Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 472 The Adventures of Green Tomato (Part 4)

The teleportation array in Duguang Kingdom was built in a very "luxurious" way. It was an open platform with steps on all four sides and a carved pillar at each corner, with stone lamps embedded in the pillars.

Right in the center of the platform was the teleportation array, which was even larger than the largest teleportation array in the Taiyin Sect, and it looked very impressive.

The unknown spell cast by General Huang was still in effect. [Green Tomato] could clearly see very dense colored "light particles" at the teleportation array, which seemed to be "traces" left by the cultivator after using the teleportation array, and were multicolored.

Qingqi led [Green Tomato] to the high platform and said, "Fellow Daoist, you have come from afar. Please rest for a while. I will activate the teleportation array!"

"Thank you then!"

[Green Tomato] took it as just part of the game's plot, casually said thank you, nodded haphazardly, and kept his eyes busy observing his surroundings.

It was deserted, with only a few scattered houses and vast stretches of wasteland. It seemed that many people had once lived and worked here, but for some reason, it had all been abandoned.

After waiting for a while without Qingqi making a move, [Green Tomato] looked over in confusion and asked, "Uh, aren't we going to teleport?"

Qingqi explained, "Wait a little longer. Fellow Daoist's yang energy is too strong. The yang-protecting talisman I gave you hasn't had time to take effect yet. Going there now would be bad for your health. It's best to wait a little longer."

[Green Tomato] could only nod: "Ah, okay then!"

But he immediately started complaining in the team chat: "This mission's prelude is so long, it keeps jumping into the story, and you can't skip it! It's insane!"

"You guys know, the NPC just said that we have to wait for the Guardian Talisman to take effect before we can go to the Tomb Village to see ghosts. How long is that supposed to take?!"

The friend immediately retorted: "Perhaps the NPC doesn't want you to trigger the quest, but is too embarrassed to say so? You'd better be sensible and leave so they can take back the quest, otherwise the NPC might deduct your favorability!"

[Green Tomato] angrily retorted: "Go away! Why do you never wish me anything good? Besides, who are you trying to fool? This game doesn't have any such thing as 'recycling quests'!"

Zheng Qian also saw the chat in the team channel and, fearing the fire might not be burning brightly, deliberately turned on his microphone and said, "Yes, there is! Last time, my friend accepted a quest to run errands for an NPC, but he thought the reward was too low and was haggling over it when another player passing by said he could take the quest at a lower price and snatched it away! My friend got so angry that he got into a fight with the player who stole the quest, and not only did he become a red name (indicating his character is banned), but the NPC who originally gave my friend the quest now rolls his eyes whenever he sees him, and his favorability rating is obviously negative!"

She wasn't lying. Her friend was actually Jia Xiaoren, the mentor in the game "Chai Gou Cai Cai". That guy lived up to his reputation as a moral black hole in the forum for cheating NPCs. He would even haggle over the reward when accepting NPC quests, and he even posted several strategy posts about his haggling experience. He was quite famous among the players.

Of course, he is more famous among the NPCs, but not very well.

[Green Tomato]'s friends also typed: "Hehehe, you scumbag persimmon, you better watch out! We've already set off for the hidden underground black market in the west of the city! Don't wait until we've finished all the quests and are raking in the rewards while you're still AFK waiting for the story to progress!"

[Green Tomato] exclaimed angrily: "Let me tell you! I just got 88888 gold coins during the Chinese New Year in JX13! You, the real unlucky one, are the one who should be careful!"

Friends and family panicked and immediately cursed, "Oh, you're finished! According to the law of conservation of luck, your luck has been completely used up. Enjoy your game life, which is as black as the bottom of a pot from now on! Hehehehehe!"

The two were exchanging barbs and witty banter when [Green Tomato] heard Qingqi's voice beside him. "Fellow Daoist, be careful, I'm activating the teleportation array!"

Finally, the "plot" was over. Qingqi gave a premonition, and then many green light spots were seen emanating from around him, and the teleportation platform began to shake slightly.

[Green Tomato] felt a wave of dizziness, and when she came to her senses, she found herself in a dark underground plaza.

"here it is……"

[Green Tomato] looked around blankly.

It was dim, but lit up everywhere. The ground seemed to be made of some kind of metal, gleaming with an iron-like metallic luster—but it was definitely not iron, as it looked denser than iron.

The sky above was pitch black, seemingly made of the same metal material as the ground, but it was too far away, hundreds of meters high, to see clearly.

The entire space was ridiculously large, yet felt extremely cramped, because it was filled with houses and buildings of all shapes and sizes, arranged very closely together.

It was less like houses and buildings and more like some kind of magical artifact enlarged and standing on the ground, because [Green Tomato] had seen more than a dozen towers that looked like the White Pagoda Inn, as well as several large cauldrons, and even a gourd-shaped "house"—except that the gourd only had a black hole for entry and exit, with neither windows nor doors.

Although these enlarged magical artifacts and spirit tools came in all sorts of strange shapes, they were all arranged quite neatly one after another. Following them, a wide path was left, with many tables set up on both sides of the path, like stalls. Some people had also spread out cloths on the ground and displayed their goods on the cloths to sell.

Wait... these...

It doesn't look human!?

[Green Tomato] belatedly realized that these people huddled together were not human, but demon cultivators with distinct features. Some had fangs, some had horns, some were covered in scales, and some even had bird heads and human bodies. What was even more exaggerated was that the demon cultivators who were close by were all turning their heads to look at him with strange eyes, looking very eerie!

With such a scene and the dim lighting, it's impossible not to be scared. But after all, [Green Tomato] is a veteran gamer who has seen many AAA games. How could he be scared by the graphics in the game?
So, he suppressed his discomfort and asked Qingqi in a low voice, "Qing, Qing, Fellow Daoist Qingqi, is this the Tomb Village? Isn't it said that the Tomb Village is full of ghost cultivators? This doesn't look like a ghost cultivator to me, it looks like a demon cultivator!"

"This is certainly not the Tomb Lane,"

Qingqi's voice sounded a little strange. [Green Tomato] subconsciously turned his head and looked over, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

Before anyone knew it, Qingqi had transformed into a human form with a giant green snake head and a human body!
"This is the black market, also called..."

Qingqi's enormous mouth split open, as if it were laughing, yet also as if it were crying—

It is also called the human sacrifice workshop.