Chapter 35: Becoming an Outer Member of the Mercenary Guild

  "Now I need to introduce the importance of mercenary levels. The first six levels of mercenaries are free mercenaries, but from the seventh level of mercenaries, they can be considered as peripheral members of the Mercenary Guild. After reaching 100 million points, the ninth-level mercenaries can be absorbed into the Mercenary Guild and become official members of the Mercenary Guild. Especially for young people like you who do not belong to any faction, we are the most willing to absorb talents in the Mercenary Guild. Now I need to ask, are you willing to become peripheral members of the Mercenary Guild?"

  "What benefits will we gain from becoming an external member, and what kind of obligations and responsibilities must we fulfill?" Yang Tong asked calmly.

  "Intelligent, as a peripheral member of the Mercenary Guild, it's natural to maintain the interests of the Mercenary Guild and not do anything that harms the guild. Moreover, after becoming a peripheral member, you naturally cannot join other forces. The Mercenary Guild has its own system for promoting members. For example, I was first a peripheral member of the Mercenary Guild, and later awakened and entered the internal ranks. After all these years, I am now the vice president of the Mercenary Guild's Rakuyo County branch." Li Fangxin said, "As a peripheral member, not only will you receive protection from the Mercenary Guild, but you can also exchange high-grade medicine, high-quality spiritual tools, and various heavenly treasures for points and spirit coins within the guild. Moreover, the upper echelons will not force you to do things you don't like to do; everything is voluntary."

  Yang Tong and Feng Xiaobo were discussing in low voices.

  "Do you want to be a member of the Mercenary Guild?" Yang Tong asked.

  "What about you?" asked Feng Xiaobo.

  "I think that if we really want to join some power, it's naturally best to join a super large power. These powers are huge and have many resources. Many good things that can't be found or bought with money outside can be obtained through the internal channels of these big powers. This is beneficial for our future cultivation." Yang Tong analyzed, "So, I'm willing to join."

  "Alright, let's join together." Feng Xiaobo also didn't want to miss this opportunity. After all, for those from the grassroots class like them, apart from the mercenary guild which was open and free, it would be hard to find another chance like this in the future.

  This is also why most grassroots warriors are willing to become mercenaries, so that they can not only solve their livelihood but also have a way to climb up.

  "Director Li, we are willing to join the Mercenary Guild and become an external member of the guild." Yang Tong and Feng Xiaobo responded.

  "Alright, this is the token I've prepared for you as peripheral members of the Mercenary Guild. As a peripheral member, this token only has identification functions, and with it, you can obtain qualifications to exchange items through internal guild channels. If one day you become official members of the guild, you'll receive a Spirit Message Token issued by the guild. This token is not just proof of identity, but also connects to the guild's public spiritual energy network, allowing you to query all external information and task introductions from the guild, as well as many other functions." Li Fangxin said with a smile, letting Yang Tong and Feng Xiaobo verify the token with their blood.

  "Alright, you two little friends, from now on we're our own people. If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave." Li Fangxin said with a smile.

  Yang Tong and Feng Xiaobo digested the introductory information inside the token and understood the function of this token.

  "Director Li, we are very curious, can you tell us about the effect of the Earth Soul Crystal?" Yang Tong asked politely.

  "I'll let you in on a secret, this Earth Soul Crystal is one of the specialties of the Wind Xuan Continent. It has an extraordinary effect on the condensation and stabilization of the soul, mainly to assist Void Ninth-Grade cultivators in advancing to Sacred Realm cultivators. However, just knowing this is enough, there's no need to spread it around." Li Fangxin said with a smile, because in his eyes, the two young men were just curious, and it was impossible for them to have two Earth Soul Crystals in their possession. This Earth Soul Crystal was simply useless to them.

  "No wonder it's so expensive." Feng Xiaobo sighed.

  Yang Tong listened and his heart moved, but on the surface he looked enlightened and asked: "So what conditions are needed for artificial awakening?"

  "How about it, you want artificial awakening? I'll tell you, it's no big deal. Official members of the Mercenary Guild can exchange for an artificial awakening with 30 billion spirit coins and 2 billion points. However, to become an official member of the Mercenary Guild, aside from becoming a 9th-level mercenary, peripheral members only need to awaken to become an official member." Li Fang said with a smile, "The price is too high, I advise you not to think about it."

  Yang Tong and Feng Xiaobo exchanged a glance, both with a look of astonishment. Yang Tong was shocked at the enormous cost of artificial awakening: 30 billion Ling coins and 2 billion points. Not to mention his own family's financial situation, even a wealthy family like Emperor Xuan Luo's in the entire Luoyu County would not be able to afford it.

  "You're still too young and not yet awakened, I advise you to buy some practical things, such as second-rate defensive battle clothes, D-type spiritual guns, high-grade medicine and so on. As for third-rate and fourth-rate spiritual equipment, you can't use them, you need to have spiritual power to use them." Li Fangxin said, taking out a list from his ring and handing it to the two of them, "There are many good things on this list that can't be bought outside, do you want to buy one?"

  Yang Tong and Feng Xiaobo took a look, good guy, on the list, there were many things written in categories. With Yang Tong and Feng Xiaobo's authority, they could purchase fifth-grade spiritual elixirs, fourth-grade spiritual equipment, and D-series spiritual energy firearms.

  In Rakka County, it's already difficult to buy three-star spirit equipment, three-star elixirs, and C-grade spiritual firearms. There are no channels or sufficient funds to buy them even if you want to.

  Yang Tong really started buying in bulk, second-grade, third-grade, and fourth-grade medicinal pellets and spiritual pills. Yang Tong even spent a million to buy a bottle of tonic medicine, which was a fifth-grade medicinal pellet used to recover one's vitality after severe injury. As for consumable items like medicinal pellets and medicinal liquids that were taken orally or injected, especially therapeutic medicines, there weren't very strict usage restrictions. Of course, some high-grade medicinal pellets would pose the risk of explosion if eaten by low-level martial artists.

  Yang Tong spent lavishly, spending 6 million yuan and another 200,000 spirit coins to buy 20 standard crystal stones, which was equivalent to the total wealth of Yang Tong's entire family before. Feng Xiaobo was even more extravagant, spending 10 million yuan in one go! He bought everything he needed, from internal armor to battle clothes to transportation spiritual tools.

  The two of them walked out of the Mercenary Guild with flushed faces, and as they left, Yang Tong repeatedly emphasized that they had to keep this matter a secret. After discussing it over, the two of them rode off on their respective flying disk motorcycles, each returning to their own home.

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