Coming to the Door

After absorbing 14 different advancement items in succession, Li Li finally became a competent transfer instructor.

Aside from the less popular professions, he could now guarantee that most players would find their desired advancement profession from him before their third transfer.

However, he had received advancement items worth over 100 million Alliance coins from two professional players.

This left the penniless Li Li unsure of how to repay them, so he simply awarded them the rare, exclusive title "Divinely Favored by the Radiant Shine."

This title offered no stat bonuses or special effects, and only other players could see it.

After all, Li Li was reluctant to even heal his own injuries. He still planned to summon another 50 players and then assign them tasks that would award bonus experience. He needed to conserve the faith he currently possessed.

After these two players accepted their missions and left with the scholar who seemed to have something to say, about two more hours passed. The players who returned by truck found him and had advanced to Silver Rank.

Li Li took the opportunity to contact Aer, withdraw the faith from her, and then share all his advancement abilities with her.

From now on, players could also find Aer to advance into new professions.

But this method was only a temporary fix.

After all the players had left, Li Li took out the statue that Aer had given him back then, planning to use some faith to transform the statue into a node, allowing players to level up and advance by touching it.

He hadn't done this before because the corresponding conditions weren't met at the time.

The prerequisite for doing so was to have an "eye" next to the statue.

Only then could he constantly check if the statue had been corrupted. By leaving a "decoy" next to the statue now, he could also absorb the faith stored in it and then transport that faith back to his main body.

It was late into the night.

Just as Li Li sat on a box, wholeheartedly modifying the statue's structure.

A black commercial vehicle stopped outside the warehouse door.

A beastman, wearing a tailored, form-fitting suit, delicate gold-rimmed glasses, and a pen clipped to his chest, stepped out of the black commercial vehicle.

He glanced disdainfully at the muddy road outside the warehouse, took out a handkerchief to cover his nose, and, under the protection of an elegant elf butler, walked into Li Li's warehouse.

Li Li already had a guess about the identity of these uninvited guests.

Since they weren't Treants, they were likely from the Transcendence Merchant Association or the Academy, sent to probe him.

Nodens, who had transformed into a small bear plushie, had mentioned that many gods were hidden within the Alliance, including both True Gods and Evil Gods. The Alliance's higher-ups were aware of their existence, and some gods were even among the Alliance's higher-ups.

Aer was resting in the small room behind the warehouse, and his decoy was also here.

Li Li could ensure his own safety. If this body suddenly died, he could immediately switch to another body. If that wasn't possible, he could possess other players' bodies.

However, when creating the bodies for the [Divine Legion], Li Li had omitted certain organs to prevent trouble.

If conditions allowed, he still preferred a peaceful resolution.

After the two entered the warehouse, the bespectacled beastman handed the handkerchief to the butler, looked around the surroundings with disdain, and then turned his gaze to Li Li, who was sitting in the corner.

He didn't say a word, seemingly waiting for Li Li to approach him first.

Li Li remained seated motionlessly on the express box, smiling as he stared at the somewhat effeminate beastman.

Seeing this, the elf butler behind the beastman took a step forward, said, "Pardon me," and snapped his fingers.

The next moment, the mountain of express boxes behind Li Li, the stone bricks beneath his feet, and the scattered miscellaneous items around them were all transferred in front of the two.

Only Li Li, who was sitting on the box, remained in his original spot, completely untouched.

However, because the box he was sitting on suddenly disappeared, he almost fell face-first.

After Li Li stabilized himself, the elf butler sighed and snapped his fingers again, teleporting both himself and the bespectacled beastman in front of Li Li.

Seeing this, Li Li struck first, pointing at a patch of floor tile that had been chipped:

"You damaged private property. You'll have to pay."

The beastman with the gold-rimmed glasses didn't respond. As he got closer, he began to observe Li Li carefully, finally settling his gaze on the statue in his hand.

"Which deity are you?" the beastman with the gold-rimmed glasses asked.

"Does that matter?" Li Li retorted.

"Of course... it doesn't," the beastman with the gold-rimmed glasses replied. "It's just a standard opening."

Li Li shrugged. "I thought the opening was my demand for compensation."

"My time is valuable. Get straight to the point. How much is your ability to mass-produce Silver Rank individuals worth?"

"What?" Li Li blinked in surprise before understanding what the beastman was asking.

Today, a total of 8 players had gone from Lv1 to Lv30 through him.

From everyone else's perspective, it was 8 ordinary people who had instantly become Silver Rank Transcendents.

While sacrificing to certain Evil Gods could achieve a similar effect.

However, such sacrifices had to be made outside the city, and the special effects were difficult to get approved.

But the reason players could level up with Li Li was because they used the bodies created by the [Divine Legion].

Li Li didn't have the ability to help others level up, not even his Saintess Aer.

It seems these people understand themselves even less than I imagined…

Watching Li Li's expression shift from confusion to understanding, the orc wearing gold-rimmed glasses spoke again, his voice calm:

"Make your offer."

"Are you from the Transcendence Merchant Association?"

"As long as what you provide satisfies the association, we can afford any price you name."

"Don't you do any preliminary investigations before doing business? I have the means to mass-produce Silver Rank abilities, but only for those I summon. I don't have a way to quickly turn ordinary people into Silver Rank."

While the two were talking, the two large trees across the street suddenly stood up. Their thick roots transformed into legs, and they slowly walked to the warehouse entrance.

"Mr. Antonio will be here shortly," one of the treants said.

"Even the treants are here." Li Li simply took out his phone and asked the people present, "Then let's do this together. Do you have the phone numbers of the higher-ups at the academy?"

The next moment, moonlight streaming through the window condensed into a voluptuous female phantom wearing a pointed hat.

"We are already here," she said.

"Alright," Li Li said, a little dejected. "Then let's discuss important matters after the treants arrive. Why don't you tell me how much you know about me first?"

He had made no attempt to hide his existence; anyone could discover his anomaly with a little effort, even ordinary people.

On one hand, he was waiting for the major powers to approach him proactively. On the other hand, though he hated to admit it, Li Li truly hadn't hidden his abilities in the modern city.

Aer was just a brute who punched things. She was good at fighting, but that was about it.

Nodens, that little teddy bear, could at most give people nightmares and bully ordinary folk. Not to mention, he was also quite restless.

As Li Li was feeling sorry for himself, the next to arrive at the warehouse was a member of the Shadowfolk, completely wrapped in shadows, followed by a blonde girl.

The girl wore armor emblazoned with a sun emblem, a long sword at her waist, and a banner with the same emblem on her back.

She looked nervously into the warehouse. The moment she saw Li Li, she rushed forward, knelt before him, placed one hand over her chest, and was too emotional to speak.

Li Li reached out to help the girl up and probed her with his consciousness, obtaining her information.

[Unsealing Saintess Aperia]