34: Chapter 34 Jiang Ma is kidnapped
The Empress was quite pleased to hear someone volunteer.
However, seeing that it was Gu Qingming, she grew troubled again.
"Sigh, but you are a player. How could you have the energy to stay in one place all day and issue quests?"
Gu Qingming smiled and said, "Your Majesty can rest assured about that."
"I have studied the Quest Log, and I can authorize others."
"I can find a few more players to take shifts for a few hours every day, ensuring that the issuance of quests will not be delayed."
"Moreover, as Your Majesty said, we need to find trustworthy people. I think there is no one more reliable than players, right?"
Upon hearing this, the Empress felt as if she had been enlightened.
That's right!
Who could be more reliable than players?
They had already chosen Chang'an City and were destined to be unable to change their main city.
It was even more impossible for them to betray it.
"Good, good, good. I am very satisfied with your proposal."
Gu Qingming was overjoyed and was just about to bow in thanks.
Suddenly, the Empress turned to look at Jiang He: "Baron, how about you take on this task?"
"Ah? Give it to me? No, no, no."
Jiang He shook his head like a rattle-drum.
"Your Majesty, I still need to grind monsters and do quests. How would I have time for that?"
"Rest assured, Baron, I have already thought of a foolproof plan for you."
What she said next completely shocked everyone.
The Empress immediately bestowed a mansion upon Jiang He to serve as the Viscounts Manor.
At the same time, she arranged for twenty NPC servants for him.
She also told him that he could authorize the servants to act on his behalf, allowing them to issue quests in the Viscounts Manor all day long.
Just as Jiang He was hesitating, Bai Luoyao, who was behind him, tugged at his arm and whispered:
"Agree quickly! This is a good thing. In the future, whenever there are new quests, we can be the first to do them."
"That's right, Da He, don't hesitate," Zhao Yun also reminded him.
Even Old Demon and Blood Blade came over to persuade him.
"Big Brother, from now on you are my Big Brother. Can I be your underling? I beg you, hurry up and agree!" Blood Blade was incredibly happy.
With this connection, would he ever have to worry about not having quests to do in the future?
Jiang He let out a long sigh: "Alright, Your Majesty, I accept this job, but..."
"But what? Please speak, Viscount."
"But there must be benefits; I can't just work for free, right?"
The Empress laughed heartily: "That goes without saying."
Then she waved her hand, and a token floated over.
[Regional Announcement: Congratulations to player Game ID for becoming the Viscount of Chang'an City. All attributes increased by 500 points.]
"Hiss—"
The people in the great hall gasped.
"He became a Viscount just like that?"
"Why do I feel like he has some connection with the Empress?"
"That's right, I noticed that too just now..."
Meanwhile, Gu Qingming, who was standing to the side, had a face ashen with anger.
He had worked so hard to obtain 500 Contribution Points just to exchange for an official position.
Yet the other guy just casually asked for a reward and got promoted to a peerage directly?
But since things had reached this point, he didn't dare to say anything more.
If he were to anger the Empress, losing his official position would be a minor matter, but being kicked out of the city would be disastrous.
Afterward, the crowd dispersed.
Jiang He followed the official to go and see the mansion that had been bestowed upon him.
However, as soon as they left the palace.
A crowd of people swarmed over.
"Viscount, I want to accept a quest."
"River God, I want a quest too."
Besides the players clamoring, his friend list was also about to be overwhelmed by requests.
[Friend Requests + 999 (Do you accept?)]
Jiang He waved his hand and shouted: "Everyone, don't be anxious. We are all players, and I understand how you feel, but you have to give me time to arrange things, right? I guarantee that in three days, the gates of the Viscounts Manor will definitely be open to you."
There was leaping, cheering, and applause.
Jiang He led a few people away, surrounded by the crowd.
Not far away, Gu Qingming stared at him with a fierce gaze.
"Game ID, you stole the person I like and ruined my plans; I will never let you off!"
"Want revenge?" Zhang Zixuan walked over and asked in a low voice.
Seeing that it was him, Gu Qingming turned his head away irritably: "Why are you here?"
"I'm here to help you. I'll just ask you: do you want revenge or not?"
"Hmph, don't play coy. Now that he has that mysterious Blood Blade and the Bai family protecting him, do you think the two of us can touch him?"
"Why can't we?"
"How ridiculous." Gu Qingming turned to leave.
Zhang Zixuan shouted: "If we can't deal with him in the game, can't we fight him in reality? I've checked him out; he's just an ordinary college student with no power and no money. Wouldn't it be as easy as crushing an ant to deal with him in real life?"
Gu Qingming stopped and turned to lock eyes with him for a moment.
Cruel glints appeared in both of their eyes.
Inside the Viscounts Manor.
Jiang He was beaming with joy.
He had originally thought it was just an ordinary mansion.
After entering, he realized.
This place was practically a paradise.
You could even gain experience while AFK here!
Even if you logged off, you could still AFK offline.
Although the experience wasn't much, it was still quite substantial.
Soon, all the servants bestowed upon him were in place.
Operating the interface was very simple.
There were twenty servants in total.
They took shifts, issuing and receiving quests 24 hours a day without interruption.
After arranging everything, Jiang He brought the others to the study.
He secretly took out the Quest Log and smiled with a wink: "Do you want to accept a few quests first?"
The others were overjoyed; they had known.
Jiang He would definitely give them special treatment.
Next, a few people gathered around to flip through the Quest Log.
The result was a huge disappointment.
Many high-level quests had level restrictions.
The quests without level restrictions only had average experience and rewards.
Blood Blade accepted a quest to kill 200 Black Bear Spirits.
This was also the highest-level quest they could currently accept.
Xiao Yao and Xiao Xue accepted a gathering quest.
Zhao Yun and Old Demon discussed for a long time and each accepted a decent quest.
Finally, it was Jiang He's turn.
He flipped through it for a long time but couldn't find anything satisfying.
Finally, having no other choice, he randomly selected a quest.
[Ding, would you like to top up 10 Yuan to increase the quest difficulty and simultaneously increase the quest rewards?]
Jiang He held back his laughter and chose to top up.
[Quest upgrade successful.]
[Five-Star Difficulty Quest: Rescue Zhang San's Brother (Quest Location: Giant Wild Goose Pagoda)]
Jiang He frowned.
This quest?
It doesn't sound that difficult, does it?
Forget it, whatever the system produces must be high quality; I'll just do it first.
Before they parted ways, Jiang He specifically instructed them not to show off that they had accepted quests.
After all, he had promised in public that the quest system would only open in three days.
Jiang He rushed out of the city all the way, heading straight for the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda.
This was the wild area with the lowest monster levels near the main city.
The monster levels inside were not high.
It had already been farmed by many people, so he didn't know why it could still count as a Five-Star difficulty quest?
He stopped in front of the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda.
An ancient stone pagoda stood before him, and just as Jiang He was about to step inside.
Suddenly, his friend list flashed.
[Qingming Yushang]: If you don't want anything to happen to your mom, come here quickly (Coordinates).
Jiang He was shocked.
Mom?
He immediately realized that Gu Qingming couldn't do anything to him in the game.
He had actually targeted his family in reality!
"Despicable!"
[Game ID]: Gu Qingming, I warn you, don't do anything reckless! I'm coming over right now!
[Qingming Yushang]: Then you'd better be quick; I'm afraid your mom won't be able to hold on for too long.
He closed the dialog box.
Jiang He immediately sent a message to Bai Luoyao:
[Game ID]: My mom might be in trouble. I suspect she's been kidnapped by Gu Qingming! Please find someone to go to my house and check for me immediately! Please!