A hundred meters away from baohu city, a mine tunnel with lots of people going in and out could be seen. While on its left, a few meters distance from the mine tunnel, ten to fifteen tents were surrounding a big tent.
“Man, another boring day...” Li Qiang who was sitting comfortably in his chair near the big tent mumbled before yawning.He took a sip at the cup of tea in his table while keenly observing the surroundings. Many people was moving around the area, lifting sacks full of iron. After finding no anomaly, he leaned to his chair and calmly closed his eyes.“What an easy life you have there my friend” just as he closed his eyes, a rough voice sounded out containing a bit of jealousy. Then a person appeared next to him wearing a black robe with a double S rank marking on it.“It's you who have an easy life, not me” he replied calmly as if he was expecting him.“Nah... If you think my life is easy, how about we swap? I'll guard he‘Heed my call, killing sword!’Black aura bursted out followed by the appearance of a black sword. Ding! [Killing sword has been equipped][+1000 in strength][+200 in vitality]Three crisp notification sounds echoed in Feng Shaotian's ear as a transparent screen become visible in his eyes. Holding the sword in his hand, Feng Shaotian could immediately feel power surged through his veins. He also felt light and full of energy. Feng Shaotian stood with his sword in hand, ready to defend himself against the incoming magic attack. He could feel the energy building up around him, and he knew that he had to act fast. He took a deep breath and focused his mind, channeling a tenth of his strength and executing blinding gale slash skill into his sword.The magic attack came at him but the force it has was nothing much for a Triple S rank warrior. As the magic attack reached him, Feng Shaotian swung his sword gently.
Time passed quickly and the time for the meeting is about to come. In the big conference room located inside the palace, Feng Shaotian sat relaxedly on his chair at the end of the big round table. Sitting on either side of him was Meng Mei and Fatty Ma. As Fatty Ma is an important person and Feng Shaotian has something to announce that involves him, he decided to take him from the beastman prairie to be able to join the meeting. The other people present in the meeting were the three minor city lord and the representative of minor city lord Wang Jin. They are namely, Zhenzhen, Shen Yusheng, Tang San, and Wang Jun. Nie Canlong is also present, silently resting in his chair and in front of him sat another major general named Shi Linxing. The instructor of the soldiers inside the core zone, specifically those who just joined the army. “My lord, it's already time” Meng Mei whispered in a low voice, reminding Feng Shaotian. “Let's wait for a little
“Now let's move on to our next topic” Feng Shaotian turned to Nie Canlong then said, “You can now report”Nie Canlong nodded his head, stood up from his chair then spoke, “I won't beat around the bush and directly state what I want to say. Although our city is big enough, the population is very low. Even the army we have only numbered ten thousand”Everyone agreed to what Nie Canlong have stated. The city is big enough that it could easily house one million people. Two hundred thousand for each zone however, the total population of baohu city only numbers to fifty thousand. Just 5 percent of the city's limit capacity. But the reason why the population is low lies from the exclusiveness of the portal. The portal of baohu city can't transfer anyone to other city and the other way around since their lord have decreed not to. Merchants, Adventurers, and even nobles from other city can't visit through portal but can only travel by carriage. Unfortuna
The meeting lasted for an hour before it was concluded. Supervisor Huang was the first one to bid farewell as he still need to prepare his team to scout Qianzhou City. Followed by the three minor city lord and one minor city lord representative. Fatty Ma and Meng Mei also left to prepare what Feng Shaotian have assigned them with. Nie Canlong and Shi Linxing also took the opportunity to escort the two of them out, leaving Feng Shaotian and Li Qiang in the room. “I will return to the beastman prairie in three days, you should prepare by then” Feng Shaotian said towards Li Qiang then added, “I'll wait for you in the core zone's plaza after three days”Li Qiang's face brightened up, nodding his head fervently. Feng Shaotian left afterwards as he still have something he needs to do. A few hours later after the meeting adjourned, the four minor city lord's got busy with their preparations. Instructing their officials to do many tasks that they have
Outside the gate of the city lord's mansion, a massive crowd gathered. Each of them vary in cultivation, age, height, and status in life. But all of them have one goal in coming here, that is to become a member of the army. At this time, while everyone was buzzing around talking to each other, a man with a big build came out of the building. Just his presence alone made all the crowd outside to shut their mouth. Trying their best not to make any noise as the person who came out of the mansion was the commander in chief of the city guard, Tang Jun of the southwest zone. Each zone have their respective set of officials, one of them was the commander in chief that was also a member of the army and was assigned to guard the city. Tang Jun was the commander in chief of southwest zone under Shen Yusheng. Before Tang Jun became the commander in chief of the city guards, he was the captain of the blood dragon mercenary working for the red tulip chamber of comme
Baohu City was buzzing with activity as adventurers and mercenaries without affiliation roam around, familiarizing themselves with the new environment. The portal of baohu city has been opened to the public several minutes ago. “So this is baohu city, I never thought a city like this exist in our empire”“I heard that this city is an independent one”“Is that even accurate? How can the emperor allow something like that in his territory?”“Well, that's what I heard”“Tsk.. forget it. We came here for the talent pill not to talk gossip about the city's origin”With its opening, lots of people from other cities swarmed with excitement. They've heard lots of rumors about this city, not because of how beautiful it was but for the reason that it was the only city in the continent who sell a talent potion and comprehension pill. It was an item highly sought for by nobles. “Sorry, we've run out of stock. You can check the othe
By the time Feng Shaotian neared the gate, the two guards guarding it blocked his path. Seeing such situation happen, the man who tried to stop him shook his head. He knew that the two guards will definitely scold him. However, contrary to his expectation, the two guards becomes docile after Feng Shaotian showed them a badge. This greatly confused him but he didn't have time to think about it as he saw Feng Shaotian pointing at him. “W-what the…?” the man was stunned, his heart beating fast. He saw the two guards parted ways giving Feng Shaotian space to walk past them. Afterwards, they looked towards him before walking steadily towards his direction. “You, what's your name?” one of the guard's asked.“Tian— I'm Tian Zhenji” he replied, beads of sweat forming on his forehead. He never thought that he'll involved himself with something troublesome just because of warning someone.The people around the area looked at him. They all have serious faces but Tian Zhenji could tell that so
“What should I plant next? According to the system, F to S rank seeds are differentiated in talents. That means, I need to buy one seed for each talent. On the other hand, SS to SSS rank don't require that. As long as I plant one seed, it will bore fruit with random talent. Then... ”Ding! [Are you sure you want to buy a double S rank talent seed?]“Yes!”[You have purchased a double S rank talent seed. Five billion gold coins has been deducted!][The seed has been delivered to your inventory]Money remaining: 9,963,628,572“Good. This way, not only will I be able to improve my strength, but I can also improve the strength of my companions.” Feng Shaotian nodded his head in satisfaction. His strength has been improving fast that many of his companions were left behind. Thankfully, he has been doing quest given by the system which greatly aided him in raising the ranks of his people. Although some of the rewards were generous, the difficulty of the mission was rather hard. But in ord