Chapter 1 Night Outside the Qi King Residence

Night, outside the Qi King Residence.

A gray-clothed man, "Guardian Chou," cautiously observed with a group of men. "My lord, the fighting has begun."

"What a commotion!"

"Is Mister Jing's sect attacking the Qi King Residence head-on?" The Fei family observers muttered to themselves. The sounds of fighting from the Qi King Residence could be heard even outside the estate, attracting the attention of many.

After waiting for a long time, "The Qi King Residence is on fire!"

"It's burning!" They saw that parts of the Qi King Residence were being set ablaze, the fire growing larger and larger. This shocked those who dared to watch from afar outside the estate. The fire in many parts of the residence indicated a complete loss of control!

Guardian Chou and his subordinates exchanged glances.

"Brother Jing's sect, what powerful strength!" Guardian Chou exclaimed.

"Even with the Qi King Residence's elite experts and supreme masters, they can't control the situation." The others were also amazed.

Suddenly, blurry figures approached from the distance. Guardian Chou and the others hiding in the corner were startled!

"Brother Chou." A familiar voice rang out. Guardian Chou and the others then saw clearly that it was Xu Jingming, who had removed his mask, and Fei Xinlan, whom he was holding with one arm. "Miss." Guardian Chou was overjoyed.

Then he worried, "What happened to you?"

His own young miss had become a disciple of Dean Ming and had reached the Third-Rate realm. Why did she need someone to carry her?

"The Qi King gave me Muscle-Weakening Powder," Fei Xinlan said. "My body is weak, and I can't walk fast!" The Qi King did this to better control Fei Xinlan and to make it harder for her to commit suicide.

"Muscle-Weakening Powder?" Guardian Chou breathed a sigh of relief.

Muscle-Weakening Powder would wear off in a month even without any antidote.

"Take Miss Fei back. I have other matters to attend to," Xu Jingming said. He had already discovered Guardian Chou and the others while waiting outside the Qi King Residence.

"Leave Miss to me, Brother Jing. Be careful." Guardian Chou could tell that Xu Jingming was pale and clearly injured. Xu Jingming nodded slightly and turned to disappear into the darkness. Guardian Chou and the others watched this scene with some emotion.

"For a bit of kindness back then, he's willing to risk his life to repay it." "Truly a righteous man."

While they sighed, Fei Xinlan was also emotionally stirred. She had even wondered if Brother Jing had feelings for her? That was why he was fighting so hard? But during their contact just now, she didn't sense any love from Brother Jing's eyes or words.

"Miss, let's go." Guardian Chou and the others protected Fei Xinlan and immediately left cautiously.

Imperial Capital.

A wobbling old man carrying a wine gourd on the street suddenly felt a consciousness descend upon him. The old man's eyes became much deeper, and he looked up in the direction of the Qi King Residence.

"Taking away 35,000 gold at once?" The old man shook his head slightly. "And using a forbidden technique from a high-level legacy! Is he a little rascal from some major family in the universe? Or an external member of the seventeen top factions?"

Very few people could learn high-level legacies to begin with.

Although the security regarding Planetary Lifeforms was lower, one still needed a sufficient background. For example, one's parents had to be high-ranking members of the seventeen top factions to pay a certain price and allow their children to learn the "basics" of a high-level legacy to lay the foundation.

"He has accumulated more than 50,000 gold in the Blood Rain World!"

"Logically speaking, he should be severely punished! But being able to use forbidden techniques means that he might have some connection to me in reality." The old man thought that since he was a Tier 9 Origin Lifeform, any junior who could use forbidden techniques might be related to him.

For example, the junior's parents were high-ranking members of the seventeen top factions?

For example, this junior was an external member of the seventeen top factions and might even become an Origin Lifeform in the future?

"Hu."

With a step, the old man's figure blurred and disappeared.

Carrying a package, Xu Jingming walked in the snowy darkness. Suddenly, an old man carrying a wine gourd appeared in front of him. "Hm?" Xu Jingming felt an enormous crisis in his heart.

A terrifying aura enveloped him, and Xu Jingming's consciousness instinctively trembled in fear.

"So strong. This invisible mental pressure is definitely not at the eighth tier." Xu Jingming immediately judged, "This is an Origin Lifeform." This gave him a headache.

Was this the Blood Rain World's response?

"I only took 35,000 gold out of the Qi King Residence's gold. Did that attract this response?" Xu Jingming thought to himself.

"Which family's kid are you? Why are you so ignorant?" The old man carrying the wine gourd shook his head. "Is the Blood Rain World's gold so easy to take? Once you accumulate more than 50,000 gold, you will suffer heavenly punishment! If you accumulate 100,000 gold, you can completely give up on the Blood Rain World because you won't be able to move an inch."

Xu Jingming was stunned. Was the other party so easy to talk to?

"Thank you, Senior," Xu Jingming said. "I don't know much about the Blood Rain World."

"Don't be too greedy in the Blood Rain World. It's best to stop at 90,000 gold. If it were someone else, they might have slapped you to death today. It's just that I have a good temper," the wine gourd old man was saying when a terrifying mental force came crashing over.

Rumble!

What did it feel like when a Tier 9 Origin Lifeform's mental force was directed at one person?

It was as if the entire world was pressing down! Xu Jingming only felt his mind go blank, and he lost control of his body for a moment.

"Bang."

A gourd smashed into Xu Jingming's chest. His chest caved in, and several ribs snapped. Under this impact, his body flew backward uncontrollably, fell to the ground, and spat out a mouthful of blood. Only then did Xu Jingming regain control of his body.

"Haha…" The wine gourd old man glanced at Xu Jingming, turned, and left, disappearing into the darkness.

Xu Jingming stayed where he was, controlling his injuries and thinking about the Blood Rain World's response he had just experienced.

"The Blood Rain World has an official operator," Xu Jingming understood this. "There are all sorts of restrictions on players obtaining gold. Obtaining more gold will lead to responses. Accumulating 50,000 gold leads to heavenly punishment, and at 100,000 gold, it will be impossible to move an inch."

"That senior was merciful today." Xu Jingming understood this. He only seriously injured him but didn't kill him! He also didn't take the package, just to give him some face.

"Which family's kid are you?" Xu Jingming recalled the other party's words and soon had a guess. "Could it be that my use of the forbidden technique made the other party believe that I have an extraordinary background? That's why he was merciful?" That was likely the case.

In the entire human alliance of the universe, although there were countless civilizations, those who could cultivate a high-level legacy like the "Planetary Lifeform Forbidden Technique" must have a great background!

Either they were disciples of major families like Yano, or they were external members of top factions like Xu Jingming. As for those who obtained the basic parts of high-level legacies "illegally," they wouldn't dare to use them within the virtual world network.

Those who dared to use them had obtained them legally!

"The other party is a Tier 9 Origin Lifeform, so he should be a member of the seventeen top factions," Xu Jingming vaguely understood. "It's all about interpersonal relationships!"

The Qi King had been killed!

The murder of a dignified king was a major event! The emperor learned of it that very night and issued an order in a rage that the murderer must be investigated thoroughly!

If it were a stable period, the entire imperial capital would probably be turned upside down. But now, the entire world was in rebellion almost everywhere. Even the Blood Rain Guards in the imperial capital were restless, and many were preparing an escape route.

Who would risk their lives to investigate the death of a king?

"Wielding shields and crushing an army of over a thousand third-rate experts head-on? Resolutely killing the Qi King?" After learning a little about the situation, the Blood Rain Guards shrank back in fear. "Over a thousand third-rate experts couldn't stop him, and the Qi King was still killed. Can we investigate such a fierce person?"

The Blood Rain Guards were just putting on a show.

What's more, the Qi King Residence's guards had almost all fled, leaving only a very few who were extremely loyal and still followed the Qi King Residence's family.

The next day, Xu Jingming opened his door. It had snowed all night, and now the snow in front of the door was deep enough to submerge his calves. "The weather is really good."

Xu Jingming was in a good mood.

The morning sun shone on the white snow, making the world much brighter.

Xu Jingming admired the scenery at the door for a while before seeing that kind old man from afar approaching with three other people. "Brother Jing." The old man walked over and exclaimed, "I admire you, I admire you. What a grand gesture."

"Please."

Xu Jingming led the few of them into the house and closed the courtyard door.

"According to your request, the gold has been divided into four parts. These three parts are each 10,000 gold. This last part is 5,000 gold." Xu Jingming pointed to the gold placed on the ground inside the house.

The old man smiled and nodded. "Alright." With that, he went to collect the 5,000 gold.

The three people next to him began to make sacrifices, each sacrificing 10,000 gold.

The Blood Rain World also controlled the way gold was obtained to limit the number of people entering the mysterious land. For example, in the Hunter Cosmos Domain, less than 200,000 people entered the mysterious land every 330 days.

Xu Jingming watched the three people sacrifice and was quite emotional. He had used the mysterious land to leap over the dragon gate and successfully joined a top faction in the human alliance of the universe.

It was just that the threshold for the seventeen top factions was extremely high, and only a very small number of explorers were recruited each year.

Whoosh!

The three people and 30,000 gold disappeared into thin air. "Did the money arrive?" the old man asked.

"It arrived." Xu Jingming nodded. He had already received the notification that the money had arrived.

"Alright, remember to take care of me if you have any business. The exchange rate I give is considered top-notch in the industry," the old man said with a smile.

"I'll have another 20,000 gold soon," Xu Jingming said. "I'll contact you then."

This 20,000 gold was promised by Old Master Fei.

"Amazing," the old man exclaimed. "I'll take my leave first." He left quietly with the 5,000 gold he had collected.

On the third day after rescuing Fei Xinlan, Old Master Fei had quietly gathered 20,000 gold and sent it to Xu Jingming! After all, he knew that Xu Jingming and his sect had defeated the Qi King Residence's over a thousand guards and even killed the Qi King!

Having someone do such a big thing and only paying 20,000 gold made Old Master Fei feel like it was too little. But there was no way around it. He didn't have much gold and silver. The Fei family had risen for too short a time after all.

"I heard that the expert wielding double shields crushed an army of over a thousand third-rate experts head-on before resolutely killing the Qi King," Guardian Chou said. "Brother Jing's sect is truly strong."

"The rumor I heard was that there was an expert using a spear, an expert using double shields, and an expert using a hammer," said the silver-haired Guardian Lu. There were all sorts of chaotic rumors about the Qi King's murder. As they were passed from person to person, they became more and more outrageous!

"Bang, bang, bang." Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. A guard opened the door and immediately saw Xu Jingming outside. "Mister Jing is here." Xu Jingming walked in.

Xu Jingming walked in.

"Brother Jing." Guardian Lu and Guardian Chou greeted him warmly. Old Master Fei and Fei Xinlan quickly walked out of the house. "Mister Jing," Old Master Fei said politely.

"Brother Jing." Fei Xinlan had recovered after taking the antidote.

The group walked into the house and sat down. Xu Jingming took out a map from his bosom, placed it flat on the table in front of him, and said, "Old Master Fei, you should know that the situation in the imperial capital is getting worse and worse. The rebel army may attack the imperial capital at any time."

Everyone present nodded.

Everyone understood this. The Western Regions were out of control, and the Eastern Regions had also raised the banner of rebellion. The fall of the imperial capital was only a matter of time.

"So I've been planning to find a way to send Xinlan away from the imperial capital," Old Master Fei said.

"Some friends and I are also planning to leave the imperial capital." Xu Jingming pointed to the map. "We plan to go to Lanjiang City here. Lanjiang City is located in a remote area with many lakes and rivers. It won't be easy for a large army to attack it."

This was the place that everyone from Xia had decided on after discussion.

The experts from Xia had limited strength. Even with an unparalleled expert like Xu Jingming, it was difficult for Xu Jingming to log on more than once, so they could only use him as a deterrent. Therefore, it was better to go to an ordinary city.

"Lanjiang City?" Old Master Fei's eyes lit up when he saw it.

"It will take about a month to get from the imperial capital to Lanjiang City," Xu Jingming said. "If Old Master Fei and the others also want to leave, we can travel together! We can also take care of each other along the way."

Old Master Fei looked at the map, his eyes shining.

"Close the door," Old Master Fei instructed. "Everyone else, please leave." After dismissing the others, Guardian Chou also closed the door. Only Old Master Fei, Fei Xinlan, Guardian Chou, Guardian Lu, and Xu Jingming remained in the house.

"Mister Jing." Old Master Fei looked at Xu Jingming and said solemnly, "You saved Xinlan, so there's no need to hide it from you. My son, Fei Qing…"