261: Haoyue Plain

“Hehe!”

Outside the teleportation hall, Wang Chen chuckled mischievously when he saw the unnatural expression on Situ Yu’s face.

He didn't believe a single word this girl said.

However…

He didn't plan to expose her.

He stared at Situ Yu for a few moments until she guiltily lowered her head.

“Let’s go. I’ll come back in a couple of days to help you level up.”

Wang Chen withdrew his gaze, satisfied, put all his belongings into his spatial ring, and spoke in a relaxed tone.

“Hmph!”

“Do you think I need you to help me, young lady?”

“Such an arrogant guy!”

Hearing this, Situ Yu gnashed her teeth, looking indignant.

“Then forget it!”

Wang Chen smiled and then walked towards the teleportation hall without any hesitation.

Seeing this, Situ Yu’s cheeks puffed up with anger.

But just as she was about to scold this heartless guy…

“Oh, right!”

“When I come back, I’ll bring you some specialties from Bright Moon Plain.”

“Then bring me back two pots of Moonlight Grass!”

“I heard that at night, the light emitted by this plant is as bright as moonlight. It looks very pretty as a decoration on a table.”

Situ Yu suddenly became happy again.

“Alright.”

Hearing this impolite request, Wang Chen waved his hand behind him and walked into the teleportation hall.

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Bright Moon Plain.

Located in the central region of the Dragon Kingdom, it is a product of geographical expansion after the will of the heavens revived.

It is named for its crescent-like shape, its abundant reserves of precious Ore, Star-Moon Ore, and its symbiotic magical Materials, Moonlight Grass.

Star-Moon Ore is an extremely valuable Ore. The Star-Moon Iron refined from it possesses extremely high magical conductivity and ductility. It is often added when crafting Gold-grade equipment.

Moonlight Grass is a D-grade magical Material that grows near Star-Moon Ore veins. After nightfall, it emits a light as bright as moonlight. It grows by absorbing special elements from Star-Moon Ore. Scaled transcendent creatures can consume it to increase bone strength and enhance the toughness of their scales. It is mostly used for cultivating low-level beast pets or battle beasts.

Due to the presence of these two Materials, a large number of Awakeners gathered on Bright Moon Plain, giving rise to a prosperous city, Haoyue City.

Initially, this city was merely a small gathering place built by Awakeners who came to Bright Moon Plain to pan for gold, for the convenience of mutual exchange.

But after several hundred years of development, the scale of this gathering place continuously expanded, developing into a city with a population of several million, and was long ago incorporated into the Dragon Kingdom’s official urban defense system.

However, due to its special history, the officials only established an administrative and judicial system to ensure the rights and interests of Awakeners and ordinary people.

Beyond this, most matters in Haoyue City are still open to the Awakeners who come here to pan for gold, and they are allowed to participate in the city’s decision-making to a certain extent.

Over the years, under the common interests and the threat of external forces, the Awakeners of Haoyue City formed three major powers to band together for warmth.

These three major powers are the New Moon Guild, the Berserker Alliance, and the Arcane Secret Society.

Among the Awakener guilds on Blue Star, the New Moon Guild, the Berserker Alliance, and the Arcane Secret Society all belong to the highest-level S-grade large Adventurer Groups. Each of them has a Seven-Turn Professional in charge.

Among civilian Awakener forces, they are essentially at the top. Moreover, due to the business of Star-Moon Ore and Moonlight Grass, each of them has accumulated immense wealth.

However…

Due to the limitations of large Adventurer Groups, even if they have reached the highest S-grade, their influence is still limited to the area around Bright Moon Plain.

In Haoyue City, they are behemoths, but in the entire Dragon Kingdom, and even the entire Blue Star, they can only be considered insignificant small rural forces.

On Blue Star, to become a truly respectable, or rather, universally recognized large force or organization, the first and most important criterion is whether one can set foot on the Myriad Heavens Battlefield.

For so many years, the three major forces of Haoyue City have been seeking to break their own limitations and make themselves stronger.

However, those large forces and organizations that can set foot on the Myriad Heavens Battlefield simply don't care for three Seven-Turn Professionals and the meager profits brought by Star-Moon Ore and Moonlight Grass; they simply won't play with them.

Unable to get help from outside, the three major forces turned their attention inward, seeking change.

There are many measures taken, but to summarize them, it is simply about improving strength.

According to the rules of the Dragon Kingdom, there are two ways to obtain a Myriad Heavens Battlefield trade permit.

Firstly, a Awakener who obtains a Special Merit will receive a trade permit. This trade permit can be used by oneself, or it can be leased out for others to affiliate with.

However, this path is extremely difficult. Special Merit is the pinnacle of the Dragon Kingdom's merit system!

Only by personally slaying an enemy Rank 8 expert, or by turning the tide in a battle-level war and achieving a great victory, is one qualified to obtain it.

Since this merit system was implemented, over several hundred years, only just over a hundred people in the Dragon Kingdom have received the Special Merit honor.

With the foundations of the three forces of the New Moon Guild, even if they sold everything they had, they still wouldn't be close to the level of a Special Merit honoree.

So, only the second path remains for them: to prepare a thousand-person group with an average strength of Rank 4 or above, station them in the Myriad Heavens Battlefield to follow military command, and bear all losses themselves.

During this period, they can obtain a time-limited trade permit.

However, this path is also very difficult.

A Rank 4 Awakener, within Blue Star's Awakener system, has already entered the elite ranks.

Don't get me wrong, in a top university like Blazing Dragon University, students like Wang Chen, who are eighteen, nineteen, or twenty years old, are already Rank 3 or even Rank 4 at a young age, but these are just isolated cases.

The entire Dragon Kingdom only has four top universities.

For ordinary Awakeners, the vast majority of people will never even come close to Rank 4 in their entire lives.

Besides the difference in talent… the main reason is the Secret Realm Dungeon.

Leaving aside other things, the mere fact that one does not die after failing a Secret Realm Dungeon challenge is enough to create a huge gap.

…

At this moment.

Haoyue City.

In an extremely imposing villa in the city center.

Three figures exuding the majesty of superiors were seated around a large conference table, their expressions very solemn.

These three, two men and one woman, appeared to be around forty years old, and the faint energy fluctuations emanating from them had all reached Six-Turn.

If any residents of Haoyue City were here to see these three, they would probably exclaim that the sun in Haoyue City had risen from the west today.

Because these three were, respectively, the Guild Master of the New Moon Guild, the Alliance Leader of the Berserker Alliance, and the Chief of the Arcane Secret Society.

The leaders of the three major forces, usually at odds with each other, were gathered together today.

It was obvious that something big was about to happen in Haoyue City!