Chapter 43
**Chapter 55: Busy, But Not Sure What for**
In the early stages, a lone wolf could grind monsters all day long, and without counting the equipment and other item drops, the pure coin income would only be around 3 silver—just 1 gold a month. In her previous life, she had been lucky and diligent, and it took her until the third month to gather a full set of green gear. Yet, she was tricked by Yu Xunhuan, who found all sorts of excuses to swap one of her worthless green items for those exquisite leather boots.
But in reality, those boots were unique. Hidden in the sole was a letter related to a quest in the Liang family dungeon. The Liang family had been searching for those boots, but they were worried about drawing attention from other families, so they dared not search openly.
Once Yu Xunhuan learned this, she took the boots from her to curry favor with Liang Yuchuan.
If things had ended there, Yu Xunge wouldn’t have felt such hatred. It was Yu Xunhuan’s ignorance of the item’s true value that irked her. It was like buying antiques; if someone knows the true worth of an item, and has the ability to trade it away, that’s just their skill.
**Chapter 55: Busy, But Not Sure What for**
To be fair, if she had known that Yu Xunhuan had a seemingly ordinary treasure that could bring her immense benefits, she might have tried to get her hands on it too. The only difference would be that afterward, she would have found a way to compensate Yu Xunhuan a little.
But Yu Xunhuan was different. Not only did she not offer any compensation, but she also shifted the blame.
After selling those boots, the Liang family’s strength surged in the dungeon, while the Su and Han families held a grudge against her. Yu Xunhuan stood in front of her, offering various benefits to the Su and Han families to protect her.
When Yu Xunhuan explained that the Su and Han families were venting their anger on her because the original owner of those boots was her, Yu Xunge was left speechless. Although she wanted to shout that those boots were the ones she had traded to Yu Xunhuan, the harassment from the Han and Su families was real, and Yu Xunhuan’s efforts to protect her were also genuine…
Yu Xunhuan claimed she had already explained the situation, but Su Yitong was reluctant to act against her, and the Han family wouldn’t move against her out of respect for the Su family. So, they all came after her instead, but Yu Xunhuan promised to do her best to protect her, which moved Yu Xunge at the time.
Looking back now, all she wanted to do was curse. If you hadn’t told them the boots were mine, would they have come after me?!
Thinking of Yu Xunhuan and her crowd, her previously good mood soured.
With a blank expression, Yu Xunge walked into the weapon shop and bought a special quiver. It didn’t offer any bonuses, but it could hold 999 arrows. After stocking up on arrows, she immediately left the city.
Back in the territory of the undead, Yu Xunge was now clad in black, with a faint green glow emanating from her attire.
A +5 Constitution headband, +7 Constitution exquisite leather armor, +7 Constitution beast hide trousers, +5 Constitution bone shoulder pads, +3 Constitution fallen knight’s belt, +5 Constitution wolf hide gloves, and +5 Constitution wolf hide boots.
This time, Yu Xunge was truly terrifyingly strong.
**Character: Yu Xunge (Level 0, 1.583%)**
**Health Points:** 2150/2150
**Mana Points:** 350/350
**Strength:** 10
**Constitution:** 13 (+38)
**Intelligence:** 15
**Agility:** 21
**Luck:** 10
**Charm:** 10
She could wreak havoc at will; any boss below level 10 wouldn’t be able to take her down. As long as they couldn’t kill her, she could escape.
Yu Xunge didn’t summon her shadow but instead held her crossbow and provoked five undead. While dodging their attacks, she aimed for their weak points.
In less than five minutes, she was drenched in sweat.
The undead were slow, but five of them together posed no such problem. They might be sluggish, but they still retained some combat awareness. Three attacked her head, throat, and heart simultaneously, while two targeted her lower body. Dodging was easy, but Yu Xunge had to bend down and lift her legs.
But while dodging, she also had to shoot…
The crossbow bolt flew through the air, missing its mark.
As a monster swung down, Yu Xunge blocked with one hand and pushed off the ground with the other, spinning around.
For a brief moment, Yu Xunge thought that if someone passed by, they would surely shout, “Stop hitting! If you want to practice, go to the dance studio!”
In short, everyone on the field was busy, but no one knew what they were busy with.
Yu Xunge could see the red spots on the monsters—forehead, throat, heart. Sometimes, the red spots would shift to the side or other positions due to the monsters’ arm movements.
But even though she could see them and react, she couldn’t attack in time. Every time she raised her crossbow, just as she was about to aim, another attack would come, forcing her to dodge again.
In less than half an hour, she had been hit over twenty times.
In truth, if she had focused solely on dodging, she was confident she could do it without taking damage. But she didn’t; she forced herself to recall the days when she was chased like a dog, and the times she was tricked in her previous life.
She had to keep herself on high alert, always maintaining that sense of urgency and crisis as if a knife were hanging over her head since her rebirth.
Was getting the [Food God] revenge the end?
No, it was just the beginning.
A week later.
A nimble figure darted between seven pursuing monsters, then suddenly charged toward a tree, running up its trunk for a few steps. With a powerful leap, she soared over the monsters’ heads, turning mid-air to draw her bow and shoot. Before she even landed, three arrows had already flown out, striking three monsters in the throat, heart, or eyes, hitting their vital points and triggering critical hits.
Upon landing, she quickly knelt on one knee, firing three more crossbow bolts in succession. Before the monsters could turn around, she had already leaned against the tree for cover, switching to her bow and shooting several more arrows at their weak points.
The monsters, already battered by countless critical hits, fell almost simultaneously.
Yu Xunge glanced at her experience points, confirming an increase of 0.7% before moving forward to loot the corpses. Copper coins were scattered all over the ground, and more than half quickly merged into a single silver coin. She picked up that silver coin along with a dozen copper coins.
This was already her tenth day in this other world. Her experience had reached 47.21%. From initially being unable to fight back, to later occasionally retaliating with her fast-firing crossbow, and now being able to use a bow.
At first, she had struggled for several days when switching from a crossbow to a bow. It was during a meal at the treehouse outpost that she met a short-haired woman. The woman noticed her bow, which was already covered in scratches, and sat down to chat with her.
Even with the four divine gifts, Yu Xunge didn’t think she was better than others. When she discovered that the woman was very familiar with bows, she shared her struggles in battle. To her surprise, the short-haired woman simply said, “Why do you always pull it back all the way?”
Yu Xunge wanted to say that she could easily pull it back fully, but then she froze.
She treated the short-haired woman to a drink.
From that day on, it was as if she had an epiphany. Not only with the bow, but also in dodging, she no longer pursued maximum damage every time, nor did she seek to evade with exaggerated movements. While that might guarantee safety, it consumed too much stamina.
She laughed at herself, realizing that while she didn’t pursue maximum power in magic, favoring speed in casting instead, she had forgotten that when it came to the bow.
She didn’t plan to hunt stronger monsters; she was satisfied with her current leveling speed and training grounds. She prepared to increase her target to eight monsters the next day.
Recently, she had returned to a state of extreme busyness.
Training and leveling during the day, rushing back to the treehouse outpost before dark, and after dinner, lying in her tent watching alchemy videos.
There was a small trading market among players in the corner of the treehouse outpost. Most transactions were barter, and while the official outpost sold items at high prices, they didn’t prohibit players from trading privately.
Yu Xunge exchanged a mid-level engineering-made translator for a pair of agility +3 earrings from a player specializing in [Jewelry Processing].
Although these earrings could be made with basic jewelry processing, the materials were expensive, and the costs during the upgrade period were much higher than alchemy, requiring various gemstones. Selling agility +3 earrings at a low price would surely leave the other party unwilling, but pricing them too high would deter buyers. After all, very few players had all seven equipment slots filled.
**Chapter 55: Invitation**
At the 0003 outpost where Xing Minglang was, there were basically no players. In fact, Yu Xunge hadn’t seen anyone at any of the outposts she had recently visited, except for herself, who was fully equipped with seven items.
She didn’t hide her gear, nor did she take it off. By the end of each training session, she was left with only a couple hundred health points. Without the bonuses from her equipment, her defense would drop significantly. Even with just 10% health left, she would be comparable to other players, and she didn’t feel safe at all.
Basic healing potions could only restore 50 health points, and intermediate healing potions restored a bit more, but only 240. It was better to go back and eat a few meals that could slowly restore health.
Upon returning to the nearest outpost, Yu Xunge didn’t recognize the staff inside, but anyone working at the outpost had clearly undergone training. They treated everyone with kindness and courtesy, and it was evident that information was shared among them. Yu Xunge handed over the skill crystal for the Fate Wheel, watching as the staff pulled out a work log identical to those at other outposts. They flipped to her page and noted down her “repayment.”
In two days, she would be able to pay it off.
Satisfied, Yu Xunge entered the outpost’s rest area, first preparing a dish that would trigger her Food God talent, allowing her to recover 500 health points per minute. After finishing her meal, she immediately headed to the flea market in the corner of the outpost.
She hadn’t considered selling her equipment. She had indeed found some good items these days; for instance, today she had obtained a hand crossbow:
**Tired Sigh** (Rare)
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