Chapter 73: They Won’t Even Let Me Look? |
There were at least two to three times more goblins gathered here compared to earlier.
“So many...”
Even Jiang Chen was somewhat surprised.
But none of that mattered.
Jiang Chen was only responsible for selling goods.
As he thought this, Jiang Chen took out everything he had looted earlier.
First were the books.
Naturally, Jiang Chen had kept the skill books for himself. The books here were all ordinary books obtained earlier.
Jiang Chen could not understand the writing inside them.
So in Jiang Chen’s eyes, these kinds of books were simply what players in other games commonly referred to as trash.
Under normal circumstances, farming players would toss trash items into NPC shops every day in exchange for gold to increase their daily income.
Back when Jiang Chen used to grind games for money, he frequently did the same thing.
However, compared to Jiang Chen’s calmness, the goblins were anything but calm.
Upon seeing such precious books, even Gree’s voice trembled.
“Lady Vivian, are you truly willing to sell all these precious books to us?”
No!
Damn it! I don’t want to sell them at all!!!
Damn it! Lord Evil God, how could you sell such precious books?!
Although Vivian was unwilling a hundred times over, the words she least wanted to hear still came from her mouth.
“Yes!”
Hearing this, Gree and the other goblins became excited, while Vivian felt like crying.
“So how much are you offering?” Vivian continued asking.
Hearing this, the goblins gathered together and immediately began discussing noisily among themselves.
Watching them argue passionately and reasonably, Jiang Chen found it rather amusing.
Sometimes the details in this game were genuinely incredible.
In other games, when selling this kind of trash, players would simply walk up to an NPC, open the shop menu, dump everything in, and be done with it.
But this game?
It fully maxed out the immersion experience.
They even included bargaining.
Under Jiang Chen’s interested gaze, Gree soon jogged back over to him again.
“Lady Vivian, thank you so very much.”
“Books are tightly controlled by the nobles and rarely circulate outside.”
“And even when they do, they’re usually unimportant books. However, many of the books in your possession are extremely valuable.”
“Although we know the origins of these items may be somewhat problematic, that doesn’t matter. We’re still willing to purchase them at market price.”
“We calculated the total value of your books at three hundred gold coins.”
Hearing this, Jiang Chen nodded.
However, Jiang Chen was still somewhat surprised by what Gree said.
Originally, Jiang Chen thought this NPC would try to haggle prices downward.
“Not bad. You’ve got potential.” Vivian praised him before taking out other items.
The crystal chandelier.
Bookshelves made from special materials.
Jiang Chen sold all these miscellaneous items for nearly another five hundred gold coins.
Including the earlier trip he made, Jiang Chen roughly estimated the total value of everything at around 800 gold coins.
“Previously I had a total of 3000 gold coins. Using skills cost me 2000, and now I’ve recovered 800 here, leaving me with 1800.”
Of course, this calculation did not include the skill books, precious materials, and equipment currently in his possession.
Overall, Jiang Chen was still extremely satisfied with the harvest this time.
After the transaction ended, just as the goblins prepared to leave, Vivian’s voice suddenly rang out as though she had remembered something.
“Gree, have you found any leads regarding the matter I asked you to investigate earlier?”
Hearing this, Gree immediately ran over to the other goblins and said something.
Soon afterward, the goblins began discussing noisily once more.
Not long later, Gree jogged back over again.
“Lady Vivian, after my brothers investigated the matter, we’ve already found some clues.”
“The person spreading the rumors has extremely high status and acts very cautiously.”
“So we couldn’t gather too much information. However, we can confirm he is also a student at Saint Delra Magic Academy.”
Hearing this, Vivian nodded.
“I understand.”
“And what about Connor?”
Upon hearing this, Gree immediately called over a small goblin behind him.
The latter hurried over, appearing somewhat nervous upon seeing Vivian.
“Th-that... Lady Vivian, I saw Connor today.”
“He and his butler hid inside his residence in Silvermoon City. Later, Enforcement Officers went inside to search, but they didn’t find anything.”
The little goblin continued explaining.
“But I stole things from his house before, so I know there’s a basement there.”
“I didn’t dare explore too deeply into it.”
Hearing this, Vivian nodded before taking out two gold coins.
One was given to Gree, while the other was handed to the small goblin.
“Very good. Continue gathering information. The more detailed, the better. Don’t worry—you’ll be well rewarded.”
Upon hearing this, the two goblins accepted the gold coins and repeatedly thanked Vivian.
Seeing that everything was more or less handled, Vivian did not stay longer and soon left.
On the way back—
Vivian felt extremely depressed. Such precious books had all been sold to those goblins by Lord Evil God.
Although hearing those goblins call her Lady Vivian felt very satisfying—
The moment she thought about selling the books to them, Vivian could not feel happy at all.
“Damn Lord Evil God. Keeping those precious books for ourselves would’ve been so much better.”
“Why sell them?!”
While Vivian was still complaining—
Jiang Chen’s attention shifted toward the quest.
【NPC Quest: Gather Intelligence】
【Intelligence Obtained. First Phase: The mastermind behind the black-robed figure (Verified). Second Phase: Crush Connor’s conspiracy. Completion Progress: 30%】
【Intelligence Obtained: The person spreading the rumors (Identity pending confirmation). Progress: 1%】
【Reward Paid - 308 Gold Coins 90 Silver Coins】
【Current Evaluation: C+】
Seeing that the evaluation had already reached C+, Jiang Chen felt rather satisfied.
“Reached C+ this quickly.”
“Once I resolve the first intelligence mission, the evaluation should reach A. Then if I uncover the identity of the rumor spreader, the evaluation should at least reach S.”
“I wonder what the rewards for that level of evaluation will be.”
Closing the quest interface, Jiang Chen pondered silently.
Just like that, before long, they returned to the inn.
Watching Vivian open the door, Jiang Chen stretched lazily.
His gaze shifted toward the lower-right corner of the computer screen.
“It’s already two in the morning.”
“That’s about enough for today. The harvest was pretty excellent.”
“Tomorrow during the day, I’ll settle the academy matters properly. Once that’s done, I can live at the academy.”
As he spoke, the room door opened. After entering and closing the door—
The small room was worlds apart from the place they previously stayed in.
“Still, I have to say—even a room like this has ridiculously detailed design.”
After sighing in admiration, Jiang Chen froze just as he prepared to log out.
On the screen, a petite figure wrapped in a bath towel had just walked out of the bathroom.
The towel was not large. At the bottom, it barely reached her thighs. As long as a slight breeze blew or she made a bigger movement...
“Vivian, you’re back.”
Upon seeing Vivian, Lilith, who had just finished bathing, pointed toward the bathroom.
“I just heated some water. There should still be enough left for you to soak in.”
What Lilith did not realize was that with her stretching motion, one corner of the towel covering her chest had begun sliding downward.
“Holy crap!”
Jiang Chen’s eyes instantly lit up upon seeing this scene.
“There’s even福利..... huh....”
Then Jiang Chen became dumbfounded.
“Wait, holy light?”
“You’ve got to be kidding me.”
Still unwilling to give up, Jiang Chen suddenly rushed toward Lilith and instantly dropped flat onto the floor near her before—
“Damn it! More holy light? Who the hell are you censoring this for?!”
Lord Evil God’s voice sounded both furious and frustrated.
This nearly drove Vivian insane.
At this moment, Vivian suddenly remembered that this was also a very lustful Evil God.
Before Vivian could think further, the next words from Lord Evil God instantly filled her with panic.
Lilith, run!
Run!!
At this moment, Vivian was terrified to the extreme.
Her body uncontrollably stood up as both hands reached toward the towel wrapped around Lilith.
“No!!!”
Vivian screamed desperately.
Damn it!
You evil Evil God!
Stop!!
The moment her hands touched the towel, Vivian suddenly felt her body become lighter.
Her hands instantly froze in midair.
“Vivian, what are you doing?”
Lilith looked at Vivian with an expression as though she thought something was wrong with her. After a long pause, she finally forced out a sentence.
“Vivian... are you okay...?”
The latter hurriedly shook her head, her expression awkward.
“Haha, I was thanking you just now.”
“Thanking me?” Upon hearing Vivian’s explanation, Lilith recalled how Vivian had suddenly dropped to the floor like she was having an episode.
“You sure?”
The latter nodded repeatedly.
“That’s not important....”
“Haha, I’m going to bathe now.”
As she spoke, Vivian fled into the bathroom and quickly shut the door.
.....
Meanwhile, on Jiang Chen’s side—
【Due to violating player conduct regulations, your game login privileges have been suspended. Remaining suspension time: 4 minutes 59 seconds....】
Seeing this, Jiang Chen instantly became dissatisfied.
“What do you mean I violated player conduct regulations?”
“Seriously, where exactly did I violate anything?!”
“And besides, you already created the scene—now you won’t even let people look at it?”
“If you weren’t going to let players look, then why the hell did you even make it?”
Jiang Chen was extremely displeased.
He had not even seen anything before holy light covered everything, and now he had even been suspended from logging into the game.
Was there even any justice left in this world?
After checking the time—
“Forget it. I’ll eat something and sleep!”
As he spoke, Jiang Chen got up and walked toward the kitchen.
Opening the refrigerator, he took out a carton of milk and several pieces of bread. After quickly finishing them and washing up, Jiang Chen prepared to head to bed.
However, the moment he returned to his room, he saw the game still sitting on the login screen.
The login suspension countdown had already disappeared.
Originally, Jiang Chen planned to directly shut down the computer. But just as he was about to power it off, he suddenly slapped his thigh as something came to mind.
“Crap, I knew I forgot something.”
“Damn it, I still haven’t opened that safe-like metal box.”
“There’s definitely good stuff inside. No way—I have to log in and check, otherwise I won’t sleep peacefully!”
As he thought this, Jiang Chen immediately clicked the login button.
The game screen lit up once again.
.....
The bathtub in the small inn was not very large.
At this moment, Vivian curled herself inside the bathtub, with only her little head exposed.
“As expected, after a busy day, soaking in a bath is the best reward.”
However, right at that moment, Vivian suddenly sensed something wrong.
That familiar sensation returned.
Could it be!!!?