Chapter 90
The Liang family had the strength to break through to level 4, but it required a bit more resources, and the risks were higher, making it less cost-effective.
In her previous life, the Liang family was only targeted by the Tauren for a bounty in August. This time, she planned to move that event up by three months and later reveal the matter of the sacred artifact.
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Yu Xunge first used her illusion to sneak over to a nearby cattle farm, where she quietly found a calf to touch, increasing her transformation abilities with Anima Gass. Ever since she acquired Anima Gass, the flower and bird market, breeding farms, pet markets, and aquariums in S City had become her 4585th home.
As for her second and third homes? They were under the beds of Su Yitong and Liang Yuchuan, but unfortunately, she hadn’t visited in a long time.
Once she ensured she could transform into a calf, she flew to the Liang family's seaside villa.
The Liang family had stationed guards outside every instance, but that was no challenge for Yu Xunge. She transformed into a small bird and flew in through a second-floor window, easily locating the instance's light curtain on the second floor.
As she passed through the light curtain, she found herself inside a tent. The wind blew, creating a gap in the tent, through which she could see the grasslands and blue sky outside.
Transforming into a cat, she stepped out of the tent and ran across the grasslands for over ten minutes before spotting a large area filled with tents—this was the gathering place of the other races.
Just like the instance at her own villa's rooftop, players entering this instance could choose not to fight immediately but instead converse with the other races here, even receiving quests from their leaders. These quests would help players learn about the history of the other races, which was often tragic, passionate, or moving, but the common thread was that the other races were portrayed positively in the stories.
However, without any good rewards, Yu Xunge had no interest in doing quests. As she approached the tent area, she consumed a dish that restored health and transformed into a calf, slowly making her way over.
In the eyes of the Tauren, a calf was harmless.
Each calf was an unblessed Tauren, and Yu Xunge freely navigated among the three-meter-tall Tauren until she reached the center tent, where she spotted a particularly unique young Tauren.
**Chapter 115: The Sacred Artifact in Hand**
This Tauren was different from the others—not only was he much smaller, but his horns were also golden. Most importantly, his nose ring was tiny, fitting snugly against his nose. In Tauren culture, the smaller the nose ring, the higher the status; only the rulers wore nose studs.
At that moment, the young Tauren was grilling wolf ribs and drinking, chatting with his subordinates, complaining about when he would finally meet a Blue Star person.
Yu Xunge lay down beside the young prince and began to use her stealing skill repeatedly.
For the next three days, aside from her daily two-hour alchemy class on Zelan Star, Yu Xunge spent the rest of her time in this instance.
She managed to steal 7 points of strength attribute, along with a plethora of equipment and items. During this time, she relied on **Emerald Feast** and the meat the Tauren fed her to restore health—after all, in their eyes, good cattle should eat meat. When her speed slowed, she would sneak to a corner to nibble on some of her own cooked dishes.
Just as Yu Xunge began to doubt whether she was wasting her time, on the fourth morning, after using her skills as usual, she suddenly noticed that the nose ring on the young Tauren's nose was missing.
She froze for a moment, then quickly opened her backpack interface and saw the last item in her inventory.
**Fire Spirit Ring (Sacred Artifact)**
The nose ring of the young prince of the Tauren tribe, crafted by the Tauren leader himself, made from the extremely rare Fire Spirit source, specially designed to match the royal family's attributes.
**Skill 1: What Does It Mean to Be Royal? (Passive):** When equipped, each time you level up, you gain +1 to your available attribute points.
**Skill 2: This Is What Royalty Means (Passive):** When receiving a fatal blow, triggers Holy Radiance to absorb the lethal damage, can only trigger once every 5 minutes.
**Skill 3: King’s Aura:** When used, boosts the morale of friendly units, increasing all friendly units' attributes by 20% for 5 minutes, with a cooldown of 1 hour.
No wonder the Tauren had relentlessly pursued the Liang family in her previous life; even in the year they died, the Tauren were still offering bounties on the Liang family. After the matter of the sacred artifact was revealed the following year, the Liang family, despite facing the Tauren's bounty and the pursuit of outlaws, refused to hand over the artifact.
This item was top-notch for both solo and team use!
Yu Xunge wasn’t worried that the Tauren could pinpoint the location of this sacred artifact; otherwise, they wouldn’t have kept offering bounties on everyone from the Liang family who entered the instance. The bounty amount was the same for all Liang family members, and later, the bounty expanded to include everyone in the Liang family, without ever specifying a particular target.
Of course, it was also possible that the Tauren didn’t want to expose who possessed the sacred artifact, but after the matter was revealed the following year, they still didn’t specify a target for the bounty, which spoke volumes.
Did they not want to? Did they not know?
She even found it strange that this Tauren hadn’t bound his nose ring. Was there some kind of etiquette among Tauren regarding touching each other's nose rings? If it was bound, could others not touch it? So, was that why it wasn’t bound?
Yu Xunge didn’t realize that her wild thoughts were actually true. She took the sacred artifact and immediately left, the first thing she did upon exiting the instance was to anonymously post a message.
In the post, she claimed to be doing a quest in a level 1 instance, detailing how the quest went, and mentioned that she had made friends with a Tauren named Teli, who said that the young prince of his tribe had also come to Blue Star...
Most of what she wrote in the post was true, whether it was about the quest or the Tauren named Teli, but all of it was from her previous life.
Soon, Yu Xunge found herself "arguing" with people in the comments, and in a fit of anger, she revealed the quest related to Teli, and while arguing, she also disclosed that the instance where the young prince appeared was definitely no higher than level 5.
Every faction had people dedicated to collecting and summarizing intelligence, and since this post involved a prince from another race, it quickly caught the attention of major factions.
After multiple verifications, thanks to the divine gift that could validate the truth of the information, the news was confirmed in less than half an hour. Next, they began to investigate all instances below level 5 within their own territories.
Yu Xunge exited the instance at 9 AM, returned to her villa to run through an instance, then attended her two-hour class on Zelan Star. After class, she went to the auction house and bought a complete set of the best equipment she could wear, spending over fifty gold. She planned to tackle a level 10 instance in a few days.
She was already level 4, and the level 3 instances now offered little experience and no real training benefits.
After a busy day, she returned to the Liang family villa by the sea at 3 PM to take a look. Originally, there had only been one guard, but now there were twenty, and a line of luxury cars was parked outside.
It was clear that the Liang family had already discovered the instance.
Yu Xunge didn’t linger there but headed to a reputable hospital in the city center. She planned to get a piercing in her navel to wear the sacred artifact.
As for the nose ring being too dirty? A quick wash would do. She had eaten beef tongue just yesterday; what was wrong with wearing a cow's nose ring?
There was no need to hide her identity. Yu Xunge confidently registered using her ID, and thanks to modern medicine and various treatment potions, in just ten minutes, she had a small hole in her navel, ready to wear various accessories.
After the game invasion, hospitals were no longer overcrowded. Although many ailments remained untreatable, bleeding injuries could be healed with a single dose of medicine, and some diseases that required surgery could be cured and discharged after a bottle of medicine.
Some internal diseases could even be treated with unconventional potions, so from this perspective, the game invasion had its pros and cons.
After returning home, Yu Xunge locked the door and immediately took out the Fire Spirit Ring, applying a binding stone to it. Then she lifted her tactical vest and green leather armor to wear the Fire Spirit Ring in her navel.
After doing all this, she stared at her navel for a while, wondering if it would be possible to install the magic eye in her navel...
Why shouldn’t a navel count as an eye?!
She had asked Hufflepuff if there was a way to wear the magic eye without being discovered, and if it was possible to do so without removing the eyeball.
Hufflepuff had replied that it might be possible to change its form to coexist with the eyeball, but such decorative items that could alter the form of A-grade items could only be crafted by a master jeweler. Sometimes they appeared at the auction house, but it was all a matter of luck...
Yu Xunge could only try her luck at the auction house from time to time. As long as she knew such things existed, she would eventually be able to use this magic eye.
Even if they couldn’t coexist, it didn’t matter. It was just occupying an eyeball space. When the time came, she could simply remove one eyeball and disguise the magic eye as a normal eyeball.
For the sake of power, she was willing to give up her humanity.
After acquiring the Fire Spirit Ring, Yu Xunge was so excited that she hardly slept that night. In her spare time, she sorted out the durian flesh produced from the ominous durian shell, putting some up for auction and some in the vending machine.
She didn’t plan to use it on her own people anymore; her fate wheel skill was more discreet and effective. Why go through all that trouble to make someone eat durian? That would just be a waste of effort.
**Chapter 117: The Scent Draws Them Near**
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