What Can One Silver Coin Buy

[Ding~ Due to prolonged work, cooking proficiency has increased.]

[Culinary skill leveled up! Current level: LV.2]

"Whew, finally done."

After seeing off the last fully fed and watered customer, Li Xunsheng shook his somewhat sore hands and leaned on the stove, panting heavily.

It must be because there were too many "kind-hearted people" in the newbie village, leaving these villagers all leisurely with nothing to do, so they all ran to the tavern to add to his workload...

Still, after working for so long, he should at least get some money, right?

"Holy crap, guys, those NPCs are back! There should be quests to take again!"

The chat page he'd kept open for amusement while resting hadn't been closed yet, and Li Xunsheng turned his head to see his fellow players' excited posts.

"Here they come, here they come! I can't stand that damn wilderness another second—I only grabbed two rabbits all afternoon, and didn't even get two rabbit legs."

"Boo-hoo, I didn't snag a single one. Any handsome guy willing to gift me a rabbit leg..."

Huh? They're all starting to come back?

Li Xunsheng looked at the cobblestone path in the village, and sure enough, within two minutes, the little lane was packed with people.

As expected... in this newbie village, the crowd itself was the biggest problem...

Spotting the tavern empty except for the owner lounging comfortably in his chair drinking, one hand holding chopsticks to pop peanuts into his mouth, the wave of players entering the village automatically ignored Li Xunsheng by the stove and swarmed the tavern owner, surrounding him tightly...

"They're way too enthusiastic..."

Forced to move aside, Li Xunsheng broke out in a sweat, a little annoyed.

He hadn't even claimed his quest reward yet, and all this jostling... what a pain.

The player who possessed a certain Divine Spark very naturally forgot who had been the one to unreasonably seize the stove first.

"Alright, alright, everyone, back off, back off."

Facing the flood of quest applications from various players, the tavern owner flashed a meaningful smile and rose from his chair.

Seeing that this NPC hadn't refused to issue quests, the crowd obediently stepped back, staring at the tavern owner with eager eyes.

"Ahem, I haven't handed out the reward for my last quest yet. Let me settle that first before considering new quests. You all wait a moment."

Spotting a few familiar faces among the player group, the owner smirked slyly, looking at the young man who had been pushed back to the tavern's entrance, and beckoned him over.

"Come here, lad! This is your quest reward!"

Hmph hmph hmph, let you guys call me stingy—I'm going to give this helpful young man a little something good!

Let you all say helping me cook has no future and can't earn Copper Coins!

The owner, who found Li Xunsheng quite agreeable, patted him on the shoulder and boomed:

"You worked hard helping me all afternoon. I've got a hidden class here. If you finish the related quest, you can change jobs. How about it?"

The burly man, naturally loud-voiced, deliberately raised his tone to rile up the surrounding players, as if he couldn't wait for more people to hear.

As soon as the owner's booming words rang out, the noisy surroundings fell silent for a moment.

Then, an explosion of noise!

"Holy shit! A hidden class!"

"Oh my god! The tavern owner has a hidden class!"

"Why not me! Why not me!"

"I should've skipped chasing Widow Wang's beauty—bah! Copper Coins! I should've come here to do odd jobs!"

"Damn it, I was just a little bit away from that stove!"

"Extra! Extra! The first hidden class in Newbie Village 1111 is about to appear!"

For a moment, inside and outside the village, even in the regional chat channel, it was nothing but wails and howls.

Bombarded by envious stares from the crowd, Li Xunsheng instead showed a troubled expression...

In the tavern owner's teasing gaze, Li Xunsheng read a piece of information:

[This sly tavern owner, to spur players into working for him, deliberately pulls a "buying a horse's bones with gold" trick, pretending to offer a hidden class]

[In reality, the job-change quest he plans to issue requires the player to kill the strongest boss in the newbie village: the Colorful Fierce Tiger—an almost impossible task]

"So, how about it? Pretty good reward, right?"

The tavern owner raised an eyebrow, looking at the young man now stared at with jealous eyes by everyone.

"Um... boss, could I swap it for something else? I just want one Silver Coin..."

Facing the man's stunned and bewildered expression, Li Xunsheng could only force a bitter smile.

If he hadn't been able to see through this guy's real intentions, he might have gladly accepted the quest.

But knowing the biggest trouble in this game world, the young man only wanted one Silver Coin.

"Are you crazy, bro?!"

"That's a hidden quest?! You'd turn down a hidden quest for one Silver Coin?!"

Seeing that Li Xunsheng wasn't taking the quest, the surrounding players' eyes turned red with desperation, utterly unable to comprehend his decision. They wished they could rush over and snatch the quest for themselves.

A single Silver Coin might seem like a lot, but in reality, it wasn't much. An ordinary quest could yield a dozen or even several dozen Copper Coins in rewards.

In this world of 'Heavenly Silence,' the value of a Copper Coin seemed roughly equivalent to a Dragon Coin back on Blue Star. A hundred Copper Coins had virtually no purchasing power. The only reason earning a single Silver Coin was such a hassle was that the village was overcrowded, and all the quests had been snatched up.

Turning down a hidden class for a mere Silver Coin—was this guy's head kicked by a donkey?!

"You don't want it?"

The stunned middle-aged man was also taken aback, looking at the young man before him in confusion.

"Yes, just give me one Silver Coin as my wage."

Come on, how was he supposed to kill a Colorful Fierce Tiger? Even with the Divine Spark talent, taking down something like that might take over a week.

Better to take the Silver Coin and get to Lone Star City sooner. That was the practical choice.

A bird in the hand was worth two in the bush. Li Xunsheng wasn't stupid enough to work for free.

"Do you think the quest is too hard? No problem! I can change it—make the class change quest easier..."

The flustered man didn't even finish his sentence before Li Xunsheng ruthlessly turned him down.

"No need. Just give me one Silver Coin."

Xunsheng's calm reaction and indifferent expression made the onlookers realize something was off. The once-unified chorus of insults aimed at him began to shift in tone.

"Hey, is this guy turning it down because that hidden class is actually garbage?"

"Hiss... that might not be impossible..."

"Right! Why didn't I think of that? There's no such thing as a free lunch. That hidden class probably isn't all that."

Faced with Li Xunsheng's stubborn refusal, the player crowd started buzzing with speculation. More and more suspicious glances and comments reached the Tavern Owner's ears, making the already tipsy man's face flush red.

Even though he'd had a few peanuts to sober up, he couldn't hold back the rising drunken irritation.

"Funny mud pee! This is my hidden class!"

The irritated man suddenly whipped out a golden scroll and slapped it into Li Xunsheng's hand.

[Class Change Scroll: Use this scroll to change class to the hidden role: Wine Sword Immortal]

[Heh, you little brat don't want to change class? Don't want to be my disciple? Well, today you're learning the Wine Sword Immortal's sword arts whether you like it or not!]

Under the Eye of God, the man's thoughts were directly detected by Li Xunsheng...

The moment the scroll was sensed by the crowd, Li Xunsheng felt the atmosphere around him heat up instantly.

"Hiss..."

"Damn! It's real!"

"Wine Sword Immortal! Stylish and strong—so the big shot was playing hard to get?"

"Refusing a request is better than provoking it. Clever, really clever."

"Wine Sword Immortal? So handsome, little bro—take me leveling, okay? I've been single my whole life, and I'm in need of a cool boyfriend~"

Damn it, you people, could you stop hissing? It's hot enough as it is!