Invitation

"Dad, please stop talking. I'll think about it myself."

As Yun Gu and Yun Mei discussed, Liu Yue'e didn't show herself at all, likely discussing matters privately with Yun Hai.

Yun Xi also didn't participate in the group chat. For the past few days since the open beta began, her schedule had been very regular.

She logged in on time, cultivated at her home in Qinglan Town, and returned to Blue Star for meals and sleep when it was time to eat. She also fixedly cast the Light Control Technique on herself at set times.

Up to now, it had been over a month since she learned the Light Control Technique. The shield HP she had stacked had exceeded ten thousand. Compared to her current total HP of 190, a ten-thousand HP shield was equivalent to having 52 extra lives.

In addition to these fixed daily routines, the staff at the Qinglan Town Official Bookstore would also send her messages every day, informing her of any new books that had been added to their inventory.

Yun Xi accepted them all. As long as they were useful medicinal formulas or cookbooks... she bought them.

Her plan was to start venturing out to fight monsters and level up during the day after she learned the remaining spells. She would practice various secondary professions in her remaining free time.

She wanted to hone her cooking skills before the Godfall Continent officially began its invasion of Blue Star, so she wouldn't have to spend a fortune buying the bland and expensive pollution-free food from the Godfall Continent later.

She couldn't neglect the Alchemist profession either. Having the skill to make medicine had always been a dream of hers in her previous life.

'Knowledge' was too expensive, and she had no means to learn it in her previous life.

Although she now possessed 'infinite currency' and could buy 'infinite potions,' the Alchemist secondary profession was a skill that could sustain her.

As long as she could learn it, Yun Xi would never lose out.

Following the 'Appraisal Skill' and 'Fireball Technique,' Yun Xi had five more basic spells remaining to learn: Counter Attack Technique, Heal Technique, Immobilization Technique, Purification Technique, and Wish Technique.

Yun Xi had already previewed the spell patterns for all five of these spells.

Among them, the Wish Technique was the most complex. The difficulty of drawing its spell patterns was almost ten times that of the Light Control Technique.

This meant that with Yun Xi's previous Spirit Attribute, it would have taken her at least 10 months to learn the Wish Technique.

Even if her Spirit Attribute had increased compared to before, this time wouldn't be significantly shortened. It would still take several months to learn the Wish Technique.

Therefore, Yun Xi had placed the Wish Technique last.

In comparison, the learning difficulty of the Counter Attack Technique was similar to that of the Light Control Technique.

The remaining three spells were much simpler.

Yun Xi planned to learn the Heal Technique, Immobilization Technique, and Purification Technique within a month.

However, on the ninth day of the open beta, just as Yun Xi was about to focus on learning the Heal Technique, there was a knock on her door downstairs.

Although the person knocking was polite and only knocked at regular intervals, Yun Xi was still a little displeased at having her learning progress interrupted.

To avoid further disturbances, she paused her learning progress and went downstairs to open the door.

Looking up, she saw a middle-aged man with a refined appearance standing outside. He was dressed in an elegant black outfit and wore a polite smile.

The man first bowed to Yun Xi and then said, "Respected lady, hello. I am the butler of the Tour Family."

"Hello. Is there something you need?" Yun Xi asked, confused. She didn't know any Tour Family.

Seeing Yun Xi's genuine confusion, the middle-aged man's expression stiffened slightly.

"Respected lady, the Tour Family is your neighbor." He pointed to the house not far to her right.

Although both were mansions on Filan Street, the Tour Family's house was at least ten times larger than Yun Xi's small building.

"I'm sorry, I've been too busy lately and don't know the identities of my neighbors." Since he had come to visit in person, Yun Xi couldn't be rude.

"You came to find me, what is it about?"

"It's like this. Our Tour Family will be holding a gathering tomorrow, and there will be a small internal auction. I wonder if you're interested, miss?"

As he spoke, the middle-aged man handed Yun Xi an invitation.

"If you are interested, the Tour Family welcomes your arrival tomorrow evening at 7 PM."

Yun Xi wasn't interested in noble gatherings, but she was naturally interested in a small auction.

However, the problem was that if she spent a lot of money buying items at such a public auction, it would surely cause trouble.

As if sensing Yun Xi's thoughts, the middle-aged man added, "If you don't wish to participate in the auction, you can also attend the gathering to make a few more friends. It's a good choice, isn't it?"

Yun Xi understood what he meant. He essentially wanted her to show her face. It seemed her neighbors on Filan Street had been curious about her for a long time.

If she didn't show up this time, it would inevitably give them the impression that she was timid and afraid of trouble.

"Alright, I will attend on time." Yun Xi took the invitation.

The middle-aged man once again showed his standard polite smile, bowed, and then took his leave.

Yun Xi wasn't too worried about attending the gathering on Filan Street.

Not to mention that she had already obtained the Black Mist Stone Earring and was no longer afraid of any investigative methods below the Legendary tier. Qinglan Town's security patrols were also not to be underestimated.

Basically, no one dared to commit crimes openly within the town, otherwise, the punishment would be more than just being publicly shamed.

She had purchased the expensive house on Filan Street, spending 10,000 Gold Coins, precisely for the safety guarantee in the property contract. Qinglan Town had promised her that they would do their best to protect her safety on Filan Street.

Even if the local powers wanted to do something to her, they would have to consider whether they could handle Qinglan Town's 'best effort protection.'

The 'best effort protection' here meant doing their utmost, within their capabilities, to not neglect her safety in any way.

Of course, this guarantee in the property contract wasn't just for her, but also for her other neighbors on Filan Street and several other expensive residential streets.

Even with the system acting as a supervisor for the contract, the Qinglan Town Official Bookstore couldn't afford to breach it even a few times.

Just a couple of breaches, and the astronomical sums they would have to pay out to the homebuyers would be enough to bankrupt Qinglan Town.

Her neighbors were likely just curious about her. If this invitation didn't work out, there would surely be another. So, she would accommodate them, but after this, they'd best not disturb her again.

Coming back to her senses, Yun Xi continued to sketch the runic patterns for the 'Heal' technique.

She needed to spend more time to complete the learning progress that had been interrupted earlier.

The following afternoon, after numerous attempts, Yun Xi finally mastered the Heal technique.

[Basic Heal LV1: Consumes 10-100 Spiritual Energy to condense a healing light orb, capable of restoring the target's health by 52-142 (Spirit * Skill Level + Consumed Spiritual Energy) points.]