Unrestrained

As he pondered, the line soon reached the few people just ahead of Zhou Heng.

Just then, the Sakast Imperial Sword actually began to tremble slightly.

"Hm? What's this?"

Zhou Heng focused his gaze on the Sakast Imperial Sword and found that it was merely trembling slightly. Nothing else unusual happened, such as Karenna appearing to speak to him.

"Next!"

At the fat young man's shout, the person ahead of Zhou Heng was kicked into Frost City's Resource Vault. It was his turn.

Zhou Heng walked up to the fat young man and looked at him without servility or arrogance.

The fat young man gave Zhou Heng a surprised look. He kept feeling that this person looked familiar, as though he had seen him somewhere before.

But even after thinking for quite a while, he could not remember who he was.

"What's your name?"

The fat young man looked Zhou Heng up and down and asked condescendingly.

Zhou Heng rested his hand on the Sakast Imperial Sword, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.

"Zhou Heng!"

Zhou Heng believed that once he gave his name, the other man would recognize him.

To his disappointment, however, the fat young man merely said, "Oh," then waved him inside.

That reaction left even Zhou Heng a little unsure how to respond.

A week had already passed since he killed Su Ling. By now, information about him should have spread among the nearby Longevity Family players.

So had the Su Family, a Longevity Family, concealed the news, or were the Longevity Families, despite their collusion, not actually a united front?

With those thoughts in mind, Zhou Heng entered Frost City's Resource Vault.

Looking at the densely packed resources inside Frost City's Resource Vault, Zhou Heng felt like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden. There was simply too much.

He picked up a potion bottle right in front of him.

Lesser Light Potion

Quality: Fine

Six hours after consumption, Light Attribute Reduction +100

Good stuff!

Ignoring the puzzled, bewildered, and shocked expressions around him, Zhou Heng downed the Lesser Light Potion in one gulp.

[You consumed a Lesser Light Potion]

[Absorbing...]

[Estimated time: 6:00]

[Estimated increase to Light Attribute Reduction: 100]

"Not bad, especially the taste!"

Still wanting more, Zhou Heng tossed the bottle away and picked up another beside it.

Lesser Dark Potion

Quality: Fine

Six hours after consumption, Dark Attribute Reduction +100

It was good stuff on par with the Lesser Light Potion. Without hesitation, Zhou Heng picked it up and poured it all down his throat.

"What are you doing?"

"Do you have a death wish?"

"This is Frost City's Resource Vault! The Su Family, a Longevity Family, controls it. If you're caught doing this, you're dead!"

The speaker was a freckled girl around Zhou Heng's age, clearly a new player.

"You said the Su Family controls Frost City's Resource Vault? Then who's that fatty outside?" Zhou Heng asked quietly.

The freckled girl glanced around. Seeing that no one was paying attention to them, she spoke softly.

"His name is Su Hai. Rumor has it he's the eldest young master of the Su Family's foremost collateral branch. He's a real lecher. If you have a pretty girlfriend, you need to watch out."

Su Hai?

A strange look crossed Zhou Heng's face. That name certainly suited a lecher.

But that raised a question.

As the eldest young master of the Su Family's foremost collateral branch, he should not have been unaware that Zhou Heng had killed Su Ling.

So had he simply not checked his messages, or had he forgotten all about Zhou Heng?

Zhou Heng thought that was quite possible, but he did not waste brain cells digging into it. Compared with worthless Longevity players like that, he was more interested in the resources in this Resource Vault.

If his inventory slots had not been limited, he really would have liked to empty this place outright.

There were several more potions beside the Lesser Dark Potion. Zhou Heng took them out and checked them one by one. Well, well-they were potions corresponding to the various elements.

How could Zhou Heng pass up a chance to boost his stats? Without another word, he poured all kinds of resources into his mouth.

[You consumed a Lesser Water Potion]

[Absorbing...]

[Estimated time: 6:00]

[Estimated increase to Water Attribute Reduction: 100]

[You consumed a Lesser Fire Potion]

[Absorbing...]

[Estimated time: 6:00]

[Estimated increase to Fire Attribute Reduction: 100]

Seeing that Zhou Heng had not only ignored her words but was going even further, the freckled girl was numb with shock.

Was this guy not afraid of dying?

If another player or NPC hoping to curry favor with the Longevity Families discovered this, even if he survived, there was absolutely no chance he would be released in one piece.

"Are you trying to get yourself killed?"

"You can't drink any more! Su Hai has an older sister who enjoys toying with men. If you get caught, your whole life will be over!"

Zhou Heng ignored the freckled girl's warnings and continued doing as he pleased.

Soon, Zhou Heng made a whole new discovery.

Heavenly Horse Cigarettes

Quality: Radiant

Special cigarettes made from heavenly fragrant licorice watered with Unicorn Pegasus blood essence.

Each cigarette smoked permanently grants attack +100, magic +100, health +1,000, and mana +1,000.

Finishing one pack (20 cigarettes) permanently grants attack speed +1.0/s and movement speed +1.0 m/s.

Note: Each person may smoke no more than one pack.

This was absolutely good stuff. Even though Zhou Heng did not smoke, he could not refuse stat boosts of this caliber, especially since they also granted attack speed and movement speed.

Even if the highest authority in heaven showed up, he was smoking these Heavenly Horse Cigarettes.

Without hesitation, he opened the pack of Heavenly Horse Cigarettes, lit one, and took two deep drags.

The Heavenly Horse Cigarettes tasted quite good. They were even a little sweet, as though coated in honey.

[You smoked Heavenly Horse Cigarettes. Permanent gains: attack +10, magic +10, health +100, mana +100.]

Zhou Heng checked how much of the cigarette had burned and estimated that another ten notifications would see him finish the whole thing.

Worried about being implicated by Zhou Heng, the freckled girl had already run far away. Seeing that he was not only refusing to rein himself in but growing even more brazen, she could not help grimacing.

Did this guy actually have the ability to back it up, or was he just so cavalier that he thought a few resurrection chances made him invincible?

While the freckled girl pondered this, a man beside Zhou Heng who had completed his first class advancement caught the scent of smoke and sniffed suspiciously.

[You absorbed secondhand smoke from Heavenly Horse Cigarettes]

[Permanent gains: attack +2, magic +2, health +20, mana +20]

Heavenly Horse Cigarettes?

The special-supply cigarettes that, according to rumor, only Longevity Families were entitled to smoke?

The first-advancement man looked toward the source of the smoke in shock. At that glance, wild delight spread across his face.

A player outside the Longevity Families was actually smoking Heavenly Horse Cigarettes in a Resource Vault controlled by the Su Family! If he reported this and pleased the Longevity Family players, surely they would reward him with a few silver coins?

"Someone, come quick! Someone here is using things without permis-"

Before the first-advancement man could finish, a keen, cold flash answered him.

Then the first-advancement man turned into light and vanished from the Resource Vault.

"If you want to report it, go outside and report it. All that squawking in here is noisy!"

Zhou Heng sheathed his sword and puffed away with the cigarette between his lips.

He had to admit, smoking this stuff felt good...