69: City Lord, pour some wine, I'm very happy today!
Meanwhile.
A large cyan ox was also kicking up dust as it charged towards the Safe City, and the burly youth riding it kept shouting, "Giddyup, giddyup, giddyup!"
The ox beneath him rolled its eyes, "Giddyup your sister, I'm an ox, not a horse!"
On the other side, a Six-Eyed Flying Fish was wobbling in the air, sweating profusely, and struggling to fly forward at a turtle's pace.
It couldn't be helped; Xiao Erhuo insisted on riding the same beast as Zhang Younan, and his little snake couldn't carry them.
Soon, Xiao Erhuo, Lin Dalei, and Zhang Younan appeared one after another and gathered outside the city gates: "Hey! Little Zhu, you got here pretty fast!"
"You guys aren't slow either! And it looks like you've all had a decent harvest." Zhu Tianpeng chuckled.
"The one with the biggest harvest is definitely me, Yang Qianshi! I teamed up with Brother Han and managed to trap and kill an entire Exotic Beast BOSS squad, obtaining plenty of good stuff!"
The voice arrived before the person!
A large black dog descended from the sky. Yang Qianshi arrived at the Safe City with Han Xiaoli: "Hahaha, Brother Han, are you convinced now? I told you I knew the location of the Safe City!"
Han Xiaoli stood behind Yang Qianshi, smiling without a word, though he hadn't expected that Yang Qianshi wasn't actually bragging—he really did know the location of the Safe City!
Hmm? Something's not right!
Aren't these four the new generation who successfully passed the Mountain and Sea Pavilion Guild assessment?
Seeing that Xiao Erhuo and the other three also knew the location of the Safe City, Han Xiaoli realized instantly that this wasn't because Yang Qianshi knew the location—this was definitely Qin Yun's doing.
"Eh? Isn't this Han Xiaoli? Why is he here too?"
Xiao Erhuo and Zhu Tianpeng were taken aback; they were from the same school, so they naturally recognized him.
"Hahaha, we ran into each other on the Dragon Rock map, and seeing that he was a pretty good Genius, we teamed up with him." Yang Qianshi laughed heartily.
Han Xiaoli ignored this show-off!
Just then, four more people arrived.
It was Qin Yun's family, as well as Young Miss Su.
"Greetings, Vice President, greetings, three Elders!" Yang Qianshi and the other four immediately saluted.
"Hahaha, no need for formalities, no need for formalities. Later, this Elder will reward you all with a little gift!" Qin Xue's harvest this time was also quite significant, so she was very happy.
"Hmm? Who is this?" Su Taner noticed Han Xiaoli hiding in the back and couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Reporting to the Vice President, his name is Han Xiaoli. He's from the same school as the President, and I brought him here." Yang Qianshi explained again.
"Oh? From the same school as Little Yun? Why didn't I see you participate in the assessment when our guild was recruiting last time?"
"Reporting to Young Miss Su, that's because I had already joined the national Military Beast Legion and taken on a master. Without my master's permission, I cannot join any other guild factions!" Han Xiaoli answered truthfully.
But in reality, Han Xiaoli really wanted to escape from this master. Since joining the Military Beast Legion, this master had restricted his freedom, and the way he looked at him was always weird, making him very uncomfortable.
This time, the master even made him take risks to find a type of Material called Changchun Stone. If he couldn't find it, he would be punished upon returning.
If it weren't for the fact that he had accepted funding from the Military Beast Legion at the time, he would have left long ago.
Of course, the Military Beast Legion was fine; the problem lay with the master who had taken him in!
Beside them, Su Taner sized up Han Xiaoli and thought to herself, "This person looks plain and a bit timid, but he seems quite loyal to his faction."
However, Su Taner didn't ask any further.
Immediately after, everyone entered the city together.
[Ding, you have entered the Safe City. You have 3 hours of stay time per day. Once the time is up, you will be forcibly expelled from the city!]
Before they could even check out the environment of the Safe City, a group of NPCs approached them: "Are you all members of Little Friend Qin's guild?"
Everyone looked confused: "That's right! It's us!"
"Hehehe, Little Friend Qin instructed us that if you arrived, you could wait in the City Lord's Hall first. He has gone out of the city to farm Dragon Monsters." An old NPC chuckled and said, appearing quite respectful.
"It's probably because this Safe City only allows a 3-hour stay per day, so Little Yun went to farm monsters on other maps first."
Saying this, Su Taner spoke to the NPC: "Since our President isn't here, we'll just wait outside the city, otherwise, after 3 hours, we'll be expelled from the city anyway."
"Everyone, that won't be necessary. Little Friend Qin has already made arrangements. Here are the landlord contract certificates for four Gold Rooms and five Silver Rooms."
"Little Friend Qin said that the Elders should take the Gold Room certificates, and the others should take the Silver Room certificates!" As he spoke, the old NPC handed the 9 certificates to everyone.
"What?" Su Taner exclaimed.
The others didn't understand the value of these landlord contract certificates, but she was very clear about it.
With this certificate, they would be permanent residents of the Safe City. In the future, when they entered this first layer again, they would be teleported directly to the Safe City, with no need to worry about being teleported to dangerous areas.
However, the selling price of houses in this Safe City was not low. Even her father had to unite with other legendary big shots to buy a Bronze Room on the second layer, taking turns being the landlord!
"Dad, Mom, look, now we have a house in the Dragon Abyss Ancient Land too." Qin Xue held the Gold Room landlord certificate, looking very happy: "Little Yun is becoming more and more of a tycoon; he actually bought nine houses."
"No, no, no! It's not nine. Little Friend Qin bought all the Gold Rooms, all the Silver Rooms, and yesterday, after he wiped out the Exotic Beast BOSS squad, he also took control of all the Bronze Rooms." The old NPC said with a beaming smile.
Gulp! Once these words were spoken, everyone collectively petrified.
Damn! The President is like a heifer on a plane—he's reached the heavens with his awesomeness!
Han Xiaoli was also stunned listening to this. No way? Qin Yun actually has this many gold coins?
"Brother Han, come! I am now the landlord of a Silver Room. I'll give you a residency quota so you won't have to worry about being expelled by the Safe City's rules."
"..." Han Xiaoli lowered his head without speaking, but he didn't refuse.
Everyone arrived at the City Lord's Hall.
Aiboli City Lord immediately welcomed everyone warmly.
Especially after learning that Qin Ming and Su He were Qin Yun's parents, Aiboli City Lord treated the two as guests of honor.
"City Lord, I'm very curious, why are you treating us so well? Even if my son bought a lot of houses, it shouldn't be enough to warrant such warm hospitality from an NPC City Lord, right?" Qin Ming couldn't help but ask.
"Sigh! Little Friend Qin didn't just buy houses; he practically emptied out my clan's treasure vault!"
"Ah???" Everyone was dumbfounded again.
"Here! Look, this is Little Friend Qin's purchase record! I estimate that for a long time to come, we won't be able to bring out anything good." Aiboli City Lord shook his head and laughed.
Looking at Qin Yun's purchase record, everyone present dropped their jaws!
Good grief! He really did empty out the NPC treasure vault!
"Wuwuwu, I thought that after putting in so much effort to obtain quite a few Level 4 Poison Gems, I could give my little brother a surprise, but I didn't expect that he had already bought a whole pile of Level 5 Gems!" Qin Xue laughed bitterly.
Su Taner also had an embarrassed look on her face; she was now too embarrassed to mention that she had collected quite a few Level 4 Dragon Blood Gems.
On the contrary, Qin Ming and Su He were overjoyed. Their son is awesome! As parents, they were basking in the glory!
"City Lord, pour the wine, I'm feeling great today!" Qin Ming was currently radiant and full of high spirits.
"..." Everyone looked at Qin Ming in astonishment, complaining in their hearts: "I'm telling you, President's dad! This is the City Lord, don't get too cocky!"
"Hehehe, Brother Qin has a true personality. This old man is honored to pour you wine!" Aiboli City Lord didn't mind.
Upon learning that his family and the others had arrived at the Safe City, Qin Yun patted Golden Niu's head and smiled: "Golden Niu, let's go, we're returning to the Safe City!"