Chapter 55 Moon Drop

Shi Feng fell into deep thought, unable to figure out how Qianhuan Wanmie had completed this quest in his previous life.

Where could the Dark Bible possibly be stored? Who the hell knew?

On top of that, the information he'd gathered about this quest in his previous life was fragmentary at best, with far too few leads to go on.

Right now, he was stuck with this demonic curse, and even leveling up was a problem. He had to find a way to deal with it, or things would only get worse down the road.

"Respected Miss Xia Lian, I've been cursed by a demon — is there any way to break it?" Shi Feng steadied himself and fired off one question after another to the delicate Xia Lian. "Also, where can I find the Dark Bible? Even a few clues would help."

When she heard Shi Feng rattling off a string of questions, a serene, luminous smile appeared on Xia Lian's holy-looking face.

"My, you certainly do have a lot of questions, little one. It's not that I have no way to deal with the curse, but you should know — if you want something, you have to give something in return. There is only one way to lift the curse, and that is with a Moon Drop. A Moon Drop can dispel any magic and curse in the world. However, a great many materials are required to perform the ritual. I can provide some of them for you. As for conducting the ritual, you'll need to pay a fee of three gold coins. And if you want to know the location of the Dark Bible, there's an additional information fee of ten gold coins."

Watching Xia Lian explain all this with an excited gleam in her eyes, Shi Feng felt a chill run down his spine. The way she looked at him — no matter how impossibly pure and holy she appeared right now, it couldn't mask the fiery greed burning in her gaze.

In the end, it all came down to one word.

Money!

System: Do you accept the quest to break the curse?

"Respected Miss Xia Lian, I'm willing to pay the fees." What else could Shi Feng say? Though Xia Lian's asking price was outrageously steep — three gold coins in one shot, when not a single player in all of White River City could afford it.

"If you're willing, then pay one gold coin as a deposit." Xia Lian extended her slender white hand without the slightest hesitation.

Seeing her do this, Shi Feng half-suspected she had some kind of X-ray vision skill, but the payment was going to have to be made sooner or later anyway. He gritted his teeth and handed over one gold coin.

The moment the coin left his possession, Shi Feng went from a wealthy tycoon to a pauper.

"Here, take this. You'll need to charge it with energy first. It can transport you to the Moonlight Woods to collect thirty Moonstones. Just bring them back to me." Xia Lian snatched up the gleaming gold coin in a flash, then produced a glass sphere about the size of a fist and handed it to Shi Feng.

System: You have accepted the Moon Drop quest. Quest objective: collect thirty Moonstones and two gold coins and deliver them to Xia Lian. Reward: removal of the Great Demon's evil curse.

Shi Feng took the glass sphere and examined it.

Teleportation Sphere — once activated, it can transport you directly to the Moonlight Woods and back. Usage requirement: 200,000 experience points must be stored within it.

Two hundred thousand experience points — enough for an ordinary player to jump from Level 0 straight to over Level 7. For someone in his current position, this was practically a death sentence.

His experience gain from killing monsters was reduced by 95%. That meant killing common mobs of the same level yielded virtually zero experience. He'd have to kill elites at least one level above his own just to earn around ten points per kill. Reaching 200,000 would require slaying twenty thousand higher-level elites. How many ages would that take? And Red Leaf Town didn't even have that many elites to go around.

"As expected of an epic quest — it really is absurdly difficult." Shi Feng let out a bitter, helpless laugh.

In his previous life, Qianhuan Wanmie had the backing of a first-rate guild, the Illusory World Temple, and even then it had barely managed to complete this quest. Shi Feng didn't have a first-rate guild behind him, so finishing it would be far, far harder. But once it was done, the rewards would make everything else pale in comparison. Even a Magic Artifact was nothing next to this. That was exactly how Qianhuan Wanmie had built his legendary reputation and turned the Illusory World Temple into a future powerhouse — one that surpassed even the Snake of the Body.

Though he didn't have a first-rate guild at his back, he was a reborn player, and that gave him a significant edge. At the very least, when it came to making money, he wouldn't lose to any first-rate guild — not anymore.