Gem

"The City Lord Mansion? These two boxes belong to Shen Long?"

Xiao Fan rubbed his hands together, secretly relieved that he had come to the right place.

"Captain, does this belong to the Shen Sect?"

"I asked curiously," a Mercenary asked.

"I don't know either." Si Ming shook his head as he looked at the air in front of him, as if he were communicating with someone.

After a moment, he composed himself and said, "Alright, I've already told the employer we've arrived. After delivering the goods, we'll rest at the Kaiyuan Hotel for two days before we hit the road."

Hearing Si Ming say this, the other Mercenary all breathed a sigh of relief.

They remained on edge throughout the entire journey.

In addition, there are many wild creatures, so there are several battles almost every day, and I dare not sleep soundly at night.

After several days, everyone was exhausted, but the thought of getting two days of rest and relaxation instantly revived them.

Kaiyuan Hotel is the accommodation chosen by the Mercenary group whenever they come to City of Kings for missions. It is owned by the Yu Family the Four Great Families.

It's a bit expensive, but in this chaotic city, it's one of the few safe places where they can finally get some rest.

Si Ming has a friend who is a hotel manager. She has already asked for the location and booked a room on the friend's page. She can just go there after delivering the goods.

Before long, the gates of the City Lord Mansion opened, and a man in his forties walked out.

He first gave the Mercenary group a sharp look, then his gaze finally settled on the two large crates in the group.

"So you're the Fate Mercenary Group? You brought all your supplies?" The man's voice was cold, as if he didn't take the Mercenary in front of him seriously at all.

Si Ming stepped forward and pointed to two large boxes in the line.

"The goods you requested have arrived. Would you like to inspect them now?"

"Hmm," the man replied casually, "Bring the goods in first, then inspect them."

After saying that, he turned and went into the City Lord Mansion.

Si Ming hurriedly instructed everyone to carry the two large boxes inside, and Xiao Fan followed them into the City Lord Mansion.

"Put it here," the man said to Si Ming, pointing to an empty space.

After placing the box in the designated location, Si Ming and his men immediately retreated five meters away to prevent them from seeing the contents of the box during the inspection later. The less they knew, the safer they would be.

Xiao Fan followed the man stealthily, waiting for him to open the box.

"What could it be?" Xiao Fan wondered.

Perhaps afraid of being seen, the man only opened a very small opening, but Xiao Fan, standing behind him, could still see what was inside.

"Gem?"

These boxes were actually filled with gemstones of various colors.

"Were these gems brought from the Real World, or... are they products of the game?"

Xiao Fan preferred the latter; if it was game stuff, why spend a high price to hire Mercenary to transport it?

"What are these gems for?" Xiao Fan wondered.

The man first checked the lock on the box, presumably to see if anyone had opened it.

Xiao Fan guessed correctly; there should be marks on the box.

Next, the man reached in and grabbed a gemstone, presumably to check its information and confirm that the goods belonged to him.

This confirmed to Xiao Fan that the gem was a product of the game.

After inspecting the two boxes, the man nodded to Si Ming.

"The items are fine. The balance will be transferred to you later. You can leave now."

Seeing that the goods had been inspected and found to be in good condition, the Fate Mercenary Group breathed a sigh of relief, nodded to the man, and walked out of the mansion.

Shen Sect is the top player faction, so it's unlikely they owe them any outstanding payments.

Watching the Mercenary group leave, the man waved to the guard beside him and said something.

"Move the items into the warehouse."

Xiao Fan also left with the guards.

After the guards placed the box in the warehouse, locked the door, and left, Xiao Fan sensed that no one was around, and he couldn't wait to open the box.

A box full of gems, in all colors and shapes.

Xiao Fan picked up a red, square gem.

View information.

Level 1 Red Gem: Possesses special energy; when inlaid into weapons, it can increase strength damage.

Xiao Fan: (·◇·)?

He was all too familiar with this! It was a common gem feature in online games from his past life.

Xiao Fan then picked up a round blue gemstone.

Level 1 Blue Gem: Possesses special energy; when inlaid in weapons, it can increase intelligence damage.

That's right, it tastes just right!

It was the gem he was thinking of.

The question is, where did this come from? How come he'd never heard of it before? What did he miss? Where did Shen Long find these gems?

Xiao Fan was filled with questions, so he didn't immediately take the two boxes of gems.

The gemstones have just arrived, Shen Long will definitely come to inspect them. If he takes them away now, Shen Long won't be able to see them and will definitely impose a city-wide lockdown and search, affecting his subsequent actions.

If we wait until Shen Long inspects the goods before taking them, not only will there be no problem, but we might even gain some confidence from him.

With that thought in mind, Xiao Fan put down the gem in his hand and began to examine the other items in the warehouse.

These were all supplies commonly used in the game in the Real World, but Xiao Fan had no interest in them and decided to take them all with him before leaving.

Just as Xiao Fan was about to sit down and create Profession, the system announcement sounded.

"System: Congratulations to player Shen Long for successfully creating T2 Rank Profession Blood Master. This is an official announcement."

"System: Congratulations to player Shen Long for successfully creating T2 Rank Profession Blood Master. This is an official announcement."

Xiao Fan's hand paused. Shen Long had created a T2 Rank Profession?

Although during game events, players will naturally level up by one level if they participate in activities such as creating skill Profession.

These days, many players have created Heaven-Tier Skill, but no one has been able to create Profession with a level. Apart from Xiao Fan, Shen Long is the second.

In the past, Xiao Fan wouldn't have found it strange. It's normal for people to create ranked Profession over time, especially since Shen Long is a powerful player in the game.

First, the City of Kings was upgraded to level five, then leveled Profession were created, and then there were two boxes of gems in front of him. This made Xiao Fan realize that something was wrong.

Shen Long must have had some kind of serendipitous encounter in the game!

"System: Congratulations to player Shen Long for successfully creating T2 Rank Profession Charger. This is an official announcement."

The system notification sounded again, and Xiao Fan's expression became much more serious.

These Profession may not sound particularly impressive, but they are rare Profession with established levels, so it's possible that the City of Kings might turn the tide because of them.

That won't do.

Xiao Fan immediately became anxious; he had to find out what had happened to Shen Long!

System Announcement: Player Shen Long has unlocked the T2 Rank Profession Blood Master in City of Kings.

System Announcement: Player Shen Long has unlocked the T2 Rank, the Charger, Profession City of Kings.

As Shen Long opened the two newly created T2 Rank Profession to City of Kings, the entire World Chat Channel was occupied by the residents of City of Kings.

Star Like Rain: Everyone has their moment of glory, but don't mistake a moment for eternity! In the Dragon Nation, not only Jiu Chen can create Profession with levels, but our City Lord can too. The City of Kings welcomes all heroes to join us.

Chuangfei Suoyouren: Everyone has their moment of glory, but don't mistake a moment for eternity! In the Dragon Nation, not only Jiu Chen can create Profession with levels, but our City Lord can too. The City of Kings welcomes all heroes to join us.

Yue Qianjun: It's really unnecessary. Although City Lord created two T2 Rank Profession, the worst Profession created by Jiu Chen are all T2 Rank. He even created a T0 Rank Profession.

Huang Quan: So what? City Lord can create a T2 city, he can create a T1 city too. T0 is just a matter of time. Our City of Kings is Level 5 City. In the future, it will definitely become the number one city in the entire game! That Jiu Chen is just a piece of trash. How can he compare to City Lord?

Si Ming: Brother Huang Quan, you...

"Damn! This bastard is from the City of Kings?"

Xiao Fan was stunned when he saw this scene in the world. He had randomly stolen and imitated the data from a player. He chose the player because he thought he was honest, but he didn't expect him to be a resident of the City of Kings.

Xiao Fan replied quickly.

Huang Quan (Jiu Chen): Haha, I was just joking with everyone. What's this "City of Kings" nonsense? I'm not joining it. Jiu Chen is much better than Shen Long! He's the best player in the game, the person I admire most. Shen Long doesn't even deserve to be compared to him!

Star Like Rain: Where did this idiot come from, daring to play tricks on us? You're finished!

Huang Quan: No, isn't this game supposed to prevent duplicate names? Why is there another Huang Quan here? And why is he pretending to be me? Brother Star Like Rain, don't misunderstand, I didn't say those words just now!

Huang Quan (Jiu Chen): I'm just messing with you bunch of idiots. If you have the guts, come and kill me. Anyone who doesn't is my son! Jiu Chen is definitely more powerful than Shen Long!

Star Like Rain: #￥%#%￥#%...

Huang Quan: It wasn't me! It really wasn't me! These words weren't spoken by me, this Huang Quan isn't me...

The players who witnessed this were stunned; what was going on?

Putting aside the rule that games can't have duplicate names, this Huang Quan is Huang Quan! What is he playing at? Is there even a hint of...?

Yue Qianjun: Could this Huang Quan have a split personality? The personality switching is quite fast.

After posting, Xiao Fan stopped paying attention to the world. If nothing unexpected happens, Shen Long should have finished his work and come back to check the two boxes of gems.

At this moment, Xiao Fan received Si Ming's message.

"Brother Huang Quan, what's happening to the world?"

"Haha, I was just being silly and abstracting things to tease everyone, don't mind me, bro." Xiao Fan casually made up a lie.

Si Ming: "Haha, young people just love to have fun. Brother Huang Quan, we're already at the Kaiyuan Hotel and will be leaving in two days. You can come find us here if you want then."

"Okay, brother, I have something to do. I'll leave with you guys when I'm done," Xiao Fan said.

"OK."

Hearing footsteps approaching from not far outside the door, Xiao Fan closed the chat window. A short while later, the warehouse door opened, and three people walked in into the light.

Xiao Fan recognized one of the men who had just inspected the goods, and the other two.

It was none other than Shen Beijun Shen Long and Myriad Phenomena Tower had met.

"He's left the Novice Village?"

Xiao Fan narrowed his eyes. If Shen Beijun was here, then Chen Xuewei had definitely left the Novice Village and was in the City of Kings, and the Chen Family must also be here.

I just don't know where the Chen Family lives.

"City Lord, the items are here. I've checked them; there's nothing wrong."

The man pointed to two large boxes.

Shen Long nodded, stepped forward, and directly lifted the lid of two large boxes, revealing various gems inside.

"Father, what is this?"

It was also Shen Beijun's first time seeing a gemstone, and he asked curiously. Xiao Fan also quickly perked up his ears.

Shen Long examined the gemstones while explaining them to the audience.

"These are called gems. They're inlaid into equipment to increase attributes; different gems have different effects."

Shen Beijun had never heard of gemstones before, and curiously picked one up to examine it.

"I never knew games had this kind of thing before. How come I've never heard of it before?"

"They were discovered on the White Nation server. Apparently, they found Gem Mine. I went through a lot of Dali to get these two boxes. With the gems, our attributes will be much higher, and maybe we can explore deeper into the Monster Region."

Shen Long put down the gemstone in his hand and spoke to the man behind him.

"The items are fine. Go put them in my private vault."

"It's the City Lord."

Xiao Fan followed behind the box, thinking as he walked.

He never expected that these gems were actually brought back from the White Nation server, where Gem Mine had been discovered.

In addition, Xiao Fan received another message: Shen Long had begun exploring the Monster Region.

After Jian Qingfeng reached level 100, the game opened up the Monster Region.

The country sent people to explore the area, but the Magic Beast were too powerful. Players of the same level were powerless against them, and the country paid a heavy price for it. To this day, no one has been sent to explore the Monster Region. I never expected that Shen Long and his group would be exploring it.

"Could the city upgrade be related to the Monster Region?"

Xiao Fan guessed.

He felt it was very likely that the resources in the Monster Region were definitely much greater than those in the current region.

After some thought, Xiao Fan went to Shen Long's private vault.

After everyone left, Xiao Fan immediately put the two boxes of gems into his spatial storage.

The items in Shen Long's private vault were far superior to those in the storeroom; they contained weapons, equipment, Heavenly Spirit Treasure. Xiao Fan stored them all into his spatial storage.

Looking at the empty warehouse, Xiao Fan left with satisfaction.

The City of Kings is large, but there aren't many players because Shen Long's City Lord Mansion is extremely large and is a dragon-style building.

The Shen Family was a large clan, with many members residing there.

Shen Long's residence was right next to his private vault, making it easy to find.

Just as Xiao Fan was about to enter the courtyard where Shen Long was, an unexpected person came running from a distance.

"Speak of the devil and he appears!"

This person was none other than Chen Zhihao, who had altered his college entrance exam scores and threatened him.

Chen Xuewei's father!

When enemies meet, their eyes are filled with intense hatred!

However, Xiao Fan was invisible, so Chen Zhihao couldn't see him.

Chen Zhihao no longer has that arrogant attitude he once had.

He was now skin and bones, looking as if he had aged ten years; it seemed he had suffered a lot while playing the game.

However, he seems to be in good spirits, suggesting he has been recuperating in the City of Kings for some time.

"Uncle Chen, you've arrived."

Shen Beijun walked out of the courtyard, presumably having received a message from Chen Zhihao and come to meet him.

"Young Master Shen!" Chen Zhihao bowed respectfully to the man.

"Uncle Chen, please don't be so polite. My father is waiting inside. Please come in with me."

Shen Beijun offered a helping hand and led Chen Zhihao inside, with Xiao Fan quickly following behind.

"What did you say? The squad is missing?"