Chapter 50 - Killing people

Edited by Divetus

Jing Huan wasnt only upset looking at Yearning For, but even NCHs game interface was an eyesore right now.

So, he just shut down the game and went to bed.

He stared at the ceiling and blankly thought, what nonsense had he spouted just now?

It was all because Yearning For had been constantly nagging him that he made such a stupid excuse.

For a moment Jing Huan covered his eyes with his arms. Had he been so fierce just now that all of his efforts of the past months would go to waste?

No way, right?

Dont they all say that girls on their period were the meanest, Yearning For shouldnt be that petty

Jing Huan turned over on the bed and buried his face in the pillow.

Why should he care about him! If he made a mistake then he can talk about it later! Whats more, he didnt say anything overboard just now, at most he had maybe used too many exclamation marks.

If Yearning For really was angry, then he just had a heart of gla.s.s.

The cellphone on the table abruptly vibrated.

Jing Huan let out a big sigh, and not s.h.i.+fting his position, reached out to the table and grabbed his cellphone.

Xiang Huaizhi: Are you there.

It turned out to be Xiang Huaizhi.

Jing Huan blinked and typed weakly.

Xiao Jing

ya

: Im here, Gege.

Xiao Jing

ya

: No I typed in an extra word. Whats up, Xiang Ge?

Xiang Huaizhi: Come out to play night basketball?

Xiao Jing

ya

: No, Im sleepy and ready to go to sleep.

Xiang Huaizhi checked the time, and it wasnt even half past seven yet.

Xiang Huaizhi: Sleeping so early, do you not feel well?

Yearning For had asked the exact same thing, but when the asker was changed to Xiang Huaizhi, Jing Huan didnt feel annoyed.

He put his chin on his pillow and replied.

Xiao Jing

ya

: No, its just that I didnt get enough sleep last night. Once I make up for it, Ill feel better.

Xiao Jing

ya

: [muscle]

Xiang Huaizhi: Understood.

Lu Hang was still sweating when he came back to the dorm.

Xiangxiang, its a pity that you didnt come You dont know how nerve wracking the match was just now. The score difference was always one goal, and then in the last three seconds, I won the game! In recalling this glorious moment, Lu Hang was nearly swept away, I am too awesome.

Xiang Huaizhi commented lightly, Its not a pity. If I was there, then the match wouldnt have been nerve wracking.

Lu Hang couldnt refute that.

He took off his s.h.i.+rt and threw it into the dirty laundry basket, preparing to go shower.

Lu Hang, Xiang Huaizhi suddenly called out to him, Let me ask you something.

Go ahead, honorable

sir

.

Xiang Huaizhi frowned, hesitating.

If a person who was always bothering you suddenly seems to become kind of impatient with you

Xiao Tianjing is finally fed up with you?

Seeing his silence, Lu Hang was stunned: No way

ba

, I was just saying that casually Did Xiao Tianjing really turn against you?

No. Xiang Huaizhi kind of regretted asking him, Forget it, pretend I didnt ask.

Maybe he was just overthinking it, Jing Huan actually didnt say much. He just felt sleepy and typed in a few more exclamation marks than usual.

However, why didnt he just say he was sleepy? He had to say that he was on his

Lu Hang saw the confusion in his expression and raised his eyebrows with a smile.

Since Xiang Huaizhi had forcibly terminated the topic, he just had to add his own two cents. In fact, based on the situation you described just now, its all very obvious

ah

.

Sure enough, Xiang Huaizhi asked, Whats obvious?

Tired of chasing, heart has died, dont love you anymore.

?

Peoples affections have a limit. If theres no response, then the limit grows closer and closer. Lu Hangs expression was deep. No one is willing to be like a dog chasing after someone all their lives. You have to humor them sometimes

ah

.

Xiang Huaizhi didnt really understand, but he didnt think what Lu Hang said was very complimentary.

He frowned. Youre the one whos a dog.

Lu Hang: ?

Lu Hang responded, Thats just a popular saying, Im not actually calling Xiao Jingjing a dog.

Xiang Huaizhi retorted, You stink, go take a bath.

Lu Hang acknowledged, Yes, my lord.

Lu Hang took his towel and walked into the bathroom, thinking right, right, right, if Xiao Tianjing isnt your honorable selfs dog, then Im actually her mom.

The next day, Jing Huan woke up early in the morning.

He habitually picked up his cellphone, wanting to send a good morning message to Yearning For, but as soon as he opened WeChat, he received a message from his cousin.

Jiejie: [Photo] Huanhuan, do you like them?

In the picture were a pair of sneakers, bright in color and cool in style.

Xiao Jing

ya

: Yes!

Jiejie: As long as you like them, thats good. Its not a waste for me to line up at dawn to buy them for you. [proud]

Jiejie: What happened to your profile picture and WeChat username? I searched my contacts for a long time to find you [laughing and crying]

Xiao Jing

ya

: Its nothing, I just lost a bet. Did you specifically line up to buy them for me?

Jiejie: Of course, or else my legs wouldnt be this sore. Isnt your birthday coming up soon? Ill mail it to you.

Xiao Jing

ya

: ? Youre not coming back?

Jiejie: Ill be here for a while. Ive found a job here.

It took the two cousins half an hour to finish their conversation.

Jing Huan turned off Liang Rans chat box, leaving up her profile picture.

Good morning message, my a.s.s.

Yesterdays bad mood was back. Jing Huan cursed Yearning For, then pushed the lock b.u.t.ton of his cellphone, and got up.

Today, Yearning For and Long Road Ahead had a full day of cla.s.s. Whether they were real college students, Jing Huan didnt know, but at least on Fridays, they wouldnt appear in the game.

Jing Huan logged into NCH. As soon as he entered the game, he saw that all the people around him were wearing the latest apparel and wandering around in front of him.

Jing Huan finally felt a hint of regretno matter how angry he was yesterday, he shouldnt have rejected the apparel.

It was a wasted opportunity to swindle away some of Yearning Fors money.

That might be true, but he still really didnt care about the new apparel. He clicked his mouse to go to the main city teleporter, planning to go do some dailies.

The teleportation center in the main city was always the most bustling place in NCH. Everyone liked to set up a stall there, afk there, and form teams there.

[Current] Living For Love is Beautiful: Chaos in the Heavenly Palace instance, need + + + our team, level 120-130, DPS would be best!

[Current] Qiaoyao: Looking for a husband, Im a voice stan, hoping to find a little Gege with a good voice. If we have a good time, we can video chat~ ~ [blows a kiss]

[Current] Young Luo: Qilin Mountain instance +, need a Fox Cave.

[Current] Young Luo: Qilin Mountain instance +, need a Fox Cave. Other sects dont need to +. Wont charge

carry fee

.

This Young Luos message attracted Jing Huans attention.

Qilin Mountain instance was a five person instance. The process was tedious, and it took 100 gold to even open up the instance, usually with each team member contributing 20 gold.

In fact, the rewards of this instance werent that good; it could even be considered really bad. Players only played this instance for one purposeto trigger the hidden boss.

After killing the hidden boss, it would drop rare materials. When this instance first came out, players rushed to play it, and then they will be dissuaded by the hidden bosss encounter rate. Most of the players didnt even know what Qilin Mountains hidden boss looked like.

As time went by, no one really played this instance anymore.

Jing Huan was interested because he happened to need the rare materials dropped by this instance.

However, just as he had this idea, he shoved it away. With his unlucky hands, just stolidly going and buying the materials would be less troublesome in the end.

In the game, the little fox fairy turned her head, planning to leave.

[Young Luo invites you to join his team. Yes, No. ]

[Young Luo sent you a private chat.]

[Private] Young Luo: Come on, theres no carry fee for you.

[Private] Xiao Tianjing: No, Im not very lucky.

[Private] Young Luo: How do you know if you dont try? The team is full of high DPS, itll be fast.

[Private] Xiao Tianjing: Why do you all only need Fox Caves

ah

.

[Private] Young Luo: They can heal and seal, very convenient.

This was the first time Jing Huan had heard that it was convenient to take along a Fairy Fox Cave.

[Private] Young Luo: Come on, itll only take an hour.

Jing Huan thought about it. Anyway, Long Road Ahead and the rest of them could only login in the afternoon. He could leave his dailies to do later.

So he clicked agree and entered the team.

After entering the instance, he casually clicked to open the teammate list to have a look.

He didnt know anyone else, but he recognized the dual wielding attacker on the team.

They were called Wheats Number One Fan, the second ranked DPS in the rankings list.

As Young Luo had said, there were no healers in the team. The only girl was called Mini Wheat, who was playing as a mage.

Jing Huan stared at this loli named Mini Wheat for a long time. He kept feeling like she was familiar, but after scratching his head for half a day, he still couldnt figure out where he had seen her before.

The five of them quickly entered the dungeon. Jing Huan was all ready to just sit back and relax when he noticed something wrong when he switched back to the game.

Wheats Number One Fan and Mini Wheat werent carrying anything, and they didnt have any weapons on them.

[Team] Mini Wheat: My husband and I dont have durable weapons. We cant use them, very sorry.

When a DPS sect didnt have weapons, then their damage output was even less than half of the average attack power.

The process to increase durability for purple equipment was very troublesome, and it was definitely too late to fix now.

[Team] Wheats Number One Fan: Its okay, just play like this. If its a bit slower, then thats fine, and theres a Fox Cave in the team, right?

Killing monsters more slowly would mean that they would take more damage from the little monsters, and the burden on the healer would be heavier.

Jing Huan was at a loss. He originally came to just fill the numbers, why did it turn into him working like a slave?

[Team] Wheats Number One Fan: Anyway, youve gotten into a free bus. Working hard to operate it is what you should do anyway

ba

.

Seeing this sentence, Jing Huan could not help raising his eyebrows.

He was originally persuaded to get on the bus by the team leader. Why did it turn into being like he had gotten onto this bus just to save money?

But it was just an instance, so Jing Huan didnt plan to make a fuss over it.

[Team] Xiao Tianjing: 1

At this time, the guild WeChat group suddenly flashed.

Qiufeng: @Xiao Tianjing want to do instances?

Jing Huan took a picture of the battlefield and sent it to the group.

Xiao Tianjing: Im already doing an instance.

Qiufeng: Why are you doing this instance? The gained XP is very low.

Xiao Tianjing: I want to see if I can get it to drop centipede legs. [grievances]

Qiufeng: Hahaha, then good luck.

The more the instance went on, the harder it became. Jing Huan was the only healer on the team, and Fairy Fox Caves werent actually dedicated healers. They couldnt compare to Mount Putuos, and he couldnt just afk, so Jing Huan felt more tired than when playing in the arena.

[Team] Xiao Tianjing: Is Mini Wheat there?

[Team] Mini Wheat: Ah.

[Team] Xiao Tianjing: Are you not wearing any armor? Why does one monster hit deal so much damage to you?

She found out In YYs private chat, the girl was surprised and said, She can determine all of this?

It doesnt matter. The mans voice was offhand and casual. So what if she figures it out? Its okay, say whatever you want.

[Team] Mini Wheat: I took a look. The armor didnt have durability left.

Not checking equipment durability before an instance was the most irresponsible behavior, increasing the teammates burden for no reason.

Jing Huan didnt answer. Theyve already cleared up to this point, saying anything now would be superfluous.

Finally, two hours later, they cleaned up the last trash mob and were ready to fight the boss.

Jing Huan breathed a sigh of relief and sat up straight to welcome the boss.

[You were asked to leave the team by Young Luo. ]

A line of yellow characters appeared. Jing Huan looked at the system prompt and didnt respond for several seconds.

[Current] Xiao Tianjing: ?

The other four team members didnt pay him any attention but went straight into battle. Their avatars became marked as in combat.

Jing Huan frowned and clicked to watch the battle.

He saw Wheats Number One Fan and Mini Wheat standing there side by side, the weapons in their hands magnificently s.h.i.+ning.

Jing Huan finally realized that he had been tricked.

Making him be their healer the entire time, working him to the bone for two hours, and then when they were at the boss, they kicked him out.

If you dont kill the boss, there would be no instance progress, so this instance would basically count as nothing for him.

After playing for so long, this was Jing Huans first time encountering such a thing.

Its f.u.c.king disgusting.

He didnt expect even more disgusting things were yet to come.

Twenty minutes later, the boss fell to the ground and a prompt popped up.

[Instance team: Young Luo and his teammates worked together to defeat King Baizu and found the Demon Centipede Invitation on him! ]

They had triggered the hidden boss.

Jing Huan was forcibly sent to the Demon Centipede cave by the system. He hadnt expected that the first time he managed to see this instances hidden boss, it would be in this kind of situation.

Jing Huan put his hand on the keyboard and decided to show his other ident.i.ty NCHs Cursing Master.

When he used to play LoL, he often got into flaming matches with his teammates. He slammed the keys quickly, and he had never lost an argument before.

A dirty mouth couldnt change anything, but at least it would make him feel good.

What f.u.c.king team harmony, daddy isnt going to indulge you anymore.

He typed a line of words and was just about to send it out when he saw another prompt in the chat channel.

[Instance team: Ji Xiaonian has joined the team. ]

Jing Huans hand stopped.

Ten seconds later, Ji Xiaonian appeared in his field of vision and joined Young Luos team.

The five people did not say a word and cut into the battle with the hidden boss.

Jing Huan took a deep breath and silently deleted all the words in the chat box, leaving the scene.

He went onto the exchange and flipped through it for a long time, collecting several purple equipment in a row.

Then he put it all in the shopping cart, checked out, and paid.

All in one go.

The guild WeChat group began to flash again.

Qiufeng: [picture] @Xiao Tianjing, Xiao Jingjing, why arent you in this picture?

Qiufeng sent a battle picture, which was a screenshot of Ji Xiaonian killing the hidden boss.

Xiao Tianjing: I was kicked out when we got to the boss.

Qiufeng: ??

Peachy Fate: ?? Ah??

Chunxiao: Whats the matter.

Xiao Tianjing: Its OK.

Xiao Tianjing: Ill go take care of it. In order not to make trouble for the guild, Ill quit the guild first.

Leaving this sentence behind, Jing Huan retreated from the group chat without waiting for them to respond. He immediately left the guild without any hesitation.

He opened up his friends list and pulled up an old friend.

[Friend] Xiao Tianjing: In?

[Friend] Vigorous Little Mosquito Repellent: Here Meimei, whats up.

[Friend] Xiao Tianjing: Help me with a few people. If theyre alone or in a group of three or less, let me know. Follow them around for two days, and Ill give you 500.

[Friend] Vigorous Little Mosquito Repellent: What do you want to do? [surprise]

[Friend] Xiao Tianjing: Kill people.

Even a clay figurine has three fire points of explosion. He had never been a doormat, and whats more, he had been in such a bad mood these past two days that he needed to vent.

[Friend] Vigorous Little Mosquito Repellent: Okay, send me the IDs.

Jing Huan sent the IDs of all five of the people.

[Friend] Vigorous Little Mosquito Repellent: No way Meimei, if it was anyone else, thatd be fine, but this Wheats Number One Fan is the second best DPS in the server. Three of you still might not be able to defeat him. Why dont you just focus on other people?

[Friend] Xiao Tianjing: I dont need you to teach me how to kill people. ?

Vigorous Little Mosquito Repellent looked at the emoticon at the end of her sentence and inexplicably his neck felt chilled.

[Friend] Vigorous Little Mosquito Repellent: OK, understood.

Since all the five players were all in the same team, they naturally would do some other instances.

At 3 p.m., Jing Huan was improving the cultivation points for his Nine-Tailed Fox when finally, Vigorous Little Mosquito Repellent moved.

[Friend] Vigorous Little Mosquito Repellent: They just finished playing the Chaos in the Heavenly Palace instance. Now theyve dismissed the team. The other three are in the safe zone, while Mini Wheat and Wheats Number One Fan are playing a couple quest.

[Friend] Xiao Tianjing: OK.

[Friend] Vigorous Little Mosquito Repellent: Let me help you take on Ji Xiaonian. Shes been moving this whole time, maybe she will leave the safe zone soon.

[Friend] Xiao Tianjing: No need, help me follow Wheats Number One Fan and his wife.

[Friend] Vigorous Little Mosquito Repellent: ??? Meimei, you cant kill them. Be careful not to get killed and lose your equipment!

[Friend] Xiao Tianjing: Can you just be an emotionless news reporting machine?

[Friend] Vigorous Little Mosquito Repellent: Okay, I will report to you once a minute.

Jing Huan stored away his Nine-Tailed Fox and changed into a set of equipment that would raise his speed attributes to their highest stat.

Of course he knew that he cant directly kill this bulls.h.i.+t couple, but he can still stealth up to them. Both DPSs couldnt heal up quickly. As long as he could quickly seal them, and then dodge their summoning beasts, it wouldnt be hard to kill one of them.

As he planned, he went to the coordinates that Vigorous Little Mosquito Repellent had reported.

When he arrived at the Moon Palace, Jing Huan licked his lips and was about to see the coordinates.

A dialog box jumped out, blocking his view.

[Yearning For has invited you to join his team. Yes, No. ]

Jing Huan was stupefied and reflexively checked the time.

3 p.m.

Jing Huans hands were faster than his brain. By the time he reacted, he was already in Yearning Fors team.

He blinked, not knowing what to say for a moment, unstopping his mouth to call out, Gege.

Yearning For led him forward.

Jing Huan returned to his senses and couldnt help letting out a f.u.c.k in his heart.

Just wasted paying someone to give him these coordinates.

Why are you online Jing Huan asked, Dont you have cla.s.s all day today?

At last, the person in the team reacted, and the voice of Yearning For was very deep. En.

What do you mean En?

Not being able to kill anyone, Jing Huan was full of regrets. He crossed his legs and put his hand on his chin to say, Gege, yesterday I.

[Attention please! Team leader Yearning For has issued a compulsory PK against player Wheats Number One Fan! ]

Jing Huan:

Jing Huan: ?

The battle popped up so abruptly that, not to mention their two opponents, even Jing Huan was shocked.

[Current] Mini Wheat: ?!

[Current] Wheats Number One Fan: Whats the meaning of this, G.o.d Xiang? [doubtful]

Jing Huan returned to his senses and asked uncertainly, Gege, what are we doing

Killing people.

Xiang Huaizhis voice was as usual. He asked him in the tone he usually used when they were doing instances, Who would you like to kill first?

Juurensha

: .good on you XHZ! Slap that b.i.t.c.hy couple!

A few quick notes: Yay, longer chapter!

And Mini Wheats name actually technically translates to Mini Mic/Mike (as in microphone), but since that sounds like a guys name in English, I went for the other meaning of the word, as in Wheat, and then that extended to her bfs name.

Divi

: These dumbos really thought that XHZ wouldnt retaliate?! Really, who would let someone they dont like play with them for months? Go go go, kill this couple! Defend your wifey XHZ!

And some lovely fanart of XTJ by

Wiji

!:

And some more fanart on Twitter by

ieoniq

:

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