Chapter 12 On the Road

On the way back to Cloudy City, the number of players gradually increased. It was clear that most of the players were not focused on leveling up at this time, but were still experiencing the novelty of the fully immersive simulation game. Just shaking hands or patting each other on the shoulders felt incredibly new.

Gu Fei returned to Cloudy City, asked Fireball for directions to the tavern, and headed towards the city's square.

Tavern, auction house, bank. Three important buildings, distributed in three directions of the square.

Gu Fei stepped forward and pushed open the door of the tavern.

The light inside wasn't as dim as Gu Fei had imagined, but rather a soft and natural warm tone. There were many players in the tavern, but they were all in high spirits. Those who came to drown their sorrows in alcohol wouldn't appear at this time. The wooden shelves on the bar were piled with dazzling bottles of wine, and the NPC in charge of entertaining completely ignored the attitude of the guests, smiling and warmly greeting everyone.

Gu Fei looked around, but he wasn't as sharp-eyed as Fireball. Fireball shouted from a table at one end: "Drunken Bro, Drunken Bro, over here!"

"Hey, Fireball!" Gu Fei waved at him. Suddenly, a fireball blazed in front of him. The surrounding players were stunned, but after realizing what was going on, they all burst into laughter.

Gu Fei helplessly waited for the fireball to disappear before coming to the table. Fireball looked depressed and cursed his name again. Gu Fei listened to his muttering while continuing to look around.

"Huh, isn't that..." Gu Fei suddenly saw someone.

Fireball glanced back and smiled: "Sword Demon, right? He just came in not long ago."

"This guy took a detour, but came back even before me!" Gu Fei said.

"What?" Fireball didn't understand.

"He was also leveling up in that place just now. I saw him," Gu Fei said.

"Oh... his level is about the same." Fireball said, pouring wine for Gu Fei, "Come, Drunken Bro, try this wine. With a name like yours, you must like to drink, right?"

Gu Fei smiled wryly: "Have you forgotten? My name, like yours, was given to me by someone else."

"Oh... I forgot!" Fireball slapped his head. "If I had known, I wouldn't have treated you to wine. It cost me a silver coin!" Fireball regretted. A silver coin was equivalent to 100 copper coins. In the early stages of the game, this could buy a beginner's weapon at the blacksmith's shop. It took quite a while to accumulate that much by killing monsters.

"It's okay, consider it my treat!" Gu Fei smiled. The monsters he killed were of a much higher level than those Fireball killed, so his income was naturally much richer.

At this time, Sword Demon also noticed Gu Fei sitting on this side. Their eyes met, and Sword Demon nodded to Gu Fei, considering it a greeting.

The tavern continued to be bustling with activity.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open with a "creak," and the entire tavern instantly became much quieter. The remaining sporadic sounds were all made by people with their backs to the door, such as Gu Fei.

Gu Fei, under the burning gazes of everyone, turned his head and saw a girl.

The purple robe looked somewhat familiar, but Gu Fei couldn't be sure if it was the one he saw on the hillside. He had seen many similar outfits on the way back to the city, obviously beginner equipment for a certain profession.

The equipment in the game would automatically become the most suitable state, so everyone's figure would be perfectly highlighted. The one in front of him had a well-proportioned and slender figure, and the curves were flawlessly curved where they should be. There wasn't a trace of excess fat on her body. No wonder everyone in the bar was dumbfounded. Such a figure was impeccably perfect.

In comparison, the girl's appearance was not as stunning as her figure. But it was still a very outstanding face, with eyes as captivating as water, and the slight smile on her lips conveyed a sense of closeness. Smiling, the girl nodded slightly to everyone in the tavern.

Everyone then returned to normal. The scene could be described as a flurry of activity. Originally, everyone was staring at the girl with naked and fiery eyes, but now they had to pretend to be dignified, trying to peek while also acting respectful.

There were actually many people in the tavern, and there were no empty tables at this time, only one or two seats vacant on individual tables. The male players at these tables showed excited expressions. However, no one dared to speak up and invite her. The first bird to stick its head out gets shot. If anyone dared to speak rashly at this time, they would be the enemy of the people. Even if they temporarily had the opportunity to appreciate her beauty up close, they might be tied up and thrown into the moat when they went out later. In order to build a harmonious society, everyone remained quietly, waiting for the beautiful girl to choose for herself.

The girl walked gracefully with light steps, and Fireball also seemed very excited. His table with Gu Fei was a four-person table, and now only two people were sitting, which could be said to be a very good situation. Who knew that the girl's gaze would only sweep over each empty seat and then pass by Gu Fei and Fireball in the blink of an eye.

Fireball, who had been looking forward to it, was disappointed, and finally sniffed his nose: "Wow, so fragrant."

"It's a game... how can there be perfume," Gu Fei despised him.

"It's body fragrance! The game simulated the body fragrance," Fireball insisted.

Gu Fei smiled and ignored him. At this time, the girl had already walked through most of the tavern. Seeing that there were no seats, she seemed to be about to go out through another door. Suddenly, the girl stopped and stood beside Sword Demon.

Sword Demon was sitting at a two-person table, alone, with exactly one seat empty.

Everyone's breathing stopped, and most people were still puzzled: This girl has such a special taste! In terms of appearance, the ugliest person in the entire tavern is the guy she picked now, right?

Although Sword Demon was a top online game expert, he was also an ordinary man in this regard. At this time, seeing a beautiful girl stop beside him, he felt a little excited. Who knew that the girl didn't sit down, but gently raised her right hand and patted Sword Demon's back.

The whole place continued to be quiet. Do these two know each other? Everyone was thinking. Beauty and the Beast!!! This was what most of the people were thinking, and a small portion thought it was a flower stuck in cow dung.

Sword Demon was flattered. Of course, he knew that he didn't know this girl at all. He raised his head and was about to speak, but saw the girl smile at him, then pointed to his feet and said, "You dropped your money!"

Everyone, including Sword Demon, looked down.

A glittering gold coin fell beside Sword Demon's feet.

"Oh, thank you!" Sword Demon subconsciously bent down to pick it up, thinking that he would take the opportunity to ask the girl for a drink.

"You're welcome." Sword Demon heard the girl's reply. By the time he picked up the money, the girl had already walked to the door, turned back and smiled at him, and then drifted away.

Sword Demon was completely infatuated, clutching the gold coin tightly, almost developing his Diamond Finger technique.

"Good figure, beautiful face, and such a nice voice! Ah! I think I've fallen in love with her." Fireball murmured, "Drunken Bro, you... ah??" When Fireball turned to speak to Gu Fei after the girl left the bar, he found that Gu Fei had suddenly stood up and quickly chased after her.

"You are truly my idol!" Watching Gu Fei's back as he walked out of the tavern, Fireball was dumbfounded.

Gu Fei rushed out of the tavern and looked around. He only saw that the girl had turned into an alley on the right, and quickly chased after her.

Sword Demon is such an idiot! Gu Fei cursed inwardly. He was still picking at the gold coin. Didn't he realize that the Frost Memories he put on the table had been taken away by someone?

No one would have thought that such a girl would do such a thing. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Gu Fei wouldn't have believed it.

It's so despicable! Gu Fei gritted his teeth. This incident evoked shadows from his childhood.

At that time, he practiced martial arts, which consumed a lot of energy every day, so Gu Fei adhered to the principle of eating smaller meals more frequently. Whenever he had an extra meal, the unlucky child from his second uncle's family would always appear: "Hey, Xiao Fei, why did you drop your food on the ground again? Pick it up quickly, or Third Uncle will beat you when he sees it."

"Oh!" Little Gu Fei hurriedly bent down to pick it up, but when he climbed back to the table, his delicious meal had long disappeared along with that unlucky child.

In addition to this, tricks such as UFOs, your dad is looking for you, and Black Cat Detective is starting were endless, which ultimately made Gu Fei hate this kind of snatching-food-from-a-tiger's-mouth scam. Unfortunately, by the time he made up his mind that if he was tricked again, he would beat the child from his second uncle's family severely, the child had already grown tired of Gu Fei's extra meals and didn't bother to play these tricks anymore.

For many years, whenever Gu Fei thought of this, he had a feeling of being wronged. Today, he finally encountered it again.

Unfortunately, the other party is a girl, so how to attack? This matter needs to be considered.

Gu Fei was pondering when he chased to the entrance of the alley. With a turn, his nose was touching her nose.

Ah! It smells really good! Gu Fei's first thought, and then when he reacted, he quickly took a step back and saw the girl looking at him with seductive eyes: "What are you following me for?"

"Hand over the thing!" Gu Fei didn't give her a good look, although the close contact just now made his face still a little hot, and he had an impulse to do it again.

"What thing?" The girl was clearly pretending to be stupid.

"Pretending to be stupid? It's the dagger you just took from the tavern: Frost Memories!" Gu Fei said.

The girl was stunned. She wasn't really pretending to be stupid. It's just that when she saw that the person who chased after her wasn't the owner, she really didn't expect that someone would come to ask for the lost item. She thought it was just some boring person who was attracted by her beauty and wanted to hook up with her. She was quite confident in her beauty.