"Stop a moment."
As they passed a house, Yun Che suddenly called for the carriage to stop.
"What is it?" Qin Yelan looked puzzled.
Yun Che found it difficult to explain, so he only said he wanted to take a look.
The house was just an ordinary little courtyard consisting of one room and an open-air kitchen, covering no more than forty square meters.
Inside the fence, a little boy of three or four wearing a felt hat was battling a large rooster.
Judging by their combat power, the black-and-red rooster hopping about and pecking was clearly stronger.
Although the boy in the felt hat occasionally managed to slap the rooster, he still suffered several pecks, his little face flushing red with anger.
Above the boy's head was an unranked Hidden Chain Quest. Its final reward was a Hard-Shell Ancient Fruit, which permanently increased stamina by 10,000 points when consumed, equivalent to 100,000 points of defense.
Moreover, simply completing the A-rank stage would earn him three drops of heavenly star dew, a crucial material for nurturing the Talent Seed. Yun Che had to get his hands on it.
"Waaah..."
As expected, the boy ultimately lost. The rooster knocked him to the ground, leaving him bawling.
Yun Che stepped forward and helped the boy up. "Little fellow, where are your parents?"
Tears and snot streamed down the boy's face. Instead of saying where his parents were, he cried, "Da Hei pecks me every time! I want to pluck all his feathers and cook him up to eat!"
Ding! Er Dan has issued you a D-rank quest: pluck, kill, and cook the chicken, then hand it to Er Dan. Accept?
"Accept."
Yun Che smiled. "All right. Wait over to the side. I'll cook him for you right now."
Qin Yelan,