Online Game: Crazy Skeleton-Chapter 1262 - 1173: Gathering Together

"So that’s it, no wonder the statue felt unusual. Hey, why do you think there’s not a single NPC to be seen in this main city? It’s like a dead city, truly bizarre."

As Su Ran’s gaze swept across the streets, he found not a single trace of the God Race, which puzzled him. How could such a noble race be so sparsely populated?

There must be a reason for this!

"Who knows, why bother with all that? We’re not part of the God Race, just complete the quest and leave, it’s that simple. You’re making things too complicated."

With no interest in lingering in the main city, Smoky led Su Ran through the streets, heading towards the east gate.

"No wonder you can’t accept quests, there’s obviously something wrong with this main city. Never mind, let’s first finish your quest, and we can come back to check this out when we have time."

Pushing his doubts aside for the moment, Su Ran followed Smoky towards the Divine Wood Forest.

After about seven or eight minutes, they reached a forest, and to Su Ran’s surprise, the trees’ roots were exposed above the clouds, covering the aerial path with a thick carpet of interwoven roots. The leaves were all circular, about the size of coins, and very fresh.

"Don’t worry and just keep walking, Overturning Water. These roots aren’t dangerous, but they’re indeed uncomfortable to walk on."

Smoky had some difficulty walking on the roots; the path was uneven and hard on the feet, much inferior to a cloud-paved road. But when he looked at Su Ran, he was speechless, because Su Ran was flying effortlessly above, completely unaffected by the roots, which cast a stark contrast to Smoky’s own cumbersome experience.

"Over here, Overturning Water!"

Not far away, Creamy and his two companions were fighting a pair of tree spirits radiating golden light. Upon seeing Su Ran, Youtong abandoned the tree spirits in front of her and ran towards him.

Smoky’s face instantly turned green with envy.

"Happy New Year, little Tong."

Smiling, Su Ran greeted her, descending from mid-air. He summoned ten skeletal shield-warriors to block the tree spirits, greatly alleviating Youtong’s pressure, "Did you wait long? I’m not familiar with the place; it’s my first time here, so forgive the delay, huh."

"Brother Overturning Water, your lady is over there. Aren’t you going to help her out quickly?"

Armored with an iron bar, Smoky stepped forward, intending to approach Youtong with a dashing gesture, but almost tripped over a tree root, embarrassing himself.

"Smoky! What do you mean? Can’t I have friends of the opposite sex? You’re being way too controlling!"

Youtong glared at Smoky, feeling her personal freedom severely restricted, which made her quite uncomfortable.

"Tong, don’t be mad. I was just worried about Creamy misunderstanding, you know. Think about it; the couple has just met and hasn’t even had a chance to talk. You got ahead of it. Is that proper?"

Quickly, Smoky took Youtong aside and started explaining in a low voice. He cleverly shifted the blame to Creamy with his reverse thinking and felt quite pleased with himself.

"Ah, I’ve been neglectful. Smoky, thank goodness you reminded me in time. Otherwise, Creamy would definitely have been upset with me."

Once Smoky pointed it out, Youtong realized he was right. She bit her lip, sneaked a glance at Creamy, and noticed Creamy didn’t seem to blame her, relieving her concerns.

"Don’t just stand there, kill them! These tree spirits can regenerate. If we delay any further, our efforts will have been for nothing!"

Creamy urgently called everyone to action. As a solo damage dealer, she struggled; the tree spirits of the Celestial Realm were tough with a lot of health, and defeating them was torturous.

With the combined efforts of the five, they finally managed to clear out the tree spirits completely, which was no easy feat.

"Haha, another Wood Core dropped, Ghost, I forgot to ask you, does this task item help with your quest?"

Youtong was in charge of picking up the loot dropped by monsters. Holding the two Wood Cores in her hands, she waved her arms towards Big Smoke Ghost, "While you were away, a total of 4 have dropped!"

"Quest item? But my quest doesn’t mention needing it, so it’s probably not what I need. Let’s keep it for now, maybe I’ll get a hidden quest later."

After Youtong put away the Wood Cores, Big Smoke Ghost continued, "Now that everyone is here, let’s go to the quest coordinates and slaughter that BOSS!"

"Haha, finally time to kill the BOSS! If anything good drops, you’re treating, okay?"

Youtong pulled on Big Smoke Ghost’s arm, "I want to eat Heavenly Lake hairy crabs, can I?"

"As long as a divine artifact drops, I’ll treat you to a month’s worth of hairy crabs!"

There’s a legend that circulates among the people that if you do hidden quests in the Celestial Realm, your chances of obtaining divine artifacts will significantly increase. This shows that getting hidden quests in the Celestial Realm is very difficult and that’s exactly why Big Smoke Ghost was in such a rush to call people for the mission.

Of course, these rumors aren’t credible at all, yet Big Smoke Ghost actually believed them.

According to Su Ran’s estimation, this guy must have stumbled upon a hidden quest of the Celestial Realm by sheer luck.

"That’s a promise, you all heard him, sisters!"

Youtong shouted excitedly, already salivating at the thought of the delicious hairy crabs.

"Xiao Tong, you’re such a foodie!"

Creamy Bishonen chuckled as she glanced at Youtong, seeing her as a kid who never grew up. Then, she started walking closer to Su Ran, "Overturning Water, did you attend the auction last time?"

"Auction?"

Su Ran’s mind wasn’t on this at all, as she was still pondering things about the main city in the Celestial Realm. Confused by Creamy Bishonen’s question, she replied subconsciously, "Are you talking about the Undead Pet Egg? I didn’t go for the auction."

"What do you mean ’what I’m talking about’? When did I ever discuss this with you?"

Creamy Bishonen was surprised, not understanding the meaning behind Su Ran’s words.

Even Gu Yue, who had been silent all along, gave Su Ran an unexpected glance.

Damn!

The truth’s going to slip out!

Only then did Su Ran realize, Sister Wan’er had only talked about this with her in real life. In the game, this was their first meeting after the New Year!

"You misunderstood, I was referring to the auction with the Undead Pet Egg that was heavily advertised by the system. It’s common knowledge, the one with the golden seating area, right?"

Su Ran quickly tried to smooth things over, pointing at his Undead Skeleton Army and laughing, "Do you think I still need to go to auctions with so many pets like this?"

"No wonder I didn’t see you at the auction house."

Creamy Bishonen, not suspecting anything further, complained to Su Ran, "I was planning to bid on the last Pet Egg, but the players were too crazy, constantly raising the price. I couldn’t compete with the rich, so I had no choice but to give up."