"Please confirm appearance and attire..."

"Confirmed."

"Please confirm the location of your first birth..."

"1000 meters outside the east gate of Lanyue City."

"Player identity must not be exposed..."

"The ten taboos of the Blood Rain World must not be violated."

...

A misty, rain-swept world appeared before Xu Jingming's eyes. He felt the drizzle on his face, cool and comfortable. The air temperature was just right. A glance revealed a towering city in the distance.

"What a huge city. The city walls seem endless," Xu Jingming praised inwardly. He was currently in a patch of weeds, enveloped by a hazy light.

In just three seconds, the light dissipated.

Xu Jingming looked at himself. He was wearing a relatively close-fitting cloth outfit, and his long hair was simply tied up. The Blood Rain World was a barbaric world of mortals, and technology was almost negligible. Therefore, 'haircuts' were quite difficult, and people almost all had long hair.

"Lanyue City, with a population of over five million, is considered a large city," Xu Jingming said, walking out of the weeds and admiring this world.

"A nearly 100% virtual world. The original inhabitants are all real humans from reality, with their memories obscured, playing roles. They possess real wisdom and emotions. This is fundamentally shaping a nearly completely real ancient world," Xu Jingming marveled.

Only with reality can one invest more emotion, which is more beneficial to spiritual cultivation.

Xu Jingming observed as he strolled, not at all in a hurry, as it was still quite a while before the agreed time of 10:09.

"This body is indeed ordinary," Xu Jingming felt his body. "If I don't use any skills, just brute force, I guess I could only lift about a hundred *jin* of weight."

"Fortunately! The consciousness in reality is strong enough to perfectly control this body."

Xu Jingming secretly rejoiced.

After all, the consciousness entering the virtual world was the consciousness of a cosmic life! The strength of the consciousness was high enough to easily sense every cell of the body, achieving 'cellular-level control'! Even with this ordinary body, he could unleash terrifying power.

This was also the strength of the so-called 'entry-level experts' of the Blood Rain World. Entry-level experts dealing with ordinary people was simply like killing chickens.

Xu Jingming felt the new body as he walked toward the agreed location.

"Clip-clop, clip-clop~~" A team riding horses began to slow down. After all, they were approaching the city gate, and the official road was starting to get crowded. Everyone had to line up to enter the city.

"We're at Lanyue City."

"Wow, this is Lanyue City!"

"It really is a huge city with no end in sight! Just like my second uncle said!"

"Once I get to Lanyue City, I want to find a master. I want to practice martial arts!"

In the merchant caravan, the young people and children looked at the towering city with excitement and anticipation, their eyes full of hope for the future.

"Sit down quickly. Once we arrive in Lanyue City, no one is allowed to act on their own," an old man with gray hair reprimanded the young people.

Xu Jingming watched and walked, soon noticing a woman in green standing by the official road, a hundred meters outside the east gate. The woman also noticed Xu Jingming. Their eyes met, and they both nodded slightly.

They had both seen images of each other and recognized each other at a glance.

Xu Jingming walked closer and said, "Jing."

"I am Qingyu. Mr. Jing has arrived a bit earlier than scheduled," the woman in green, with a sword at her waist, said with a smile.

"It's my first time in Lanyue City. I wanted to take a look around," Xu Jingming said with a smile.

"Since it's Mr. Jing's first time here, you probably don't have a weapon," Qingyu said. "I'll lend you a dagger for self-defense. After you meet my master, we can prepare a weapon suitable for you."

Xu Jingming reached out and took the dagger. "Thank you, Miss Qingyu."

For experts like them, having a dagger in hand naturally greatly increased their threat.

"Let's enter the city," Qingyu said. Xu Jingming followed beside her, and the dagger in his hand disappeared in a flash.

Three lines had formed at the east gate. The entrance fee was ten *dao* coins per person. The entrance fee for goods was calculated separately.

"This Lanyue City is truly quite prosperous," Xu Jingming said as he and Qingyu walked through the ancient city, traversing streets and arched bridges, watching the boats in the river below, and admiring the scenery that was completely different from the real world.

After entering the city, they walked for more than ten *li* and arrived in front of a large mansion.

There were gatekeepers at the entrance, but they didn't stop them, allowing Xu Jingming and Qingyu to enter.

"They have quite a few subordinates," Xu Jingming said. After entering the mansion, he saw many patrolling guards. Xu Jingming walked deeper and deeper, marveling at the size of the mansion. After walking for several minutes, he arrived at a back garden.

In a pavilion in the back garden, a handsome young man was feeding the fish in the pond.

"Young Master," Qingyu said as she walked to the front of the pavilion. "Mr. Jing has arrived."

"Oh?" The handsome young man turned his head to look at Xu Jingming and said with a smile, "Mr. Jing, please sit."

"The mission period this time is three months. You will follow my young master's arrangements throughout," Qingyu said.

"Alright," Xu Jingming nodded and walked into the pavilion to sit down.

Taking someone's money to help them avoid disaster.

Moreover, this was a virtual world. Xu Jingming naturally wouldn't be soft-hearted when it came to killing.

"My name is Chang Yi," the handsome young man said with a smile. "I am the master of the Chang family. I will be troubling Mr. Jing for the next three months."

"It's my duty," Xu Jingming replied.

"Starting today, Mr. Jing will work 12 hours a day," the handsome young man said. "Qingyu will inform you of the daily work schedule one day in advance. Outside of work hours, you can move freely in Lanyue City, but it must not exceed two hours, and Qingyu must accompany you throughout. You should understand that this is to ensure that you have not violated the mission requirements."

Xu Jingming nodded.

Having Qingyu accompany him was to supervise him and prevent those who accepted the task from secretly sabotaging things.

"Whoosh." The handsome young man casually threw out a money bag. "There are five hundred *qian* here, as a gift to Mr. Jing."

"Jingming thanks the young master," Xu Jingming said, accepting it.

The value of money in this world was very high. After all, 'ten thousand gold' could be offered to enter the mysterious land. This five hundred *qian*...was roughly equivalent to 'five thousand cosmic coins'.

"What kind of weapon does Mr. Jing need?" the handsome young man said. "Of course, heavy crossbows and armor are out of the question because they are regulated by the government. At most, I can prepare a close-fitting soft armor vest for you." Ordinary light bows only required a hundred or so *jin* of strength to draw, which was meaningless to experts like Xu Jingming and the others.

"A spear, three meters long. It would be best if the spear could be split into two sections and assembled at any time. Also, six throwing knives and a soft armor vest," Xu Jingming said. "I trouble the young master."

The handsome young man, Chang Yi, nodded. "I will have them prepared for you tonight."

Spears and throwing knives were both common weapons.

"Qingyu, take Mr. Jing to his residence," Chang Yi instructed, then watched as Qingyu and Xu Jingming left.

...

Xu Jingming and Miss Qingyu walked through the mansion.

"Mr. Jing must be curious as to why my young master was able to become the master of this large family," Miss Qingyu said.

Xu Jingming nodded slightly. "We descend with lowly identities, and we are targeted even more by the Blood Rain World. It's impossible for us to come from a large family."

"That's right."

Miss Qingyu nodded with a smile. "I won't hide it from Mr. Jing. My young master paid a great price. First, he disguised himself as an illegitimate son of the Chang family. After the Chang family's master passed away, my young master, as the family's only heir, became the master of the Chang family. We have already paid a great price to take control of the Chang family. What we need to do next is to sell off the businesses that the Chang family has been running for hundreds of years...This is also the time for us to reap the rewards, and we will not allow any mistakes."

Xu Jingming was surprised to hear this.

Cosmic citizens who entered were targeted by the Blood Rain World. The higher the status, the higher the authority, the greater the wealth...the stronger the world's targeting became, and various dangers would arrive.

Therefore, the middle and upper levels of the Blood Rain World were almost all aboriginals.

"I admire you," Xu Jingming praised. "It is difficult to earn money in the Blood Rain World, and if you succeed in this harvest, you will reap the wealth of a large family in Lanyue City for hundreds of years."

"We have paid a lot, before and after," Miss Qingyu said. "In short, please cooperate fully for these three months, Mr. Jing. You should know the punishment for violating the mission."

"Don't worry."

Xu Jingming nodded.

The employment fee was 600,000. If he violated the contract, the video recorded in the virtual world would be confirmed by the 'Ten Thousand Realms Group', and the penalty would be at least three times the amount, depending on the severity of the consequences! Xu Jingming didn't have that much money. Naturally, he had no intention of betraying.

"This small courtyard, the left厢房 (xiāngfáng, wing room) is Mr. Jing's residence, the middle one is my young master's, the right 厢房 (xiāngfáng, wing room) is Mr. Lü's, and the front courtyard is Miss Ziteng's. Mr. Lü and Miss Ziteng are also responsible for protecting the young master." Qingyu led Xu Jingming into the small courtyard.

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There will only be one chapter today.