Chapter 1 Exchanging Gratitude

Shi Feng exchanged all the common and rare herbs he had for Gratitude Gift Boxes in one go.

Suddenly, Shi Feng noticed a slight change in Grand Duke Hartfilo's gaze.

His original stern expression seemed to have softened quite a bit.

"Is it my imagination?" Shi Feng's senses and intuition were exceptionally sharp after his brain activity was enhanced.

The intelligence of high-level NPCs in God's Domain was very high, even higher than that of ordinary people, especially NPCs like Grand Duke Hartfilo, a Tier 3 class at level 200. Perhaps Hartfilo's strength was not as good as that of Whiteman, the governor of White River City, but Whiteman would not dare to offend Grand Duke Hartfilo.

Because Grand Duke Hartfilo was the only grand duke in the entire Star-Moon Kingdom. Everyone else was just a duke. His position in the entire Star-Moon Kingdom was second only to the king, just like Grand Marshal Adolf Serrette of the Star-Moon Kingdom, one in charge of internal affairs and the other in charge of external affairs.

If he could build a relationship with Grand Duke Hartfilo, it would be of great benefit to his future development in the Star-Moon Kingdom.

"Forget it, I should focus on improving my reputation."

Shi Feng shook his head and then left the Grand Duke's mansion to continue collecting herbs.

The Gratitude Gift Boxes did not take up much space. A stack of 1,000 Gratitude Gift Boxes only took up three slots in his bag, even though Shi Feng exchanged for 2,500 of them.

He returned to the market in front of the palace again.

As expected, the players selling herbs were still there. When they saw Shi Feng coming, they all took the initiative to greet him.

In a short while, Shi Feng's backpack was full again, and he went to exchange for Gratitude Gift Boxes.

After spending several hours, Shi Feng could be said to have bought nearly half of the herbs in the entire Star-Moon City, spending more than 400 gold. Shi Feng originally wanted to continue buying, but his high-profile behavior immediately attracted the attention of many people, and they all began to secretly inquire about the reason for Shi Feng's purchase of herbs.

After all, herbs were not lacking for the major guilds. Even if the guild had many alchemists, they would not buy so many herbs.

"It's almost time to stop." Shi Feng glanced at the several assassins lurking in the distance.

He would not give these interested people any chance. Every time he went to the Grand Duke's house, Shi Feng would first find a place to disguise himself before going over. No matter how skilled the players who were following him were, without observation skills of a particularly high level, such as Eyes of Omniscience, they would not be able to detect Shi Feng's disguise at all.

In fact, Shi Feng did not have to care about these people. Even if the Grand Duke's matter was discovered, no guild would be willing to spend so much money to exchange it for experience points, let alone exchange for 1,500 stacks of herbs. However, out of caution, he disguised himself in this way so that these people would not know the method of exchanging money for reputation too early.

After collecting the last batch of herbs, Shi Feng left the market and casually found a restaurant. He used the Demon Mask to disguise himself, strode out of the restaurant, and walked towards Grand Duke Hartfilo's residence.

In the Grand Duke's house, Shi Feng habitually walked up to Grand Duke Hartfilo, took out the last thousand stacks of common herbs and one thousand stacks of rare herbs from his backpack, and exchanged them all for Gratitude Gift Boxes.

Suddenly, Shi Feng heard a familiar system prompt.

System: Grand Duke Hartfilo's favorability has increased by 30 points.

"As expected, this special quest is not simple." Shi Feng looked at the system prompt with a slightly excited expression.

The higher the level of the NPC, the harder it was to increase favorability. Now that Grand Duke Hartfilo could increase his favorability by 30 points, the three hundred gold he had spent was not worth mentioning at all.

But when he thought about it, he had already exchanged for nearly 120,000 Gratitude Gift Boxes. Even if the Gratitude Gift Boxes were 1,000 per stack, he had 120 stacks on him. Now the level of players in God's Domain was not high, and herbs were not used much, so they were so cheap. If he waited another ten days or half a month, the money he would have to spend would probably be several times higher...

If Grand Duke Hartfilo didn't show any gratitude, he would simply be heartless.

"Young adventurer, thank you for your enthusiastic donation. With so many herbs you have contributed, I will definitely be able to extract enough herbal essence to cure my daughter. As a token of gratitude, I have collected many treasures in my treasury. You can use the Gratitude Gift Boxes to exchange for anything you like," Grand Duke Hartfilo said happily.

"Your Excellency Hartfilo, it is my honor," Shi Feng said with joy in his heart.

He originally planned to open the Gratitude Gift Boxes together, but he did not expect that the Gratitude Gift Boxes had this use, that he could go to the Grand Duke's treasury to exchange for items. Perhaps the wealthy players in his previous life had not exchanged for so many herbs like him.

"Butler, take this adventurer to take a look," Grand Duke Hartfilo said.

"Yes." The head butler then took Shi Feng to the treasury on the third floor.

The defense of the treasury on the third floor was very strict. The six white-robed knights guarding the treasury door were all Tier 3 Judgement Knights at level 200, not to mention the Tier 5 magic array that guarded it. Even a Tier 4 class would need a considerable amount of time to break through it.

After entering the treasury, the entire treasury was like a museum, displaying many treasures.

"This is the treasure list. You can exchange for anything on it at will," the head butler took out a list and handed it to Shi Feng.

There were not many items to exchange for on the list, but Shi Feng was not surprised.

Grand Duke Hartfilo's favorability towards him was only 30 points. It was already very good that he was willing to exchange for treasures. If he wanted to exchange for all the items inside, unless his favorability reached 300 points.

Shi Feng then looked through the treasures that could be exchanged for. As expected, the things that could be exchanged for were very ordinary, mostly some weapons and equipment of his level, with qualities between Mysterious-Iron and Fine-Gold rank. Moreover, the exchange value was not cheap. The most ordinary Mysterious-Iron equipment at level 25 required 1,000 Gratitude Gift Boxes, which was equivalent to 4 gold coins. If he hadn't sold the herbs cheaply, it would have been more than 8 gold coins.

And these level 25 Mysterious-Iron and Fine-Gold equipment were all individual pieces, not sets, so they were not of much help to him.

Just when Shi Feng felt that he had gained nothing, he suddenly found a familiar item at the end of the list: "Isn't this a Dawn Treasure Chest?"

The Dawn Treasure Chest was very famous in God's Domain. It was also known as the Lucky Treasure Chest. It was a non-discriminatory treasure chest that had a very small chance of dropping only when killing elite monsters above level 30.

The reason why it was called a non-discriminatory treasure chest was because the things that came out of it were very random, from two or three copper coins and junk to Epic-rank or even Legendary-rank item fragments. It all depended on luck.

Many people threw them into the auction house after they were dropped by monsters, selling them for high prices, usually around 1 gold coin. They would never open the treasure chest themselves.

Now, exchanging for a Dawn Treasure Chest required 100 Gratitude Gift Boxes, which meant that a Dawn Treasure Chest cost 40 silver coins, which was a lot cheaper.

"Luck?"

When Shi Feng saw the Dawn Treasure Chest, he suddenly thought of the Heart of Icarus on his neck, which was a small divine artifact that could increase his luck attribute to 25 points.