When the priests reached level ten and successfully passed the test that allowed them to leave the Beginner's Village, like the rest of the players they could go to the Sanctuary of the Awaken, where the statues that awakened the power of each class were located.

One of the skills that priests obtained was a skill called Minor Healing. This skill allowed the priest to heal part of the health of a single target and the amount of healing the other player received was 25% of the priest's magic attack. Upon reaching level fifty, and after successfully passing the class advancement test, priests obtained an extension of the skill called Spiritual Healing, which healed players in an amount equal to 50% of the priest's magic attack.

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However, the skill that Xie Yao could use as long as she held the Cedar of Hope in her hands healed a percentage equal to 100% of her magic attack! Normal priests could only have a 75% maximum after they reached level 100! Precisely because of this, the true value of the Cedar of Hope was much greater than it actually seemed; after all, a priest never excelled at attacks and what they needed most was to heal as much of their allies as possible. In short, the Cedar of Hope was a weapon that could be used even in the late stages of the game!

Of course, the Cedar of Hope would lose its effectiveness at the appearance of a weapon that would increase the priest's magic attack enough so that 50-75% of their magic attack at that time would exceed the percentage of healing the priest could do with the Cedar of Hope.

However, the most noticeable difference between the current Xie Yao and the rest of the priests was that she had the capacity to revive, while the rest of the priests would only acquire a basic skill to revive an ally at level fifty. Even then, compared to Xie Yao, who could revive all allies within 2000 meters around her, they were too short! Not to mention that Xie Yao's profession could still grow even more!

Xie Yao tightly held onto the gorgeous staff in her hands and her eyes shone with resolve. Her beloved had given her such a precious gift after defeating a boss by himself, the least she could do was to support him from the back! Wasn't that the wish she had always had since 100% immersive virtual reality games came out? Before, Xie Feng always played the assassin character so the company of other people was not always good; but now that he was a warrior, then she could finally support him like she always longed for!

Of course, Xie Feng had no idea about the inner thoughts of the beauty beside him, otherwise he probably wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry.... After all, Xie Yao was also one of the official owners of Magnificent Sky Corporation, so she could use as much money as she pleased; she could exchange a billion yuan for a billion gold coins and buy the best pieces of equipment on the market.

People were like that; when someone we loved gave us a gift, we immediately became the happiest people in the world even if the gift was a simple object without much monetary value.

Although, of course, the Cedar of Hope was worth much more than the value Xie Feng had given it in his mind. From his point of view, the magic staff was just a weapon that, as long as it served to make his beloved happy, then that was enough.

"Qianxue, I will gift you a better weapon as soon as I get my hands on one." Xie Feng looked at the other beauty beside him and apologized in a low voice.

Gu Qianxue shook her head and while looking at him affectionately whispered, "Don't worry, being by your side and being able to help you as I have been doing is payment enough for me. Besides, the scepter I'm using right now isn't bad at all."

In fact, the Pale Bone Staff was a silver-grade weapon with good stats, a weapon that any mage player or priest would drool over to get their hands on; however, Xie Feng was not satisfied.

He shook his head and said no more, unwilling to continue the topic. Since he gave a gift to Xie Yao, he should also give a gift to Gu Qianxue. Since he really loved them and they, beautiful women with high social status, were willing to share their man with each other, then the least Xie Feng could do was to prove that he was really worthy of both of them.

"Errr... I'm sorry to interrupt but..."

At that moment, a low and somewhat worried voice sounded from behind them.

Xie Feng turned around to look at the "person" who had spoken. For a moment he had even forgotten the existence of the rock person.

Being watched by so many eyes suddenly, the rock person felt somewhat panicked. Still, she gathered courage from who knows where and bowed as she honestly thanked: "Mighty warriors, thank you so much for your kindness in saving my life! My name is Emir, daughter of the leader of the gnome race."

"Mighty warriors...." Xiao Luo repeated in a low voice and blushed so much that his face looked like the butt of an African ape. Being praised for something he didn't do didn't feel good at all!

However, Xie Feng ignored the praise completely. His ears twitched slightly as he got unexpected information.

"Don't worry, Emir... It's only natural for us players to help the people of this world in their fight against the monsters." Xie Feng slightly narrowed his eyes and a strange shine appeared in them for a moment. No one knew what he was thinking.

"Players?" Emir blinked in surprise before exclaiming loudly, "So you guys don't belong to that disgusting and treacherous human race!?"

Hu Chen and the rest looked at Emir in surprise, their eyes widened in disbelief at what they were hearing.... Disgusting, treacherous human race????

Realizing what she had just did, Emir quickly covered her mouth and unconsciously took a step back as if she was worried about something; however, Xie Feng's calm voice helped her calm down:

"Although we are also human, we come from another world so technically we do not belong to the same human race that you know."

Of course, Xie Feng was lying. No matter whether they were humans from planet Earth or humans from Adastreia Continent; they were all equally greedy and liars. This was something he knew all too well, so to get rid of some doubts that had been bothering him for several weeks now he decided to make a small bet.

Emir patted her rocky chest and sighed in relief. With an apologetic look, she said softly, "I'm sorry for my earlier words.... Emir is only 14 years old this year, sometimes I can be a little too direct.... That's what my dad always tells me."

Xie Feng took off his mask, momentarily dazing the little rock girl. He smiled warmly and bent down so that his body was at the same height as the girl, "Emir seems to be a good girl, honest girls are always good after all... Oh, by the way, my name is Shiva. Do you want big brother to take you home? There could be dangerous monsters like the one before, big brother will beat them all up!"

The fourteen years old girl had little stars in her eyes and quickly nodded, "Mm! I went out in search of water to drink but that monster ambushed me! If it wasn't for big brother Shiva I... I..."

Xie Feng smiled kindly and told little Emir not to worry. After relieving the little gnome race girl's worries, he and his group began to go deeper into the forest under the guidance of the innocent girl.

Meanwhile, Xie Yao and Gu Qianxue looked at Xie Feng with dreamy eyes. Although both of them had already seen his appearance in the virtual world and knew that it was the effect of the ring on his right hand, still they could not stand in awe every time they saw him.... He was extremely handsome in the real world, but his appearance in the virtual world was simply divine! It was definitely impossible for a human man to be so perfect!

On the other hand, Hu Chen and the other two were whispering things quietly. Xie Feng even indistinctly heard them call him a lolicon, a charmer of little girls, and a manipulator of childish minds.... If it were any other time, Xie Feng might have paid attention to them; but currently he was too busy with more important matters.

His mind was racing a thousand miles per second, thinking carefully about what he would do next. Xie Feng had to be very careful with his words and attitude when he arrived at the place where the people of the gnome race were staying since they were apparently not very friendly to humans.

Besides, Xie Feng had a few important questions roaming in his head.... Why does this girl of the gnome race have her body made of stones? Is Emir special, or is the entire gnome race the same? Why would a girl with clearly not much experience in the real world like Emir call the human race 'disgusting and treacherous'?

Gnomes were a peculiar race. They took mistakes in stride, turning mockery into mirth and trying to look on the bright side of things. They used to live on the Adastreia Continent a long time ago, but for unknown reasons, the race completely disappeared from people's sight.