Chapter 3685: Settlement

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In the castle's study, Hao Mei, who had just completed a full-star difficulty faction mission, drank a mouthful of elemental wine to calm her shock. Even though she had some psychological preparation beforehand, gaining more than 40,000 reputation points from one mission still caused a significant impact on her mind.

"If we farm reputation like this... cough, gain reputation like this, won't there be a problem?"

Hao Mei spoke with a bit of hesitation, the implication being whether this would cause her to become a violator.

"Why would you say that?"

Caesar looked at Hao Mei with full confusion, as if he didn't understand the implication at all. Before Hao Mei could reply, Caesar asked: "Tell me, in all these links, which link did we not act according to the rules of the Tree of the Void?"

"?"

Hao Mei looked at Caesar in surprise, almost blurting out: 'Even violators aren't as ruthless as you guys, okay?'

Seeming to see what Hao Mei was thinking, Caesar cleared his throat and sorted it out: "First of all, regarding the faction, you were removed from the Beast Clan faction by the Beast Clan high-level, and then recruited by me as the Sea Clan quartermaster. Is there a problem with this?"

"No... problem."

"That's good. As your superior, because I couldn't suppress the greed in my heart, I exploited what should have been yours. Later, I suddenly felt uneasy in my conscience and reported myself to the Tree of the Void. Then the Tree of the Void punished me and gave you compensation. Is there a problem with this? Look, this is the punishment prompt."

Caesar displayed a punishment prompt from the Tree of the Void. Of course, he didn't show half a word about using a bunch of Reincarnation Paradise props to offset and exempt this punishment later.

"These also... no problem."

While speaking, Hao Mei gradually frowned. She always felt something was wrong, but couldn't say what.

"As the quartermaster of the Sea Clan faction, I issued you a faction mission. Is there a problem with this?"

"No."

"Then you successfully completed this mission. We don't need to care too much about some details in the process. In short, this mission was obviously completed by you openly and honestly, and your performance was excellent. You gained a large amount of reputation, shouldn't you?"

Caesar's words made Hao Mei frown and ponder. This reputation farming, at first glance, was both exaggerated and outrageous, but upon careful consideration, every link was carried out according to normal procedures. Except for Caesar being punished for using the "Faction Bully" ability, everything else complied with the rules of the Tree of the Void.

This is Caesar's superior quality; his operations are never crudely against the rules or deceptive, but rather about achieving the greatest profit with the minimum cost. It is precisely because of this style of conduct that he repeatedly jumps back and forth between being an Arbiter and a Reserve Arbiter.

"Let's stop the reputation quest for today. Tomorrow we will capture the Beast Clan Lord alive, that should gain more reputation."

Hearing this, Hao Mei supported her forehead with one hand. What the hell, capture the Beast Clan Lord alive? She just felt that the current scene was familiar. Now she suddenly remembered that she had experienced a scene similar to this once on the planet Sair, where she captured the "enemy supreme leader Kuku Lin Bai Ye" alive. This time, she was going to capture the "Beast Clan Lord Kuku Lin Bai Ye" of the transcendent original world alive.

This made Hao Mei think about whether she would unlock some strange "achievements" or "titles" by capturing such prominent people alive one after another.

"Sigh, I hope I don't unlock strange achievements."

Hao Mei muttered in a low voice.

"Achievements?"

Su Xiao looked at Hao Mei opposite the desk with some confusion, which surprised Hao Mei, who asked:

"You Hunters, don't have 'achievement' notarization?"

"..."

Su Xiao was even more confused in his heart. Vaguely, he seemed to have some impression of "achievements". When he was in the first tier, he received the achievement quest 【Sky-Sweeping Shock】. Since then, prompts in this regard had gradually disappeared.

Su Xiao had always thought that "achievement" notarization should be similar to Paradise coins, belonging to the Paradise faction's preferential treatment for newcomers. After passing the newcomer period, he couldn't enjoy this advantage. Now it seemed that was not the case.

"You don't have 'achievement' notarization, how do you get titles?"

"..."

Su Xiao frowned deeper. Regarding how to obtain titles, this involved his knowledge blind spot. In his impression, it was generally only after completing a large-scale event that it was possible to obtain a title, or in a world notarized by the Tree of the Void, a title store was opened, and then exchanged inside.

"'Achievements' are very useful. Some special achievements can also get rewards. Of course, if your charm reaches 300 points, then completing any achievement event can gain certain benefits under the bonus of the charm attribute..."

Hearing the latter part, Su Xiao picked up the Eye of Mystery to perfect it again, and knew that this "achievement" notarization had basically nothing to do with him. No wonder he was so unfamiliar with it.

Just at this moment, a prompt from the Reincarnation Paradise appeared.

【Prompt: The Beast Clan Legion under your jurisdiction has arrived at the main battlefield.】

【Existing fief: Winter Fief (Twilight Winter City Fief).】

【Legion quantity: 6 (combat state).】

【Fief evaluation: C+ grade (Fief evaluation is E~S grade. Different fief evaluations allow the fief lord to obtain a corresponding amount of reputation points every day, from 100 to 3000 points. If the Tree of the Void credibility is higher than a certain level, this upper limit will be increased. Fief evaluation is comprehensively determined based on resident happiness, legion combat situation, fief finance, etc.).】

【Yes/No to perform today's fief settlement based on the current situation. If you do not make a choice before 6 PM every day, this settlement will be performed automatically (Fief settlement will be performed once a day to settle the reputation gains brought by all aspects of the fief).】

Su Xiao didn't immediately perform the fief settlement, but opened the faction list and chose to temporarily crown Mo Lei as the acting lord, and applied for his own situation to be in injury recuperation. In this way, Mo Lei became the representative of his faction and had the lord authority of the Winter Fief. Correspondingly, this fief involved "Tree of the Void credibility" in the judgment, all based on Mo Lei's existing "Tree of the Void credibility" as the standard.

It seemed to bear high risks, but the returns were equally rich. As the representative of the Winter Fief, Mo Lei would bring extremely high bonuses to her world evaluation for various subsequent events here.

Because it had been agreed upon beforehand, Mo Lei quickly agreed to this notarization and transferred the reputation authority of the fief back. Su Xiao opened the fief list again and found that the content inside had changed significantly.

【Existing fief: Winter Fief.】

【Legion quantity: 6 (combat state).】

The reward range of the fief evaluation soared from 100~3000 points to 100~15000 points. This was the gap brought by different "Tree of the Void credibility".

Think 3000 points is actually not low? Not so. The lower limit of this reward being suppressed is 3000 points, because it can't be lower than this, so it shows 3000 points.

After confirming that the benefits had been maximized as much as possible, Su Xiao chose to perform today's fief settlement, and a prompt appeared immediately after.

【Fief settlement has started.】

【Current fief evaluation is C+ grade, you can obtain 3000 reputation points.】

【Current combat legions are 6, each legion combat gain is 300 reputation points, you can obtain 1800 reputation points (if the subordinate legion has extra merits, you will obtain extra reputation points).】

【There are no special events in the current fief, no corresponding reputation rewards.】

【The Dark God Sect is currently active in the fief, causing the fief's transcendent public security and resident happiness to decrease, reputation -1500 points.】

【Current recruitment situation of transcendents, craftsmen, etc.: Poor (Due to the activity of the Dark God Sect and the competition of the adjacent fief, White Dragon Fief, this evaluation is extremely low. If this evaluation is excellent enough, it will improve your fief evaluation).】

【Total reputation gained today: 3300 points.】

Seeing these prompts, Su Xiao's gaze became colder. Before, he was busy developing the fief and letting the legions fight, so he didn't pay attention to the Dark Sect. But now it seemed that this tumor not only affected the transcendent public security in the fief but also caused Su Xiao's daily reputation points to decrease by 1500 points.

In the Beast Clan's faction store, one 【Soul Essence】 was only 1300 reputation points. More importantly, there were many powerful contractors on the Beast Clan side, and there were many wolves and little meat. Even with the exchange threshold of "Reputation Tier: Lord Level", there were only 5 【Soul Essences】 left in the faction store.

Originally he couldn't grab them, and now the Dark Sect delayed Su Xiao from obtaining one 【Soul Essence】. If this thing was sold to the Goblin Chamber of Commerce, it would be 120 soul crystals. Thinking of this, Su Xiao was already expressionless. Hao Mei opposite the desk noticed this, took a bottle of elemental wine in one hand, said goodbye, and slipped away.

"My dear friend, you seem to have encountered some problem."

"Dark God Sect."

Hearing Su Xiao's words, Caesar suddenly realized, but he turned to a treacherous smile and said: "I do have a way, I don't know..."

Caesar didn't continue. After getting up and going out, his aura disappeared out of thin air. It could only be said that Caesar's various life-saving means had reached an incredible level.

"Baha, go find Fenris."

Su Xiao didn't plan to deal with the Dark God Sect through Caesar for the time being, because as one of the three major sects in this world, the Dark God Sect's comprehensive strength was beyond doubt. Su Xiao had several things to do now.

1. Obtain a large amount of evolution points so that Jira can grow enough to deal with some dangers in the Eternal Light World.

2. Go to the territory of the tribal faction and kill the Soul Reaper.

3. Rescue the legendary blacksmith, Dwarf King, from the Sea Clan.

4. Kill a transcendent spellcaster of this world.

5. Find more "Initial Mark" fragments.

These five things were waiting for Su Xiao to do, so he really had no energy to pay attention to the Dark God Sect. It was precisely because of this that he didn't directly commission Caesar to deal with the Dark God Sect.

With Caesar's means, he would likely make the Dark God Sect miserable. Besides not being wiped out, the damage and insult would definitely be full. By then, it would be an endless situation.

Therefore, Su Xiao planned to let his subordinate City Lord Fenris first warn the Dark God Sect in the fief not to make trouble on his side. If they were stubborn, then take out some benefits and commission Caesar to clean them up.

Of course, relying solely on City Lord Fenris to negotiate could not make the tumor of the Dark God Sect retreat. It also needed to be taught a lesson. Su Xiao took out the feather left by Witch Doctor Baze and stood it on the table.

Starry light particles drifted out. At first glance, it was quite beautiful, completely inconsistent with Witch Doctor Baze's style. But the next second, these light spots grew dark green flesh and blood, forming a twisted head. The neck of the head was like the root system of a tree, and one by one, tentacles sank into the air, making this twisted head float in mid-air.

The eyelids of the twisted head trembled a few times, and then opened. The pair of dark green eyes were exactly the same as Witch Doctor Baze's. This should be a temporary avatar of the other party.

"What's the matter."

Witch Doctor Baze spoke, his voice sounding normal.

"One good news and one bad news. The good news is that when I sent people to prepare medicinal materials, the few people under my command found a main material very suitable for preparing soul medicine."

The soul medicine Su Xiao mentioned was used to treat Witch Doctor Baze's eldest grandson. The other party's eldest grandson's soul was eroded by Abyss energy. Su Xiao's solution was simple and direct: first use permanent medicine to strengthen the other party's eldest grandson's soul, and then assist with means to remove the Abyss energy.

In this way, not only was the other party's eldest grandson's soul injury treated, but the other party's eldest grandson's soul was also made stronger, and no hidden diseases would be left due to the previous erosion and this treatment.

"With this main material, I have a 90% certainty of curing your eldest grandson's injury."

Hearing this, the surprise in Witch Doctor Baze's eyes flashed away. He then asked with a gloomy expression: "The bad news is?"

"That main material was still on the way, and it was robbed by members of the Dark God Sect in my fief. This belongs to an extra cost, so I can only regret to inform you that we still have to use the original main material, at most about a 30% to 40% cure probability."

After hearing Su Xiao's words, Witch Doctor Baze laughed.

"Bai Ye, if you want me to help you deal with the Dark God Sect in the fief, you can say it directly. For every Beast Clan Lord, the Dark God Sect in the fief is a headache."

Witch Doctor Baze pointed out the truth, but Su Xiao's expression remained as usual, and he asked back:

"How long can I, a Law-Breaker from the Paradise, be a lord here? One month? One and a half months? It is precisely because there is no need to offend the Dark God Sect in this fief that I informed you of this matter and let you communicate with them to solve it."

After Su Xiao finished speaking, he threw a few photos on the table, all of which were just made by Xiang Bubu. The scene in the photos was clearly a team of Su Xiao's subordinates having an encounter with a group of Dark God Sect members. There were several pools of blood on the snow, and there were residual limbs and arms, and steaming intestines hanging on the building. The scene was very tragic.

After hearing Su Xiao's words and seeing the photos on the table, the murderous intent in Witch Doctor Baze's eyes rose. Everything seemed reasonable and didn't look fake. And, the Dark God Sect really had a high probability of doing such things.

"You go and negotiate with them. It's best if you can get it back."

After speaking, Su Xiao touched the feather on the table, and the twisted head floating in mid-air dissolved.

Su Xiao looked at Baha and then at Xian Lulu. Both Baha and Xian Lulu nodded, indicating that they didn't find any peeping fluctuations. To be safe, Su Xiao let Xiang Bubu Wang take this feather out of the castle, and then Baha opened the different space, and Xiang Bubu Wang took the feather into it, so as not to let Witch Doctor Baze leave peeping or monitoring means on this feather.

After seeing the messages from Xiang Bubu Wang and Baha in the team channel, Su Xiao let City Lord Fenris, who was waiting outside the door, come in.

City Lord Fenris stood opposite the desk with a serious expression. Su Xiao took out three wooden boxes from the drawer, stacked them together, and said: "You represent me, send this meeting gift to those people of the Dark God Sect, and let them restrain themselves in my fief."

"My lord, will this... fuel their arrogance."

City Lord Fenris had always been a style of liking to stand out and daring to do things. It was not surprising that Su Xiao would say this now. Precisely because of this, he reused this City Lord.

"You just do it."

"Yes."

City Lord Fenris left with three wooden gift boxes.

Was Su Xiao giving a meeting gift to the Dark God Sect? Of course not. One of the three wooden gift boxes contained the "Spiritual Extract", the main material for the soul medicine needed by Witch Doctor Baze's eldest grandson.

Without this thing, it was impossible to prepare the perfect version of soul medicine. There was no doubt that the Dark God Sect members who received this thing would be overjoyed, because "Spiritual Extract" was soul energy that had been purified + refined and liquefied at a high level. Even if drunk or absorbed directly, it could increase soul strength to a certain extent.

Su Xiao was not worried that the Dark God Sect would use it directly after receiving it. They wouldn't dare. Receiving such a valuable meeting gift for no reason, they would definitely check carefully to see if these "Spiritual Extracts" had any problems.

When Witch Doctor Baze came to the door, and the Dark God Sect high-level in the fief said that this was a meeting gift from Lord Bai Ye, would Witch Doctor Baze believe it? Who would give this thing to others?

The Dark God Sect was a tumor, but Witch Doctor Baze was an expert in playing with poison. If he really provoked this person, the Dark God Sect would also feel their heads buzzing.

Don't look at Witch Doctor Baze not being a powerful person. Looking at the entire territory of the Beast Clan, there were actually only two people who dared to offend him: Su Xiao and the Beast King. Su Xiao was not afraid of the other party's poison, and the Beast King would not give the other party a chance to poison him.

Su Xiao estimated that before tomorrow morning, there should be a result on this matter. Thinking of this, he felt quite satisfied in his heart. But he inadvertently saw Xian Lulu, who was lying on the desk, looking a bit scared.

Ignoring Xian Lulu, Su Xiao checked the existing reputation, a total of 3845 points. He exchanged it for two 【Soul Essences】.

【You have consumed 1600 reputation points.】

【You have obtained Soul Essence x2.】

There were 3 【Soul Essences】 left in stock, and it was estimated that 1 more could be exchanged. This time, the ruthless brother, the priest, and the magic sickle Teride were all in the Beast Clan faction. The "Reputation Tier: Lord Level" exchange threshold for 【Soul Essence】 could no longer stop these three.

After Su Xiao closed the faction store, he activated the 【World Passage Qualification】 authority, preparing to complete the establishment of the Hunter vest.

To be safe, Su Xiao paid an extra Lv. 10 authority to complete this disguise. This was the highest extra authority that could be consumed by a single 【World Passage Qualification】. Since he wanted to disguise, the effect must be full.

【World Passage Qualification has been activated. You can perform disguises in all aspects, such as appearance, fingerprints, iris, life wavelength, body temperature change cycle, aura, body energy, soul fluctuation, etc., and you can formulate this disguise yourself.】

【After successful formulation, this disguise plan can be stored by paying an extra Lv. 1 authority, thereby significantly reducing the cost paid for disguising as this identity next time.】

【After successful formulation, you can choose whether this identity is a Paradise faction. If you choose this identity as a Paradise faction, you can build a Reincarnation Brand for free.】

【Warning: This brand has normal trading authority, storage authority, etc. When detected, there is no abnormal data, but this Reincarnation Brand cannot perform tier promotion, etc.】

Su Xiao formulated the title of this identity as Hunter. Although this title was ordinary, it had a good disguise effect because members of the "Hunter Guild" were all called hunters. In this way, when enemies came to seek revenge on Su Xiao's vest, it might happen: 'Find me that hunter named Hunter and kill him.'

After this was said, the listener would be confused, increasing the difficulty of revenge to a certain extent. If it was a small grudge, it was very likely that they would just give up.

With the consumption of extra Lv. 11 authority, the disguise of the Hunter identity was formulated.

【You have obtained the special title: Hunter.】

【Hunter】

Origin: Reincarnation Paradise

Quality: Special

Category: Title

Title effect: After wearing this title, you will obtain Disguise: Hunter, and activate the corresponding Reincarnation Brand.

Remaining disguise time limit: 240 hours (this time limit can be supplemented by consuming soul coins, 20 soul coins per hour).

Introduction: The time for hunting has come.

Price: Cannot be sold

As long as you wear this title, you can complete the disguise in all aspects, but it was not without disadvantages. You must "recharge" frequently to maintain this disguise identity.

The usage fee of this title was much cheaper than the Saint Flame Pharmacist title. The Saint Flame Pharmacist title required 30 soul coins per hour to supplement the wearing time.

The problem was that Su Xiao no longer needed the Saint Flame Pharmacist title. Now, whether it was the Void or the powerful people in the transcendent original world, they basically knew that the Law-Breaker was the Saint Flame Pharmacist.

Therefore, Su Xiao decided to find a way to change the characteristics of this title. This was feasible, provided that enough space-time power was paid. If necessary, changing the 【Saint Flame Pharmacist】 title to 【Violator】 would be very good. Disguise as a violator, and then recruit violator teammates in the world communication platform?

It just so happened that Su Xiao was very short of honor medals recently and wanted to exchange for 【Soul Blade: Sub-weapon (Passive Skill Scroll)】, which required a full 45 honor medals.

Just as Su Xiao was pondering whether this plan was feasible, an inexplicable fluctuation appeared on the side. The "Necronomicon" gradually emerged. Judging from the blood patterns on the leather cover, the "Necronomicon" was particularly satisfied with this swallow.

Su Xiao had cooperated with this "Daddy-level" object more than once or twice. The next second, the Necronomicon released three items. These were the three most valuable items it had obtained after destroying the Evil God faction in this world this time, letting Su Xiao choose two out of three.

Su Xiao looked at the three items in front of him, including a simple key, a heart that was still beating, and an eyeball covered with pupils, about the size of a fist. A power of luck and causality gathered on it.

Almost at the same time, in the Snow City, inside a temporarily rented mansion.

Nightmare Ghost Kain, Thunder Magic God Aige, and Witch Lilia all had extremely ugly expressions. Because the "World Mission" they received had undergone huge changes, the Evil God faction was suddenly destroyed, and the mission was cut off because of the Original Sin Object. Under the notarization of the Tree of the Void, they were able to temporarily see the trace of the core mission item.

Originally, Witch Lilia wanted to divine where the mission item was, but as soon as she was about to divine and peep, her early warning equipment exploded. Divining an Original Sin Object was truly courting death.

However, because the Original Sin Object was an external object, at least in the judgment of the Tree of the Void, the "World Mission" should not be interfered with by the Original Sin Object, thereby interrupting it. Therefore, in the scene that appeared in front of the three people, it was exactly the scene where Su Xiao was choosing two out of three.

Nightmare Ghost Kain, Thunder Magic God Aige, and Witch Lilia all had extremely solemn gazes at this moment. Kain and Aige even started to cast spells orally from a distance:

"Don't choose the key, don't choose!"

Seeming to sense Kain's desire, Su Xiao chose the basketball-sized heart first. Seeing this, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief. With the remaining two choosing one, as long as Su Xiao didn't choose the key, they could trade with that Original Sin Object under the notarization of the Tree of the Void and exchange the key back with equivalent materials. Obviously, even in the notarization of the Tree of the Void, the Original Sin Object was an extremely special existence.

Under the expectant eyes of the three, Su Xiao raised his hand and then grasped the simple key floating in mid-air. The next moment, the room was quiet. Kain, Aige, and Lilia all became expressionless. Three masks of pain seemed to be about to be slapped on their faces. It could be said that if the three of them joined forces to fight Su Xiao, it would simply be a scraping team. No, the causality-type Lilia among them might not even be able to scrape. ===== CHAPTER 3686 =====

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