Mythical Grade: Talent Divine Grace

"Er Gouzi? Uncle, even if you don't want to tell me your name, you didn't have to make up such a damn awful one, did you?"

The girl looked utterly defeated by Wang Xian as she spoke weakly.

"It really is Er Gouzi. You should be able to see those three words floating above my head." Wang Xian pointed above his head.

Whether it was Er Gouzi or something else, since Wang Xian had told the girl, the words floating above his head in her eyes now were the name he had just given.

"Uncle, stop trying to fool me. I already know that the names above our heads are either what other people call us or what we think of ourselves as." The girl looked at Wang Xian with slight disdain.

"You actually knew?"

Wang Xian looked at the girl in surprise.

At first, no one had paid attention to the naming mechanism. It was only after someone made a post on the Forum that countless people learned about it.

"I didn't know at first either, but later I noticed that the words above my parents' heads were Dad and Mom.

"At the time, I was confused. My parents shouldn't have names like that, so when I asked, I learned those weren't their nicknames at all.

"Later, I met some elders, and the words above their heads were things like Uncle, Auntie, and so on. That was when I understood what was going on," the girl said.

"Smart!"

Wang Xian gave the girl a thumbs-up.

It seemed simple, but very few people noticed it. Deep down, people assumed that anyone they knew was simply called by that name, so they subconsciously overlooked the issue.

"Uncle, can you tell me your name now? And Uncle, you can't keep lying to me!" the girl said with a pout.

"Fine!"

Wang Xian wore an expression that said, You're this smart—how could I possibly fool you? Then he uttered two words: "Brother Guang."

"Brother Guang? Uncle, you're not lying to me, are you?"

The girl looked at Wang Xian suspiciously.

"Really. My name is Wang Guang, and my friends all call me Brother Guang. So when I set my nickname, I used 'Brother Guang.'"

Wang Xian looked at the girl with an exceptionally sincere gaze.

"Then I'll believe you, Uncle."

After staring at Wang Xian for a while, the girl nodded, indicating that she believed him.

"What about you?"

Seeing that the girl believed him, Wang Xian secretly let out a sigh of relief.

"My name is Cheng Yao, and my nickname is Yao Yao. Uncle, you can just call me Yao Yao. That's what all my friends call me."

The girl spoke openly, without the slightest hesitation.

"Cheng Yao? Yao Yao?"

Wang Xian's body stiffened. The Jade Scale Snake meat he had been roasting over the campfire slipped from his hand and fell directly into the flames.

"Ah, Uncle, what are you doing?"

The girl—Cheng Yao—quickly got up and retrieved the snake meat from the fire. She had already smelled its delicious aroma and was waiting to eat it. Who would have thought Wang Xian would fail to hold onto the roasting stick and let the meat fall into the fire?

"Wuwuwu, it's all dirty now. Luckily, only the outer layer got dirty. I just need to scrape it off. Uncle, why were you spacing out?"

As Cheng Yao carefully picked the ash off the snake meat, she complained to Wang Xian with a hint of resentment.

Wang Xian did not respond to Cheng Yao. His mind was now filled with information about Cheng Yao.

Cheng Yao.

Nickname: Yao Yao.

Gender: Female.

Age: Unknown.

Talent: Unknown.

Hidden Profession: Flower Goddess.

Dragon Kingdom's number one support.

The world's number one support.

Tenth place on the Hundred Flowers Ranking.

Honorary Guild Leader of Phoenix Dance Nine Heavens, the Dragon Kingdom's second-ranked guild.

It had been a completely instinctive reaction from Wang Xian.

It couldn't be helped. Cheng Yao had been far too famous in his previous life. Almost no one in the Dragon Kingdom had failed to hear of her, and she was practically a household name in other countries as well.

But?

Was this Cheng Yao really the number one support from his previous life?

Wang Xian had serious doubts.

Although he had never interacted with Cheng Yao in his previous life, according to all sorts of rumors, Cheng Yao had been a gentle woman, soft as water. She was completely unlike the carefree, overly familiar girl before him.

Was the name merely a coincidence?

Wang Xian looked at the girl who was intently picking ash from the snake meat and fell into thought once more.

"Uncle, what are you looking at? You're so absorbed."

A pair of hands waved before his eyes, snapping Wang Xian out of his daze.

"What is it?"

Wang Xian looked blankly at the girl, Cheng Yao.

"Uncle, what's wrong with you? The moment you heard my name, you looked like you'd lost your soul," Cheng Yao asked Wang Xian in confusion.

"It's nothing. You have the same name as my ex-girlfriend, so you reminded me of her."

Wang Xian smiled, took the snake meat from the girl's hand, and continued roasting it.

"Uncle, that's such an old-fashioned way to pick up girls."

Cheng Yao gave Wang Xian a disdainful look.

Wang Xian: ...

Picking up girls?

When had he ever tried to pick up a girl?

Hadn't he merely been stunned by the name Cheng Yao and spaced out for a moment?

How had it turned into him picking up girls?

"Uncle, you may be a little old, but you're so strong that it's not like you have no chance. If you perform well, I'll consider you." Cheng Yao patted Wang Xian's shoulder encouragingly.

Wang Xian: ...

Were girls these days all this straightforward?

Wait!

What chance did he need?

He had absolutely no intention of pursuing the girl in front of him!

"Get away from me. Go sit where you were before!"

Wang Xian glared at Cheng Yao, who had sat down beside him.

"Uncle, we've only known each other for a little while. You can't expect me to agree to your pursuit already, can you? I've never even dated before. At least let me experience what it feels like to be pursued."

Cheng Yao put on an aggrieved expression. She thought Wang Xian was angry because of what she had said earlier.

Wang Xian's head spun.

Were little girls these days really this bizarre?

He picked up a branch beside him and lightly knocked Cheng Yao on the head. "Pursue my ass. I'm not interested in little girls!"

"Really?"

Cheng Yao still did not quite believe him.

"Really! I swear!"

Wang Xian looked utterly helpless.

"That's good!"

Cheng Yao patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

The corner of Wang Xian's mouth twitched.

What did that mean? Was being pursued by him that frightening?

Ignoring Cheng Yao, whose thought process was clearly abnormal, Wang Xian focused on roasting the snake meat.

Half an hour later, the snake meat was finally cooked, and the two enjoyed a hearty meal.

Afterward, Wang Xian invited Cheng Yao back into the party. Since he had promised to help her level up, he would keep his word.

"Yao Yao, what's your talent?"

While grinding monsters and leveling up, Wang Xian and Cheng Yao started chatting again.

Cheng Yao did not hide anything and answered directly, "Divine Grace."

"What grade is it? What does it do?" Wang Xian asked again.

Just from its name, he could not determine how good the talent was.

"Mythical Grade. It increases the duration of buff skills by one thousand percent, and increases the effect of healing skills by one thousand percent. Uncle, how is this talent?"

Cheng Yao wore an expression that said she was a total novice.

Wang Xian: ...

All right!

He could be certain now!

The girl in front of him was the number one support from his previous life, Flower Goddess Cheng Yao!

With the Divine Grace talent and a Hidden Profession, if she still failed to become the number one support, she might as well dig a hole and bury herself.

"Uncle, why aren't you saying anything again? Just how good is this talent?"

Cheng Yao had clearly never played an online game before and did not understand her talent at all.

"Don't talk to me. I need some quiet."

Although Wang Xian possessed Growth, a talent that surpassed Mythical Grade and had reached the Forbidden level, Growth was closely tied to level. In the short term, it truly could not compare to Cheng Yao's Divine Grace talent.

"Uncle, is my talent super powerful?" Cheng Yao asked excitedly.

It was true that she was a gaming novice, but she was smart. From Wang Xian's expression, she could tell that her talent was incredibly powerful.

"Uncle, is it?"

"Uncle, tell me?"

"Uncle~~~~~"

Cheng Yao started acting cute again.

Wang Xian truly could not take it anymore, so he explained the power of her Mythical Grade Talent and warned her never to reveal that she possessed a Mythical Grade Talent.

In his previous life, those with Mythical Grade Talents had lived in constant danger before they grew strong. They not only faced assassinations from other countries, but also had to guard against people from the Dragon Kingdom.

In the end, fewer than ten people with Mythical Grade Talents had successfully grown strong. As for whether there were others in hiding, Wang Xian did not know.

At the time, Wang Xian's talent had only been the ordinary Learning talent. He had merely paid slight attention to the matter, and it was only upon hearing about Cheng Yao's Mythical Grade Talent that he remembered it.

"So I'm this amazing! Oh, hahahahaha~~~"

Cheng Yao put her hands on her hips and laughed toward the sky.

Wang Xian broke out in a cold sweat.

He truly could not connect the chuunibyou girl before him with Flower Goddess Cheng Yao, the dream lover of countless men in his previous life.

"Uncle, what's your talent?"

After laughing for a long while, Cheng Yao asked Wang Xian.

"Learning."

Wang Xian smashed a Goblin that suddenly leaped out with his Wolf Fang Club and answered casually.

"What grade is it? Mythical? Epic? Or Legendary?"

Wang Xian had just explained talent grades to her, which was why Cheng Yao asked that.

Wang Xian glanced at Cheng Yao and said flatly, "Ordinary."

"Oh, ordinary. What? Ordinary!"

Cheng Yao had initially wanted to nod, but suddenly cried out in shock.

"Uncle, you're not lying to me, are you?"

"Why would I lie to you? Besides, why would I need to?"

"Who knows? Don't uncles always have some strange hobbies?" Cheng Yao snorted.

Wang Xian's face immediately darkened.

What did she mean, uncles always had strange hobbies?

He was not an uncle!

Wait?

Why was Cheng Yao still calling him Uncle?

Hadn't he told Cheng Yao that his name was Brother Guang?

Had he gotten used to hearing it?

No!

He could not let that become a habit!

"Yao Yao, why are you still calling me Uncle?" Wang Xian asked.

"Brother Guang doesn't sound nice. Uncle sounds better!"

"That's your reason?"

"Yes, that's my reason!"

Cheng Yao nodded firmly.

Just as Wang Xian was about to say something else, a deafening system voice rang out from the heavens.

World Announcement: Congratulations to Rhode Fielding, a player from the Free Nations, for reaching Level 10.

World Announcement: Congratulations to Rhode Fielding, a player from the Free Nations, for reaching Level 10.

World Announcement: Congratulations to Rhode Fielding, a player from the Free Nations, for reaching Level 10.

After the world announcement rang out, another series of System Prompts followed, though these notifications sounded only in each person's own ears.

"A player has reached Level 10, unlocking new functions."

"Leaderboard Function unlocked..."

"Arena Function unlocked..."

"Guild Function unlocked..."

"Chat Function unlocked..."

"Main City unlocked..."

"Map upgraded..."

"..."