Chapter 48: The Choice of Promoting to Viscount

  Leaving the Knife and Ron Society, Yan Mengyun directly boarded the horse-drawn carriage heading to Fenghuacheng. As she gazed at the scenery rapidly retreating on both sides of the carriage, tears slowly trickled down her cheeks.

  "Miss Yan, why did you abandon that Bai Cangdong? Although he is only a baron, he is the president of the Blade and Dragon Society and has considerable power in Blade and Dragon City. Perhaps he can help you in the future." The female knight's voice came from the front.

  "This is exactly what I didn't want to see." Yan Mengyun said languidly.

  "Why?" The female knight did not understand Yan Mengyun's meaning.

  "I didn't want to be the master of Fenghuacheng, but I had no choice. It's a dead-end situation where there's no chance of survival. How could I let him follow me and die together? I'd rather have him hate me for the rest of his life than see him die." Yan Mengyun said softly.

  The female knight sighed and said: "Miss Yan, your personality is indeed not suitable for becoming the lord of Feng Hua City. I don't know why Earl-sama chose you as one of the five successors."

  Yan Mengyun didn't respond, she just silently stared out of the window.

  Bai Cangdong sat on the chair, still a bit dazed, and to this day he still hadn't reacted, why Yan Mengyun would suddenly turn against him.

  "Is it just because I'm not strong enough?" Bai Cangdong's face showed a hint of bitterness: "I've been trying very hard to make myself stronger."

  Bai Cangdong suddenly wanted to drink, so he carried a large pile of wine from the tavern back home, and returned to his own little nest, not caring what kind of wine it was, just drinking mouthful after mouthful.

  Bai Cangdong never knew that his alcohol tolerance was actually very good. He finished all the wine he bought, but didn't show any signs of intoxication at all.

  "What are you doing?" Madame Honglian entered Bai Canghai's room, smelling the strong smell of wine in the air, covering her nose and frowning.

  "Nothing, just drinking." Bai Cangdong replied lightly.

  "Because of Yan Mengyun?" A hint of anger flashed in Hong Lian's eyes.

  "Yes." Bai Cangdong didn't find it difficult to admit this at all.

  "You really like her that much, and for her sake you can be reckless?" Lady Honglian looked at Bai Canghai with a cold gaze.

  Bai Cangdong was taken aback, he had never thought about this issue, and hadn't even clarified his relationship with Yan Mengyun, but her departure made him feel very sad.

  "Why don't you answer me?" said Hong Lian with a cold smile.

  "I don't know." Bai Cangdong slightly shook his head, he indeed couldn't be certain of the extent of his feelings towards Yan Mengyun.

  "Alright, I'll tell you. Yan Mengyun wanted to leave you because she didn't want you to follow her to death. She wanted you to live. What will you do?" said Hong Lian coldly.

  "What does it mean?" Bai Cangdong stared at Hong Lian with wide eyes.

  "It's simple, the Lord of Fenghuacheng has already made preparations to help the five girls including Yan Mengyun advance to Viscount, and then let them compete with each other to select a future Lord of Fenghuacheng. Yan Mengyun, no matter her identity background or her own martial arts talent, cannot win the final victory. The only outcome for her is death." Hong Lian's mouth was curled up in a cruel cold smile.

  Bai Cangdong stood there, speechless for a long time.

  "What's wrong? Tongue-tied? If you really like her that much, go ahead and follow her to death right now." Madam Honglian sneered mercilessly.

  "Are you done?" Bai Cangdong coldly glanced at Hong Lian's wife.

  "Are you getting angry?" Lady Honglian sneered with disdain.

  "If you've finished talking, you can leave now, I need a rest."

  "Men are all a kind of biological creature, worse than pigs and dogs." Honglian's wife lazily glanced at Bai Cangdong again, then turned around and left.

  Bai Cangdong fell asleep, really slept and slept very soundly. He slept all the way until dawn. Then, as usual, he came to the president's exclusive room of Dalun Society, and had someone bring over a lot of materials, carefully flipping through them page by page.

  "Holy Light Wolf won't work... Black Magic won't work either... This one won't work either..." Bai Cangdong was flipping through the information of the Viscount-level undead near Kaidoren City.

  He wants to promote Viscount, and he must promote Viscount. Although he doesn't know how much he likes Yan Mengyun, one thing is certain: he doesn't want to see Yan Mengyun die.

  But with his current strength, it is impossible to intervene in a struggle for the succession of the city master. Doing so would only result in throwing away a small life and would not be able to save Yan Mengyun. However, if he could advance to viscount, there might still be an opportunity to help Yan Mengyun.

  Bai Cangdong's best choice was to wait for Xian Que to revive and then go kill him again, but Xian Que needed a year to revive, he couldn't wait that long.

  Apart from Xian Que, Bai Cangdong is most confident in dealing with Huo Mei. Huo Mei and Xian Que are somewhat similar, both being Viscount-level undead with the Fire Attribute's Undying Light, having the Dragon Eye of Fire and Extreme Frost Finger. He has a 70-80% chance of killing Huo Mei.

  However, Huo Mei was far away in the desert of the south, and even if he came and went smoothly, it would probably take three to five months. He didn't know whether Yan Mengyun would still be alive by then.

  Bai Cang Dong carefully examined the data of all Viscount-level undead around Keren City, hoping to find a Viscount-level undead that would give him an opportunity to kill alone.

  Reality often doesn't live up to expectations, and for the Baron, every Viscount-level undead is an extremely powerful existence. Different types have different great powers. Bai Cangdong can kill Xianque, apart from the restraint of martial skills and equipment, there is also a large component of luck involved, but it may not work on other Viscount-level undead.

  After flipping through all the viscount-level undead materials, Bai Cangdong lay motionless on the chair with his eyes closed.

  The nearby Viscount-level undead that White Eastern could possibly come into contact with, almost none of them had any chance of being killed by him. The few that he might have a chance to kill were only around 20-30%.

  After closing his eyes for a long time, Bai Cangdong suddenly opened his eyes, quickly flipped through the materials, and fixed his gaze on a pattern.

  The pattern is an extremely sexy beauty, but behind the beauty is a pair of black wings, and on her body grows strange blue armor, protecting her chest, buttocks and other parts. The exposed parts are extremely eye-catching, with slender white hands holding a luxurious metal bow, but no arrows or quiver.

  "The Goddess Archer" is the name of this undead, possessing powerful flight capabilities and speed, able to shoot out incredibly powerful light arrows without restriction. Its own strength can be ranked among the top ten among all Viscount-level undead in the First Order of Light.

  Few people choose the Goddess Archer as a promotion target for Viscount, except for her own strength, but also because the place where she lives is very dangerous.

  On the west side of the Lone Sky Cliff, halfway up the mountain, there lived an ancient divine tree. The goddess archer resided on top of this ancient divine tree. Any human who dared to approach the ancient divine tree would be shot dead by her with a single arrow. Even those who were able to climb to the top of the Lone Sky Cliff did not dare to provoke the goddess archer, and when climbing the cliff, they would rather bypass the easiest route on the west side.

  Bai Cangdong chose this powerful undead as the promotion stage mainly because his martial skills just restrained the Goddess Archer.

  The archer's marksmanship is indeed astonishing, but her combat ability after being approached is not strong. After approaching and breaking through the Goddess Archer's Undying Light defense, she basically has no resistance.

  But for ordinary barons, it is almost impossible to get close to the goddess archer, not to mention her extremely fast movement speed, but also because she can fly and lives in a place like Half Mountain Cliff that is neither heaven nor earth, which makes it almost impossible for the baron to kill her.

  After analyzing the undead near Korlan City, Bai Cao felt that the only Viscount-level undead he could possibly kill was the Goddess Archer.

  However, before that, he must obtain a weapon that can break the Goddess Archer's Undying Light. His Extreme Frost Finger is only effective against fire-type undead creatures and is basically useless against the Upper Goddess Archer.

  The weapon that can dispel the immortal light of the Goddess Archer, Bai Cangdong also found in the data, is a fine sword called "Ghost Stab", its only origin is from Night Valley, killing those ghostly dark ghosts like phantoms, there is a possibility to obtain "Ghost Stab".

  However, the drop rate of "Ghost Stinger" from Dark Night Evil Spirit is also frighteningly low, and it's not guaranteed to get one even after killing 10,000 Dark Night Evil Spirits.

  Fortunately, the "Ghost Stinger" is only effective against the Goddess Archer's Undead Light, and most Barons are unwilling to face the Goddess Archer, so the value of these "Ghost Stingers" is far less than that of the Black Death Knife and the Shura Azure Blood Knife. As long as you're willing to pay a high price, it's not impossible to get your hands on a "Ghost Stinger".

  Even so, a Baron-class armed Ghost is more expensive than a Viscount-class armed one, with prices measured in centuries of life.

  Bai Cang had accumulated a considerable amount of life points over the years, but it was only around 50 to 60 years. It still wasn't enough to buy a Ghost Piercer.

  Bai Cangdong thought for a moment, then went back home to fetch the Bi Mu Pearl, Wu Ji Shui Jing board and several pieces of equipment he had extorted from Meng Xiaoquan, before finding Ma Fei.

  "I have some martial skills and equipment that I want to exchange for life marks, and time is very tight. Can you help me?" asked Bai Cangdong.

  "Bai Ge, if you're short on life points, just say so and I'll help you out. Why make things difficult?" Ma Fei said.

  "This time I need a lot of life-saving measures, so I have to take out some things. Do you have any way?" Bai Cangdong shook his head and said.

  "The way is there, but it depends on what you put out. Generally speaking, the golden martial skills and golden armor of the baron level are very easy to put out, and they can be sold for a high price." Ma Fei said after some thought.

  "What do you think of these things?" Bai Cangdong laid out all the things he had brought in front of Ma Fei.