Inside the bamboo forest, Lu Xun leaned on a thick and sturdy bamboo, carefully reading the post on the drawing of lucky players for alpha testing.
Since the alpha testing would start two days later, then, after the conversion of time, this meant that it would be 20 days later in the lands of Heavenly Earth.
He felt that it was a little sudden.
In his previous life, he wasn’t so lucky, although he participated in the drawings, he was never chosen.
There was a total quota of a thousand, many people were participating in the drawings.
However, because he was never chosen, he forgot about the exact time of the alpha testing.
He actually did firmly remember the time of the Open Beta. After all, that was the day when he officially started his gold scooping journey in ‘Heavenly Earth’.
If the idiotic players were truly going to arrive, he definitely wanted to make contact with them.
In passing, he wanted to see if everything would be different after he turned into an NPC.
‘If I recall correctly, the duration of the Alpha testing wasn’t long, just a mere two days. This is 20 days in the lands of Heavenly Earth.’ Lu Xun thought.
In the 22nd century, the game’s alpha testing was more like a lucky event, it was only a little different from before.
After finding out that players were going to arrive, Lu Xun actually felt a slight sense of urgency.
How could he not know the conduct and morality of these idiotic players? It seemed like he needed to increase his strength quickly.
Fortunately, there was still two years’ time before the official Open Beta. Or else, he would’ve felt an even greater sense of urgency.
In the eyes of the players, NPCs were no more than tools that provided them with missions, rewards, and skills.
However, if players were used appropriately, wouldn’t they be tools too?
Other things aside, he remembered previously, in order to unlock hidden missions that required favorability, players crazily fawned over NPCs like lap dogs!
Lu Xun also wanted to be fawned over[1].
Precisely speaking, in the entire lands of Heavenly Earth, Lu Xun was the one who understood the idiotic players the most. He had ways to make them be of use to him, and this would be his next greatest source of reliance!
“Yes, I must plan properly.” Dirty Dog already laid out a massive chessboard in his mind. He was prepared to play.
Since the Alpha testing players were about to arrive, he planned to go down the mountain in a few days to try his luck and see if he could make contact with the Alpha testing players.
The main objective in the coming days would be to increase his own strength.
After closing the forums, Lu Xun and Cat Southnorth were basically done digesting their food. They got up and bid farewell to their Second Senior Sister.
“Second Senior Sister, I’ll come back to deliver a meal again in the afternoon,” Lu Xun said to his Second Senior Sister, who was still on the giant rock.
A gentle breeze brushed past her black Daoist robe. Second Senior Sister nodded, still untalkative as ever.
However, because everyone had gotten along for a period of time, she clearly knew that Little Junior Brother seemed to love to idly chat, he also very much wanted her to speak.
If she simply nodded without speaking a few words, he would be talkative, very talkative, especially talkative!
She obviously didn’t know that her stutter caught Lu Xun’s affection. He felt that it was quite adorable, this was why he loved to tease her into speaking.
Over time, Second Senior Sister, who was annoyed at the start, actually became used to it.
People were just such miraculous living creatures.
“O-okay,” Second Senior Sister stuttered.
Lu Xun wasn’t in a rush to leave today, he said, “Tomorrow is the Mid-autumn festival, is there anything Second Senior Sister wants to eat in particular? Don’t hesitate to say anything, I’ll make more dishes tomorrow.”
In times like these, Second Senior Sister usually wouldn’t utter a word. Instead, only Cat Southnorth, the gluttonous cat, would curl her little fingers, counting the dishes she wanted to eat.
Lu Xun looked at them and couldn’t help but smile.
After having suddenly come to a familiar and yet strange world, he was at least no longer all alone here.
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Lu Xun went back alone while Cat Southnorth stayed in the bamboo forest.
After a meal, it was Second Senior Sister’s cat petting time. After Cat Southnorth made a show of a struggle, she would obediently lie on Second Senior Sister’s legs, narrowing her eyes in pleasure.
Having removed her manifestation and turned back into a black cat, Cat Southnorth brushed her cat ears and circled on Second Senior Sister’s legs, she said, “Little Junior Brother doesn’t even have a sword, should I think of some ways to get him one?”
“Pata!” Second Senior Sister’s right hand clenched into a fist and knocked Cat Southnorth gently on her head.
Because the lolita said that she would get a sword, then this definitely meant that she had some twisted ideas that would probably stir up trouble again.
Originally, Gongshu Pan’s face was dark to begin with. However, after he concurrently held the post of Law-enforcing Elder, his face turned even darker. And whenever he encountered Cat Southnorth, the cat lolita who often stirred up trouble, his face could still amazingly become even darker.
“Meow!” Cat Southnorth used her meaty paws to cover her forehead, she no longer spoke.
Second Senior Sister continued to stroke Cat Southnorth’s soft cat fur with her white and slender fingers, her head was down, and she seemed to be thinking of something.
After a good while, she said in a soft voice, “Im-impart h-him y-your Knife Nur-nurturing Technique.”
The little black cat, who was on the high of being petted with her body curled up into a ball, after she heard this, she immediately stretched out, feeling somewhat surprised.
Since she trained with knives, so it was called a Knife Nurturing Technique. However, if Lu Xun trained with swords, it would naturally become a Sword Nurturing Technique.
Precisely speaking, this technique was formulated by the Eldest Senior Brother. It was used to nurture swords to begin with.
But… would Little Junior Brother be able to endure it?
Cat Southnorth said doubtfully, “Second Senior Sister, your sword intent is already enough for him to endure, but having him nurture a sword this early on… wouldn’t it be bad? Why not wait a little longer?”
She truly feared that something would happen to Lu Xun. If it actually did, then no one would cook things for her to eat.
Second Senior Sister shook her head, clenched her right hand into a fist again, and knocked Cat Southnorth gently on the head once more, she said, “B-be good.”
“Meow! Stop knocking, stop knocking! I’ll impart it to him right now, alright?” The small black cat jumped off Second Senior Sister and ran towards the direction of the Small Study.
She mumbled to herself as she ran, “Na! Second Senior Sister insisted on me imparting it to you, don’t blame me later when you can’t endure it.”
Inside the house, Lu Xun was just about to cross his legs to meditate.
Although he still had quite a lot of experience value, having a little more was still better. Not to mention, the pain he experienced during cultivation was truly intoxicating, he just took it as relaxation.
Just as he sat down cross-legged, Cat Southnorth scuttled in from the window.
“No time to explain, close your eyes and calm your mind!” She already manifested again, her expression energetic.
Lu Xun was startled. Just when he prepared to open his mouth to say something, he saw the lolita’s little fingers poke at the space between his eyebrows.
The small bells on her wrists rang. Even though it sounded crisp, it wasn’t pleasing to the ear.
On the contrary, it sounded like war drums!
Cat Southnorth was at a level of cultivation that Lu Xun couldn’t avoid.
Under such circumstances, people would normally close their eyes on instinct.
‘What the heck is she doing?’ Lu Xun thought.
When the lolita’s little fingers poked at the space between his eyebrows, a warm current surged into his body. It dispersed from the space between the eyebrows before going into his limbs and bones. A profound feeling surged into his mind, and then…
…it turned into a line of cold information:
‘Ding! Would you like to learn the skill ‘Sword Nurturing Technique?’
‘Skill level: Orange!’
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[1] 添狗, A lapdog, is literally a licking dog, here’s a joke that literally translates to he wants to be licked