The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

The Song hexagram remains silent.

Qin Zheng, during his tenure, was righteous, decisive, upright, and an excellent law enforcer.

For the sake of his wife and daughter, he lashed out at the Chen family in a fit of rage; such was his loyalty.

He was willing to die for the mission entrusted to him, but he only asked to perform sacrifices for his wife and daughters, which was a righteous act.

Such a man deserves Song Gua's utmost respect.

It's truly lamentable that he ended up in such a state.

Seeing that Song Gua remained silent, Qin Zheng said with a wry smile.

"Actually... people of our generation no longer understand or value festivals..."

But for some reason... during the period when I obtained this spot of light, my understanding of some history and culture... underwent changes and additions...

For some reason, I've become quite concerned about these formalities... You don't need to worry about it...

Song Gua immediately told him in the most certain tone and with the most certain expression.

"Don't worry, my brothers and I will come here every year on this day to pay our respects to Captain Qin and his family! We'll offer incense, candles, wine, paper money, and rice in all directions—we'll make sure you have everything you need!"

"That's true... there's no need for that... you mean your brothers?"

Song Gua took out a die headband and put it on his head.

"I am a bandit."

Qin Zheng smiled.

"The bandit is a man of his word. Even if you're not 'Xue Rengui,' you'll still deliver the light spot to him... Oh, and after I die, feel free to take whatever's in my backpack, including the Illusionary Divine Tablet... Just be prepared to avoid being accidentally harmed by it..."

Qin Zheng closed his eyes.

Song Gua felt a strange sadness and sighed.

"My name is not Xue Rengui."

Qin Zheng is dead, and everything in his backpack came out.

There's not much stuff actually.

A pair of diamond rings, a doll, and a family photo of the three of them.

Also, the Illusionary Divine Stele.

Qin Zheng had been pursued for many days and was focused on seeking revenge against the Chen family head. He had no resources left in his backpack; he had already used them all up.

Right now, he has no equipment on him; his equipment was destroyed long ago.

Besides, he is a phantom, he has his own path, and he doesn't need the things of a professional.

Song Gua retrieved Thorne's card.

This card only had two uses left, but Song Gua still used it.

He wanted to try and see if Thorne's resurrection skill could revive Qin Zheng.

Failed.

This skill requires that the person being resurrected cannot have been dead for too long.

Since the resurrection failed, it means that Qin Zheng had already died on that rainy night.

His life after that was orchestrated by his successors; it did not belong to him.

"So be it. This world may be beautiful, but Qin Zheng staying here will only prolong his suffering."

Put away this fourth Illusionary Divine Stele.

Song Gua released his clone and chose a secluded spot on the border of a nearby leveling area—a place where monsters wouldn't spawn.

He had his clone dig a pit here and buried Qin Zheng there.

I broke off a few willow branches and planted them near the new grave.

Later, these willow branches will sprout and grow into willow trees, making it easier for me to come back to this place.

"Squad Leader Qin is a true hero; let us remember his sacrifices!"

A group of bandits dressed in Taoist robes, unusually serious for once, bowed collectively around Qin Zheng's grave.

Back at the bandit headquarters, Song Gua still felt somewhat lost.

In this world, he rarely saw someone as pure as Qin Zheng.

In my position, I enforce the law impartially.

You harmed my wife and daughters, I will kill your whole family.

You've entrusted me with this task; I'll do it even if it kills me.

"pity……"

Even if Qin Zheng didn't give Song Gua the light spot, he didn't actually have much time left. The proxy and the light spot could only slow down the passage of his life, not completely stop it. He could be considered a dead man.

Song Gua closed his eyes again, looking at the three small golden orbs that were circling the blue orb.

"This thing is so annoying; I can see it as soon as I close my eyes..."

Just as I was thinking this, the image displaying the source power and the level of life evolution disappeared.

"It's quite intelligent."

The light spot doesn't seem to provide more than just source power enhancement; Song Gua feels it has many other wonderful uses.

It's a strange feeling.

It's indescribable, but this feeling just arises.

The agent went to such lengths to find me and give me this spot of light, surely it wasn't just to help me embark on the correct path of evolution?

Qin Zheng said that after he obtained the light spot, his memories of history and culture changed.

Visible light spots are definitely not simple.

We still need to explore the wonders of light spots further.

One of the three conditions for becoming a Spirit Phantom is gaining the approval of the Light, and Song Gua estimated that this had already been resolved.

The remaining task is to reach the ninth level of the Transcendent Realm and the third stage of transformation.

"keep it up."

To advance to the Transcendent Realm, you don't need to collect Earth's light; you can simply collect the residual source energy from other worlds by clearing the illusionary realm.

It would certainly be better to collect the more complete source of energy, such as the light of the Earth.

But the main problem is that Song Gua doesn't know how to collect the Earth's light.

If I happen to encounter any rebels again, I'll ask them for advice.

For the third job advancement, it's simply a matter of leveling up.

Soon, the upgrade issue will be resolved with a more efficient solution.

Because Yanzu has arrived in Glory City.

This means that the experience book is about to be added to the bandit's complete set!

As for the newly acquired Illusionary Divine Stele, Da Congming checked and found that the corresponding illusionary realm was not open during its designated opening hours. He would go there when it opened.

……

Heading north from Xichuan City, leaving the last military buffer zone north of Xichuan City, and continuing north for another 200 kilometers, you will enter the territory of Huaxia Glory City.

Once you enter the territory of Glory City, some new "game rules" will be introduced, such as all teleportation effects will be disabled.

This doesn't just refer to teleportation scrolls and teleportation arrays; even some professions that possess teleportation abilities will have their teleportation capabilities fail.

The territory of Glory City is a vast area with a radius of 100 kilometers centered on Glory City.

Glory City, before "Cleric" was integrated with reality and was still a game, was the largest main city on the game map.

Today, she is distributed across six administrative regions around the world, meaning there are now six Glory Cities, each prefixed with the name of its respective administrative region.

Glory City is also quite large, roughly equivalent to half of Yunshan City.

After the game merges with reality, the six glorious cities that descended from the sky not only retain some NPCs, but also maintain the same architectural features and the areas they are located in.

The city of Glory, a European administrative district, resembles a magnificent medieval castle.

Glory City in the North American administrative region has a strong cyberpunk vibe.

The city of Glory in the South American administrative region bears a striking resemblance to the architecture of the Mayan civilization.

The city of Glory in the African region resembles a series of magnificent pyramids strung together.

Glory City in the Oceania Administrative Region is a floating city in the sky.

As for Glory City in the Huaxia Administrative Region, it is naturally—

A moat flows through all four sides of the city.

A chain-linked wooden bridge connects the inside and outside of the city.

The city walls are towering, the bluestone is mottled, and they seem to stretch as far as the eye can see, as if they have traveled from a distant history.

The majestic city gate was cast from black stone, with towers standing on both sides. Soldiers in black armor, holding long halberds, gazed into the distance.

Inside the city, a central axis main road divides the city in two.

The buildings within the city are all characterized by blue bricks and gray tiles, upturned eaves, carved beams and painted rafters, magnificent buildings, pavilions and towers, gardens and rockeries, and carved railings and jade steps...

Stepping inside feels like stepping back into the Han and Tang dynasties; everything is antique and exquisitely beautiful.

Regardless of which administrative district each Glory City is located in or what their architectural styles may differ, their functions are the same.

—Provide gameplay related to reputation.

Ranked matches, city building missions, star beast challenges, ten-race battlefields, abyss invasions...

There are many ways to play in the city, but no matter what you do, the reward is always the same—reputation.

Reputation can be used in the reputation shop in the city to exchange for almost all the item rewards in the "Cleric" system - items brought out from the illusion are automatically converted and do not belong to the original system, so they cannot be exchanged.

"See that white crystal over there? That's the main crystal of our Huaxia Glory City."

Outside the city, Wang Miao and his group stood on the bridge over the moat.

From this vantage point, you can still see the enormous crystal suspended in the center of Glory City.

Every city of glory has such a crystal.

"If an abyss invasion occurs, the abyss creatures will prioritize attacking the Glory Crystal. Only if the crystal is shattered will they launch attacks on other areas."