Chapter 25 Hidden Instance
“Is that child injured?” Niu Yuanshan wore only a hint of confusion on his face, but his heart skipped a beat.
Han Shuangjiang nodded, realizing she had found the right approach.
“Just had a little friction with someone,” she began to delve deeper into the topic.
Steward Niu frowned at this and immediately pressed, “Is he badly hurt?”
The cold-faced girl replied with great seriousness, “I’m not sure. He didn’t let me see. He seems like the type to tough it out.”
She had used a bit of skillful wording, half true and half false.
From a bystander’s perspective, Liu Chengqi’s final move of that Bagua Palm, whose name she had already forgotten, had come with immense force and looked extraordinary.
But what about Chu Huaixu?
Even after taking half of the palm strike, he hadn’t even grunted.
—It seemed quite manly.
Realizing he might be in trouble, his thoughts became clear, and he made quick decisions.
Most importantly, whether in front of Liu Chengqi or now, he was still shielding Han Shuangjiang.
As if no matter what happened, he would be there to support her.
In a situation fraught with danger, this foxy-faced man still had the leisure to be flippant, not adding any pressure.
A man who possesses the ability, means, and mindset to handle matters when they arise is actually a very charming trait.
And this trait is effective for both men and women.
Due to various life experiences, Han Shuangjiang was bound to be someone lacking a sense of security.
Despite only having brief contact with Chu Huaixu, she inexplicably felt a sense of peace in her heart.
Therefore, since he was taking the initiative to shoulder the responsibility, she absolutely had to do a good job with the support work.
Having come from a brothel, how could she be a naive simpleton?
Skilled speech was, after all, a course she had to study.
As expected, Niu Yuanshan’s frown deepened.
“Which damned soul dared to lay hands on someone in our Organization!” Anger surged within him.
His rage grew even fiercer as he looked at the jar of Erlang Wine from the Moon Country on the table.
However, Niu Yuanshan still needed a reason.
After all, he was a Golden Mask within the Organization. That golden mask represented him as a core member, highly valued!
He knew that the newcomer Chu Huaixu was peculiar, seemingly skilled at finding new paths and acting ostentatiously.
He wasn’t like them, merely focusing on lying low and lurking.
Yet, having just joined the outer sect, he immediately got into a private fight, and felt he needed to understand the situation better.
Steward Niu did not show excessive anger on his face, and his words were reasonable and well-founded: “You two were brought by Elder Six, so I assume there’s an intention for me to look after you.”
“Shuangjiang, elaborate on the situation. What exactly did you encounter?”
“Alright,” Han Shuangjiang replied.
In the bamboo house, Chu Huaixu unfastened his robe and examined his injuries.
“It’s alright, no major problem.”
The short blade, stained with blood, was re-hung at his waist.
He had just reviewed some of the mission details, and based on the system’s description, he realized this was a serious matter.
“The mission system grades the difficulty of missions based on various comprehensive information.”
“The levels are divided into four grades: A, B, C, and D.”
“Grade A missions are the highest level.”
“In other words, according to the system’s judgment, this Liu Chengqi is someone the player cannot afford to offend during the beginner phase!”
Even more outrageous was that this passive mission was named “Retaliation from Liu Chengqi,” and its content was simply to survive, and that would be considered completion.
“Damn it, he’s going to beat me to death!” Chu Huaixu was resigned.
Surviving the beating is considered completion? What kind of background does this bastard Liu Chengqi have?
“And the mission requirement is merely not to be beaten to death, yet it’s still classified as Grade A by the system.”
“Isn’t this basically the system telling me that it’s very difficult for me *not* to be beaten to death!”
This is extremely unfriendly to me, a transmigator.
No matter. For a silly player, it would just mean mission failure and the waste of a revival coin.
Chu Huaixu also had 3 revival coins, but he wasn’t sure if he could revive again, nor did he want to take that risk.
“The mission reward is quite generous, a full 1000 experience points.”
For players in the beginner phase, the reward was quite high, enough for him to level up several times.
Besides that, Chu Huaixu’s gaze was deeply drawn to a line of text.
“【There is a certain probability of triggering a hidden instance】.”
This was what he cared about most!
Hidden instances are what the system and players call them. In the Profound Yellow Realm, people generally refer to them as serendipity! fortunate encounters!
This plunged Chu Huaixu into thought.
“Hidden instance?”
He recalled it carefully and suddenly remembered something, unsure if it was related to the hidden instance.
“I previously used Information Probe on Liu Chengqi to see what he was capable of.”
“The system’s feedback was that his Spiritual Embryo was currently damaged.”
“Could it be about the Spiritual Embryo?”
These probability-based hidden instances are the most insidious.
Because it means that even if you complete the mission perfectly, you might not trigger it.
There are too many coincidences involved.
It relies entirely on the player to explore and discover, or to try their luck.
When he played Sword Borrowing, it was the first time he encountered such a situation, and his heart burned with excitement.
As a result, after repeated failed triggers, he gradually came to terms with it, and his mindset became peaceful.
It’s best if it triggers, but if not, then so be it.
Outside the house, a voice soon rang out.
“Chu Huaixu, Han Shuangjiang, where are you! Come out and see me!”
Chu Huaixu had no intention of escaping. He directly opened the door and saw three men in black robes standing outside the bamboo house.
The leader was about 1.75 meters tall, and bore some resemblance to Liu Chengqi. He had a coiled whip at his waist, and lightning-like embroidery was stitched on the chest of his black robe.
“Law Enforcement Squad?” Chu Huaixu narrowed his eyes.
As the nation has laws, so the sect has rules.
The Law Enforcement Squad exists because of this.
And a relatively severe punishment in the Daoist Sect is whipping.
“What kind of Singaporean rules,” Chu Huaixu muttered in his heart, looking at the long whip at the man’s waist.
As far as he knew, the outer sect used ordinary whips, but the inner sect was different.
Did they see the lightning embroidered on their chests?
The inner sect used Thunder Whips.
Some Daoist Sect players who enjoyed being whipped would deliberately stir up trouble, just for the thrill.
With the pain perception turned down, it wasn’t very painful and carried electricity, which was incredibly stimulating and caused them to climax.
Chu Huaixu’s gaze slightly sharpened, but he had actually considered that official forces might come.
“May I know how you few senior brothers address yourselves?” he asked.
He had already used Information Probe, and three question marks had appeared, indicating that the opponent’s character level was at least 10 levels higher than his, meaning they were legitimate Cultivators.
“Liu Chenggong, Deputy Captain of the Medicine Mountain Law Enforcement Squad,” the leader replied.
Hearing the name, Chu Huaixu felt that this person was on the same page in the Liu family genealogy as Liu Chengqi.
As if they were all from the same generation.
“May I ask, Captain Liu, what is the reason for looking for me?” he began to play dumb.
“You caused trouble within Medicine Mountain and engaged in unauthorized private combat, which violates sect rules. Furthermore, you robbed victims after injuring them, compounding your crimes!”
“Junior Brother Chu, please come with us!”
