Chapter 217: 217
Atobe-sama attended an intensive knowledge class at Mu Rong Yin's side and mastered the general knowledge of this world . Then, he thanked her profusely before returning to the room . The girl was surprisingly approachable, and things went suspiciously well until Atobe himself started to suspect… Do I really have the talent to be a host?
Actually, he had overthought it .
This NPC was arranged by the system to be a character to give the players general information . As long as the players were able to see through that and actively went to approach her, she would welcome them . After all, from the setting of a wuxia world, Mu Rong Yin's action was entirely rational . First, she was personally interested in Broken Sword Chahitsu and admired Feng Bujue's daring and no-holds-barred attitude . Secondly, Mu Rong Family was not the kind of school that opened their doors to collect disciples, so she had some natural hostility toward disciples from big schools like Thousand Dawn Spire . Toward members who traversed the martial world alone or small schools like Broken Sword Chahitsu that did not entwine themselves with the issues of the martial world, she had a natural affection . Lastly, as Feng Bujue had said earlier, Atobe was not tasked with asking about any secrets; it was all common knowledge for other members of the martial world . Since Mu Rong Yin was free and did not have an issue with Broken Sword Chahitsu, she had no reason to deny Atobe's request .
Normally, such common knowledge was something that one could find out by asking a random person on the street, like what day it was, what time it was, who the president of this place was, who ran the place, who the rule maker was… but it was too inappropriate to approach a random stranger while staring and asking all that .
In this case, though, Atobe utilized an inquisitive attitude and had already expressed that he knew nothing about the martial world, so it was not so inappropriate for him to get answers from an expert . Actually, in Chang Lin Inn, there were many NPCs who could provide the information, like the Lu San Monk, the leaders of the three schools, Ji Tong from Octagonal Spire, and even the Six Flowery Blades . As long as the players went to converse with them, they would go away with something .
But Mu Rong Yin was the safest and easiest choice . The information taken from her would be the most complete and rounded . There would not be any problem with asking her . Talking to other NPCs might cause chain events, and it might add more difficulty to the scenario . Other than that, there was a hidden side quest that was extremely hard—that was to find out information about the mysterious owner of Chang Lin Inn . Of course, Atobe-sama did not trigger this quest, and that could be considered lucky .
…
When he returned to the room, the sun had already set, but none of his teammates had returned . Naturally, Atobe had heard the system announcements and seen the change to the main and side quests, so he was mentally prepared to face this kind of ending . But Atobe could not help himself from pacing anxiously inside the room, mumbling to himself, "They said that we would meet at sundown… Liars, all of them are liars!"
Knock, knock .
Someone was knocking lightly on the door . Atobe's expression shifted . He knew knocking was not something the members from his team would do . As teammates, they did not need to knock before entering the room . Therefore, it had to be a stranger outside the room .
"Who is it?" Atobe asked . His voice was not high, and his tone was even .
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