Chapter 1 Blood Rain World

In the Blood Rain World, Xu Jingming sat cross-legged on his bed inside his house, practicing the Mind Refining Technique.

Hired by Young Master Chang Yi, he had plenty of leisure time, making it perfect for practicing the Mind Refining Technique.

"Mr. Jing," a voice came from outside.

Xu Jingming opened his eyes, got up, and went to open the door. Outside stood a maidservant, who reported, "Mr. Jing, the butler of the Fei family from Lanyue City has come to visit you and is currently waiting in the front hall."

...

In the front hall, Butler Zhang sat there, with several subordinates standing behind him.

The girl Qingyu was entertaining him.

Xu Jingming walked into the front hall and saw the seated Butler Zhang. He was somewhat puzzled, as he didn't recognize this Butler Zhang at all.

Butler Zhang rose and said with a smile, "Mr. Jing! You may not know me. I am an old servant of the Fei family, surnamed Zhang."

"The Fei family is a top family in the entire Lanyue City, far stronger than our Chang family," said the girl Qingyu. "Mr. Jing, this is Butler Zhang of the Fei family."

Xu Jingming understood and immediately cupped his fist and said, "Jingming greets Butler Zhang. I wonder what brings Butler Zhang here to find me?"

Butler Zhang smiled and said, "A month ago, in that battle on the streets, the three of you, Mr. Jing, defeated hundreds of elite members of the Feng Hu Hall of the Hua Yue Gang. I happened to see it from afar and greatly admired your spearmanship. Therefore, I would like to invite Mr. Jing to serve as a guard for our Chang family and escort us to the Imperial Capital."

"Imperial Capital?" Xu Jingming was shocked.

The Blood Rain World is a very vast virtual world! In the entire human alliance of the universe, its importance is among the top virtual worlds.

And the Imperial Capital is the most core place in the Blood Rain World! But at the same time, it is also full of experts! A second-rate expert like him can be considered a master in Lanyue City, but in the Imperial Capital... he's really ordinary, not worth mentioning.

"If Mr. Jing is willing, you can go to the Fei family in two months," Butler Zhang said.

Xu Jingming felt relieved.

Two months later, that would be past the agreed-upon deadline with Chang Yi! How coincidental.

"As for the employment price," Butler Zhang said with a smile, "because the journey to the Imperial Capital is long and dangerous, we are willing to offer 35 taels of silver per month! And after arriving in the Imperial Capital, if our cooperation is pleasant, we can also hire Mr. Jing as a guard for our Fei family on a long-term basis in the future."

"35 taels?" Xu Jingming exclaimed, "Butler Zhang is generous."

That was a very high salary. The normal rate for hiring a second-rate expert was about 15 taels of silver, which was the going rate.

For a third-rate expert, the hiring price was about 3 taels of silver per month.

As for ordinary thugs, hiring one cost only two to three hundred coins a month. Silver and gold were really expensive in the Blood Rain World, and knife-shaped coins were mainly used.

"Mr. Jing, are you willing?" Butler Zhang asked.

"Can you allow me two days to consider it? I will pay a visit in two days," Xu Jingming said. He was quite willing because he was very curious about the core of the entire Blood Rain World, the Imperial Capital. But he still had to discuss this matter with Pang Ze.

"Alright," Butler Zhang stood up and said with a smile, "Then I will await your news, Mr. Jing."

Butler Zhang then left with his men.

The girl Qingyu couldn't help but sigh, "The Fei family has also been selling off their assets recently, but no one in the entire Lanyue City dares to lower the price! Unlike my young master, who has so much trouble selling a few restaurants and rice shops. Mr. Jing, it's actually very good to be able to go to the Imperial Capital. I suggest you agree."

"Thank you, girl Qingyu," Xu Jingming nodded.

...

Virtual world, personal space.

In the spaceship cabin hall, Xu Jingming and Pang Ze met.

"From what you've said, these past months in the Blood Rain World have been quite relaxing," Pang Ze said with a smile.

"Do you think I should go to the Imperial Capital?" Xu Jingming asked.

"Go, of course, you have to go."

Pang Ze said, "The Blood Rain World is a virtual world with a very high entry barrier. It costs 100,000 universe credits to enter! And behind it are hidden some of the most top-tier forces in the entire human alliance of the universe. Therefore, the core of the Blood Rain World, the Imperial Capital, is truly full of experts! There are many cosmic citizen players there alone, as well as a large number of aboriginal experts."

"The aboriginal experts wield power and have a large number of subordinates. Although the price of dying for cosmic citizen players is very high, they can enter continuously. Therefore, the 'water' in the Imperial Capital is very murky. It's not easy to gain a foothold and stay in the Imperial Capital," Pang Ze said. "Even the price of housing is a hundred times more expensive than housing in Lanyue City."

"A hundred times?" Xu Jingming clicked his tongue.

"It's not easy to live in the Imperial Capital," Pang Ze said. "The Fei family you mentioned dares to hire a group of people to go to the Imperial Capital, so they must have some background. With the help of the Fei family, you can first gain a foothold in the Imperial Capital. The Imperial Capital is a place that gathers countless wealth from the entire Blood Rain World. As long as you seize the opportunity, you can earn a lot in one go."

"The circles are different," Pang Ze said. "Those royals, princes, and nobles in the Imperial Capital have piles of gold and silver! The wealthy merchants there are the top wealthy merchants in the entire Blood Rain World! If you want to earn gold and silver, you still have to go to the Imperial Capital, but of course, it's also very difficult! Second-rate experts are really inconspicuous in the Imperial Capital. Many seventh-order and even eighth-order Star Lifeforms enter the Blood Rain World, and many of them are in the Imperial Capital!"

Xu Jingming nodded after hearing this.

"You are a newbie. My original plan was to let you familiarize yourself in a small city first, and then let you go to a big city. Now that you have this opportunity, take advantage of it and go. First, gain a foothold in the Imperial Capital, and then look for opportunities to make money," Pang Ze said. "Earn ten thousand gold and enter that mysterious place!"

...

Two days later.

Xu Jingming personally went to the Fei family to pay a visit, and Young Master Chang Yi did not send anyone to follow him! Because most of the secrets known by Xu Jingming and the others were already known in Lanyue City. Even the secret of the 'assassination' was known to the Hua Yue Gang.

"Mr. Jing," Butler Zhang personally greeted him warmly.

"Butler Zhang, you can just call me Jingming," Xu Jingming said.

"Jingming," Butler Zhang asked with a smile, "Are you willing to escort our Fei family to the Imperial Capital?"

"Being able to go to the Imperial Capital, I am naturally willing," Xu Jingming nodded. "But I'm worried that my strength is weak..."

"Don't worry, there are many guards. You are just one of them, so there is no need to feel pressured," Butler Zhang took Xu Jingming's hand and said warmly, "Come, come, come, first follow me to see my master."

Xu Jingming followed this enthusiastic Butler Zhang and soon arrived at a large hall.

Master Fei sat there, with two people standing beside him. One was a middle-aged one-eyed man, and the other was a silver-haired old man. The two of them looked at Xu Jingming, and the invisible pressure made Xu Jingming startled. It was as if two oceans were pressing down on him.

"What powerful mind consciousness, consciousness projection! Suppressing all directions! In reality, he must be a seventh-order Star Lifeform," Xu Jingming was secretly shocked. "This virtual world is truly a grand undertaking. There are so many experts among the aboriginals."

Just meeting them, he clearly felt how terrifying the mind consciousness of the two people behind Master Fei was.

With such terrifying mind consciousness, their weapon skills would generally not be bad either.

"Jingming, pay respects to Master Fei," Xu Jingming respectfully saluted.

"Jingming?" Master Fei observed Xu Jingming, looking at him carefully.

Looking at his facial features!

Looking at his eyes!

A person's character and inner self can be seen from their appearance to a certain extent, and Master Fei was clearly an expert in this.

Xu Jingming was a little puzzled by Master Fei's gaze. Why was he staring at him so carefully? But his conscience was clear, so he didn't mind.

"He shouldn't be a treacherous person," Master Fei thought. His daughter had chosen a total of three guards this time, one female and two male. Therefore, Master Fei naturally had to carefully observe that Guard Luo and this Guard Jing... He would never allow a villain to be by his daughter's side.

"Guard Jing, where do you come from?" Master Fei finally spoke.

"My home is at the Cross Slope, a hundred li outside of Lanyue City," Xu Jingming said. This was the identity automatically given by the system when he first entered the Blood Rain World.

As long as cosmic citizen players came in, they were all from the bottom! When they were at the bottom, the world's targeting of them would be very weak. But the higher their status and the greater their power, the stronger the world's targeting would be, and the more dangerous it would be.

Xu Jingming was now just an ordinary guard, and the world's hostility towards him was still very weak.

"From around Lanyue City?" Master Fei nodded with a smile, quite satisfied.