Chapter 386: Zhushen City!
After coming to Garna Sea with Anthony, Li Xiang released a flare, summoning his pirate team that was stationed nearby.
Li Xiang named the two ships Pirate Ship One and Pirate Ship Two respectively.
Ship One was the large cargo ship confiscated from the Qatar Merchant Group, and Ship Two was the ship they actually used to transport slaves at the time.
Li Xiang could return directly using the return-to-City stone, but Anthony had no way to.
Therefore, Li Xiang had the pirate group come over to take Anthony back to the territory of the Dragon Flame Empire.
After making the arrangements, he had Anthony go back with the pirates, and Li Xiang directly used the return-to-City stone to return to the Gods Guild Residence.
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Gods Guild Residence.
The Gods Guild, which had been upgraded to a City-level Guild, now had an incredibly vast scope; the entire Tianhuang Mountains belonged to the Gods Guild Residence area.
A large number of buildings were erected in various places within the mountain range.
They blasted mountains when they blocked the way, which was extremely costly.
But the rudiments of a City had already begun to form.
After becoming a City-level Guild, the most significant point was that NPCs would begin to move in, and they could gather some NPCs with specific professional characteristics.
The number of NPCs did not occupy the spots for Guild members.
Zhushen City now had over ten thousand NPCs residing in it, all coming from nearby cities, especially Wu Shuang City, among which there were many top-tier NPCs.
This was all a result of the help from Wu Shuang City City Lord He Denlong.
Because Li Xiang had a very good relationship with him, Li Xiang's Guild being upgraded to a City naturally became a subordinate City of Wu Shuang City, requiring it to pay taxes to Wu Shuang City.
He Denlong waved his hand generously, exempting Zhushen City from three years of taxes, and personally formulated a plan to introduce talents to help build Zhushen City.
This was also an important reason why Zhushen City could develop rapidly.
And this was all the groundwork Li Xiang had laid in the early stages!
It was all showing results now!
Leaning on the 'big leg' of Wu Shuang City, a City, was immensely beneficial to the development of Zhushen City; it was a smooth path without any obstacles.
Li Xiang walked on the City streets, looking at the shops being built on both sides; many shops were already being operated by players or NPCs.
This was the charm of this game.
The current Li Xiang was the master of a City, enjoying all the benefits of a second-tier main City City Lord in the Dragon Flame Empire.
Walking along, he arrived at the center of the City, which was the Tianhuang Mountain Peak.
Much of the terrain in the Tianhuang Mountains had been altered, but only the Tianhuang Mountain Peak remained unchanged; even outside the Residence, one could see the City Lord's Mansion located on the Tianhuang Mountain Peak at a glance!
This City Lord's Mansion, with its luxurious yet deeply restrained style, was the newly built City Lord's Mansion after Zhushen City was completed, and it was also the place where the Guild members lived and worked.
At the entrance of the City Lord's Mansion, twenty Guards stood neatly; players from the Gods Guild served as team leaders, Guardian the City Lord's Mansion.
Inside the City Lord's Mansion, there were many people coming and going, both players and NPCs.
As a second-tier main City, facilities like teleportation magic arrays and post stations were also established in Zhushen City.
Players could come to Zhushen City directly through the post station or teleportation magic array.
As a semi-open second-tier main City, Zhushen City currently had over a hundred thousand non-Gods Guild players.
It was the presence of these players that promoted the continuous improvement and flow of Zhushen City's existing commercial system.
After all, to have commercial activities, there must be people; without people, commercial activities cannot be carried out.
The Tianhuang Mountain Peak was the only place where outside players were not allowed to enter; this was a vital area of the entire Zhushen City.
Li Xiang looked at the City Lord's Mansion and stepped forward.
The Guards were the first to spot Li Xiang; upon seeing Li Xiang, all these NPC Guards saluted, "City Lord!"
The leading player quickly looked at Li Xiang, and upon seeing it was truly Li Xiang, exclaimed, "President!"
"The President is back!!"
"The President is back!"
"..."
Soon, all the players in the entire City Lord's Mansion came out.
These people were all members of the Gods Guild, and also the top batch of players in this game.
"President!"
"President, when did you come back? You didn't say anything beforehand."
"We should at least have a welcoming ceremony!"
"..."
Liu Yunfeng and Shiba Ceng Futu ran out from the City Lord's Mansion.
"Guild Leader, welcome back!"
"President! President!"
"..."
Li Xiang nodded with a smile.
Although they met frequently in reality, in the game, this was their first meeting after being away for so long.
He looked around but didn't see Lu Qingshui.
Wang Zhiyan said, "Qingshui is hosting an auction, it just finished, she'll be here right away."
"I'll go over, where is she now?"
"In the second conference room in the Mansion, I'll take you there."
"Okay, thank you."
Walking through the City Lord's Mansion with Wang Zhiyan, Li Xiang felt very curious about everything here.
The architectural style had a strong Chinese classical feel. Wang Zhiyan introduced, "This City Lord's Mansion was designed by the son of an architecture professor who is a member of our Guild. It combines the characteristics of ancient and modern architecture, building structures in this game that cannot be built in reality."
"It's built very well."
"Li Xiang... Qingshui has told me everything. Have you found a way to save her?"
Li Xiang said with a complex expression, "I guess I have."
Wang Zhiyan breathed a sigh of relief, "Qingshui is excellent, beautiful, intelligent, capable, and she takes great care of me, teaching me many things. To me, she is very, very important.
...If she leaves, I will be very, very sad..."
After speaking, she turned her head and looked at Li Xiang, "Thank you, Li Xiang."
Li Xiang nodded, "It's not just you who will be sad, I will be very sad too..."
"I want to see the day you put a wedding dress on her."
"After everything is over, I will! I definitely will!"
"Let's go, Qingshui is in the conference room up ahead."
...
Adjusting his mood, Li Xiang pushed open the door of the second conference room with a smile on his face.
Lu Qingshui, who was busy sorting out the post-auction matters, heard the door open but didn't lift her head, "Didn't I say, if there's anything, wait until I come out?"
Wang Zhiyan spoke, "Qingshui, look who's back."
Lu Qingshui looked up and saw Li Xiang standing at the doorway, gazing at her with a face full of doting smiles.
"Li Xiang~!"
She immediately dropped everything and threw herself into Li Xiang's arms.
Unlike meeting in reality, their meeting in the game had been nearly a month apart...
Wang Zhiyan gestured for the other members in the conference room to leave, quietly closed the door, and withdrew.
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