The Boss Behind The Game
chapter-170

Chapter 170: Buddy Recruitment (Part 1)

Before leaving Sunset Island, the members of the Great Dragon Guild harvested a huge amount of Sunset Herbs and added them to their inventory, keeping them for future use in order to increase their personal values.

As the Great Dragon Warship slowly sailed away from the shore, Fengling stood on the deck as she watched Sunset Island from afar. She was swamped with emotions.

Her long hair danced in the wind. She reached out and held her petal-woven hat in place as it was about to blow away. From the look in her eyes, she was slightly sorrowful and almost reluctant to leave.

“Sister Fengling, when we arrive in Beiqi, I’ll introduce many friends to you. Oh, yes! There’s also the Wood Spirit Clan who know how to brew wine. They’re fun people,” seeing the sorrow on Fengling’s face, Xue Li, who stood next to her, tried to offer consolation.

“Sure,” Fengling replied with a faint smile. Her charming demeanor suddenly left Xue Li, who was also a woman herself, in a trance for a moment.

Then, Fengling playfully stuck her tongue out, “Xue Li, let me sing a song for you.”

“Sure, I want to hear it,” upon hearing that Fengling wanted to sing, Xue Li immediately nodded.

Fengling blinked and put her hands together on her chest. Then, she lowered her head and began to sing.

An angelic, melodious voice echoed across the Great Dragon Warship, as if it was bidding farewell to a certain lover or telling a beautiful story. It soothed one’s mind and all the members of the Great Dragon Guild immersed themselves in the song.

The warship sailed through the waves as her voice resonated across the atmosphere. Then, it slowly vanished into the horizon.

When the Great Dragon Warship docked at the Liuli Coast, the crew disembarked the ship. The first thing they did was to bring Fengling to the barbecue stall managed by the Great Dragon Guild. They wanted to treat her to a great meal.

Seeing so much meat on the table, Fengling’s eyes sparkled. She refused to let go of the roasted meat in her hand even when her belly was stuffed round. If Xue Li did not stop her, Chen Ziyu reckoned Fengling would possibly stuff herself to death.

After Fengling had a full feast, the members of the Great Dragon Guild took her to the Mansion of the Dead.

All this while, they brought along Xiao Tian, who was still wrapped up like a mummy.

Originally, Chen Ziyu wanted to kill Xiao Tian on the ship to eliminate any possible sequel. However, the game notification changed his mind.

[Special Quest: Capturing the General of the Enemy]:

Quest Information: Bring the heavily injured Xiao Tian to Tong Gua’s place.

Quest Rewards: 10,000 soul coins as reward, one Epic Level custom-made weapon (Level 55).

Chen Ziyu could not reject the temptations. Since he had advanced to become a Rune Master, he longed for a pair of custom-made boxing gloves. However, it would cost him a great amount of soul coins and he could not afford to make one yet.

So, after some consideration and discussion with the guild members, they decided to hand Xiao Tian to Tong Gua, in exchange for the luring rewards.

After entering the safe zone of the Mansion of the Dead, Chen Ziyu received another quest notification.

[Special Quest: Buddy Recruitment]:

Quest Description: Make Fengling, the member of the Singingwood Clan, recite the vow below (500 words hidden)

Quest Reward: Fengling will become the NPC of Beiqi under the possession of the Great Dragon Guild. She will acquire a unique ability, Immortalized Soul!

[Immortalize Soul (A Unique Passive Skill Bound to NPCs)]:

Skill Description: The character transformed into a guild NPC will acquire an immortalized soul. After death, the character will be revived at the Guild Station after spending an amount of soul coins which is equivalent to the character’s strength. (If no station is present, the soul will be kept temporarily and it cannot be revived!)

This notification greatly delighted Chen Ziyu and his gang.

Fengling was merely a weak woman. Although this area within the Mansion of the Dead was safe, nobody could ensure that the apocalypse would not happen again in the near future. If the players were killed as a group, then nobody could keep Fengling’s safe.

Fengling was a game character just like Cha Na and the Rock Ghost King. Neither of them was at the player’s side and could not be revived after dying.

However, this changed the game. If they converted Fengling into a NPC, this major problem would be solved.

The crowd then encircled Fengling, who was rubbing her stuffed belly.

Upon seeing this, Fengling lifted her gaze adorably. Her eyes glimmered in confusion.

“Sister Fengling, repeat a sentence after me!” Xue Li cried excitedly.

“No, no! I’m so stuffed and my belly might explode,” Fengling shook her head.

“After you recite it, I’ll reward you with ten grilled Hawthorn Fishes!” Xue Li had to show her trump card in this situation.

The Hawthorn Fish was a spiritual fish. Xue Li believed that Fengling would definitely fall for it.

Indeed, Fengling’s eyes lit up upon Xue Li’s mention of the Hawthorn Fish, “I’ll repeat after you!”

So, Fengling repeated after Xue Li, one sentence followed by another, and cited the entire vow of 500 words. Soon, the artifact detected the fluctuation of Fengling’s soul and absorbed it into the artifact.

As Fengling was not as strong as Tong Gua, Lu Wu and Bei Li did not show up this time. The artifact began to digitize her soul independently according to the program.

Within five minutes, Fengling was sent out of the channel again.

“Yawn… I think I’d fallen asleep just now,” appearing confused, Fengling lifted her gaze to find Chen Ziyu and the others staring at her expectantly.

“Sister Fengling, can you see it? Can you see the Guild Menu? We can communicate via the guild channel from now on.”

For a brief moment, Fengling did not know how to react until a notification, sent by the artifact, appeared in her head. Immediately, she understood what a Guild Menu was.

After making sure that Fengling had turned into a NPC, Chen Ziyu decided to hand Xiao Tian over to complete the quest before discussing the manufacturing of the medicinal powder with Fengling.

When they arrived at Tong Gua’s Forge, the Great Dragon Guild members knew their guess was right.

Tong Gua’s Forge was closed on a daily basis. The obnoxious warning sign was still hanging at the conspicuous spot.

Bang! Bang!

Chen Ziyu had no other way but to knock on the door.

As Chen Ziyu was knocking on the door, Lu Wu, who had been watching all along, growled. He woke the drunken Tong Gua up and told him what to do next.

Having no choice, Tong Gua could only get up to open the door.

“You’re here? Leave it here. You’ve completed the quest.”

After Wang Damang placed Xiao Tian down, Tong Gua spoke again, “Oh, yea. Close the door when you leave.”

“Master Tong Gua, what about our reward, the custom-made weapon?”

After hearing that they had completed the quest, but all they had gotten were the soul coins, Chen Ziyu could not help but question Tong Gua.

“Tomorrow, come again tomorrow!” Tong Gua waved his hand, looking annoyed as if he did not want to be bothered.

Chen Ziyu and his pals had no choice but to step out of the workshop and close the door on their way out.

“Sister Fengling, we’ll take you to the Wood Spirit Clan now. You can stay there temporarily until you have your own station. What do you think?”

“Oh, sure. I’d love to see the kind members of Wood Spirit Clan that you’ve talked about so much,” Fengling’s face shone with curiosity.

When Fengling described the members of the Wood Spirit Clan as kind people, Chen Ziyu and the others shot their eyes at Xue Li.

“I… I said they were…” Xue Li explained nervously.

As the crowd was moving toward the Wood Spirit Clan’s residency, Xue Li asked Fengling curiously.

“Sister Fengling, how much Sunset Powder can you produce in a day?”

“Sunset Powder? I have no idea how to make it!” Fengling blinked, appearing innocent.

“Cough… cough, cough!”

Chen Ziyu and the gang, who were eavesdropping the conversation, coughed. Meanwhile, Xue Li seemed stunned, with her mouth agape.

“You… you don’t know how to make Sunset Powder?” Xue Li, who thought she had misunderstood Fengling, repeated her question.

“No, I don’t. However, my mother knows how to make it,” Fengling squinted as she replied.

The Great Dragon Guild members were left speechless.

“Then, do you know how to make other potions?” Xue Li still carried a string of hope in her.

“Nope. It’s such a hassle to make the potions. Therefore, I never learned anything. I only focused on learning how to fish.”

This time it was Xue Li that was left with no words.

At that instance, the dreams of the members of the Great Dragon Guild were crushed. They were all glued to the ground, looking stupefied.

“What’s wrong with you all?” Fengling blinked.

Chen Ziyu and the others shook their heads and forced a smile, although they were all extremely upset.

To open a potion store and to get rich? All these dreams have been crushed!