Mo Jiao was washing bloodstains from his clothes, while Xiao Jinsheng was there to wash the first star stone she obtained from killing a fog corpse. Seeing Xiao Jinsheng approach, Mo Jiao, having just finished washing, quickly turned off the faucet and went back inside.
"Killer Bro, why are you hiding from me~" Xiao Jinsheng called out to his retreating back. Hearing her words, Mo Jiao walked faster.
Having successfully annoyed Mo Jiao, Xiao Jinsheng smiled with satisfaction, ready to wash her little star stone treasure. But no matter how long she twisted the faucet, it wouldn't budge an inch. This was an old-fashioned faucet, with a small metal knob about the size of her pinky finger. Xiao Jinsheng put down the star stone, used both hands, and still couldn't turn the faucet even slightly. She had used this faucet yesterday, and it definitely wasn't turned off this tightly. Remembering that Mo Jiao had turned off the water when he left, Xiao Jinsheng understood everything. Mo Jiao must have deliberately tightened the faucet to get back at her for throwing the star stone at him.
The old Xiao Jinsheng was incredibly fragile, shattering at a touch. Although she had absorbed star stones and improved her mental energy, the time was too short and resources too few, so her strength was still insufficient. One could only say that she had gone from being super fragile to merely fragile. Unable to twist it open, and fearing she might use too much force or the wrong technique and break the pipe, Xiao Jinsheng had no choice but to go inside and call for help. She happened to see Su Ye in the corridor.
"Handsome Bro, come here, I'll show you something good," Xiao Jinsheng waved at him. Su Ye raised an eyebrow, took a long stride, and in a few steps, stood before Xiao Jinsheng. He crossed his arms, leaning casually against the wall. "What good thing? Let's see it."
"You open the faucet first, then I'll show you," Xiao Jinsheng instructed. Hearing this, Su Ye didn't doubt her in the slightest. He reached out to open the faucet. But when his hand gripped the faucet, he twisted it twice, and it remained perfectly still. Even Xiao Jinsheng's gaze changed, filled with doubt. "Handsome Bro, it's just opening a faucet. Can you even do it?"
Su Ye looked dumbfounded. He directly knocked on the window and shouted into the room, "Mo Jiao, stop using your ability!"
"Aha!" Xiao Jinsheng finally understood. Her physique had clearly improved; she wasn't so fragile that she couldn't even open a faucet. She had thought it was just Mo Jiao tightening it. Who knew he was even worse, constantly controlling the faucet with his ability. Xiao Jinsheng once again picked up the bloody star stone with twigs, intending to go inside and confront Mo Jiao.
Just as she turned, she heard the sound of water behind her. "Mo Jiao's ability is 6-star, and your mental energy is 3-star. It's normal that you didn't notice him controlling the faucet with his ability," Su Ye said, consoling her dryly as Xiao Jinsheng's face puffed up with anger. He was skilled at scaring people, but comforting someone was a first for him.
Xiao Jinsheng temporarily put aside her desire to settle scores with Mo Jiao and quickly used the water to rinse off the blood from the star stone. Once the star stone was clean, she held it up and showed it to Su Ye. "Look! My first star stone from killing a fog corpse!"
Su Ye was stunned. Looking at her happy smile, he couldn't help but laugh despite himself. "This is what you called me over to show me, a 'good thing'?"
"Isn't a star stone a good thing?" Xiao Jinsheng retorted.
"Of course it's a good thing," Su Ye replied.
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All task-takers who entered the west of the Misty Continent had accepted tasks. Therefore, most task-takers were doing tasks while also searching for star stones. Upon completing a task, the terminal would also reward them with some equipment or star stones. Xiao Jinsheng had accepted a 1-star task, which was exceptionally simple: to collect ten pomelo tree saplings. The pomelo trees were located right at the entrance to the west of the Misty Continent. So, Xiao Jinsheng and her group weren't in a hurry to do the task. After all, their wristbands had ten thousand durability, so they definitely wanted to find more star stones while their durability was still sufficient.
Today's Xiao Jinsheng had grown much more than yesterday's. Especially with a handy weapon, the novelty hadn't worn off. Besides the star stones strengthening her physique and upgrading her mental energy, she also wanted to get more combat experience through real battles. So today, when evading fog corpses, she no longer let Que Zelian carry her but ran wildly alongside the five men. After luring the fog corpses to a tall building, Que Zelian sent her up to the second floor, where she used her gun to kill the fog corpses.
No accidents happened today, and the sky darkened much later. The six of them worked together, killing three waves of fog corpses and obtaining over seven hundred star stones. They didn't even have time to classify the star stone levels before they had to depart from the west of the Misty Continent. This was because each of the three waves of fog corpses they lured today contained two 6-star fog corpses. And 5-star fog corpses were also numerous. High-star fog corpses accelerated the consumption of wristband durability. Especially Que Zelian and Mo Jiao, who directly confronted 6-star fog corpses, their wristband durability was down to only 300. Others' durability wasn't high either; Xiao Jinsheng had the most remaining, with 800 points.
The fog corpses that had chased Xiao Jinsheng could 100% yield star stones. Similarly, Xiao Jinsheng was like a fog corpse magnet, able to attract their attention from ten meters away. To avoid staying too long in the west of the Misty Continent, where fog corpses might actively approach, the six of them turned back before the sky fully darkened. They arrived at the exit of the west of the Misty Continent and also used assembled shovels to dig up ten pomelo tree saplings. Yu Yunxiao climbed a tree and picked ten pomelos, and Xiao Jinsheng also broke off a few pomelo leaves.
After loading the trees onto the vehicle, it was already 5:30 PM when the six of them were almost at the small villa. Fortunately, the east of the Misty Continent was not shrouded in fog all year round like the west, and as long as there was no fog, the weather changes were normal.
On the way home, there was a fork in the road. Of the two roads, the left one, which Xiao Jinsheng and her group were driving on, led to the west of the Misty Continent. The right one led to another town. Just at this intersection, a black car sped out from the right, directly colliding with the car Xiao Jinsheng was in.
Su Ye was driving this time. He also recognized the person in the black car that was about to collide with him. He calmly warned, "Hold tight." With that, he sharply turned the steering wheel, drove off the road, and then immediately accelerated, crashing into the black car that had forcefully taken over the road.
Xiao Jinsheng was still sitting in the back with Yu Yunxiao and Que Zelian. Seeing this, she quickly lunged into Que Zelian's arms beside her, burying her head in his chest. Su Ye pursued relentlessly, directly forcing the black car off the road. The black car drove uncontrollably into the grass and got stuck in a mud pit. Su Ye rolled down the window, gave the black car a middle finger, and drove away coolly.
Only Jin Ao, in the driver's seat of the black car, had a grim expression. Bai Yan, sitting in the back seat, even bumped her forehead on the front seat due to the skirmish.
"Jin Ao, what were you doing crashing into someone for no reason?" Xue Ruiyang asked, displeased, as he helped Bai Yan.
"Xiao Jinsheng was in that car," Jin Ao replied. "She argues with Xiao Yan all day. I just wanted to teach her a lesson and scare her."
"I didn't see you teach her a lesson," a man with colorful hair sneered. "We, on the other hand, got taught a lesson. That's reality."
"Kong Chengrui, do you have to harp on this issue?" Jin Ao turned, his gaze unfriendly. "How was I supposed to know Su Ye was driving?" He had known Su Ye since childhood. If he had recognized Su Ye driving earlier, Jin Ao wouldn't have chosen to collide with their car, even if he wanted to teach Xiao Jinsheng a lesson.