Is this NPC even playable if it's not nerfed?

Chapter 60 Shanghe Village, a Strange Village

Chapter 60 Shanghe Village, a Strange Village
Shanghe Village.

More than ten miles upstream along the riverbank in Wangyou County, there is a village called Shanghe.

Shanghe Village enjoys a superior geographical location, with fertile fields and riverbanks, no wild beasts around, and neat houses where men farm and women weave, just like the Peach Blossom Spring described in folk tales.

This is Shanghe Village.

It is also the hometown of Lu Yuan, the chief constable of Wangyou County.

Jingye stayed in Wangyou County for several months, searching through all sorts of information, but still couldn't get the answer she wanted.

There is very little information about Lu Yuan.

The information they recorded, coming and going, was always the same.

What age did he fight a tiger? What age did he become a constable? What age did he destroy a mountain stronghold or sect?

It seems like a lot of information, but in reality, it can all be summarized in the words themselves.

This is not the information she wants.

What she wanted was more detailed and more private information.

Ultimately, she obtained some additional information from a street vendor.

Lu Yuan's hometown, Shanghe Village.

Lu Yuan was adopted.

When the blacksmith Lu passed through Shanghe Village, he happened to encounter Lu Yuan, who had been abandoned in the countryside by the villagers.

Legend has it that when Lu Yuan was born, there were ghostly cries and howls, which the people of Shanghe Village considered an ominous sign, so they abandoned him.

No one knows who Lu Yuan's biological parents are.

She asked all the NPCs in Wangyou County, but received no answer.

In search of answers, she came to Shanghe Village.

She wanted to get some answers she was looking for from here.

To provide more data for analyzing the character of Lu Yuan.

……

"The scenery in this village is really beautiful."

"When I retire, I will definitely live here."

"This is such a wonderful thing."

Dudu opened her arms wide and smiled.

"Thinking too much."

"The people of Shanghe Village are very xenophobic and resistant to outsiders."

"Especially us players, we've been kicked out countless times."

"It's going to be a little difficult for you to stay here."

The still night mercilessly shattered Dudu's delusions.

She had already learned about the village before she arrived.

Shanghe Village has more than 300 households, all of whom are surnamed Long and belong to the same clan.

This village has a bad reputation in the surrounding area.

Because of xenophobia.

Whether it's a passing NPC or a player.

Once you enter a village, the neutral villagers' favorability towards you will gradually decrease.

If you stay too long, you'll become part of the opposing camp and be violently expelled.

Since the server opened, many players in the vicinity have reported that the NPCs in this village are mentally unstable.

Players who spawn here cannot play the game normally and are forced to migrate to other villages.

This village is quite peculiar.

"If we're xenophobic, what can we do?"

Dudu scratched her head, looking somewhat puzzled.

"What else can we do? The old rules, I guess."

Jingye waved his hand dismissively and then walked towards the village.

"Old rules?"

"What old rules?"

"money."

"Money can make a fool of himself."

"I refuse to believe that even if the villagers are xenophobic, they'd still be xenophobic about money!"

"There's nothing that money can't solve; if there is, then just add more money."

“I lack everything, except money.”

"I'm so rich!"

Jingye revealed a confident smile.

She reeked of money.

"These damn rich people."

"Is this the happiness of a rich woman?"

"Waaaaah, I'm so hungry, I need food, please take care of me."

Dudu excitedly stepped forward and hugged Jingye's leg.

With a single flick of his leg, Jingye sent her flying.

"Sugar daddy/sugar baby arrangement? Candles, whips, steel wool, you choose one."

"Wow, rich lady, you're playing this high game? Never mind, my body is too fragile to handle this."

"Then stop whining and get down to business."

As soon as Jingye and her companion stepped into the territory of Shanghe Village, their system notifications began to ring, indicating that the favorability of the surrounding NPCs was decreasing. [Ding, Long Daniu's favorability towards you has decreased.]

[Beep, Lobster's favorability towards you has decreased.]

【drop……】

as predicted.

Ignoring these hints, Jingye quickened her pace and walked up to an old man.

As people get older, they also know more.

“Strange man, get out of Shanghe Village.”

"Shanghe Village does not welcome you."

The old man looked at the two people in front of him and immediately stood up, his tone extremely unfriendly.

"Grandpa, we mean no harm."

"We came to Shanghe Village just to ask for some information. Once we've asked, we'll leave."

Jingye suppressed her displeasure and tried her best to appear friendly.

"Shanghe Village, you won't find the information you need."

"Get out."

The old man wasn't having any of it. He pointed outside and shouted.

Hearing the commotion, the young people from the surrounding Shanghe Village picked up hoes, pitchforks, and sticks and walked towards the two.

"That old man has a terrible temper."

"That crazy old woman downstairs is not even a tenth as bad as him."

Dudu muttered a complaint in a low voice.

"Answer me one question, and I'll give you one tael of silver."

Jingye didn't waste any words. She took out an ounce of silver from her pocket and placed it directly in front of the old man.

"One tael of silver?"

"true and false?"

"This strange person is incredibly wealthy."
Before the old man could speak, the young people who had gathered around couldn't help but chime in.

That's a tael of silver!

In modern terms, one or two taels of silver is equivalent to two or three thousand yuan. If you answer a question, you can earn two or three thousand yuan. Who could resist such a temptation?

But the old man in front of him refused.

His gaze remained unfriendly as he pointed towards the village entrance.

"Take your money and get out."

"I'll say it again, Shanghe Village, you won't find the information you're looking for."

The old man's stubbornness was beyond Jingye's expectations.

However, she was not discouraged and calmly took out another tael of silver from her bosom.

"Two taels of silver for one question."

"Gentlemen, your annual harvest is about two taels of silver, and each question costs two taels of silver."

The sounds of the quiet night grew much louder.

To spread the message to as many people as possible.

Just because this old man could resist the temptation of money doesn't mean others can.

"Me, me, me, you're asking me? I know everything."

A young man stepped out from the crowd. His gaze toward Jingye was not hostile; in fact, it was somewhat friendly.

Indeed, money can do anything.

No one can escape the "it smells so good" phenomenon.

"Dragon Dog, have you forgotten the clan rules?"

The old man shouted angrily, scaring the young people around him who had ideas back several steps.

"Second Uncle, I remember the clan rules, but I need money, lots and lots of money, money to buy medicine for Grandma. Please, Second Uncle, Grandma is my only family."

Long Gou'er knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing.

"you……"

"Ah ah ah ah."

"I'm not going to care about you anymore."

"You take care of yourself."

The old man shouted helplessly, then turned and left without lingering.

Clan rules are important, but the lives of clan members are also important.

He didn't want to choose, so he could only pretend he didn't see it.

"Thank you, Second Uncle."

"Ugh."

"You'd better watch yourself, you dog."

The surrounding villagers patted the boy on the shoulder and then left.