Once Rex left the armor shop. A man was yelling about special drawings if help could be provided.
Rex got a 'Ding'.
"Getting a Tattoo for delivering package number 4."
Rex was surprised that one of the mainline Quests was here. He had read about tattoos Quest that was actually garbage. All a player would do was kill one bandit and the package would be in the right pocket of the bandit.
Upon returning the package, the player would always get a free tattoo from the person. Tattoos would only be used for decoration and not give any bonuses. Even the Ultra-Rare Special Nine Realms Cultivator tattoo did not give any bonus.
Players would not do the Questline just for that reason. Here Rex had to do the Questline. In the pitstop in nowhere, a Mainline Quest was actually rare, much less valuable.
Rex walked over. He sat down next to the man inside his shop.
"What is going on with the Tattoo Shop?" Rex asked.
This was how the Questline started in the game.
"A bandit stole my package of ink. Without that ink, I cannot make my living. Although the ink itself is only worth 2,000 Qi Stones. I have already used everything to make the shop and purchase that ink. I do not have the funds to give you any money. However, whatever you loot from the bandit will be yours. I will always give you a free tattoo no matter where you are at in the Nine Realms."
Rex was surprised by this line. It was different from the actually game Questline.
"How will you always be able to come to me?" Rex asked.
"I have gotten a special blessing. It is called 'Through the Wormhole' as long as I do not cultivate. I can enter any Realm and give anyone a special tattoo. Now the big kicker about that, it does require a lot of mental fortitude. Try not to call me whenever you advance or get a special thing done. I will not be able to afford the tole it takes."
Rex was surprised to hear about that blessing. That should have been on a late game item that would allow you to instantly teleport to any Realm without any restrictions. Here, the man has gotten it has an ability.
"Perhaps, we can come to an agreement of sorts. I want some special tattoos made for me and my wives." Rex said.
"This seems like my cup of tea. Go on ahead and continue."
Rex closed his eyes and began to imagine what the tattoo he wanted for his wives and himself. He began to draw the tattoo.
On Rex himself, he would be the main stem of a tree. He imagined each other Soul Mate as a major part of the branches. The sticks would be his main wife/wives. The leaves are the Concubines.
When he finished the tree seemed to glow in response to Rex. This made him wonder what actually happened while he was drawing it.
"Such a beautiful drawing. I must admit it, I have never once thought of a tree as a sign of marriage. As the male and female become one, they have to feed each other in order to grow. When they have reached the pinnacle they become something almost unmovable."
Rex looked into the eyes of the man. He saw how serious they looked when he was talking. Rex thought that he had missed something. When he did think about it, the life of a tree could be compared to the life of a cultivator. Through rough times, the better you can hold your ground. The better your chances of successfully advancing through the Realms.
When you cannot hold on during the rough times. That is when we see how people truly are.
The shop owner and Rex both continued to talk for a little while before he left. When the Quest was activated, Rex stepped outside.
Several people tried to quietly invite over for small talk. He knew why these people were doing so.
That was because people hated the man for opening the tattoo shop. Nothing gained but lost time and Qi Stones. Yeah maybe a cool tattoo, what good would that do on a dead body.
Once Rex had spent the rest of the day trying to get out of the pitstop. When he finally did, he and the two daughters were going to be setting up camp and resting outside for the night.
Rex knew better. Since the small talk failed. The people would try to haunt Rex's dreams while he was asleep. This is what truly caused the Questline to fail in player's minds.
Six different people would invade the depths of character's mind. Each one allowing a piece of security to be forgotten, until either death or the player would kill all of them.
Rex was willing to stay up and kill the people trying to invade the poor daughter's sleep.