Chapter 176
Shi Sheng ended up skipping the orientation ceremony lest she be tempted into hacking the leads to death if she saw them again. This was probably because she was a stepmother-type author; she just wouldn’t feel comfortable unless she tortured the female lead.
By the time Shi Sheng arrived home that evening, the update was finally done. So the first thing she did after logging on was to check what was new.
The world chat was currently discussing the Camp Wars, following the announcement that the first one was to be held at the end of the month.
Twinklegem Tower had also been upgraded and now had 120 floors.
Shi Sheng next went to the forums and found that the thread that was dissing Sang Yu earlier had already disappeared.
‘Boring… can’t even pick a proper fight.’
Shi Sheng returned to the game and messaged Ink Seeker.
‘Hey, since when did I(bbb) not speak properly?’
Couple skills could only be learned once Intimacy had reached a certain point.
Ink Seeker wasn’t alone when Shi Sheng teleported to those co-ords. Beside him was a lower-levelled player called “Call Me Profiteer No.1”, and considering how there were no records in the area chat, they were probably private messaging each other.
‘Those little bitches never call me “Dashen”—it’s always ‘music’ this, ‘music’ that! No respect at all!’
‘Sell? How would I sell it? It’s soulbound!’
The two were silent again for a while, so they were probably trading.
Shi Sheng’s face as she messaged Ink Seeker: (||| ¬_¬)
‘Actually hacking the system just so he could sell that…’
‘It’s a one-of-a-kind outfit! One of a kind! Pulling aggro’s a snitch with this!’
Profiteer started getting excited. ‘A one-of-a-kind couple’s outfit! It’s worth a ton! I can flip it for so much proffffit!’
‘Follow the husband’s example? Fuck you! He should be following mine! Don’t you know how to speak? Idiot!’
‘What did I say wrong? Don’t be like this!’
Profiteer felt like he’d received 10,000 points of damage from her.
Having dominated the business world (in-game) for years now, he knew that the scariest people to deal with weren’t those that played sly tricks or cunning sleights of hand, but those that were utterly shameless in negotiations—especially those who didn’t care about money at all.
This type of people didn’t have any weaknesses, so there was simply no way to get what you wanted from them if they didn’t want to.
Profiteer ran off after saying this, as if he was afraid of Shi Sheng causing trouble for him.
Ink Seeker initially thought that they were just going to do some couple quests together, but he had forgotten that this new wife of his was into flamboyant, flaunting displays meant to vex everyone to death. How would she follow the crowd like an obedient little sheep and simply go do what everybody else did?
He was brought to Dream Restoration Peak, the place that was acclaimed to have the best scenery in the game and where the entrance to the “Dream Of A Thousand Years” secret realm was located.
Dream Restoration Peak was a mountain with a giant cherry blossom tree at the top, and a sea of smaller cherry blossoms at the base.
Due to the little pink petals drifting and floating slowly in the air, the area had an ethereal and romantic feel to it that made it immensely popular among the players.
Shi Sheng climbed to the top of the mountain, swiftly bought some fireworks and gave them to Ink Seeker.
Fireworks were typically items for weddings, but there was actually another type that was used to increase Intimacy. Ink Seeker discovered that the ones Shi Sheng had bought were the very expensive ones.
‘This woman actually bought the 999g packs…’
Worth 999g each, these packs contained 99 fireworks and each firework could increase Intimacy by 1,314 points.
‘And she gave me 20 packs…
Wastrel!!!’
The Intimacy stat was currently capped at 52013141 points. Apparently, reaching it would unlock a very awesome couple skill as well as a title, but no one had achieved it as of yet.
‘She’s planning on reaching the cap by giving me so many packs, isn’t she?’
Shi Sheng was easily provoked, as you can tell.
Ink Seeker silently started setting off fireworks while thinking to himself, ‘Women are so temperamental.’
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What greeted Shi Sheng after she came back from her meal were people who had nothing else to discuss on world chat but the topic of Ink Seeker setting off fireworks for her on Dream Restoration Peak.
Beautiful Land was also the name of another item used to increase Intimacy, and it was worth 5,200 gold. That’s right, 5,200g for one item, not a package. To say that it was damn expensive was an understatement.