Chapter 4 A Crazy Newbie Quest


    After a while, Zachary found himself teleported to a sealed cave surrounded by thick stone walls


    without any opening. Plus, there was no venttion at all.


    Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw some ring light. He blinked to make sure his eyes were not


    fooling him. Shining words appeared in front of him as he pointed his gaze to the direction of the light.


    "Quest hint: solve the puzzle on the wall before the cave is fully immersed by water. This quest is


    meant to train your mental dexterity so as to prepare you for treasure hunting in the future." As Zachary


    read the lines, he felt the wet grounds. As he looked down, he was surprised to find water gushing from


    below with its level quickly rising.


    "This looks so real!" he murmured to himself in worry. "Hey, Mimi, you told me that there''s absolutely no


    danger! Are you kidding? This is killing me!" Zachary reminded himself of the quest at hand and


    stoppedining. On a wall beside him, there were nine rocks protruding out. Each rock had a


    figure on it.


    Talking to himself, he asked, "So I have to solve the jigsaw puzzle as soon as possible?" Zachary tried


    to move the stones, but they couldn''t be moved. Still confused without any clue what to do, he


    concluded, "So it''s not a jigsaw puzzle.


    "Could it be a riddle?" Staring at the stones and figures on it, he pondered, ''But what do the figures


    mean? I can''t even understand them? How can I solve the puzzle? Damn it! Is the system teasing me?''


    Zachary rolled his eyes.


    The water level had already reached his knees. Surely, the system wasn''t kidding. He would indeed be


    drowned if he couldn''tplete the quest on time.


    Zachary diverted his energy and concentrated back on the rocks.


    After a few attempts, he found that he could press a couple of the rocks down and they didn''t bounce


    back. The discovery gave him hope.


    His legs were totally submerged in water, signaling him that there wasn''t much time left.


    He was hesitating to put his hands on the two rocks, but when the water level gone up to his chest, he


    reached them and pressed the rocks in a hurry.


    "''Please, Come on!" he eximed. In the brink of hypoxia, he gathered all his strength and jumped up


    while holding on those two rocks. He knocked his head on thest rock.


    Zachary felt sick as if his surroundings were swirling. Thest bit of air in his lungs was also used up.


    Deprived of oxygen, he thought he was going to die.


    "Congrattions! You have sessfullypleted the first newbie quest. A Refreshing Pill is awarded


    to you!" said the voice whispering in his ears. Zachary opened his eyes and found himself back to the


    Peach Blossom Forest.


    "Fuck! I thought I was dead!" Zachary cursed as he gasped for air.


    "Since you''vepleted the first quest in the second world, you''re given the chance to choose your


    awards." It was Mimi speaking.


    A beam of light shed through and three choices appeared in front of him. The first two choices were


    cultivation methods, namely Mortal Energy Form and Heaven and Earth Form. Both were at the


    medium stage. Thest choice, however, was a question mark.


    Eyes fixed on thest award, he asked, "What does the question mark mean?"


    "The question mark means random choice. If you choose this question mark, you will be given a


    cultivation method at a random stage. It could be at the primary stage, at the medium stage or at the


    premium stage. You might get something better than those two, or something worse," she exined.


    Zachary did not say a word while contemting on the choices. "The probability of drawing higher-


    stage cultivation methods is very low. The first two choices are already the best cultivation methods at


    the medium stage. I would suggest you choose either one of them. If you risk the third choice, most


    likely you won''t get a better result. Don''t me me for not reminding you," Mimi exined to Zachary.


    "No worries. I''ve always been lucky," he replied with confidence. "I''ll choose the third one." Zachary


    decided to try his luck. ''If I can get a cultivation method at the premium stage, it will be so great!'' he


    thought excitedly.


    "Starting random draw!" Mimi tersely said.


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    The question mark started to swirl. Different names of cultivation methods shed in front of Zachary.


    In a short while, the name stabilized. The cultivation method was called "God-ying Form."


    "What stage does this cultivation method belong to?" Zachary hurriedly asked.


    "Cultivation method examining... Examinationpleted. The stage of the cultivation method is..." Mimi


    fell into silence.


    "Oh,e on. What stage is it?" Zachary probed Mimi.


    "Now you''ll get your awards." When Mimi spoke again, she skipped the topic on the stage of the


    cultivation method.


    Before Zachary couldin, a beam of light radiated from the third choice. The light directly entered


    his brain. In a matter of few seconds, he saw huge chunks of words and a myriad of figures shing in


    his brain. Soon, he gathered everything about the God-ying Form.


    "Now it''s the award for activating the second world..." After a while, a golden pill appeared and


    graduallynded in front of Zachary.