Accidents always caught people off guard.
Fangzheng swore that he would never have thought that he would discover a brand-new method of paying for gold in this place and in this way. Oh, no, it was a method of paying for crystals.
Come to think of it, Fangzheng had basically given up on paying for gold ever since he came to this world. The reason was simple. The framework of the game he made naturally had a way to pay for gold, but he still used a certain platform to deduct money directly. After all, a mobile game was a mobile game. It could be unconventional in other aspects, but the more convenient it was, the better. He had never seen a mobile game that deliberately made the top-up function extremely complicated. It was as if they wanted the player to just point it out and deduct money without even entering the password!
But in this world, Fangzheng was reborn. He did not even have a mobile phone with him. How could he pay for gold? So, he basically did not care about the top-up function. But what Fangzheng did not expect was that a flower planted unintentionally would not bloom, but a willow planted unintentionally would grow into a shade. He had casually picked up a handful of Soul Crystals, but it had actually caused his own pay-to-win system to appear.
If he had known that there would be such a good thing, he would not have taken the risk to sneak into the Holy Sanctum!
Fangzheng felt a little regretful. If he had known that Soul Cores could be used to buy credit, he wouldn't have to be afraid of being hunted by the Holy Temple. He could just find a deserted place in the wilderness and kill hundreds of demonic beasts. Then, he could use the Soul Cores to buy credit like crazy and draw out a large number of Soul Stones. When that happened, he wouldn't have to be afraid of going against the Holy Temple and becoming the Great Demon King....
Unfortunately, this thought only lingered in Fangzheng's mind for a while before he immediately dismissed it. The Holy Sanctum was a powerful force. It was not a good idea to go head-on against them. Besides, Fangzheng had no enmity with the Holy Sanctum. Even though the Holy Sanctum had killed the parents of this body, so what? According to Williams' memory, the owner of this house had done a lot of crazy things by performing human sacrifices. From Fangzheng's point of view, it was too good for the two of them to be executed by the Divine Temple for their evil deeds. They should be tied to the stake and burned.
Therefore, Fangzheng was not affected by the Holy Cathedral's action of killing the parents of this body. He even felt like laughing. Sacrificing himself for a bunch of crazy cultists? He was not willing to do this kind of unprofitable business.
Thinking about it this way, it was better to establish good relations with Temple now.
"Thank you."
Despite these thoughts, Fangzheng's expression did not change. He only smiled at Marte and thanked him before putting away the Spirit Crystals. Looking at Fangzheng's reaction, Matt nodded inwardly. As a Grand Knight, he naturally had a good eye for people. In his opinion, it was not easy for Lin Li to have such high attainments and understanding of swordsmanship at such a young age. In fact, when Matt looked for Fangzheng, he was already mentally prepared that Fangzheng might not be easy to deal with. After all, nothing was perfect in this world, and many talented people had personality flaws. Matt had seen many similar examples in the past. Therefore, before dealing with Fangzheng, he had specially asked Knight Conan about it before coming over to negotiate.
However, what Matt didn't expect was that not only was this young man powerful, but he was also very calm and steady when dealing with people. He was neither servile nor overbearing, which was very rare. A person's great strength could be attributed to his overflowing talent. Even a farmer in the countryside could have the strength of a Wyrm by chance. But a person's behavior and words were not so simple. It required enough accumulation, manners, etiquette, and cultivation. In the end, these were the most important characteristics that indicated a person's status. This made Matt secretly admire Lin Li, but at the same time, he was a little puzzled. As a Grand Knight directly under the Bishops, he was very familiar with most of the nobles in the Country of Saints, but he had never heard of such a powerful person among the younger generation. If there really was such a powerful and steady descendant among the nobles, he would have long become the subject of gossip at banquets and banquets.
And his name … was really strange.
"Mr. Fangzheng, are you a citizen of the Country of Saints? I don't think I've seen you before … "
"I'm from the Argent Duchy."
Of course, Fangzheng knew that he would be asked about his background. Ever since he learned that he had a "law resonance", Fangzheng had been trying to find a way to solve the problem of his background. Coincidentally, he finally dug out one thing from the memory of Williams' body. Williams' father used to live in the Argent Duchy for a while. He was a promiscuous man who had hooked up with many women in the Argent Duchy. As a cultist, he was naturally bold enough to openly hold a group party.
Because there were many descendants of the nobles of the Argent Duchy among them, many nobles were furious when the matter was exposed. Williams' father naturally ran away, but the women he seduced suffered. Many of them were imprisoned or exiled by their families, and some even "disappeared".
After Williams' father returned, he was quite proud of it. He boasted to his son more than once. Other than "Look at how powerful your father is, he captured so many noble women with ease", he also taught by example, "As a cultist, corrupting civilization and destroying ethics, it's so exciting".
From this, one could see how twisted the values of these cultists were.
But for Fangzheng, this was a pleasant surprise.
After being reborn into this world and obtaining the body and identity that caused his death, Fangzheng had always been considering a problem — how to distinguish himself from Williams.
And now, he had finally thought of a good way.
Fangzheng's choice of the Argent Duchy was only a vague idea at first, but as the days passed, his idea became clearer and clearer. For Fangzheng, there were two problems that he had to solve in this world. First, why did he look so much like Williams? Perhaps it was a joke of fate, but Williams' appearance was 70% to 80% similar to Fangzheng's own, so Fangzheng's face did not feel strange at all.
Of course, it might also be because the two of them looked alike that he ended up transmigrating into Williams' body.
The second problem was the blood relationship of Fangzheng's current body. Through Williams' memories, Fangzheng knew that the magic civilization in this world was so advanced that it was possible to judge one's relationship by blood. Once someone doubted Fangzheng's appearance, Fangzheng would inevitably have to face an investigation. He would have to explain his origin and his relationship with the Williams family.
So, in the end, with the help of Williams' father's past, Fangzheng came up with a version.
In this version of the background story, Fangzheng came from the Argent Duchy. He was the child of a noble daughter who was exiled because of Williams' father. He knew nothing about his background, and he and his mother depended on each other since he was a child. Not long ago, his mother passed away due to illness, and Fangzheng came to the Argent Duchy with the rest of his assets ….
And this background story could also perfectly solve these two biggest questions. He and Williams had the same father but different mothers, so it was normal for them to look alike. Since they had the same father but different mothers, it was not surprising that they were related by blood.
Of course, this identity might cause some people to be dissatisfied, but Fangzheng did not care. The biggest problem he was currently facing in this world was that he was identified as a cultist. What Fangzheng needed to do was to completely separate himself from Williams. Even if he and Williams were half-brothers, as long as he was not a cultist and was not on the wanted list of the Holy Cathedral, that was enough.
As for the rest, it was not important.
Of course, Fangzheng didn't explain any of this to Marte. This was because in the setting, Fangzheng himself didn't know Marte's background. Therefore, he only briefly conversed with Marte according to the background he had set. After learning that Fangzheng came from the Argent Duchy, Marte nodded in understanding. He did not say much, but began to discuss the next step with Fangzheng.
This made Fangzheng feel helpless. According to the original plan, he and Shi Dong should have brought Miss M to find the Paladins, then brought them away. But now, the Paladins had found them, but Shi Dong and Miss M were nowhere to be found. Without Miss M's Starpath, they had nowhere to go in the sealed Shadow Ravine.
There were only two paths in front of them now. They could either find Shi Dong and Miss M and use the Starpath to leave, or they could escape with their own two legs. Anyway, that was how they came in at the beginning.
But to Fangzheng's surprise, Marte proposed a third path.
"Keep going?"
Hearing Marte's suggestion, Fangzheng frowned.
"Isn't that dangerous?"
"It's indeed dangerous, Mr. Fangzheng, but we can't just leave like this."
Facing Fangzheng's question, Marte nodded solemnly and explained.
"In fact, although we were ambushed by the Lich in Shadow Ravine, we didn't come away empty-handed. Although we're not sure if this Lich is the one we're looking for, we've already investigated one thing …. The Lich is hiding in Shadow Ravine for a reason! It seems to be carrying out some evil and blasphemous dark ritual in Shadow Ravine! "
"What?"
Hearing this, Fangzheng was slightly surprised.
"Dark ritual?"
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