Scourge Messenger

Chapter 148 I’m going too
The next day, after getting up, Yan Qing didn't rush to log into her Bunny Girl account. Instead, she logged into Jiang Shi first and took Bai Bao to clear the Zhen San Shan Secret Realm once.

Although the rewards from the first-level secret realm have decreased significantly, every little bit helps. Fighting monsters will also help Jiang Shiye improve his secret technique level. Besides, clearing the secret realm 200 times will also achieve the milestone of "famous throughout the three mountains". Yan Qing treats it as a daily task and can also get breakfast from the military camp.

Ironically, when Yan Qing said he would only run the secret realm once, many people couldn't help but ask if Jiang Shi was feeling unwell. Some even urged Ye Si to take Jiang Shi to see a doctor as soon as possible. Back in the barracks, it was already crowded with people concerned about Jiang Shi's condition.

Even Gai Louxian heard the news and came to inquire. Bu Liu Guzhen, the leader of the camp who was defeated by Ye Si, rushed to the barracks to ask anxiously. Then he clashed with other newly promoted messengers who admired Jiang Shi. Because they had cleared too many secret realms, Bai Bao, who followed them to eat meat and drink soup, naturally accumulated battle merits quickly, and the messenger promotion rate also increased significantly.

These new messengers all attributed the credit to Jiang Shi, their respect tinged with admiration. However, since Jiang Shi had clearly stated that his whole heart and soul belonged to others, no one dared to pursue him. Instead, they silently guarded him, even stealing monsters from him during dungeons, thus depriving Jiang Shi of much experience in practicing secret techniques.

Yan Qing thought with a hint of malice, "If Jiang Shi dies, there will be quite a few widowers in this military camp who have lost their loved ones."

Upon logging into Bunny Girl's account, Yan Qing discovered that she was the only one left in the room.

However, this is to be expected. It is already daylight, and the best time to travel in Changle City is from midnight to dawn. The reason is the same as that most animals are nocturnal and daytime is the time for human activity: only the strong have the right to travel openly and honestly, while the weak must avoid being noticed and minimize the risks.

Since Bunny Girl has chosen to go her separate ways, Pharmacist and the others naturally have no reason to continue traveling together. Leaving early is also in line with her decisive and efficient personality.

Yan Qing didn't like to drag things out and didn't want to explain too much, so he went offline last night and refused to communicate with them. Anyway, they were just strangers who happened to have traveled together for two days.

That's what she thought, and that's the logic, but Yan Qing still had a subtle feeling in her heart... that there wasn't even a farewell or a letter.

But thinking about it carefully, they might have already said goodbye before leaving. They all assumed that Bunny Girl could hear them, so naturally they wouldn't write another letter. Yan Qing was willing to believe this possibility because he quite liked Pharmacist and the others.

The bunny girl went downstairs to check out openly, but the shopkeeper was no longer Fu Nan from last night, though he was still a red-named messenger.

The bunny girl stood on tiptoe, gripping the counter, and asked, "How do I get up Mount Shu?"

The shopkeeper glanced at her and said, "Go north when you leave the city. Once you're outside the city gate, there's a mountain path. Keep going uphill."

"Thanks, uncle."

After leaving the restaurant, Yan Qing did not set off immediately. Instead, he wandered around the city for a while to see what he could buy. To his surprise, he found that they were selling sword tassel tokens. Although the price was high, Yan Qing was not short of money.

"Tassel Sword Tassel"

"Rank: Second-tier Common"

"Equipment Requirements: Sword-type token"

"Effect - Effortless: Reduces the spirit power consumption of sword-type tokens by 1 to 5 points when activating their effects. The more spirit power is consumed, the greater the reduction."

"Review: The sword tassel is unremarkable, suitable for a swordsman just starting out in the martial world."

Most weapon tokens have matching additional tokens, and some weapons can even be paired with multiple additional tokens. For example, Yan Qing once saw a player on the forum showing off a legendary glove with five gem slots that could be used to attach five gem tokens, making it the best of the best.

The Seven Star Sword is a major consumer of spiritual energy, making it a perfect match for the tassel sword. Yan Qing lingered in Chang Le City for a while, feeling that the news had spread sufficiently, then controlled the bunny girl to walk with an arrogant gait towards the north gate.

Now that the decision had been made to test the equipment, Yan Qing naturally wouldn't do it secretly. The more people from the other side came, the better. By gathering all the troubles together to solve them, things would be much simpler.

The greater the difficulty, the more excited he became. He was the kind of person who would always choose the highest difficulty level if there was one, stubbornly believing that only the highest difficulty level could allow him to experience all the fun in the game... He gave so much time so that the messengers of the demonic path could prepare all the content.

Leaving Chang Le City was effortless; the gatekeeper only charged an entrance fee, not an exit fee, but re-entry required payment. The city was small, so news traveled quickly. Furthermore, the bunny girl's appearance was so distinctive that the gatekeeper's expression changed noticeably upon seeing her, with one even reminding her, "Are you in the wrong place? This is the direction to Shu Dao Mountain; there's another gate to leave."

"That's right."

The bunny girl said leisurely, "This heroine came here specifically to see the perilous land of the demonic path."

Amidst the stares of the crowd as if she were a fool, the Bunny Girl walked towards the mountain path. Yan Qing had expected someone to block the city gate, but to his surprise, everything was calm. He quickly realized that the other party was worried that the Bunny Girl would escape back to Chang Le City.

Chang Le City is a black market jointly maintained by the three guardians. The Blood Path Sect does not dare to openly break this rule. Therefore, if they want to deal with the Rabbit Girl, they must wait until she is far away from Chang Le City before they can make a move.

To reassure her as she left, none of the tails following behind even came out, as if Zhong Ji had given up on revenge.

“Wait!”

The bunny girl turned around and saw the pharmacist dragging a sack towards her. She was carrying the Soul-Severing Spear, and her brown cloak was stained with dark red blood that hadn't yet congealed, clearly indicating that she had just been in a battle.

She threw the sack in front of Bunny Girl, slashed it with her spear, and revealed a man inside who had been beaten bloody. He had several holes in his body from the spear, but the bleeding had stopped.

It's a red-named messenger.

The Pharmacist thrust his Soul-Severing Spear precisely into the side of his neck, saying, "Say what you just told me again."

"Blood Attendant... Zhong Ji sent people to spy on you. They overheard the little girl saying she wanted to storm Mount Shu, so they planned to ambush you on the mountain path. The mountain path of Mount Shu is full of traps, specifically designed for outsiders going up the mountain..."

"What else?"

The red-named messenger turned to look at the bunny girl, panting, and said, "Zhong Ji... Zhong Ji said he saw a priceless token on the little girl. If she escapes back to Chang Le City, it will be troublesome. So Zhong Ji also called down his brothers from the Blood Element Sect: the Four Warriors, the Bear Family, the Eighteen Wolves of the Yellow Sand, the Liangzhou Duo... Even if you escape, it's useless. Zhong Ji himself is very good at tracking. But I know a road that no one knows. I can take you away from the Shu Road Mountains. I—"

Before he could finish speaking, the pharmacist shot him dead.

Yan Qing felt a little regretful. He actually wanted to kill red-named players to reach the milestone of 'Enemy of Asura', but he was too embarrassed to do so because it was Yao Shiyuan's spoils. However, according to the red-named messenger, there were still many red-named players ahead, and Yan Qing might not be able to kill them all.

"Sister, you heard that too," the Pharmacist said. "The other side already knows you possess a great treasure, enough to warrant Zhong Ji using all his resources to deal with you. I wouldn't be surprised if even the Blood Prime Minister personally intervenes... Are you still determined to go to Mount Shu?"

"Of course," the bunny girl replied decisively. "It's just a mere third-tier messenger. My brother isn't even afraid of Foundation Establishment messengers. If I were too scared to go, he'd laugh at me!"

Yan Qing was prepared to deal with the other party's persuasion. Although it felt a bit troublesome, since the pharmacist was willing to care about her so much, Yan Qing couldn't continue with her cold words from last night.

If they really can't reason with her, then the bunny girl will have to find her own way. She can pretend to be persuaded to leave, and then secretly run away back to Shudao Mountain at night.

Anyway, the Bunny Girl will be dead by then, and she might even become a source of motivation for the Pharmacist's wish, encouraging her to reach the fourth stage of Foundation Establishment and wipe out the Shu Dao Mountain. In that case, Yan Qing can be considered to have done a good deed every day.

However, the pharmacist's response was beyond his expectations.

"Alright." The pharmacist nodded emphatically. "In that case, I'll go too."

(End of this chapter)