What kind of girl would travel to another world?

In the previous chapter, You Jiahui had arranged to meet Yang Mingyi for horseback riding lessons at the stables. The next morning, when Yang Mingyi arrived, she saw You Jiahui already there. As soon as the sun rose, You Jiahui arrived early to select a horse. By the time Yang Mingyi arrived, she had already ridden several laps around the stables.

After seeing Yang Mingyi coming, You Jiahui led the horse over and said, "Get on!"

Yang Mingyi chuckled and said, "I don't know how to do it. How about you take me there?"

You Jiahui said word by word: "Go! Go!"

Yang Mingyi evaded the question, saying, "It's too high, I'm afraid."

You Jiahui said, "What's there to be afraid of? I'm so used to driving, how could I lose my balance? Just put the balls of my feet in the stirrups!"

Yang Mingyi reluctantly got on the horse. You Jiahui said, "Hold the reins tightly and don't let go! Pay attention to your balance!" After that, she patted the horse's butt and the horse started running by itself.

Yang Mingyi followed You Jiahui's instructions and, after running for a while, found it wasn't as difficult as she had imagined. However, she stared straight ahead, not daring to look at the ground. She was a little frightened by the height of the horse.

You Jiahui yelled at Yang Mingyi, "Control your direction! Where are you going?"

You Jiahui accompanied Yang Mingyi in practicing at the horse farm until You Jiahui felt it was about time, and then the two of them rode out of the palace together.

Yang Mingyi, who was riding on a horse, asked, "It's still early, don't you want to go eat something first?"

You Jiahui said, "Go quickly and come back quickly! Go to the guild first, and then eat after you come back." After she said that, she started to speed up.

Yang Mingyi quickly shouted, "Slow down! I don't dare to ride too fast!"

And so, the two of them rode together to the Adventurer's Guild.

Since the Adventurer's Guild was right off the main road, You Jiahui and Yang Mingyi arrived quickly on horseback. You Jiahui dismounted gracefully, a stark contrast to Yang Mingyi's. As Yang Mingyi landed on the ground, her knees gave way, and she felt a bit unsteady. So, this time, You Jiahui finally entered the Adventurer's Guild first.

You Jiahui came to the front desk of the lobby and asked, "Is the president here?"

The receptionist, Jia Lisi, replied, "The president will be back soon! You can go directly to his office first." Then she saw Yang Mingyi walk in with trembling legs. She asked, "Mingyi! What's wrong with you?"

Yang Mingyi walked with a silly smile and said, "It's okay! I've been learning a dance recently and I started swaying unconsciously." As she spoke, she twisted her arms reluctantly, pretending to be dancing.

You Jiahui was about to go up the stairs when Yang Mingyi hurriedly said, "Wait for me! Why are you walking so fast?"

You Jiahui said, "Rest for a while before coming up."

Yang Mingyi finally walked to the front desk and whispered to Jialisi, "Jialis, ask Carlyle to bring some more food to the president's office later." Carlyle was the maid who delivered desserts to the president's office last time.

Jia Lisi nodded and gestured her agreement. Yang Mingyi chatted with Jia Lisi at the front desk for a while before heading up the stairs.

In the president's office, You Jiahui and Yang Mingyi stared at a giant bird skull hanging on the wall, its beak replaced with wood. Previously, there was only a specimen of a flamingo pig head (already fitted with real tusks), and now there was also a skull of a Deinonychus.

Yang Mingyi said, "Is that it?"

You Jiahui said: "Of course. What else?"

Yang Mingyi said, "A figurine?"

You Jiahui asked, "What is a figurine?"

Yang Mingyi said, "It's just a role model."

You Jiahui said, "Model? How do you know all this?"

Yang Mingyi said, "My brother. He won't let anyone touch him, and he gets angry if someone does."

You Jiahui said, "There's no such thing as that in this other world. And if they're all the same size, how can that be called a model?"

Yang Mingyi said, "Then it really is the skull of that giant bird."

You Jiahui said: "Of course. What else?"

Yang Mingyi said, "A figurine?"

You Jiahui said, "Why do you repeat it?"

Yang Mingyi said, "You repeated it first."

At this moment, they both heard someone walk in from the door. They immediately turned around and saw that it was the Adventurer's Guild's president. After greeting him, the three of them sat down.

The president said, "Miss You, you're hiding your information quite well, aren't you?"

You Jiahui immediately realized that perhaps the news from the palace had reached the president's ears, and asked, "Are you talking about what's being discussed in the hall?"

The guild leader replied, "Yes! I just heard about it this morning too. There was a lot of debate going on in the hall yesterday." He then immediately changed the subject and asked You Jiahui, "As the guild leader of the Adventurer's Guild, you must consider the interests of the guild. Please allow me to ask a question, and I must ask it upfront. If you were truly granted the title of noble, would you still accept guild missions?"

You Jiahui, sitting with her arms folded, remained expressionless. She thought to herself, "Since he just heard about it this morning, then yesterday's visit to me definitely wasn't about this. This means that besides this matter of being conferred the title, the president has other things on his mind."

Yang Mingyi was stunned. She kept looking at the two of them and asked, "What do you mean by becoming a noble? What are you talking about?"

You Jiahui explained to her, "The king and his ministers are discussing whether to confer the title of knight upon me."

Yang Mingyi quickly asked, "When did it happen?"

You Jiahui said, "As of yesterday, I haven't received the results of the discussion yet. We'll discuss the rest when we get back." She then changed the subject and asked the president, "Isn't this the reason you called us here today? Is there something else?"

The president immediately understood that You Jiahui didn't want to answer his question right away, so he changed the subject and said, "Yes! It's about the last expedition. Wait, let's have dessert first."

As the president finished speaking, Carlyle walked into the office carrying a plate full of desserts and secretly raised an eyebrow at Yang Mingyi. Yang Mingyi also secretly gave Carlyle a "thumbs-up" gesture. After leisurely finishing their desserts, the three of them rested for a moment before resuming their previous conversation.

The guild leader said, "A few days ago, the guild leader of the Merchant Guild came to me to discuss purchasing monster materials. He was very disappointed that he didn't get the complete body of the Devil's Claw. The next subjugation mission is to defeat the Sawtooth Mantis upstream of the Broken River. After you kill that monster, you will sell the complete body to the Merchant Guild. Then, give them the bounty, and you'll have completed the mission. Afterwards, they'll pay you the money for the materials and the bounty for this mission. That's basically it. Oh, and by the way, the bounty has been increased this time."

After hearing this, Yang Mingyi said, "Oh! That's fine. Mantis meat definitely doesn't taste good anyway."

You Jiahui asked: "President, has Qi Xinyang ever refused the mission to defeat monsters?" She still asked the question she wanted to know most.

The guild leader said, "Well, I didn't specifically entrust her with monster-slaying quests. Adventurers accept quests of their own accord. As for why she hasn't accepted any monster-slaying quests, it's probably because dungeon quests offer higher rewards."

You Jiahui asked again: "Is the bounty so different? Why?"

The president patiently explained, "This deserves a detailed explanation. In fact, the bounties the guild gave for the two tasks were basically the same at the beginning, and neither one was much more. Low-level monsters are relatively weak, and adventurers are happy to deal with them, so there is no need to increase the price and many people are eager to do it. Mid-level monsters have their own territorial awareness and only move in a fixed area. As long as people avoid their area, they usually won't encounter any danger, and there is no rush to defeat them under normal circumstances. Unless you are in a hurry to defeat the Fire Fang Pig like last time, there will be a price increase." He paused for a moment and continued, "However, the strength of the monsters in the dungeon is hard to say, they are all magic-savvy monsters. "Strange creatures. You know, there aren't many mages among adventurers, and adventurers are afraid of encountering difficult spells. So, no one will undertake this kind of mission, which is more dangerous, unless they pay a higher price." He then said seriously, "What I'm about to reveal is a guild secret. But since the girl might become a noble in the future, she'll know it then. The extra bounties for dungeon quests come from some nobles, who constantly increase the bounties in the hope that adventurers will clear all the dungeons. The reason for this is, of course, their covetousness for the crystal mines and other resources; dungeons are usually located in areas rich in resources."

You Jiahui thought to herself, "Oh, so that's how it is. No wonder the king said the nobles exchanged their territories along the Broken River for those in the Huxia Forest. If the territories they acquire happen to contain the emptied dungeons or other valuable resources, then they'll be making a killing."

Yang Mingyi was stunned after hearing this and said, "There is such a thing. No one told us before. Hey? Where is the crystal mine? Is it a magic crystal mine?" Her question was exactly what You Jiahui wanted to ask.

The president shook his head and said, "We'll know soon. Whether it's a crystal ore or something else, it must be in the hands of a noble."

You Jiahui then asked, "Is the Huxia Forest the only place with an underground city? What about the underground city by the Broken Flow River?"

The guild leader smiled and said, "You'll find out after you defeat the Sawtooth Mantis. The underground cities along the Broken River are all upstream, not downstream."

After hearing this, You Jiahui and Yang Mingyi said in unison: "Oh——"

The guild leader continued, "The mid-level monster there hasn't been defeated yet, so no one dares to go there for a thorough inspection. Once you kill that saw-toothed mantis, other adventurers will escort the nobles to conduct an on-site inspection. Alas, we'll be busy then."

You Jiahui thought to herself, "No wonder there are so many vacancies in the territories downstream. What a bunch of 'cunning' old nobles." Then she asked, "How powerful are the monsters in the dungeon? Apart from Qi Xinyang, is there no one else accepting missions from the dungeon?" She only knew that an adventure team she had met in the tavern before was accepting missions to go to the dungeon to clear out low-level monsters.

The guild leader said helplessly, "I haven't been to a dungeon myself, so I can't specifically describe how dangerous the monsters are. But judging by the adventurers' choices, the dungeon monsters are certainly quite formidable." After a pause, he continued, "Ever since your friends conquered all the nearby dungeons, dungeons have only appeared further afield. Consequently, fewer and fewer adventurers are willing to accept dungeon-related quests. As far as I know, only one adventurer team is still accepting quests for the Heartless Falls dungeon. Although there's only one dungeon there, the low-level monsters have long since overflowed outside, and they're currently clearing them out. But with the bounty constantly dwindling, I'm afraid even they won't be able to sustain this for long. While there are abundant resources there, and the nobles are eager to explore, it's ultimately futile unless they can fully conquer it. Heartless Falls may only have one dungeon, but outside it lie formidable high-level monsters and several mid-level monsters. Clearing it completely is truly too difficult, and few nobles are willing to increase their bounties. If the nobles ever completely abandon the area, there will be no more quests there."

After hearing this, Yang Mingyi said, "The president is amazing. He knows so much!"

The president smiled and said, "You are even more amazing. You do things that others dare not do."

Yang Mingyi said, "No, no, no, the president is well-informed and in control of the overall situation. The president is really amazing!"