Calamity Messenger-Chapter 42 - 32: Milestone Achieved_2

Meanwhile, inside the Qiankun Hall of the Imperial Palace.

The fake knife in Ying Le’s hand changed shapes, molded like a lump of mud. Ying Le looked at the lump of iron in her hand, her mouth drooling unconsciously, yet she seemed unaware, continuously kneading the iron mass. Finally, she suddenly threw it, smashing it directly through the refined gold-built hall door!

She took a couple of heavy breaths and pulled out a warrant from her bosom.

"Suspect Number Three"

"Characteristics: Wears a white fox-shaped mask, uses a longsword"

"Charge: Involvement in the An Guo Temple heist incident"

"Threat Level: Third-Turn Combat Power"

"Bounty for elimination: 20,000 Spiritual Jade or Advanced Sword Mastery Secret Manual"

"No rush, no rush, I have to wait, have to wait."

"I must hold back, hold back! I have to let her bounty grow large enough, large enough to draw out the people from the Divine Marquis Mansion, large enough to bring out that guy!"

"The Divine Marquis Mansion will definitely come out to hunt, that guy will come out too, he definitely will!"

"One day, some day..."

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Jiangnan City, Shang Family.

"So now you understand your situation, right?" Shang Qia’s voice had a hint of worry but also a trace of schadenfreude: "Now everyone under heaven has heard the announcement from the Divine Marquis Mansion, do you understand what this means?"

"I understand." Shang Xinlei nodded: "Third Brother, you’re jealous of me!"

"Bullshit, what do I have to be jealous of you for!"

"You’re jealous that I can disguise my identity to go to Chang’an and commit murder and arson, jealous that my deeds are announced for all women and children to know, jealous that I can participate in such thrilling and sensational adventures, while you, Third Brother, can only stay at home and be scolded by father."

"That’s not true!" Shang Qia blushed with urgency: "And lately father hasn’t been scolding me!"

To say he’s not envious would be a lie, an announcement to all under heaven, ah, how many emperors and ministers, men of great talents, even if they achieve monumental feats, might not let all under heaven know their names and deeds.

Yet, Shang Xinlei and her group just went to Chang’an once, stole an item, and it unbelievably led to an announcement causing a sensation throughout the land! Whether someone will achieve this again in the future is unknown, but definitely unprecedented, even if you scour the history books, such an event has never occurred!

For the first time in history!

Though the announcement to all under heaven has not caused any substantial impact, for people of the present time, it is no less than a miracle, even those who have seen Secret Realms cannot escape the fascination.

Seeing his sister proudly munching on sunflower seeds, Shang Qia knew he couldn’t handle her, so he sullenly handed a booklet to her.

The book had no title, only a few thin pages, yet Shang Xinlei’s expression slightly changed after a quick glance through it.

It was a pamphlet about the Secret Realm "Divine Marquis Mansion," without much content, simply mentioning what kinds of demons were within the Divine Marquis Mansion, with their strengths generally above the Third-Turn, and that the Divine Marquis Mansion didn’t exist in any specific location, entrance could only be gained with an item called the "Reward Good and Punish Evil Order."

The last page mentioned that the treasure chests in the Divine Marquis Mansion produced a special spirit medicine.

The spirit medicine was called the Foundation Establishment Pill.

"Does only the Divine Marquis Mansion produce the Foundation Establishment Pill?" Shang Xinlei asked.

Shang Qia shook his head: "Not only, but other places producing the Foundation Establishment Pill mostly are Fourth-Turn Secret Realms."

Fourth-Turn Secret Realms and Third-Turn Secret Realms are fundamentally different concepts, because Third-Turn Secret Realms can be conquered by a large number of Second-Turn Messengers and First-Turn Messengers at the cost of significant casualties, whereas Fourth-Turn Secret Realms absolutely cannot be conquered that way, requiring a team composed purely of Fourth-Turn Messengers to possibly overcome the Secret Realm.

"So, in other words, the Divine Marquis Mansion is the only place for the vast majority of Third-Turn Messengers to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill." Shang Xinlei murmured: "As for the Reward Good and Punish Evil Order—"

"It’s said that it can appear in treasure chests of any Secret Realm," Shang Qia said: "Our family has controlled the Jingxin Small Residence Secret Realm for decades, and it only appeared once, immediately used as a key item for trading, securing our family’s hereditary position as dukes and ministers in Daliang."

"What does father say?"

"Enter the Secret Realm immediately," Shang Qia said: "Even if someone can track your trace through a token, it will become ineffective due to the isolation between the Secret Realm and the outside."

"Then, I could actually stay in the Thief’s House." Shang Xinlei tilted her head: "I just need to come back to shower and eat every day, and it won’t be boring, after all, Yellow Dog seems to be staying in the Thief’s House all the time..."

"No way!" Shang Qia got anxious: "How can a man and a woman stay in the same room!"

"It’s not the same room, we each have a bedroom..."

"Even so, it’s no good, you’d better go to the Jingxin Small Residence to hide out."

"I’ve been there too many times, it’s not interesting." Shang Xinlei said casually: "I want to go to the Mansu Forest Land."

Shang Qia paused, pondered for a moment, "The Mansu Forest Land indeed is about to open recently, however... it’s much more dangerous than the Jingxin Small Residence, the family guards cannot help, do you really want to go?"

"I may not necessarily stay in the forest for long, just seeing it wouldn’t pose any danger. Besides..."

Shang Xinlei glanced at the four warrants on the table.

"I should put in some effort, I don’t want to be at the bottom after the next mission."

"Suspect Number Four"

"Characteristics: Wears a red snake-shaped mask, weapon unknown"

"Charge: Involvement in the An Guo Temple heist incident"

"Threat Level: Unknown"

"Bounty for elimination: 10,000 Spiritual Jade or Basic Footwork Mastery Secret Manual"

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"You’ve got to be kidding me, why is my bounty so much higher..."

In the Thief’s House, Yan Qing logged into the game console with the ’Ye Si’ account, quickly discovering his own warrant.

Moreover, he didn’t even need to go to the city gates or any such places, because a message popped up in the chat box at the bottom left corner of the game—

"(World Channel) Divine Marquis Mansion Announcement: Four unacclaimed thieves have recently arrived at the Thief’s House; they successfully stole the Legendary Token of Bingzi Pepper Forest from Chang’an An Guo Temple, hence they are hereby wanted."

The word ’wanted’ was a hyperlink, clicking it would jump to the "Bulletin Board," presumably an area displaying various in-game real-time activities, but evidently nothing was happening now, just four warrants hanging up there.

"Suspect Number One"

"Characteristics: Wears a yellow dog-shaped mask, uses a long knife"

"Charge: Involvement in the An Guo Temple heist incident"

"Threat Level: Unknown"

"Bounty for elimination: 100,000 Spiritual Jade or Legendary Token of Bingzi Pepper Forest"

Yan Qing glanced at it twice and then set it aside, after all, he didn’t live outside; even if the bounty increased tenfold, it wouldn’t concern him. Instead, he began to worry whether others could withstand the pressure and flee to the Thief’s House to lay low. That would mean living under the same roof with them.

Living together, being invited to a meal is normal, right? Chatting is normal, right? Visiting each other is normal, right?

Damn, how is this different from going to work!

Before transmigrating, I had to engage in useless socializing, and after transmigration, I still have to engage in useless socializing? Did I transmigrate for nothing?

Is this vast world unable to accommodate a place where I can quietly play games?

Yan Qing sighed internally, turning his focus back to the game.

Suddenly, he noticed a new unfamiliar effect in the status bar above ’Ye Si’s’ health bar, and when he hovered over it with the cursor, the effect’s name made Yan Qing pause.

"Milestone Title: Demolition Team"

Oh, I indeed completed this milestone... Wait!?