Necromancer: I Am A Disaster Chapter 21 - Will You Stop Being So Stingy

"Why is it so cold?" Ning Yiyi wondered, sitting down in front of the bonfire and stretching her small hands toward the fire. With the pursuers dealt with, she finally allowed herself to relax.

Lin Moyu knew the chill was caused by the Skeletal Warriors, so he had them disperse. Understanding that Lin Moyu wasn't much of a talker, Ning Yiyi started speaking on her own.

"I found a treasure chest in the Carmen Beastman Army dungeon in Shaohai City," She began, "You know how treasure chests appear randomly, right? I just happened to find one. When I opened it, I got an Intermediate Skill Scroll."

"But then, I realized someone was watching me. They wanted to steal it. Even though it's not worth much, I wasn't about to hand it over so easily. It took a lot of effort to get it."

"They chased me for two days, all the way from Shaohai City to Xihai City. They stuck to me like gum."

To Ning Yiyi, even an Intermediate Skill Scroll worth 10 million gold coins wasn’t a big deal. Clearly, she came from an extremely wealthy family.

Lin Moyu waited for her to finish, then softly remarked, "You almost died."

"Don't worry." Ning Yiyi replied, "I won’t die. If I take fatal damage, I'll be automatically teleported away. But I still have to thank you. If not for you, I might not have died, but I definitely would have been injured. And I hate pain."

Lin Moyu realized his worries were unnecessary. She had a treasure that could save her in a critical situation.

Ning Yiyi extended her hand, "I gave you an Intermediate Skill Scroll. Do you have anything to eat? I'm still hungry."

Lin Moyu handed her a few steamed buns he had just obtained from the three pursuers. There were over ten of them.

Ning Yiyi shook her head, "I don't want steamed buns. I want sweet potatoes."

Lin Moyu couldn't help but chuckle and replaced the buns with sweet potatoes.

"This is more like it. I don’t want to eat anything taken from the dead." She said, munching contentedly on a sweet potato.

"Are sweet potatoes that good?" Lin Moyu wondered, watching her eat with such enjoyment.

"Dummy Lin, are you here to level up? Based on your level, you probably haven't entered an academy yet, have you?" Ning Yiyi asked while eating.

Lin Moyu nodded. "I haven’t."

Ning Yiyi, already used to Lin Moyu’s brief responses, continued, "So, which academy do you plan to join?"

"Xiajing Academy." He answered quietly.

"Mhm, Xiajing Academy is pretty good." She wasn’t surprised by his choice. Given Lin Moyu's combat power, getting into Xiajing Academy should be no problem. After all, not everyone could kill level 20 users at level 10, let alone three at once. If Lin Moyu couldn't get in, no one could.

Suddenly, Ning Yiyi's eyes lit up, "If you go to Xiajing Academy, you must challenge the Shenxia Tower. The first time you challenge it, the rewards are doubled. You have to give it your all and clear as many floors as possible. That way, you'll earn more points. At Xiajing Academy, points are more valuable than gold coins. And there's also the Chuangshen Institute. If you can, you should join it."

She knew a lot about Xiajing Academy and kept talking non-stop, giving Lin Moyu a rough outline of what to expect.

As usual, she did most of the talking, while Lin Moyu listened and occasionally responded.

At some point, Ning Yiyi's voice faded. Lin Moyu covered her with a piece of clothing and began meditating.

The next morning, as sunlight filtered through the trees, Lin Moyu woke from his meditation, his spirit force fully restored. Ning Yiyi was already awake, blinking her big eyes at him.

"Do you still have sweet potatoes?" She asked with a smile, holding out her hands.

Lin Moyu handed her one.

"That's not enough. I want more."

He gave her another.

"Stop being so stingy! They're just sweet potatoes. Give me more." She insisted, "As a man, you should be generous. Take out everything you have."

Lin Moyu had brought over 20 sweet potatoes and had given almost all of them to Ning Yiyi. He had none left.

"You really don’t have any more?" she asked skeptically, looking like she wanted to check his storage space.

"I really don’t." He said with a nod.

"Okay, I believe you." Ning Yiyi finally relented, "Alright, I’m off. I'm going to do level grinding. See you later. Hurry up and raise your level so you can take me grinding in the future."

With that, she left without delay, taking the sweet potatoes and the piece of clothing she had used as a blanket.

After she left, Lin Moyu murmured to himself, "I'll take you level grinding in the future."

Despite the night passing, the Goblin-type monsters hadn’t reappeared. The respawn period was longer than he expected. His hunting speed might be too fast. The woods still carried the faint scent of blood, with three corpses lying on the ground.

Lin Moyu looked at the corpses and quietly activated the skill he had learned yesterday.

Skill: Corpse Explosion.

With a deafening bang, a large swath of trees was obliterated, leaving behind a massive pit 20 meters wide and over 10 meters deep. The power was staggering.

Lin Moyu realized that Corpse Explosion was an omnidirectional attack.

"If used in midair, the destructive force might be even greater." He thought.

He had detonated the Mage's corpse just now. Then, he commanded a Skeletal Warrior to hurl the Archer's corpse into the air. As it soared, Lin Moyu activated the skill once more.

Another explosion followed, this one even more powerful than the previous one, confirming his speculation. Detonating a corpse in midair increased the destructive force.

However, Corpse Explosion had a downside. It could easily injure allies. While Lin Moyu and the Skeletal Warriors were unaffected, anyone else with him would not be so fortunate.