Out of Xiliangcheng to the south straight walk three or four miles, you can see an apricot forest, in the center of the forest stands a two-person high black stone tablet, with two big characters written on the line 'boundary monument'. Next to the monument stood a thin old man with his hair and beard already white, and behind him was a distorted space, like a standing swimming pool, in which glowing particles swam and swayed like water waves.

This is the entrance to the dungeon 'Rogue Gathering Place', the so-called in-game dungeon is actually an independent space created by the system for players, a special copy of a certain game content. The players in this quest are only you and your teammates, and no other players can enter this quest, so that you and your teammates will not be disturbed by outside when playing the game, and solve the problems that many players will encounter, such as crouching, poaching, monopolizing boss equipment, etc.

In the Chinese world, there are all kinds of large and small game copies, which are to protect ordinary players who are weak and weak, to avoid them being squeezed by various forces, and to provide them with a more fair living space. Of course, she will also refresh the super powerful boss-level monsters outside of the dungeon, guiding players to compete and cooperate with each other, adding to the fun and uncertainty of the game. This is a later story, which will be explained one by one later.

Around the monument stood a crowd of people who were ready to try their luck in the dungeon. They're either gearing up, waiting for their teammates who haven't arrived yet, and of course, trying to find a super strong passerby to work with because of the lack of people in the team.

An Ran and the others belong to one of the teams of the others, and their team currently has only two people, him and Da Mo Guyanzhi. Fan Yuntian is not a player who can't enter the team, and in the words of the NPC kid, he can only be a poor wage earner. In view of the equipment and momentum of the desert, the middle-aged man will naturally receive olive branches from many teams.

"Brother, come to our team! We just lack a fighter. Some players said.

"We are also short of fighters, and we have also played a few copies to know how to fight the boss, if you come, the warrior equipment will be yours."

This is not a small temptation, and the desert lonely smoke refuses them on the grounds that they already have a team.

Then the invited people went up and down a large number of An Ran, "You teammate, hehe......"

They know what the invited person means, this is obviously not looking down on An Ran, of course they also have reasons to look down on him, because he is not a friend, others can't see the level of the youth, in the eyes of others, he is a rookie who has not even changed his career, and he is still wearing equipment that is not yet level 10.

As for Fan Yuntian, his equipment is surprisingly good, but people just think that he is some NPC without a name (his name An Ran is closed, and no one else can see it except An Ran.) At most, it's just walking around him to see if I can trigger any quests, or thinking about why this NPC is always standing with those two people, and never pulling him into a team anyway.

After a while, a man and a woman appeared in the woods, the girl wore a ponytail, a dark purple body in slim sleeveless leather armor, knee-length black boots, and a pair of slender, snow-white thighs exposed. She held an iron bow in her hand and carried a bucket of silver arrows. The girl is tall, fat, and thin, with light and heroic steps.

On the contrary, the man behind her was much more ordinary, wearing a green robe, holding a white paper fan, and a gray cloth bag hanging from his waist. The young man has an inch of hair, and this image is a bit out of line with his Taoist profession and looks nondescript.

She appeared in the woods, and some of the men's eyes did not intend to let her go, and kept looking at her and following her footsteps.

"Wow! It's beautiful," they sighed.

"Beauties form a team, ......" some people invited.

"What's the big deal, the old lady is bigger than her." A half-aged muttered.

She ignored the gaze and words around her, and everyone talked about her like this, and the girl and the young man in the Taoist robe walked in front of An Ran and them.

"Brother, Brother An Ran, it's early! How long have you been here? The girl asked with a smile.

"Just a moment ago," An Ran replied, "We're so beautiful today." An Ran looked at her and said.

"Really? Thank you, Brother Enron. "The smoke falls on my heart, and it is sweet.

"See!" The sunset of the long river said proudly, "I said that you are right to choose this profession, female shooter is the best-looking profession in the whole of China, I didn't lie to you!" ”

"I just feel a little unclothed," a hint of blush appeared on Yanluo's face, and she still felt a little hairy when she remembered the stares of those people just now.

"You know?" The desert lonely smoke pretended to be warm and angry, "What kind of body do you a student dress like this?" I'm not afraid of the Enron brothers' jokes. ”

"Cousin, this is the shooter's professional attire, as it is." The sunset of the long river excused his cousin, "Besides, my sister's agility is originally suitable for the profession of shooter, you can't choose this profession because of the shooter's dress!" Do you say it's Brother Enron? “

An Ran was not easy to answer, "Also, each class has its own characteristics, I want to make the outfits of shooters who are good at running like this, probably to give full play to their strengths, you can't ask a shooter who needs to keep running to open up the attack distance to fight in a long robe!" “

This is a reasonable explanation, and then the sunset of the long river waited for him to finish speaking and then added a sentence.

"That's it, many people don't have the capital to show it, Brother An Ran, do you like my sister's dress like this?"

"Nima!" An Ran wanted to cover this big mouth all at once, "Your brother is still beside him." He thought.

"Alright!" The desert lonely smoke raised his hand and made a gesture to fight, and the sunset of the long river ran away at once. "Your cousin brought this with you - apply to join the team and get the task from that NPC, and we'll enter the dungeon right away."

The two of them submitted an application to join the team to receive the mission, and the desert lonely smoke distributed the purchased materials to the sunset and smoke of the long river, and walked towards the boundary monument. The middle-aged man stretched out his hand and put it on the black stone tablet, and a soft light wrapped his palm, and at this time, everyone's vision appeared whether to enter the copy of the 'hooligan gathering place' After they chose yes, they walked towards the distorted space and stepped in.

It was as if the body had gently fallen into the surface of the lake, and the distorted space shook slightly, and everyone's vision became blurred at that moment, as if they were in a thick fog, but in an instant it became clear again.

They could still see a large area of apricot trees, but there were no players around, which meant that several people had entered the dungeon, which was equivalent to being in another space in the Huaxia world. It suddenly became unusually quiet, with no birds or wind, and the occasional leaf or two falling from the branches, and it floated past the crowd as if it were the palm of a sneak attack. Ahead was a path covered with dead branches and fallen leaves, and it was impossible to see the end, only that it was leading deeper into the forest.

It was too quiet, so quiet that it was oppressive, so they all looked around cautiously, walking down the path, the branches under their feet making a clattering sound, like teeth chewing on leaves. As she walked past a huge rock, An Ran sensed something was wrong.

There is a leaf that seems to be on its shoulder, no! The leaves should be much smaller and never white, which is – the palm of the hand ! He jumped back in fright, and pulled out the iron sword at his waist with a snort.

"Shhhh Be quiet," said an old woman with a black hood and a pale face who pouted her black lips with her index finger bone, "The second master is sleeping, please don't alarm him." “

"Who are you?" An Ran pointed a sword at the old woman in front of her and asked.

He found that a line of green font appeared on the old woman's head, 'Deceased Guo Rufeng', which meant that it was not a monster that was trying to attack itself, and of course it could not be attacked by itself.

"Are you a human or a ghost?" An Ran added.

"Didn't you see it?" The old woman giggled like sawn wood, and its smile cracked like rotten wood. "I've been sleeping here for a long time, old woman, and you've been dead for many years!"

An Ran felt even more wrong, because at this moment, under normal circumstances, his teammates should talk, or at least appear in front of him. An Ran felt that his vest was wet, which was due to the cold sweat on his back after being frightened by it.

Huaxia certainly can't provide you with the senses of touch, smell and taste in the game, but it still has enough power to change your mood. For example, joy, anger and sorrow, for example, something in the game pushes you and pulls you, and in reality, the body fixation bracket will also press you with a certain part or force you, so that it has the feeling of being affected in the game.

"Don't be nervous, sir," the old woman said slowly as if she had seen through An Ran's thoughts, "Venerable adventurer, Lord An Ran, you are a messenger of God to spread light to the world, and humble souls beg for your help. ”

"Where's my teammates?" An Ran knew that this NPC was handing out tasks, but he was most concerned about their safety.

"Ahh Aren't they all there? The old woman pointed to the road in front of her with her finger bones.

An Ran followed its fingers and looked over and saw that not only his teammates but also himself were standing quietly on the road, barely moving as if they had been thrown into the syrup.

"Ahh How so? An Ran asked in surprise.

"So this won't delay you much time, sir, here is the gap in time, our meeting and conversation here is a matter of moments for other places - I need your help, sir." The old woman pleaded again.

An Ran's nervousness had been occupied by curiosity and doubt, and he wondered why this dead NPC old woman kept calling herself an adult, and why among the people who traveled with him, why he found himself and not others.

"How can I help you?"

"Give this to the sword god Ouyang Zhishan," the old woman slowly took out a scale the size of a red gold fan from her cloth robe, "Tell him that the Red Gold Dragon King of the West Sea is about to appear, and ask him to come out of the mountain to save the common people." ”

System: You received one of the quest links of the quest 'Song of Legends' 'Looking for the Sword God': You were surprised to see the shining dragon scales in Guo Rufeng's hand, this is the scale armor on the Dragon King of the West Sea, and you need to send it to the Sword God. 'Adventurer Enron, please take it with you and follow the footsteps of the legend! Task Attributes: Unique; Mission Level: Legendary; Difficulty: ??? Rewards: ??? Accept/Waiver

An Ran was indeed taken aback, this one that emitted a dazzling golden light was dragon scales! Although the young man didn't know what the dragon represented in the game Huaxia and what the dragon scales did, in the World of Warcraft that he had played before, the dragon was the kind of super powerful boss, and anything on it could be regarded as a treasure. And it's unimaginable that this is actually a legendary mission, and its only attribute means that once this task is accepted, it will not appear again. Just like his servant Fan Yuntian, once he follows him, no matter how many times the Nanpo bandit appears and refreshes, there will be no more NPCs like the little thief Fan Yuntian. The legendary quest is second only to the god-level quest, which is unattainable for players, which means that if you can complete the legendary quest, the reward given to you by the system can also make you a legendary existence. It's so appealing, even though it's ??? (The three question marks represent the metamorphosis level.) There's no reason why An Ran shouldn't choose to accept it.

System: You have obtained the Red Gold Dragon Scales; quest items; Attribute???

"Thank you, sir!" The dead old woman seemed to let go of a big matter and sighed, "Although I will be hunted down by the second master with dragon scales, I will not hesitate to sacrifice my little one for the sake of the common people." “

"Ahh Who is the second uncle? He didn't expect this NPC named Guo Rufeng to add such a sentence, "He chased and killed me?" ”

"Goo, go, goo, go! Second uncle! The old woman let out a saw-saw-like laugh again, "This is actually a heavenly opportunity, but it doesn't hurt for you to show it to you." ”、

Yu Guo Rufeng waved his sleeve robe up, and with a hula, several cyclones turned into thunder, and the army went straight to the sky, as if the wind swept over the hills, and the clouds in the sky were lifted in an instant like a tablecloth.

A huge red gold dragon like a mountain and a river lay quietly above the sky, above An Ran's head was its five claws like a castle tower, its body stretched out like a great river into the distance, and a section of the dragon's tail hung down from the western horizon into the sea. It was a dragon that wanted to soar into the sky, but now it was imprisoned in the air like an ice sculpture. This picture gives a strong sense of oppression, which makes people tremble with fear.

This painting reminded An Ran of a sentence in the textbook "Getaway" that he learned in a textbook when he was studying: "There is a fish in the North Underworld, and its name is Kun." The Kun is so big that I don't know how many thousands of miles it is; Turned into a bird, its name is Peng. Peng's back, I don't know how many thousands of miles it is; Flying in anger, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky. ’

"Ahh This is the second uncle, and he is also my second brother. The old woman was very satisfied with An Ran's expression with her mouth wide open, "Actually, the old woman is a mage, and it is my confinement spell that can make the second brother so quiet, and when he never turned into a human like this before, he was about the same size as the little henchman next to you, ah!" My second brother, the most threatening sentence is 'Xiao Wang came with the West Sea', and then the mountain will repay the salute, 'Even if you are in the middle, you can only break the river and the sea with one sword.'" “

"You said it was the one who hunted me down?" An Ran pointed to the dragon in the sky and made an exaggerated expression, "How can he have the concern of Second Uncle Lao?" “

"Because the adult holds my second brother's scale armor in his hand, which is a part of his body, he doesn't care about who you are worried about? Haven't you ever heard, 'The husband is innocent and guilty?' "What's more, adults are not horses, and it is the responsibility of every boss-level monster in your mouth to prevent you from entering the Heavenly Dao. Let me reveal to you a little bit of genius, the second master's pursuit is not a simple pursuit, his claws down, maybe all your previous efforts will be in vain. “

"Your uncle!" An Ran scolded, "You have to be chased by a dragon, why didn't you say it before?" And why did you choose me? “

"Because you are an oracle and have a benevolent heart, only you can communicate with me. Other adventurers will think of me as an extremely powerful boss-level monster even when they see me, and if I show my name, it will be in blood-red font in their eyes. And this responsibility is not borne by mortals, don't look at this small scale, its weight is actually not much different from a small mountain, if you are not a god don't want to touch it, and I can't leave this, so I can only ask for help. The old woman Guo Rufeng spoke more and more slowly, and An Ran could feel that the strength of her body was disappearing little by little. Ironic, isn't it? As a mage who manipulated space and time, he was now too weak to get out of his spatial confinement. O brother! The fifth sister is incompetent, and thousands of years have passed, and she still can't resolve the resentment in the second brother's heart. She said this last thing as if she were saying it for someone else.

"But I'm afraid I can't take your responsibility, you see that I'm so weak now, you big people are really interesting and super nice to speak." What An Ran actually wanted to say was, 'Hey! You're so strong, you've got to give me some equipment and skill books! ‘

"Your Excellency is not weak, although you do look like an ant now, but where there is a will, there is a way, and I am sure that you will become strong to complete the mission. And we're not big enough to talk about in front of you, okay! We've talked enough, and if you and your friend take that step in our conversation, how can I explain it to the old woman—that's the end of it! You need to find someone who looks like a beggar in Xiliang City, and he will tell you how to find the sword god Ouyang Zhishan, remember! “

After saying that, the old woman's body slowly became stiff, and she slowly stretched out the finger bones of her right hand, and flicked her thumb and forefinger 'Poo!' With a bang, An Ran returned to the place just now, to be precise, he should have returned to his body.

An Ran remembered a song in her ears:

How the deceased is like the wind,

'Gathering is short and long, and there are many bitter days.

Qiu Er is warm, Luo clothes are off, and he sings in front of the tent.

How can the courtyard be full of grass and autumn water.

Shaohua is fleeting, and the years are fleeting

Yesterday, the country and the city were overwhelmed

But the green mountains are squeezed

How is it! How is it!

The old woman finished singing, and she couldn't move when a pool of cloudy tears came out of the corners of her eyes.

He felt as if he had never left, as he had turned his head and his eyes were still on his shoulder. There was nothing on his shoulder, and everything that happened seemed like a dream, but where was the dream so real? An Ran nervously twisted her head and looked around, but she didn't see any living creatures around her except for themselves.

"How so?" The desert is still talking to the people around him.

"What's wrong?" An Ran asked.

"Our game characters were collectively stuck just now," the middle-aged man said with a frown, "and they can move slowly even if they are stuck, but they are very slow, and the characters can't speak." “

"Yes! It's strange, is there a problem with the network? Shouldn't it be? Is it normal for this copy to happen—don't you notice? Brother Enron. Yanluo added.

"I didn't feel it, I just felt like I was dragged to a special place by a person...... An Ran asked after omitting Guo Rufeng's conversation with him: "Did you see an old woman in a black robe just now?" The handsome young man felt that it was wrong to use the old woman's expression, "No! It should be a dead man. “

In the current environment, his remark made everyone nervous all of a sudden.

"Ahh Dead person! As a girl, Yanluo was naturally timid, and instantly took the arrow from her back and bent her bow to set up an arrow, "Where?" She asked, pulling the string.

The long river sunset was not slow to react, I saw that his right hand flicked the white paper fan and was opened, and his left hand just took out the green medicine powder in the cloth bag, and he threw it at everyone's heads, and the fan in his right hand was pulled down and then lifted up in the air, and a glittering green hook was drawn in the air for a moment. So the young Taoist priest and his teammates all put on a recovery skill 'Rejuvenation Technique'

This skill is one of the Taoist Priest's signature skills, which is used to continuously restore HP to self and teammates in battle, with a recovery duration of 10 seconds and a skill cooldown of 30 seconds. The use of 'rejuvenation technique' requires the Taoist's special medicinal powder and a set of gestures, the casting time is short, and the requirements for body gestures are not high, which is the most basic skill that this Taoist player should master, and the long river sunset can certainly do it.

Taoist priests are a more auxiliary game character in the Chinese world, their output ability is not high, not as strong as archers and mages, and their defensive ability is far inferior to that of warrior monks and warriors, but it is such a seemingly mediocre profession, but it can often become a soul-like character in a team. Their formations can change the landscape of the battlefield; Their potions can dominate the lives of others. The requirements of Taoist skills for body style and gestures should be said to be the easiest of the six professions in the Chinese world, but the judgment of the situation in battle, when to use what skills, and the combination and connection of skills are the most difficult of the six professions, that is, this is the most difficult point, so that many players who become bastards because of the choice of Taoist abound.

"Well done!" Fan Yuntian dug his nostrils casually, "You gave us a mouthful of milk when we didn't even know where the enemy was, so what should we do when the rejuvenation technique on our body disappears, and you are just within 30 seconds of the skill cooldown, and the enemy suddenly gives us a few swords?" "As soon as he finished speaking, the NPC kid bounced out the filth in his hand, nervous? Fan Yuntian's dictionary does not have the word nervous.

"Sorry! I was nervous. The sunset of the long river was brave enough to accept the opinion, and suddenly he noticed that something was wrong, "NPC!" The inch-headed Taoist priest shouted praisefully, "This NPC can actually talk like this, who is taking the task?" How did it get into the dungeon? “

"I didn't see anyone, but everyone should be careful." The desert lonely smoke pressed the handle of the knife with his straight hand and looked around.

"Forget it!" An Ran said, "As she said, only I can see her, she has no ill will towards us, if the old woman wants to kill us, I'm afraid we and the lamb to the slaughter—" A voice interrupted him.

"-Wow! Really. Yanluo also found the NPC boy next to her who was a head shorter than her, "He's so cute!" Big blue eyes and pointed ears that look like a doll. The girl suddenly forgot to put away her bow and arrows nervously, and even wanted to reach out to pinch Fan Yuntian's face.

Ay! Girls are different from women after all, and they are always difficult to refuse cute things and sweet words like honey.

"Miss, your legs are so white." Fan Yuntian slanted at Yanluo's thigh with a hanging-up expression, and wanted to reach out to touch it.

"Ahh The smoke fell and jumped away in fright.

"This is Enron's NPC friend, stay away from him, he's not what you think." The desert lonely smoke quickly reminded.

"You said that we can't be like this," Fan Yuntian didn't bother to care about the smoke falling on the side, "In the future, if you take me and meet a woman like her, you just say that I am the pet you picked up, so that they will talk about me and knead me with you, and you will know me and have a common topic because of me, so that you can get the right to mate-hmph!" Women, Lao Tzu doesn't like it. After speaking, the NPC kid disappeared in place.

His words made Smoke's face flush with shame, and the girl lowered her head and even tried to find a crack in the ground to get into.

"Don't take his words to heart, your brother is right, my NPC friend has a bad stomach, not as harmless as it seems." An Ran said.

"I'm not that kind of person, Brother An Ran!" Yanluo didn't dare to look at him, his head lowered, and his voice was as small as a mosquito.

"I know! I know! Our smoke is a good girl. An Ran comforted.

At this time, Da Mo Guyan walked over and patted his sister's shoulder, "Okay, there's nothing to be embarrassed about, don't worry about an NPC." Then he said to An Ran, "I'm just this sister, she is more important than anything else in my heart, no one can bully her, I really want to beat your NPC friends now." “

"Of course, no one can bully her," An Ran gestured his fist, "Fan Yuntian get out and Lao Tzu is going to beat you!" “

"Wait until you can win against Lao Tzu," a childish voice came from the air.

"Look at me! Snowfall! The sunset roared and threw the powder in his hand into the air, and the others drew a circle with a fan, and the silver powder flew around like fireflies.

"Hahahaha! Are you going to use this skill to make Lao Tzu appear? Didn't you know that all debuffs (meaning debuffs) can't be used on teammates? Fan Yuntian laughed, of course he would not be forced out by the skill of the long river setting sun.

"You're not my teammate, and I don't have you on my teammate." The long river sunset said unconvinced.

"But Brother Enron is your teammate! Unless you kick him out of the ranks, you can't attack me, and there's nothing you can do with me. Fan Yuntian, who was invisible, explained proudly.

Hearing this, the three of them looked at An Ran together, expecting to find the answer from his mouth.

"Alright! An Ran had no choice but to open Fan Yuntian's name, and about fifteen yards to the left of everyone, a transparent font appeared like a water wave, 'An Ran's servant Fan Yuntian': "He is my servant, of course, this is the name of the system, in my heart, he is indeed my NPC friend." An Ran explained to the desert lonely smoke.

"No wonder he's here." The lonely smoke of the desert suddenly realized.

"He is much higher than me and is an assassin, so if Fan Yuntian enters the stealth state, as long as the distance is not too close, even I will not be able to see him. Please forgive me for concealing it, it's not that I don't believe you, just like what you said, Fan Yuntian is also very important in my heart, and we have to help him keep some of his things secret. “

An Ran still told them the truth, although he knew that it seemed too wise to reveal his family background to others, but since he regarded them as friends, hiding and pinching in front of his friends didn't seem to be his An someone's style of doing things.

"I swear that I will never reveal half a word to the outside world, and you say this to us, which is equivalent to giving us your back and treating us as brothers." The desert lonely smoke said emotionally.

"Hmmm! We'll never say that. The long river sunset Yuan also replied.

Yanluo didn't speak, she seemed to have been distracted, and the girl wondered if one day Brother An Ran, who was next to her, would also come over and hug her, saying that she was the most important person in his heart?

An Ran closed Fan Yuntian's name again, and together they walked deeper into the trail, and when the five of them reached the root of an old tree that had lost its bark, something happened.