After a good ten seconds, Jiang Chen finally let out a deep breath.
"Next, I need to repair the 'Broken Angel's Ring' and purify those two Platinum-level pieces of equipment."
As he spoke, Jiang Chen sent a message to the team.
[Mortal World: I have some matters to attend to and need to leave the main city's mansion for a while. If you finish unsealing the skill books, feel free to look around the mansion.]
[Qing Ying: Qing Ying received!]
[Qing Ying: Say something!]
[Tao Xiaoyao: ... Xiaoyao received.]
"..."
Jiang Chen closed the chat window speechlessly and left the mansion, heading towards the commercial street of the main city.
In every main city, the location of the commercial street is fixed.
Here, there are all kinds of shops.
The blacksmith shop Jiang Chen was looking for was among them.
A few minutes later.
Jiang Chen arrived at the commercial street and walked along the street for dozens of meters.
A very simple house appeared before him.
In front of the door, there was a furnace taller than a person.
Beside it, there was a sign with the crooked words "A Niu's Blacksmith Shop."
The ground was littered with various pieces of scrap iron and coal slag.
A strong sense of unreliability hit him in the face.
"Old Flame should really do something about the city’s appearance!"
Jiang Chen muttered a complaint, then walked past the furnace and entered the blacksmith shop.
Inside, there was also a large furnace, but it was much more refined.
Beside the furnace, there was a bellows and a large iron anvil.
A man in his thirties, with a strong build and bronze skin, stood there shirtless.
He held a pair of tongs in one hand, gripping a red-hot piece of metal, and a hammer in the other, continuously striking it on the anvil.
With each "clang clang clang" of the hammer, sparks flew.
Suddenly!
The metal piece shattered into a pile of scrap iron.
"Sigh, I broke another customer's equipment."
The shirtless man shook his head helplessly and tossed the broken metal piece outside the door.
At the same time, he saw Jiang Chen: "Hello, adventurer! Welcome to 'A Niu's Blacksmith Shop,' I'm A Niu."
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"…"
Jiang Chen was silent for two seconds, then immediately turned to leave.
"Hey, don't go! I'm the best blacksmith in all the main cities!"
A Niu hurriedly called out.
"Hmm?"
Jiang Chen stopped and turned back, saying, "You're the best blacksmith? How come I've never heard of you?"
"I usually keep a low profile."
A Niu replied.
"Then what's this?"
Jiang Chen pointed to the scrap iron that had just been thrown out.
"Failures are inevitable in forging, especially here in Leaving Fire City, where the success rate is naturally a bit lower."
A Niu said seriously.
"What does it have to do with Leaving Fire City?"
Jiang Chen was puzzled.
"Leaving Fire City has a special geothermal fire that can potentially increase the grade of equipment, but the success rate is just a tiny bit lower!"
A Niu gestured with his thumb and forefinger, indicating a tiny amount.
"I've never heard of that."
Jiang Chen indeed didn't know about this. After all, there were so many main cities, and if it weren't for the server-wide quest, he might not have come here.
Moreover, in his previous life, Leaving Fire City had been destroyed.
But this time, he had already resolved that hidden danger.
"I only told you because I see something special in you. I usually don't tell others."
A Niu looked at Jiang Chen with a "you're special" expression.
"Alright, I don't need to forge equipment. I'm here to repair equipment."
As he spoke, Jiang Chen took off the [Broken Angel's Ring (Silver Level)] and asked, "Can you repair it?"
A Niu took the ring and examined it carefully, frowning: "This thing... can be repaired, but for now, it can only be repaired to gold level."
"You mean its grade can be higher?"
Jiang Chen's eyes lit up as he asked.
"Of course, this ring was originally Platinum-level!"
A Niu nodded and continued, "But it's too badly damaged. It needs some special materials, otherwise, it can only be repaired to gold level."
"What materials?"
Jiang Chen asked directly.
"It needs a 'Purple Crystal Tear'!"
A Niu replied, "This thing can only be found in the abandoned mines of the northern rainforest, and recently, there have been monster riots there, making Purple Crystal Tears very scarce."
"The abandoned mines of the northern rainforest..."
Jiang Chen murmured, then took out two more pieces of equipment from his backpack:
[Polluted Dragon Staff (Platinum Level)]
[Polluted Dragon Skull Helmet (Platinum Level)]
"Can these two pieces of equipment be purified?"
Jiang Chen asked.
"Good stuff!"
A Niu looked at the two pieces of equipment with a face full of surprise, then said, "They can be purified, but not at the moment."
"Tell me, what do you need?"
Jiang Chen frowned.
"I need two bottles of 'Immaculate Spring Water,' but recently, this thing is also very scarce due to the monster riots!" A Niu replied.
"Also in the northern rainforest?" Jiang Chen asked.
"That's right, at the white cliff in the northern rainforest, there's an Immaculate Spring there."
A Niu looked at Jiang Chen and asked, "Adventurer, are you going?"
Jiang Chen nodded, "Yes!"
"Honorable adventurer, I would like to commission you to bring back some extra for me."
As he spoke, A Niu took out 10 transparent glass bottles and said, "If you bring back 10 Purple Crystal Tears and 10 bottles of Immaculate Spring Water, I'll repair and purify your equipment for free!"
[Quest triggered: A Niu's Request, do you accept?]
[Quest details: Help A Niu from the blacksmith shop bring back Purple Crystal Tears (0/10) and Immaculate Spring Water (0/10) from the northern rainforest.]
"Accept!"
Jiang Chen immediately took A Niu's glass bottles and put them in his backpack.
"Honorable adventurer, I wish you a safe return!"
After A Niu finished speaking.
Jiang Chen saw that his quest page had an additional quest: [A Niu's Request].
At the same time, the quest location was clearly marked.
Afterward.
Jiang Chen left the blacksmith shop and quickly arrived at the main city square.
He saw that there was just a task on the bulletin board in the square:
[Task: Eliminate Beasts.]
[Task details: Beast riots in the northern rainforest, please adventurers go and eliminate the beasts (0/20), reward 99 silver coins.]
"This must be a task issued by Old Flame? So stingy, not even giving 1 gold coin!"
Jiang Chen couldn't help but complain.
Then, he sent a message to Qing Ying and Tao Xiaoyao.
[Mortal World: Come to the square, we're going to do a task.]
[Qing Ying: Brother Mortal World, we seem to be stuck...]
[Mortal World: ???]
[Qing Ying: We seem to have encountered a hidden task, we're still in the second floor of the mansion.]
[Tao Xiaoyao: Yes, there are two NPCs arguing here, asking us to judge...]
"Uh..."
Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, then sent another message.
[Mortal World: This might be a prerequisite task, so you two stay in the mansion for now. I'll be back soon.]
Afterward.
Jiang Chen went to the teleportation array and directly teleported to the north gate.
"North..."
Jiang Chen glanced at the task location and quickly walked out of the city gate, heading towards the destination.
There were quite a few players along the way.
Some people even looked at Jiang Chen with surprise.
"Isn't that the priest from the First Kill team?"
"Boss, can I take a picture with you?"
"Master Mortal World, did you just finish the server-wide task?"
"Master..."
Many of them were players who had just arrived in the main city and couldn't even get through the Death Desert.
Jiang Chen sighed helplessly and quickened his pace.
Soon, he found a secluded corner and put on the [Faceless Mask].
Immediately, his face was covered by a white mask, and his name was hidden.
After walking for more than ten minutes.
A lush and tall forest appeared before him.
The northern rainforest had arrived!
Jiang Chen quickly entered the rainforest.
Before long, he saw many players and wild monsters interacting in the forest.
These wild monsters all had red eyes and were very aggressive.
Jiang Chen ignored them and quickly walked forward on the soft, wet ground.
Suddenly!
A black wolf-like wild monster leaped out from behind a large tree, charging straight at Jiang Chen.
[Gale Wolf: LV12]
Jiang Chen glanced at the information.
"Watch out!"
A clear voice rang out.
A four-person team passed by, two men and two women.
One of the female warriors quickly ran to Jiang Chen's side, blocking the charging Gale Wolf.
The other three followed suit.
One of the female priests in the team looked at Jiang Chen and asked in confusion, "You're a priest, why are you alone in such a dangerous place?"
"Kid, you're lucky to have run into us!"
One of the male warriors in the team smirked arrogantly.
Jiang Chen: "???"