Nobody told me this wasn't a game.

"If I lose the fight here, will I truly die, or will I emerge unscathed?"

Before this, Zuo Chang was always confident because he had basically succeeded in all those dungeons and games.

just now……

"The most important thing now is to find a way to obtain more 'holy artifacts'."

Zuo Chang is simple-minded.

Once he realized the problem, his simple mind naturally turned to how to solve it. What he lacked now was the "ticket" to enter the game.

If he had a hundred or eighty "sacred artifacts" in his possession, would he have needed to haggle with that lecherous old man guarding the gate?

Do we still need to worry about encountering members of the Hersey family?

Obviously not!

But sacred artifacts are not convenient things.

If it weren't for the Holy Sword he obtained in the battle for the Grand Slam title, Zuo Chang would have nothing right now.

He's now teaming up with Granny Cat and the Dragon Queen. These two powerful figures should be able to command more than seven sacred artifacts.

But they can't take them all out.

The sacred artifact itself is an extremely valuable item. What if you get 96511 but lose it?

Again.

Of course, other people's sacred artifacts are for their own use. Zuo Chang distributed their things to Makoto Asuka, and Granny Cat and Dragon Queen were able to scratch his face.

Unable to figure it out, Zuo Chang turned his head and asked, "Where are we going?"

Musogen was already used to it: "Go to the mining area."

Boom!

The platform stopped as soon as he finished speaking.

Zuo Chang looked left and right and found two roads ahead. The roads were deep and dark, both leading underground.

Musogen began, “These ruins are incredibly strange. Don’t be fooled by the fact that there are only two paths now; there are countless forks in the road. Under the strict time limit, I simply cannot complete any of them. But even so, it’s not all without gain…”

As he spoke, he took an irregularly shaped gemstone from his pocket.

The gemstone's interior was murky, and faintly, it seemed as if a gecko was swimming inside, both eerie and astonishing.

Zuo Chang glanced at it and said, "Activation Stone!"

"That's right, it's an activation stone. It's an item that can improve the quality of a crest, allowing the crest to gain an additional trait."

Mu Suogen tossed the activation stone to Zuo Chang.

Zuo Chang took it and immediately began refining it!

He was ruthless with his hands, but asked aloud, "You're giving this to me? It's very precious."

Activation Stones are truly rare items.

There is approximately a 1% chance of obtaining it after clearing the "Gods and Demons" level dungeon, which has the highest difficulty.

Back when he was playing the game, Zuo Chang spent at least a month grinding through the "Gods and Demons Dungeon" in order to get enough activation stones.

Musogen, however, seemed indifferent: "In this ruin, the activation stones are piled up by the roadside. I take a few with me each time I come. I just gave two to my superior yesterday, hoping he would make an exception and let me return to my post as soon as possible."

Zuo Chang was even more surprised: "I don't know much about the market. Normally, a single activation stone would cost at least several hundred thousand, right? You've picked them up all over the place, and you're still thinking about going to work?"

“I’m working for the Divine Sound Society now! Don’t you know what the Divine Sound Society is? At my age, what use is money? If I want to reach the fifteenth realm, I must gain the approval of the higher-ups of the Divine Sound Society, otherwise it’s absolutely impossible!”

"..."

Zuo Chang glanced at Mu Suogen's gray beard and said nothing more.

On the one hand, it is an admiration for the old horse still eager to run a thousand miles. Mr. Mu looks to be at least sixty years old, yet he still has such ambition to achieve the fifteenth realm!

on the other hand--

The fifteenth realm—how easy is it to achieve that?

Once an adventurer reaches the twelfth realm, they can no longer absorb any crystals to level up. They must absorb "divinity" in a specific location.

One reason is that certain places are hard to come by;

One is that the production of divinity is extremely limited.

Musuogen appears to be all alone, and given his advanced age, even if he gains the approval of the so-called "high-ranking members of the Divine Sound Society," he probably still won't get what he wants!

Do you really think everyone is that "talented general" who only appoints people based on merit?

If you don't have any selfish motives, are you even human?

Chapter 248 Slave Owner's Telephone

[Sensing a strange energy, the Celestial Emblem was nourished.]

Zuo Chang tried to stimulate the stone's absorption, but nothing happened.

Musogen turned his head and asked, "How was it? What properties did you gain?"

Zuo Chang shook his head: "One piece isn't enough."

not enough?

How can it be!

Mu Suogen looked at Zuo Chang suspiciously and said, "You don't seem like an incompetent person. The activation stone I gave you is of extremely high quality. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be insufficient."

Zuo Chang laughed and said, "Perhaps my emblem is too powerful."

Less likely!

Emblems are something that adventurers at the fifth level can possess; how powerful can they be?

The activation stone is far more valuable than the emblem.

However, Mu Suogen didn't want to pry too much into Zuo Chang's affairs. He didn't know anything about him, and things could easily escalate into an argument.

Musogen took out the Compass of Greed and looked at it—

The pointer whirls.

He shook his head and said, “Mr. Zuo, take a look at your compass. The Greed Compass is a key tool. If it can accurately point the way, no matter how complicated the road is, it will not hinder our progress.”

Zuo Chang agreed, and he opened the compass lid.

The compass needle is pointing straight to the left!

Zuo Chang raised an eyebrow, not understanding what had happened.

After a moment's thought, he said, "Mr. Mu, we were enemies before, but that was only because we were each serving our own masters. We didn't really have any grudges... I won't hide it from you, if you follow my compass, a battle is very likely to break out."

Musogen raised his eyes: "A battle? Are you sure?"

“I’m sure. The reason my compass is stable is because I now have what I desire.”

pat.

Zuo Chang closed the lid of the compass.

He looked at Musogen and continued, "This ruin is very special. The more people there are, the greater the advantage, without a doubt. I've been thinking just now, if we had five, ten, or even a hundred people, wouldn't we have a huge advantage? But only those who possess the 'sacred artifact' can enter. Where can we find so many sacred artifacts?"

Upon hearing this, Musuogen felt a chill run down his spine!

He secretly raised his eyes and glanced at the very young "Zuo Chang" in front of him, then tightened his grip on the Book of the Rootless.

"You've revealed too much... That last sentence almost exposed everything about you."

Mu Suogen thought to himself.

"As expected! You knew about this ruin from the beginning; you came prepared!"

When ordinary people enter ruins, all they can think about is treasures and adventures. How could they possibly think about how to obtain sacred artifacts?

Only one type of person could have this idea—

Those who clearly know what's involved and know their own limitations, so they want to call in more people—the "insiders."

That alone wouldn't be enough to surprise Musokeng.

What truly frightened him was Zuo Chang's very first words.

He asked, "What do you mean by 'battle breaking out'? Mr. Zuo, do you mean that there are other people in this space-time besides you and me?"

Zuo Chang nodded: "Yes. If my intelligence is correct, the Herse family of Community 1 has already discovered this place. I came here to ambush the Herse people."

pat.

Zuo Chang opened the compass, followed the pointer's guidance, and decisively took a step.

Musogen followed closely: "The Hersey family... The Hersey family is the richest family in the ascended world. They have long been famous, and their reputation reached its peak after the 'Lord of Spices' became the wife of the Heavenly King General! I have not heard that the Hersey people have come to the Heavenly King City."

"The spacetime we inhabit is special. It has more than one entrance, but is distributed across several specific communities."

Unheard-of information.

Musogen asked curiously, "How did you know?"

"Don't ask. If you ask, you don't know."

Musogen couldn't help but ask, "Does Mr. Zuo have a grudge against the Hesei people?"

"I wouldn't call it hatred... It depends on the situation. If they hand over the sacred artifact voluntarily, I might spare their lives."

Zuo Chang pondered for a moment, but felt nothing.

Of his three wives, Asuka and the Saint had the highest favorability rating, but Hesei made no progress at all.

Firstly, the Spice Master has an extremely strong sense of self, and no matter what Zuo Chang does, his favorability remains unchanged;

Secondly, it was already late in the game, and we were about to finish it. Who cared about romance then?

Due to the combination of these two factors, Zuo Chang failed to cultivate a relationship with Hesei.

He turned a blind eye to the Hesei people's private actions. Having played a game for five years, he had already experienced everything that needed to be experienced; what sustained Zuo Chang was only the desire to complete the game, making restlessness inevitable.

Musogen asked, "What if they refuse to hand over the sacred artifact?"