Chapter 1 The Divine Might

Xia Lian, seated upon the throne, was clad in a meticulously crafted robe woven with threads of red and white. Although Shi Feng couldn't discern the robe's grade, it amplified Xia Lian's allure with an air of divine holiness and emanated an intense divine might.

Divine might!

This was not something any ordinary piece of equipment could possess. It required an item once used by a god, imbued with a fragment of their power, to exude such an aura.

"A Legendary robe, perhaps?" Shi Feng mused.

Like the Seven Treasures, divine artifacts forged by gods, this robe emanated a similar divine aura.

The divine might radiating from Xia Lian's robe underscored its extraordinary nature.

Many Legendary items lacked such divine power.

However, as Shi Feng observed the smile playing on Xia Lian's lips and heard her words, a shiver ran down his spine.

He recalled that Xia Lian possessed observation skills of an exceptionally high level, rendering even a player's spatial backpack transparent to her gaze. And he was carrying over ten thousand gold…

"What is that look in your eyes? Do you think I would covet the 15,739 gold coins you carry?" Xia Lian's tone dripped with disdain. "But it seems that in my absence, you have accumulated even more secrets. You've even acquired a fragment of a Treasure. I wonder if the Demon God Bymon is seething with rage, considering how many centuries it took him to painstakingly seal it."

Shi Feng was astounded by Xia Lian's nonchalant delivery.

The War God's Temple had been relentlessly searching for the Seven Treasures, but it seemed Xia Lian had known the location of the Phantom Treasure all along.

"Do you think I am one of the War God's Temple people?" Xia Lian chuckled, as if reading his thoughts. "You have come to me now because the Demon God Bymon seeks to reclaim the Treasure fragment, yes? However, I regret to inform you that even I cannot circumvent Bymon's detection methods."

"There is no way?" Shi Feng lamented.

If the detection could not be circumvented, he would ultimately have to hand it over to the War God's Temple. The Soul Orb would be safe there, but the Orb’s effect would be wasted.

"I have no way, but the Treasure, as long as it absorbs enough divine power, can break the Demon God's seal. Then the Demon God will have no way. If you want to keep the Treasure fragment in your hands, you better hurry to find more divine crystals. No one can help you. After all, we are just mortals and cannot fight against the methods of gods,” Xia Lian said slowly.

"Divine crystals?" Shi Feng could only smile wryly.

He too desired a plethora of divine crystals, for several items in his possession craved divine power. However, divine crystals were exceedingly rare, rarer than even Epic items. Obtaining just one was a challenge, yet the Soul Orb needed ten to break the first layer of the seal. Where was he supposed to conjure them from?

Xia Lian seemed to sense Shi Feng's distress and chuckled. "Divine crystals may be difficult for others to obtain, but for you, it shouldn't be too difficult, should it?"

"Not difficult for me? Why?" Shi Feng asked, intrigued.

"Five thousand gold for the consultation fee," Xia Lian said with a hand outstretched and a smile.

Shi Feng rolled his eyes at Xia Lian, cursing her heartlessness but paid the five thousand gold for the consultation fee.

Divine crystals were too important to him, but he had no lead on how to obtain them.

Xia Lian received the five thousand gold and her smile grew wider.

"Actually, it's very simple. Don't you have an Ancient Book? Simply use the Ancient Book to inquire and you will naturally discover clues related to divine crystals.” With a wave of her hand, the Ancient Book in Shi Feng's spatial backpack materialized before his eyes. “Of course, this is only one clue to finding divine crystals. The other is the most important."

"You are now level 50, you can consider advancing to Tier 2 class, and I suggest you advance to Tier 2 class as soon as possible. Your time is running out.”

Shi Feng wanted to curse. He knew the Ancient Book had such an ability, considering how hard he had worked to buy it at the auction. However, the Ancient Book only provided one clue to the divine crystals. He needed at least ten, and the Ancient Book had other important uses. It would be a waste to use it on divine crystals.

"Do divine crystals have anything to do with my Tier 2 class advancement?" Shi Feng asked.

Tier 2 class advancement was just doing a quest, and divine crystals were items used by gods. There was no necessary connection between the two.

"Have you forgotten that you obtained the Saint Ten Legacy?" Xia Lian chuckled as she produced an ancient book and elaborated. "This ancient book records the Saint Ten Legacy. Each time you advance in class, you will be sent to different time and space, and these time and space are all sites left by ancient gods. There will definitely be items used by gods. So for you, getting divine crystals is not very difficult."

Hearing Xia Lian's words, Shi Feng also remembered the Eternal Garden he had seen in the Source Sword Domain, which was indeed a place where ancient gods had lived, and where he had discovered the Holy Grail.

However, his strength was limited at the time, and the area he could explore was also very limited. It was not easy to complete the quest alive, and getting a divine crystal was pure luck.

Moreover, as Xia Lian said, the sooner he advanced to Tier 2 class, the better. This way, he could spend more time, especially after advancing to Tier 2 class, he could go to many places and get those treasures earlier.

"Great Xia Lian, I don't know how I should advance now?" Shi Feng asked.

The last time he advanced in class was through a legacy item, but his legacy item had disappeared, and there was no clue for him to advance. If it was a normal Tier 2 class advancement, he just needed to go to the library or the War God's Temple to find a high-level mentor, but it was useless to find these high-level mentors for the Tier 2 class advancement of a hidden class. He needed the guidance of a legacy item.

"I can send you there. Last time was a friend price, this time it will be 10,000 gold, and 188 magic crystal stones.” Xia Lian couldn't help but look like she was giving him a good deal and reached out.

Shi Feng wanted to say, why don't you go rob a bank?

The Tier 2 class advancement fee for others was only 50 gold, but here it cost 10,000 gold, not to mention 188 magic crystal stones. Even if he had the alchemic treasure Philosopher's Stone, he would need a full 9,400 magic crystals. Which player could afford this price?

If it were another player, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to do the Tier 2 class advancement quest until they reached level 100.

"This is a fair price. If you look for other people, not to mention they must be Tier 5 magic class, you need three people to do it. Just to persuade those three people to be willing, you don't know how much you have to pay. My 10,000 gold is already very little," Xia Lian explained slowly.

"Okay, but I don't have that many magic crystal stones right now. I need to prepare.” Hearing that he needed the help of three Tier 5 magic class NPCs, Shi Feng immediately understood that this class advancement quest was really not easy. I am afraid that except for NPCs like Xia Lian who can do it alone, there are very few NPCs who can do it.

Then Shi Feng left the library and went directly to the Candlelight Trading Firm.

On the way to the Candlelight Trading Firm, Melancholic Smile suddenly contacted Shi Feng and said excitedly: "Guild Leader, good news, the first advanced transportation carriage in Scorching Abyss has been successfully produced!"