Chapter 111 The Village Chief's Mysterious Reward
Chapter 111 The Village Chief's Mysterious Reward
The next day, when Xiao Jie entered the game again, the mess in the village yesterday had completely disappeared, and it seemed as if nothing had happened. Only the obviously fewer villagers and a few houses that had not yet been repaired made Xiao Jie clearly realize that the battle had indeed happened.
Xiao Jie couldn't wait to open his backpack and check the trophies he got yesterday.
Especially the [Ashura Ghost Mask], which is the first purple outfit he got and is very commemorative. It is a hideous evil ghost mask with sharp fangs and a ghost eye between the eyebrows. It has to be said that it looks quite cool.
Just wear it on your head and drag the equipment skills to the shortcut bar, and you will feel instantly more powerful.
Walking on the streets of the village, I suddenly heard the voices of villagers greeting me.
"Morning, Master Yin Yue."
Hey, what does it mean to become Young Master Yin Yue?
"Good morning, Hidden Moon Warrior, come and try the buns I just made, they are still hot out of the pot."
As his satiety was a little low, Xiao Jie prepared to buy a few.
"how much is it?"
"Hey, why do I need money? This is a little gift from me, just take it and eat it." The owner of the restaurant looked very generous, with none of his former materialism.
"By the way, Hidden Moon Warrior, from now on, whenever you buy food from me, I'll give you half price."
so good?
Xiao Jie vaguely felt that this should be the benefit of having his reputation raised to the level of admiration.
As we walked along, almost all the villagers we met took the initiative to say hello, and each one was more enthusiastic than the other.
I ran to the pharmacy to take a look, and sure enough, the pharmacy had also returned to the cost price. A bottle of Xiaohong used to cost 50 wen, but now it has become 30 wen.
When Xiao Jie arrived at the blacksmith shop, he happened to see Zhou Tong scolding Wang Kai.
"You are such a worry, kid. I was fighting hard over there but you ran off to nowhere. I was so worried that I thought you were eaten by zombies."
"Master, please stop talking. I had no choice at the time. I was surrounded by a group of zombies and couldn't escape. I had to hide in an empty house. Fortunately, I was not found..."
Xiao Jie watched with secret joy, but sometimes he couldn't help having some bad taste.
Seeing Xiao Jie coming in, Zhou Tong immediately stopped scolding, "Hey, isn't this Brother Yin Yue? Come on, come on, it was all thanks to you guys yesterday."
"Master Zhou, please help me fix my weapon."
"Right away, right away, I'll get it done for you."
There was a clang of knocking. "Okay, a total of 125 coins."
So cheap! It's really cool to worship. In the past, it cost 50 coins to repair a hatchet, but now it only costs 125 coins to repair two blue weapons.
After the repairs were completed, Xiao Jie went straight to the village chief's house.
The real benefits have not yet been obtained, and I don’t know what kind of rewards the village will give.
When they arrived at the gate of the village chief's mansion, they found that the other three were already there.
"Brother Feng, why did you come just now? Come quickly, there are huge benefits from the village chief." I said excitedly.
"Have you received your rewards?"
"Yeah, and you can ask for the reward yourself. Just ask for whatever you want. It's great."
So amazing? Xiao Jie was a little surprised, he thought the reward was fixed.
He couldn't wait to walk into the village chief's mansion. In the living room, Huang Shidao was staring at two portraits hanging on the wall in a daze.
Xiao Jie had seen this portrait the last time he came here, but he didn't pay any attention to it at that time. This time, he took a closer look and found that it was a man and a woman, two people in ancient costumes.
The men are handsome and the women are pretty, and compared with the old-fashioned villagers in the village, they seem very classy.
"Ah, little brother, you are finally here. When I first met you and your brother, I knew you were no ordinary person, but I didn't expect that you would end up in such a situation. It can be considered fate."
Xiao Jie felt dejected. Yes... Han Luo, what a pity. If Han Luo was here, the two of them would have performed better together yesterday.
"I also want to thank my father-in-law for his care back then."
"Haha, no problem. I've called you here today to give you a reward. In yesterday's battle, although the others fought bravely, you remained calm in times of crisis and were able to come up with a brilliant plan to defeat the enemy. This is truly rare. You can be said to be the savior of Ginkgo Village. If you have any requests, just let me know. As long as I can, I will do my best to help you."
Can I actually make requests myself? Xiao Jie was pleasantly surprised. I have to think about it carefully. However, I think I have nothing to lack now. The key is that I don’t know what rewards the old village can provide. If there is anything I really want, it is undoubtedly the incense.
This thing is equivalent to a weakened version of the wishing technique. If you can get ten or eight of them, then whenever you need something in the future you can just ask your ancestors for a wish and it will be yours. That would be so cool.
"Village chief, if possible, could you give me a few bundles of your incense?"
Huang Shidao couldn't help but smile bitterly: "You, you really dare to think of a few bundles. That thing is not so easy to get. It is a treasure passed down from my ancestors. If I use one less, it will be gone. It's not that I can't bear to part with it, but it's really because the village will be in trouble in the future, and I need to make a wish to my ancestors, so I can't waste it."
As the old village chief spoke, he began to narrate the origin of the burning of incense.
Huang Shidao’s ancestors were the boy and girl who were rescued by an immortal when Ginkgo Village was established seven hundred years ago.
Although his two ancestors suffered great disasters, they also turned disaster into fortune. They learned some magic from immortals and did many great things in the outside world to exorcise demons and monsters.
However, the two had no destiny to become immortals, and ultimately they could not become immortals. When they grew old and frail, they returned to Ginkgo Village, built this ancestral hall, and set up a spirit gathering array so that the tablets enshrined in it could gather incense and mental power, gather into spirits, and bestow blessings.
He also left 108 incense sticks for future generations, which can be used to make wishes to the ancestors and seek help when the village is in danger.
Now, after seven hundred years, only a few are left.
Xiao Jie thought to himself, is this true? When you gave me that one, it didn’t feel so exaggerated.
"The one my father-in-law gave me..."
"Although I am not proficient in immortal arts, I know a thing or two about physiognomy. That day I saw that your face looked like a hidden dragon in the abyss. You will surely be an extraordinary person in the future. That's why I reluctantly gave you one, hoping to establish a good relationship with you. But now I don't have any more."
The more Xiao Jie listened, the more nonsense he thought it was. Why was this old man just like the fortune tellers in the park? He instinctively felt that this guy was trying to trick him and probably just couldn't bear to burn incense for him.
But it was difficult to force him, so he could only sigh and say, "That's such a pity."
"Hey, don't say it's a pity yet. I do have an idea that may satisfy you, little brother. You may want to listen to it.
The world is now in chaos, with demons wreaking havoc and governments everywhere defending themselves. My Ginkgo Village can only stay here for a while.
I think you are brave and resourceful, and you are a perfect candidate for an official post. Why don't you learn how to govern the village from me for a while and work for me? If one day I am destined to meet my ancestors, I will give you the post of village chief of Ginkgo Village. What do you think? Although the post of village chief is not a big one, it is still an official post. This post is a reward for you."
[System prompt: Trigger the hidden errand [Village Chief's Apprentice], do you want to accept it? Yes/No.]
Holy shit, there's actually such a job? Village chief - apprentice? Why the hell does this sound so weird?
It seemed like there might be great development prospects for this opportunity, but after hesitating for a moment, Xiao Jie did not accept it.
The prospects of this job are still very good. Xiao Jie speculated that once he becomes the village chief, there will most likely be subsequent promotion paths.
Military officers can be promoted, so the village chief, as the lowest-level civil servant, may also be able to be gradually promoted.
Although the job is good, it requires me to stay in Ginkgo Village. I have revenge to take, and I also need to learn skills and level up. What's the point of staying in this tiny novice village?
Besides, who knows when you, Village Chief Huang, will die? If you don’t die, then won’t I have to work for you for nothing?
This kind of uncertainty always gives me a feeling of being lied to.
"I'm sorry, fame and fortune are just like floating clouds to me. I have no interest in being an official. I just want to exorcise demons and bring order to this world. How about this - since the two ancestors of the village chief were disciples of immortals, I wonder if there are any immortal methods or Taoist scriptures passed down. Just give me two of them as a reward."
"Alas, this is asking too much. In seven hundred years, even if there were one or two secret manuals, they would have long been lost. How could they be found?"
"Since you don't want to accept this job, let me give you a copy of the property deed of Ginkgo Village as a reward. If you get bored of staying outside, you can come back here and take a look."
[System prompt: Obtain the task reward [Ginkgo Village House Deed], you have obtained a house, and the residential construction function is enabled. This function is a hidden gameplay of this game. You can increase the furnishings in the house by purchasing furniture, and you can also add additional facilities related to professional skills to the house. ]
Uh? I actually gave you something like this.
Xiao Jie opened his backpack and took a look.
【House Deed (Scroll)
Use: Check the location of your properties.
Item Description: A property certificate, a certificate for a residence in Ginkgo Village, an item of great value. 】
Xiao Jie clicked to check and found that the property was just behind the village chief's house, next to the ginkgo tree and the ancestral hall. The location was quite good and it belonged to the "first ring" of Ginkgo Village.
Well, even though it’s not the most desired incense burning secret book or something like that, it should still have some value.
As Xiao Jie walked out of the village chief's house, the three people outside immediately came up to him.
"So, what reward did you get?"
"The title deed, I have a house now."
Xiao Jie said this with a smile, but he couldn't help feeling speechless in his heart, because he hasn't bought a house in real life yet.
Ye Luo said enviously: "This is a good thing. If you don't want it anymore, you can sell it. It's very valuable."
"How much is it worth?"
"Not sure, but it should be no problem to sell it for hundreds of thousands."
Oh my god, it's so valuable? Isn't it more valuable than a real house?
Jiangbei City is a small third-tier city, and housing prices have never been very high, especially with the recent downturn in the real estate market. A house of 60 to 70 square meters only costs 400,000 or 500,000 yuan, which is more expensive than a real house.
"What reward did you get?"
I want to become an immortal. "My reward is the Fengyinzhou map. I asked the village chief how to get to the Baiyun Temple in Bixia Mountain, and he gave it to me. After using it, I opened most of the Fengyinzhou map, but not all of it. Several high-level dangerous areas are still black."
Xiao Jie thought that this thing was pretty good. The maps in this game were all black and needed to be explored before they could be displayed. Now most of the maps were opened directly, which would be of great help to adventure and leveling in the short term.
Dongfang Sheng said: "My reward is a [Letter of Introduction]. Giving it to the governor can improve the prefecture's reputation."
Xiao Jie immediately realized Dongfang Sheng's plan, "Are you going to change your job to become a military officer?"
Dongfang Sheng said, "That's right. Now all I need is riding skills. As long as I learn riding skills before level 10, I can then become a military commander. I heard that riding skills are quite expensive, but luckily I saved some money, so it should be enough."
Military generals should be considered as the higher-end basic professions.
"Congratulations."
"Haha, I also want to thank you all for taking me to the battle."
Ye Luo also said, "What I received is the [Donkey Whistle]."
"Donkey whistle? What is that?"
"It's a mount. You don't need riding skills to use it."
After saying that, Ye Luo blew a whistle suddenly, and a donkey was summoned out of thin air. It ran to Ye Luo with a grunt. Ye Luo jumped on it and ran around the village chief's house. You know what, it ran quite fast.
Wait until Ye Luo rides his donkey back to the three people.
Xiao Jie couldn't help but ask curiously: "Why did you want such a thing?"
"I'm about to leave the Novice Village. It's more convenient with a mount. I'm waiting here just to say goodbye to you." Ye Luo said calmly.
Although he was mentally prepared, Xiao Jie still felt a little sad when he heard the news.
"So we're going to say goodbye?"
"Don't be so sad. You will have to leave the Novice Village sooner or later. You are already level nine now, so you will probably leave soon. After I finish my professional mission, I will level up around Luoyang Town. I will probably run into you again when you get to Luoyang Town."
"Then let's team up together then?"
This time, Ye Luo did not refuse.
"Okay, but you have to hurry up and level up. If the level gap is too big, I won't bother to take you with me."
"Haha, don't worry, we are only two levels behind you now, we will catch up with you sooner or later."
"Then it depends on your ability." Ye Luo said mischievously, "Then I'll take my leave, everyone."
After saying that, he rode his donkey towards the outside of the village.
Although they would see each other again sooner or later, Xiao Jie felt inexplicably sad about parting when he saw Ye Luo disappear outside the village gate.
Retracting his thoughts, Xiao Jie thought there was no need to be sentimental and just upgrade quickly.
(End of this chapter)