Chapter 178 Practice
The request for leave was naturally approved without any suspense. Under the guise of recuperating from a serious illness, Teacher Yang initially wanted to persuade Li Wen more, speaking about considering the future. However, after learning that Li Wen had completely mastered the high school curriculum and spent several hours completing past college entrance examination papers in front of him, he abandoned that idea.
After leaving the school under the scrutinizing gaze of the security guard, who looked at him as if he were an escaped convict, Li Wen opened his phone. It was already two in the afternoon.
If it were in his previous life, he wouldn’t have taken so long to complete these papers, and there would have been fewer mistakes. Of course, these were all trivial matters. The important thing was that the long leave request had been approved. Even if he didn’t attend classes, the school would no longer call his home, so there was nothing to worry about.
On his way back, Li Wen browsed the official forum of “World Tree: Origin” on his phone. He wanted to gather some information about Port Beren, so he directly entered this term into the search bar.
After a few seconds of loading, an immeasurable number of posts piled up on Li Wen’s homepage.
He scrolled up and down, browsing each post.
The number of posts was unusually large, but the effective content was extremely scarce. Most of them were either complaints about the game content or posts about forming teams or recruiting black slaves. Only a small portion of mixed content was related to strategy guides, such as where to earn money in Port Beren, where to buy cheap equipment and consumables, where to learn skills, and where to pick up quests.
However, these were not what Li Wen needed. He wanted to see if the player who released the Soul Lord would appear on the forum, showing off their unique experience.
From a rational perspective, even if that player had indeed achieved this fact through some means, under what brain-short-circuited circumstances would they share it? Of course, this is judging from a realistic standpoint. If the other party simply regarded the game as a game and nothing else, such behavior might not be impossible. After all, those who try to seek superiority and a sense of belonging online have always been the majority.
Sometimes, a lack of information could also be a piece of information, Li Wen thought to himself as he put away his phone.
If the seal of the Soul Lord had been broken, Port Beren would inevitably be in chaos, rather than being as calm and uneventful as it was now.
*
After returning to his apartment, Li Wen logged into the game.
Night had already fallen in Leicester, and the rescue operation by Moria and the Candle Sun Church should have ended.
Just in case, the magic map did not record the Aether reaction of the Eldest Son of the Holy See. Therefore, Li Wen could only infer that she had followed her plan and gone to ask Selwin about the situation of the ships going to Port Beren.
Thus, she entered Witch Form and flew into the sky under the cover of night, heading towards the Red Oak district of Leicester.
Although she had to stop occasionally to cancel Witch Form to avoid entering cooldown, the flight speed of the Emerald Star Cloak was not slow. Coupled with Li Wen’s petite and light in-game physique, it didn’t take long to reach her destination.
She wondered if the Sorcery Anomalies Hand had deployed any magic to detect Mana around Mitreton. To be safe, Li Wen stopped when she approached the academy and chose to travel on foot.
However, she soon felt that it was the right decision. The young man wearing the robes of a Candle Sun Church priest was leisurely walking out of the academy and had also spotted her.
“It seems Selwin has agreed to the ship fare?”
Although nothing could be seen from his expression, given Moria’s personality, he wouldn’t have appeared so nonchalant if the matter hadn’t been handled.
“Mr. Selwin said that a merchant ship will depart from the dock at noon tomorrow, heading to Port Beren. The captain of that merchant ship had received assistance from the Lagovin Family, so as long as we mention Mr. Selwin’s name, he will be willing to give us a ride,” the young priest relayed word for word.
A merchant ship? That shouldn’t cause any trouble.
Li Wen thought.
The sea areas in this world were not as safe and reliable as imagined. In fact, for most of the time, throughout history, the sea had been synonymous with the unknown and danger.
That danger was not just unpredictable storms, tides, and turbulent currents, or cunning and brutal pirates and exiles, but also the unseen horrors hidden beneath the deep sea, beyond the reach of mortals. Certain marine monsters that hunted in groups, dangerous ruins from ancient times swallowed by the ocean, and the solitary, uncorrupted remains of powerful Transcendent beings who died in the deep sea…
When civilization leaves the land beneath one’s feet and touches the unknown ocean, all imaginable and unimaginable dangers may be encountered.
However, despite this, Arthur was the country that conquered this dangerous ocean, and the royal fleet’s name resounded throughout the world. Based on this, Arthur built a prosperous maritime trade system. The network woven by countless merchant ships could cover most sea areas and even reach foreign continents.
Therefore, as long as the merchant ship mentioned by Selwin did not easily change its route and only sailed within Arthur’s territorial waters, there should not be any danger. Li Wen did not want to experience a shipwreck, otherwise, she would only be revived in the Black Dragon Territory.
“Then let’s do that,” Li Wen nodded.
Afterward, Moria informed her of the departure time, location, and name of the ship, and confirmed the meeting time for tomorrow.
Li Wen had originally wanted to see if she could find Fu Qingyan, who was also in Leicester, and lend her some small help. Now it seemed there was no opportunity for that. Even with the immensely powerful Magic Map, without recording Aether reactions, it was still difficult to accurately pinpoint someone among hundreds of thousands of people. However, she was not in a hurry; there would always be opportunities to meet in the future.
Too lazy to return to the safe house, Li Wen “borrowed” some money and rented a room directly in a nearby inn. She did not plan to rest or meditate. Instead, she locked the door, took out the crucible, containers, and tools for processing medicinal herbs from her Fairy Treasure Pouch, and prepared to start refining potions.
Li Wen was not skilled in potion refining; she had only learned a little. That was why she needed to practice more in this area. In the future, whether for advancement in her path or to achieve other goals, the demand for potions would always be there. At that time, she couldn’t possibly ask for help from others.
Regarding potion recipes, she had memorized quite a few when she was in the strategy team in her previous life. Moreover, “The Primordial Codex of Ending” recorded many precious recipes that were lost in the Golden Age. Coupled with the various materials left by the Ghost Fairy that she could use freely, Li Wen was confident that she could improve her potion refining skills to a passable level, even without specialized guidance from a teacher.
