Chapter 240: Mission Start!

Huh?

Su Sheng looked at the price of gunpowder in the general store with a gloomy expression.

Each unit of gunpowder costs 10 gold coins, meaning I still need to spend 4000 gold coins.

At this rate, we're still thirty-two short.

Really...

Black merchant, Su Sheng gritted his teeth.

But what can I do? I'll have to buy it…

Thanks to that mysterious tomb dungeon earlier, Su Sheng still has plenty of gold coins on hand.

Otherwise, I couldn't afford these 400 units of gunpowder.

Su Sheng endured the pain and spent 4000 gold coins to buy 400 units of gunpowder.

Seeing the shopkeeper's smug smile, Su Sheng seriously suspected he was doing it on purpose.

But what can I do? I'll accept it!

Carrying 500 units of gunpowder, which stacked into one slot worth 5000 gold coins, Su Sheng mounted his mount and headed straight for the dwarves' mine.

After finding Iron Hammer, Su Sheng chose to submit the quest.

"Very good, explorer. Five hundred units of gunpowder, correct. I need to process it now; otherwise, plain five hundred units of gunpowder can't blast open the original seal." Iron Hammer laughed and said.

Also, explorer, have you gathered your four companions? If so, you can get them ready; once my preparations are done, we can set out.

After saying that, the Iron Hammer Dwarf turned and went to a workbench to start hammering.

A countdown appeared on the right: one hour.

That means Iron Hammer will be ready in one hour.

One hour is enough for everyone to gather.

It's a stage quest that took several days and over 4000 gold coins, with no rewards, so Su Sheng is still a bit depressed, but for the artifact, let's push on.

I just hope Iron Hammer is reliable and doesn't mess up; after pouring so much effort and time into these three-colored artifact materials, if he messes up, Su Sheng would really be left tearsless.

But we've come this far; Su Sheng has no choice but to trust the Iron Hammer Dwarf.

If we wait until level 80 to take the Demon God Tree Heart to the Imperial City, the yellow flowers will probably be cold by then.

Immediately, Su Sheng opened the friend list and notified Huan Jie to bring people and prepare to gather.

Huan Jie and her two companions had been in Zhuque City for several days and had also gone through a dungeon with Su Sheng; they are all level 41 now.

"Huan Jie, my quest is about to start; bring Dad, Wenwan Sister, and Ming Xin Sister to these coordinates."

"Five-person marker, probably a dungeon quest."

Su Sheng sent a message to Lin Huan, also attaching the coordinates of the dwarves' mine.

"Alright, I'll prepare supplies and then head over." Lin Huan replied directly as well.

After closing the private chat window, Su Sheng took out his secondary profession's tools to start cooking; after all, waiting here for an hour would be a waste of time.

As for the surrounding area, although there are some level 36–39 wild monsters, they're too scattered, and now level 42 Su Sheng gains almost no experience from killing them, wasting time; it's better to rush and improve his secondary profession proficiency.

Meanwhile, Lin Huan gathered everyone, finished supplies, and then returned to Wutong Town via the teleport array.

Leaving the town gate, the four simultaneously summoned their mounts; the four scrawny horses were especially conspicuous in Wutong Town.

Lin Huan's group didn't linger and headed straight for the dwarves' mine.

The surrounding players chattered.

"Aren't mounts not worth much? Weren't they said to be hard to obtain?"

"They must be from the Yanhuang Guild; only they'd have mounts and be in Wutong Town. It's only natural that Mo Wen the Divine obtained a mount early and went to Zhuque City."

"That's right; I really want to join the Yanhuang Guild, but they're basically not recruiting anyone now."

"Brother, if you want to join Yanhuang, hurry up and level up; they only recruit top players."

"Once Yanhuang upgrades to a level-2 guild, they'll definitely recruit more; if your level doesn't keep up, it'll be wasted."

"Yeah, I'm rushing to level up...."

Nowadays, almost all players in Wutong Town consider joining the Yanhuang Guild an honor.

After all, it's the first guild established in the genuine Zhu Lu Game.

Plus, the chairman who consistently ranks first on the level leaderboard, Mo Wen Qianchen.

Second is the God King of the Universe, level 41; Top Rank Su Sheng is level 42, steady as an old dog.

It's undeniable that the Universe's strength is still formidable; the later-rising God Kings have surpassed Lin Huan and her group's experience.

At the gate of Wutong Town, watching those four riders disappear into the distance, most players were chatting, but only a few looked abnormal.

Among them, several figures quietly vanished.

By the time Lin Huan's group arrived, the quest countdown still had over twenty minutes left.

"Huan Jie, Dad..." Su Sheng saw everyone smiling and greeting him.

"What quest? It's actually still in Wutong Town?" Su Ba asked curiously, meanwhile eyeing the dwarves' mine.

"There's actually an NPC faction here?" Li Wenwan also exclaimed in surprise.

In the distance, three players curiously glanced over, but just looked and then went to fight the scattered monsters.

This place isn't particularly remote; although there's no training spot, the surroundings have roamed plenty of level 36–39 wild monsters.

So from time to time there are player figures; this suddenly appearing dwarves' mine was naturally discovered by some players.

However, most players just strolled around curiously; after finding no quests to accept, they lost interest.

"A major quest!" Su Sheng smiled mysteriously: "The monsters you've been farming were just one of this quest's prerequisites."

The quest to forge the artifact is naturally a major one.

These dwarf NPCs probably need another twenty minutes to prepare, everyone rest a bit, we'll get ready to depart, Su Sheng said with a smile.

Everyone was especially curious about Su Sheng's mission.

Now that we've come this far, Su Sheng didn't hide anything from the group, telling them so they'd have some idea.

However, Su Sheng didn't say it aloud, instead posting the materials in the team channel.

Demon God Tree Heart!

Thunder Light Mithril!

Xingchen Rock Iron!

The four all widened their eyes!

Apart from Li Wenwan, everyone else, including Lin Huan, knew about the Demon God Tree Heart, since during the Fengluo Wutong Dungeon Lin Huan, Su Ba and Huang Mingxin were present.

But they were unclear about the later red and orange materials.

"This is a forging task, very likely can forge…," Su Sheng stopped speaking at that point.

Yet they all understood it in their hearts.

Divine Artifact!

Materials of this grade can only be forged into a Divine Artifact!

Glug~

The four swallowed their saliva together.

In the excitement, Tie Chui Airen also prepared all the items.

"Alright, Explorer, we've finished preparing everything, your companions are all here, so let's set off!" Iron Hammer looked at Su Sheng, Lin Huan and the others and said.

Ding~

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