sinovels Chapter 461 The Old Man and the Sea
Chapter 461 The Old Man and the Sea
Song Yixue didn't hear Chen You's words at all, completely absorbed in her own emotions.
She clutched the black bread tightly in her hand, tears and snot streaming down her face.
"Boss, you have no idea how big that wild boar was! It chased me for three blocks and pushed me into a stinking ditch."
"After I was resurrected, I went to the snow mountain again, but I fell into a hole and died three times."
She wiped her face and continued to pour out her grievances: "Later I heard that there was something strange about this bay, so I came here."
"I encountered pirates on the road. They looked down on me because I was poor, and instead of stealing my clothes, they threw me into the sea to drown."
Chen You sat opposite him, watching the dwarf, who was less than 1.2 meters tall, chatter on and on, his forehead veins throbbing.
Any normal player could tell that they paid for a server-wide megaphone.
For a single gold coin reward, this little guy went through all the death punishments of the Origin Realm.
Is it really necessary to make such a fuss over just one gold coin?
Is it that wealth limits one's imagination?
"To find this hidden NPC, I didn't even spend the copper coins I would have used to buy medicine. Look at this bread of mine, it's all spoiled..."
Song Yixue raised the black bread, preparing to take the last bite.
"bite."
A glittering coin landed on the table and spun twice.
Song Yixue's voice stopped abruptly.
Her eyes widened as she stared intently at the gold coin.
Chen You tapped his fingers on the table: "I know you've worked hard. Here's the money for your journey, hurry up."
Song Yixue grabbed the gold coins and stuffed them into her collar, her movements so fast they left a blur.
The sadness on her face vanished instantly, replaced by a radiant smile: "Okay, boss!"
"This way, please. Watch your step, don't get your clothes dirty!"
Chen You stood up and followed Song Yixue deeper into the tavern.
Players came and went in the tavern in a hurry, and the NPCs were all talking to each other, so no one paid attention to this high-low duo.
Song Yixue led Chen You around the bar and into a dead-end alley next to the kitchen.
At the end of the alley is a stone wall covered with moss.
"We're here." Song Yixue pointed to the top of her head.
Chen You looked up.
On the ceiling, three meters above the ground, there is a slightly dark-colored wooden board with gaps along the edges.
There were no stairs, no ropes.
Song Yixue looked around, dragged an empty wine barrel from the corner, and pushed it directly under the wooden board.
Then she brought over a wooden chair with a broken leg and carefully placed it on the wine barrel.
"Boss, please wait a moment, I'll go up and scout the way for you."
Song Yixue stepped onto the wooden chair using the wine barrel as a foothold, took a deep breath, and leaped upwards with a powerful burst of energy.
She clung tightly to the edge of the wooden plank with both hands, while her legs kicked wildly in mid-air.
With a creaking sound, she struggled to climb onto the wooden plank, twisted her body, and climbed inside.
A heavy thud came from above, followed by Song Yixue's hushed voice: "Boss, it's safe! Step on the chair to get up, I'll give you a hand!"
Chen You looked at the rickety chair without saying a word.
He channeled his spiritual energy and lightly touched the ground with his toes.
In an instant, the body defied gravity and floated upwards.
Chen You slipped through the crack in the ceiling and landed steadily on the moldy wooden floor of the attic.
Song Yixue was lying on the edge of the cave with her hand outstretched when she saw Chen You float up directly, and she froze.
She glanced at Chen You, then at the chair below, and silently withdrew her hand.
"Boss, your skill... is elegant!"
Chen You ignored her nonsense and scanned his surroundings.
The attic space was small and filled with old fishing nets, rusty anchors, and foul-smelling dried fish.
There was a rocking chair in the corner.
An old man was lying in a rocking chair.
The old man was blind in his left eye, and his right leg was amputated at the knee and fitted with a wooden stick.
He was holding a broken wine jug in his hand and was pouring wine into his mouth.
A line of green text appeared above his head: [Old Man Dongxing (Hidden)].
Chen You walked over and stopped three steps in front of the rocking chair.
The old man from Dongxing stopped drinking and looked Chen You up and down with his only remaining right eye.
"It's been a long time since we've seen any new faces at Cangxing Bay," the old man said in a hoarse, weathered voice. "And he's a wealthy man dressed so well."
Chen You cut to the chase: "I heard you know clues about the World Boss."
Old Man Dongxing chuckled twice and shook the empty wine jug in his hand.
"Young man, this is a bay."
"The sea holds countless secrets and is fraught with danger. Do you really want to know?"
Chen You frowned slightly, sensing that something was amiss.
He didn't rush to answer the old man Dongxing's question, but instead turned to look at Song Yixue, who was squatting in the corner, repeatedly rubbing the gold coin on her clothes.
"Tell me first," Chen You pointed to the ceiling, "How did you complete my bounty?"
Song Yixue paused, carefully stuffed the gold coins into her inner pocket, and patted her chest.
"Boss, how would I know anything about a world boss?" She tilted her head back, looking completely innocent. "I just run around everywhere, testing the waters."
"I died so many times that all my gear turned to ashes! I heard there were some odd jobs doing manual labor around here in the bay, so I came here."
"And then?" Chen You asked.
"Then I started begging outside the tavern... no, I was looking for opportunities." Song Yixue corrected her wording.
"Later it rained, so I took shelter in this alley. I saw a hole in the ceiling, so I climbed up to find a place to sleep."
She pointed to the elderly Dongxing lying in the rocking chair.
"The first thing I saw when I came up was this old man drinking. He didn't look like a simple person."
Song Yixue rubbed her hands together and chuckled, "I just opened the bounty panel on a whim and filled in the old man's coordinates and name."
"Who knew the system would 'ding' and notify me that my submission was successful and the bounty was complete!"
Chen You fell silent.
He looked at the short, dwarf girl in front of him, who was less than 1.2 meters tall and whose face screamed "poor," and his eyes twitched twice.
What is this?
Did a blind cat stumble upon a dead mouse?
There are so many players in the Origin Realm, how come I haven't encountered anyone else?
The system's judgment in the source realm is sometimes so hasty that it makes you want to curse.
However, at least one thing is certain.
Since the system has accepted Song Yixue's submission, it means that the NPC with the missing leg and blind eye in front of her does indeed have real clues about the world boss.
Chen You withdrew his gaze and looked back at Old Man Dongxing.
The old man remained in the same position, shaking the empty wine jug, his remaining right eye gleaming with a cunning light.
"Young man, the secrets of the sea have a price." The old man's voice was hoarse as he held up three withered fingers. "Thirty gold coins..."
"Splash!"
Before he could finish speaking, Chen You flipped his wrist and threw a heavy money bag directly into the old man's arms.
The bag opened, and glittering coins rolled out, covering the old man's legs.
One hundred gold coins.
The air in the attic instantly became still.
Song Yixue squatted in the corner, her eyes wide open, almost drooling.
The three fingers that the old man from Dongxing was holding up froze in mid-air.
"Is that enough?" Chen You asked calmly.
The old man swallowed hard, quickly gathered the gold coins into his pocket, and even his prosthetic leg with the wooden stick attached trembled with excitement.
"Enough! That's more than enough!" The old man's weathered look vanished, replaced by an extremely fawning smile. "Boss, what would you like to hear?"
"The Widow's Secret in Hidden Star Bay? Or the Pirate King's Treasure Map?"