Chapter 145: Hidden Demon Tribe Training Ground

The game time is twelve hours; after the siege ended and some miscellaneous tasks, there isn't much game time left now.

Su Sheng thought, and it seems the only place suitable for his leveling is the Great Rift.

Now Su Sheng is close to level 33, and level‑35 monsters are no longer within his leveling range.

Leaving the town, Su Sheng headed straight for the Great Rift.

At this point the Great Rift no longer has the rampant Demon Energy it had at the start.

Only a few scattered low‑level monsters wander outside, around level 37‑38, all demon‑tainted beasts, but they're too scattered to be suitable for leveling.

After killing two, Su Sheng stopped wasting time and entered the Great Rift directly.

The Great Rift is still gloomy and dim, but without the initial oppressive feeling.

Where are the monsters?

Su Sheng took a quick stroll.

He didn't find any.

Su Sheng went straight to the bottom of the Great Rift, seeing no monster along the way.

Damn, looks like I have to go back and grind level‑35 monsters.

It seems that on this town's map, the monsters near the Great Rift are the highest‑level ones.

But Su Sheng thought, he still has a one‑time Dungeon scroll, which grants a hefty amount of experience.

One‑time Dungeon…

?

One‑time Dungeon?

Su Sheng's eyes widened sharply.

He saw that where the demon general Kaker once stood, a dark opening now glowed faintly.

Su Sheng approached and tried to touch it.

System Notification: Do you want to enter "Hidden Demon Tribe Training Ground"?

Dungeon level: 35.

Player limit: 5

Remaining attempts: 3 (disappears after clearing).

Su Sheng felt his heart skip a beat.

"Ha ha!!" Su Sheng couldn't help but burst into laughter.

It's thanks to my bored wandering; it seems that, like Shen Yang who liked to roam everywhere before, it isn't necessarily a bad thing.

It really was a piece of cake to find this after endless searching; I was previously agonizing over where to level.

But with little game time left today, Su Sheng chose No.

And the limit is five people.

He could just bring the highest‑level Huan Jie and the others, and after clearing this Dungeon and leveling up, immediately fire up his one‑time Dungeon scroll without pause.

However, the Dungeon is level 35, meaning its difficulty is around level 35.

An outdoor one‑time Dungeon differs from the one Su Sheng holds; the latter has an entry‑level restriction, while outdoor ones have none—35 is the difficulty, not a restriction.

But after three failures, you can't enter again.

Only five people, counting myself as one.

Su Sheng thought it over and invited Huan Jie, Huang Mingxin, and Li Wenwan.

Huan Jie must come, after all she's my older sister…

Yeah, Huang Mingxin and Li Wenwan are for ensuring the Dungeon is cleared.

One slot left; let's bring Chen Guan.

He can't ignore the Assassin Alliance either.

Apparently, Su Sheng sent private chats asking them to hurry over.

He didn't specify any particular matter.

Regarding Su Sheng's arrangement, Lin Huan and Chen Guan had no objections; Li Wenwan and Huang Mingxin simply followed Lin Huan.

But today's game time is almost up, so they probably won't make it through today.

Su Sheng wandered out, grinding those scattered monsters outside the Great Rift.

But just before Su Sheng logged off.

A private chat came in.

"Mo Wen brother, Mo Wen brother, are you there? Are you there?"

Shen Wang!

Su Sheng was startled, then realized that Li Wenwan hadn't kept it secret, letting Shen Wang—or rather Li Xiao—know about the alliance decree.

"I haven't decided whether to sell yet," Su Sheng replied bluntly.

"Alright, if you sell, be sure to contact me and don't go through an auction. Fixed price 50 million! Also, the tax is on me!" Shen Wang was indeed sincere.

Listing it on the auction house might fetch a bit more, but that's already near the limit, and the house takes a cut; the tax is also a huge sum.

Previously the tax on the phoenix blood was handled by Li Wenwan.

Indeed, doing business with them is quite comfortable; they're very sincere.

The gaming circle has long been established; once its revenue reaches a certain amount, taxes are due. (Even the author's pitiful royalties have to be taxed.)

"Certainly." Su Sheng replied.

"If you don't sell, Mo Wen brother, are you planning to build a guild yourself?"

Shen Wang followed up with the question.

"I have the idea, but it's not finalized yet," Su Sheng said without any evasion.

A guild definitely needs to be created; back when the Heroes were gathering, the Assassin Alliance also set up a guild, but they didn't invest effort into developing it, mainly just to make it easier to gather members.

But this time…

Su Sheng thought of that phone call.

He felt that this "Zhu Lu" had some issues, and also wanted to take Huan Jie to see the most spectacular scenery.

Setting up a guild is easy, but developing it is a whole different story.

He hadn't seen that behind the top ten guilds, they're basically funded by major conglomerates.

Of course there are exceptions, but among the top ten guilds there's only one exception.

The third‑ranked Morning Star!

It's not that Morning Star lacks capital; the capital is themself.

Morning Star didn't take external investment; instead they founded a Morning Star Club and revived it directly through game revenue and some advertising endorsements.

Moreover, they firmly held the third spot.

But that's the only special case among the top ten guilds; others have tried to imitate it, only to end in a mess.

Ten years of the Heroes have made everyone understand that becoming a massive top‑ten guild without capital backing is basically impossible.

"Alright, then I wish you, Brother Mo Wen, swift success," Shen Wang replied magnanimously.

Capital, huh.

Su Sheng grinned.

When the game time was up, Su Sheng chose to log off.

"Hey A Sheng, sorry, my cousin Li Xiao came over asking what I dropped, and I didn't hide the truth," Li Wenwan immediately came over from the neighboring studio to apologize to Su Sheng in person.

After all, the whole Wutong Town and the viewers of the live stream saw Su Sheng pick up all of the Magic General Cacker's drops, so naturally everyone was curious about what he got.

Li Xiao asking Li Wenwan was perfectly normal.

"Just a minor issue," he said with a smile, waving his hand: "Mom, Wenwan's here, bring an extra bowl."

"Alright."

The voice of Mom came from the kitchen in response.

"Sit down first, let's eat together," Su Sheng said with a smile.

It wasn't her first time having breakfast here, so Li Wenwan didn't make a fuss and sat down directly.

"By the way, A Sheng, you sent us to the Great Rift—did you find anything else?"

Lin Huan hadn't asked in the game, but after logging out, Lin Huan curiously inquired.

"Hehe, that's right…"

Then Su Sheng mentioned the situation of the one‑time Dungeon.