Once Upon A Time, There Was A Spirit Sword Mountain

Cliff knitted his brows and said, ”I’m afraid you can’t. Right now level three and up entrances are largely under the control of Holy Light Religion. To enter the King’s Treasure House, you must register your name to them first. But if you want to enter the fifth level or above, you must have the approval of the local Holy Light Bishop here. In our history, it is basically impossible to pass the approval process, you can’t even pass the registering process. Above the seventh level is not even open to the outsiders.”

”And then?”

Cliff said, ”No ruler can perfectly control every corner of his territory. Although Taobao City is the Holy Place of Holy Light Religion, because the city is so huge, there will always be corners that are beyond their reach. Although level three and up entrances are within their control, the first and second level entrances are too scattered to manage. These entrances are now mostly under the control of the Brotherhood.”

”Brotherhood?”

Cliff explained, ”The ruler of the underground world.”

”Oh? There is actually an underground world in a Holy Place of Holy Light Religion?”

Cliff faintly smiled. ”No matter how bright the sunlight, it can not penetrate the ground. Somewhere someplace, there would always be light and shadow.”

Wang Lu said, ”You are a Nightwalker, so you should have a connection with this Brotherhood.”

Cliff said, ”Yes. That’s why master sent me here. I can contact the Brotherhood to help you qualify for admission. But, my connection ends here, the Brotherhood is not going to offend the Holy Light Religion for you. Simply speaking, do not trust them.”

Wang Lu nodded while inwardly saying I actually don’t trust you.

”The Brotherhood only controls the first and second level entrances to the Treasure House, but the space in the Treasure House is not entirely isolated. If you achieve an amazing result in a trial on a certain space on a level, you can enter the next level. Theoretically, if you can continue to pass test after test, you can continuously advance from the first level to the ninth level in one go… Certainly, it’s difficult to do this from the low level. As far as I know, crossing through levels like this can only take you to, at most, sixth level, and the treasure that you want is at least at the seventh layer. However, since master said that you are a professional adventurer, you should not care about this difficulty, right?”

Wang Lu lightly nodded. ”Of course I don’t care. Crossing through level after level until all is clear… a professional adventure very much like this kind of winning in a row kind of game.”

”Good. Since you are that confident, I’ll take you to the Brotherhood.”

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After entering Taobao City, the carriage passed through the city in low key. They even hid the symbol of Deep Earth City. The city was filled with patrolling Holy Light Knights and Holy Light Priests, and the symbol of Deep Earth City would only cause them trouble.

Under the guidance of Cliff, they came to a shabby tavern. Taobao City attracted treasure hunters and adventurers from all over the continent, thus, taverns, bathhouses, and other services thrived in this city. However, this tavern was dilapidated and deserted, which seemed out of place.

Wang Lu and his teammates went into the tavern with Cliff. Inside, in addition to the scruffy bartender behind the bar, there were only two or three bored brawnies on the scene. When they saw Wang Lu and the others came in, they didn’t even lift their eyelids.

Cliff quietly made hand gestures in front of his chest and said in a whisper, ”Let the shadow shelter us.”

That bartender suddenly turned serious. ”Night traveler from the East? What are you doing here?”

”We want to enter the King’s Treasure House, second level.”

The bartender looked at his companion and saw the Eastern faces of Wang Lu and the others. Inwardly, he understood, but he didn’t say many words. He just nodded. ”Sure. Do you know the rules?”

Cliff said, ”Of course. There’s no free lunch in this world after all.”

Obviously, to enter the King’s Treasure House through entrances controlled by the Brotherhood, they needed to negotiate the entrance fee first.

The bartender asked again, ”Buyout or split?”

Cliff turned back and waited for Wang Lu’s decision.

”Wait. Buyout or split? What does that mean?”