Newspaper Boy
Chapter 303 Conflict
The level of an Executor is at the Saint stage, and an Elder is at the Dominator stage. Zhang Yuanqing is not clear what is above the Dominator stage, as he doesn't have the permission to check. However, he guesses that it should be the level of the five Alliance Leaders.
In addition, judging from the number of Executors, the Demon Lord and the Judge of the Cunning Eyes should be at the Dominator level. If they were only at the Saint level, the Five Elements Alliance wouldn't value them so much.
It's worth mentioning that the strength gap between different levels in the same stage is huge. For example, in the Transcendent stage, level 2 can crush level 1, and level 3 can easily defeat level 2, not counting items and profession counters.
Illusionist is one of the peak professions, stronger than Fire Manipulator. Even Master Wuhen is not weak in the Dominator stage... Zhang Yuanqing thought this Illusionist was unusual, but he didn't expect him to be at such a high level.
Thinking about it from another angle, being able to hire this Dominator-level figure once is equivalent to having an extra get-out-of-jail-free card.
Too bad it can't be used in the Spirit Realm.
"That's understandable. The Spirit Realm is a single-player instance. Even high-level The Way of the Extraordinary can't break in halfway, except for native bosses like the Third Dao Mountain Goddess."
Zhang Yuanqing sighed and closed the page, then searched for the mechanism of Spirit Realm missions.
[After clearing the trial mission, multiplayer Spirit Realms open once a month, and single-player Spirit Realms open once every three months. When a single-player Spirit Realm opens, the multiplayer Spirit Realm will not open that month. The interval between each mission is no less than half a month. The pattern of The Way of the Extraordinary entering instances is: multiplayer - multiplayer - single player... and so on.]
"In other words, The Way of the Extraordinary face a life-and-death crisis every three months. If you're lucky, you'll be matched with a low-difficulty single-player Spirit Realm, and the mortality rate isn't high. At most, you'll level up slower. Well, that's good..."
"The interval between each mission is no less than half a month. I just cleared the Golden Water Amusement Park, so I don't have to worry about a mission coming in half a month..."
He continued reading:
[Reaching the peak level of each stage, if you want to jump to a higher stage, you must participate in a large-scale slaughter instance. You can choose to participate or not. Large-scale slaughter instances open twice a year.
[Note: The core of this instance is the mutual hunting between the Lawful faction and the Evil faction, but the instance itself has great dangers and rewards.]
Large-scale slaughter instance, Brother Bing left me a message, asking me to clear at least one slaughter instance before looking for him... Zhang Yuanqing suddenly realized that he had previously thought that "large-scale slaughter instance" was a high-risk, high-reward single-player Spirit Realm.
He stayed in the office until 2 PM, took a taxi to the hospital, and tried to transcend the souls of the dead to increase his experience points, only to find in dismay that the spirits of ordinary people brought very little experience.
Zhang Yuanqing transcended ten spirits in one go, and the experience points increased by less than 1%.
The monsters in the newbie village can no longer satisfy me. It seems I have to devour The Way of the Extraordinary... He slipped into the bathroom, used the Demon Subduing Pestle once, and purified the spiritual pollution brought by the spirits.
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7 PM, at the dining table.
Zhang Yuanqing summoned Little Doubi and let him walk around in the living room.
"Ahem!" Grandma cleared her throat and announced:
"I have an old friend. Her granddaughter is about the same age as Yuanzi and is a sophomore in college. I'm planning to introduce her to Yuanzi."
Aunt Zhang opened her mouth wide, looking at her mother in astonishment.
Grandpa and older cousin cleaned their ears.
Such a good thing? Zhang Yuanqing was overjoyed.
Grandpa frowned and said, "He's focusing on his studies right now. You can't think of finding balance in Yuanzi just because Yu'er and Yuanjun are not ambitious."
Not ambitious? Chen Yuanjun glanced at his grandfather. Grandpa usually didn't care about his and his aunt's blind dates. It turned out he was watching and getting anxious.
Grandma waved her hand, overriding everyone's objections, "I've already decided. I'm thinking of Yuanzi."
Grandpa's expression didn't change as he looked at his wife, "I'm thinking of you. Yuanzi is fickle and it's hard for him to have a sincere relationship... You've had feelings with your old friend for so many years. Don't ruin it."
Grandpa, you're saying I'm a player, you must be saying I'm a player!! Zhang Yuanqing was unconvinced. He had never had a girlfriend since he was a child. There are few boys in the world as self-disciplined as him.
But he didn't dare to retort to his grandfather. Grandma had a bad temper, but she basically didn't hit anyone. Grandpa never scolded anyone, but he would suddenly slap you upside the head.
"I object!" Aunt also joined Grandpa's camp, "Mom, why are you interfering? If my sister knows you're arranging a girlfriend for him, she'll definitely call and scold you. She said she'll take Yuanzi abroad to study next year."
Hearing Aunt mention his mother, Zhang Yuanqing's face darkened.
Grandma thought about it and felt that her husband and daughter were right, so she didn't insist anymore. She glared at Zhang Yuanqing and scolded, "Useless thing, it's a waste to give you such a handsome face."
Zhang Yuanqing lowered his head to eat, feeling guilty. Aunt and older cousin looked suspicious.
After dinner, Zhang Yuanqing looked around the room, and finally found the baby spirit clinging to his aunt's calf like a koala.
For some reason, this little guy was particularly attached to Aunt, probably because she was the most like his mother in this family?
Now that he had enough Yin energy to nourish him, the little guy could control his abilities and wouldn't "exchange" things aimlessly.
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At 12 o'clock at night, Zhang Yuanqing played a game and turned off the game console with satisfaction. He got into bed and forced himself to fall asleep by counting sheep.
After a long time, he finally felt sleepy. In a daze, he suddenly woke up, and a sense of fear arose in his heart for no reason, a strong fear.
This fear was similar to the female receptionist he saw at the Wuhen Hotel this morning, but even more majestic and distant.
What's going on? He lifted the quilt and came to the window, feeling a little lost and scared. He pulled open the curtains and looked out at the brightly lit night scene of the city.
About five minutes later, the majestic fluctuation disappeared, and everything returned to calm.
Lacking experience, Zhang Yuanqing couldn't judge what had happened. He muttered silently, crawled back to bed, and continued to brew sleepiness.
Seriously, I have to count sheep again...
The next day at 7:30 AM, he got up on time and saw Jiang Yu'er sitting listlessly at the table, looking pale and sickly.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Yuanqing asked.
"Aunt Flo is here..." Aunt said aggrievedly.
Zhang Yuanqing looked left and right. Grandpa wasn't here, and Grandma was in the kitchen, so he leaned over and whispered, "Come on, nephew will rub your belly for you."
"Get out!" Jiang Yu'er slapped him on the head angrily.
At this time, Grandma came out, and the two of them immediately fell silent.
After breakfast, Zhang Yuanqing pretended to go upstairs and took a taxi to work.
Only Wang Tai was in the office area.
"Brother Wang Tai, where's the Old Driver?"
"In the Squad Leader's office."
"Oh!" Zhang Yuanqing took his seat. A dozen minutes later, Guan Ya came out, her face solemn, her brows slightly furrowed.
"Yuanshi, I was just about to call you."
Guan Ya picked up her teacup and took a sip, leaning her round hips against Zhang Yuanqing's desk, and said:
"Did you notice anything strange happening last night?"
You mean the kind that almost scared me shitless... Zhang Yuanqing said, "Yes, I was woken up, but I'm not sure if that's what you're referring to."
The Old Driver nodded slightly:
"Last night, the experts from the Xiahou family and the Palace Master of the Stop Killing Palace had a conflict. The location was in the Kangyang District Industrial Park. The fight caused an office building to collapse. Fortunately, it was at night and there weren't many people left.
"But the security guards inside, as well as a few employees who were working overtime, were killed. Sigh, really, these high-level The Way of the Extraordinary get bloodshot and don't care about the lives of ordinary people at all."
But I didn't receive a wanted alert from the Spirit Realm. Hmm, no alert, probably because the moral values of both parties weren't below 60... Zhang Yuanqing's face became serious.
Moral values have no upper or lower limit. Evil people have no bottom line, and saintly mothers have no upper limit.
High-level The Way of the Extraordinary of the Lawful faction accumulate merit over the years, and they definitely have some foundation, but to make such a mess, it's not just about deducting moral values. The authorities won't let it go.
"How is the organization planning to deal with it?" Zhang Yuanqing asked. The industrial park was not far from his home, which was why he felt such terrible fluctuations last night.
Guan Ya caressed her teacup and said:
"The Xiahou family's person has been temporarily taken into custody, but the punishment won't be too severe, just pay money and a warning. After all, the Xiahou family is a behemoth of the Lawful faction, half of the authorities, and has close cooperation with the Five Elements Alliance and the Taiyi Sect.
"As for the Palace Master of the Stop Killing Palace, the Elders Council has ordered her arrest. We haven't locked down her identity in reality yet and are communicating with the Xie family."
Zhang Yuanqing said "Oh" and stared at her charming oval face, asking, "But what does this have to do with me?"
The Old Driver said helplessly:
"The Xiahou family borrowed information about registered wild The Way of the Extraordinary from our branch and locked down several The Way of the Extraordinary from the Stop Killing Palace. Wang Qian is one of them. The Xiahou family might come to find you later. I was just discussing this with the Squad Leader."
Seeing Yuanshi's frowning in confusion, she explained:
"The Xiahou family wants to force the Palace Master out by arresting members of the Stop Killing Palace. This method is too extreme. The high-level officials of the Songhai branch didn't explicitly agree, but they tacitly approved it. Anyway, it's best if they find her. If they don't find her, the Xiahou family will bear the responsibility."
"But they got Wang Qian's identity information, why are they looking for me..." Zhang Yuanqing's heart stirred, and he understood, "Oh, the Xiahou family wants me to lure Wang Qian out for them?"
Guan Ya nodded.
Wang Qian isn't a fool, how could he be so easily fooled... Zhang Yuanqing refused outright:
"Impossible, I won't betray my informants."
Guan Ya thought for a while and reminded, "The Xiahou family is a bit domineering. Don't say anything later. The Squad Leader and I will help you block the pressure."
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ps: Fortunately, I managed to finish a chapter.