Chapter 1 The Hill of Lost Voices

Within the ancient fortress of the Hill of Lost Voices in the Apocalypse Empire, guarded by over ten thousand undead troops, a thousand-member legion was constantly slaying the surging undead monsters.

These undead monsters were clad in tattered armor, wielding shields and swords, moving in an orderly fashion. The lowest level was a Level 42 Elite, and the higher levels reached Level 46 Lord.

An ordinary thousand-member团 (tuan, group/regiment) would likely be scared out of their wits facing such a dark, oppressive undead army. Yet, this thousand-member legion was methodically slaying these undead monsters as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

Hundreds of MTs (Main Tanks) held shields against the undead monsters, performing no other action than pure defense. Not a single monster could pass through them. The spacing between each person and the skill of using shields to deflect attacks were displayed perfectly. The ranged players in the back row desperately unleashed attacks. An occasional area-of-effect magic spell would cause high damage numbers to appear. A large destruction spell would send experience points soaring.

"Excellent, DPS, control your output. Prioritize killing monsters above the Leader level. Healers, watch your mana. If it drops below 30%, immediately disengage to recover. Substitutes, take over for the healers." At this moment, Feng Qianyu commanded the team while attacking the Lord-level monsters. Facing the undead army of over one hundred Lord-level monsters, she remained unmoved, as if everything were under her control.

As Feng Qianyu commanded the battle, Qing Huang, who was holding a deep blue crystal staff radiating an Epic-grade glow and wearing a set of Level 45 Elementalist Dark-Gold equipment, suddenly approached Feng Qianyu and whispered, "We just received intelligence that the greatly sought-after Blessing of the Sea God is being sold in large quantities at a shop in Luan Shi City, and the price is one gold coin per bottle, which is more than five times cheaper than what it sells for at the Imperial Capital auction house."

"What? How could it be so cheap?" The calmly commanding Feng Qianyu showed a hint of surprise on her fair and flawless face upon hearing Qing Huang's report. "Is this news accurate? Or is the shop trying to make a name for itself by deliberately selling a small quantity at a low price?"

Currently, the Blessing of the Sea God had become a strategic resource for various forces. It was absolutely essential for entering secret realms and dungeons. Up until now, she had only managed to snatch up just over five hundred bottles. The remaining bottles were divided up by the Miracle and War Wolf guilds. She was planning to use these Blessings of the Sea God as trump cards for challenging Hell-level large team dungeons and competing for Thunderclap Island.

Previously, the lowest purchase price at the auction house had reached over six gold coins, and even after deducting fees, the players selling the potions could get more than five gold coins for the expensive potion. Now, suddenly selling it for one gold coin a bottle felt like selling fake goods.

They had already investigated the Blessing of the Sea God. To obtain it, one had to exchange for it at the Sea God Temple. The way to quickly obtain a large quantity was to use magic纹 (wen, pattern) crystals to exchange for it. However, the number of magic纹 crystals was even scarcer than magic crystals. Generally, they could only be synthesized from magic纹 fragments, but the cost of synthesizing them was too high. Roughly estimating, exchanging for one bottle of Blessing of the Sea God would cost 1 gold and 50 silver coins or more. If luck was bad, it might not even be possible to exchange for one bottle with two gold coins.

Although they were also trying to find ways to exchange for it, the results were minimal. After all, they knew too few alchemists, and these alchemists wouldn't help them with anything unless their favorability reached a certain level. The most important point was that the number of Blessings of the Sea God at the Sea God Temple was limited. After spending a lot of time and effort to get a large number of magic纹 crystals to exchange for them, it showed that they were all exchanged for when they arrived at the Sea God Temple...

"I was also considering that, but according to the news from below, more than a thousand bottles of the Blessing of the Sea God have already been sold. Many large guilds have already given up on competing for the Blessings of the Sea God sold at the auction house, and only free teams with less-than-ideal information are still competing," Qing Huang explained.

"This is interesting. Have you checked which shop it is?" Feng Qianyu asked with a slight smile.

"I've already checked. The backer is Sea Domain Home. That shop is a warehouse-type shop they deliberately purchased in Luan Shi City to acquire some raw materials and potions that are not available on the sea," Qing Huang immediately sent the relevant information and data of the shop to Feng Qianyu.

Luan Shi City was a top ten NPC city in the Apocalypse Empire. It wasn't like the Imperial Capital, which couldn't tolerate even a grain of sand in its eye. A top-ten NPC city could acquire land for shops as long as they had some money in the early stages. Large forces didn't care about these small cities.

Moreover, top-tier guilds and above did this in the early stages. One reason was to use it as a foundation for future development, and the second was to use it as eyes and a warehouse. It was just a matter of how much.

"It seems that Sea Domain Home's competitor is very strong to force them to this extent." Feng Qianyu smiled and said, "Since Sea Domain Home wants to compete at a low price to defeat their opponent, we can also take the opportunity to buy more. However, we can't let Sea Domain Home's competitor die too quickly. Have the people below find a way to contact Sea Domain Home's competitor and say that I want to talk to them."

"I understand." Qing Huang immediately began to contact her subordinates.

While Feng Qianyu was thinking about contacting Sea Domain Home's competitor, various forces were also quietly sending people to learn more. After all, they were very clear that Sea Domain Home had a very strong backer. The person who could force Sea Domain Home to this point was truly curious. Moreover, being able to obtain such a large quantity of the Blessing of the Sea God, if their strength was strong enough, it might be possible to cooperate. If their strength was not strong enough, then it would be even easier.

...

Nu Feng Town, the second-floor reception room of the Sea God Temple.

After Shi Feng waited for a moment in the reception room, a solemn old man in a gray robe in his seventies walked in.

Although this old man had white hair, he was full of energy. Moreover, the moment this old man appeared, Shi Feng felt that the surrounding space was very oppressive, as if it was completely under control. As long as he made the slightest move, he might be crushed into meat paste.

This old man was none other than Arnold, the vice-殿主 (dian zhu, temple master) of the Sea God Temple. The external information showed that he was a Level 160 Tier 3 Great Magister, but he was actually a Tier 4 魔导师 (mo dao shi, magic导师/master) like Whiteman of White River City. It was just that his rank had fallen due to the root cause of his illness from the previous battle.

Therefore, there was also this hidden rare mission.

"Young adventurer, what do you need me for?" Arnold looked quietly at Shi Feng, his tone slightly cold.

As the vice-殿主 of the Sea God Temple, his status was lofty. If Shi Feng didn't have the Nu Feng Badge, he wouldn't even be qualified to meet him.

Shi Feng was not surprised by this and said with a smile, "Respected Lord Arnold, I heard that you used to fight to the death with the abyss monsters to protect this city. You eventually used a forbidden spell to kill that abyss monster, but you left behind hidden dangers. I have a bottle of advanced healing potion here. I hope it can help with your injuries."

As Shi Feng spoke, he took out a bottle of advanced healing potion from his backpack.

"Thank you, young adventurer." Arnold's tone was not as cold as before, and he shook his head. "However, you should take this bottle of advanced healing potion back. I am very clear about the old injuries on my body, and they are not so easy to heal. Even the healing holy medicine, Water of Life, cannot do it."

"I wonder what method is needed to restore you, Lord Arnold?" Shi Feng asked.

"Young adventurer, it's not that I don't believe in your strength, but it's too difficult to do. If you really want to help me, first get a Dragon Blood Grass," Arnold looked at Shi Feng with a smile, and then turned and left the reception room.

System: Triggered the hidden rare quest 'Hero's Past', is the player willing to accept it?

Shi Feng directly chose to accept the quest.

"As expected, it's the same as what I knew in the previous life." Shi Feng also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he didn't know much about the Endless Sea. Although it was roughly correct, there might be some errors in many of the information and data.

But fortunately, this information did not have any errors. The first item needed was the ultra-rare herb 龙之血 (long zhi xue, dragon's blood), Dragon Blood Grass. Just eating it would permanently grant players an increase of 10 to 20 points of Strength. Directly handing it over to the NPC to obtain some contribution points, not many people were willing to do that.

Then, Shi Feng left the reception room and went downstairs.

At this time, Fire Dance, who was in stealth, quietly walked over and said with a worried expression, "Guild Leader, it's not good. Sea Domain Home is selling the Blessing of the Sea God in large quantities in the shops of the major empires, and the price is super cheap, one gold coin per bottle. Now no one is buying the Blessing of the Sea God at the auction house anymore. In addition, Sea Domain Home has begun to acquire magic纹 fragments in major towns, endlessly collecting them at a price of four silver coins per group. I'm afraid they will soon collect all the magic紋 fragments accumulated in the hands of the players. It will be difficult for us to acquire a large number of magic纹 fragments in the future."