Hope of the Whole Village

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Inside the Chaoyang Radiance Guild's café, Gu Xi held a dark red coffee, resembling blood, with a puzzled expression.

Is this coffee for real? "Drink it, this is the Song family's specialty, Blood Drain Coffee. It's said to have blood-replenishing properties."

Seeing Gu Xi's troubled expression, Li Xinghui couldn't help but chuckle.

Upon hearing this, Gu Xi took a sip of his coffee, and a sour and bitter taste immediately filled his mouth.

But the next instant, Gu Xi felt a sweet sensation coming from his mouth and going straight into his stomach. All the energy he had previously consumed, as well as the dizziness and headache caused by repeatedly taking Magic Potion, disappeared.

He was full of energy, as if he had just woken up three days and three nights ago.

Everything around me seemed to come alive, and everything was full of color.

"How is it? This coffee is pretty good, isn't it?"

"Good."

Gu Xi took another small sip of the Blood Drain Coffee before asking curiously, "Brother Li, did you come here specifically to see me this time?"

"Oh, well, how should I put it? I actually came all this way specifically to find you."

After thinking for a moment, Li Xinghui decided to state his purpose directly.

"I have some good news for you this time. Bailian City is going to hold the Bailian Grand Ceremony, which takes place once every ten years. All officially registered guilds can recommend their players to participate."

Players must be official guild members, have a strength level below 5, and be recommended by their guild.

You are the only member recruited from outside the guild this year, and you have just become a formal member of the guild. Your strength is also stuck at level 5, so you have naturally become the hope of the whole village.

"They asked me to speak with you. They hope you can participate in this Bailian Grand Ceremony, and ideally, achieve a good ranking."

After hearing Li Xinghui's reason for coming to find him, Gu Xi stared into Li Xinghui's eyes.

What are the guild's goals? Does ranking high bring any benefits to the guild?

"You noticed that? Of course, being ranked higher is beneficial to the guild."

Let me be blunt with you: if you come back with first place, for the next ten years, we'll have first pick in every talent show for the Minggu Bone Wind Academy.

Hearing Li Xinghui's words, Gu Xi blinked, "No, how low was the guild's ranking before? How could someone like me, the last character to appear, have managed to get there?"

"There was nothing we could do; the guild couldn't find anyone to go before."

"No way, I saw quite a few players in the Loose Immortal Garden."

Gu Xi said with a puzzled look.

"But their strength is not good enough. They have been around for so long and still haven't reached level 4. They would just be cannon fodder if they went there."

Most of those gifted children are from high-ranking families within the guild. They have long been Elite members of the guild and are the ones who prevented them from participating in the Bailian Grand Ceremony.

Therefore, the guild's ranking has never been very good.

Li Xinghui could only offer a helpless explanation.

However, he didn't mention that among the many guilds in Bailian City, the Chaoyang Radiance Guild wasn't considered a large guild, and it didn't have many truly powerful members.

There isn't much support for new players. Most players are just there to coast along. What good rankings can they expect to achieve if they participate in the Bailian Grand Ceremony?

After explaining everything, Li Xinghui continued, "This time is different. Your talent is undeniable. I've heard that in addition to the Three Divine Skills, Death City, you've also mastered another divine skill Death Avatar."

The guild leader has kept this news under wraps; apart from a few people in the Loose Immortal Garden, no one else knows about it.

This is your advantage; while they're plotting against your Death City, your Death Avatar can strike just in time to make a significant contribution.

Seeing Li Xinghui's animated expression, Gu Xi wasn't as excited, but asked rather calmly.

"Brother Li, after all this talk, I still don't know what the Bailian Grand Ceremony is all about."

"Oh, I almost forgot. Speaking of the Bailian Grand Ceremony, you should know the origin of Bailian City, right?"

Li Xinghui countered with a question.

"Of course, I am a native of this This City. I learned this in elementary school, how could I forget it? Could this Bailian Grand Ceremony be referring to the Fish Sacrifice?"

Gu Xi learned about the origins of Bailian City when he was in elementary school.

The original Bailian City was founded here by a player named Bai Lianqiu, who controlled the game avatars of fish. It is said that the earliest Bailian City was even a place that Bai Lianqiu half lake and half city.

Later, due to various reasons, Bailian City was gradually affected by the ghost invasion and slowly turned into a ghost city. In particular, since the eighteenth City Lord failed to reach level 20 and the undead army he controlled was scattered throughout Bailian City, the city's undead transformation became uncontrollable.

Gradually, the Yin Earth Ghost Valley appeared Bailian City, and the players in the city gradually shifted their focus to necromancers or Death Knight.

Only Bailian Lake, where the city was originally located, was unaffected, and its clear waters remained as vibrant as ever.

You can often see large schools of fish by the lake.

Even if you can't swim, don't worry if you accidentally fall into the water. The fish and the lake water will bring you to the shore, ensuring that no one dies in the lake.

For many years, Bailian Lake has been the main source of water and food for Bailian City. It can be said that even if all the players in the city turned into undead, Bailian Lake would never become undead.

Upon hearing Li Xinghui's words, Gu Xi's memories of Bailian City were brought back to mind.

"It's not a fish sacrifice, but it's almost the same. This Bailian Grand Ceremony is a sacrifice to Bailian Lake in order to ensure the vitality of Bailian Lake."

When the sacrifice is performed, some Yin Mountain Ghost Valley near Bailian City will be affected, and many worlds that did not originally exist in Bailian City will be automatically opened and placed near Bailian City.

If these worlds were to directly release them, it would be a disaster for Bailian City.

You should have learned what happens when one city appears near another.

"Invasion, Devouring, and Destruction".

"So the Bailian Grand Ceremony is aimed at these worlds that suddenly appeared near Bailian City."

"A new disposable world? I get it, I'll participate in this."

Upon hearing Wan Xinghui's explanation, Gu Xi immediately understood the situation.

However, Li Xinghui said something else at this moment.

"By the way, to be fair, all players are not allowed to bring their own troops or Contract Undead. When entering the New World, Bailian City will provide 30 Skeleton Soldier, 10 Zombie and 5 Ghost. Everyone will be treated the same."

At this point, Li Xinghui winked at Gu Xi.

Gu Xi instantly understood the meaning behind Li Xinghui's words.

"Both 'Death City' and 'Death Avatar' can be used?"