Necklace?

After half a day of effort, my faith points are still just over five thousand...

I can't strengthen any of my talents... what a shame.

Getting out of bed, Li Xunsheng, having woken up early, was about to start organizing ingredients when a series of notification sounds in his mind caught his attention.

Qingyi (Lv.10): Got time? Appraise a necklace for me.

Golden Shovel: You're level ten already? Are you the first one?

Yesterday, when they were separated after completing the Legion Mission, this sister wasn't far from level ten.

It seemed that while he was resting yesterday, Yi Qing had casually leveled up...

Qingyi: No, there are faster ways.

Good heavens... these people, are none of them resting?

Golden Shovel: What kind of necklace is it? I'm at the Blood Rose Tavern in Lone Star City, just come over.

Qingyi: Okay.

Closing the chat panel and looking at the empty shop, Xuan Sheng tore off a note left by Mo Rui. After a brief glance, he read:

'I'm going to find a special channel to stock up on food. It's best to keep the shop closed.'

Hmm... so she's made contact with the Demon Race.

Putting the note away, Li Xunsheng, with nothing to do, sat by the door, quietly waiting for the girl's arrival.

"This is it?"

Not long after, Yi Qing arrived at the shop. She entered and took out the necklace she wanted appraised:

Yi Qing was still wearing the same form-fitting leather armor, which accentuated her exquisite figure perfectly. However, the woman's face looked somewhat haggard, as if she had been busy for a long time.

Seeing Yi Qing's hurried and urgent demeanor, Xuan Sheng didn't bother asking further questions and immediately looked at what she held in her hand...

It was a white jade pendant, as pure as ivory. The white material emitted a faint glow, possessing an indescribable beauty...

[Jade Pendant: Lv.8 Blue +20 Attack +10 Defense]

"This is just an ordinary necklace... there's nothing special about it."

Although it was indeed a blue-tier equipment, as an accessory, it couldn't provide as significant a stat boost as other proper blue-tier equipment.

Li Xunsheng looked at the solemn-faced Yi Qing with confusion.

Something like this... is worth being so serious about?

"I got it as a drop from a Demonic Energy Infected Villager in the wild."

"Okay, and then?"

"My job change quest is related to this."

"?"

No way!

To his surprise, Xuan Sheng picked up the snow-white pendant from the table again and examined it repeatedly, making sure he hadn't misidentified it...

"This isn't a quest item either? And there's no extra story to it, just a very ordinary blue accessory."

After looking at it several times, and with the full appraisal from Appraisal Skill, Li Xunsheng finally shifted his gaze from the necklace and looked at Yi Qing strangely.

Was he mistaken, or had this innocent girl been deceived?

This necklace was just an unremarkable accessory equipment.

"Can you tell me more about your quest?"

Handing the necklace back to Yi Qing, Li Xunsheng, whose hidden clue box hadn't been opened yet, sat up straight, hoping to get some information about the hidden quest process.

"Okay."

Taking back the appraised necklace and realizing it wasn't what she was looking for, Yi Qing frowned. She didn't intend to hide anything from the man she trusted.

"The quest started with a letter given by the system, which you appraised before."

"Hmm... I remember that."

At that time, Li Xunsheng had just come out of the Appraisal Shop, and he had indeed appraised a letter for Yi Qing.

It seemed to be a letter of recommendation written to someone... something that could trigger the Shadow Assassin inheritance quest. He could vaguely guess it was a reward from the system for the first person to reach level five.

"After submitting that letter, the people at the Temple asked me to find the source of the demonic energy near Lone Star City, that is, why Demonic Energy Infected Villagers appeared..."

It was difficult to explain in a few words. Yi Qing explained verbally while also displaying her quest details to the very curious Li Xunsheng.

"The quest progressed smoothly to a step related to a necklace. In short, I need to find a related necklace, which should be among the Demonic Energy Villagers..."

To change her job as quickly as possible, Yi Qing had been busy all night. Her eyes were now slightly dark, and she wasn't in very good spirits.

"Hmm... a necklace? Wait, the person who gave you the quest... wasn't it someone named Linke?"

Suddenly remembering that he had also farmed those Demonic Energy Infected Villagers before and had dropped a strange quest necklace, Li Xunsheng clapped his hands and rummaged through his backpack to find the necklace from back then...

[Linke's Necklace (Quest Item): Perhaps clues can be found in a Temple in Lone Star City?]

This thing dropped when he was leveling up before. Li Xunsheng, who didn't even have time to deal with his own hidden profession clues, naturally wouldn't pay attention to this strange necklace, so he kept it until today.

And when he took out the necklace again... After using Appraisal Skill on it, all the information about the item was finally fully displayed:

[Linke's Necklace (Quest Item): A token of affection between a couple. However, the man has now been corrupted by demonic energy and can no longer be restored to normal. If someone can return this necklace to a female priest in the Temple, they will receive her gratitude.]

"This is it!"

The moment Xuan Sheng took out the necklace, Yi Qing noticed that her quest target pointer hadn't deviated at all, pointing directly at the necklace in the center of the table.

"This dropped when I was farming monsters. If you want it, just take it."

He hadn't expected this item to be related to changing to a hidden profession... This so-called quest item should only be most useful to those who need to change their profession.

Since it would be of great help to Yi Qing, Xuan Sheng didn't say anything more and unhesitatingly gifted it to the woman before him.

"You're giving it to me directly?"

Yi Qing was quite taken aback as she took the necklace that had been traded to her, looking at her only friend with a puzzled expression.

"It's fine, you're about to change professions, what advantage could I possibly gain from you? When you have free time later, just bring me along and we can team up to level up."

This quest item is useless to me anyway... Since I've decided to play the favor card, I'll see it through to the end... I can't possibly swindle this little fool out of a few gold coins now and ruin all the good impressions...

After experiencing being carried and gaining experience without doing anything, Li Xunsheng was no longer motivated to fight himself.

Besides, his abilities were special. It would be more troublesome if he were to fight often and his abilities were exposed.

Why fight personally when he could lie back and leech experience?

"Gurgle..."

A strange sound came from the girl's stomach, reminding her that her body was already in a state of hunger.

"You haven't eaten?"

Yi Qing's face flushed slightly, much to Li Xunsheng's surprise.

Although she was indeed starving, with Yi Qing's strength, there was no reason why she couldn't even fill her stomach...

"I've been busy with quests, and I've only been fighting humanoid monsters, so..."

"Also, there's nothing edible sold in the city anymore."

Yi Qing quickly explained, her beautiful face covered in a blush.

She could clearly feel the kindness and warmth from the person before her... But the more it was like this, the less she wanted to reveal her weak or vulnerable side...

"It's okay, I'll prepare something for you to eat."

The young man, who could only laugh and cry, slowly got up and walked towards the stove in the shop, his expression darkening slightly...

The city wasn't even supplying food anymore?

The situation was deteriorating faster and faster