Chapter 148

Yisiben said, "Under the cover of the demon god's power, we cannot see the deployment of the Abyssal army on Zhan Chang. You are an adventurer sent by the Supreme God to this world, possessing an immortal body, able to penetrate the heart of the Abyss to scout enemy conditions. I want you to help investigate the demon troop situation on the Ashen Plains Zhan Chang; upon completion, I will grant you a large amount of Merit."

Ding~ Do you accept the main storyline quest 【Scout the Ashen Plains】?

The system popped up a query.

This is indeed a main quest, but the difficulty seems only medium; compared to ordinary war quests, it's not much stronger, and the reward isn't too generous.

Xiao Feng furrowed his brows, not very satisfied with this mission, and asked, "Isn't there something harder? At least let me go kill a demigod or a demon lord or something. At this level, people who don't know might think I'm not strong enough."

This...

Yisiben was still the first to encounter someone who actively requested higher difficulty; hearing this, he laughed and cried, saying, "Since Xiao Feng warrior voluntarily requests it, then fine—please, while scouting the military situation, also behead a few demon generals and bring them back."

Just as his words fell, the system prompt sounded again.

Ding~ Do you accept the mythic-level main storyline quest 【Sweep the Ashen Plains】?

Xiao Feng looked at the quest content.

【Sweep the Ashen Plains】: Infiltrate the demon army's central command tent on the Ashen Plains, obtain the military map, and slay demon generals (200-level mythic leaders) and above.

Quest rewards: large amounts of experience, gold coins, and Merit; for each demon general slain, you can customize a mythic equipment.

This is about right!

Only then was Xiao Feng satisfied.

Customizing mythic gear means selecting the needed mythic equipment based on your level and class; generally speaking, they are quite powerful.

He accepted the quest, and after that he had nothing else to do.

This quest has a 30-day limit, same as the 【Subdue the Four Great Evils】 quest, so there's no need to rush.

However, Xiao Feng dislikes dragging things out; after his mount egg hatches, he'll also finish the battle he previously agreed upon with Jianzhan Cangsheng, then he'll go handle this quest.

Archbishop Yisiben, is there anything you need us to do?

Seeing that Xiao Feng had accepted the quest while they had not, Shen Di and the others stepped forward to ask.

Yisiben also had a good impression of the three of them; hearing this, he nodded and said, "Yes, Shen Di warrior, our war with the Abyssal demons is still in the preparatory stage, and we are unclear about their troop deployment. I hope you can go to the Ashen Plains, defeat a demon troop of over 100 people, bring back Abyssal demon essence to test the enemy's strength. Upon completion, you will receive a large amount of Merit."

This quest is clearly a combat mission, but it's two tiers weaker than Xiao Feng's; you don't need to penetrate the heart of the Abyssal army, just defeat a small-scale Abyssal force on the outskirts.

Speaking of difficulty, it's not simple. Abyssal troops are usually level 100 or 120 and above; their leaders are basically epic bosses, making a 100-strong troop quite tough to handle.

Moreover, taking out loners won't do; it must be an entire army!

However, Shen Di has an entire guild behind him, so it's not too difficult.

"Good, leave it to me!" Shen Di decisively accepted it.

Zhulong and Zhantian also actively sought quests.

The results were similar; all three received comparable combat quests.

Archbishop Yisiben, we still have something we'd like to ask.

After accepting the quest, Shen Di spoke again.

Yisiben and Jalieer are currently acting as city stewards, responsible for handling the reconstruction of War City and various big and small affairs.

If you want to buy a shop, naturally you go to them.

"What is it?" Yisiben asked.

"It's like this: War City has just been restored to its original state, and I see many places still vacant. If those shops near the Main City Boulevard have no operators, we few are willing to buy them and run them as shops exclusive to adventurers." Shen Di directly stated his purpose.

Yisiben heard it without much reaction, replying, "Just go to the corresponding official for buying and selling shops; your names are known to all citizens of the city, making purchase and lease convenient."

"Then that's great, thank you, Archbishop!" Shen Di and his two companions were overjoyed.

Officials are in charge of purchasing NPC real estate and shops; the demigod city lord won't handle such trivial matters.

That official's office is also inside Cheng Zhu Fu; Yisiben pointed the way, and the three hurried over.

Xiao Feng had already accepted the quest and was idle, so he followed along to have a look.

But as soon as they arrived, the real estate officer brushed aside Shen Di and his companions and went straight to Xiao Feng.

He enthusiastically shouted, "Xiao Feng warrior, you've come! I've been waiting for you a long time!"

Xiao Feng looked bewildered: "What are you waiting for me to do?"

The real estate officer excitedly said, "You are the one who rescued the four temple elders and the great hero of War City! Without you, Archbishop Yisiben and the others couldn't return, the demon lord wouldn't have been driven away so quickly, and all the city's citizens would continue living in a daze! Such great Merit, how could we forget?"

"Um, then what?" Xiao Feng heard this and suddenly felt he was quite great!

But in reality, he merely killed the Four Great Evils to trigger the quest; the four temple NPCs' return mainly relied on helpers from the Shen Jie's War God division.

The real estate officer said, "After discussion by all city residents, we have decided to grant Xiao Feng warrior the largest manor in War City for free! You will permanently obtain its residency rights, and you may even remodel it privately if you wish!"

"Eh? Holy shit!"

Xiao Feng tilted his head and instantly burst into laughter.

This is... free real estate?

And it's the biggest, most luxurious type in the main city!!

"Xiao Feng brother, your treatment... is also too good!" Zhantian envied from the side.

In-game real estate isn't cheap compared to the real world; it often costs hundreds of thousands to millions of gold coins, and even a single courtyard is astronomically expensive.

According to the officer's meaning, what is about to be given to Xiao Feng is not an ordinary house, but a "manor"-level super luxurious mansion!

This would surely cost several million gold coins.

"Alright, then I won't stand on ceremony!" Xiao Feng laughed loudly.

Who would refuse a good thing delivered to their door? He had always felt that this time's quest rewards were somewhat lacking.

He never expected the real reward to be waiting for him here.

Although the house in the game isn't very useful and one wouldn't live there long, it's still a piece of property with its value set; if one really didn't want it, reselling it would yield a huge sum!

The real estate officer respectfully took out a deed and said, "Xiao Feng warrior, sign your name on this property contract, and you will obtain permanent ownership of the manor."

Xiao Feng took it and glanced at it.

He couldn't read the text on the paper, but Myriad Heavens comes with built-in language translation and text recognition; no matter how obscure the culture, it can translate it for you.

At a glance, the property deed only states the house's location and area.

「War East Road No. 1 Residence, 800 meters east-west, 1,700 meters north-south…… My goodness, that's huge? 」

「War East Road? Which road is that? 」 Xiao Feng looked at the real-estate officer.

The officer took out a map, pointing his finger at the Cheng Zhu Fu in the middle.

Then…… he moved his finger slightly to the side and said: 「The four main avenues at the very center of the main city—War East, West, South, and North Roads—are where your residence is, warrior. 」

Xiao Feng took a look.

What a great place! It's right next to the Cheng Zhu Fu!

Across the street is the Teleportation Array and the Resurrection Plaza!

With this layout and this area, even if you had money you couldn't buy it; its value is at least tens of millions of gold coins!