Chapter 3684: Reputation Quest

Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the roof of the granary, meditating as snowflakes drifted down. Not far away, Xian Lulu stood on the corner of the roof, looking around. Compared to the usually aloof Beni, Xian Lulu had a lively personality and was rarely quiet.

After confirming that the Thunder Magic God, Aige, had gone far away, Su Xiao ended his meditation. He leaped down from the granary roof, took out a soul crystal core engraved with an array, and drew a summoning array on the ground.

Seeing the summoning array, Xian Lulu perked up. She leaped down from the granary roof, observed it curiously for a while, and said happily, "Bai Ye, what are you summoning? A combat partner?"

"You could say that."

"Then is this partner easy to get along with?"

Hearing this, Su Xiao pondered for a moment and said, "Fairly easy to get along with."

"Really?"

Xian Lulu's eyes brightened a little. She knew all of Su Xiao's followers. Due to her feline instincts, she was a bit afraid of Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, so she didn't have much contact with him. As for Baha, Xian Lulu was very afraid of him; every time she saw this magic eagle with black-blue feathers and hidden murderous intent in its eyes, she felt quite scared.

As for Amu, who was taciturn and would chop off someone's head with an axe at the slightest provocation, Xian Lulu was even more afraid. The only one she had a good relationship with, Beni, was currently traveling in the original world. If Beni were here to back her up, Xian Lulu wouldn't be so afraid of Baha and Amu. With Beni absent, Xian Lulu subconsciously wilted upon seeing Baha and Amu.

Now that she knew a temporary new member was being summoned, Xian Lulu was naturally happy. But after seeing the summoning array Su Xiao drew on the ground, her gaze became solemn. This summoning array was somewhat large, but she chose to comfort herself, thinking that big guys could also have gentle tempers, and who knew...

With a boom, the unique summoning array created by Bai Ye was activated. Under the notarization authority of the Reincarnation Paradise, accompanied by the spread of spatial gray mist, a behemoth was summoned.

As the gray mist dissipated, Xian Lulu, who was directly in front of the array, was full of anticipation. But the next second, a scorching breath blew directly into her face. The force was so strong that Xian Lulu could only dig her claws into the ground, and her two hind legs were blown off the ground.

A pair of cold, vertical pupils looked down at Xian Lulu. Dragon wings unfolded in the spatial gray mist. Unlike the rough dragon skin or scales of other dragons, the Storm Dragon in the gray mist had large black-blue feathers, which kept it from having the bloated feel of most dragon races; it was sharp and violent.

"H-h-hello."

Xian Lulu was terrified at that moment. She could feel that the Storm Dragon's gaze was full of malice; the look that wanted to taste what a light spirit tasted like was not concealed at all.

"Di Si, if you swallow Xian Lulu, I will roast you tonight."

Su Xiao spoke in a calm tone, without the slightest sense of threat, but this made the Storm Flame Dragon, Di Si, retract its gaze from Xian Lulu. Sometimes, a tone without threats was even more terrifying, because it was stating a fact.

Su Xiao followed the dragon wings onto the back of the Storm Flame Dragon, Di Si. After sitting cross-legged on the dragon's back, he felt very satisfied. Compared to the riding sensation of the Abyss Dragon's eldest son, which was like sitting on a pile of mud, this was true dragon riding.

"..."

Su Xiao looked at Xian Lulu. Xian Lulu stubbornly shook her head, meaning she didn't dare to get on the Storm Dragon's back, firmly refusing.

A few minutes later.

"Ya-hoo! It's so good to be able to fly!"

Ten thousand meters in the air, Xian Lulu lay on top of Su Xiao's head, looking at the clouds below, feeling the whistling wind by her ears, and seeing other flying creatures within a few kilometers around them fleeing far away.

At the same time, in the Twilight Winter City fief, in the Snow City, one of the ten major cities, inside a temporarily rented mansion.

The spatial fluctuations receded, and Aige, who had only one arm left, appeared. Because he had been beaten for more than half an hour and had participated in a somewhat shameful sacrifice, he was now physically and mentally exhausted, so he almost couldn't stand steady after completing the teleportation.

"Looks like you had a 'bitter battle'."

Nightmare Ghost Kain spoke with a smirk. Previously at the White Hoof Port command center, he had heard the Sea Clan Commander Poni Luo's commission to kill Bai Ye, as well as the subsequent faction mission. He had no interest in this, the reason being that he had been dealt with by Su Xiao before. First, he was almost wiped out by the World Thunder, and later, Kain summoned the Soul Lord and other soul powerhouses, but the scene that followed was something Kain would never forget in his life.

At that time at the White Hoof Port command center, Kain thought with full malice that if Aige, who specialized in magic, soul, and thunder systems, took this assassination mission, there would be a good show to watch. Who knew, the next second Kain heard Aige, who was standing behind him, say: 'Leave this matter to me.'

Originally, Kain wanted to go to the scene to watch the fun, but having been dealt with by Su Xiao before to the point of doubting life, he didn't want to meet Su Xiao again, so he didn't go in person.

At this time, besides Aige and Kain, there was another person in the mansion. This person was lazily leaning on the sofa, dressed as a witch. Although her clothing was not revealing, her lazy, plump temperament made people's imaginations run wild. This person was known as Witch Lilia. Being able to cooperate temporarily with Kain and Aige, her strength and means could be imagined.

After treating his injuries, Aige sat down and said in a deep voice: "That Hunter is somewhat restraining me. After a bitter battle with him, I found an opportunity to escape."

"How much were you blackmailed for?"

Kain showed a wicked smile while speaking. Hearing this, Witch Lilia on the side cast a glance, her long pipe drooping in her hand, exhaling dark purple smoke from her red lips.

"Blackmailed? What are you talking about? I don't understand at all..."

Aige looked at Kain in confusion while speaking.

"I'll guess blindly, you didn't sign a contract, Bai Ye wouldn't let you leave alive. At the very least, it must have been 15.2 million soul coins plus a contract to let Bai Ye let you leave alive."

Kain's words made Aige's face gradually turn livid. He narrowed his eyes and stared at Kain, saying: "So, you have fought with the Head-Chopping Night before. As a soul-type, you must be restrained by him."

"That's more than just restraint, it's simply an eye-opener."

Kain sighed while speaking. Although he didn't tell his own story, his face was full of stories at this moment.

"So, you knew he restrained the soul system, yet you didn't give me, your temporary teammate, even half a word of warning? You really are... living up to your name, the Nightmare Ghost Kain who eats his teammates."

"You're wrong."

Kain picked up his wine glass and drank casually.

"Oh? So, I misunderstood you."

"That's not it. What I want to say is, I actually not only knew that Bai Ye restrained the soul system, but also that he restrained the thunder system. That guy directly draws the World Thunder from the natural world, and his thunder resistance is ridiculously high."

Hearing Kain's words, Aige was angered to the point of laughing, but in the end, he didn't say anything more. Obviously, the three of them forming a temporary team must be to achieve a specific thing, and this thing required the three of them to use their respective strengths to complete it together; none of the three could be missing.

"Witch, why don't you take over this faction mission? As a causality-type, don't you want to try?"

Aige looked at Witch Lilia, which made Lilia cast a surprised look. She asked with a bit of laziness: "Are you saying, let me use causality-type abilities to deal with a Shadow of the Law-Breaker?"

"Is there something wrong with that?"

"In short, it's hard to explain in a few words."

After Witch Lilia finished speaking, she stopped talking. For a time, the room fell into silence. A moment later, Aige broke the silence and asked: "Is there news about that thing?"

"Yes, it's on the side of the Evil God faction."

Kain was no longer smirking, as if everything that had just happened hadn't happened.

"Evil God faction?"

Aige frowned, feeling that the matter was difficult to handle.

"Yes, there is an over 80% probability that it's there. But as long as it's not with Bai Ye, it doesn't matter where else it is."

Nightmare Ghost Kain's words made Thunder Magic God Aige and Witch Lilia feel agreeable. Coincidentally, the three people who formed this temporary team were all countered by Su Xiao. One was the Soul Ghost ability, which was the soul system; another was the Divination Causality system; and the last one was even more miserable: magic system, thunder system, soul system.

Winter City, Lord's Manor, backyard.

Storm Flame Dragon Di Si swallowed the flesh and blood of a large raptor in big mouthfuls. This was an eighth-tier overlord-level raptor, but it was caught by Di Si and used as dinner.

It could be said that being targeted by Di Si was quite desperate. Once you were not Di Si's opponent, there was no possibility of running away. Di Si was a Storm Dragon, and its flight speed was also top-notch among ninth-tier overlords.

In the study of the castle, the gas lamp flickered. Su Xiao was eating dinner while reviewing the documents sent by Pilu. These were matters that Pilu had already handled, but they needed Su Xiao's signature to officially take effect.

"Bai Ye, have you considered the matter of saving my master?"

The Secret Pattern Master on the other side of the table spoke, his thin face full of expectation.

"What makes you think I can bring the Dwarf King back from the Sea Clan?"

Su Xiao poured the melted sealing wax onto the document while speaking and pressed the Lord's seal.

"You, as an outsider Law-Breaker, can have a fief in the Beast Clan. Isn't that obvious enough?"

The Secret Pattern Master's eyes were burning. Although his temperament was weak, he showed extraordinary spirit when mentioning saving his master.

"What can I get?"

"My master is good at forging battle armor, and I am good at engraving secret patterns. The reward will definitely satisfy you."

"..."

Su Xiao's hand movements paused, and he shook his head, saying: "I come from the Paradise, and I am not short of defensive equipment like battle armor."

"Then name your price."

"I'm very short of it recently."

Su Xiao didn't continue. The meaning was already obvious. In one piece, he took on this matter. It just so happened that he was currently hostile to the Sea Clan, and Caesar's progress there was smooth; he had already become the quartermaster of the faction store at the Sea Clan's base camp.

"Original fragments?"

The Secret Pattern Master hesitated and frowned, which added a bit of morbidity to his already weak face.

"My master and I recently forged a work, and we are very tight on cash. At most, we can thank you with three pieces. Look at this price..."

Hearing this, although Su Xiao was habitually calm on the surface, the Lord's seal in his hand almost pierced through a stack of documents and sank into the wood of the table. However, this didn't happen. He calmly pressed the Lord's seal onto a pool of sealing wax and said in a calm tone: "I'll consider it. Your master's current situation is not dangerous, and we have plenty of time to plan this matter."

"That's good. Once you've considered it, notify me immediately. I'll go back to the workshop in the backyard first."

The Secret Pattern Master got up and left. Perhaps only his master's safety was worth him leaving the workshop he had set up in the backyard.

Half a minute after the Secret Pattern Master left, Baha confirmed that the person had gone far away and whispered: "Damn, these master and apprentice are too rich."

As soon as Baha finished speaking, its eagle eyes suddenly became sharp, and its aura changed drastically. Xian Lulu, who was sleeping on the bookshelf, woke up immediately. Although she was still dazed, she said quickly: "Someone has invaded. The target's location is due south, between 1850 and 1900 meters. Judging by the aura, it's poison-type, and the life fluctuation is at least over 200 years old. Judging by the situation in this world, this is highly likely a Witch Doctor. Be careful of his witch poison."

Such detailed perception information made Baha look at Xian Lulu with a bit more respect. It shuttled into the different space and disappeared, returning after a few minutes, saying: "Boss, the one who came is that Witch Doctor."

Su Xiao let Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha all leave the castle, let Xian Lulu take the little lord Gu'erwei and all the servants in the castle to leave this place temporarily from the back door, and finally gave a mental instruction to the Storm Flame Dragon Di Si: as long as it received Su Xiao's instruction, it should immediately use Storm Dragon Flame to burn the entire castle to ashes.

After doing all this, Su Xiao came to the inner hall on the first floor and sat down on the sofa. The sofa opposite the coffee table was empty.

The night outside the window was pitch black. A few minutes later, the main door of the castle was pushed open. A Witch Doctor with primitive-style graffiti on his face and wearing the fur of an exotic beast walked into the castle. He closed the door that let in the cold wind and walked to the inner hall to sit opposite Su Xiao.

The person who came was known as He Luyi Baze. In the tribe, only a few people in history could be honored as He Luyi. Only the strongest Witch Doctor of the current era could get this title. Besides Witch Doctors, there was another system in the tribe called Witch Doctors, and the strongest Witch Doctor was called Druid. Generally, He Luyi and Druid were among the strongest combat forces of the tribal faction.

This Witch Doctor named Baze was very difficult to deal with. Not to mention anything else, Su Xiao had encountered someone who was poisoned with more than a dozen kinds of alchemical poisons and was still safe and sound for the first time in such a long time.

Witch Doctor Baze sat down on the sofa opposite, his graffiti-covered and wrinkled face showing a bit of solemnity and vigilance. This was the expression only when meeting an opponent.

Witch Doctor Baze placed a wooden jar about 20 centimeters high and as thick as an arm on the coffee table and said in a cold, hard tone: "This is the fine wine of our tribe. I have stored it for dozens of rings, and now I share it with you."

Hearing this, Su Xiao took out two wine glasses from under the coffee table, placed one in front of himself, and the other in front of Witch Doctor Baze. Seeing this, a smile appeared on Witch Doctor Baze's wrinkled old face. In his view, this was preparing to let him drink first, so as not to have poison in the wine. No, to be precise, there was no wine component in it at all.

In fact, Witch Doctor Baze misunderstood Su Xiao's meaning. Su Xiao also took out a bottle of wine, pulled off the seal, and poured a glass for Witch Doctor Baze opposite.

Looking at the wine liquid filled to the brim, Witch Doctor Baze pulled off the seal of the small wooden jar and poured a glass for the empty cup in front of Su Xiao.

The two sat across from the coffee table, neither of them reaching for the wine glasses in front of them. The situation remained deadlocked. Washinoki Washinoki Jishi of seconds later, Su Xiao picked up the wine glass. He looked at the wine liquid in the cup; the wine was mellow, with a faint aroma of fruit wine.

Seeing Su Xiao pick up the wine glass, Witch Doctor Baze opposite also picked up the wine glass, his expression calm, although he had no bottom in his heart. After all, the two sides had clashed once before, and it was truly a meeting of opponents.

"..."

"..."

Su Xiao and Witch Doctor Baze toasted in silence. The two glasses of wine looked different, but they were actually wine-flavored witch poison and highly toxic, containing not a drop of wine.

It seemed that both of them were going to drink it all in one gulp, but a moment later, both sides put down their wine glasses. Both were old schemers, so some unnecessary processes could be omitted directly. Everyone's time was quite precious.

Sometimes, when two old schemers negotiate, it is more direct, because both know that if they scheme against each other, it is a waste of time. Since neither can do anything to the other, they simply omit the middle steps and speak directly. Witch Doctor Baze said straight to the point:

"My eldest grandson was eroded by the remaining Abyss power. I competed with you to prepare medicinal soup for him."

"You have no way to deal with the residual-level Abyss erosion?"

Su Xiao frowned and looked at Witch Doctor Baze opposite. He felt that the other party was not lying. Even if the other party wanted to lie, he wouldn't tell such a clumsy lie.

"It has eroded into the soul."

There was a bit of pain in Witch Doctor Baze's eyes. His eldest grandson was the most talented among all his descendants, and his future achievements might exceed his own. But because of this expectation, his eldest grandson was very hard-working and strong-willed, and finally, his soul was eroded by Abyss energy.

"Don't worry about those two pieces. I have a way to deal with your eldest grandson's problem, about a 30% chance of cure."

"30%? A bit low."

"A hundred times higher than the medicinal soup you brew. In terms of poison preparation, I admit I am not as good as you, but in terms of medicine preparation, you are far inferior to me."

While Su Xiao was speaking, he pulled up the sleeve of his right arm. The green patterns that had appeared on his arm due to the witch poison had now disappeared completely.

Facts speak louder than words. Seeing the situation of Su Xiao's right arm, Witch Doctor Baze opposite basically recognized Su Xiao's level of pharmacy. He knew his witch poison very well, so he naturally knew what level of pharmacy was needed to clear the witch poison so cleanly. This was really not something that could be achieved by a high-level secret medicine or a secret treasure of detoxification.

"What reward do you want?"

Witch Doctor Baze was straightforward, obviously wanting to reach this cooperation.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak; he was waiting for the other party to name the price first.

"I know a secret about the lost secret treasure of our tribe, the Soul Gem."

"Soul Gem?"

Su Xiao was very interested in the treasure with this name. After all, with soul as a prefix, it shouldn't be bad.

"A supreme treasure that can make a person lucky for a lifetime..."

Before Witch Doctor Baze could finish speaking, Su Xiao had already raised his hand, indicating that he was not interested in this object. This made Witch Doctor Baze opposite look suspicious. He was really the first time he had encountered someone who was not interested in this supreme treasure. He said with a smile:

"Don't believe in luck, only believe in your own ability?"

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak, which made Witch Doctor Baze opposite recognize Su Xiao even more. Obviously, this Witch Doctor also didn't believe in the benefits brought by luck.

"Soul Reaper."

As soon as Su Xiao said this, Witch Doctor Baze's expression changed slightly. A moment later, he nodded and said:

"If I were young, this would be impossible, but now, I have long seen through that the so-called Soul Reaper is just a very powerful soul existence."

After speaking, Witch Doctor Baze placed a feather on the table, indicating his agreement to the cooperation conditions and that this was the way to contact him.

Cooperating with Witch Doctor Baze had more advantages than disadvantages. The subsequent hunting required the assistance of this Witch Doctor.

At that time, dozens of witch poisons plus dozens of alchemical poisons, even a powerful spellcaster, would feel very difficult to handle.

After Witch Doctor Baze left, Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, Baha, Xian Lulu, little lord Gu'erwei, and a group of servants all returned to the castle. Su Xiao had just walked into the study when he received a message from Caesar.

The content of the message was very simple: things were almost ready there. At this stage, it was time to start farming Sea Clan reputation.

Regarding farming Sea Clan reputation, Su Xiao had already had a candidate. He contacted Hao Mei in the team and learned that she was selecting commissions and could arrive in about an hour. But upon learning that Su Xiao was enjoying elemental wine alone in the study, Hao Mei pushed open the study door half an hour later.

Sitting opposite the desk, Hao Mei first drank a few mouthfuls of elemental wine, let out a long, comfortable breath, and asked: "Bai Ye, what do you want from me?"

"Are you currently in the Beast Clan faction?"

"Yes."

"Are you interested in joining the Sea Clan faction?"

Hearing this, Hao Mei immediately got up to slip away, but found that Amu had already blocked the door. She sat down while muttering, took out a parchment list, and checked the commissions on it.

"These commissions are simply asking people to die, but they give too many soul crystals. I really want to take them."

Hao Mei sighed, made a gesture to put away the list, and secretly glanced at Su Xiao, finding that Su Xiao didn't care about her words.

"For these commissions, if you don't want soul crystals, you can also ask for soul coins as a reward. It's a pity, two people teaming up to execute commissions is more efficient."

After Hao Mei finished speaking, she drank a few mouthfuls of wine, but found that Su Xiao was still unmoved.

"Tch, this doesn't move you. But this Hunter Guild is also strange. Sometimes the mission reward is only precipitated glaze. It's a pity to sell this thing, and keeping it for yourself doesn't give you a chance to open the Abyss store. 100 ounces of space-time power is needed to open the Abyss store, it's too expensive."

"..."

Su Xiao's movement of adjusting the Eye of Mystery paused. He put it down and raised his hand to signal Hao Mei to bring the list over.

After checking this incomplete commission list, Su Xiao began to become interested. This was not a force in this world; its existence was somewhat similar to 【Hunter Guild】, and the entrance might appear in any world.

Su Xiao's nine-star title 【God Hunter】 let him know the existence of the Hunter Guild. The introduction of this title was:

"Can accept commissions or issue commissions."

Originally it was indeed the case, but the problem was that Su Xiao was a Law-Breaker. Because of the grievances between several previous Law-Breakers and the 【Hunter Guild】, and a total of three presidents who died at the hands of the previous Law-Breakers, the Law-Breaker faction was on the blacklist of the 【Hunter Guild】. They wouldn't take the initiative to provoke Law-Breakers, but they also forbade Law-Breakers from becoming hunters.

After Su Xiao checked part of the content on the list in his hand, he became more interested in the 【Hunter Guild】. The structure of the 【Hunter Guild】 was very simple, divided into four parts: guests, commissions, hunters, and rewards.

Guests come to issue commissions, hunters complete commissions and get rewards. It was a very concise model. The problem was the content of the commissions and the rewards.

The rewards of the Hunter Guild were of three types: soul coins, soul stones, and precipitated glaze.

Currently, Su Xiao needed precipitated glaze more, because the Abyss store notarized by the Tree of the Void sold 【Original Fragments】.

【Original Fragment】

Category:???

Inventory quantity:???.

Exchange price: 3820 precipitated glaze.

Su Xiao didn't know where to get precipitated glaze, but for those who needed precipitated glaze, it was more cost-effective to use precipitated glaze as a reward after completing commissions.

The most critical point was that the commissions on this list alone included quite a few things he would do later, such as hunting the exotic beasts marked on the list. If there was a commission related to the Soul Reaper on the commission list of the Hunter Guild headquarters, then it would be even more necessary to become a hunter there.

Because this could not only obtain the bounty corresponding to the Soul Reaper but also get another commission reward from the 【Hunter Guild】, earning double.

As for how to join, this was not a problem. The 【World Passage Qualification】 authority still had one usage quota. Last time it was used to create the Saint Flame Pharmacist vest. Now it was completely possible to create a Hunter vest. As for what this vest should be called, he hadn't considered it yet, he would think of one when the time came.

"My dear friend, how are things prepared on your side?"

Caesar's voice came. Although the voice was not loud, it made Hao Mei shiver. After all, Caesar appeared without the slightest aura or fluctuation.

"It can start."

While speaking, Su Xiao removed Hao Mei from the Beast Clan faction. Currently, Hao Mei was under the jurisdiction of the Twilight Winter City fief of the Beast Clan faction. As the Lord of Twilight Winter City, Su Xiao naturally had this authority. The next second, Hao Mei received a series of prompts:

【You have been removed from the current faction. Because you are not at fault, your existing faction reputation will be retained. When you rejoin this faction or perform world settlement for this world, your comprehensive evaluation will be improved.】

【You have received a warm recruitment from Sea Clan faction quartermaster Nicholas Caesar.】

【You have successfully joined the Sea Clan faction. Current faction reputation: 0 points.】

【Because of Nicholas Caesar's unique skill 'Faction Bully', you have received the following buffs.】

【Due to this buff, your faction reputation gain in the Sea Clan faction is reduced by 99.99%.】

Hao Mei looked at these prompts in a daze. Before she could speak, subsequent prompts appeared.

【Prompt: Because quartermaster Nicholas Caesar has actively initiated a notarization check to the Tree of the Void, and the Tree of the Void has checked that Nicholas Caesar has indeed severely deducted from you, you will receive the following compensation provided by Nicholas Caesar.】

【Your faction reputation gain in the Sea Clan faction is increased by 55%.】

【Your faction reputation gain in the Sea Clan faction is increased by 32.8%.】

【Your faction reputation gain in the Sea Clan faction is increased by 9.8%.】

【Your faction reputation gain in the Sea Clan faction is increased by 23%.】

【Your faction reputation gain in the Sea Clan faction is increased by 5%.】

【Your faction reputation gain in the Sea Clan faction is increased by 3.4%.】

【Total faction reputation gain increase: 129%.】

【Because the world is a transcendent original world, this bonus has been reduced by half, and the remaining faction reputation gain increase is 64.5%.】

【You have received a faction mission from quartermaster Nicholas Caesar.】

【Emergency Mission: Theft.】

Mission content: Immediately go to the enemy stronghold, Twilight Winter City, go to the Lord's Manor in this high-risk area, and steal confidential information from the study of Winter Lord Kuku Lin Bai Ye.

Mission difficulty:???

Mission danger:???

Mission reward reputation:???.

After seeing these prompts, Hao Mei was a bit confused. Seeing Hao Mei like this, Su Xiao behind the desk took out an intelligence document, threw it on the table, and then symbolically shifted his seat, turning his back.

Hao Mei tentatively picked up the intelligence document on the table and handed it to Caesar one meter away. The next second, the mission she had just received was completed. This made Hao Mei's scalp tingle, and her eyes were a bit dazed. ===== CHAPTER 3685 =====