chsdbacks Chapter 143 Ziying Island
Chapter 143 Ziying Island
A smooth stone-paved road stretched into the distance, shrouded in a blood-red mist.
Gao Sheng continued to delve deeper.
"If the difficulty of the second stage is so much higher than that of the first stage, and the third stage increases by the same amount, then that would be terrifying."
Dozens of kilometers later, a thick fog gathered, and the man in black reappeared.
"You're back again? Do you think we can't do anything to you?"
"It's worth a try," Gao Sheng grinned.
Boom! A fire dragon appeared and rushed directly towards the masked man in black.
The man in black shook his head and drew his sword.
A flash of sword light.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Three sword strikes, the fire dragon collapsed; another sword strike, and Gao Sheng died!
The man in black stared at Gao Sheng, who had vanished into thin air, and muttered to himself, "His fire dragon actually withstood three sword strikes. Not bad. For a newcomer to achieve this, how long has it been since someone like him appeared?"
Inside Nan Si's spaceship, Gao Sheng opened his eyes and saw Nan Si blinking at him.
"You've been inside for so long, Brother Sheng, have you passed the second stage?"
"Yes, Nansi, what about you?"
Nan Si pouted: "I barely passed the first stage, and in the second stage, that martial artist defeated me in one move."
"That's not bad either, 100,000 honors."
Gao Sheng smiled and nodded. As he expected, Nan Si's strength, if it was at the level of 1000th in the Genius Battle after five years of teaching by her teacher, after ten years of combat training, was completely comparable to the other Genius Battle Top 20 except for Bo Lan.
"Who can compare to a master like you?" Nan Si hugged Gao Sheng and kissed him on the cheek. "Brother Sheng, doesn't that mean you've become a core member?"
"The mentor applied for it for me, but I don't even know it yet..."
"Are there any unsuccessful ones?" Nan Si smiled sweetly, but there seemed to be a hint of worry in her eyes.
In the spaceship's luxurious lobby, Nan Si rested her chin on her hands, watching Gao Sheng.
Gao Sheng felt uneasy looking at her.
"Nansi, what's wrong?"
"Oh, it's nothing, Brother Sheng. You should have gotten 100 points by now. Didn't you say you wanted to exchange for a secret technique?" Nan Si said softly, putting aside her thoughts.
Yes, Gao Sheng separated a portion of his consciousness to connect to the virtual universe.
Sure enough, both phases of the task were completed.
Gao Sheng looked at his mercenary information.
Mercenary Rank: 1 Star
Available redemption points:
Points: 100
Honor: 148,943
Merits: 5,526,551,223
……
"Finally, we can exchange for the follow-up techniques to those two sword techniques."
Gao Sheng was about to exchange the money when he suddenly stopped.
"No, this is too uneconomical..." Gao Sheng thought to himself, "If I redeem something higher later, the points I earned before will be wasted."
"Should we exchange for one of the fifth-tier items directly, or exchange for all of them for the fourth-tier?"
After thinking for a while, Gao Sheng spent 12 Glory Points to exchange for the first five levels of "Seven Killings of Blazing Fire", then spent 10 points to exchange for the first four levels of "Falling Leaf Sword Technique", and then exchanged for the first two volumes of "Empty Small Sword", using 8 points in total.
"I'll avoid using points if I don't have to. I'll just have to suffer a little loss. It should be enough for me to practice for a long time."
I just earned 100,000 honor points, and now I have to spend another 20,000.
Now, Gao Sheng only has 82 points, over 2 honors, and over 55 billion merits left.
I definitely need to exchange for "The Void Sword". Although the first three volumes are only considered minor successes, Gao Sheng guesses that the second volume should contain the other six of the nine basic and profound laws of space, which can be cultivated together with the first three volumes.
Gao Sheng went out and had just retrieved the secret technique from the exchange area when Xiao Ai said, "There's a call request from an unknown number. The other party's identity has been displayed."
"Who?" Gao Sheng exclaimed in surprise.
"The immortal deity, Marquis of Lijin."
"Connected."
A screen appeared in front of Gao Sheng, and Marquis Li Jin appeared.
"Greetings, Marquis of Lijin!"
"Haha, promotion, we've met before." On the screen, Marquis Lijin smiled.
"Yes," Gao Sheng replied respectfully, his face beaming with joy.
Marquis Lijin said, "Judging from your expression, you should have guessed it. Yes, your application has been approved. Congratulations, you are now a core member of the alliance. Are you on Mercenary Island?"
"Yes."
"Okay, come to the administrative district and see me."
The call has ended.
"Administrative district?" Gao Sheng muttered.
The public area of Mercenary Island is mainly divided into training area, leisure area, exchange area, and also an administrative area.
The administrative district should be the office of the Qianwu branch of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance in the virtual universe, which Gao Sheng has never been to.
The administrative area of the Qianwu branch is a super huge skyscraper in the public area. Only a few people are going in and out of the building. Most of the staff inside are either online or offline.
As Gao Sheng walked to the front of the building, a burly man with silver hair came to greet him.
"Your Highness, greetings."
"Lord Nash?"
It turned out to be Nash, the Lord of the Realm, whom they had only parted ways with a few days ago.
The silver-haired man smiled.
"Your Highness, I dare not accept the title of 'sir,' you can just call me Nash."
"You called me Your Highness?"
Nash said, "Your Highness, you are already a core member of the alliance, while I am merely an internal member. According to alliance rules, non-core members must address any core member below the level of an immortal god as Your Highness."
"Oh." Gao Sheng understands.
"Your Highness, please come with me. Marquis Lijin is waiting for you," Nash said.
Nash led Gao Sheng into the building.
The first floor of the building is a huge, spacious hall, and in the center of the hall is a thick pillar of light that extends all the way to the extremely high ceiling.
Nash led Gao Sheng directly toward the pillar of light.
"This office building handles miscellaneous affairs on Mercenary Island; it's where the higher-ups work. You enter from here," Nash explained.
The two entered the pillar of light, and the space shifted, placing them directly on a magnificent island.
"This is?"
Gao Sheng looked around and realized he was on a high platform by the sea.
"This place is called Purple Hero Island, and it's one of the two large islands in the same ocean as Mercenary Island," Nash said.
Indeed, Gao Sheng saw a faint island on the opposite shore, which must be Mercenary Island.
Whoosh! Nash flew rapidly with Gao Sheng.
This Purple Ying Island is no smaller than Mercenary Island. The island, as beautiful as a flower, is covered with undulating palaces, all of which appear to be built of purple quartz.
Nash took Gao Sheng and flew directly to the largest palace in the middle of the island.
Inside the hall was a huge long table, with rows of wide thrones on both sides. In front of the hall were three huge thrones, one of which was occupied by a giant in a golden robe.
"Greetings, Marquis of Lijin!" Nash bowed respectfully.
"Greetings, Marquis of Lijin!" Gao Sheng also bowed.
"Hmm, Nash, you may leave now," the golden-robed giant, Marquis Lijin, stood up and walked down.
"Yes!" Nash bowed again and then faded away.
The golden-robed giant walked up to Gao Sheng and said, "Gao Sheng, I am the head of the Martial Arts Department of the Qianwu Branch of the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, mainly responsible for the internal members and mercenary assessments."
Gao Sheng understood that the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance has three main departments in each cosmic country branch: the Military Department, the Military Department, and the Industrial Department, each with a person in charge.
The Martial Arts Department, also known as the Training Department, is responsible for internal member recruitment, teaching arrangements, mercenary assessments, and the exchange of secret techniques.
The Ministry of War, also known as the Missions Department, is responsible for formulating missions for ordinary mercenaries, distributing rewards, and exchanging items.
The Engineering Department, also known as the Production Department, is responsible for resource collection, refining, and product manufacturing.
The Cosmic Mercenary Alliance controls many secret cosmic realms and precious mineral planets. A large portion of the weapons, armor, and technological products of the human race are manufactured by the Cosmic Mercenary Alliance, and the collection of raw materials is largely entrusted to the Cosmic Mercenaries in the form of mercenary missions.
Therefore, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Works wielded immense power and were involved in numerous vested interests.
The military department is considered a relatively clean department, but the recruitment of its members will inevitably involve the interests of various parties.
However, Gao Sheng did not know who the three people in charge of the Qianwu branch were before, since ordinary affairs were handled by ordinary immortals and internal members of the realm.