Lady Affilia of the Veil

Liu Xuan tried to use the Eye of Insight to check the other party's information, but the figure before him was just a projection. All the Eye of Insight could reveal was a name:

Lady Aphilia of the Veil

Was this the legendary deity everyone talked about?

But why was she so furious, looking as if she had come to confront someone for a grave offense?

"I heard all the great tales about you, so I came here specially to present my Hero's Proof," Liu Xuan explained.

Who would have guessed that the projection on the stone tablet would suddenly bend over, lean right up to Liu Xuan, and poke him hard on the forehead: "Are you an idiot? I ignored you when you burned the first one, but you just had to go burn a second. I ignored the second too, and then you went and burned a third. Do you really have that much free time on your hands?

If you're bored, go get a job. If you're lonely, go find a partner. If you're still that restless, go squat in front of your house and count ants. Stop trying to bother other people all the time, do you understand?!"

"Uh....."

You've already said everything there is to say, what am I even supposed to respond with?

It was obvious that this Lady of the Veil was full of resentment over being disturbed. Could this be a case of morning grumpiness?

No wonder no one before him had ever managed to meet her. It turned out that a single proof wasn't enough to wake her up.

You had to annoy her so much that she'd finally show herself.

"I heard that presenting the proof would earn me a reward from you....."

Liu Xuan chose his words carefully. He could tell from her expression that even though she was angry, she had no intention of attacking him, so he had to make his purpose clear.

The three proofs had stated clearly, "Present this at an altar somewhere to prove your battle feats, and you may receive some unusual rewards." There was no way she could back out of that, right?

Lady Aphilia of the Veil flicked the hem of her dress: "Your reward is to become a member of the Veil Legion."

"Then where is the legion?"

"It was wiped out and disbanded ages ago."

"Then what am I supposed to do?"

"Do I really need to repeat myself? If you're bored, go get a job. If you're lonely, go find a partner. If you're still that restless, go squat in front of your house and count ants. Just find something to occupy yourself with, and stop pestering me."

"Then this reward is basically the same as no reward at all?"

"Yep, that's exactly what it is," Aphilia said without a shred of guilt. "The proof says it plain as day, 'may receive' — 'may', do you know what that word means?"

"???"

Seeing Liu Xuan staring blankly at her, Aphilia spread her hands. "I'll just lay it out for you. I worked my fingers to the bone building that legion, gave every single member all sorts of perks and conveniences, and then a single monster wiped the whole lot of them out. It was so humiliating, I'm never going to bother making a second one."

Liu Xuan's mind stirred the second he heard that. This could very well be a quest!

"What kind of monster was it?"

Aphilia sized him up. "You're thinking of challenging that monster?"

"Not necessarily."

Now it was Aphilia's turn to be left speechless. "What do you mean, not necessarily?"

"That depends on what the Veil Legion's benefits are like, how good the perks are. If they're not good enough, you couldn't pay me to go after it."

Aphilia was so mad she ended up laughing. "Haven't you even considered that you probably aren't a match for that monster?"

"Any living thing, even a god, I'll kill it for you!"

Aphilia: ???

Do you have any idea who you're even talking to right now?

But Liu Xuan's wildly arrogant line actually piqued her curiosity.

On top of that, the fact that he had managed to present three proofs meant he had to have some real strength, so Aphilia was willing to give him a shot.

"Fine, fine, fine. Since you put it that way, I'm appointing you the temporary head of the Veil Legion right now. I'll unlock a portion of the legion's exclusive perks for you to use for the time being."

Liu Xuan was over the moon. He'd finally scored some real benefits.

"What exactly are these perks?"

"See this obelisk here? There are plenty more just like it scattered all across this continent. All you have to do is lay your hand on one, and you can teleport to any other obelisk on the continent."

That's basically fast travel points!

That's unbelievably convenient!

Seeing how eager Liu Xuan looked, Aphilia waved her hand dismissively. "Alright, if you've got nothing else, get out of here already. The monster I mentioned is in the far north, far off the coast. If you sail deep into the ocean, you'll reach a small island completely covered in ice and snow. That monster is on that island. Don't come pestering me again until you've claimed its proof."

The far north, huh?

Liu Xuan nodded, then suddenly froze. That place sounded so familiar. Could it be the very same island where the Destroyers first invaded from?

He lifted his head to ask Aphilia for more details, only to find that her figure had already vanished.

She really was that impatient, she didn't want to say another word.

But that was fine. Whether he ended up fighting that monster or not, Liu Xuan had already secured his rewards.

Those fast travel points were a game-changer. Traveling across the continent would be so easy from now on.

He just didn't know how many of these points there were, or where all of them were located.

Liu Xuan hurried over to the obelisk, placed his hand on its surface, and a full continent map popped up in his view.

But some of the marked locations on the map looked different from the geography he knew now.

The entire continent wasn't ruled by the Glorious Empire at all. Instead, it was split into dozens of large and small kingdoms.

There weren't that many white obelisks marked on the map, only nine in total. There was even one tucked in the mountains west of the starting village.

But some of the obelisks on the map were glowing bright, while others were dark and dim.

The one near the starting village, for example, was completely dim. Liu Xuan tried to click on that obelisk with his consciousness, but nothing happened.

He guessed there was something wrong with that obelisk, so it couldn't be used.

Only four obelisks were still lit up. Apart from the one right here at the White Godless Pagoda, the other three, after Liu Xuan cross-referenced them with his current map, were located on the outskirts of Dawn City, north of Moon Glow City, and right outside the royal capital.

This was incredibly convenient.

The one north of Moon Glow City in particular immediately made Liu Xuan realize that if he used it properly, the upcoming promotion defense battle would be a piece of cake.

He could finish off the invading forces at Dawn City first, then teleport straight over!

But whether that plan would actually work depended on how far that obelisk north of Moon Glow City was from the city itself.

With that thought in mind, Liu Xuan selected the obelisk north of Moon Glow City and teleported there.

The hand he had pressed against the obelisk suddenly lost its support. His whole body pitched forward, sinking into the stone, and he stumbled a few steps out on the other side.

When he lifted his head, he was facing away from the obelisk.

And the scenery in front of him was nothing like what surrounded the White Godless Pagoda.

Liu Xuan was now standing on the edge of a cliff.

The cliff was nearly 70 or 80 meters tall. A few kilometers out on the plains at the base of the cliff stood a grand, sprawling city.

That had to be Moon Glow City.

From this distance, the whole city looked mostly intact, its walls still standing. It was in far better shape than Dawn City.

If that was the case, defending it would be a whole lot easier.

But he still needed to do a proper on-site inspection to be sure.

Liu Xuan was just about to look for a path down the cliff when he suddenly remembered something. He pulled a few pieces of Destroyer Set gear out of his bag.

If he equipped all eight full pieces of the set, he would get a 10-second gliding buff.

That would save him so much time he would have wasted walking down the winding path.

Right after that, Liu Xuan leaped off the edge of the cliff and drifted down toward the ground below.