard some things about you from Boboer.” Chen Mo stepped forward and said respectfully.
“Hmph! It’s that little Fatty again. Now, aside from him, probably no one in Shadow City remembers me.” Selena snorted coldly and looked at Chen Mo. “Why are you looking for me? Let me say this first, you are all so weak. I have nothing that needs your help.”
If you were stronger, would you need help then?
Chen Mo muttered in his heart and stated his purpose. “Boboer said you know a special Alchemy skill.”
“You want to learn it?” Selena narrowed her eyes and looked at Chen Mo.
“Yes!”
Selena fell silent, as if thinking. Chen Mo did not disturb her. If Selena was unwilling to teach, she would have refused directly. Her thinking meant there was a chance.
After thinking for a while, Selena spoke. “Teaching you is not impossible. But over the years, I have suffered a lot because of this Alchemy. I have seen many ungrateful people. I will not teach you for free. I have two requirements. As long as you can meet one of them, I will teach you.”
“No problem!” Chen Mo said quickly. Doing a Quest to learn a skill was natural. He never thought he could learn the skill just by talking to Selena here.
“First, Boboer has a Bloody Cat’s Eye gem. Second, I am very poor recently and need 100 Gold Coins to get by. As long as you bring me the Bloody Cat’s Eye gem or give me 100 Gold Coins, I will teach you the Blood Refining Art!” Selena said slowly.
Hearing it was a choice between two, Chen Mo thought the Quest would not be too difficult. But after Selena told him what he had to do, Chen Mo realized this was totally unfair.
The Bloody Cat’s Eye gem sounded like a rare and valuable thing, and it was in the hands of that greedy Fatty Boboer. Given how he sold a level 13 Purple Equipment necklace for 188 Gold Coins, it was impossible for him not to sell this Bloody Cat’s Eye gem for a few hundred Gold Coins! Even if there was a Quest from Boboer, it would be equivalent to a Quest worth several hundred Gold Coins. As a level ten Player, he probably did not even have the qualification to accept such a Quest!
The second option was more straightforward, but 100 Gold Coins was no different from robbery!
Currently, only real-life tycoons could take out 100 Gold Coins. Even tycoons might not be able to get them, because Players had very few coins now. It was not something you could just buy if you wanted.
However, Selena also said the skill she taught was called “Blood Refining Art.” This skill sounded impressive just by its name. Probably any Player would be willing to spend 100 Gold Coins to learn it.
This was not a skill you could learn just by wanting to. Many Players before him had begged Selena, but she paid them no attention.
“What, having regrets?” Seeing Chen Mo silent, Selena raised an eyebrow.
“Not at all! Master Selena, please wait for my good news!” Chen Mo replied immediately.
“Good, I give you three days. If you cannot meet either condition, act as if I never mentioned this.”
Selena gave a Quest time limit.
System Notification: You accepted the Quest “Selena’s Request.”
Quest: Selena’s Request
Quest Difficulty: Unknown
Quest Content: Obtain the “Bloody Cat’s Eye” or “100 Gold Coins”
Quest Time Limit: Three days
Quest Reward: Selena will teach the skill “Blood Refining Art.”
Seeing the System Notification appear, Chen Mo breathed a sigh of relief.
In the Game, Quests were mainly divided into two types. One type was this kind that appeared on the Quest panel. For this type of Quest, as long as you completed it, the reward would definitely not be discounted.
The other type was verbal agreements with NPCs. However, the final Quest reward might be different from what was initially agreed upon. There could even be cases where the NPC went back on their word. Some Players on the Forum had already been tricked. But for this type of Quest, when completed, you might also get a much better reward than agreed.
After accepting the Quest, Chen Mo turned, ready to find Boboer.
Although he felt it was unlikely to get the Bloody Cat’s Eye gem from Boboer, he still had to try.
But at this moment, three Players walked towards him.
Two males and one female. All three had good equipment, especially the male and female who were closer together. At a glance, Chen Mo could tell their equipment was probably all Green Equipment, and they might even have Purple Equipment.
The other male had slightly worse equipment. From his attitude towards the other two, this male seemed like their follower.
The follower stepped forward and blocked Chen Mo’s path. “What did you just say to Selena?”
“None of your business.” Chen Mo replied rudely. Since the other party did not even understand basic manners, he did not need to be polite.
The follower’s face changed, and he was about to get angry. Although they had not come closer, they had long noticed Selena’s attitude. That was definitely something that appeared only when an event was triggered!
But at this moment, the gentle-looking man next to the female Player waved his hand, telling him to step aside.
“Sorry, brother, my subordinate does not know how to speak. Let me introduce myself. The three of us are from the Lingyun Guild. I am Bai Yu, a core member of the Lingyun Guild. She is Ling Yue, an elder of the Lingyun Guild, from the real-world Ling Financial Group.”
Bai Yu only introduced himself and Ling Yue. He did not introduce the follower, who really seemed to be just a follower. When introducing Ling Yue, Ling Yue’s chest noticeably lifted a bit higher.
The Lingyun Guild was not well-known in the Game, but when it came to the Ling Financial Group, not many people in real life did not know about it. Ordinary Players, when facing someone from such a large Financial Group, would inevitably feel inferior upon hearing it.
But Chen Mo never cared for these Financial Groups and big families.
“What does that have to do with me?” Chen Mo’s attitude did not change because of Bai Yu’s politeness.
“Brother, don’t misunderstand. We are not trying to show off. We just want you to know that if you can provide some information that others don’t know, we will definitely not treat you badly!” Bai Yu said with a smile.
“I don’t know anything. Even if I did, I wouldn’t tell you.” Chen Mo did not want to waste time with them and turned to leave.
The follower was immediately furious. He moved his feet, about to step forward and intercept.
A cold light flashed in Chen Mo’s eyes, and he felt a killing intent.
This guy, used to throwing his weight around in real life, wants to do the same in the Game?
“Stop!” But Bai Yu called the follower to halt.
With no one blocking him, Chen Mo did not bother with them further and left directly.
“Xiao Yue, you should replace this follower of yours. If this continues, I’m afraid you will disappoint your sister’s expectations.” After Chen Mo walked away, Bai Yu glanced at the follower and said calmly.
Ling Yue’s face changed. She said coldly to the follower, “Qi Mo, go to the HR department tomorrow to get your pay!”
Qi Mo panicked upon hearing this. “Miss Ling, please give me one more chance. There won’t be a next time!”
“No need to fire him. Since he can stay by your side, he must have some ability. Just give him a different position.” Bai Yu shook his head.
“Thank you, Brother Bai!” Qi Mo quickly thanked him. In his heart, he hated that guy from earlier. If not for him, he would not have almost been fired!
…
More than three hours later, Chen Mo came out of the jewelry store.
Regarding the Bloody Cat’s Eye gem, Chen Mo went to see Boboer. But this time, Boboer completely played dumb, saying he had never heard of such a thing. From Boboer’s attitude, Chen Mo knew even bribery would not make him talk.
There was no other way. Now he could only take the other path.
One hundred Gold Coins was a huge amount of money, but Chen Mo could still come up with it.
After all, he had killed the mutated BOSS more than ten times in the Starter Village. He had over a hundred pieces of Blue Equipment and Green Equipment. Selling them all to get over a hundred Gold Coins would not be a problem.