Chapter 5: Wind-Blowing Wind Chimes

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

After casually browsing through some other posts on the forum, Zhang Shan closed the forum and focused on farming monsters. He was about to reach level 2. Having a teammate who could withstand the damage of monsters really made things move faster. Now that he had more than 400 experience points, he was only a dozen more monsters away from leveling up. It was a pity that they had just killed more than 100 chicks but no equipment was dropped, only the copper coin.

“Brother, how much EXP do you need to level up?” Zhang Shan asked.

“I have 460 EXP now, which should be about the same as yours. I need 10 monsters or so to level up. The equipment drop rate is really low. Both of us have high luck, but after fighting for so long, not a single white-tier equipment was dropped.”

“You should feel contented. You already have the clothes. In the novice village, there are probably not many people who can have novice clothes.”

“Hehe, we are lucky. After leveling up to level 2, should we change the map? It’s not challenging at all to keep fighting demonized chicks.”

“Challenging my ass! I don’t plan to change it. Let’s farm it to level 3 first. Hunters don’t have any skills. Just by relying on flat A, I can barely fight chicks by myself. How would I dare to look for other monsters? Unless you can tank it, and let me stand and increase my A.”

“After leveling up, the additional attributes should be a little better,” Thousand Miles Riding Alone said in a consoling tone.

“To me, it’s just a little better. I reckon that when I reach level 2 and my positioning is a little better, I should be able to farm a chick without getting hurt. At most, I’ll let the monsters hit me once or twice. I don’t want to farm monsters at level 2. Unless I get some equipment, otherwise, I’ll only change the map when I reach level 3.”

As he spoke, a red light rose from Zhang Shan’s body.

System: Congratulations to player Six Guan Bodhisattva for leveling up to level 2. Skill Points +1, all attributes +2, and free attribute points +5.

“You have leveled up? Hehe, I’m almost there, too. Two more monsters.”

Zhang Shan did not have time for him. There was no need to mention skill points. He only had one skill right now, so he could only upgrade the Headshot.

Skill 1, Headshot: (passive), level: level 2. Every attack of the Hunter has a chance to trigger the Headshot effect, causing an additional 50 damage and stunning for 0.05 seconds. The trigger rate is 1%.

Not bad. Sure enough, every level of this skill would increase the chance of triggering the Headshot. If that was the case, when the Hunter reached level 10, there would be a 5% chance of triggering the Headshot effect. That would be very significant. Every 20 hits would trigger the Headshot effect once.

All the five free attribute points were added to agility. Right now, his attack power was too low. Moreover, he had initially wanted to play the all-agility Hunter.

The all-agility Hunter’s shortcomings were obvious. Its advantages were also very obvious. Its weakness was its fragile skin. Basically, it would die if someone attacked it first unless it obtained a life-saving skill in the later stages. However, its advantages were also very obvious. Its attack power was high and its attack speed was fast.

In the New World, the description of the attributes was as follows. Strength increased the attack power and HP of the strength-type. For other classes, strength only increased their HP, while agility increased the attack power, attack speed, and movement speed of the agility type. The agility of other classes also only increased their attack speed and movement speed. It was the same with intelligence. For an increase in magic points, only the intelligence type would increase the attack power.

As for the effect of the attribute increase, no one knew. The operator had not announced the increase mechanism, and no one knew what formula it was based on.

The increase in HP and magic points by strength and intelligence was still quite obvious. One could tell at a glance. Agility was said to increase attack speed and movement speed, but right now no one could see the effect at all. In any case, Zhang Shan had not felt it. It was probably because the agility attribute was too little, so the increase in attack speed was negligible. He couldn’t feel it at all.

Perhaps it would only show in the later stages. Actually, this was more reasonable. After all, attack speed was also a type of damage output. If the increase in agility was obvious, then the other classes wouldn’t be able to play.

Checking the attributes:

Character: Six Guan Bodhisattva

Class: Hunter

Level: 2

Health points: 120

Magic points: 60

Physical Attack: 18-22

Magic Attack: 7-7

Strength: 7

Agility: 17

Intelligence: 7

Defense: 3

Luck 9 (randomly generated within a range of 1-10. Luck is a hidden attribute and will never change)

Talent: The Passive King (every time you kill a monster, there is a chance to randomly obtain a passive skill from the monster. The probability is one in a million.)

Skill 1, Headshot (passive), level: level 2. Every attack of the Hunter has a chance to trigger the headshot effect, causing an additional 50 damage and stunning for 0.05 seconds, the trigger rate is 1%.

Equipment: novice clothes, novice musket.

With 20 points of attack power, it would be very easy to fight the demonized chicks. It would be five hits at most. If the Headshot was triggered, it would be done in three hits.

Looking at the experience bar, it was 5/1000. Leveling up from level 2 to level 3 required 1,000 experience points. If one was to farm alone, one would need to farm 200 demonized chicks.

“Haha, you’ve leveled up. Brother Six Tube. I’ll go look for a level 2 monster and see if there’s anything easy to farm. I’ll call you if there’s anything that can be fought.” Thousand Miles Riding Alone had also leveled up to level 2.

“Alright, I’ll look for you to tank the monsters. Otherwise, if I keep meditating, the efficiency will be too low.”

“I understand. I have 200 hp and 12 points of defense. It shouldn’t be a problem for me to fight level 2 monsters. Even if the monster’s attack reaches 20, I’ll only lose a few points of HP. Don’t panic, I’ll go look for the monsters first.” After saying that, he ran away into the distance.

Okay.

In the New World’s maps, only the places that the characters had been to would be lit up. Right now, they had only killed chicks. They didn’t know the distribution of the other monsters at all. On the forum, there was a map of the monster distribution in the novice village that was released by a Thief, however, most of them could only be checked with game coins, so there was no need to do so. In any case, the level 2 monsters were definitely nearby, so they could easily find them. However, if they wanted to find a suitable monster to kill, they would have to find a few more places.

After Thousand Miles Riding Alone ran away, Zhang Shan began to kill the chicks alone. Although he was gaining EXP for himself, his efficiency was much lower. No matter how he moved, every time he killed a chick, the chick would hit him once or twice. Each time, he would lose 7-8 hp. If he was unlucky, when the chick used Peck, it would hit him for more than 10 points of damage.

Based on his 120 hp, if he could not kill 10 monsters, he would have to meditate to recover his HP. Compared to when Thousand Miles Riding Alone was tanking the monsters, he felt quite uncomfortable. And this was only after on level leveling up. His efficiency was actually not as good as when he had not leveled up. He could not bear it anymore.

He still had to team up with another person to farm the monsters. Even if he could not tank the monsters, it did not matter. As long as he could help with a few hits, it would be fine. After Zhang Shan had this idea, he sent a message to Thousand Miles Riding Alone. “Brother, give me the captain. I’ll go and find another person. The efficiency of farming monsters alone is too low.”

Okay.

System: Six Guan Bodhisattva. Thousand Miles Riding Alone handed over the captain of the team to you.

While farming monster, Zhang Shan looked around to see if there was anyone suitable to form a team.

However, at the moment, those who were farming chicks were all in groups of twos and threes. Presumably, they were also in teams. He was a Hunter and was a weakling in the novice stage. He reckoned that they would not form a team with him.

Zhang Shan moved his position as he was farming. In a remote corner, he saw a female Priest sitting there meditating to recover her HP.

From afar, he did not feel anything. But when he got closer, he realized that this female Priest was very beautiful. It made one’s eyes light up. Her figure could not be described, and her face was so exquisite.

Of course, in the New World, the appearance could be adjusted by 5%. He did not know which ones she had adjusted, so the appearance of the character could not be taken seriously. Just like Zhang Shan himself, although it was just a casual adjustment, there were still a lot of changes. The people familiar with him wouldn’t be able to recognize him even if they saw him.

She was such a beautiful girl, yet no one brought her to level up. This was too cruel. Hehe.

Zhang Shan ran over. “Beautiful girl, should we form a team? Let’s farm faster together.”

That female Priest glanced at Zhang Shan. In the beginning, she didn’t say anything, but when she saw the musket in his hand, she showed a little contempt. After all, the Hunter class was a weakling in the novice stage and wasn’t welcomed.

“You’re already at level 2, why are you still farming chicks here? You can go and fight level 2 monsters.” The female Priest asked Zhang Shan curiously.

“If one has to meditate to farm level 1 monster, then level 2 will definitely be even harder. Let’s farm first. There’s another brother who had gone to look for level 2 monsters. We will change if he can find a suitable one.” Zhang Shan replied.

After saying that, Zhang Shan sent a team invitation to the beauty.

System: Wind-Blowing Wind Chimes has joined your team. The team income distribution method is money equally distributed. The items will be randomly distributed.

As for the experience distribution, it was based on the level. Zhang Shan was one level higher, so the experience would be a little more. As for Thousand Miles Riding Alone, although he was still in the team, the distance was too far. So he would not be able to get the experience and income. Of course, what he had farmed himself, Zhang Shan would not be able to get any.

“You stand by my side. I’ll lure the monsters over first. You just need to attack twice. That way, we won’t have to sit down and recover our HP.” Zhang Shan said. With the experience of farming chicks with Thousand Miles Riding Alone, Zhang Shan was becoming more and more familiar with melee attacks and killing monsters when farming chicks together.

Speaking of which, Zhang Shan was very unhappy about the matter of recovering his health through meditation. If it were not for the fact that the little red potion was too expensive and he could not afford much, he would have bought the potion to farm. When he could farm more copper coins, he would buy some red potions to keep in reserve.

Right now, Zhang Shan had a total of 116 copper coins in his inventory. The number of anti-demon quests completed was 104. This meant that he had a total of 220 copper coins. The little red potion would cost 10 copper coins and 50 points of HP. He could not buy much, so it was not of much use.

Wind-Blowing Wind Chimes had added blessing attacks to Zhang Shan. His attack power became 20-27. He could now kill a demonized chick with just four hits. In addition, Wind-Blowing Wind Chime also gave one or two hits. It was completely without injury. It was so comfortable.

Wind-Blowing Wind Chimes was a cold and aloof beauty who did not talk much. Zhang Shan was not a talkative person either. The two of them just quietly farming monsters without talking. The atmosphere was weird.

Zhang Shan felt a little bored. Thus he opened the regional chat channel to see what the others were talking about.

Since they had not left the novice village, the largest area for everyone to speak was the novice village area. It would cost money to speak in a larger area. The first message in the world was one gold coin. If they continued to speak, the cost would increase tenfold. At the moment, everyone was poor. No one could afford it.

10081 novice village chat channel.

Little secretary of the storm: “Collect copper coins, all kinds of white tier equipment. 100 copper coins for 10 blue coins. All white tiers cost 100 each. Collect in large quantities. Don’t be afraid that I don’t have money. I’m just afraid that you don’t have stock. Offline trading, you’ll get the money in a second. Message me immediately. The price will drop in the afternoon.”

“Anyone who wants to team up and farm chicks? Let’s farm together.”

“What class are you, come and team up.”

“Thief, add me as a friend, team me up.”

“Team your ass! I’m a Thief, too, how do we deal with two thieves?”

“It’s better than farming alone.”

“Alright, let’s team-up.”

The two miserable thieves were probably still at level 1. They were even worse than Zhang Shan when he was at level 1. At least Zhang Shan could go solo for a chick, but it would be difficult for a Thief. Although the attributes of the chick were similar to that of a level 1 Thief, the chick had skills. If it were to receive another critical hit, the Thief would definitely lie down.

Zhang Shan looked at the regional chat channel again. There was nothing new. It was either collecting equipment and copper coins or calling for team-up. Thinking about it, it made sense. Everyone was at most level 2 now, so there was nothing much to be done. There would not be any conflicts for the time being. There were plenty of demonized chicks, so there would not be any monster snatching or PK incidents.