The Situation Was Critical

Furthermore, the release of quests was determined by the system. Players had to meet certain special conditions before they could trigger them.

Just like now—once the Quest System appeared, the system issued Qin Shaofeng a quest.

Level Up: One-star rank. The first ordinary quest issued by the system requires the player to raise their level by one. Upon completion, reward: 10 points and 100 experience points.

It really was a quest!

Looking at his Attribute Interface, Qin Shaofeng felt another surge of delight.

With the Quest System now available, wouldn't his leveling speed increase even further?

After a day had passed, Qin Shaofeng had slaughtered all three hundred-plus demonic beasts delivered by the Beast Arena. His level had also risen to Body Tempering Eighth Level.

Player: Qin Shaofeng

Level: Body Tempering Eighth Level, 687/800 (113 experience points away from the next level, Body Tempering Ninth Level)

Inner Qi: 240/240 (Body Tempering Eighth Level possessed 80 Inner Qi; Yi Jin Jing tripled it)

Skills: Fiery Golden Eyes, Yi Jin Jing

War Beast: Hundred Spirits Demonic Fox

Equipment: None

Quest: None

Points: 110

Body Tempering Eighth Level!

And he was only a little over a hundred experience points away from reaching Body Tempering Ninth Level.

That was the result brought by those three hundred-plus demonic beasts.

Although the system had only given Qin Shaofeng one quest when the Quest System was activated, preventing him from obtaining even more quest reward experience—

The experience gained from killing the demonic beasts in the end still exceeded Qin Shaofeng's expectations.

Originally, he had thought it would already be quite good if those demonic beasts allowed him to reach Body Tempering Seventh Level.

Yet in the end, he was on the verge of advancing to Body Tempering Ninth Level.

Of course, this was not unrelated to the bonus experience Qin Shaofeng received for killing monsters above his level.

Without that experience bonus, if Qin Shaofeng had honestly gone around killing those demonic beasts, he would not have gained nearly so much experience.

Not only had his level risen to Body Tempering Eighth Level, but the Quest System had also been activated.

And on top of that, there was the Hundred Spirits Demonic Fox, his War Beast.

Qin Shaofeng's gains this time could truly be called immensely abundant!

It even made him itch to rush straight to the Zhang Family and properly thank Zhang Lingyun.

However, even if he could not thank him face-to-face, Qin Shaofeng felt it was necessary to show some appreciation.

Thus, two days later, the Grand Beast Feast was not only held as scheduled, but under Qin Shaofeng's ill-intentioned arrangements, it became exceptionally lively.

The Grand Beast Feast lasted a full two days. During that time, even Old Master Qin made an appearance once, smiling broadly.

As for the Zhang Family, just as Qin Shaofeng had expected, not a single one of them appeared.

This could be considered the Qin Family's first victory in their struggle against the Zhang Family since the City Lord Competition had emerged.

No wonder Old Master Qin had shown himself so cheerfully.

But that happiness did not last long before unexpected news arrived, leaving Old Master Qin in a foul mood once more.

The day after the Grand Beast Feast ended, inside Old Master Qin's room.

"What? The competition has been moved up?"

Qin Shaofeng's startled cry rang out, and he could not help but rise directly to his feet.

Just moments ago, his grandfather had summoned him and informed him of extremely unfavorable news.

The City Lord Competition had been moved up. It would take place in three days.

It was too sudden. No one had expected that a competition still more than twenty days away would be brought forward—and by so much at that.

"Alas, there's nothing to be done about it. The order came down from North Yang City, the city directly under Lanjiang City. There can be no mistake!"

Old Master Qin sighed, his tone slightly heavy.

North Yang City was one of the four Yang cities of east, south, west, and north. It was one of the four great main cities of the Lianyang Kingdom, controlling smaller cities such as Lanjiang City.

Leaving everything else aside, North Yang City's strength alone was enough to crush Lanjiang City countless times over.

Therefore, Lanjiang City had no way to resist North Yang City's orders, nor could it disobey them in the slightest.

Old Master Qin also understood clearly that if things continued like this, once the Zhang Family seized the position of Lord of Lanjiang City, what awaited the Qin Family would likely be danger.

The situation was critical!