91: Greedy and lawless, not afraid of death

“Alright, I give up. You’re awesome!”

Li Si cupped his hands towards Zhou Guang, then said, “Let’s get back to the main topic. Where’s the reward you said I couldn’t refuse?”

“I bet you absolutely can’t refuse!”

Zhou Guang took out a crystal from his inner clothing: “From the moment I first saw you, I knew you were greedy, so this item is definitely tailor-made for you.”

【Ding!】

【Congratulations! You have received a quest reward: Item — Talent Stone.】

“....This is insane!”

The All Heavens Game actually had such an item?

Li Si quickly focused his attention to examine the Talent Stone in his hand.

“Whoosh—”

A translucent attribute interface appeared before his eyes.

【Talent Stone】

Type: Item

Effect: Grants the permanent talent — Greedy and Unscrupulous — upon use.

Description: A rare item among rare items, one in a hundred trillion.

Haha!

It really was a talent!

At this moment, Li Si’s joy was unreservedly displayed on his face.

“How is it? Can this be called a reward you can’t refuse?” Zhou Guang said with a smile, like an old fox who had lived for a thousand years.

“Yes!”

Li Si nodded, then decisively crushed the Talent Stone. In an instant, brilliant golden light surged forth.

【Ding!】

【Congratulations! You have obtained the talent — Greedy and Unscrupulous.】

【Greedy and Unscrupulous】: Greed needs no reason. Effect ① Significantly increases drop rate when killing targets. Effect ② No items are dropped when killed.

“....Haha, awesome!”

Li Si almost burst out laughing.

This talent was too amazing.

Player death penalty: Lose 1 level of current experience, and there is a chance to randomly drop items.

Now it was fine; his level was permanently 1, so losing 1 level of experience was 100 points, which could almost be ignored. Coupled with Greedy and Unscrupulous, he wouldn’t drop any items upon death, which was equivalent to having no death penalty.

“Very good!”

Now he could completely let loose!

At this moment, Li Si’s lips couldn’t help but curl upwards.

“Kid, interested in taking on another quest from me?” Zhou Guang suddenly said at this moment.

“Of course, I’m interested.”

【Ding!】

【Congratulations! You have triggered a hidden quest — The Abyssal Truth Society’s Minions (Star Rating Fluctuates).】

【The Fallen God Disturbance is about to begin, and the Abyssal Truth Society has revived as expected. Their minions must be hidden within Luanxing City. Please eliminate them as soon as possible. You will receive generous rewards.】

It was indeed a follow-up quest.

Li Si immediately accepted the quest, then said, “Is the reward for this quest still a Talent Stone?”

“Of course not!”

Zhou Guang puffed out his beard and glared, saying, “Do you think Talent Stones are cabbages? That you can have as many as you want? The reward for this quest is currently unfixed, depending on the number and strength of the minions.”

“Got it.”

Li Si walked towards his Qingyun Abode and looked at Zhang Haiqing: “Do you know about the Qingzhou Thirteen Bandits?”

“The Thirteen Bandits are famous and renowned throughout Qingzhou; of course, I know them,” Zhang Haiqing said.

“They’ve come to Luanxing City and set up camp in the Wind-Sand Stone Forest in Moonfall Town, 900 kilometers from Luanxing City.”

“What did you say?”

Zhang Haiqing’s expression suddenly became tense: “Young man, do as you please, but I must immediately inform the City Lord of this news. As for your reward, the City Lord will decide. Don’t worry, Luanxing City will not mistreat any meritorious official!”

“Then I thank General Zhang in advance. I hope the General can put in a good word for me.” Li Si quietly took out one hundred thousand gold coins and slipped them into Zhang Haiqing’s hand.

“Certainly! Certainly!”

Zhang Haiqing happily accepted the gold coins, then rose with the wind and flew into the distance....

“Lord Zhou, farewell!”

“Get lost. Don’t disturb my peaceful sleep unless it’s important!”

“Alright.”

The Great Teleportation Technique vibrated, and Li Si vanished from his spot.

The next instant, he appeared in the guild hall. The guild creation quest automatically detected, identified, and completed itself.

【Ding!】

【Congratulations! You have obtained — the qualification to select a Guild Residence.】

【Hint: Please select your residence as soon as possible, establish facilities within the guild, and then activate the monster siege. If you successfully defend against the monster siege, the guild will be officially established.】

【Hint: You can hire NPCs to establish facilities within the residence, or you can hire lifestyle players.】

【Hint: The first three guilds to be officially established will receive guild-related rewards. (These rewards are shared across the entire server)】

“Whoosh—”

Luanxing City’s map interface popped up before Li Si’s eyes.

The map was marked with dense symbols, each corresponding to a guild residence area.

At this moment, all symbols were blank, and all guild residences were unowned, available for selection.

“Where should I choose?”

Li Si skimmed through the map.

Soon after, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he spotted an area —

A thirty-li radius centered around Divine Smith Peak!

Divine Smith Peak!

That’s right, it was Divine Smith Peak, where Divine Smith Valley was located!

It was in the far northern part of Luanxing City, the central area of Qingzhou, bordering Haoyue City and Yaori City.

Around Divine Smith Peak was a vast, unknown region, rich in resources, with dense and evenly distributed monsters ranging from Level 20 to Level 80, with no level gaps in between.

“No problem, this is it!”

Li Si made his choice without hesitation.

【Ding!】

【Congratulations! You have completed the selection of the Guild Residence.】

【Hint: Take Luanxing City’s teleportation array to — Borderland Town, then travel from Borderland Town to Divine Smith Peak. This can save at least 99% of travel time.】

“The system is quite thoughtful,” Li Si commented indifferently.

Luanxing City was vast, spanning 2000 kilometers from east to west and 1800 kilometers from north to south. It had a population of 400 million, ten affiliated cities, with each city governing 1000 towns. Additionally, Luanxing Main City independently governed 2000 towns, meaning Luanxing City’s entire territory had a total of 12,000 towns.

However, Li Si did not intend to follow the system’s advice.

He had a faster method.

“Buzz!”

Space rippled, and he returned to Divine Smith Valley.

“Stepping Sea Wind Walking!”

With a thought, Li Si’s body immediately rose into the air, flying out of Divine Smith Valley’s dome and looking down at Divine Smith Peak.

The so-called Divine Smith Peak only had “Peak” in its name; it wasn’t actually a mountain peak but more like a small hill. It covered an area about the size of three football fields and was about one hundred meters high. Around Divine Smith Peak, a crimson flame barrier flickered, which could only be passed through with a divine smith token.

“The location is pretty good.”

Li Si looked down from above, surveying the thirty-li radius. There was water and a river, and the terrain was flat, suitable for building a city.

Not bad.

This place would do.

Li Si decided not to change it and to establish the guild residence near Divine Smith Peak.

“I’ll go back and hire NPCs and have Alisa supervise the construction.”

Thinking this, his body broke through space and vanished.

Inside Tianzi Number One.

Before the slight dizziness from the long-distance teleportation had disappeared, Li Si heard Bi Xuan’s voice.

“God Craftsman’s successor, I’d like to talk to you about the Qingzhou Thirteen Bandits.”

“Okay, let’s talk. But how did you know I’d come to Tianzi Number One?” Li Si was a bit puzzled by this.

“Pure luck! After hearing about the Thirteen Bandits, I first went to Qingyun Abode but didn’t find you. I then thought of coming to Tianzi Number One to look around, and I didn’t expect to actually run into you.” Bi Xuan’s tone was filled with pleasant surprise.

“So that’s how it is.”

Li Si nodded, then said, “City Lord Bi Xuan, what do you want to talk about regarding the Thirteen Bandits?”

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Yan Zus, Happy Valentine’s Day, may you all find your true love.