1104: Chess pieces on the table

"Su Liang, what is your strength level now?" In a luxurious castle, after the General finished drinking the medicine Su Liang prepared for him, he put down the bowl and asked.

"Replying to the General, I haven't been studying magic for long, so I'm probably at the level of an Intermediate Mage right now." Su Liang maintained a tone of equality when facing the question.

This attitude did not cause the General's dissatisfaction; instead, his eyes revealed a hint of admiration.

"An Intermediate Mage? That is indeed a bit weak, but with this strength, you are among the strongest group of outsiders." The General commented, then paused: "Do you know what major event happened in our Vog Country royal palace a while ago?"

"Major event?" Su Liang showed a look of confusion when faced with this question.

The General did not keep him in suspense: "Just a while ago, our Vog Country's Seventh Princess was captured by an Evil Dragon on her way to visit a friend in the south!"

"The Princess was captured by an Evil Dragon?" Hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Su Liang's eyes.

At the same time, there was also some relief.

All along, he had been thinking of meeting the King and reporting the matters of Li Village to the King.

Now it seemed, it was fortunate he hadn't met the King a while ago, otherwise he would definitely have incurred his wrath!

With something like this happening to the Princess, how could the King possibly be in the mood to listen to his report about Li Village?

"Then now, has the Princess been rescued?" Su Liang asked.

"Not yet, the Evil Dragon is powerful, to save the Princess, one must venture into the Evil Dragon's lair!"

"King Vog is exceptionally capable and has extensive connections, successfully contacting the World's top expert, Valentine, the Saint Magister!"

"It should be within these two days; by then, Valentine, the Saint Magister will set off to rescue the Princess!"

"So that's how it is, they actually invited the legendary Holy Magic Mentor." Su Liang nodded slightly, his heart also surging.

A Holy Magic Mentor, ah, that is an existence at the very pinnacle of the World's power. If he could meet and establish a relationship with such a person, would he still need to care about Li Village?!

Unfortunately, this was just a thought...

Perhaps heaven knew Su Liang's thoughts.

The General's next sentence made Su Liang's expression change from a slight stunned to one of excitement.

"Su Liang, when Valentin goes to rescue the Princess this time, our Vog Country will also arrange a group of people to go and help."

"This is a great opportunity. Whether it's taking the chance to befriend Valentin, or the title of rescuing the Princess, or even getting appreciation by interacting with the Seventh Princess, it will all be absolutely beneficial to you!"

"Although your strength isn't particularly impressive, I can still use my connections to arrange for you to join that team."

"However, I need you to give me the recipe for the potion you've been using to treat me these past few days."

The General's tone was calm.

In the end, he clearly stated his purpose.

At this, a shadow flickered in Su Liang's eyes.

But he also understood that for him, this was indeed an opportunity!

The cost of a potion recipe was something he could still afford.

After all, once he attached himself to that seemingly invincible Holy Magic Mentor, with their backing, anything in the World would become very simple!

...

"Is it done?" In the enveloping darkness, by a snowy fish pond, Ye Tian lifted his fishing rod, and a palm-sized crucian carp was pulled out of the water.

His question caused Valentine, who had been released behind him, to nod repeatedly: "Done, done! It's completely done!"

As he spoke, the fat on Valentine's somewhat plump face trembled.

His Shrink neck and bloodshot red eyes proved how apprehensive Valentine had been living these past few days.

Faced with the locked gazes of a group of experts, he didn't dare to relax for a moment!

And during this time, Valentine also deeply understood just how powerful this excessively young fellow before him was!

"Alright then, keep doing your thing." Ye Tian took the crucian carp off the hook, threw it to the mini version of the Forest King beside him, and then said to Valentine.

"Yes, yes, yes! Lord, I won't disturb you!" Valentine nodded repeatedly, relieved, after hearing Ye Tian's words.

After speaking, he quickly left without looking back.

Valentine swore that these past few days were absolutely the darkest and most despairing days of his life!

The World was simply too terrifying; saying the Holy Magic Mentor was the strongest was all Ghost talk!

This time back, he would completely seclude himself and stay low-key until death!

However, he did not notice that beneath his skin, a dark red force was slowly pulsating like a heart, growing increasingly violent, as if expressing the intense excitement and madness of being reborn!

...

"Isn't this going to backfire? You didn't even leave a mark on that Bloodcloth Old man?" The Forest King swallowed the crucian carp without being picky, chewing it with a crunch as he asked Ye Tian.

"Leaving a mark wouldn't that allow the Dark Troll's Clone to follow the line and find us?"

"The Dark Troll's mark has already been transferred and planted on that guy; that's enough." Ye Tian said, handing the fishing rod to the Forest King's paw: "The fish you just ate was a Child of the darkness monster in the lake."

"It is the King of monsters within a hundred-kilometer radius, with ten Generals under its command, they are all yours."

"Soon, the Host will clear the land for streetlights here, help clear them out."

Forest King: ?!!

...

After returning to the System space, Ye Tian brought up the chat window.

He selected one person and sent a message.

"There's a favor I need your help with, what's the current scale of the Zerg army?"

...

Vog Country, Helan City.

After being released by Ye Tian, Valentine quickly ran and flew away from the area where Ye Tian was, and went directly to Helan City.

There was no other reason for coming here, mainly because he had deposited a lot of money here.

Only money could give him some sense of purpose now.

Walking straight into the luxurious castle that the Vog Country King had freely gifted him, Valentine quickly went to a secret room within the castle.

The moment he opened the door to the secret room, the room full of gold and silver treasures acted like a sedative, slowly relaxing Valentine's mood and gradually giving rise to some positive emotions.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness all you treasures are here, my treasures, I love you to death!"

Valentine happily threw himself onto the pile of gold coins, his laughter bright.

However, in the very next breath, his expression suddenly turned pale.

"Ugh!"

Clapping a hand over his chest, Valentine felt a piercing pain!

As his eyes widened, he could clearly see a mass of red energy slowly wriggling beneath the skin in his chest area!

Under this inexplicable condition, the pain rapidly surged geometrically! Valentine's face contorted!

"Great Healing Magic!"

"Great Shaman's Curse!"

"Thousand Sword Storm!"

Valentine endured the pain in his body, gritting his teeth and attacking the increasingly large blood-red tumor on his body!

Under various magical means, even a Holy Magic Mentor of the same level would surely perish if they didn't resist!

But after these attacks were unleashed, Valentine felt not the slightest effect!

The only thing he could feel was his life force rapidly draining away!

Even Great Healing Magic couldn't reverse it!

"Pfft~"

As a mouthful of crimson blood spurted from his mouth, Valentine looked at the money stained by his blood in front of him, his pupils gradually dimmed, and in despair, until they were completely lifeless!

"Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle~"

Amidst the sound of blood flowing, a deep and eerie red light continuously extended and grew stronger.

In a moment, this red light turned into a mass of thick blood, enveloping Valentine!

This process continued for a full half a day.

Until the outside became darkness, all the blood suddenly retracted.

Immediately after, the already dead Valentine suddenly opened his eyes!

Those were a pair of dark red pupils.

Falling upon Valentine's face, it brought another unspeakable terrifying appearance!

A Man was still in that skin, but he was no longer himself!

"Hehehe... Hahahahaha!!"

In the secret room, 'Valentine' looked at himself in the crystal mirror in front, his face filled with rampant wild laughter!

Like a Ghost escaping from a cage, what was revealed in his expression was full of terrifying distortion!

"I'm out, I finally left that broken place!"

"The taste of freedom is truly wonderful! You cowards, may you grow old and die in the chessboard forever, hahahaha..." The emotions conveyed by the Bloodcloth Old Ancestor were intense.

Little did he know, he had merely been taken by Ye Tian from inside the chessboard and placed onto the chessboard table.

...

Li Village.

During this time, Li Village had always seemed calm and peaceful.

Of course, this calmness meant that Li Village had not suffered any incidents like Maurice leading an army to attack Li Village.

Also because there was no war, Li Village's infrastructure development had completely entered a phase of rapid growth!

In the streets and alleys of Busen City, electrical equipment from Li Village could be seen everywhere.

Every household was also equipped with standard electric lights and Level 5 energy efficiency air conditioners.

Of course, the most crucial electricity meters were also completely popularized with free installation.

"This electricity bill is truly a large income." Beside Li Changkong, Rhein Viscount handed over the compiled electricity revenue to Li Changkong.

During this period of development, Li Changkong had already set the electricity price for the citizens of Busen City.

The previous low electricity price was mainly used by Maurice; the citizens themselves hadn't been exposed to electrical appliances and hadn't been charged for electricity, so on this matter, the default became Li Changkong's current price of one copper coin per kilowatt-hour.

Currently, just from electricity bills, Li Village could earn an average of one million gold coins per day from Electric Light City!

However, in reality, these gold coins seemed very small compared to the black crystal earned from selling electrical appliances.

The current trading volume of black crystal was basically an income of several thousand kilograms each time!

It was only because black crystal still didn't have a concept of being equivalent to money in people's minds that the one million gold coins from electricity bills seemed like more.

In fact, along with the income from these black crystal, only 10% of the darkness monsters around Li Village and Electric Light City had been killed!

Even without lights, walking in the darkness near Electric Light City and Li Village would not encounter the dangers brought by darkness monsters.

Moreover, those gold coins from electricity bills would all have to be handed over to the System in another twenty-odd days.

After all, his pricing was the same as the System's pricing for electricity bills; after twenty-odd days, the System's electricity price would return to its original price!

"System, how much territory does Li Village have now?" These past few days, while Li Changkong was busy with electrical matters, he hadn't forgotten to expand the land, after all, territory could be exchanged for System rewards, and the System's rewards were the foundation for Li Village's development!

"Ding~ Congratulations, Host, the current territory area is Level 322, does the Host wish to claim the reward?"