Woodland Mansion

"What on earth did you pull out?"

Chen Ming looked at the blue-gold eight wings and the blue-gold translucent crystal in the hands of Di Qiu'er with curiosity in his eyes. Dong Qianqiu felt that this thing looked familiar, but she couldn't quite place it.

"This stuff is Tang San's Sea God Divinity and Sea God Eight Wings. It's perfectly reasonable to open Sea God items from treasures found in the sea."

Di Qiu'er sensed them for a moment before introducing them. Upon hearing this, both Chen Ming and Dong Qianqiu were dumbfounded.

Are you kidding me, buddy? You actually pulled out a divinity?

"You... alright, your luck really is above the rules."

Chen Ming felt that Di Qiu'er's luck was truly unreasonable. She could pull anything out, and combined with the loot boxes, the Four-leaf Clover, and the Lucky Block, she wasn't even pretending anymore.

"It's alright. My luck has always been very good. Also, once we reach Soul Power Level 60, we can start the God Trial for this divinity. You keep it."

Di Qiu'er tossed the Sea God Divinity and the Sea God Eight Wings to the other party, looking somewhat unimpressed by this divinity.

"Then let's keep it. At the very least, we're guaranteed to become gods, right Qianqiu? Want to consider inheriting the Sea God position and going to beat up Tang San?"

Chen Ming looked at the silent Dong Qianqiu beside him and pressed her for an answer. Hearing this, she froze for a moment and pointed at herself.

"Me... me?"

"Yes."

Chen Ming affirmed. Dong Qianqiu, however, was full of question marks. She looked at the Sea God Divinity in the other party's hand, wanting to speak but hesitating, before finally saying:

"Aren't you going to use it yourselves? This is the Sea God Divinity! A divinity! The divinity that countless people on the Douluo Continent dream of, and you're just... giving it to me like this?"

Dong Qianqiu felt flattered. After all, this was a divinity—something countless people dreamed of obtaining—and they were just... giving it to her?

Facing the Little Shark's puzzled gaze, Chen Ming said with an indifferent expression:

"It doesn't matter. It's not like I can't become a god."

Chen Ming was indifferent about it, mainly because with his cheats, he didn't have to worry about how to become a god. Dong Qianqiu looked at Di Qiu'er, who said even more bluntly:

"Not interested. I am the Golden Dragon King; at the very least, I'll be a God King. If I'm going to inherit anything, it should be the Dragon God Divinity, right?"

Di Qiu'er crossed her arms, completely unimpressed by a mere Sea God Divinity. Dong Qianqiu immediately felt like vomiting blood, covering her flat chest and feeling a huge sense of frustration.

So, I'm the only one who isn't sure about becoming a god? Sure enough, being weak limits one's imagination...

"It's okay, Qianqiu. Since you've joined us, we'll guarantee you become a god. After all, in such a vast God Realm, how could there not be a Protector General? Right?"

Chen Ming patted Dong Qianqiu on the shoulder to comfort her. The other party still felt a deep sense of frustration—so she was the only loser?

"Later, when this Auspicious Beast inherits the Dragon God Divinity, I'll appoint you as the World-Protecting Great White Shark."

Di Qiu'er also patted Dong Qianqiu on the shoulder to encourage her, though it felt like this encouragement was worse than no encouragement at all.

"I look forward to the arrival of that day..."

Dong Qianqiu quickly adjusted her state of mind. At least she had followed the right people. Although the pressure was quite high, it was indeed a path to the heavens.

"Alright, let's go. Let's continue to the Woodland Mansion and farm some Totem of Undying."

Chen Ming waved his hand to signal the two to set off. Hearing this, Dong Qianqiu very consciously came behind him and hugged Chen Ming.

"Uh... let's walk a distance first. No rush, let yourself relax."

Hearing this, Dong Qianqiu's cheeks turned red, and she stepped down from Chen Ming.

Three figures walked into the Spruce Forest, following the map toward the Woodland Mansion.

"There are medicinal herbs here. Let's pick them."

Chen Ming saw a hundred-year Wood Spirit Flower and picked it with his bare hands.

"There's one here too. A hundred-year Ice Spirit Fruit, good stuff."

Dong Qianqiu saw the fruit on the tree and immediately took out blocks to step on and pick it. Di Qiu'er looked around and found some Sweet Berry, eating them directly.

It can only be said that Di Qiu'er was performing consistently as usual. The three of them walked and stopped along the way, enjoying the scenery.

A river blocked their path, and Chen Ming performed a demonstration of walking on water.

"This is a way to practice control over soul power. Come, let's try it together."

Chen Ming held Dong Qianqiu and Di Qiu'er's little hands, leading them to practice together. However, it was clear that this was about the same as carrying two sloths.

Both of them hung on Chen Ming. After trying a few times without success, Di Qiu'er got anxious and spread her dragon wings behind her to fly up, while Chen Ming held Dong Qianqiu and guided her bit by bit.

"First, concentrate your soul power on the soles of your feet. Yes, then adapt to it. Carefully feel the sensation of using soul power to isolate the lake water and lift you up."

Dong Qianqiu's Satori was also very good, and with the addition of the Skill Mod, she learned very quickly. The three of them continued like this: flying a bit, playing a bit. When it got dark, they would dig a hole to bury themselves in, sleeping and cultivating inside.

They traveled during the day. Dong Qianqiu felt very fulfilled; days of playing, cultivating, and increasing her Soul Power Level were truly great.

After seven game days of trekking over mountains and through water, Chen Ming, Di Qiu'er, and Dong Qianqiu all stopped in front of the massive Woodland Mansion.

"Holy cow! What a big house! Although it's a bit worse than our imperial palace, it's still huge!"

Dong Qianqiu exclaimed as she looked at such a large house. Chen Ming raised his hand to summon the mini-map and set a teleportation point.

"Let's set our spawn point first, then kill our way in."

"Wait."

Just as Chen Ming and Di Qiu'er were preparing to go all out, Dong Qianqiu suddenly spoke up, causing both of them to look over at her, their eyes asking what was wrong.

They saw Dong Qianqiu fidgeting with her fingers in embarrassment, glancing at the Woodland Mansion before looking at Chen Ming with a very serious expression to ask:

"Isn't it a bit wrong for us to be breaking and entering?"

Hearing this, Chen Ming and Di Qiu'er immediately wore strange expressions; seriously, buddy, are you for real?

"Qianqiu, how can you be so cute? Don't worry, these guys have no consciousness and specialize in burning, killing, looting, and robbing villagers. They belong at the same table as me; this is a game world, so there's no need to worry about that."

Chen Ming helplessly rubbed his forehead, though he found this newbie's naivety somewhat endearingly silly, to think she would actually say something like breaking and entering being wrong.

"I see, that's fine then. But this is my first time doing a robbery job; do we have to kill people?"

Dong Qianqiu asked curiously, and Chen Ming shook his head slightly to explain:

"They aren't people; they are game entities, the kind that respawn after they die, so it's fine to kill them."

"Oh, I see, then I have no more questions."

Dong Qianqiu had no more issues now; before, she had only felt it was wrong because of the Federation laws regarding murder and such.

But now, after Chen Ming's explanation, Dong Qianqiu realized that this was her own world, where there were no Federation laws, the Federation couldn't reach here, and there was no need to worry about being arrested or anything like that.

ps: The second update for March 2nd, totaling 4,000 words.