81: Chapter 81 Lu Tie's top-tier equipment was stolen!

One day later!

After Yu Linglong's mood had calmed down quite a bit, Lu Chen asked about the acquisition of the advancement Materials: "Sister Linglong, how many advancement Materials have you collected?"

He needed to collect them all as quickly as possible to complete the Tier 5 advancement quest and obtain the advancement quest rewards, so he could rapidly spend up to 10 million gold coins and unlock the fourth Rule Item.

There were five types of Materials for the Beast Tamer Tier 5 advancement quest:

100 Tear Crystals of Spirit-Speak Vines!

1000 Tier 5 Mutant Beast Cores!

500 Tier 5 Elemental Beast Crystals!

30 Tier 5 Beast Rune Stones!

The main Material: 1 Tier 5 Beast King Bone Flute!

"Now, all that's missing is the main Material, the Tier 5 Beast King Bone Flute. This requires finding and killing a BOSS with an Awakened Beast King Bloodline, and it only has a certain probability of dropping from specific Tier 5 BOSSes."

"Currently, Jinbao Pavilion in Yunlan City has no stock; it needs to be transferred from elsewhere!"

"But my identity has already been exposed. I'm afraid the Jinbao Pavilion headquarters will soon know that I need this advancement Material and will cut off the supply!"

Yu Linglong handed all the collected advancement Materials to Lu Chen.

"So only the main Material is missing? Looks like I'll have to farm it myself!"

Lu Chen remembered that Lao Tie had gone to participate in the ticket competition activity again yesterday. He didn't know the result, and he hadn't seen any messages from Lao Tie. Could something have happened to him?

He sent a message to Lao Tie, but received a prompt:

[Ding, the recipient is in a shielded area, unable to send message!]

Hmm?

A shielded area?

Could it be that something really happened to Lao Tie?

Lu Chen had no choice but to ask Sister Linglong to take out the distribution map of the five-star secret realms in Yunlan City to first confirm which secret realms were Invading Monster secret realms of the beast type. BOSSes with Beast King Bloodlines also had a chance to appear in normal beast-type secret realms, though the probability was very low.

Meanwhile.

At the City Lord's Hall.

The top 10 job-changers who won the ticket competition activity this time were all brought back to a shielded room in the City Lord's Hall by the new person in charge for questioning.

This was because he was only an elite member temporarily in charge of the competition activity. Unlike Wu Li, who had connections and had greased the palms of superiors, making his position as stable as Mount Tai,

he had to make his move first to secure benefits.

That way, even if someone replaced him later, he wouldn't lose out.

The object of his primary focus was Lu Tie, the guild leader of Squat Hell, simply because he had taken first place again this time!

Taking first place for two consecutive months made people deeply suspicious!

At this moment, Lu Tie also looked miserable. He had controlled his score very carefully this time, much lower than his previous first-place score.

But man proposes, God disposes.

The three-star Fire Monkey Guild leader, the Tier 4 Fire Mage Hou Liang Yan, who had the best chance of taking first place, encountered a BOSS attack, which caused his accumulated points to be too low, and he could only manage a third place in the end!

It's hard to say with these things.

After all, luck played a part in this kind of competition activity!

"Open your backpack spaces. I need to check your items to ensure none of you are hiding items above Tier 4. The City Lord has explicitly ordered: the ticket competition activity must be fair, just, and open!"

Zhao Sanhu said with a righteous expression.

But the ten people present were all feeling indignant; this was clearly an attempt to pry into their privacy.

Could it be the "three fires of a new official," and he was just looking to line his own pockets?

Because Zhao Sanhu was a Tier 5 powerhouse, they dared not disobey and had to obediently open their backpack spaces.

"What about yours?"

Zhao Sanhu saw that Lu Tie hadn't opened his and looked at him with squinted, smiling eyes.

Lu Tie showed a look of hesitation.

Upon seeing this, the other nine people immediately became lively in their thoughts. Could it be that Lu Tie's sudden rise, taking first place twice in a row, was actually cheating?

"Lu Tie, I didn't expect a big guy like you to pull such shady tricks!"

Hou Liang Yan sneered.

"Stop talking nonsense, I didn't!"

Lu Tie's face hardened, but he still had to obediently open his backpack space; he didn't want to cause trouble in the City Lord's Hall.

When everyone saw that Lu Tie's backpack space contained 2 pieces of Tier 4 Epic-grade equipment and 7 pieces of Tier 4 Orange-grade equipment, they immediately exclaimed in shock!

"My God! Such luxurious equipment? How is he worthy of owning it?"

Hou Liang Yan and the others finally understood why Lu Tie could take off and crush them to take first place.

With this set of equipment, anyone among them could easily take first place; this was a gear lead that put him in a league of his own.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Zhao Sanhu's eyes went straight, and he silently shouted "Good" three times in his heart.

As long as he seized this set of equipment, he would be set for life.

Even if he handed it over to the City Lord, he would receive generous rewards, and he could permanently secure this lucrative position for the competition activity without worrying about being replaced.

He had only intended to fish for some benefits, but he didn't expect to catch a big fat fish!

It's a good thing that guy Wu Li went missing!

Otherwise, this opportunity wouldn't have had anything to do with him.

"My Lord, this set of equipment is what I've accumulated over many years from the rewards of serving wealthy ladies, along with all my worldly possessions. It was only then that I managed to gather this set. It is absolutely within the scope allowed by the competition activity rules!"

Lu Tie quickly explained.

"Tch! Who are you trying to fool? This set of equipment alone is worth nearly a million gold coins. What kind of wealthy lady would tip that much?"

"Moreover, Epic-grade equipment is extremely precious. Every time one appears, it attracts everyone's attention. How come I don't know that these two pieces of Epic-grade equipment ever appeared in our Yunlan City?"

"I seriously suspect that the origin of this set of equipment is unknown. I will temporarily impound it for investigation. If it is verified that the origin is legitimate, I will naturally notify you to come and retrieve it!"

Zhao Sanhu took the set of equipment directly.

"But my Lord..."

Lu Tie still wanted to argue.

How could he not know that once this equipment was impounded, it would no longer have anything to do with him?

"Hmm? You don't trust me? Even if you don't trust me, do you not trust the City Lord? Stop talking nonsense. If you speak out of turn again, I will confiscate your ticket rewards and convict you of disturbing the peace!"

Zhao Sanhu exuded power.

Lu Tie could only stop himself from speaking, cursing this little fox in his heart.

The others were secretly rejoicing; with Lu Tie losing this set of equipment, it was equivalent to being knocked back to square one, and he would have no part in the subsequent competition.

Furthermore, the Squat Hell guild would also lose its qualification to compete for the decennial Invading Monster secret realm allocation.

At the same time, they were also curious.

Where did a rough guy like Lu Tie get such luxurious equipment?

After coming out.

Lu Tie immediately informed Boss Lu Chen that his equipment had been detained by Zhao Sanhu.

After learning the details, a flash of murderous intent flickered in Lu Chen's eyes.

[No matter, ignore it for now. Later, I will help you get it back!]

[Yes! Boss!]

With that sentence from Boss Lu Chen, the gloom on Lu Tie's face was instantly swept away. The Boss's words were divine decrees!

"Hmm? Why isn't this Lu Tie sad or upset at all? Instead, he looks quite cheerful?"

Seeing Lu Tie go back looking relaxed, Hou Liang Yan was puzzled. Could it be he still had something hidden?

[Boss Lu, the five ticket rewards this time, except for the five-star Invading Monster secret realm which is different, the other four are the same. I will trade them to you now!]

Upon learning that none of the five secret realm tickets were beast-type secret realm tickets, Lu Chen immediately told him to find others to trade with and exchange them all for five-star beast-type secret realm tickets!

Not long after.

Lu Tie completed the exchange task.

[Boss Lu, I successfully exchanged for three five-star beast-type secret realm tickets, two Invading Monster secret realm tickets, one normal secret realm, all are beast-type Invading Monsters!]

[Well done! Go to the secret realm entrance and wait for me!]