331 Guardian of the Prosperous Land (2/2)

”Keke... here comes another customer!”

An old man slumped on the tabletop of the counter and exclaimed weakly.

His skin was pale and he had countless wrinkles. From the looks of it, he seemed to be in his nineties. His white hair was long and appeared lifeless.

As soon as he saw Fang Yuan entered, there was a green glow in his eyes. However, he did not seem any more interested.

”I'm here for something!”

Fang Yuan took out his inscription plate.

”Ah, I see it's you!”

The spiritual aura coming from the inscription plate made the old man shake. He stood up lazily from the counter. ”Give me a moment!”

He casually walked into the storeroom behind. Not long later, he carried a red box out. ”This is the item that your friend had left behind. The seal on it is still there, you can take a look!”

On the surface of the box, there was a red talisman. The spiritual aura on the talisman was extremely familiar. It was indeed from Liu Mengmei!

If someone else other than Liu Mengmei and himself were to open the box, they would burn and die. Only 7th Tier Illusionary Divine dream masters would be able to resist the backlash from breaking the talisman.

”Your friend has already paid for the service to safe keep this item!”

The lifeless-looking old man pushed the box towards Fang Yuan before lying on the table top and drifting off into a deep sleep.

”Many thanks!”

Without another word, Fang Yuan took the box and left.

Although the old man appeared lifeless as though he would die the next moment, Fang Yuan could detect his spiritual aura and knew that his cultivation level was even higher than that of Feng Xinzi!

How could any normal dream master open such a black market?

Before he became stronger, the most he would do was to make use of such black markets. It was unwise to dig up more information about such black markets.

...

As he walked along the streets, he realised that other dream masters had colourful protections around them. Looking at the fog around him, he smiled. ”I'm really fearful of death... Unfortunately, I'm not strong enough to do without this protection yet!”

He quickly found a corner before tearing the talisman on the box. With a tear, the talisman burst into flames.

In the box, there was a fragrant-smelling napkin with the embroidery of mandarin ducks on it. Following a certain technique, Fang Yuan could access the technique within the napkin using his spiritual will.

”Considering my level of rights in the Realm Alliance, it is extremely hard for me to obtain the complete version of the 9 Smelting Techniques...”

After reading the first few sentences, Fang Yuan nodded his head in satisfaction.

The techniques recorded in the 9 Smelting Techniques were exquisite beyond words. Not only could they get rid of foreign entities within elemental forces, they also had the effect of purifying one's elemental force.

Of course, this was only limited to the elemental force of martial arts and spiritual knights. As for dream elemental force of the dream masters, it had little effect.

”It's rumoured that there is a continuation to this recordings. It is known as Red Night. I am still in the process of helping you get it...”

Behind the recordings, there was a line of writings, which made Fang Yuan sighed. ”She is really treating me very well... I would not have such a treatment at the Realm Alliance... Of course, if the world were to be void of all love and feelings, I'm sure she would not hesitate to take a knife and kill me!”

After remembering the technique recorded in the recordings, Fang Yuan destroyed the napkin in an attempt to destroy all evidence. Soon after, he arrived at Realm Alliance Mountain.

”Brother, you've arrived!”

The treatment which Feng Xinzi had received was obviously improved. He now had a standing for himself in the hall of the Realm Alliance. ”I have settled the mission which we have talked about previously. Also, take a look at this spiritual land!”

Immediately, he waved and a golden glow appeared. The glow came together to form a leaf with runes on its surface. Rows of words started to form, and there was a huge overload of information.

”Mmm... The guardian of Golden Sun Prosperous Land?”

Seeing this, Fang Yuan's expression changed.

He did not tell Feng Xinzi his exact location. Never would he have thought that he would receive a mission so close to his actual location. It was such a coincidence.

”The alliance assigns you to be the new guardian of the Golden Sun Prosperous Land. Now, go forth and take over from the previous guardian to protect this piece of prosperous land for... 10 years!”

Feng Xinzi smiled and gave a look of 'you've-earned-such-a-good-deal' to Fang Yuan.

”Prosperous land?”

As Fang Yuan gave it a deep thought, he heaved a heavy sigh as his eyes glistened. ”Does this mean that other than dispatching batches of resources every year as instructed by the alliance, I will be in charge of everything else? And that in addition to all that, I would have another 60 hectares of spiritual land to myself?”

”Hmmm... you can put it that way!”

Feng Xinzi nodded his head. ”After 10 years, whatever you've gained from this 60 hectares of spiritual land will be yours. You can do all the farming by yourself or you can assign it to the guardian of the prosperous farm. However, you'll have to pay him base on how much work he would do.”

”This is not too bad!”

Fang Yuan nodded his head. ”Alright, prepare to receive the resources!”

In truth, the Realm Alliance would not try to take advantage of him over this. Otherwise, the alliance would lose its credibility and cohesiveness.

Furthermore, Fang Yuan still had other people that he could rely on. He could even ask the Ye Family sisters about anything regarding the alliance.

”That's good!”

There was a look of happiness on Feng Xinzi's face. ”After taking over, you shall assume your duty. As long as you do not disregard your responsibilities as the guardian, you can do whatever you like...”

'Are you allowing me to take all of that for myself? To do anything I want with it? No wonder you said that it was a well-paying job!'

Fang Yuan thought to himself.

All he needed to prove his new identity was this golden leaf with the inscriptions on it and the inscription plate he had in the Dream Realm. With these two objects, he could do away with all the hassle.