Magic Farm 163

Chapter 163 Teaming Up with Money to Visit Gold Cavern City

Qi Yu: ???

He looked at the regional channel and saw that, surprisingly, many people were echoing Roach’s words.

I really think you Blue Star people are quite strange.

He instinctively felt that, at this point, no matter how he tried to explain or refute anything, it would be meaningless.

Forget it. Next time he had the chance to meet that “I Am the Master of My Fate,” he’d just kill him. Then these Blue Star people would stop having such odd impressions of him.

After that, the night passed uneventfully.

Today, Qi Yu planned to make a trip to Gold Cavern City.

This time, since the map had already been unlocked, he could go whenever he wanted and return at will.

If anything happened in his territory, he could teleport back immediately.

He opened the map, saw the lit-up location, and selected “Gold Cavern City.”

[Are you sure you want to travel to “Gold Cavern City”?]

He chose “Confirm.”

A familiar little path appeared, and Qi Yu understood: traveling to an unlocked map worked the same way as accepting a message-in-a-bottle commission.

That meant he’d soon see the wildland carriage.

He remembered something: since he could team up with Shen Ben Wu Xiang for the message-in-a-bottle commissions, what about this time?

He opened his panel and, sure enough, it showed he could team up with “Shen Ben Wu Xiang.”

Besides that, the Team Scroll in his backpack also showed “available” status.

Team Scroll?

He clicked it:

[Team Scroll: Invite any friend from your friend list to team up with you.]

Qi Yu first messaged Shen Ben Wu Xiang, the person he was closest to, and who didn’t require using up a Team Scroll.

[I Love Survival Games: I’m going to Gold Cavern City. Want to team up and head out with me?]

[Shen Ben Wu Xiang: !]

[Shen Ben Wu Xiang: Damn!]

[Shen Ben Wu Xiang: I’ve got a bunch of little mice here. Can’t go with you this time.]

Little mice?

[I Love Survival Games: Need any help?]

The communication orb lit up, and Qi Yu answered.

Dan Xingyu’s voice came through: “No, no, this little trouble I can handle easily myself. Just a pity I can’t go out with you this time.”

“Lord, take care and have fun.”

“All right then. Dan Xingyu, you take care too,” Qi Yu emphasized. “If you need help, you must let me know.”

If, at first, he’d worried about Shen Ben Wu Xiang dying because he cooked well, now, it was simply that he didn’t want anything to happen to Dan Xingyu.

01 Survival Squad:

[I Love Survival Games: I’m heading to Gold Cavern City today. If any of you have a Team Scroll, I can take you along.]

[I Love Survival Games: If you’ve drawn a Random Region Exploration Blueprint, I suggest not wasting your Team Scroll. I’ve already explored Gold Cavern City, so the reputation gain might not be much.]

[Need Some Money to Save the Day: ! Boss, I want to go!]

[Need Some Money to Save the Day: I’ll send you my scroll!]

[Tranquility Brings Far Reaches: I don’t have a Team Scroll.]

[Brother Civil Engineer: I got a Random Region Exploration Blueprint and a Team Scroll. Game Boss, I feel like teaming up with you when exploring a new map is a much better deal, right?]

That was true.

[I Love Survival Games: If you need a teammate for exploration, I’ll provide the Team Scroll myself.]

A Random Region Exploration Blueprint cost 10,000 beast crystals, while a Team Scroll was only 500—clearly, the blueprint was much rarer.

[I Love Survival Games: @Need Some Money to Save the Day, Team Scrolls are pretty valuable now, so think it through.]

[Need Some Money to Save the Day: I’ve thought it through! Boss, people were talking about paying you to take them exploring—I’m getting a huge bargain!]

[I Love Survival Games: I’m not taking them.]

[I Love Survival Games: You guys are friends, that’s why I’ll go with you.]

[Can’t Open My Eyes: Really envy Money.]

[Need Some Money to Save the Day: Haha, everyone in the group, if you need me to buy anything, remember to send the money!]

As they spoke, Need Some Money to Save the Day quickly sent the Team Scroll to Qi Yu.

Qi Yu told him he could trade with the natives and bring back more goods.

[Need Some Money to Save the Day: Got it, Boss! My backpack’s stuffed full!]

At the same time, the familiar little carriage appeared with a clatter of hooves.

Qi Yu used the Team Scroll and selected “Need Some Money to Save the Day.”

A white portal appeared not far from him, and soon, a handsome young man stepped out.

Seeing Qi Yu, the first thing he said was, “Boss, you’re so tall!”

Need Some Money to Save the Day had seen Qi Yu on stream, but seeing him in person was much more striking.

At 179 cm, he wasn’t short back home in H Province, but standing next to Qi Yu, he was clearly a head lower.

Qi Yu was pleased to hear this and said cheerfully, “I’ve grown a lot taller since entering the survival game.”

Only then did Need Some Money to Save the Day remember that this “kid” in front of him was only nineteen.

His eyes wandered, and he was instantly stunned by what he saw.

Because outside the territory was a world of ice and snow, Qi Yu was standing at the gate waiting for the wildland carriage.

Money had been teleported inside the gate.

So when he turned around, he had an unobstructed view of Qi Yu’s territory.

“Holy—” At a loss for words, he could only blurt out those two syllables.

Qi Yu followed his gaze and looked at his own territory.

It was obvious why Money was so shocked.

He smiled with restraint, suddenly understanding why Shen Ben Wu Xiang liked to show off.

“What is this, a god’s residence?” Money muttered, then couldn’t help turning to Qi Yu. “Boss, you really are a god, aren’t you?”

A territory blooming with flowers, with a treehouse high in a towering tree—if this were on Blue Star, it would be a viral tourist destination.

His gaze shifted again and landed on the massive black forest on one side of the territory, completely out of place with the rest.

Money: ???

He rubbed his eyes, making sure he wasn’t seeing things.

As one of only two players in the whole server to have seen the black trees with his own eyes, he couldn’t possibly be mistaken.

His Game Boss had planted a whole forest of black giant trees in his territory?

No wonder!

He muttered, “No wonder you could rack up such a high Swift score.”

He really had moved the swifts’ nest into his own home!

He was intensely curious about Qi Yu’s territory. “Boss, can I take a picture to share with the group?”

Qi Yu: “Go ahead.”

Money grinned. “They’d never expect that teaming up would let them visit your territory. We’ve all been dying to see your level-three shelter.”

Qi Yu said, “Take your photo and let’s go. The carriage is getting impatient.”

The wildland carriage arrived at almost the same time as Money.

“Oh, right!” Money hurriedly snapped a photo with the survival panel and shared it in the group.

Then he was immediately distracted by the carriage.

“What a beautiful white horse!”

He followed Qi Yu to the carriage and watched as Qi Yu fed the horses beast crystals.

He couldn’t resist trying it himself, taking out a few beast crystals and offering them.

The little horse didn’t even glance at him.

Money: ?

Qi Yu said, “They haven’t seen you before. Maybe they’re shy around strangers.”

The survival panel popped up a message:

[Each passenger must pay 100 gold coins for this trip.]

Qi Yu: Huh?

Country bumpkin Money was startled. “So expensive! There’s an extra fee for exploring outside?”

Qi Yu shook his head. “Not necessarily. This is my second visit to an explored area—there was no charge the first time.”

Maybe the first time was free because he had a commission.

But this time, since it was just a personal trip, there was a fee.

He admitted, “I haven’t used a Random Region Exploration Blueprint yet, so I don’t know how you get to those areas.”

Since they were already here, Money just sighed. He wasn’t poor now, so he paid the 100 gold coins and the two of them boarded the carriage.

01 Survival Squad:

[Need Some Money to Save the Day: (carriage photo) My first time riding a carriage! We’re taking this to Gold Cavern City, hehe.]

[Need Some Money to Save the Day: Game Boss’s shelter is gorgeous, like something out of a fairy tale. Too bad we don’t have more time—when I’m rich, I’ll have to visit properly.]

[Need Some Money to Save the Day: Whoa! We’re here! That was just a few seconds? No wonder it costs 100 gold coins—the carriage must have teleported!]

Qi Yu glanced at the person beside him, speechless.

They were in the same group, so of course he saw all the messages Money was sending.

He just didn’t understand why some people liked taking photos and talking so much, sharing everything in the group.

“We’re here,” he reminded.

“Oh, right!”

The carriage stopped directly in front of Gold Cavern City’s gates.

Qi Yu pulled up his hood, and Money’s excited voice immediately rang out:

“Wow, so many people.”

“Haven’t seen a crowd in ages—now I’m getting social anxiety.”

A child walked toward them, and Money flashed a brilliant smile. “Hey there, little buddy!”

Child: “……”

Qi Yu watched as the child—probably hoping to earn some copper coins as a guide—abruptly turned and ran away.

He heard Money mutter, “The natives here are pretty shy.”

Qi Yu: No, it’s just that you’re so lively it’s scary.

For the next few minutes, Qi Yu’s personal panel kept popping up message notifications.

The culprit was right beside him.

From the moment they entered Gold Cavern City, Money hadn’t stopped taking photos.

Saw a native? Snap.

Cityscape, buildings? Snap.

Food stalls? Snap.

Even a stray dog passing by got its picture taken.

Before long, Qi Yu arrived at the Mage Association.

At last, Money stopped taking photos.

He looked a little nervous. “Boss, this place looks really impressive. What are we doing here?”

Qi Yu: “This is the Mage Association. I’m a member. I’m here to update my professional certification.”

Money: ???

Money: !!!

Money: “Whoa, Boss, you’re awesome!”

Qi Yu noticed that the timid guy from a moment ago was suddenly brimming with confidence.

He immediately started snapping photos again with the survival panel.

“No way, just thinking that you have connections in such a powerful place and never show off makes me itch all over.”

Money looked at him with shining eyes. “Boss, can I post pictures to the regional channel to show off?”

There was something he didn’t say: just to spite that I Am the Master of My Fate.

You got locked up by natives and used as a cash cow on your exploration.

But my Boss already has status in the natives’ world!

[Author’s Note]

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