Chu Tian stared at the creature walking slowly, much like an NPC wandering in towns within the Heavenly Dao world.
Shengjing City, he was too familiar with it.
In his memory, he had never seen such a system character.
"Hmm...? Never seen it!"
Following Chu Tian's gaze, everyone's eyes flickered with surprise.
"Could it be some hidden NPC out for a stroll today?" Lin Chi said.
"I'll go check if I can get a serendipitous quest." Rou Rou, putting down his words, moved towards the NPC.
Chu Tian and the others exchanged glances and also prepared to move.
"That's Brother Lei Zi!"
Suddenly, a sweet voice rang out among them.
"What? Yaoyao, you said that's Zhao Lei?" Lin Yu heard Qin Yao's words.
He asked incredulously...
"Yes, it's Brother Lei Zi." Qin Yao said with a smile, tilting her small face upwards.
"Yaoyao, how do you know?" Luo Luo also became interested.
"The sound of walking, that's Brother Lei Zi!"
Hearing Qin Yao say this, Chu Tian realized.
Qin Yao was particularly sensitive to sounds, and it seemed this talent had also carried over into the Heavenly Dao world.
"Rou Rou is going to be unlucky!" Chu Tian thought, a smirk playing on his lips as he spoke.
He had just seen the Brother Lei Zi Qin Yao mentioned subtly place his hand behind his back.
Clearly, he was up to some mischief.
"Esteemed..." Rou Rou approached Zhao Lei.
Just as he was about to speak, he didn't know how to address him.
He looked up at the head of this strange NPC, but there was no name.
"Brave warrior, I see you have unique bone structure. I have a task to give you, would you be willing?"
Before Rou Rou could even finish his sentence, trying to figure out how to address the person,
Zhao Lei's voice, tinged with a nasally quality, emerged.
"Willing... willing!" Rou Rou was immediately delighted and nodded quickly.
"Warrior, you need to complete my first trial. Now, pick up my wine barrel and run around the plaza ahead! You can only stop when I say so. Are you willing?"
"I am willing, I am willing." Rou Rou nodded repeatedly.
"Take it!"
Whoosh...
From afar, the others saw this scene, their faces turning purple with suppressed laughter.
Zhao Lei slapped the bottom of the wooden barrel behind him.
The wine barrel flew into the air, heading straight for Rou Rou.
Seeing the barrel flying towards him...
"Heh..." Rou Rou actually took a horse stance, ready to catch the barrel.
Bang...
With a dull thud, he was directly hit by the barrel and knocked to the ground.
Consider this, he was a mage by origin.
Even though he had transferred to a hidden profession, he was still someone who had allocated points to intelligence.
A magic-using class with not much strength.
To be hit square on by a wooden barrel as tall as a person and as thick as three men's waists.
What would be the consequences?
But Rou Rou, truly in his pursuit of the quest, didn't even care about his own life.
Struggling with all his might, he actually managed to get up.
Arching his back under the wooden barrel, his hands behind him.
As if carrying a great mountain, he began to shuffle forward step by step.
At this moment, his face was turned towards Chu Tian and the others. Although he was looking down,
the crowd could still see his face contorted as if he were a purple turnip.
Every step he took was arduous, but he gritted his teeth.
In his heart, this was a serendipitous quest.
However, he forgot why the system prompt hadn't reminded him to accept the quest.
Meanwhile, Zhao Lei stood to the side behind him.
He raised his head and flipped up the brim of his bamboo hat.
He also pulled his scarf down to his neck.
Revealing a harmless-looking face.
On his face was an extremely lewd smile.
Chu Tian and the others, from their vantage point, could just see Zhao Lei's expression.
They were instantly speechless...
Was Rou Rou... a little too idiotic?
"Young man, you're doing well, still able to move. My Qiankun Barrel is... heavy... it's an unparalleled divine artifact...
Since you are so powerful, I've decided to upgrade the quest reward. You shall carry me as well!
As long as you can walk thirty steps, you will have completed my trial..."
Zhao Lei pinched his neck and spoke in a feigned manner from behind Rou Rou.
After speaking, without waiting for Rou Rou's consent, he leaped.
Performing a graceful 360-degree somersault in the air.
Then, with the tip of his toe, he landed on the edge of the wooden barrel.
Rou Rou's body immediately slumped.
He was already so pressured he couldn't speak.
His legs trembling, he shuffled forward one step.
The distance of thirty steps would just about reach where Chu Tian and the others were.
He gritted his teeth and began to shuffle.
Chu Tian and the others naturally heard Zhao Lei's words and couldn't help but laugh.
"Rou Rou... keep it up!" Lin Chi suddenly shouted.
"Go... go..." Jing Kaiyu even joined in the encouragement.
"Is this alright, us doing this?" Lin Yu frowned.
"What's not alright? He didn't recognize him even though he was so close. How would we know from so far away that the NPC is Zhao Lei?"
Gao Kai said with a half-smile.
Hearing his words...
Lin Yu suddenly seemed to understand.
"Brother Rou Rou, why are you walking so slowly? Are you incapable?"
Her shout caused the person who was bent at almost a ninety-degree angle to straighten up considerably, and his head lifted.
"You say I'm incapable?" The guy, whose face was already purple, couldn't even speak.
He was directly provoked by Lin Yu's words, making him exert more strength.
What do men care about the most?
It was precisely: "Are you incapable?"
Especially when it was said by a stunningly beautiful girl.
The impact was immense.
Moreover, Rou Rou's actions attracted the attention of many onlookers.
This was a busy area, the most prosperous and player-dense part of Shengjing City.
Rou Rou let out a roar, and his speed increased slightly.
At this moment, Zhao Lei, however, sat down cross-legged.
He sat there nonchalantly, with that lewd smile on his face.
Among the crowd, whispers began to arise, with people pointing at Rou Rou.
Some even had faces full of mockery and amusement.
"Boss, I think we're playing a bit too much. With so many of us making fun of him in public, will Rou Rou be angry?"
Lin Ran suddenly said softly to Chu Tian from within the crowd.
However, Chu Tian, lost in his own thoughts, did not reply.
"Huh...? Rou Rou? Sword Pointing at the Heavens? What are you guys doing? Did you lose at truth or dare?"
Suddenly, someone pushed through the crowd. This individual had two swords strapped to his back and was a berserker.
However, he was entirely clad in a black robe, obscuring his face.
His character name was also hidden.
Rou Rou was too exhausted to speak to him, and he didn't recognize the person in front of him.
He directly ignored him and took another step.
"Good grief... truth or dare isn't played like this! Aren't you embarrassed to do this in front of so many people?
I'm talking to Sword Pointing at the Heavens... Is this how you people from the Reverse God Alliance treat others?
You're just a main tank, why are you humiliating someone like this?
Stop pretending, wearing a hat and a mask. Do you think we're blind?"
Seeing that Rou Rou ignored him, he started shouting at Zhao Lei on the wooden barrel.