Chapter 262: The Legend Of The Gray-robed Men And Beyond Blood Condensation
“What on earth is going on?”
“Could it be that the City of Light Chasing has no idea about the grey-clothed people at all?”
Alec looked at Di Luoya’s expression. With his sharp five senses and many years of judging people, he could be sure that City Lord Di Luoya was also somewhat at a loss about the grey-clothed people, as if he had no idea what had happened.
“The grey-clothed people?”
At this point, even if Di Luoya were stupid, he could see that the grey-clothed people Alec mentioned should be causing considerable trouble for Star Tower City, and might even be the force that attacked Furious Wind Town.
But no matter how hard Di Luoya racked his brains and searched every corner of his memory, he could not find any clues or information about the grey-clothed people. For a moment he did not dare to speak recklessly, only looked at the others in the hall with a headache, hoping they could give him some hint.
Otherwise, if they rashly agreed to this so-called ceasefire, it might only happen in their dreams.
But when Di Luoya looked around, he found that the several vice city lords in the hall all wore the same blank expressions and had no idea about the grey-clothed people.
Just when Di Luoya felt despair, Yinuo, who had been standing in a corner of the hall on guard duty, suddenly stepped forward.
“Lord City Lord, could the grey-clothed people Lord Alec mentioned be disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?” Yinuo said somewhat hesitantly.
As soon as Yinuo spoke, the somewhat noisy hall suddenly fell silent. Everyone stared fixedly at Yinuo, this leader of the garrison, and even Alec could not help looking over.
“Disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?”
“Yinuo, are you sure?”
Di Luoya looked at Yinuo, his gaze somewhat incredulous.
Lin Qi’s strength was indeed great, but the idea that some disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall could force Star Tower City to surrender sounded unbelievable.
“You mean those grey-clothed people are disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?”
At this moment Huang Lang could not help looking at Yinuo, his gaze almost man-eating. He was both shocked and unconvinced, feeling that this person from the City of Light Chasing was making a fool of him.
This time their Holy Blood Mercenary Group had fully cooperated with Star Tower City precisely because the hall master Lin Qi of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had killed their genius, and had not spared any of the others traveling with him.
Now he was being told that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall they were going to punish was actually that force like demons. How was he supposed to believe that?
One had to know that the strength those grey-clothed people had displayed was such that even if the entire City of Light Chasing was added together, it was completely insignificant in comparison. There were hundreds of vice city lord level experts. If they had targeted the City of Light Chasing, they could have destroyed it several times over. How could such a force possibly have been built by a vice city lord of a city?
Yinuo, who was being stared at by everyone, felt nervous, but still answered firmly: “Disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall are divided into two types. One type is the disciples recruited from outside. These disciples do not have unified clothing and dress very casually. Usually they only wear the badge of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. The other type is the disciples cultivated internally. They all wear unified silver-gray clothing. If the grey-clothed people Lord Vice City Lord Alec mentioned, those related to the City of Light Chasing, are who I think they are, then they can only be those disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.”
Regarding the grey-clothed people Alec mentioned, Yinuo was quite sure they were from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. After all, she had personally seen how those disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had dealt with those Bone Forging Realm experts of Star Tower City.
It had been a one-sided crushing.
If there were enough of those true disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, it was not impossible for them to cause trouble for Star Tower City.
“Can I take a look at the clothing of those disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?” Alec asked.
In such a matter, he had to verify it. Although he instinctively did not want to believe it, if he dared to be careless with the task given by the city lord, he would be doomed.
“I do not have their photos or images with me,” Yinuo said somewhat awkwardly.
She did want to draw closer to the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, but mainly because of Lin Qi, so she had not deliberately made records in this regard. However, there was a lot of information and images about Lin Qi, only his clothing was completely different from his disciples’, so those were useless.
“I have some.”
Seeing the hall fall into dead silence again, Wu Zhuoqun, who had brought Alec and the others over, tapped his smart watch and brought up some daily training pictures of disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
“It is really them!”
Huang Lang stared fixedly at the images of those training disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall. That silver-gray clothing was exactly the same as the grey-clothed people who had attacked Furious Wind Town.
This also made Alec’s eyes almost pop out.
A force created by a vice city lord of the City of Light Chasing could actually suppress both their Holy Blood Mercenary Group and Star Tower City so they could not lift their heads. Who would believe that?
But now the facts were right in front of them, and they had no choice but to believe.
At this moment, leaving aside how shocked Huang Lang and Alec were, everyone in the hall was also incomparably shaken, especially Wu Zhuoqun, who was completely stunned.
From Alec’s attitude and Huang Lang’s expression, even a fool could see that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had definitely caused considerable trouble for Star Tower City and the Holy Blood Mercenary Group; otherwise they would not have come to negotiate peace.
For a single Obsidian Martial Arts Hall to make two major powers in the Wushan Region surrender, such strength was simply unbelievable.
After the hall boiled over for a while, Di Luoya smiled and looked at Alec.
“Now that you know the situation, can we begin the subsequent peace talks?”
This time the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had given him a huge surprise. Although he had known that the young man Lin Qi had boundless prospects, he had never expected the force he created to be so formidable that even Star Tower City and the Holy Blood Mercenary Group had to grit their teeth and back down. Even if Fansen had personally come forward, it would have been difficult to achieve such a result.
And just one hour later, everyone in Maple Forest Town received a shocking piece of news.
The war had stopped.
The City of Light Chasing and Star Tower City had completely ceased hostilities, and the two sides had also signed a non-aggression pact lasting up to twenty years. This left all those still preparing for war somewhat dumbfounded, completely unable to understand what was going on.
Clearly, just a dozen hours ago, the two sides had been fighting to the death, yet now they had suddenly stopped. It was impossible not to be curious. After all, Star Tower City had the help of the Holy Blood Mercenary Group, and had at least a sixty to seventy percent chance of taking the City of Light Chasing, yet now they had simply given up. It was truly incredible.
“They just surrendered?”
Lin Qi stared at the information on his smart watch and was stunned for quite a while.
He had finally gotten the chance to sell player resurrection devices and make a huge profit from this great war, but just after selling one, the war had ended. The dozens of player resurrection devices he had rushed to craft overnight had now all gone to waste.
Moreover, he had just received a large batch of fine items from the players. Leaving aside the various energy foods, there were more than five hundred sets of Tier 2 Battle Armor and Tier 2 Weapons alone, and more than ten thousand sets of B6-grade battle armor.
With this armor, he could fully arm an army of ten thousand.
There were also various potions: more than two hundred thousand bottles of Type II Potion, and over four thousand bottles of Type Three Potion, all excellent resources for Viscera Refining Realm and Bone Forging Realm cultivation.
Especially the Type Three Potions. Even if dozens of people among the local residents and players reached the Bone Forging Realm, he would not have to worry about a shortage of Type Three Potions for a while.
If he could gain such benefits every few days, he could further expand the recruitment of martial arts hall disciples, quickly reaching one million disciples, and then raise his administrator permissions by another level.
Now he was told that the war had ended and everyone could return to peaceful days. What about his plan for a million disciples?
At the temporary rest point, while Lin Qi was somewhat dazed, the players were in an atmosphere of cheer and excitement.
Just by capturing a town, their gains were like robbing a mountain of gold. Even the most ordinary players, as long as they had taken part in the siege, had earned at least two hundred merit points, some even in the thousands, enough to become first-class soldiers.
As for players who had reached the martial artist level, each of them had earned at least several thousand merit points, some even tens of thousands, directly becoming honorable corporals. They could purchase team training rooms in the martial arts hall, the type that came with a primary gravity room, so they would never again have to worry about failing to get time in the primary gravity rooms to cultivate.
However, in this battle of Furious Wind Town, the ones who had gained the most were Luo Wu Shang and the others. Luo Wu Shang alone had gathered one hundred thousand merit points, becoming the first officer, also a second lieutenant, in the game. She spent fifty million points and two hundred thousand contribution to form the Heavenly Might Defense Group, a garrison with a maximum quota of five hundred members.
After reaching the Bone Forging Realm, a second lieutenant could immediately become an honorable lieutenant junior grade, purchase a station for the garrison in Chiyue Town, and allow all members of the garrison to enjoy various welfare benefits.
Of course, Luo Wu Shang was not the only one who had reached one hundred thousand merit points. Fang Zhen, Yi Ye Fu Yun, and Lu Fanchen, who each received seventy percent of the profits, had also reached one hundred thousand merit points and had each formed their own garrisons.
Fang Zhen’s garrison was named the Machine God Defense Group.
Yi Ye Fu Yun formed the Azure Sky Defense Group.
Lu Fanchen formed the Mythical Paradise Defense Group.
At this moment, each of them was in seclusion, competing with Luo Wu Shang to see who would be the first to break through to the Bone Forging Realm.
The garrisons established by players, under Lin Qi’s plan, were only the most basic one star garrisons. Only by increasing their star rating could they raise the upper limit of their garrison quotas. The standard for a two-star guard regiment was at least one Bone Forging Realm expert and ten advanced martial artists. After spending three hundred million points and one million contribution, they could be promoted to a two-star garrison, increasing the maximum number of members to one thousand. This was also the current upper limit of open garrison star ratings.
So Luo Wu Shang and the others all wanted to reach the Bone Forging Realm as soon as possible and promote their garrisons to two-star. With the total number of players not even reaching two thousand, if they did that, garrison members could occupy half the total player base. That advantage would be enormous.
While Luo Wu Shang and the others were desperately pushing for the Bone Forging Realm, a group of guests arrived at the temporary residence of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
“Lord City Lord, why are you here? Please, have a seat!” Lin Qi looked at Di Luoya and the others entering under Qin Mu’s guidance and could not help feeling a bit surprised.
As a Blood Condensation Realm expert and city lord of the City of Light Chasing, Di Luoya was a very busy man. Especially now that both sides had ceased fighting, there were many matters to handle.
Lin Qi, on the other hand, had no real power as a vice city lord and was relatively free. From time to time he would extract players’ memories and teach Qin Mu and the others microscopic techniques and various second layer cultivation methods.
Along with Di Luoya came Yinuo, Wu Zhuoqun, and a one-eyed, one-armed young man of the one-eyed race whom Lin Qi had never seen before.
When this one-eyed, one-armed young man came within ten meters, Lin Qi could clearly sense how strong he was. Although he could only judge from subtle movements, this one-armed youth had already reached the high microscopic level, and his body was astonishingly tough. Conservatively, his strength was estimated at more than twenty-two tons.
If Lin Qi were to fight him without immediately entering his Transcendent State, he would be completely overpowered.
“Hall Master Lin, let me introduce you. This is the super genius Fansen from the domain city. He is a truly renowned genius there. Among the young generation in our Wushan Region, those who can last a few rounds against him can be counted on one hand.” Di Luoya smiled and pointed to Fansen at his side as he made the introduction. “This time he came because he heard of Hall Master Lin’s heroic deeds and wanted to meet you.”
“Hello, just call me Fansen. That business about being a super genius of the domain city is just exaggeration from the city lord. I am merely a student in the domain city,” Fansen greeted proactively.
“Hello, I am Lin Qi, hall master of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.” Lin Qi nodded and looked at City Lord Di Luoya with a strange expression, not understanding why Di Luoya had come today and even brought along a super genius from the domain city.
For people living in the various cities, the domain city was an extremely mysterious place. Whether it was the people or the city itself, many Bone Forging Realm martial artists would never encounter anyone from the domain city in their entire lives, let alone a super genius who would take the initiative to visit.
Sensing Lin Qi’s curious gaze, Di Luoya could not help laughing. “I am here today to congratulate you, Hall Master Lin.”
“Congratulate me? On what?” Lin Qi was even more confused as he looked at Di Luoya.
Aside from making a big profit off the players today, he did not feel there was anything particularly worth congratulating.
“We do indeed have to congratulate Hall Master Lin,” Fansen also agreed with a nod. “Hall Master Lin has made a fortune. This time, for the sake of a ceasefire, Star Tower City paid a heavy price, and the city lord even specially obtained a golden stone sculpture for Hall Master Lin.”
As Fansen finished speaking, Di Luoya carefully took out a strange stone sculpture that looked as if it were made of gold from a small metal storage box he was carrying.
This golden stone sculpture depicted a one-armed humanoid man holding a greatsword. It was carved so vividly it seemed almost alive. With just one glance, Lin Qi felt a mental shock emanating from the mental domain. It was simply incredible.
“Is it really alright to give this to me?”
Looking at the golden stone sculpture, Lin Qi was even more puzzled.
Regardless of whether the sculpture was made of gold or not, the fact that it could unleash mental shock alone already proved it was extremely valuable.
“Of course. This is one of Star Tower City’s gifts of apology,” Di Luoya said with a smile. “In addition, Star Tower City also took out the remains of a calamity-level monster. That thing will take some time to transport, but in terms of value, it is far inferior to this golden stone sculpture.”
“This thing is more valuable than the remains of a calamity-level monster?” Lin Qi was shocked.
By now he was no longer the complete novice he had been when he first came to this world. He knew what a calamity-level monster was.
A calamity-level monster.
It was an existence like a natural disaster. If a city encountered one, it would be lucky to have ten or twenty percent survive. More often, the entire city would be wiped out.
The price required to kill a calamity-level monster was unimaginable, and not even a city lord could kill such a creature.
A stone sculpture that could only emit mental shock did indeed have some value, but compared to calamity-level remains, the gap should not be merely slight.
“Of course,” Fansen said with firm certainty. “Calamity-level remains may be worth a fortune, but this golden stone sculpture can help a person achieve a realm above the Blood Condensation Realm.”
