Chapter 17 : Daily Quests
The little white tiger emotionally embraced the peach, and the next moment, a mechanical voice sounded in her ear—
"Ding, daily quest loading successful! Good interpersonal relationships are essential for the host's path to the peak. As the saying goes, courtesy demands reciprocity. Mount Mingxia Senior Sister Yun Qingyue has gifted you a sweet peach; you should return the favor. Please pick a peach as a return gift as soon as possible.
"Current progress: (0/1)."
The little white tiger, who had just been about to bite into the peach, froze. She looked down at the peach in her paws, then up at the tall peach tree, inevitably falling into contemplation—can tigers climb trees? She knew cats could climb trees, but for tigers, she wasn't sure. Especially since she wasn't an original tiger; as someone who originally couldn't climb trees, she felt somewhat insecure inside.
While the little white tiger was engaged in self-doubt, Yun Qingyue also noticed her unusual behavior. However, she certainly couldn't imagine anything about daily quests. What came to her mind was the Azure Essence Spirit Marrow that the little white tiger had eagerly accepted but ultimately had to entrust to her for safekeeping.
The Azure Essence Spirit Marrow was too high-grade for the current little white tiger to use, but what she held was just an ordinary peach.
Yun Qingyue was somewhat confused, but the little white tiger's subsequent actions seemed to confirm her suspicions. She saw the tiger stare at the peach tree for quite a while, then finally, with a solemn expression, push the peach back, pressing down firmly on it with her fluffy little paw... Looking at that gesture, that gaze—it was as solemn as entrusting a child.
The atmosphere inexplicably became serious, though Yun Qingyue didn't understand the source of this seriousness. Before she could inquire, the little white tiger, who had been obediently allowing herself to be held, suddenly broke free from her embrace and leaped down.
The current little white tiger was still quite weak compared to cultivators, but the agility of feline animals was innate.
The little white tiger landed gracefully, her paw pads touching the ground without making a sound. She shook her fur, stretched lazily, took a few steps to stretch her body, then with a running start, charged straight toward the peach tree.
Jiang Mo ran very fast. At level 11, she might still be a low-level character in the eyes of cultivators, but by mortal standards, she had long since reached unattainable strength. Thus, her run, her leap, her claws hooking onto the trunk, then "whoosh," climbing to the treetop—this series of actions could truly be called seamless, even surprising herself.
Her tender tiger paws stepped on the forked branches, and the useless little tiger stood tall and proud: am I really this amazing now?
Jiang Mo stood steadily on the tree, inevitably feeling a bit surprised and a little proud—she truly didn't know how to climb trees and had almost given up when she saw this daily quest. Later, based on her previous gaming experience, she judged that daily quests generally wouldn't be too difficult, and early-game leveling often relied on them. Even if she was lazy, she should at least try at times like this.
Moreover, she had been waiting for these daily quests for quite some days. Now that she had finally taken enough pills to reach level 10, daily quests had finally unlocked. Even though she had the shortcut of leveling up through pills, she wasn't satisfied without trying to see what these daily quests could yield.
So she decided to try, and this attempt brought some pleasant surprises.
At least the pills she had taken hadn't been wasted, and the increased combat power wasn't just in the numbers.
The little white tiger swung her tail proudly, then looked around in all directions, preparing to find the biggest, sweetest peach for Senior Sister.
Yun Qingyue didn't know her thoughts and wasn't surprised by the little white tiger shooting up to the treetop in one breath, since this height was nothing for a spirit beast. She was just curious about why the little white tiger had climbed the tree.
Out of this curiosity, she took a few steps forward, holding the peach the little white tiger had entrusted to her.
At that moment, Jiang Mo had carefully selected her target. She was worrying about her paws being too short and wondering how to pick the peach to give to Yun Qingyue when she saw that Senior Sister had thoughtfully walked under the tree. Seeing this, her tiger eyes brightened. Then, with a flash of inspiration, she extended her paw and gave a forceful pat, knocking the chosen peach directly from the branch, sending it falling straight toward Yun Qingyue.
A cultivator at the peak of the Golden Core realm naturally wouldn't be hit by something so casually. Yun Qingyue raised her hand and effortlessly caught the falling peach. Then, looking at the two peaches in her hands, a thoughtful glimmer flashed through her cool, beautiful eyes.
After a moment, Yun Qingyue looked up and asked: "Little white tiger, is this peach for me?"
Jiang Mo was delighted by her intuitive understanding, quickly nodding her small head and raising her paw to point at the peach while making several "aowu" sounds, looking quite animated. She appeared somewhat adorable, though her crouching on the tree didn't resemble a tiger much; she looked more like a monkey... Hadn't she just picked a peach to give someone?
But Yun Qingyue certainly wouldn't voice such thoughts. Thus, Jiang Mo only saw her eyes curve slightly, revealing a rarely seen smile. Though subtle, it was truly stunning: "Thank you."
The little white tiger felt quite happy because of this, and what made her even happier were the system prompts sounding in her ear—
"Ding, congratulations host on completing the daily quest, current quest progress (1/1)."
"Ding, congratulations host on obtaining experience points +2000, points +10."
"Ding, congratulations host, experience points sufficient, leveling conditions met. Congratulations host on reaching level 12."
Three consecutive prompts made Jiang Mo's eyes light up. She truly hadn't expected the daily quest rewards to be so generous. This was the first time she had earned 2000 experience points at once, and her points had finally broken through from zero. Given this rate of earning points, activating the mall and enabling level prompts would be no problem at all!
Jiang Mo rejoiced briefly over obtaining points but quickly became calm about the 2000 experience points. After all, the experience points needed to level up doubled with each level. The 2000 experience points seemed substantial now, but in a couple of days, this amount would be nothing.
Moreover, she still had Spirit Nurturing Pills; taking a few more pills would be more efficient than these daily quests that only came once a day. Unless the experience value of the daily quests increased with her level...
Thinking of this point, she wanted to find the system to ask, looking around for a while before remembering that the system had been left behind earlier. But before she could feel regretful, she quickly discovered another more annoying matter—she had climbed to the treetop in one breath quite smoothly, but now standing there, she suddenly realized she didn't know how to get down. What should she do?!
It was quite embarrassing.
The useless little tiger's paws stepped on the tree fork a few times, making the branches sway precariously, so she dared not move anymore. She also didn't dare to jump down directly; this tall peach tree was about three or four stories high—just thinking about falling made her wince.
With no alternative, the hesitant little white tiger finally gave up struggling and decided to seek help from her caretaker.
Thus, Yun Qingyue, who had just received a peach from the little milk tiger, soon discovered with mixed amusement that the divine beast was trapped in the peach tree, "aowu-ing" at her with a milk-tender voice, sounding pitiful.
Fortunately, Senior Sister was a kind person and didn't mock the useless little tiger. She just gave her a helpless glance before putting away the two peaches in her hands. Then she opened her arms and said to the little white tiger in the tree: "Jump down, I'll catch you."
Jiang Mo's heart immediately settled, and she unhesitatingly jumped into Yun Qingyue's embrace.