The Investiture of the Gods Shelving Quest

The Mysterious Bookstore has six bookshelves, each corresponding to a different quality of book, starting with White Quality and going all the way to Mythic-grade quality at the very back.

Of course, because Ma Feifei secretly removed the White Quality books from the shelves, the outermost bookshelf was also used by Ma Feifei to store Blue Quality books.

The system didn't impose many restrictions in this regard, so Ma Feifei, as the shop owner, actually had a lot of control over the Bookstore.

The Mysterious Bookstore has been in operation for a year now, and in that time, the number of books in the Bookstore has increased by thousands. In addition to the Blue Quality books, which are the "backbone" of the Bookstore, many other quality books have also been added. First of all, the Yellow Quality books have increased the most after the Blue Quality books, and there are now more than twenty of them.

There are relatively few Epic-grade- quality books. Currently, there are only ten: "The Lotus Lantern", "Tao Te Ching"Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, "Book of Changes", "Three Character Classic Six Secret Teachings", "Three Character Classic", "Yun Ji Qi Jian Book of Great Peace", "The Legend of the Righteous Demon", and "Chuka Ichiban!". "The Eight Formations Diagram" was Feng Yiming, so it is not included in this list for the time being.

Legendary-grade quality is even rarer; there's only one copy of "Journey to the West," plus the "Investiture of the Gods" that Ma Feifei has copied, making it just two copies.

As for the Mythic-grade, needless to say, it's always been empty.

"Sigh, I wonder when I'll be able to upgrade." Ma Feifei walked to the fifth bookshelf, glanced at the sixth bookshelf at the far end, and shook his head with a sigh.

The Main Quest is currently stuck on Qin Shi Huang's Longevity and Immortality, with no progress. Without completing this quest, it's impossible to upgrade the system to LV4. However, this quest cannot be rushed. Qin Shi Huang was a man of great talent and ambition; Longevity and Immortality was his dream, as was unifying the Azure Dragon Continent.

The prerequisite for cultivating the "Longevity Art" was that Qin Shi Huang had to give up all his cultivation, which was too great a price for Qin Shi Huang. It was something that no normal person would attempt, let alone accept in a short period of time.

So, for now, the only thing Ma Feifei can do is wait, wait for the day when Qin Shi Huang comes to his senses and comes to find Ma Feifei. Maybe it will take a month, maybe a year, or maybe a hundred years—who knows...

"It seems I need to find a way to get Qin Shi Huang to make up his mind," Ma Feifei thought to himself. The Bookstore task process definitely can't get stuck here.

Shaking off his thoughts, Ma Feifei approached the fifth bookshelf and took out the Legendary-grade book, "Investiture of the Gods".

"Phew~"

Ma Feifei let out a soft breath and placed the book on it.

"Ding~!"

Just as he had expected, the system notification sounded in Ma Feifei's mind the instant the book was placed on the table.

"Congratulations, host, you have triggered the Legendary-grade quality book 'Investiture of the Investiture of the Gods' quest— 'The Willing Take the Hook'."

"Task Details: East of Azure Dragon lies a sea called Qionghai. Shopkeeper, please go to the Qiong Sea and use the fishing tools provided by the system to fish. Successfully catching one marine creature will count as a success."

"Task Reward: Legendary-grade- quality book, 'Investiture of the Gods,' can be added to the bookshelf for fellow readers."

"Ding! Fishing gear has been placed in the Supplier Warehouse. Please go and collect it."

"So simple?" Ma Feifei was stunned after hearing the system's task of listing the book. He originally thought this task would be difficult, after all, the previous Legendary-grade quality book "Journey to the West" had taken a long time to complete the listing task. But this "Investiture of the Gods" was easy, the listing task was just like fishing.

Isn't this just like the old saying, "Jiang Taigong fishes— those the Willing Take the Hook!"

"Simple is better, at least it won't require much brainpower, and I won't have to go into the world of the book to mess around." Ma Feifei thought for a moment, then gladly accepted the task of listing the book. He grabbed "Investiture of the Gods" and put it into his spatial ring, then turned and walked towards the backyard. He wanted to see what kind of fishing tools the system had given him.

"I suppose they don't offer any hooks or bait." As he walked along, Ma Feifei had already somewhat prepared himself. After all, it's a matter of the Willing Take the Hook bait! How can it be called the Willing Take the Hook bait if they offer bait and hooks?

However, Ma Feifei wasn't too worried about this. With his cultivation level, he didn't need to use bait to fish. He could simply control the entire fishing rod with a wisp of Innate Purple Qi and then catch a fish. It couldn't be simpler.

Thinking about this, Ma Feifei felt a surge of joy; the task was far too easy.

"Huh! Where's Liuli?" Back in the backyard, Ma Feifei subconsciously looked around, but couldn't find his beloved daughter Liuli. A little confused, he asked curiously.

"I know, shopkeeper!" Zhang Caicai, hanging in the tree, quickly waved and called out.

"Where did you go?" Ma Feifei asked.

"I saw the young lady turn into a streak of light and disappear; she must have gone out to play." Zhang Caicai chuckled as she said this, then added, "Shopkeeper, would you please put me down now?"

Ma Feifei rolled her eyes. Was this even an answer? What was the difference between that and no answer at all?

"Keep it hanging," Ma Feifei said, then walked directly towards the warehouse. He wasn't worried about Liuli at all; after all, she was Book Immortal. Even if there were immortals in this world, they wouldn't be able to defeat her.

"Crunch~"

The warehouse door opened, Ma Feifei walked in. Inside, besides the constantly being rearranged 'Four Books and Five Classics', there was also a fishing tool in the middle.

A six-meter-long black fishing rod, a wad of white fishing line, a fisherman's basket (for holding fish), and most importantly, a straw hat... the wide-brimmed kind...

One Piece?

Besides that, there was nothing else—no fishing hooks, no bait, or anything like that. This confirmed what Ma Feifei had just thought: the "The Willing Take the Hook bait" task given by the system was indeed truly a case of "The Willing Take the Hook"!

Ma Feifei stepped forward and examined the tools one by one, finding that the materials were all very ordinary, not even worthy of being called high-grade. But how could something given by the system be ordinary?

Thinking of this, Ma Feifei looked at the fishing rod in his hand and twisted it slightly.

"Smack~"

The fishing rod snapped in two.

Ma Feifei was instantly dumbfounded, staring at the two pieces of the fishing rod he had twisted off.

"Big brother, are you serious?" Ma Feifei asked in disbelief. He had only used the strength of an ordinary person from another world to break the fishing rod, without even using a trace of his cultivation, and it broke like that?

"Ding~ The system has detected that the fishing rod is damaged and can no longer be used normally. The host can choose to purchase a new fishing rod." The system notification sound came slowly.

"Holy shit! You're trying to scam me!"