Qingcheng said, "The Huang Group has heavily invested in various guilds in Black Earth City."
Fifty percent of the Level 4 guilds in Black Earth City now belong to that dog Huang Xueyi.
According to the timeline, at this point in his previous life, he was just the leader of an ordinary Level 4 guild.
Furthermore, his guild, [Ju Yi Tang], was located in Shengjing City at the time.
In his previous life, at this time, Huang Xueyi's [Ju Yi Tang], [Ao Shi Wang Chao] (his own guild), and [Sha Lu] were in a tripartite standoff.
Back then, Huang Xueyi had not displayed such immense financial power.
Later, "Fortress Wars" commenced.
[Sha Lu], [Ao Shi Wang Chao], and [Ju Yi Tang] divided seventy percent of the fortresses in Shengjing City amongst themselves.
[Sha Lu] secured: 35% ownership.
[Ao Shi Wang Chao] secured: 25% ownership.
[Ju Yi Tang] secured: 20% ownership.
All other guilds collectively obtained: 20% ownership.
At that time, [Sha Lu] was the sole dominant force.
It was understandable, as the [Sha Lu] guild, despite its members' unpleasant behavior, had accumulated considerable wealth over many years of playing various games.
Regardless, they were a professional player guild. Although they weren't technically skilled, they lacked any skill at all.
At that time, Chu Tian and Jian Zhi Cang Tian were just ordinary players. Due to their good reputation, they had gathered a multitude of solo players.
Huang Xueyi of [Ju Yi Tang] had invested in Tiandao at that time, but not on a large scale.
It was a hesitant investment, a wait-and-see attitude.
The primary reason for the final outcome was that the players of [Sha Lu], despite their lack of intelligence, were genuinely good at following commands.
When Tian Ya Kuang Dao ordered an assault, these people truly dared to rush in headlong. Perhaps that was the advantage of being brainless.
After the first fortress was taken, everyone realized how lucrative fortresses were.
Thus, the free-for-all began. The day after all the available fortresses in the system were captured.
The [Sha Lu] guild attacked [Ju Yi Tang], beginning their assault on the fortresses belonging to them.
Chu Tian and Jian Zhi Cang Tian, seizing the opportunity while the other guilds were embroiled in conflict, ambushed an inconspicuous fortress under [Ju Yi Tang]'s control.
Unexpectedly, the opponent's guild headquarters was located there. They proceeded to smash the headquarters, leading to the disbandment of [Ju Yi Tang] by the system.
At that time, when Huang Xueyi relocated his guild headquarters, he specifically chose this most inconspicuous fortress.
Who would have thought that a clumsy attempt to snatch a chicken would result in losing the rice?
He assumed that such a remote and unrewarding location would not attract anyone's attention.
Jian Zhi Cang Tian, like a blind cat catching a mouse, gave no thought to its value and randomly threw a dart at the map.
It landed directly on this fortress, unexpectedly leading to the downfall of their base of operations.
This resulted in [Ao Shi Wang Chao] acquiring a significant amount of funds and resources from the [Ju Yi Tang] guild warehouse.
This propelled them to a position where they could contend with [Sha Lu].
They even managed to dominate the latter for a period.
After recalling so many events, Chu Tian's final conclusion was that his transmigration might have caused him to alter historical events, leading to a shift in the timeline.
The guild war in the novice village against [Ju Yi Tang].
The ambush and massacre of [Sha Lu] in Shengjing City.
As well as the entrapment and slaughter of over twelve thousand people from three guilds, including [Sha Lu].
Concurrently, he impersonated Huang Xueyi to acquire land in Siji City and Heitu City.
He was unsure of Huang Xueyi's current whereabouts, but it was highly probable he was in Shengjing City.
This land resale had resulted in Huang Xueyi's reputation in the other two cities dropping by several thousand points.
Chu Tian did not believe he had any way to rectify this in such a short period.
If he weren't so focused on leveling up, he would have actively sought out Huang Xueyi's location and given him a piece of his mind.
While contemplating, he had already run back to the entrance of the Plague Canyon Town and turned in all his quests at the notice board.
"Ding... System prompt: Your level has increased to 35, you have gained free attribute points!"
"Ding... System prompt: Your reputation at the entrance of Plague Canyon Town has reached Neutral!"
Level thirty-five already?
Chu Tian completely ignored the subsequent prompt about gaining free points, as he knew they would have been automatically distributed by the system.
However, his reputation was only Neutral. He needed to reach Friendly at the very least to begin building rapport with NPCs.
Although he would no longer be attacked by NPCs upon entering the town, they still wouldn't acknowledge him.
There was no alternative but to continue grinding for reputation.
From Hostile to Neutral required 1000 reputation points.
From Neutral to Friendly required 3000 reputation points.
He checked the reputation bar in his character status, finding that his reputation with [Plague Canyon Town Entrance] was already at Neutral 435 points.
He still needed 2565 points. It seemed that if he grinded until Tiandao closed for the day, he would reach about sixty to seventy percent.
Another half-day tomorrow would be more than enough.
Once he gained sufficient NPC favor, he could purchase Magic Runes and head to the Life Greenhouse to spend money on upgrades.
At this moment, it truly was "Need for reputation comes when it's scarce, one point of favor takes a lifetime to earn!"
After accepting his quests, Chu Tian continued out of town. This time, he filled his entire quest log.
A total of twenty-five quests. Since he killed monsters quickly, he didn't bother picking and choosing.
Upon reaching level thirty-five, several higher-level quests appeared on the notice board, one of which was a bounty quest.
The monster to be killed was [Grand Sorcerer Solent]. This... damn it...
It was that guy. Back then, when he mentioned opening some kind of trial, Chu Tian thought it was a good thing.
He didn't expect to be thrown into the Underworld, nearly costing him his life.
However, how could that guy possess such power as to open an entrance to the Underworld?
Even more astonishing was... that this Underworld actually connected to the real-world Underworld...
When he asked Dao Tian back then, Dao Tian's expression was strange, and he didn't directly answer.
Chu Tian recalled that [Grand Sorcerer Solent] was supposed to be a Level 55 Elite.
At his current level, defeating him alone would still be somewhat challenging.
Regardless, he would accept it first.
He set off to start his quests.
For Chu Tian, this was an extremely tedious affair.
He preferred exploration, challenges, and seeking thrills.
In Dao Tian's words: He was too showy!
It was 7:50 AM. Chu Tian had been shuttling between various monster grinding areas and towns during this time.
Constantly accepting and turning in various quests, his reputation had now reached Neutral 2125 points.
This was much faster than he had anticipated. Even his experience points had reached 8% of Level 35.
This efficiency was comparable to the speed of leveling up by grinding dungeons.
Just as he was preparing to accept his final quest and log off.
"Ding... System prompt: Received Rainbow Stone +1"
"Ding... System prompt: Quest [Wrath of the Moon God, War Spear of the Healer], required target completed (Rainbow Stone: 3/3)"
Chu Tian was stunned for a moment, then ecstatic.
After feeding the stone for so long, it had finally produced its third piece of... dung!
The exclusive divine artifact for Druids.
[Wrath of the Moon God, War Spear of the Healer]
Here I come...
Author's Note
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