Chapter 6

[Private Chat] Tian Nuo Nuo: ??? What are you doing?

[Private Chat] What Are You: Not doing the mission? Want to get beaten?

Yu Mi quickly mounted his horse and continued his escort mission. He rode his little pony into the base, handed over the silver to the NPC, took on a second mission, and tried to blend in with other players from the same faction to run together.

A certain fortune teller was still digging by the roadside, but the Kisser was nowhere to be seen. Maybe he got chased away by others.

Yu Mi focused on his mission, safely delivered the silver to another map, and then flew back to find the fortune teller.

[Private Chat] Tian Nuo Nuo: Did you give him 30,000 gold?

The other side didn’t respond.

[Private Chat] Tian Nuo Nuo: I’ll return the money to you. I don’t need you to pay the protection fee for me.

[Private Chat] What Are You: No need to return it. You helped me trigger an opportunity I really wanted, consider it a thank you.

[Private Chat] Tian Nuo Nuo: That was an accident. Even though I’m quite popular, it was probably your opportunity, so no need to thank me.

Yu Mi had a total of 70,000 gold on his account, 60,000 of which was a happy start-up fund from Chen Ziming, and the remaining 10,000 was a gift from his master after reaching max level. Losing half of it all of a sudden was quite painful.

He invited the other party to trade, but they didn’t agree.

[Private Chat] What Are You: I said no need to return it, or I’ll really hit you.

Yu Mi didn’t listen and sent it via mail instead. As soon as he sent it, the other party returned it in a second and hit him on the spot.

Both sides instantly entered combat, and Yu Mi’s heart tightened as he quickly pressed the control release button.

He hadn’t fully memorized his skills yet, and his technique wasn’t great, but he placed the control release in the most convenient spot. The light skill for escaping was in the second most convenient spot.

The fortune teller caught up and hit him again. Yu Mi quickly ran towards his own base.

A healer from the same faction saw him getting hit and stopped to heal him. Yu Mi quickly thanked them.

[Nearby Chat] Tian Nuo Nuo: Thanks, mom!!

The healer, after healing him a few times, noticed that the enemy faction’s star guy was just teasing the little Taoist with normal attacks, seemingly not intending to kill.

[Nearby Chat] Can’t Heal Anymore: Flirting? #Disdain

[Nearby Chat] What Are You: Yeah.

Yu Mi: “!!!”

Yu Mi’s face heated up in front of the screen. What do you mean, yeah?! Is this guy crazy?!

He immediately clarified.

[Nearby Chat] Tian Nuo Nuo: No! Don’t listen to him! I don’t know him, he’s crazy! #Angry #Angry

[Map] Kisser: You’re lying. Not long ago, that star guy helped you pay the protection fee to the robbers.

[Map] Old Man Li: You’re lying. Not long ago, that star guy helped you pay the protection fee to the robbers.

[Map] Greedy: You’re lying. Not long ago, that star guy helped you pay the protection fee to the robbers.

Seeing this, Yu Mi got angry! Wasn’t the robber you, you villain?

He quickly explained.

[Map] Tian Nuo Nuo: I didn’t ask him to pay the protection fee! I said I’d return the money, but he didn’t want it. I mailed it to him, and he hit me. #Crying

While he was typing, the fortune teller kept hitting him. But it was just normal attacks, so he didn’t lose much health.

After sending the message, Yu Mi angrily fought back, starting to hit the other party. But the fortune teller’s equipment was much better than his, and he barely did any damage, like scratching an itch.

Moreover, seeing his explanation, the players escorting and robbing on the map got even more excited.

[Map] Miscellaneous Food: Oi! Isn’t this flirting?

[Map] Sugar: So sweet! Forget the escort, baby, say more [Tian Nuo Nuo].

[Map] Punishment Night: So sweet! Forget the robbery, baby, say more [Tian Nuo Nuo].

Yu Mi was speechless. Why are these people like this?!

Some even came to watch him and the fortune teller, just staring at them.

These people were all players from the same faction, Chiyan Valley, surrounding the two of them.

Yu Mi was still huffing and puffing, hitting the fortune teller. However, the other party casually healed himself a few times, and his health bar was full again.

Yu Mi was furious.

[Nearby Chat] Tian Nuo Nuo: He’s a red name, why aren’t you hitting him? Kill him already. #Angry

The door opened, and Chen Ziming came back.

“Why aren’t they hitting him?” Yu Mi was frustrated and quickly asked his roommate, “Isn’t it said that enemy factions fight on sight?”

Chen Ziming came over to look at his screen: “Oh, it’s the fortune teller guy. What’s he doing? Robbing escorts? Did he kill anyone?”

“No,” Yu Mi said, “he’s just staring at me and hitting, but he didn’t kill me.”

“Teasing you?” Chen Ziming took his mouse, checked the chat logs, and laughed, then explained, “Players from two factions aren’t always at each other’s throats. Some opportunities are faction-related, and many people go to the enemy faction’s escort routes to trigger opportunities. As long as the red name doesn’t kill, people might not attack him.”

Yu Mi: “Is that so?”

Chen Ziming went to the balcony to wash his hands, and Yu Mi turned to look at the screen.

While he was getting a lesson, the onlookers were chatting too.

[Nearby Chat] Broken Rain: Afraid of killing you and feeling bad.

[Nearby Chat] Boots with Cats: I’m a healer… can’t hit him.

[Nearby Chat] Grilled Fish: Afraid of triggering an opportunity for him.

Seeing Grilled Fish’s words, memories of the past attacked Yu Mi, and he immediately stopped! He didn’t dare hit the fortune teller anymore.

[Nearby Chat] What Are You: Not hitting anymore?

Yu Mi didn’t want to talk to him.

Both sides had already left combat.

[Nearby Chat] What Are You: Thanks to technician No. 6 [Tian Nuo Nuo] for the massage, I’ll request you next time.

Then he flew away.

Yu Mi was so angry he pounded the table. Damn it! Mocking his low damage.

Don’t underestimate a newbie, one day Tian Nuo Nuo will fight back!

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“What to do?” When Chen Ziming returned from the balcony, Yu Mi told him about the protection fee.

He wanted to return it but was worried about being camped and killed by that guy every day.

That would be annoying.

Chen Ziming said, “Don’t overthink it. You helped him trigger an opportunity, which is impressive. He said he wanted it for a long time, and 30,000 gold is nothing. Don’t feel embarrassed.”

He suddenly changed the topic: “Hey, if you really feel bad, just hit him a few more times and help him trigger more opportunities.”

“How could I?!” Yu Mi said angrily, “I hate him so much, I wish that was his last opportunity.”

Chen Ziming couldn’t help but laugh: “Yeah, if you hate him, don’t worry about the 30,000 gold. Isn’t it satisfying for your enemy to lose money because of you?”

“Alright.” Yu Mi didn’t want to get entangled with that guy, so he let it go.

Then he asked Chen Ziming how to quickly improve his PVP equipment.

Chen Ziming said, “PVP can’t be rushed. If you want to be fast, you can only play high-intensity battlegrounds, arenas, or faction wars. But your gear score is low, so you can’t do faction wars for now. You can try the other two. Or give your account to a booster to help you play.”

“That’s no fun.” Since he just started playing the game, Yu Mi hadn’t experienced enough and didn’t want to pay someone to play for him.

He opened the dailies and went to play battlegrounds himself.

Today’s battleground map was called Misty Lake, limited to 10 players. Yu Mi had played it once with his master before. After entering, both sides flew to a square platform in the middle to fight. Every now and then, a flag would appear in the center, and whoever captured it would gain a lot of points. The side with the most points wins.

After entering, Yu Mi first checked if his microphone was off. He didn’t want to be recorded and posted online again.

Then he switched to the battleground channel to see if his teammates said anything.

Soon someone spoke up: “I’ll try to capture the flag, Tian Nuo Nuo, please give invincibility.”

Yu Mi quickly typed a reply: Got it! Need it, please type 1.

The Taoist class has a skill that can make teammates invincible, useful for capturing flags, and it’s quite popular in this battleground. His master had explained it to him before.

Yu Mi thought today would be his day to shine in the battleground, but he was targeted miserably. Because the Taoist class is important in this battleground, the opponents focused on him, not letting him use his skills.

Yu Mi died and died again, each time resurrecting and flying to the platform only to be controlled and killed instantly.

He played all afternoon and didn’t win a single match.

Not a single win!

After losing again, Yu Mi took his hands off the keyboard, leaned back, and hopelessly shouted, “Who the hell wins in this stupid battleground…”

Chen Ziming laughed at his misfortune: “I told you PVP is hard, right? Come do dungeons with me.”

Yu Mi was dizzy from the beatings, so he joined Chen Ziming and his partner for daily dungeons, where they let him have a dungeon accessory drop.

After finishing, Yu Mi left the team to do sect missions, and later went to the main city’s teahouse for a break.

He glanced at the bottom left corner and saw the world channel bustling.

[World] Shi Chuya: A small “don’t hit him” hurt me so much. #Crying

[World] Su Mumu: A small “don’t hit him” hurt me so much. #Crying

[World] Too Far to Reach: A small “don’t hit him” hurt me so much. #Crying

Someone asked, “What’s the gossip, what’s the gossip?”

Yu Mi, brain still foggy from the afternoon battlegrounds, didn’t catch on and copied, “What’s the gossip, what’s the gossip?”

Someone on the world channel pointed the way: Douyin “Full City Wind Fluff,” go watch, you’ll be speechless.

Huh? Wind Fluff Hero?

Yu Mi picked up his phone, searched for that ID, and found the gossip was about him!

Full City Wind Fluff was a well-known escort protector on the server, often stopping to heal those being robbed on escort routes. He played a male healer from the Ten Thousand Gu Sect, updating his escort protection diary daily, attracting many fans who urged him to update.

His video’s caption read: “A small ‘don’t hit him’ hurt me so much.”

Today, he was doing an escort mission with a new account and witnessed What Are You paying the protection fee for Yu Mi.

At that moment, seeing What Are You’s “don’t hit him,” Full City Wind Fluff couldn’t help but exclaim, “Wow, I’m shipping this… feeding dog food on the escort route, so unfair! Let me see what’s going on?”

He carried the silver, rode his horse, and quietly approached to watch closely.

After receiving the protection fee, Kisser said: “Okay, big brother! Thanks, big brother, I’ll go hit someone else, hehe.”

Then he ran towards Full City Wind Fluff, who was watching the show.

The blogger panicked and ran, shouting, “Don’t hit me!”

Soon, he was killed by Kisser, and the video turned black and white.

The comments were filled with laughter, a screen full of “Hahaha!”

Yu Mi couldn’t help but laugh too. After watching, he opened the comment section—

“Ahhh, enemy factions are the best to ship!”

“When can I be so cool? 30,000 gold, that’s 30,000 gold!”

“Another day of envying others’ love.”

“A small ‘don’t hit him’ hurt me so much! I’m fighting you guys, these male couples!”

Yu Mi felt a mix of emotions. The one who should have died was him, and Wind Fluff Hero was just unlucky…

Feeling a bit guilty, he quickly gave the video a like, comment, and share.

Then his attention returned to the game, where the world channel was still lively, now spamming another phrase—

[World] Wu Jin Lian Hua: Looking for an enemy faction partner who can pay my protection fee.

[World] Tu Yun Na: Looking for an enemy faction partner who can pay my protection fee.

[World] Xiao Xiao: Looking for an enemy faction partner who can pay my protection fee.

Yu Mi’s face heated up. What’s with these people…

In a blink, he saw a familiar ID on the map channel.

[Map] What Are You: Fortune telling, one gold per reading, only one per day. Studies, career, love, all can be read. Need it, type 1.

This guy… does he do fortune telling here every day?

Yu Mi only saw his message, not knowing where he was, so he instinctively searched.

After wandering around the main city for a while, he found the guy in the usual spot.

He clicked on him in the crowd, selecting him.

The next second, a private chat popped up.

[Private Chat] What Are You: Why are you looking at me? Like me?