Chapter 374: Purple Treasure Chest X2

At the Blazing Gold Mine, all personnel from the Ironclad Department had already withdrawn.

Zhao Chonghong had dispatched clerks from the prefectural yamen along with several hundred Garrison Troops to station here.

The Sect Masters of the Limitless Sect, the Angry River Sect, and the Divine Fist Sect seemed to already know that this area had been taken over by Zhao Chonghong.

One after another, they sent additional disciples over to help.

Qian Dalong's figure reappeared as well, but Juewang had already departed.

This time, when Qian Dalong saw Yang Ling, he showed no trace of displeasure whatsoever. Instead, he was extremely enthusiastic.

Yang Ling suddenly suspected that Qian Dalong had never been Zhao Fu's man to begin with.

"Director Yang, while you're away, rest assured that the people you brought will be well taken care of.

Especially Master Zhou Zheng. Whatever treatment he received under your command, he'll receive the same here.

If anything happens to him, I'll present my own head to you."

Qian Dalong's face was beaming with satisfaction. He truly wasn't hiding anything anymore.

Yang Ling sighed inwardly. Old Third and Old Fourth had been fighting tooth and nail, yet in the end, this Blazing Gold Mine still fell into their old man's hands.

"That's fine too. Since I'm heading to the Capital this time for a report, the others naturally can't follow. They'll just stay here and continue mining to level up."

With that thought, Yang Ling clasped his fists toward Qian Dalong and said:

"Elder Qian, I'll be traveling with Lord Xu to the Capital this time, and I don't know when I'll return.

If any problems arise with my people, feel free to write to me at any time, and I'll handle it."

"Easy enough, easy enough!"

Qian Dalong agreed readily.

"There are also some mining arrangements I need to make. May I go down into the mine?"

Yang Ling asked with a smile.

"What are you saying, Director Yang? If you can't go down into the mine, then who here can?"

Qian Dalong said seriously:

"I've heard all about it. The reason the Blazing Gold Mine has progressed so rapidly is largely thanks to you!"

Yang Ling smiled, exchanged a few pleasantries with him, then headed down into the mine.

All the players had already received word in advance and were waiting deep within the mine shafts.

When Yang Ling appeared, many players wore reluctant expressions.

With this powerhouse leaving the Blazing Gold Mine, their mining progress would inevitably slow down several times over.

"You're all clear on the situation. For now, I have no legitimate reason to stay at this Blazing Gold Mine."

"After I go to the Capital for this report, I might be able to come back, or I might not. But that doesn't hinder your leveling."

"Your levels are already very close to the Divine Realm Level Ranking. In my opinion, among the forty million players in the Divine Realm, you all at least belong to the second tier."

Everyone present acknowledged this statement.

The fact that they stood here today already put them ahead of ninety-nine percent of all players.

Currently, the tenth place on the Divine Realm Level Ranking was only level 31.

Most of them were already in their early twenties, and some were approaching level thirty.

As long as they kept working hard, there was still a chance to make it onto the ranking.

Players on the ranking received extra treasure chest rewards!

That was the motivation driving all players to level up.

After giving his instructions and words of advice, Yang Ling had the players continue mining.

Then he called over Zhou Zheng.

Zhou Zheng asked cautiously: "Director Yang, so you won't be at this Blazing Gold Mine anymore?"

"Master Zhou, I won't be at this Blazing Gold Mine for now, but my people will still be here."

Yang Ling said with hidden meaning in his tone: "If you stay here helping with the mining, the benefits will be substantial in the long run.

If you run into trouble, just find any one of Qin Mo and the others. They'll send a message to me.

If they can't solve it, then go find Lord Zhao Chonghong."

Zhou Zheng felt an immediate sense of relief.

He had been afraid that Yang Ling would leave him with no arrangements at all, discarding him like a pawn.

With arrangements like these, he could rest easy and stay at this Blazing Gold Mine with his disciples and apprentices to develop.

"By the way... this thing can sell for five thousand taels per liang, right?"

Yang Ling took out a fragment of a Quenched-Gold Armor-Piercing Flying Dagger.

Zhou Zheng glanced at it and nodded slightly:

"This is raw material for Centenary Refined Blazing Gold. One liang goes for five thousand taels. It's very rare and requires..."

Wait. He stared at it intently for a few moments, then said with a strange expression:

"This is a fragment of a Quenched-Gold Armor-Piercing Flying Dagger?"

"That's right. I figured I'd put it to good use by recycling it."

Yang Ling smiled enigmatically.

Zhou Zheng said sheepishly: "Well, that could indeed be recycled..."

As he spoke, he reached toward his waist, as if about to pull something out:

"Back when you fought the Fire Vein Poison Crocodile, I saw some fragments on the ground that you didn't want, so I collected them for you..."

"That was your forging fee."

Yang Ling waved his hand with a smile:

"There will be plenty more matters troubling you in the future. Keep them."

Zhou Zheng breathed a sigh of relief. He had just suspected that the other party was deliberately testing him.

After finishing with Zhou Zheng, Yang Ling began focusing on mining.

His Spirit was now at 280 points, making his sense of smell even sharper than before.

Wherever he detected the smell of rust, he dug in that direction.

Over the next several days, the Blazing Gold reserves in his Green Dragon Ring grew by another significant margin.

"That should be around 450 jin, worth nine million taels."

"I also have four hundred jin of Centenary Refined Blazing Gold, worth twenty million taels."

"With this much wealth, I could open a money house in the prefectural capital and still have plenty to spare."

Yang Ling marveled inwardly. Unfortunately, he knew he wasn't cut out for that kind of business, and this Blazing Gold had other uses.

Otherwise, he could have set up some loan services specifically for players.

He might have been able to roll this money over several times over like a snowball.

This time, he collected all the Blazing Gold, leaving only a tiny bit behind to hand over for appearances.

Clang clang clang clang clang clang!

Sparks flew everywhere! The pickaxe moved like afterimages!

"Congratulations, you have leveled up. You have gained 1 Free Attribute Point."

Level 90!

Yang Ling's eyes brightened slightly.

[You have become the first player among the fifty million players of the "Divine Realm" to reach level 90]

[Reward: Purple Treasure Chest X2]

"Two purple treasure chests!?"

Yang Ling felt this scene was familiar.

If he got these chests a few more times, wouldn't an Emerald Treasure Chest come out?

"Purple treasure chests can drop First-Rate Internal Techniques. What could an Emerald Treasure Chest drop!? A powerful skill? Attribute points? Sacred medicine? A Nation-Securing Divine Armament?!"

At that thought, Yang Ling's heart burned with excitement.

His levels hadn't been gained in vain. The "Divine Realm" was truly generous!

All the effort he had put in was being rewarded!

"But... there are already fifty million players now."

A hint of gravity suddenly appeared in Yang Ling's eyes.

The extra ten million players didn't seem like much on the surface, but in reality...

It was enough for the game to open several more server regions.

"Just how many server regions does this Divine Realm have? And where does the Zhao State stand among all these server regions?"

Yang Ling couldn't figure it out for now. The only thing he could be certain of was that his level was ahead of all players across every server region.

And this information shouldn't be known to players from other server regions.

Just like Zhang Shuzhou and the others from the Rong tribe server region, they had no idea about the level of players in the Zhao State.

"I can't open the chests here, or it might dampen the other players' fighting spirit."

When Yang Ling left, Lin Caiyi and the others were still diligently mining.

He reported over a hundred locations he had found that might contain Blazing Gold to them through private chat, then departed without a trace.

After getting far away from the Blazing Gold Mine, Yang Ling finally took out the two purple treasure chests from the Treasure Chest Fusion Slot.

He had no intention of gambling on probability to bet on an Emerald Treasure Chest. No matter how bad the contents of these two purple chests were, they couldn't be that bad.

Yang Ling took a deep breath and slowly opened the first purple treasure chest.