Chapter 161
Yuxun Ge immediately blew out the candle and teleported to the lakeside, which was only about twenty meters from the center of the lake, well within the range of the incense. After placing the candle carefully, she didn’t rush to light it.
Instead, she took out the **Fangdao Yinzhao: Pet Edition** and extracted a second vial of blood, dripping it into the container before sealing it with the stamp, ensuring it was thoroughly coated with Yuxun Huan's blood.
Previously, when dealing with the Jiao Long, she had always lured it to the shore before striking, which meant Yuxun Ge couldn’t teleport directly to the center of the lake. That’s why she had marked a large tree near the Jiao Long’s territory as a star, allowing her to use the **Raging Moon** planetary skill to fly to the lake’s center today.
This was her first time using this skill, and the sensation of flying was marvelous, as if a gentle wind was lifting her. She could ascend, descend, and change direction at will. She lightened her movements and accelerated slightly, discovering that the mana consumption was still ten points per second. It seemed that there was no way to measure her limits here.
After a brief two-second test flight, she flew directly behind the Jiao Long, remaining invisible the entire time.
Once she stamped the seal at the base of the Jiao Long’s tail, Yuxun Ge immediately teleported back to the shore, lit the candle, and then teleported a hundred meters away.
Although this thing claimed to be effective only against exotic beasts, who knew if, in the definition of the Moon Fox, all races except for the Moon Fox were considered exotic beasts?
At that moment, the Jiao Long opened its eyes in confusion. It lifted its tail to check, finding nothing there, yet it felt as if something had passed by just moments ago...
It turned its massive head toward the shore, where a pleasant fragrance wafted over, relaxing its spirit involuntarily. It closed its eyes and drifted back to sleep.
Yuxun Ge waited patiently for the candle to burn out before she felt at ease. During the wait, she found herself lost in thought, gazing at the Jiao Long’s head, which bore a striking resemblance to a true dragon.
Can Jiao transform into dragons? Are they destined to remain Jiao until the end of their days?
After a few breaths, the candle finally extinguished, and Yuxun Ge quietly departed.
She returned to the large tree she had marked as a star, only to find she couldn’t approach within eight meters of it. As soon as she entered that eight-meter range, she would lose her ability to fly and fall.
This was likely what they called the shortest distance. As her level increased, the shortest distance would also expand.
Though this skill’s limitation was a bit annoying, it was still manageable.
She stood eight meters away, then flew to a height of two meters and used her skill to destroy the large tree.
The next moment, she felt her flying ability vanish, and she plummeted to the ground.
It seemed this was the hidden danger of the skill; whether getting too close to the star or destroying it, she would immediately fall. If this happened while she was thousands of meters in the air, it could be quite dangerous.
However, for Yuxun Ge, who had the **Phantom Shift** and the teleportation skill **I’m in a Hurry**, this problem was easily solvable. Just before hitting the ground, she could teleport to another location to cushion her fall without injury.
Moreover, she could easily mark Tulan as her star, eliminating any worries about the star being destroyed.
For Yuxun Ge, this skill had no drawbacks for now.
**Chapter 208: The Second Skill Crystal?**
After dealing with the Jiao Long, Yuxun Ge did one more thing. While her disguise skill was still active, she found Baozi.
Fortunately, Baozi had taken a liking to the night shift, so at this hour, she was still frying fries. Otherwise, Yuxun Huan would have no idea where to find her.
Yuxun Ge spent a hefty 30 gold to buy a one-time use of **We’re Not Familiar, But That’s Okay** from her.
The blank skill crystals issued by the Special Affairs Bureau were all recorded. If she submitted fewer crystals this month, they would issue her fewer blank ones next month. After the game officially invaded, they even began to control the distribution of blank skill crystals.
But she still had a few blank skill crystals left from when she traded for them with boots in Zelan.
She handed this blank skill crystal to Baozi, explained how to use it, and after giving her the gold, she received a **We’re Not Familiar, But That’s Okay** skill crystal in return.
Once used, as long as she didn’t interrupt the skill, she could keep using it.
This was naturally prepared for Yuxun Huan.
On the morning of September 15th, after getting up early and playing a half-hour sparring game with Tulan, Yuxun Ge prepared to take a shower, as she had to leave by 7 o’clock, and time was tight today.
However, just as she reached the bathroom, she noticed a skill crystal on the sink.
Yuxun Ge walked over and picked it up—**We’re Not Familiar, But That’s Okay**.
Having used **Time-Space Stroll**, she instantly understood that this was a gift from her future self.
But why this one?
She opened her white game backpack, and at the very bottom of the 37-slot bag, lay another identical skill crystal.
Was there some sort of mistake that required two?
At 8 o’clock, everyone gathered again outside the Jiao Long dungeon.
Over the past half month, Su Yitong had to carve out some time each day to sing the Hope Hymn for the Special Affairs Bureau.
The time she spent on this wasn’t long; the Bureau would use a long-distance teleportation skill to pick her up. Once everything was ready, they would take her to the backstage, where she would don a robe and mask to sing, and afterward, they would send her straight home.
From departure to singing and back home, the total time didn’t exceed ten minutes, and the Bureau provided five-star service.
When Yuxun Ge heard about this process from Zhao Shuying, she felt a chill. If she had this skill when she became a star, how many hours would she have to work each day?
The Special Affairs Bureau also discovered the limit of Su Yitong’s skill—50,000 people.
There were no restrictions on range; as long as one could see Su Yitong, it counted. For today’s players, seeing hundreds of meters away was a piece of cake.
If more than 50,000 people were present, the effect of the Hope Hymn would only trigger for the closest 50,000 based on distance.
The enthusiasm among players in the Special Affairs Bureau for completing tasks was unprecedented, all for the Hope Hymn.
The Bureau had been distributing the Hope Hymn as a benefit to enhance the overall strength of players, so the pricing for contribution points was quite reasonable.
Moreover, this benefit was available to players nationwide, and they didn’t even have to travel far; they just needed to head to the provincial capital.
For the 94 players in the Jiao Long team, they wouldn’t feel like they were putting in the most effort only to have others benefit from it.
Their rewards seemed to be only 300 uses of the Hope Hymn, but the hidden rewards were substantial. If they triggered the attribute point increase effect while listening to the Hope Hymn one day, they could easily sell the remaining 29 slots for at least three gold each.
Yuxun Ge’s available slots would be harder to sell because the Bureau and Su Yitong were in a transaction, while she and Su Yitong were considered “friends.”
Would Yuxun Huan, Lin Chengze, and the others sell their slots?
They wouldn’t, even if they were empty.
The difference here was subtle; if she sold this slot, it would feel like she was profiting from Su Yitong’s goodwill.
To be fair, under the premise that Yuxun Ge “couldn’t” ask Tulan for help, Su Yitong’s willingness to offer 300 uses of the Hope Hymn for her to fight the Jiao Long was actually a benefit for Yuxun Ge. Su Yitong was also doing this to build a good relationship with her.
Otherwise, with so many people in the Su family, she could easily call someone else who would be just as loyal to her as Su Wu.
Yuxun Ge also planned to have Su Yitong invite her to any future events, so she naturally didn’t sell those slots. Compared to those gains, future opportunities to stir up trouble were far more important.
Over the past half month, nearly 80% of the Jiao Long team had reached level 8. Among those who hadn’t, half were support roles. Additionally, most of the people present had triggered the buff effect of the Hope Hymn, meaning their overall strength had risen a level.
Even Su Yitong had become significantly stronger, having changed nearly half of her equipment. Ever since she used that feather on Su Baihe, her luck seemed to have returned to its peak, making everything go smoothly for her.
Yuxun Ge didn’t know that Su Yitong had also become a black lucky charm. After glancing at everyone’s attributes and spirits, she felt that today’s success rate was likely quite high.
She had brought Tulan along today, although ever since the question of “How can Jiao transform into dragons?” had popped into her mind, she had subconsciously resisted letting Tulan meet the Jiao Long. But resistance aside, she wasn’t overly worried.
As long as Heifei entered the Blue Star, Tulan’s situation couldn’t be hidden. Tulan’s attributes, level, and even talent far surpassed Heifei’s. Plus, with her help, would she and Tulan really have to avoid Heifei?
When she returned home yesterday, she had asked Tulan about the Jiao Long transforming into dragons, but unfortunately, this dragon-race elementary student didn’t have a clue.
Once they entered the dungeon, Yuxun Ge instructed Tulan to fly further away, to stay in the farthest spot from the Jiao Long.
While on the way, Yuxun Ge took out two **Happiness Again** skill crystals and handed one each to Yuxun Huan and Su Yitong. “I thought it might be hard for you to get these, so I bought them myself from the Special Affairs Bureau. Here, don’t say I’m biased; you each get one, and you can decide when to use them.”
Considering Yuxun Huan’s tendency to blame everyone involved when faced with setbacks, she theoretically shouldn’t have given these two skill crystals.
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