Hehe, once my summoned characters arrive, I'll direct the whole show from behind the scenes.
What could be better!!!
I don't care what heavenly prodigies, holy sons, holy maidens, or powerful backgrounds you have!
I've got a cheat...
I'll trample every last one of you underfoot and make you sing "Conquest" for me! Luo Tian indulged in a little fantasy.
Besides, women will only slow down my blade! As Luo Tian thought of those words, an uncertain light flickered in his eyes.
He thought of a saying:
To become the strongest, you must have no restraints or attachments!
"Ah, I got it wrong, all wrong. Women can help balance things out too!"
"Pah! It's not like I came here to become a monk."
Just then, the system's voice rang out in Luo Tian's mind.
"Ding! A powerful ambition to contend for supremacy over this world has been detected in the host!! Random A-rank quest triggered. Quest requirement: Host, please establish your first faction. Quest reward: 1,000,000 low-grade spirit stones. Bronze Summoning Cards ×3. [Summoning card synthesis instructions]: 3 Bronze Summoning Cards can be combined into 1 Silver Summoning Card. 3 Silver Summoning Cards can be combined into 1 Gold Summoning Card."
Luo Tian froze briefly, then broke into an excited smile.
Hey, a quest!! Luo Tian rubbed his hands together and grinned.
"Establish a faction?"
He only needed to find a suitable place, and he could establish a faction of his own in this dynasty.
"Are these quests ranked too?" Luo Tian asked curiously.
"Yes, host."
"At the current stage, quests are divided by difficulty into SSS, SS, S, and A ranks."
"A rank is the lowest rank and the least difficult."
"SSS rank is the most difficult, and its rewards are also rarer," the system explained.
"Oh, this is an A-rank quest."
"Reward: 1,000,000 low-grade spirit stones."
"3 Bronze-Grade Character Summoning Cards."
Luo Tian murmured to himself as he looked at the quest panel.
"Mm, time for me to go out and see the world!"
Luo Tian got up and left the slums straightaway, gazing at the bustling streets outside.
"Tsk, now this is the life I want!"
"Ah! I'd better get myself a more presentable outfit first!"
This look is really too hideous to behold! Luo Tian glanced at his clothes and shook his head.
Luo Tian entered a clothing shop in the city called the Brocade Workshop, where all kinds of garments were on display.
"From simple cloth garments to lavish silks, they have everything."
He chose a simple, elegant blue-green robe and changed into it with the gold-thread soft armor underneath, considerably improving his overall bearing.
Luo Tian tossed the shopkeeper several dozen low-grade spirit stones, then turned and left!
Next, Luo Tian went to a fairly well-known restaurant in Fengluo City-the Drunken Immortal Restaurant.
At a window seat on the second floor, several small dishes and a pot of clear wine sat on the table.
As he ate, Luo Tian listened to news about some of Fengluo City's factions.
"Restaurants and pleasure quarters are the best-informed places"!
Where fish and dragons mingled, all kinds of news leaked out...
"Fengluo City might be small, but it's a pretty good place!"
"Right, I agree. Low-level martial artists like us can only aspire to things like this!" Some diners drank while discussing the great matters of life!
A diner at the next table said quietly, "The Wang Clan and the Huang Lineage are the two largest lineages in Fengluo City."
"They run businesses in restaurants, pills, weapons, and the like!"
"Look, this Drunken Immortal Restaurant belongs to the Wang Clan! The spirit stones it earns every year are no small sum."
"Ah, stop being jealous! If you had that kind of strength, you could have all this too!" Another martial artist at the same table shook his head.
"I hear the Wang Clan's patriarch has a Sea Transformation Realm cultivation!"
"Who knows whether it's true?"
"Also, the Little Tyrant of Fengluo City is the Wang Clan patriarch's own son!"
"Shh, keep your voice down. If the Little Tyrant hears you, you're done for!"
The Little Tyrant of Fengluo City? Hearing that title, Luo Tian thought of the neighborhood kingpins on Blue Star...
"There's also the Heavenly Wolf Gang. They only have a few dozen members."
"But every one of them is a desperado, and their gambling houses and brothels rake in gold by the bucketful every day!"
"Unfortunately, we're weak and have no talent. We can only scrape by hunting demonic beasts!"
"Hey, brother, stop sighing! Hurry up and drink. Once we're done, let's find somewhere to get a flute blown..."
"You know what I mean..." The speaker gave his friend across the table a look.
"You're paying!" the martial artist said, his eyes lighting up.
"Fine, but next time, you pay!"
"The Wang Clan, the Huang Lineage, the Heavenly Wolf Gang, the Little Tyrant of Fengluo City?"
Luo Tian listened silently to these names, forming a preliminary understanding of these factions.
Once I establish my faction, I'll start with you!
After eating and drinking his fill, Luo Tian paid the bill and left the Drunken Immortal Restaurant.
Like a young gentleman out for a stroll, he walked along the streets, looking at some key locations in this small city and the martial artists coming and going.
Some martial cultivators traveling alone gave off the presence of mid Xiantian Realm cultivation.
Some martial artists traveled in groups of three or five, with cultivation ranging from late Body Tempering to the mid Houtian Realm.
They looked like small teams heading out together to explore and search for resources!
The martial artists in Fengluo City don't have particularly high cultivation, Luo Tian murmured inwardly.
Still, wherever there are people, there is the jianghu!
Behind this small city's prosperity lurked countless surging undercurrents and murderous threats.
Deaths and injuries were inevitable in struggles between factions!
And storm clouds would soon gather over Fengluo City! The heavens were about to change! Luo Tian's faction was coming...
"What faction name would sound impressive enough? Any guesses?"
"Mm, establishing a faction now requires manpower. I need to find somewhere to use the Bronze-Grade Summoning Card first!!"
"Let's see what character I can summon, then make plans and arrangements!"