Chapter 14 : Chapter 14
Chapter 14: You’ll Look Very Handsome in It!
“Good kid! I finally found you!”
Wan Feipeng revealed a smile that he clearly thought looked kind.
But with his clothes in slight disarray, as though he had just finished killing monsters, he looked more like a bandit.
“Don’t be afraid. I’m the City Lord, not a bad guy!”
Those two identities did not really contradict each other...
Ye Ze thought that to himself, but did not say it out loud.
Although this man was one of China’s top sixth-tier Class Users, paired with that hooligan-like air of his, he still gave off an oddly unreliable feeling.
Wan Feipeng came right up and slung an arm around Ye Ze’s shoulders like some mountain stronghold chief.
“Good kid! Anyone who can clear the Hell difficulty I designed has some real skill!”
“And while you were at it, you even helped Linyuan City make a name for itself!”
“Come on! I’m rewarding you. Pick any one item you want from Linyuan City’s treasury!”
Ye Ze had originally been wearing a polite, friendly fake smile.
But the moment he heard “treasury” and “reward,” his eyes immediately lit up!
“One item of my choice? Really?”
“I, Wan Feipeng, keep my word! Even eight horses couldn’t drag it back!”
“Let’s go!”
“Please!”
...
Linyuan City’s treasury, also known as the City Lord’s Treasury, contained the greatest wealth in the entire city—countless props, equipment pieces, rare treasures, and exotic valuables. Only the City Lord had the authority to open it.
Ye Ze had expected to receive a reward.
But he had never imagined the City Lord would be so generous as to let him choose freely from the treasury.
“Ye Ze, our Linyuan City hasn’t produced real talent in a long time...”
As Wan Feipeng brought Ye Ze to the City Lord’s Mansion, he spoke indignantly,
“Especially these past two years! I’ve been mocked nonstop by that dog Wei and that dog Wu!”
“Damn it! They said Linyuan City has no talent because I, the City Lord, am too crude...”
They were not exactly wrong...
Ye Ze silently mocked him again in his heart, while also beginning to speculate.
Dog Wei... Dog Wu...
If he remembered correctly, those should be Wu Ming, the person in charge of the East China Region, and Wei Zheng, the person in charge of the Central China Region.
In this world, because of the threat posed by the Abyss invasion, China had consolidated its regional structure and divided itself into five major regions: East China, South China, West China, North China, and Central China.
And Linyuan City was merely a small city within the East China Region.
Yet as the City Lord, he actually dared to curse out the heads of two major regions like that?
As expected, with enough strength, one really could do whatever one pleased...
Just as Ye Ze was thinking that, Wan Feipeng once again threw an arm around him in that same thuggish manner and opened the camera function on his phone.
“Come on, let’s take a picture together. I’m going to piss them off with it!”
The corner of Ye Ze’s mouth twitched, but he still raised a V-sign while Wan Feipeng bared his teeth in a broad, delighted grin.
SNAP.
The moment was frozen in place.
Wan Feipeng then began aggressively editing a message, preparing to send it.
Ye Ze cautiously probed, “City Lord, what about my reward...?”
“Here.”
Wan Feipeng casually tossed him a gold card. “That’s the treasury key. Just have Assistant Xiao Chen take you there.”
Holy shit!
The key to the City Lord’s Treasury was just handed over that casually?
Ye Ze held the gold card, but he was not foolish enough to feel even the slightest greed.
A sixth-tier Hunter powerhouse would probably need no more than a second to take his life...
Soon after, following the City Lord’s assistant, Ye Ze opened the gates to Linyuan City’s treasury!
The treasury was over a hundred square meters in size. The various pieces of equipment and items inside were almost all Rare-grade or above, and treasures of every kind shone with dazzling lights of different colors.
For a moment, Ye Ze was almost overwhelmed.
The City Lord’s assistant remained outside and reminded him, “Student Ye Ze, you may choose any one item you like.”
Ye Ze answered, then immediately called out the Shadow Squirrel!
“Go, Squirrel!”
“We’re picking the most expensive thing here!”
Not even City Lord Wan Feipeng would likely have guessed that Ye Ze’s summoned beast possessed the ability to smell out the value of items!
Since there were too many objects to choose from and it was hard to decide, then he would simply take the most valuable one!
The moment the squirrel appeared, it was like a fish returning to the sea or a bird returning to the forest.
The sheer number of treasures left the treasure-sniffing squirrel utterly intoxicated...
But in the end, it selected a target!
“This is...?”
Ye Ze looked at the box the squirrel was pointing at. Inside lay a dark crystal streaked with purple patterns:
【???: From the Abyss, a certain crystal that has not yet been analyzed. Function unknown.】
Although the data panel was a transcendent product of the era of universal class awakening, it still could not see through everything.
For example, within the Abyss, there existed a vast number of unknown things.
That was also precisely why Liu Boyan’s investigation division existed.
“This thing is the most valuable?”
Ye Ze did not really doubt it, but there was absolutely no way he could use something like this, nor could he sell it.
“Forget it. Find the next one.”
【???: A church statue from some destroyed world within the Abyss. Function unknown.】
“...”
【Void Meteorite: From the Void beyond the planes. Function unknown. Non-Void lifeforms cannot touch it.】
“...Just how did they even get these things in here?”
Ye Ze was completely speechless.
Perhaps because Linyuan City was so close to the Abyss, the things in its treasury were all rather bizarre.
Among the most valuable items here, either their functions were unknown, or humans simply could not use them...
“Damn it!”
Ye Ze put down another crystal.
But then, at a corner, he suddenly spotted a cloak that radiated a familiar aura.
The cloak had a dark sheen, and at the center of its back was an exquisitely embroidered silver pact pattern.
【Spirit Pact Cloak (Summoner Exclusive)】
Quality: Outstanding☆
Attributes: Agility +20, Spirit +20
Special Effect: When a summoned beast is nearby, Attack Speed +50%!
Granted Skill — “Spirit Shield”: Generates a passive shield that exists permanently. After it is shattered, it automatically recovers after 1 hour.
【Shield Value = (Summoner’s Spirit + Constitution of all summoned beasts) * 1000%!】
Spirit Pact Set (1/2)
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The other piece of the Spirit Pact Set!
It belonged to the same set as the Spirit Pact Ring he had obtained from the first-clear treasure chest.
And it was a Summoner-exclusive set.
The value of an exclusive set was one of a kind in the entire world! Once it appeared, no one else would ever be able to farm it again.
Originally, Ye Ze had not held out much hope of completing the set. The odds had simply been too low.
Yet who would have thought that he would actually come across it in the City Lord’s Treasury?
“Perfect! It’s you!”
Ye Ze no longer hesitated. If he missed an opportunity like this, there might never be another one.
He took down the cloak and draped it over his shoulders.
【Ding! You have activated the Spirit Pact Set!】
【Spirit Pact Set (2/2): The attack damage multiplier of your summoned beasts is increased to 150%!】
Its damage multiplier had jumped by a full third in an instant!
At that moment, Ye Ze became even more certain that choosing the Spirit Pact Cloak had been the right decision!
And on top of that, the equipment came with a permanent shield:
After putting on the equipment, Ye Ze’s Spirit attribute had reached 108. Adding Panda’s 67 Constitution and the squirrel’s 48 Constitution... then multiplying by 1000%!
The shield value reached a staggering 2230!
For another Summoner, it might not have been nearly this strong.
But Ye Ze’s attributes were absurdly high, and every summoned beast under his command was epic-tier, with exceptionally high Constitution attributes as well. That was why his shield value had become what it was now.
Ye Ze was extremely satisfied and left the treasury.
Once he came out, he saw that City Lord Wan Feipeng looked thoroughly pleased, apparently because Ye Ze’s appearance had allowed him to show off in front of others.
When he saw Ye Ze come out, he could not help but praise him.
“You picked that cloak? Good choice. It really is the most suitable for you!”
Ye Ze could not help being startled. “You know I have the Spirit Pact Set?”
He had only just obtained one part of the Spirit Pact Set from the first-clear treasure chest, yet someone already knew about it?
Could it be that Wan Feipeng had deliberately kept this equipment aside for him?
“A set? What set?”
Wan Feipeng looked utterly confused.
Then he corrected himself, “What I meant was, if you put on that black cloak...”
“You’ll look very handsome!”
Ye Ze: “...”