A Salted Fish with Dreams!

At home.

Dad patted Wang Xian on the shoulder and praised him in a low voice, "Son, not bad!"

"Dad, enough already. How many times do I have to explain? We're friends, just ordinary friends." Wang Xian explained again, looking utterly defeated.

"Son, Dad gets it. You young people all like calling someone 'Uncle,' don't you?" Dad wore an expression that said he understood everything.

You don't understand shit!

Wang Xian really wanted to shout those words, but that was his dad. He simply could not say them aloud and could only let Dad keep talking.

Ignoring his dad, Wang Xian walked over to Nangong Wu, Feng Luoli, and Yue Rushuang and asked, "You don't mind if I take a look at your attributes, right?"

The three women did not think much of it and generously displayed their attributes directly.

Their names and nicknames were the same: Nangong Wu, Feng Luoli, and Yue Rushuang. They were also all twenty-five years old.

All three were Mages, and they had all reached Level 11.

Their attributes were quite ordinary. Wang Xian did the math and found that they were no different from ordinary people.

Then there were their Talents.

Nangong Wu had a Common Talent, while Feng Luoli and Yue Rushuang's were one grade higher—Elite Talents.

Everything appeared perfectly normal. There did not seem to be any issue at all.

But this differed greatly from Wang Xian's memories.

Nangong Wu's Talent had not been made public in his previous life. Now that it was Common, there was not necessarily anything wrong with that.

As for her class, that was not much of an issue either. Perhaps she had not yet received the class advancement quest for the Phoenix Heavenly Maiden.

Feng Luoli and Yue Rushuang were different.

In his previous life, these two women had both possessed Epic Grade Talents. There had even been screenshots as proof. Why were they both Elite Talents now?

There was a world of difference between Elite Talents and Epic Grade Talents.

What exactly was going on?

Could the screenshots have been edited?

Wang Xian sank into thought.

"Uncle, you seem disappointed by our attributes?"

Nangong Wu's voice rang out.

"Ha ha, am I? No, not at all!" Wang Xian scratched the back of his head and laughed.

Was he disappointed?

He really was!

In his view, even if Nangong Wu's Talent was not Mythical Grade, it should at least have been Epic Grade. At the very least, it should have been Legendary Grade.

A Common Talent truly did not live up to her future title as Dragon Kingdom's number one Mage.

Feng Luoli and Yue Rushuang's Talents also disappointed him somewhat. With Talents like those and ordinary classes, how had they become Flower Goddess Cheng Yao's two great guardians?

"Is that so?"

A mysterious smile appeared on Nangong Wu's face.

Wang Xian: ...

"Um, I'll go see whether the water has boiled and make you some tea."

Wang Xian immediately fled. Being around Nangong Wu was simply too uncomfortable; he always felt that this woman had guessed something.

After Wang Xian left, Nangong Wu looked at Feng Luoli and asked quietly, "What do you think?"

"He has secrets!"

"Then how would you evaluate him as a person?" Nangong Wu asked again.

After a brief silence, Feng Luoli spoke a few words. "A salted fish with dreams!"

Nangong Wu froze for a moment, then smiled. "He has dreams and ambition in his heart, but lacks drive and passion. Calling him 'a salted fish with dreams' really does suit him."

Night.

23:55

"Uncle, you said you'd take us leveling, but why do we have to level at night? Can't we do it during the day?" Cheng Yao pouted, looking slightly unhappy at Wang Xian.

"Exactly! Brother-in-law, why did you decide to level in the middle of the night?" Su Jin asked as well.

Because of Cheng Yao, Nangong Wu, and the others, Su Jin had changed how she addressed Wang Xian, directly going from his name to brother-in-law. Their beauty made her feel an overwhelming sense of crisis.

For her sister's happiness, she had decided to call Wang Xian brother-in-law first, so those women would know that Wang Xian was already taken!

"Yawn—"

"Son, instead of sleeping in the middle of the night, you came out here to level. What were you thinking?" Dad asked, yawning with a sleepy expression.

"Prophet told me that a large number of wild monsters will appear at midnight tonight and told me to hurry up and level," Wang Xian said calmly.

"Prophet?!"

Everyone revealed shocked expressions.

In the current Dragon Kingdom, there was practically no one who did not know of Prophet. After all, the few posts Prophet had published on the Forum had been far too influential.

Countless people wanted to contact Prophet and obtain more information from him, yet it seemed that no one had ever succeeded.

Now, Wang Xian was saying that he knew Prophet, and that Prophet had even told him a large number of wild monsters would appear tonight and told him to hurry up and level.

How could they not be shocked?

"Son, how do you know Prophet?" Dad asked curiously.

"I don't know him. He added me as a friend and told me about it," Wang Xian answered without so much as a blush.

Everyone was stunned.

Prophet, whom no one had been able to contact, had proactively added Wang Xian as a friend? That was too surreal, wasn't it?

Just as everyone wanted to ask Wang Xian more about Prophet, a system announcement suddenly rang in their ears.

"Ding! System Announcement: The Ghost Gate has opened, and the Ghost Festival event has begun! Click to view the details."

"Ding! System Announcement: The Ghost Gate has opened, and the Ghost Festival event has begun! Click to view the details."

"Ding! System Announcement: The Ghost Gate has opened, and the Ghost Festival event has begun! Click to view the details."

Everyone froze, then immediately checked what this so-called Ghost Festival event was about.

Wang Xian was no exception. He checked the event details as well, but after one glance, he stopped reading. The event was exactly the same as he remembered.

Suddenly, a mischievous smile appeared on Wang Xian's face.

He saw a ghost (wild monster) appear behind Su Jin.

The ghost (wild monster) moved close to Su Jin's neck and gently blew a puff of air.

"Stop messing around!"

Su Jin felt a chill at her neck but did not pay it much attention. After muttering a complaint, she continued reading the system announcement.

Huff—huff—huff—

Seeing Su Jin's reaction, the ghost (wild monster) blew several more puffs of air in succession.

"I said stop messing around! Ah—"

Su Jin angrily turned around, but the moment she saw what was behind her, she let out a piercing scream.

That scream drew everyone's attention to Su Jin.

Then...

Ah—

Ah—

A succession of screams rang out. Even Wang Xian's mother let out the same piercing scream.

Wang Xian: ...

To keep everyone from screaming any longer, Wang Xian raised his right hand slightly. A bolt of lightning descended from the sky and directly blasted the ghost (wild monster) into ashes.

Lightning Strike

Summons a bolt of lightning, dealing damage equal to 200% of Magic Attack to a single target, with a chance to paralyze the target.

Cast Time: Instant Cast

Mana Cost: 100 MP

Cooldown: 15 seconds.

It was one of the basic spells available after a Mage's class advancement. It was the most powerful of all basic spells, but also had the longest cooldown.

This was one of the Skill Books the young man in Ji City's urban district had used to trade for weapons.

PS: This is a bit late, please don't mind it. Old people type slowly.