61: Accept hidden tasks and purchase the safe city location prop map

It is well known that the rewards for hidden quests are very tempting!

Every NPC has the rule-based authority to issue quests.

However, there is a distinct difference between quests issued by NPCs and those issued by the rules: the quests they issue are often beneficial to them, not purely for the growth of Beast Tamers.

Therefore, Qin Yun also kept this in mind.

【Ding, the Safe City Lord has issued you a hidden quest!】

【Quest Name: Assistance】

【Difficulty: Nightmare】

【Quest Requirements: Ten days from now, the Aiboli City Lord will lead an NPC legion to conquer the Dragon Monster forbidden map. At that time, you will need to assist the City Lord in holding off a Dragon Monster BOSS!】

【Quest Rewards: During the quest, you may enter and leave the Safe City at any time, and the Aiboli City Lord will grant you the highest purchasing authority, allowing you to purchase any item in the Safe City, provided you have sufficient gold coins. Upon completing the quest, you will not only obtain the title of Guardian of the Safe City, which grants you an Advanced housing reward, but you will also receive a mysterious reward from the City Lord!】

【Quest Hint: Once the quest time arrives, regardless of where you are, you will be teleported back to the Safe City to depart with the City Lord's legion!】

【Ding, do you wish to accept the hidden quest issued by the City Lord?】

"Only Nightmare difficulty?"

Qin Yun felt a bit doubtful.

If it were only Nightmare difficulty, given the strength of these NPCs, they wouldn't need him at all. It seems this quest really has some issues.

However, Qin Yun did not refuse. Putting everything else aside, the highest purchasing authority during the quest was exactly what Qin Yun needed most right now.

With this authority, he could purchase items anywhere in this Safe City, especially from the City Lord's treasury, which must contain a large number of rare items.

As for what issues the quest might have, Qin Yun was not concerned in the slightest. Relying on his two trump cards, the resurrection coin and Golden Niu, Qin Yun was confident he could handle any predicament.

Let's calculate the time!

From the time he entered until now, only five days had passed. Ten days later, it would only be half a month in total. There was still enough time for him to sweep through all the Dragon Monsters in the Dragon Abyss Ancient Land First Layer!

After some consideration, Qin Yun decided: accept it!

【Ding, you have accepted the hidden quest 【Assistance】. Ten days later, you will depart for the Dragon Monster forbidden map—the Dragon Tomb!】

Seeing that Qin Yun had accepted the quest, the Aiboli City Lord and other NPCs breathed a sigh of relief in unison and exchanged knowing smiles.

At this moment, they were secretly communicating with each other using a dedicated NPC channel.

【Hehehe, with the help of a peerless genius, we have a great chance to fulfill our ancestor's dying wish this time!】

【Indeed! We have been trapped in this map for too long, and to leave, we must go into the Dragon Monster forbidden map to obtain that treasure.】

【But for so many years, every time that treasure was unsealed, our clan exhausted all our efforts but failed to obtain it, always being blocked by that Divine-Grade Dragon Monster BOSS!】

【I thought we would be trapped here forever, but unexpectedly, the heavens took pity on us and sent a peerless genius. With his strength, he will definitely be able to hold off the Divine-Grade Dragon Monster BOSS and buy us time to seize that treasure!】

【Ten days is enough time for us to gather all our clansmen and then go to obtain that treasure!】

At this time, an NPC clan Elder spoke up: 【City Lord, isn't the reward too high? You set the quest difficulty to Nightmare level, but gave him the highest item purchasing authority. Isn't that inappropriate?!】

【Elder Lei Bu, this quest concerns whether our clan can escape this abyss of suffering. Naturally, I must ensure the other party is completely enticed by the quest rewards so that he accepts this quest. It is just the highest purchasing authority, not giving him free purchases. So what if he is a peerless genius? How many gold coins could he possibly have on him? Even with the authority, he won't be able to buy much!】

Hearing this, the other NPCs immediately felt it made sense: 【The City Lord is truly wise!】

"Young friend Qin, ten days from now, we shall depart together!"

The Aiboli City Lord did not show any excitement, just smiled gently, appearing like a kind and amiable old man.

"Naturally. Senior City Lord, I would like to ask, do you have any items or tools here that can contact others?"

Qin Yun asked.

If there were such an item, he could contact his family and tell them the location of the Safe City.

"In this first layer of the map, apart from us NPCs having an independent communication channel, there are no other means of contact. The rules also restrict communication for outsiders."

"Senior City Lord, you said the rules restrict communication for outsiders, so why can the Dark Believers contact each other across maps?"

Qin Yun roughly described the situation with the Dark Believers he had encountered to the Aiboli City Lord.

"This is because these Dark Believers can perfectly disguise themselves as NPCs, thereby deceiving the rule restrictions and managing to communicate."

"So that's how it is!"

Since the NPCs did not have any special communication items, Qin Yun had to give up on that idea. He would rather purchase housing first and then slowly pick out other rare items.

Just then, the Aiboli City Lord suddenly remembered something and said: "Young friend Qin, although we do not have communication items, we do have a special tool. Once used, the Safe City's location will be publicly displayed to the members of your guild for one minute!"

"Young friend Qin, you want to purchase communication items to contact your companions, right? You might consider purchasing this tool; that way, your companions will be able to come to the Safe City and rendezvous with you."

In order to curry favor with Qin Yun so that he would work hard to hold off the Divine-Grade Dragon Monster BOSS later, the Aiboli City Lord was very observant and provided attentive service.

"Oh? There is such a tool?"

Qin Yun's eyes lit up. As long as his family and Sister Su Taner and the others could know the Safe City's location and come over, that would be enough.

"Senior City Lord, where is the tool? What is the price?"

"It is right here on me. For all items available for sale, our clan follows the price set by the rule prompts. We are honest and fair!"

Saying this, the Aiboli City Lord took out a peculiar map tool from his inventory space.

【Name: Safe City Location Map Item】

【Category: Special Tool (Can only be used in the Dragon Abyss Ancient Land First Layer)】

【Price: 100,000 gold coins】

【Effect: After use, all members of your guild will receive a prompt regarding the Safe City's location!】

The other NPCs were chatting happily in private: 【The City Lord is amazing! Using a map tool that isn't of much use to sell to this kid not only gains his favor but also consumes his gold coins, preventing him from having extra money to buy other rare items.】

【100,000 gold coins, our City Lord was able to set that price on the spot! I just don't know if this kid has that many gold coins!】

【He should have them! Don't you forget, the City Lord controls a contract rule: all priced items will appear gray if the other party does not have enough gold coins to purchase them!】

【If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten. He is truly worthy of being a peerless genius; he even has 100,000 gold coins. I estimate that is probably all he has.】

Qin Yun did not hesitate, directly paid 100,000 gold coins to the City Lord, and then immediately used the map tool!