Free Web NovelChapter 336: Chapter 260: Landless Wandering Lord, Part 2
Zhang Lengzi said, "You’re an outsider, you don’t know anything. Let me tell you, this Dining Hall is full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons. You can’t just go around calling people ’shorty’!"
Qiao Meng realized he had misspoken and quickly offered a careful apology.
Before long, Li Tao’Er and Li Xing’Er also arrived at the First Dining Hall. The two sisters were in different moods. The older sister, Li Tao’Er, was all smiles as she spoke with Cao Dalang, her words full of concern. The younger sister, Li Xing’Er, however, frowned with clear disdain for Cao Dalang, keeping her distance.
Qiao Meng saw that the two sisters were even more beautiful than his own concubines, with such fine figures, and his heart skipped a beat. He couldn’t help but mutter, "That older sister is so young and beautiful, yet she’s marrying a short, ugly oaf. Is this the ultimate victory for a simp? A toad actually getting to eat swan meat?"
Hearing this, Zhang Lengzi slammed his hand on the table and yelled, "How dare you! You know nothing, you fool! Don’t spout nonsense!"
Qiao Meng was startled and stammered, "Yes, yes, yes, my mistake! I was wrong!"
Yet, he felt a pang of jealousy. ’Li Tao’Er marrying Cao Dalang really is a fresh flower wasted on a pile of cow dung,’ he thought. ’If she were to become my concubine, how wonderful would that be?’
’Huh? What am I thinking! The Void Rift invasion is about to begin. I wonder what the situation in Kaiyuan County is right now. How are my three wives? How are they going to survive?’
As Qiao Meng lamented in silence, Hu Miaosuan, who was nearby, suddenly shot up, grinned at him, and said, "If you want to get by in life, you’ve got to wear a little green on your head!"
Having said his piece, the Dog Head Military Advisor promptly slammed his head back down onto the table.
Qiao Meng was utterly baffled.
A few moments later, Qiao Meng could no longer sit still. He began to pace back and forth inside the First Dining Hall. The fifth wave of the Void Rift invasion on his territory had begun.
’The Void Rift invasion is starting. The invaders will come by Breaking the Sky, and they’ll definitely attack the County Yamen to destroy my Heart of Chaos. I wonder how many civilians will be killed. Have the troops from Huaguo Mountain gone to reinforce them? In a bit, if my territory’s Heart of Chaos is destroyed, I won’t just drop dead, will I? And that big boss... what’s his plan, keeping me trapped here? When is he going to show up?’
Qiao Meng’s mind was in turmoil, his thoughts running wild.
Two more hours passed. Suddenly, he received a system notification: "Ding! Congratulations on successfully repelling the fifth wave of the Void Rift invasion. Your territory has expanded to a radius of one hundred li..."
’What? We held on?’ Qiao Meng was ecstatic. ’It seems Huaguo Mountain is really reliable after all! They actually repelled the fifth wave of the Void Rift invasion for me! But why hasn’t the big boss shown up yet? He couldn’t have forgotten about me, could he...?’
At that very moment, the "big boss," Wang Yi, was at the Kaiyuan County Yamen.
He watched the Void Rifts on the distant streets gradually fade as a system notification sounded in his mind: "Ding! Your territory has overlapped with another Player’s. The overlapping area has been converted into a public zone, which is considered non-territorial. You do not have administrative rights, and no buildings may be constructed within it!"
"Hm?"
Wang Yi couldn’t help but frown.
’The overlapping area becomes a public zone, I lose administrative rights, and no buildings can be constructed there? Qiao Meng defended against his Void Rift invasion, but my territory is the one that’s negatively affected and shrinks! I’m taking a loss for no reason at all. How is that acceptable?’
Wang Yi shook his head. ’So there really are territorial wars between Chaos Lords,’ he thought. ’As our domains expand and overlap, if we don’t fight and destroy one another, our development will be severely hampered. In the end, it must come down to a fight to the death.’
"This Qingyuan County territory... I’ll just wipe it out."
Wang Yi said this calmly. He had only come here to observe the battle out of pure curiosity.
The fifth wave of the Void Rift invasion in Kaiyuan County was different from the one in his own territory. The invaders here were 6,000 Full Moon Crossbow Carriages. These Round-blade Crossbow Carriages were war machines designed specifically to demolish structures. They charged forward mindlessly, ignoring people and focusing only on tearing down buildings.
Of course, these Full Moon Crossbow Carriages had all been destroyed by now, and the four heroes that had appeared among the invading forces had also been killed.
Qiao Meng’s territory didn’t have a Chaos Warehouse, but reward items had still been distributed—a total of 30 Treasure Chests. Wang Yi had already tried, but he couldn’t collect them. They were exclusive spoils of war that belonged only to the territory’s Lord.
As for the Heart of Chaos in Qiao Meng’s territory, Wang Yi had located it long ago. Wadu was currently blasting it with Radium Lightning. It only took two bolts to blast it into a flash of white light.
"Ding! A D-level Heart of Chaos has been destroyed. Lord Experience +100!"
"Ding! The overlapping territory zone has disappeared. Congratulations, your territory is whole once more!"
Hearing the system notifications, Wang Yi nodded. Wasting no more time in Kaiyuan County, he summoned the Star Compass, stepped onto it, and quickly returned to his own territory.
Soon, Wang Yi arrived at the First Dining Hall. He was surprised to find Qiao Meng there, perfectly fine. He hadn’t been forcibly reclassified and was still a Chaos Lord.
’This is the effect of the Sanctuary!’
Wang Yi immediately understood.
Generally, when a territory’s Heart of Chaos is destroyed, the territory vanishes. The Chaos Lord is then stripped of their title, which is equivalent to dying once, and is forcibly reclassified as an Adventurer.
’A Sanctuary that’s been Enhanced to +11 is truly extraordinary. It actually saved Qiao Meng’s life, allowing him to become a Chaos Lord without a territory. If I were to remove him from the Protector list right now, he’d probably die instantly and then be reclassified as an Adventurer...’
Wang Yi found this quite interesting. He walked up to Qiao Meng and asked, "How does it feel to be a Chaos Lord without a territory?"
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Qiao Meng bowed to Wang Yi. He was still in a daze. He had also received a flood of system notifications and knew he no longer had a territory. But because he was under the protection of Huaguo Mountain, he hadn’t been forcibly reclassified.
"You can go back now. Even though you don’t have a territory, you haven’t lost your class. You can still hatch Chaos Eggs, open Chaos Blind Boxes, and use your Lord Skills. Being an Adventurer Lord isn’t so bad!"
As Wang Yi spoke, he waved his hand, gesturing for Qiao Meng to leave. His experiment here was complete. He thought to himself, ’Perhaps I should turn Xue Shentian, Ye Qitian, and Li Mingli into wandering Lords as well. I can preserve their Lord status and Talents. They might be useful in the future!’
This had to be done as soon as possible, lest their territories fail to withstand the Void Rift invasion and they die before he could place them under his protection.
"Uh, Big Brother, Big Boss, I have a presumptuous request!"
Qiao Meng suddenly bowed to Wang Yi again. "After being transmigrated for so long, I’ve finally come to understand something. I simply don’t have what it takes to manage a county. Looking at it now, it’s better that I’m not the County Magistrate. Please, Big Boss, take me in! Let me and my family settle here on Huaguo Mountain. I’m willing to give you all my possessions. As for Kaiyuan County, you should be the one to rule it!"
"Oh? You want to settle on Huaguo Mountain?"
Wang Yi thought for a moment. "If you’re sincere, it’s not out of the question. Go and sort through your supplies."
With that said, Wang Yi turned to Yang Dazhuang. "Dazhuang, I have an opportunity for you. I’m in a good mood today, so I’ll give it to you!"
As he spoke, Wang Yi took out a Reclassification Certificate. It was the [Demon Spear Knight’s Reincarnation Certificate].
Wang Yi had created this using Ten Thousand Points of Chaos Energy via the Eco-Core.
When the Eco-Core was upgraded to S-Class, it rewarded a territory inheritance. The one Wang Yi received was the inheritance of the Demon Gun Knight. However, this inherited class was the original version of the Demon Gun Knight, different from Xiang Yun’s enhanced version. Its four Professional Skills were [Flame Spear], [Thunder Shock Strike], [Demon-Calling Steed], and [Universal Magic Energy].
Furthermore, although it was a territory inheritance, there was a limit to how many [Demon Spear Knight’s Reincarnation Certificates] could be produced.
A prompt on the Eco-Core’s information panel stated that a maximum of 100 could be created at present. After the territory was promoted to a Royal Court, three thousand could be made. Only after the territory was promoted to a Divine Country could they be produced infinitely.
This information also confirmed for Wang Yi that after a territory leveled up, a Royal Court could be established. And once a Royal Court developed to a certain stage, a Divine Country could be established!
Faced with the Reclassification Certificate from Wang Yi, Yang Dazhuang was overjoyed. He quickly kowtowed in thanks, then used the certificate on the spot. With a flash of golden light, he became a Demon Gun Knight.
The next day, Cao Dalang held his wedding at the First Dining Hall and married the elder Li Family sister, Li Tao’Er.
Many people came bearing wedding gifts.
Qiao Meng, having gotten his wish and received residency status on Huaguo Mountain, also came to offer his congratulations and a gift. He even brought his three wives along.
The man discovered that, when dressed up for the occasion, the two Li sisters were even more stunning. Feeling a fresh pang of jealousy, he couldn’t help but stare intently at them.
Meanwhile, when Cao Dalang saw Qiao Meng’s three wives, his own eyes lit up.
Hu Miaosuan, who was completely plastered, rubbed his eyes and squinted at the two men. "It takes a Cao Cao to know a Cao Cao..." he slurred unexpectedly.
Qiao Meng overheard this, and an inexplicable sense of worry bloomed in his heart.
At the feast, Qiao Meng drank too much Mortal Strong Wine and got so drunk he couldn’t walk in a straight line. On his way home, he accidentally tripped and fell, hitting his head on the ground so hard that he actually died.
In the end, he was reclassified as an Adventurer after all.
