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Chapter 180 - The Wheat within the Mud

Foe-herder steadily walked forward as his head becahts were not about the lady but the quest that she was doing Is there really a quest here? Foe-herder had not heard anything about this before We are both Warriors, so this quest ht be beneficial to me as well, he continued to ponder on inside Foe-herder felt that he should try to find outGu Fei would bolster his guild, successfully obtaining an important quest would bolster hiuild bask in potential glory or to let hiht Foe-herder did not even hesitate to choose the latter “Aheot near her, “Babe, what are you doing here?”

“Quest,” the lady replied With people being bolder inside a ga up a conversation with female players was actually a common occurrence, so most ladies were already used to such a situation

“Oh What quest is this?” Foe-herder continued to ask nonchalantly

“It’s called ‘The Wheat within the Mud’,” the lady honestly replied

Every quest had a unique name, and Foe-herder had never heard of such a quest before this lady h the quest’s na a quest’s quality by its na a book solely by its cover

Foe-herder excitedly and carefully asked, “How did you obtain it?”

“Just talk to the NPC here,” the lady answered as she began to knock on the door before her

A hunchbacked oldhis years of accuht of the elderly man caused Foe-herder to feel emotional Old aht as they would often create mysterious old men that would hand out certain secret quests With the old ave off the vibe that this was a hidden quest that would only get triggered when the players coincidentally knocked on his door

“Young one, do me a favor I’ve scattered some wheat over by the marketplace Can you please help me find it? Remember, you must find the wheat within five minutes; otherwise, it will be taken by someone else,” hat the old man said as he handed the quest to the lady Warrior

The lady swiftly left after this Foe-herder wanted to approach the old nored him and merely closed the door

Foe-herder hurriedly knocked on that door, worried that the quest would no longer be available since the lady had already gotten a hold of it

The door opened and the oldhis instruction to the lady before Foe-herder proreed to his request and the quest ‘Wheat within the Mud’ appeared on his quest log

Nothing out of the ordinary could be gleaned from the quest description, which made Foe-herder quite suspicious of it as he headed to theabout was not one of the Peddlers’ Streets that the players had established Rather, it was the systeathered to sell products that the system had provided The street was not as crowded or as boisterous as Peddlers’ Streets, but quite a lot of players were still passing through it Foe-herder searched the entireCould it be that the lady has already picked up all the wheat, which resulted intounable to find any? Foe-herder saw the lady leave just as he arrived at the marketplace

Very soon, Foe-herder’s five- out and the quest was tagged as ‘failure’

“This quest isn’t easy!” Foe-herder was visibly moved by this At this moment in time, he saw the lady appear in the ht of Foe-herder, she srab the quest, too?”

Foe-herder nodded his head

“Did you e to find the wheat, then?”

Foe-herder shook his head

“He he!” A strange smile appeared on the lady’s face as she unhurriedly told him, “Gotta use your head a bit more!”

Foe-herder tried to carefully decipher what the lady meant, yet he was still at a loss

A otten it?”