Chapter 247 Noelle and Wendy
After posting all the notices, Lin Changqiang returned home and opened the system panel while waiting for someone to come for an interview.

In the past two days, he has learned a lot about the cultivation of elemental power, the revised task system and the talent module. The only thing he has not tried yet is the refining and strengthening functions of equipment.

Among them, the strengthening function is relatively simple. As long as various materials are consumed, the basic attributes of the equipment can be improved. The first strengthening will increase the original attributes by 20%, the second strengthening will increase by 30%, and so on until the ninth strengthening, the equipment will be strengthened to the limit.

It is worth mentioning that the more times you strengthen, the more materials you need to consume. The consumption of the last three times is even more terrifying. If you want to strengthen an earth-level spiritual treasure to +9, the consumed materials are enough to buy several heaven-level spiritual treasures. Therefore, in his opinion, strengthening ordinary items to +5 or +6 is enough.

The refining function is different from the strengthening function. It is used to enhance the special abilities of equipment. Take his most powerful spiritual treasure, the Five Thunder Drum, for example. Strengthening improves the defense and power, while refining increases the speed of the thunder's movement and the speed of self-repair.

Compared with strengthening, refining can only be performed five times in total, and each improvement is 20% of the original effect. The consumed materials will not increase with the number of times, but... the materials required are exactly the same as the original item!
This is very unfriendly to him, because the equipment drawn from the system is basically difficult to duplicate.

"System, what materials are needed to strengthen the Five Thunder Drum?"

[Return to the host. Any spiritual treasure, equipment or ore will do. Among them, thunder-attribute items have the best effect.]

"Thunder attribute?"

Lin Changqiang rummaged through his backpack, and soon walked out of the room, intending to go to the Adventurer's Association in the city to post a mission. But before he walked out of the door, a huge exclamation mark caught his attention.

Someone is coming so soon?
He slowed down his pace and clicked on the task.

[Side Quest - Noelle's Wish: Noelle has longed to join the Knights of Favonius since she was a child. To this end, she has been studying etiquette, swordsmanship, rhetoric, etc. seriously, but for some reason she has never succeeded. Despite this, she still works hard day after day.]

[Limited time is one year. Please help Noelle join the Knights of Favonius. If the mission is successful, you will be rewarded with 2 to 8 draws and 5 to 15 Noelle's favorability. If the mission fails, you will be deducted 3 draws.]

【Whether to accept? 】

Noelle...

Lin Changqiang frowned, feeling a little conflicted.

In fact, he didn't understand why this white-haired loli kept failing. In terms of the qualities that a knight should have, Noel was definitely no less than them. In terms of strength, Noel, who possessed the Eye of God and natural supernatural powers, was definitely stronger than the two gatekeepers at the city gate. Was it an age issue?
"System, if I don't accept it for now, will the mission disappear?"

[Return to the host, no, as long as the other party's inner desire has not been achieved or voluntarily given up, the task will always exist]

"Huh, that's good." Lin Changqiang breathed a sigh of relief and opened the door.

He planned to ask Qin tomorrow and then decide whether to accept it.

"Hello, Mr. Lin!" Hearing the door open, the originally tangled girl straightened her back immediately, "Nice to meet you, I am Noelle, the maid of the Knights of Favonius."

Maid-style armor, rosy cheeks, and a tone so gentle that it is almost pitiful. This is Noelle, Mondstadt's all-purpose maid, who is known as the "useless person training machine" together with Jean.

Enthusiastic, kind, and helpful, Jean even printed this sentence in the Knights' Manual: "It is forbidden to ask Noelle to help you complete the task. Violators will have their vacation and allowances cut."

"Hello, are you here to help because you saw the notice?" Lin Changqiang stepped aside from the door and made a gesture of invitation.

"Yes, I heard from everyone in the Knights that you are a good person and saved many residents yesterday. I just saw a notice saying that you were not feeling well, so I thought if I could help and do what I can."

Noelle followed Lin Changqiang into the garden and sat at a stone table. A faint fragrance came over her, and she immediately relaxed a lot. "That's great. Although I am very satisfied with Captain Qin's arrangement, it is indeed troublesome to clean such a large house. Can you help clean it occasionally?"

Lin Changqiang opened his eyes wide in "surprise", but Noelle also looked overjoyed.

"Of course! I love washing all kinds of things, such as clothes, floors, windows... It's really rewarding to see dirty things become clean!" Noelle clapped her hands happily, "I'm so happy to be able to help Mr. Lin while doing housework!"

Even though he had expected this, Lin Changqiang still couldn't help but remain silent for a few seconds at this moment. He felt that this guy might be sold and would have to help others count money.

"I am also more interested in the elemental power of rock, so..."

"Leave it to me! You can leave everything to me, I will definitely do my best to help you! ...By the way, what did you want to say?"

After agreeing subconsciously, Noelle realized that Lin Changqiang had not finished speaking. He immediately blushed and lowered his head. Lin Changqiang couldn't help but sigh.

He seemed to understand why Jean didn't let Noelle join the Knights.

"To put it simply, I hope you can demonstrate to me how to use the elemental power of rock. As for the reward, you can choose one between fine wine and Mora as stated in the notice." Lin Changqiang took out two bottles of fine wine and a pile of Mora from his backpack and placed them in front of him.

In fact, if you want to understand the rock element, the most suitable person is Albedo, the chief alchemist of the Knights. However, his whereabouts are uncertain, he is not very interested in Mora and wine, and...

He also didn't really want to be treated as a research subject.

"Remuneration? How can that be possible? It is my honor to help Mr. Lin. How can I accept a reward?"

Noelle waved his hands repeatedly, his face full of resistance, but Lin Changqiang obviously would not agree.

"Noelle, have you heard of such a legend?"

"Legend has it that during the Demon God War, according to the laws of the Water Country Fontaine, when a compatriot became a slave of another power, if someone could bring him back to Fontaine, they would receive a bonus from the national treasury. However, when a man named Duanmu rescued his compatriot, he directly refused the money. For this, his teacher criticized him severely."

"Criticize? How could that be? He did good things and didn't ask for anything in return. Isn't that right?"

The girl looked very confused, but just when Lin Changqiang was about to explain, the door not far away suddenly opened, and a smiling young man ran up to the two of them like the wind, bringing a gust of breeze.

"I heard that if you work here for one hour, you can get two bottles of top-quality wine. Is that true?!" Wendy leaned forward with her hands on the table, her eyes seemed to be shining, and her body excitedly leaned forward.

He had been planning to perform in exchange for wine as usual, but halfway through his walk he saw the notice and without a second thought he ran over.

"You are... the guy I met in the Whispering Forest before?" Lin Changqiang blinked in surprise. He didn't expect the main target to come so soon. "Of course it's true, but can you wait until I finish talking to this lady first?"

"Of course!" Wendy excitedly ran to the side and squatted on the ground. When he saw the two bottles of wine on the table, he almost drooled.

Normally, I couldn’t get any good wine for half a day of singing, but now I can get it in just one hour. How could such a good thing happen in the world?
It's amazing!
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