He endured.

“Right, right, your eyesight is better, you pull them.”

Ying Long: “Use 【Zhuan Qi Zhi Rou】, only a small amount of aggro. Don’t use 【Dao Fa Chong Ying】, it’s easy for the healers to accidentally pull aggro while healing you.”

Dao Jia isn’t an easy class to play. They have many internal skills, and their buffs are very complex. To play them well, one must be familiar with the effects of all internal skills and use different ones depending on the enemy and the situation.

Bei Ya: “Oh.”

He removed Dao Fa Chong Ying, which increased damage output, and used Zhuan Qi Zhi Rou instead. He successfully pulled the monsters without being surrounded. He only lost a small amount of health, and Mu Yu healed him back to full with two healing spells.

Tie Ma Qiu Feng became serious: “Pharmacist, you’re very familiar with Dao Jia skills?”

“I made two characters, one is Yi Jia,” Ying Long said seriously. “The other is Dao Jia.”

“Then why are you playing a healer?” San Chi Jian asked. “Your overall awareness is excellent. You were a healer before, right?”

Ying Long said: “Sort of. Mainly because healers can heal themselves, saving money on potions.”

Tie Ma Qiu Feng sprayed blood: “You’re so patient with Bei Ya, you wouldn’t be…”

“You figured it out again,” she said with a smile. “Save where you can.”

“Amazing!” Tie Ma Qiu Feng was impressed. You can even save money like this.

Everyone chatted casually, finally clearing the small monsters and reaching the second boss.

Tie Ma Qiu Feng: “Pharmacist, you command.”

“Okay, actually, this boss’s mechanics aren’t complicated. Dodge the water arrows, evade the water balls to avoid damage. Mu Yu and I will heal together, trying not to pull aggro. If the aggro is held, this boss isn’t difficult,” Ying Long said. “The Dao Jia tank needs to pay attention to their Xin Zhai internal skill selection.”

Dao Jia disciples also have four manuals: 【Xin Zhai】is the main internal skill, increasing different attributes and buffs. 【Zhi Xu】and 【Dao Fa】are physical and magic skills, respectively. 【Zhong Miao】is a collection of various support skills.

Dao Jia disciples’ weapons are basically fixed: a sword for martial arts and a whisk for spells.

“If you’re focusing on strength, use Dao Fa Chong Ying first, and use the Xin Zhai internal skill. This way, the aggro is stable, the output is low, and you establish aggro first,” she said. “Once the boss’s aggro is stable, switch to 【Zhuan Qi Zhi Rou】, and maximize your output. Others should watch the aggro meter and stop attacking when the aggro is about to exceed you, then you switch back to Chong Ying to attract aggro.”

Before Bei Ya could say anything, San Chi Jian complained: “Dao Jia skills are so complicated?”

“It’s actually easy to understand,” Ying Long said. “Chong Ying is like a full moon, bright and large, agility increases by 100%, hit rate is very high, easy to pull aggro. Zhi Rou is the opposite, increasing agility and Yuan Qi, but it’s gentle like a baby, not pulling aggro.”

Bei Ya: “Understood.”

“Go ahead.”

“Mm.”

The little Daoist in coarse cloth robes waved his whisk, activated his internal skill, and then swiped the boss in the face.

The jellyfish spoke: 【What wicked people dare to trespass here! Die!】

Before stable aggro, no one attacked. Only Ying Long and Mu Yu gave it a few needles, dealing minor damage. Tie Ma Qiu Feng and San Chi Jian basically used normal attacks to join in the fun.

Ying Long took the opportunity to observe their operations.

Tie Ma Qiu Feng, well, he passed. San Chi Jian was okay. He used the light swordsman build, with a fast attack speed and considerable damage. He knew how to dodge to avoid Bei Ya’s direction, making it easier to dodge water arrows later.

It was worth mentioning that Bei Ya, it seemed this was his first time in a dungeon and his first time tanking, but he already knew how to adjust the boss’s facing to minimize the jellyfish’s damage to the two healers.

He would also try jumping, crouching, and rolling to see if he could avoid damage.

He’s smart and has good eyesight.

Ying Long pondered.

Kyushu was also her first game. When she first started playing, the most common problem wasn’t poor skills or slow reactions, but rather chaotic vision.

Although the player models are different, and they have IDs above their heads, once the scene gets chaotic and players run around the map for a while, it’s easy to have situations like “Where am I?”, “Where did my teammates go?”, “Which way is north, south, east, and west? I’m running the wrong way, help!” If the skill effects are too flashy, if you stare at them for too long, you can’t even see your mouse, let alone operate.

Because she was a healer, she needed to watch both her teammates’ health bars and the boss, and she wasn’t familiar with the skill bar. She occasionally had to lower her gaze to check her skills, often ignoring her own positioning, and becoming flustered.

Bei Ya didn’t need to worry about his teammates’ health bars, making it slightly easier, but he could consistently output damage, dodge, and pay attention to his teammates in real-time. For a newcomer, he was already very good.

She couldn’t help but add a villainous voice in her mind: In time, this boy will become a great person. He must not be allowed to live!

But that was just a thought; she still had to heal.

The water arrows and the first wave of water balls were successfully dodged. The boss focused on the main tank, but luckily, the Dao Jia’s attribute was high Yuan Qi and strong magic defense. He never lost more than half his health, making it easy for the healers.

The only accident was that San Chi Jian’s output was too high, disrupting the aggro, and he was almost killed by the boss in a few hits. Bei Ya used Chong Ying to try to regain aggro, but Ying Long was faster. She used acupuncture to restore his health, pulled the aggro, then used a light skill to jump, circling him for half a circle, giving him time to regain aggro and heal him again before moving away.

In the end, they successfully defeated the boss without any major problems.

Tie Ma Qiu Feng was close, quickly looting the corpse.

The jellyfish generously dropped a blue vine shield, which Tie Ma Qiu Feng calmly took, a green hard armor pants, which went to San Chi Jian, a hairpin, and a universal manual.

What？！

Ying Long suddenly came to her senses and typed forcefully.

【Team】Pharmacist Linglong: Wow, Fengfeng, you’re so lucky ^_^

【Team】Tie Ma Qiu Feng: [Humph] You called me Tie Dage before we got the manual, now you’re calling me Xiaofengfeng?

【Team】Pharmacist Linglong: I like making friends with lucky people.

【Team】Mu Yu: +1

【Team】San Chi Jian: +1

Ying Long was sincere. In the game, the best friends to have aren’t rich bosses or skilled players, but lucky ones.

Lucky teammates can get fully geared in one go.

For example, her former apprentice, soft and cute, with incredibly good luck. Ying Long willingly took her to dungeons, leveling her up to the max level, and then taking her to level 70 dungeons, once getting her the healer’s ultimate gear.

After transferring servers to Junlin, she missed her the most.

Back to the topic.

【Manual·Qi Shield】: Written by an unnamed female swordsman, releasing Yuan Qi around the body to form a shield to reduce damage, and can be upgraded. Learning requires “Chivalry” reputation and a noble rank of “Shi” or higher.

Like in wuxia novels, if you want a senior to teach you martial arts, you need some merit. The better your reputation, the more likely you are to receive guidance. There’s also the social class. Nobles are more likely to learn skills. In the Warring States period, the social pyramid was: Zhou Emperor – Feudal Lords – High-ranking Officials/Noblemen – Scholar-officials/Gentlemen – Commoners

Players start as commoners, and with a little effort, they can become “Shi”. These two requirements aren’t excessive.

The Qi Shield’s stats are related to Yuan Qi. Hard armor can use it, but the effect is small. Cloth armor classes need this physical defense skill more, namely Ru Jia, Yin Yang Jia, Dao Jia, and Yi Jia. In this team, Ying Long, Mu Yu, and Bei Ya all need it.

【Team】Tie Ma Qiu Feng: What do you say?

【Team】San Chi Jian: Universal skills aren’t sold yet, right?

【Team】Tie Ma Qiu Feng: We don’t have money either.

Mu Yu considered. She was a pure healer, her skills were good, but she didn’t need much physical defense. Qi Shield wasn’t particularly rare. Compared to this, she already had the needle and the hairpin, making her intelligence quite high.

【Team】Mu Yu: I’ll give up the manual.

【Team】Pharmacist Linglong: I want it ^_^, I’ll share the money.

San Chi Jian mentioned selling it for this reason, immediately agreeing: 【Okay】

【Team】Tie Ma Qiu Feng: Pharmacist hasn’t gotten any boss drops before, this is yours, I don’t want money.

【Team】Bei Ya: Same.

Mu Yu hesitated and said: 【I want the hairpin, forget the money】

【Team】Pharmacist Linglong: Thank you everyone, San Chi Jian, how much do you want? I only have 1 silver and 3 copper. If it’s too much, I’ll owe you, or I can give you the money.

Fortunately, San Chi Jian wasn’t that shameless. After all, Ying Long hadn’t gotten much, and he already got good things. The manual was particularly precious, so not sharing the money would be painful.

【Team】San Chi Jian: 1 silver is enough. Sharing money for manuals is also a common practice. I’m not being stingy, we’re not a close friend group, after all.

【Team】Pharmacist Linglong: That’s right [Cute]

She traded 1 silver with San Chi Jian, emptying her pockets.

But she got the 【Qi Shield】.

She couldn’t learn it yet, so she put it in her inventory.

Tie Ma Qiu Feng asked: “Run it again? I have one more chance.”

“Run it.”

“You guys loot the chests, there are quest items inside,” Ying Long reminded.

“Oh oh, okay.”

After confirming that everyone had picked up the 【Pearl Clam】, Tie Ma Qiu Feng gave up the dungeon and started a new one.

This time, everyone was more skilled, finishing in an hour and a half, but no manuals dropped. The best item was a weapon, unfortunately, it was a Yin Yang Jia compass, untradeable, and useless.

Ying Long, however, had collected a robe, pants, belt, and hat, finally having decent equipment.

She didn’t run a third time. Random groups were time-consuming and easy to be scammed. It was better to do quests, so she went back to town with everyone after the second run.

Ying Long exited the YY channel and strolled around Xishi City.

On the second day of the game, the city was already bustling. Many players were setting up stalls in the square, selling potions or equipment dropped by monsters. Pharmacist Linglong barely had enough for teleport fees, ignoring them and heading straight to the wild to farm monsters.

Level 22+ monsters were wild boars, tough-skinned and thick-fleshed. Being hit was very painful, and they were fast. Both melee and ranged players found them troublesome. They were best fought using poison skills.

She collected boar tusks and pork, selling them to NPCs, and reheated her leftover lunch.

At around 6 pm, Ying Long leveled up to 22.5 and finally triggered a new plot.

【Private Message】Senior Sister: Pharmacist Linglong, come back to the sect. An important person wants to see you.

Ying Long quickly put down her bowl.

Pharmacist Linglong rode her little donkey back to the city. The senior sister said: 【Follow this butler, the VIP wants to see you】

Ying Long accepted the quest.

【Follow the “Mysterious Person”. Leaving more than 10 meters will result in quest failure】

She had to follow the unfamiliar NPC closely, exiting through the back door of the sect’s residence, turning left and right, winding around, finally entering a magnificent mansion.

After entering the map, the NPC’s title changed from “Mysterious Person” to “Siku Butler”.