Chapter 69: Su's Mother's Auntie Smile

Sealing Demon Core (Red)

Material.

Explanation: Core material used for sealing and storing demon energy.

This is the material Su Sheng posted in the team channel, and also the ultimate goal of everyone this time, the final material for Li Wenwan's profession quest.

Su Sheng rubbed his temples and really felt a bit tired.

Although during game time the body is actually asleep, the brainwaves are in an active state; normally playing games is fine.

But last night, there was almost continuous high-intensity combat, with mental focus constantly high; the body was resting, but the spirit was not in good shape.

This can be understood as having had a nightmare all night.

Especially the final boss battle; if it weren't for the boss's last burst mechanism actually being self-destruct, their attempt to take down the boss this time would have failed.

Moreover, although the castle's mechanism is special, it is not a dungeon, so besides himself, everyone else dropped a level, which could be considered a not small cost.

However, it's okay; they did complete the quest, and Su Sheng has a guess about that castle—if nothing unexpected happens, it's almost certain.

If it's true, then we need to find a way to make use of it.

Wait until evening, log into the game and see, then we'll know.

Getting up from bed, Su Sheng faintly heard some movement outside.

Su Sheng walked out of the room and discovered a group of lovely ladies in the living room.

Including Huan Jie, the eight Huakai girls were in the living room, chattering about last night's topic.

Mom was surrounded in the middle by the eight girls, chattering away about the topic.

Hearing that the eight girls were almost all praising her son, Huang Hui's smile never faded.

As for Dad, it was rare that he was chased into the kitchen; Dad isn't unable to cook, but usually Mom handles it, and only during holidays or when guests come does Dad step in; when he was young, Dad still had a chef's certificate.

I don't know why, but looking at Mom's gaze as she sized up the eight girls, it felt like she was scouting for a daughter-in-law, even including Huan Jie; Mom's eyes were that of an auntie's smile.

"Ah Sheng is out." Huang Hui laughed and looked toward Su Sheng.

"Good morning, everyone." Su Sheng forced himself to greet.

"Sheng bro, Sheng bro! You're awesome!" The most lively Zhou Qiqi came over hopping and jumping.

"Cough cough, still good." Su Sheng retreated half a step without changing expression—not because he was shy, but because this group of girls was too fierce.

Moreover, having had limited contact with girls during his seven years in the military, he still felt a bit awkward facing so many girls.

"Ah Sheng, thanks to you, otherwise our evening's effort would have been wasted." Li Wenwan looked at Su Sheng and said, her face slightly flushed.

She looks like a shy little girl, with no trace of the scheming attitude she shows toward her cousin.

"Haha, as I said, after-sales service will be spot-on; I'll hand over the quest item when I go online tonight." Su Sheng said with a grin.

"Mm." Li Wenwan nodded.

"Sheng bro, you still promised to teach me Shadow Step." Zhou Qiqi on the side.

"You've basically mastered the basic theory; later, try it hands-on and you'll know from the practice." Su Sheng nodded with a smile.

This breakfast, Dad handled it especially lavishly.

But Su Sheng felt somewhat uncomfortable all over, feeling that Mom and Dad were acting strange, and some of the girls were each fiercer than the last.

Even though Dad's cooking was really good, Su Sheng just picked at a few bites and hurriedly ran away.

…

Su Sheng, however, was fine.

For the Huakai girls, today felt like a year.

After all, the final quest item is in hand, and the hidden profession quest is about to be completed—who wouldn't be anxious?

Finally, they made it to game time.

…

Log in!

Swish…

"Ah Sheng, Ah Sheng, I'm waiting for you in the town."

Su Sheng hadn't even recovered when Li Wenwan's anxious private chat came through.

"Alright, I'll be there right away." Su Sheng replied,

However, Su Sheng did not rush to use the Return City Scroll to leave.

Instead, he looked toward the teleportation array in the central hall, which should be the exit array; his guess should be correct.

Then Su Sheng stepped into the teleportation array.

Swish~

The screen shifted, and Su Sheng appeared outside the castle.

Looking again at the castle, the gate was indeed tightly shut.

On the gate, there was a countdown, a long time—72 hours.

Su Sheng felt blissful, taking the demon energy core in his hand and stuffing it into the gate's crack.

Indeed the countdown decreased; Su Sheng stuffed all the demon energy cores in his hand into the gate's interior, leaving only over sixty hours on the countdown.

If his guess is correct, dumping all the demon energy cores dropped this time should reduce the time by more than half.

When the countdown ends, the castle will restart.

It's somewhat like an alternative dungeon, but it's on the world map, so anyone can enter.

A fixed 35-level Elite Boss refresh point—Su Sheng raised his eyebrows.

He indeed hadn't guessed wrong; if he could make use of it…

However, at this stage, the strength of a 35-level Elite Boss is still too high.

Why is the Solidified Instance considered precious? Because the dungeon has a boss that can steadily produce equipment of the corresponding level.

Forget it, let's go back first.

I guess Li Wenwan, that girl, is probably getting anxious waiting.

Afterwards, Su Sheng used a Return City Talisman.

Swish~

"Here, A Sheng!"

The Huakai's eight girls were all waiting at the teleport point for him.

Su Sheng walked over and first traded the quest item to Li Wenwan.

Having obtained the quest item, Li Wenwan became completely excited.

Hidden Class, here I come…

"Wait, you still need to give this to Hao Tian."

Su Sheng remembered something, grabbed Li Wenwan who was about to leave, and traded the equipment that had dropped from Huan Yu Hao Tian's death earlier.

As for Li Xiao's equipment, it didn't drop from Huan Yu Hao Tian's pack; I guess it's already been returned to Li Xiao.

Li Wenwan's face turned slightly red; although it's in the game, she was still holding hands for the first time with a male who wasn't a relative.

Su Sheng also realized what had happened and quickly let go.

At that moment, a sound of giggling came from the side, and then he realized the other seven girls were laughing and watching this scene.

Boing~

In an instant, Li Wenwan's face became even redder.

Then Li Wenwan ran away as if fleeing.

"You guys split the equipment, I just want the quest item." After saying that, Li Wenwan ran off.

"Still laughing, you guys don't need the equipment."

Su Sheng, speechless, came over and said.

The equipment that the girls had dropped when they died earlier was still in his hands.

"Brother Sheng, I was wrong, I won't laugh anymore."

Zhou Qiqi immediately covered her mouth.

"Alright, stop fooling around, first we need to focus on the main task; later we still have to go level up." Lin Huan said.

Last night the boss self-destructed, and everyone dropped a level.

Lin Huan and Huang Mingxin also completely fell out of the top ranks on the level ranking list.

Su Sheng also didn't hesitate, and after returning all the girls' equipment,

Only then did everyone start paying attention to the boss's drops.

He didn't see anything particularly good, and Su Sheng felt a bit disappointed.

But thinking about it, that boss can basically be farmed at a fixed point; if it dropped anything too good, that would be strange.