Trafford's Trading Club

Chapter 1578: Chapter 305: Beautiful Things

There is a legend that the love between the strongest Azure Sky Sword Saint and the Blue Sky Holy Maiden of the Holy Radiance Kingdom within the Human Alliance was blessed by the spirit of the lake outside the Novice Village, making it so perfect.

Of course, it’s just a legend—yet even if some people question the Azure Sky Sword Saint couple about this, the only answer they get is an enigmatic smile.

However, regardless of the truth, this area of the Novice Village was indeed incorporated as the private territory of the Azure Sky Sword Saint at a great cost.

This is the domain of the Novice Village, a place blessed by the gods, so powerful monsters are entirely unable to invade—this ensures a safe growth environment for the newly born Chosen Ones, hence all Novice Villages on the mainland belong to none and are absolutely neutral.

Yet Azure Sky Sword Saint is the only player who legally possesses territory within the Novice Village, and this naturally arouses the curiosity of countless people about the secrets hidden here.

Every day, countless Chosen Ones, undeterred by fear, ponder how to infiltrate this territory to uncover the secrets of the Azure Sky Sword Saint couple.

Due to continuous harassment, the Blue Sky Holy Maiden made a generous gesture; apart from the legal territory defenses, she spent a hefty sum to hire an entire corps of Chosen Ones to be stationed around the lake long-term.

Boss Luo didn’t expect Qianxiu to value this place so highly… but his heart wasn’t too affected by it.

Nonetheless, he felt pleased because he unexpectedly encountered such wonderful things.

“Why are you laughing? What’s so funny?” The white warrior frowned at this moment: “You’re a rookie, don’t keep thinking you’re lucky enough to stumble upon treasures in the Novice Village, it’s better to level up by killing chickens there steadily! Don’t come back here, next time you may not be lucky enough to encounter us! If you meet other aggressive guys from our corps, you might get beaten up without a word!”

Boss Luo pondered for a moment, suddenly recalling an amusing story told by the maid when designing the whole mainland map.

Generally speaking, it was about why the chickens in the Novice Village are so easy to kill and often provide considerable experience, allowing novices to level up quickly and the like.

Thus, later this setting was created—when novice Chosen Ones kill more than a certain number of chickens in the Novice Village, they will attract hostility from all the chickens in the village… The Chosen Ones marked by chicken hate will be attacked by endless chicken monsters from the Novice Village.

Until pecked to death by chickens…

“Is it not troublesome to kill chickens now?” Boss Luo couldn’t help but ask.

“What’s the trouble with killing chickens?” The black warrior couldn’t help frowning.

Boss Luo smiled slightly, it seems no one is so foolish to kill chickens to the system’s limit and eventually get pecked to death by chickens.

“Nothing.” Boss Luo shook his head, “Since this is private territory, I won’t enter… Thank you both for guarding here. These are fruits I picked on the road, if you don’t mind, use them to quench your thirst.”

The system identified that they were just ordinary fruits, but effective for relieving thirst without poison… As the saying goes, ‘don’t hit a smiling face,’ seeing this Little Mage’s friendliness, the black and white warriors’ expressions eased considerably.

“No need for the fruits, you keep them.” The white warrior shook his head: “We’re still on duty… if there’s nothing else, just leave quickly.”

“Is there any place nearby to fish?” Boss Luo immediately asked.

“Over there, walk ten kilometers ahead, there’s a small lake, if you want to do a fishing quest, you can go there.” The black warrior pointed in a direction, “Basically, the rookies from the village go to that lake for fishing quests… take this, it helps you get a good spot.”

Saying that, the black warrior threw a token to Luo Qiu, who also didn’t want the fruits, but liked this Little Mage’s friendliness… He had tons of such tokens as an advanced player, and now gave one simply out of liking the other’s friendliness.

“Thanks.” Boss Luo casually caught the token, then put down the bag with fruits, “See you again if fate allows.”

Just like that, under the slightly surprised gaze of the black and white warriors, he left.

“What a peculiar guy.” The white warrior shook his head, then suddenly remembered something, “This Little Mage seemed only level four, right? Did he cross the forest to come here? This place is still the advanced area of the Novice Village, any wild monster here could kill him instantly?”

“I don’t know… well, it’s pretty sweet.”

The black warrior shook his head, casually picked up a fruit and bit into it.

Not long after, a golden light suddenly streaked across the sky, directly rushing toward this place… but miraculously, in this no-fly private territory, the appearance of this golden light didn’t trigger any alarm.

This golden light directly headed to the center of the territory.

“Isn’t that the Blue Sky Holy Maiden’s divine beast mount, the unicorn pegasus?” The white warrior was subconsciously startled.

The black warrior quickly said: “Not seems like… it is them! Have they returned from the frontline?”

Both of them quickly got nervous, swiftly stepping into the territory… Azure Sky Sword Saint, Blue Sky Holy Maiden, the strongest within the Human Alliance, consistently ranked at the top, leaving the third place far behind, maintaining exploration progress records on the mainland… Numerous legends!

Even though stationed in a Novice Village territory didn’t yield extra benefits, when the Blue Sky Holy Maiden opened bidding, countless corps still scrambled to win the bid, causing quite a stir.

“Go meet the idols!” The white warrior whispered.

“Go meet the idols!” The black warrior nodded in agreement.

…

The symbol of purity, the heavenly horse, descended slowly.

Upon the heavenly horse were indeed the Azure Sky Sword Saint and the Blue Sky Holy Maiden of the Great Alliance… the warriors stationed in the corps camp here at the moment came out in droves.

“Discipline!”

Because of the godlike arrival from the alliance, the camp was in turmoil. The corps leader of the Dragonblood Corps, Commander10086, dissatisfied, stepped out from the training field, his voice like a bell, instantly silencing those excited corps members.

“Unacceptable! All of you do a triple weight run around the camp for a hundred laps!”

Commander10086, known for his military authority, upon commanding, the members of the corps looked as though they swallowed bitter melon, but dared not defy this leader’s orders, reluctantly beginning to load up.

“Old Song, they haven’t done anything wrong.”

A figure flipped off the heavenly horse, followed closely by another… Qianxiu and Qian Yu Xian Rou came together— the mythical couple within the alliance weren’t wearing their divine attire, just ordinary clothes, but their expressions were hurried.

“You don’t know, these little rascals need firm discipline…” Commander10086 shook his head, then said, “Aren’t you both at the frontline of upper exploration? Why suddenly returned… This exploration isn’t ended yet, has something happened?”

Qianxiu and Qian Yu Xian Rou exchanged glances, Qianxiu shook his head, “No issues, frontline exploration corps is in a combat meeting now, but we have private matters, so specifically came back.”

Commander10086 heard this, couldn’t help but open his mouth… probably only this mythical couple can be so capricious, saying early retreat from frontline exploration corps’ combat meeting.

He smiled wryly and shook his head, contemplating the distance between the frontline and here, couldn’t help commenting: “You both surely didn’t consume instant teleport to return, right?”

Qian Yu Xian Rou straightforwardly said: “Can’t cross layers with that thing, we used divine scroll of teleportation, convenient!”

Commander10086 opened his mouth again… the divine scroll of teleportation… Holy Radiance Kingdom only had a few of those! This woman is truly… a spendthrift!

“To make you miss even frontline combat meetings, using divine scroll of teleportation to return… what on earth is it?” Commander10086 sensed the gravity of the situation.

“Looking for someone.” Qianxiu said directly, then asked, “Old Song, has anyone come here just now?”

“Someone? What kind of person?” [Overbearing Song 10086] looked bewildered.

Qianxiu thought for a moment and said, “A mage, very young… Hmm, very low leveled, seems like level four. I can’t quite remember their appearance, but they’re the type you immediately want to be friends with, have they been here?”

“Level four? I’ve never seen them.” [Overbearing Song 10086] shook his head, and laughed, “But, how could just a level four little mage possibly come to this place? Even the monsters outside your territory are at least level twenty, the ceiling of the Novice Village.”

“Nothing?” Qianxiu couldn’t help but sigh and looked at his wife Qian Yu Xian Rou, revealing a disappointed expression.

“Logically speaking, it wouldn’t be difficult for a proper [Azure Sky Sword Saint] to find someone with just a few words, right?” [Overbearing Song 10086] asked puzzledly, “You haven’t added the person as a friend?”

“I haven’t added them.” Qianxiu shook his head. “They didn’t accept my request… Forget it, they probably haven’t left, I’ll look around nearby.”

Not… not added?

Just what kind of background does this level four little mage have to refuse an active invitation from the [Azure Sky Sword Saint]? [Overbearing Song 10086] suddenly widened his eyes in sheer curiosity, “Qianxiu, exactly who is this person you and your spouse value so highly?”

“It’s not that important to you.” But Qianxiu was unwilling to say more, he simply waved his hand and let the flying horse descend, ready to leave.

“Idol! Idol! Wait, don’t leave just yet!”

A black and a white warrior hurriedly rushed into the camp, and seeing this, [Overbearing Song 10086] cast a glance at the two rushing figures and intercepted them with a swing of his arm.

The black and white warriors felt as if they’d crashed into a brick wall, collapsing onto the ground in agony.

“You two, instead of standing guard outside, what are you doing coming in here?” [Overbearing Song 10086] roared, “Leaving your posts, do you know what the punishment is?”

The white warrior quickly said, “I don’t care, I want to see my idol! Even if you’re the corps captain, you can’t stop me from seeing my idol!”

The black warrior was evidently more composed… yet still not composed enough, “Captain, rest assured, nothing has happened outside, today was just a rookie little mage foolishly coming to knock on the door, couldn’t even see a ghost! I just want to say a few words to the Great Sword Saint!”

“You two…” [Overbearing Song 10086] gritted his teeth, about to start scolding.

“What did you just say?” A figure instantly darted forward, “You two, say it again… Who came knocking?”

Qianxiu—Great Alliance’s strongest!

The white warrior and black warrior looked stunned, exchanged a glance, then the white warrior cautiously said, “It was a really ordinary little mage, said they wanted to fish inside the territory, we ended up sending them away, they’re probably fishing at the small lake in the back mountain now.”

“Name?”

“Seems… seems like they called themselves Little Mage.”

“Indeed!” Qianxiu let out a deep sigh, right then Qian Yu Xian Rou also looked over.

The excitement in their eyes was obvious… which prompted [Overbearing Song 10086] to finally give in to the curiosity in his heart, and he subconsciously asked, “Qianxiu, who exactly is this Little Mage, why do you two—”

“Benefactor.” Qianxiu took a deep breath and said, “He is the greatest benefactor to us, a favor we can never repay.”

The myth of the Alliance left, came hastily and then rode the Heavenly Horse towards the back mountain of the Novice Village… The white warrior and black warrior sat on the ground in a daze.

[Overbearing Song 10086] even forgot to reprimand these two for abandoning their posts.

White Warrior: “Ah Black… Did we just miss something?”

Black Warrior: “Seems like it… Ah White.”

White Warrior: “Oh crap! Did I chase away the Sword Saint’s benefactor??”

Black Warrior: “It was us both…”

…

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When the Heavenly Horse descended, everyone around the small lake at the back mountain looked up… but the golden light from the Heavenly Horse was simply too dazzling, preventing these entry level guys from opening their eyes—commonly known as blinded.

The golden light circled the small lake once before abruptly landing—it was an advanced area of the small lake, generally reserved for players who initially trained life skills at the Novice Village.

The entry level guys, at this point, could only stand on the shore, staring towards the central platform of the lake, unaware of what was transpiring.

At the heart of the lake.

Qianxiu and his wife directly leapt down, and at the platform’s edge, sat a solitary figure, with a fishing rod in hand, surrounded by such tranquility that one unconsciously calmed their mind.

“Benefactor!” Qianxiu said softly.

The calm lake’s fishing bobber suddenly twitched, Boss Luo turned his head, saw it was the Lan Siblings, somewhat surprised but also intrigued, casually saying, “It’s you two… Long time no see.”

“It’s really you! Benefactor!” Qianxiu and Qian Yu Xian Rou hurriedly walked over hand in hand, “Finally seeing you again, Benefactor!”

Boss Luo was rather curious, “Benefactor?”

Qianxiu glanced at his wife, then nodded solemnly, “Yes, benefactor… Do you remember the task you transferred to us years ago about the [Golden Carp King]?”

Seems there was such a thing… Boss Luo nodded.

Qianxiu continued, “Because of that task, we obtained a map, which allowed us to enter a certain mysterious room… In that room, we obtained the most precious thing in our lives.”

With that, Qian Yu Xian Rou placed a crystal delicately on the ground… The crystal gleamed, revealing a tiny silhouette within.

It was a child… An infant.

Qian Yu Xian Rou softly said, “This child was created from the blueprint, awarded after defeating the boss in that room, using data from myself and Qianxiu. This is the most cherished gift for us… So, thank you.”

The most powerful couple in the Great Alliance slowly knelt down.

“Without the task you transferred, we couldn’t have had this opportunity, therefore…” Qian Yu Xian Rou said quietly, “It was you who made our lives complete!”

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