Chapter 1 The Stunned Shi Feng

Shi Feng stared at Xia Lian's current stats for a long time, not knowing what to say.

Xia Lian had leapt from an Level 8 NPC in Red Leaf Town to a Level 20 Tier 3 High Priest, and then from a Level 20 Tier 3 High Priest to a Level 180 Tier 3 High Priest.

Now, even more ridiculously, she had become a Level 200 Tier 4 Grand High Priest.

This strength was already no less than that of the Tier 4 Magic Mentor, Wiseman.

"Lady Xia Lian, I wonder what matter you have for me?" Shi Feng said, unwilling but resigned.

Whenever he got involved with Xia Lian, Shi Feng felt like his wallet was in danger, especially when she showed that saintly smile...

Shi Feng felt like he had come to the wrong place; he should have gone to Star-Moon Kingdom.

"I do have something I need you for, but this matter can only be completed within the Xuanyue Ravine. However, outsiders cannot easily enter the Xuanyue Ravine. I'm taking a great risk letting you in. However, since you're an acquaintance, I can pay five hundred gold for your deposit of one thousand gold, but you must pay the remaining five hundred gold yourself, or you'll only be invited out by these black-clad knights, and even I can't help you then," Xia Lian said with a sigh, spreading her hands helplessly.

Shi Feng immediately gave her a look of disdain.

Always after money!

This was the first time he had heard of needing a deposit to enter the Xuanyue Ravine.

He had only brought a little over seven hundred gold with him this time, and five hundred gold would be snatched away in one go.

This made Shi Feng feel a pang of heartache, but he had no choice but to pay.

Shi Feng was completely helpless against Xia Lian because she was too cunning and always grasped his weaknesses. He had to enter the Xuanyue Ravine to find the three Tier 4 NPCs. Although he had other plans, he wasn't sure if he could enter, and it would take a considerable amount of time.

Reluctantly, Shi Feng took out five hundred gold from his backpack and handed it all to Xia Lian.

"What's with that look? This is just a deposit, it's not like I won't return it to you," Xia Lian said, smiling happily as she looked at the glittering gold coins. With a wave of her jade hand, all the gold coins went into her pocket.

Shi Feng silently gave her the middle finger in his heart.

If it was a deposit, why give it to you instead of the Star Tower's administrator?

Xia Lian seemed to have guessed what Shi Feng was thinking and smiled faintly as she took out a silver moon badge and hung it on her chest. The silver moon badge said Star Tower Administrator…

"Damn, how many jobs does she have?" Shi Feng completely understood when he saw the silver moon badge. That five hundred gold was gone for good, without a shred of hope.

It really was an entrance fee.

And a five hundred gold entrance fee...

"Hmph, now you know, right? I didn't lie to you, you little dummy," Xia Lian pointed to the silver moon badge and said with a smile, "Alright, follow me."

Shi Feng sighed and followed Xia Lian up to the pavilion.

As for the Sword in the Stone, it wouldn't be too late to do it after accepting the mission Xia Lian had arranged.

The second floor of the Xuanyue Ravine's pavilion had many locked rooms, completely like a residential apartment. The entire corridor led to a tightly closed huge stone door. Countless patterns were carved on the stone door, each with its own story and meaning, and the integration of all these stories formed this stone door.

"That stone door holds the deepest secrets of the Star Tower. Do you want to go in and take a look?" Xia Lian pointed to the huge stone door in the distance, as if she had seen through Shi Feng's thoughts, and said with a smile.

"Can I go in?" Shi Feng had always been very curious about the Star Tower.

In God's Domain, any surviving ancient ruin was a huge treasure, let alone an ancient ruin that could be completely preserved after the Great Destruction. That was extraordinary. If he could uncover the secrets inside, it would definitely make a player's path to godhood a lot easier. However, Shi Feng's strength in his previous life was insufficient, and he simply didn't have the qualifications to explore it.

"Of course not, silly. I want to remind you that there are some things that are better left unknown until you have enough strength. It's like you opened the entrance to the Endless Abyss and now you're burdened with the Sacred Mark and want to gather the Seven Treasures. That's basically courting death. Do you know how many years the War God's Temple spent trying to gather the Seven Treasures?"

"How could you, someone who isn't even Tier 1, possibly do it?"

"They just want to…"

"Forget it, it's better if you don't know about those things."

Xia Lian seemed to know everything, looking at Shi Feng with sighs, her eyes revealing pity, anger, and other emotions.

Shi Feng suddenly realized that this NPC, Xia Lian, was very special. It felt like this wasn't just a matter of high intelligence; the Xia Lian in front of him was basically like a human.

Afterwards, Xia Lian led Shi Feng to her own room.

The room was very simple. Besides the resting area, there were bookshelves everywhere, filled with many ancient books that couldn't be found anywhere else.

"Sit," Xia Lian waved her jade finger, and a wooden chair appeared behind Shi Feng. "I brought you here because I want you to do something. It's something that we can't do, and only you Heaven's Chosen can do it. However, this matter is very dangerous. I don't know if you're willing to accept it?"

"Of course, if you're willing to accept it, I can give you a chance to obtain a High Inheritance, which will be of great help to your future growth. If you can complete that task, I can make you a City Lord and give you your own fief."

The words Xia Lian spoke directly shocked Shi Feng, and he couldn't say a word.

Just accepting the quest would grant a High Inheritance, and completing the quest would make him a City Lord. What level of quest was this?

System: Player, do you accept Xia Lian's unknown quest?

"It seems impossible to know what to do without accepting it."

Looking at Xia Lian's serious expression and the unknown quest, Shi Feng didn't have any confidence.

Because he clearly knew a golden rule of God's Domain.

Equivalent exchange.

The higher the reward, the greater the risk.

A High Inheritance was no small matter in itself, let alone the reward of a City Lord.

He could ignore the High Inheritance, but the reward of a City Lord was something he couldn't even ask for. If he missed this village, he probably wouldn't have another chance.

A City Lord didn't mean letting a player directly control a city controlled by NPCs, such as White River City, and these NPC cities could not be fully controlled by players.

What Xia Lian meant by City Lord was giving the player a fief and the qualification to build their own city.

Generally, if a guild wanted to build its own city, it first needed to capture a town that wasn't under the management of the kingdom, or it would have to start from scratch and build a town from the ground up. However, this was more difficult and consumed several times more resources than directly capturing a town, but one good thing was that they could choose their own geographical location and have a geographical advantage.

And after having a town, it would take a long period of development to be promoted to a city, and there were many very strict conditions that needed to be met to be promoted to a city.

But the reward Xia Lian was giving was directly building a city, which would save a lot of trouble in the process.