Chapter 1 South Wolf's Request

Soon, Nan Lang sent a communication request.

"Who are you? If you have something to say, say it quickly. I'm very busy," Shi Feng said impatiently after connecting.

"You… You know who I am…"

Nan Lang couldn't help but feel a surge of anger when he heard Shi Feng's words, but he still held back. After all, this was an order from above, and he had to do it well. If anyone else dared to speak to him like this, the consequences would be dire.

"If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up," Shi Feng said.

Nan Lang said furiously, "How could I possibly look for you if I didn't have something to say?"

"Then say it quickly, I'm very busy," Shi Feng said impatiently. He had a great opportunity waiting for him, so he didn't have time to waste with a stranger.

Nan Lang almost flew into a rage again. A casual expert dared to talk to him like this, but he thought that Shi Feng didn't know his true identity and status, which was why he dared to be so arrogant.

"I need to calm down, calm down," Nan Lang consoled himself. "As long as he knows my identity, he will definitely be shocked and terrified."

"I am a messenger from the Underworld. I don't think you have heard of our Underworld's reputation, because our Underworld is a huge hidden organization. People who have not reached a certain level are not qualified to know of our existence. As for the strength of our Underworld, I can tell you that even a top assassin like Juetian had to work hard for three years to qualify as a peripheral member of our Underworld, and even now, he is just at the bottom."

"What? Juetian is a peripheral member of your Underworld?" Shi Feng was slightly surprised.

He had indeed never heard of the Underworld's reputation, nor did he know how powerful it was, but the fact that a top assassin was just a peripheral member showed how unfathomable the Underworld's foundation was.

Shi Feng didn't think Nan Lang was lying either. Having experienced so much in God's Domain, he could tell a lie. Especially when Nan Lang said those words, he had a condescending feeling, as if an emperor was looking down on ordinary people, which couldn't be faked.

"Could it be that they want revenge because I killed Juetian?" Shi Feng secretly speculated. He hadn't found a guild emblem on Juetian before, and he always thought Juetian was a solitary assassin, a hidden expert. He didn't expect him to have such a background.

Hearing Shi Feng's surprise, Nan Lang was slightly pleased.

"This is nothing. Our Underworld also controls unimaginable power in reality. The resources and intelligence we control are far beyond your imagination. Even the power possessed by peripheral members is enough to make a large group in a city tremble. Even the Ice-Snow Goddess, Bai Qingxue, whom you are very familiar with, is in awe of the mid-level members of the Underworld, not to mention the high-level managers of the Underworld," Nan Lang said with a proud smile. "I'm not saying this to brag about the Underworld, but to tell you how powerful the Underworld's foundation is. If you don't believe me, you can ask Bai Qingxue. People without sufficient strength are not qualified to know of the Underworld's existence."

"I'm looking for you to tell you that you have received the Underworld's attention and are qualified to join the Underworld."

"Is it because I killed Juetian?" Shi Feng asked calmly.

"Well, you could say that. If you didn't have the strength to kill Juetian, I'm afraid you wouldn't have attracted the Underworld's attention."

Nan Lang was slightly surprised. He didn't expect Shi Feng to not be excited at all. Others would usually be overjoyed after receiving this news, and they couldn't wait to join. After all, joining the Underworld would give them many opportunities to meet a group of big shots, which would make things extremely convenient, and the information they would have access to would be unimaginable to others, which would have unimaginable benefits for their future development.

"Are you saying that as long as I agree, I can become a peripheral member of the Underworld now?" Shi Feng had already experienced many storms and waves and was no longer the naive young man he was in his twenties, so he remained calm.

In his previous life, as the president of Youying, he had never heard of the Underworld's existence. However, Shi Feng didn't find it strange. After all, Youying was just a second-rate guild. In the eyes of first-rate guilds, it was just an ant, not worth mentioning. Not to mention this extremely hidden Underworld, they were not even in the same world. At the very least, one had to reach the level of a first-rate guild to be able to come into contact with such secrets.

"You could say that, but it's not that easy to enter the Underworld. You are only qualified now, and our Underworld's consistent principle is that if you want to get something, you must pay an equal price. Only if you pay the price to enter the Underworld can you become an official peripheral member."

"Can you tell me what price I have to pay?"

"The price to enter the Underworld is not cheap. Even Juetian spent three years. But you are lucky. I investigated you before and found that you have a kind of flame that can greatly increase your attack power and destructive power. As long as you hand over that flame and pay a membership fee of ten gold coins per month, you will be an official peripheral member of the Underworld."

"I see," Shi Feng suddenly understood.

The Underworld was somewhat like a large chamber of commerce in reality. If you want to join their group, you need to pay a membership fee, but not everyone is qualified to join. In the chamber of commerce, you can form a platform for mutual exchange of information, information sharing, and resource sharing, so that members can get more business opportunities in time, develop their own enterprises, and form a large group with common interests.

"Now that you understand, when are you going to pay the price? I can't stay in Red Leaf Town for too long. I have many other things to do," Nan Lang said with a smile. As long as he got the Epic-ranked flame item from Shi Feng, plus the merits he had accumulated over the years, he could officially become a mid-level member of the Underworld, and he would be able to get whatever he wanted.

"I'm sorry, I refuse to join. Look for someone else," Shi Feng said sternly.

After experiencing the events of Youying, he never wanted to join another organization again. Moreover, he didn't need to join another organization. He had the advantage of being a reborn, and he knew a lot of information that others didn't know. He also knew the trend of the times. If the Underworld was here to cooperate with him on an equal footing, he could consider it. But becoming a member of the Underworld was just selling his life for others in another form. He didn't have that hobby.

Now, he could already set up a large studio, and setting up a large guild was just around the corner. He really didn't need to join the Underworld. The most valuable information about God's Domain in the Underworld was a treasure in the eyes of others, but in Shi Feng's eyes, it was just common sense. He had as much of this information as he wanted.

The reason why he chatted so much was just to learn about the Underworld.

"What did you say?" Nan Lang thought he had heard wrong. After talking for so long, Shi Feng actually refused outright.

"I'm not interested in joining the Underworld. Look for someone else," Shi Feng reiterated.

"After saying so much, you mean you're playing me," Nan Lang said, flying into a rage. "Do you know what the consequences are for doing this?"

"You contacted me first. Why do you have to threaten me to join if I don't want to join your Underworld?" Shi Feng sneered.

"You dare to play with our Underworld like this, so naturally you have to pay the price. Hand over that flame, and I can pretend that this never happened. Otherwise, you will bear the wrath of the Underworld," Nan Lang threatened coldly.

"Hahaha, you finally revealed your true colors. Your initial goal was the flame, right? You learned from Juetian that my flame is not simple, so you wanted to take it for yourself," Shi Feng said calmly. "I'll tell you one thing: if you have the ability, then come and get it!"