“Thanks to the glorious victory of the Light Goddesses in the God War, over the past thousand years, the seeds of light have sprouted like mushrooms after rain, taking root in every corner of the continent. With our own strength, we’ve built towns and villages…”
At the town center, a woman stood on a platform, reading from a script with palpable disinterest.
Below, Bai Yue Ling and Ying Ye stood with arms crossed, watching with amusement.
“Little White, why does she look so reluctant?” Ying Ye asked.
“Because she’s an NPC tasked with welcoming Otherworld Travelers, but only the two of us from nearby novice villages have reached level 10. Who’d be thrilled to read a script for just two people?”
The sprawling town was eerily empty, occupied only by NPCs and the two players, Bai Yue Ling and Ying Ye.
“Ugh, just two people? I’m done reading!” The woman tossed her script aside, fuming. “Otherworld Travelers! When’s your main group arriving? The shops in town are barely scraping by!”
Bai Yue Ling thought for a moment. “This afternoon, maybe a dozen or so will show up. A big group of hundreds or thousands? Probably tomorrow.”
“Fine, I’ll come back this afternoon.” The woman sighed, heading into a nearby general store to close up and rest.
“Wait a sec.” Bai Yue Ling pulled out a pile of items from her inventory and laid them out.
“I want to sell these.”
“Huh? Don’t waste my break time. What good stuff could you possibly have—”
The woman waved dismissively but froze, eyes widening.
“This… this is the fur and teeth of a level 20 Wind Blade Wolf? Where’d you get these?!”
Bai Yue Ling smirked, hands on hips. “Hunted them myself, of course.”
“Don’t judge a book by its cover… I never would’ve guessed you could solo a Wind Blade Wolf! Selling all of it?”
“These low-level materials are useless to me. Take them.”
“Thank you!” The woman handed over a bag of gold coins, beaming.
“Come back anytime you have more materials to sell.”
“Nah, I’m heading to the capital soon.”
“The capital? What’s so great about it? Stay here instead—no pressure like in the main city, just a cozy pastoral life…”
Ying Ye’s eyes widened at the NPC’s 180-degree attitude shift.
That’s how the world worked.
If Bai Yue Ling were just an ordinary white-haired, curvy girl, the merchant would’ve found her annoying.
But show a hint of being a big spender, and she was treated like royalty.
Leaving the reluctantly waving general store behind, Bai Yue Ling crossed the street to a jewelry shop.
Seeing the money pouch in her hand, the shopkeeper greeted her with a warm smile.
“Welcome, dear customer! These are the latest accessories from the capital, guaranteed to be the height of fashion.”
Unfazed, Bai Yue Ling tried on a bracelet, then picked up a necklace, and proceeded to put a ring on each finger.
Standing before a mirror, decked out in sparkling jewels, she asked, “No problem wearing multiple, right?”
The shopkeeper laughed.
“Haha, no problem at all! Honestly, you don’t need to worry—you’d look like the world’s number one beauty in anything!”
“Oh, nice flattery. I’ll take them all.”
“Thank you for your purchase!”
Watching Bai Yue Ling spend all her earnings from selling materials on jewelry, Ying Ye grew more confused.
“Little White, why buy all these trinkets?”
Bai Yue Ling smiled leisurely. “You’ll see soon enough.”
She then hit up a snack shop, stuffing her inventory with treats before heading out of town, satisfied.
At the town entrance, the two waited briefly until Aiya approached, leading two towering horses.
Aiya sighed.
“This town didn’t have any Gale Horses, so I had to go catch these two.”
Gale Horses, capable of harnessing the wind, were far faster than regular horses.
Aiya hitched the horses to a prepared carriage, soothing them with holy light.
“Alright, get in.”
“Wait.” Bai Yue Ling suddenly pried the gems off her newly bought jewelry, holding them in her hands.
“Aiya, use your black flame to melt these.”
“Melt… the jewelry?” Aiya blinked. “What for?”
“Materials for a teleportation array.”
“Don’t teleportation arrays need teleportation stones?”
“Heh, I’ve got a secret recipe to make a complete teleportation stone.”
Crafting a teleportation array required many materials, including ten teleportation stones—rare and exorbitantly priced, far beyond what most players could afford.
But in a past life, an alchemist player had discovered a recipe for teleportation stones: combine specific gems in precise ratios, melt them with dark-infused flames, and bathe the result in holy light for a minute to create a perfect teleportation stone.
Thanks to this recipe, players saved a fortune.
When Bai Yue Ling visited the jewelry shop, she’d carefully selected gems that matched the recipe.
Following her instructions, Aiya skeptically used her black flame and holy light.
With a flash of white light, a smooth, jade-like oval stone remained.
[You have successfully unlocked the “Teleportation Stone” recipe.]
Aiya’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“It… actually worked.”
“Little White’s amazing,” Ying Ye said, unaware of how rare teleportation stones were but simply impressed by Bai Yue Ling’s knack for everything.
Bai Yue Ling pocketed the stone, grinning smugly.
“If I announced I could reliably craft teleportation stones, how many people do you think would pay a fortune for my recipe?”
Aiya shook her head.
“I don’t know, but it’d be an astronomical sum.”
With ten cycles’ worth of knowledge, Bai Yue Ling knew plenty of undiscovered money-making tricks—key assets for her future plans to corrupt big sisters.
Bai Yue Ling and Ying Ye climbed into the carriage, while Aiya rode upfront.
The three girls sped toward the capital, expecting to arrive by dawn tomorrow.
In the carriage, Bai Yue Ling pulled out her snacks.
“Good thing I planned ahead.”
A full day in a carriage could get boring.
Besides sightseeing, snacking was the best way to pass the time.
Many considered eating snacks in-game a luxury since the satiety didn’t carry over to reality, but Bai Yue Ling loved indulging her taste buds.
Time ticked by as she munched, intently watching the scenery flash past.
She leaned against the window, her round hips raised high, swaying slightly now and then.
The black bodysuit faintly revealed her skin, like a cat stretching lazily.
The oblivious white-haired, curvy girl didn’t notice a big sister staring intently from behind, her dark eyes slowly clouding with black mist.
‘It’s just me and Little White in the carriage now.’
Ying Ye, leveraging her ninja outfit’s stealth, crept closer silently, her slender fingers lifting the soft slime cloak.
With the Gale Horses galloping and the noise outside deafening, as long as Ying Ye was careful, Aiya would never notice what was happening inside.
And so, the predatory big sister held her breath, reaching for the defenseless curvy girl—
“Whoa!”
Suddenly, Aiya yanked the reins hard, and the carriage lurched forward from the inertia.
Thud!
Caught off guard, Ying Ye slammed into the carriage wall, clutching her throbbing head.
‘That damned paladin… always ruining my plans. One day, I’ll stuff you in a sack and beat you senseless…’
Bai Yue Ling, startled, spilled her snacks. “What’s wrong?”
“There’s a battle ahead,” Aiya said gravely. “Listen closely… that’s the roar of a dragon!”