As for the necklace, Xin Zhongze took a liking to the ebony necklace, which had a magic attack of 1-0 and only required a level 13 equipment level. Its price wasn't too expensive, roughly over a thousand copper coins each.
However, even so, Xin Zhongze wasn't planning to buy it for now. He wanted to see if he could obtain it himself from monsters.
Besides, even if he bought it now, he wouldn't be able to equip it.
After browsing the jewelry store, Xin Zhongze quickly took Xu Muyan and He Yingxue to the Bichi City clothing store.
At the clothing store, Xin Zhongze was interested in a light armor (male) with physical defense 3-3 and magic defense 1-2, requiring only level 11 to equip.
Xin Zhongze only needed to level up once more to equip this armor, but he wasn't planning to buy it now because his cloth armor could still be used for a while longer, and there was no need to waste money on equipment at the moment.
Finally, after leaving the clothing store, Xin Zhongze took the two of them to the bookstore.
At the bookstore, Xin Zhongze saw the skills he would need to learn later.
At level 12, there was Resist Fire Ring. After learning this spell, it could push back monsters that got too close.
In this way, mages would have a skill to counter monsters at close range.
After Resist Fire Ring, there was Seduction Light, which could be learned at level 13.
Seduction Light could lure a low-level monster to act as one's meat shield and was a consumable item.
With a meat shield, a mage's survival rate would greatly increase when fighting monsters.
In the Bichi City bookstore, these were the only two skill books available for mages.
Moreover, these two skill books were extremely expensive. Resist Fire Ring cost 12,000 copper coins, and Seduction Light cost even more at 21,000 copper coins.
So, after looking at the prices of the skills, Xin Zhongze could only shake his head.
It seemed that to learn skills, he would have to find a way to earn copper coins next.
...
In the game
Just as Xin Zhongze and the two women arrived in Bichi City.
An elder suddenly felt something.
The next moment, he quickly sensed carefully.
A moment later, he sent a message to a middle-aged man.
"The person who killed your great-grandson has appeared in Bichi City. The other party should be a new player who just entered Bichi City from the Novice Village."
"Thank you, Old Ancestor, for helping to track down the thief's whereabouts." Upon seeing the message, the middle-aged man quickly expressed his gratitude.
Not long after, the middle-aged man contacted a young-looking man through a private chat channel.
"Contact our people in Bichi City and have them look for anyone who just arrived in the main city from the Novice Village today. That person is very likely the murderer of your third son," the middle-aged man messaged the young man.
"Okay, Grandpa, I'll contact the people in Bichi City right away."
Hearing the middle-aged man's words, the young man quickly agreed.
Soon, the young man began contacting the family members in Bichi City.
If it weren't for players over level 20 being unable to return to the original Bichi City, he would have gone himself.
The other party dared to kill his son; he wished he could cut them into a thousand pieces.
...
On the other side, Xin Zhongze checked the time and found it was already past seven in the morning.
"Let's log off. It's already light outside."
"Okay."
The two women agreed and quickly chose to log off.
Seeing the two women log off, Xin Zhongze followed suit.
"You two, did you enter the game again last night?"
As soon as Xin Zhongze and Xu Muyan logged out, they saw a face full of frost.
"Mom, I needed to go into the game to restore my magic, so I asked Xin Zhongze to come along to protect me," Xu Muyan quickly explained.
"Alright, you don't need to explain. Do you think I don't know what you're thinking?
How about this: as long as you two, as a couple, can earn enough wealth to raise your two children, I won't interfere with you anymore.
Otherwise, if you die in the game, I, as their grandmother, would have to continue working to raise your children for you. Does that seem right?" Shen Xue said in a calm tone to Xin Zhongze and Xu Muyan.
Hearing this, Xu Muyan's eyes lit up, and she asked, "Mom, how much money do you think I need to earn to raise two children?"
Hearing Xu Muyan's words, Shen Xue thought for a moment and then said, "I think it'll be about five hundred thousand."
"Five hundred thousand? That's simple," Xu Muyan quickly said.
"I meant five hundred thousand for each child, totaling one million," Shen Xue quickly corrected herself when she heard Xu Muyan say it was simple.
"I have one million. I'll transfer it to you now, Mom," Xu Muyan said without hesitation.
"Where did you get one million?"
At this, Shen Xue's face immediately showed surprise and disbelief.
"I earned it myself. I saved a rich man, and this is the consultation fee he gave me."
As Xu Muyan spoke, she opened her mobile banking app to check her balance and then showed it to her mother.
Shen Xue looked at Xu Muyan's bank card balance and was very surprised.
Because, there really was a million in savings.
Seeing this, Shen Xue felt a bit annoyed.
If she had known, she should have stated a larger amount.
But the words were already out; she couldn't change them now. "Alright, transfer the one million to me. If you die in the game, I'll help you raise the children."
"Thank you, Mom!" Xu Muyan was somewhat moved.
Soon, Xu Muyan transferred the one million savings to her mother, Shen Xue.
"Sigh! You two, also pay attention to safety in the game. Never go to dangerous places, and also, think more about Xiaobao and Weiwei..." Shen Xue said earnestly to Xin Zhongze and Xu Muyan.
"Don't worry, Mom, we will be very careful and never take risks."
...
With her mother's approval, at 8 AM, after Xu Muyan made a call to He Yingxue, she took Xin Zhongze into the game.
After learning the true situation of the game world, Xu Muyan was now even more addicted to entering the game world than Xin Zhongze.
Not long after, the three reunited in the game again.
However, shortly after the three entered the game, a group of people surrounded them.
There were 13 people in this group. Xin Zhongze took a look and saw that most of them were above level 15, and a few had even reached levels 18 and 19.
The leader was a young man who looked about twenty-seven or twenty-eight, dressed in warrior attire.
"Are you the new players who just arrived in the main city?"
The young man led a group of people to surround Xin Zhongze and the two women, then asked calmly.
"Who are you? What do you want?" Xin Zhongze asked with a frown.
"We are from the Once Upon a Time Alliance. Would you like to join my Once Upon a Time Alliance?" the young man asked Xin Zhongze and the two women.
Hearing this, Xin Zhongze frowned, then immediately shook his head: "I just arrived in the main city and am not familiar with the situation here, so I don't want to join any faction."
Hearing Xin Zhongze's words, the young man narrowed his eyes, then said calmly, "Kid, my Former Alliance is the number one guild in the game. Are you sure you're not joining?"
"No," Xin Zhongze directly shook his head.
The number one guild in the game? He didn't believe it at all.
If it were the number one guild in the game, how could it invite someone who just arrived in the main city to join?
Moreover, this group of people surrounded him as soon as they arrived, and Xin Zhongze could clearly sense hostility from them.
So he guessed that this group of people inviting them to join the guild definitely had ill intentions.
"Kid, you're refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit, aren't you?" The young man's eyes narrowed.
Originally, he wanted to trick Xin Zhongze and the two women into joining the guild, then find an opportunity to take them out of the city.
As long as they were outside the city and left the safe zone, they could kill the other party.
However, he didn't expect the other party to not fall for it at all.