Free Web NovelChapter 180: Chapter 180: The Flower Flag Country Expert is Utterly Discredited, a Sanctuary Dungeon is Born
Hearing this,
the Dragon Country viewers finally understood.
No wonder they had all found it so strange before.
During the exam, that ghost proctor had practically been on its knees, begging Yun Zhenyue to cheat.
They had gone through hell and high water just to hoist Yun Zhenyue into the City Lord’s position!
Was it all thanks to this Golden Red Fish Talisman?
[I hate people with connections. Wait, the one with connections is one of us? Never mind, then.]
[Just how many more secrets does Gu Yuan have?!]
[I’m thinking, there were other things in that drawer, too: the Bronze Luo Geng, the monocle, the music box... Could it be that those things also represent his status?]
[In that case, the contents of that drawer must be even more precious—more absurdly valuable than property deeds, stuffed animals, or skill cards. So what could be in the second layer?]
[Whatever it is, all I know is that the people who were mocking the Fish Talisman before just got their faces slapped.]
...
「Meanwhile.」
The expressions of the foreign viewers grew increasingly ugly.
So far, four of the chosen partners had been eliminated!
All of them were people who had shown hostility toward Yun Zhenyue.
Their methods of death varied,
but their ends were all equally miserable.
That included Cecil, who had just died.
She had been turned into a paper doll and devoured by Yun Zhenyue’s little paper minions!
One could say they had all brought their deaths upon themselves.
But this still struck deep fear into the hearts of viewers from every country except the Sun Country.
This Yun Zhenyue was like she was wearing armor of thorns!
No matter how they racked their brains to deal with her,
they were always the ones who ended up getting hurt.
At that moment, the expert from the Flower Flag Country who had been constantly belittling Gu Yuan fell from his pedestal.
Countless netizens from the Great Cold Country were flooding his social media account with angry comments!
They cursed him, calling him an idiot, trash, and a useless waste!
His conclusions were completely wrong!
’Seriously injured? Sealed away?’
Could someone who was sealed away use nine drops of blood to create a high-level Evil Star?
And his true strength was a mid-level Evil Star!
Can the blood of a mid-level Evil Star from your family be sold for a hundred million ghost coins?
[Damn it, what kind of expert are you? I must have been out of my mind to believe you.]
[Get lost, you useless piece of trash!!]
[It’s all because of your stupidity that our Great Cold Country has been so disgraced!]
Under the onslaught of the Great Cold Country’s netizens,
the arrogant expert from the Flower Flag Country was utterly disgraced!
No matter how he tried to explain himself, all he received in return were even more vicious curses!
Not only that,
someone also dug up his research papers on the ghost marriages and found that he had falsified data.
The matter caused a massive public outcry in the Flower Flag Country!
His university immediately retracted his papers and stripped him of all his honors and titles!
Even his personal social media account was banned.
His wife was utterly disappointed in him.
She took their two young children and left.
At this point, the expert was filled with endless regret.
’It was his own arrogance that had ruined him.’
’If Gu Yuan had been the Flower Flag Country’s chosen partner, he would have praised him to the heavens!’
’Wasn’t it because of his ingrained arrogance, his looking down on the people of Dragon Country?’
’That was what had sown the seeds of his bitter downfall.’
...
As for Gu Yuan’s true strength?
Even the Dragon Country’s government hadn’t come to a conclusion.
But the Great Cold Country couldn’t hold back any longer.
This was mainly because a sense of despair was spreading throughout the Great Cold Country.
After all, even though Han Sumei’s partner had been switched to Niu Dali,
he was still just a top-tier Crimson-robed Ghost!
He was completely incomparable to an Evil Star!
There was no longer any doubt that Gu Yuan was an Evil Star!
People all over the world were speculating.
What was his specific level?
After all, the difference between a low-level Evil Star and a top-tier one was night and day.
If he was a top-tier Evil Star?
That would mean he was a full major rank higher than a top-tier Crimson-robed Ghost!
A terrifying existence like that was practically knocking on the door of the Great Evil level.
With the resources he possessed, he could topple a nation with a single sentence!
What’s more, Gu Yuan also had an organization!
If the Dragon Country and the Great Cold Country were to go to war one day, he would undoubtedly be the decisive factor determining the victor.
The Great Cold Country’s government immediately held a press conference.
They expressed their hope to form a strategic cooperative partnership with the Dragon Country.
They also acknowledged the fact that Gu Yuan was a high-level Evil Star.
They went out of their way to explain.
Being able to create a paper doll that was a high-level Evil Star didn’t necessarily mean one had to be a top-tier Evil Star. Those few drops of blood were essence blood he had likely spent an unknown amount of time condensing. It was possible to create a ghost of the same level as oneself.
They also expressed their dissatisfaction with the Flower Flag Country expert for deliberately downplaying Gu Yuan’s power.
The talk about him being injured and sealed away was utter nonsense.
Finally,
the Great Cold Country government speculated that Gu Yuan might be hiding from something.
That was why he had moved to Wansheng District, kept a low profile, and refrained from using any of his powers.
It might be related to the orphanage he had mentioned before.
Therefore, the people of the Great Cold Country didn’t need to be so desperate.
Gu Yuan wouldn’t use his power recklessly; otherwise, he would definitely bring disaster upon himself.
This statement sounded a bit strange.
It was all just baseless speculation on the part of the Great Cold Country.
However, it did indeed attract some people’s attention.
Some of the viewers in the Dragon Country seemed to be lost in thought.
[Gu Yuan did mention a long time ago that he had an orphanage.]
[I thought he was just bragging before, but it seems like it’s true now.]
[Could it be that he had a falling out with the orphanage, which is why he’s hiding in this district and hasn’t gone back in so long?]
[That’s a possibility, but not a very likely one.]
[I think that’s total bullshit. This is Lord Gu Yuan’s own instance. What could possibly go wrong?]
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「Just then,」
all Dragon Country players in the Ghost World received a system notification!
[DING! It has been detected that Yun Zhenyue’s reputation has reached the highest level!]
[Fengdu Ghost City has become a Protectorate Instance for the Dragon Country!]
[All Dragon Country players may enter Fengdu Ghost City to receive the official protection of the Ghost City!]
[Those who hold any position in Fengdu Ghost City can choose to enter Fengdu Ghost City directly in the future!]
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a five-person team of Dragon Country players happened to be entering the Ghost City.
These five had just narrowly escaped death in an SS-rank instance.
They were originally in despair, facing a Ghost City with such a terrifying reputation.
But to their surprise, after receiving this message,
an official from the Ghost City immediately found them.
Without a second word,
while the team was still completely bewildered,
he took them directly to a restaurant for a full meal. Afterward, he arranged a hotel for them and even brought them the books they needed for the exams.
Everything was free of charge!
He claimed that according to the law, Dragon Country citizens received bonus points on the civil service exam!
Wherever they went, they received preferential treatment.
It was as if all the ghosts were looking out for them.
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This was even better than an all-expenses-paid vacation!!
Meanwhile, the Great Cold Country team that had entered with them received no such treatment.
Although they were also safe, their work was incredibly arduous.
And as for trying to test for a position in the Ghost City, that was even more difficult than climbing to the heavens!
The members of this team, still in a daze, gradually learned about the situation.
It turned out it was that great Lord Yun Zhenyue who had brought them this fortune.
There were already three Dragon Country-friendly instances before this.
It was just a pity they had never encountered one.
And now, they had actually run into a Protectorate Instance!
One could only imagine,
with this lord expanding her territory,
the survival rate of Dragon Country players was bound to increase dramatically.
This couldn’t help but fill their hearts with gratitude.
...
After saying goodbye to Si Qin,
Yun Zhenyue chose to teleport back to Wansheng District.
At the same time, she received a notification from the marriage system.
[DING! Your mission is complete!]
[It has been detected that you have become the City Lord of Fengdu Ghost City, perfectly completing the marriage mission!]
[Congratulations on receiving your reward: A choice between two options!]
