"Accept the mission!"
Although Yang Rui was a little confused, he quickly accepted the diviner's mission.
Dong Zhuo had already left Luoyang Royal City. This was something that Yang Rui had already discovered. Logically speaking, Dong Zhuo shouldn't be setting Luoyang on fire again. However, Mister Diviner predicted that Luoyang would encounter another fire, but he wasn't sure of the exact situation.
By the time Yang Rui had accepted the task and was hesitating whether or not he should ask about it, Mister Fortune Teller had already walked in the direction of Kai Yang Sect. Yang Rui saw that Mister Fortune Teller had left swiftly, so he didn't ask about it.
Mister Diviner had already left, and there weren't any fires in Luoyang Royal City. Hence, Yang Rui continued to lead his army towards Luoyang's Nangong.
Perhaps it was because Dong Zhuo's army had placed their commander's tent in Nangong, but when Yang Rui led his army to attack the city from the north, he realized that Nangong's defenses were much tighter than North Palace's. Not only did the number of soldiers participating in the defense greatly increase, but the ratio of long-range archers was also much higher.
As a result, there were casualties among the Iron Guards participating in the siege. Just as Yang Rui was considering whether to try another direction, he suddenly saw thick smoke rising from all over Luoyang City. Mister Fortune Teller's mission had been verified. Someone had really started to set the city on fire!
At the same time the fire appeared, the soldiers defending Nangong's city gate and city walls suddenly retreated. A portion of them went down the city walls, while the rest headed southwest along the city walls. It was unknown what was happening in the city.
Since the soldiers on the city walls had retreated, Yang Rui didn't hesitate. He immediately led his army to scale Nangong's city walls. He quickly opened Nangong's northeast city gate. He led his army into Nangong.
The moment Yang Rui scaled Nangong's city walls, he realized something. A large number of soldiers in Nangong City were also rushing southwest. When he thought of the fires that suddenly appeared all over Luoyang City, Yang Rui roughly understood that the soldiers guarding the city had deliberately set the fire to create chaos and take the opportunity to escape!
At this moment, Dong Zhuo's army in Luoyang Royal City could be said to be in chaos. There were many situations where they were squeezed together as they tried to escape, including Nangong. Hence, Yang Rui led his army to charge forward and kill for a while. He continued until all the soldiers in Nangong City were chased away and wiped out.
However, Yang Rui didn't send any more soldiers to chase after them. He had two main goals in attacking the city. One was to seize the city to obtain merit points, and the other was to search for valuable items in the city. Clearly, Nangong City was the command center of Luoyang's army. Furthermore, these soldiers had hurriedly retreated, so Yang Rui naturally had to search the city first.
Furthermore, there were several fire spots in Nangong City. Since Yang Rui had accepted Mister Fortune Teller's mission to put out the fire, he naturally had to do his best to complete it. Hence, Yang Rui led 10000 soldiers to search all over Nangong City. He also ordered Gao Shun to lead the rest of the soldiers to immediately put out the fire. At the same time, he also sent soldiers to pass down orders to Zhang Liao and Wu Anguo, ordering them to immediately put out the fire after the battle in the city ended.
It was just as Yang Rui had guessed. Nangong City was where Hu Zhen, Wang Fang, and Duan Meng were staying. It wasn't as empty as the North Palace. Yang Rui searched around and found two or three good items.
"Ruler's Cloak [Soul]: Soul-type Gold-grade equipment. Made by Diaochan of the Imperial Palace. Defense 50-50. Durability Equipment Requirement: 500 stones or above Official Rank and 50 Martial Points or above. Cannot be traded or lent. Cannot be dropped after equipping! "
"Ruler's Sword [Soul]: Soul-type Gold-grade equipment. Made by the Imperial Palace's Blacksmith. Attack 200-200. Durability Equipment Requirement: 500 stones or above Official Rank and 50 Martial Points or above. Cannot be traded or lent. Cannot be dropped after equipping! "
"High-level Checkpoint Blueprints (10): After use, can upgrade and build a high-level checkpoint. Usage Requirement: Intermediate Checkpoint, 10 Intermediate Builders or above. "
It had been a while since Yang Rui had seen any new Soul-type equipment. This time, he had found two of them in the Nangong City. The Cloak type was already very difficult to obtain, let alone a Gold Soul-type Cloak.
Moreover, these two pieces of equipment seemed to be part of a set. Their equipment requirements were very similar. They both required a certain Official Rank. As for the Martial Points requirement, it was very low. It was only 500 stones of Official Rank. It was difficult for an ordinary person to equip it. Yang Rui had long since surpassed 500 stones of Official Rank. It was just right for him to equip it.
Only these two pieces of Soul-type equipment had low Attributes. In theory, normal Gold equipment should already have additional Attributes. Soul-type Gold equipment should be comparable to Violet-Gold equipment. It was normal for it to have two additional Attributes. However, these two pieces of equipment did not have any additional Attributes.
Yang Rui guessed that these two pieces of equipment might have some kind of hidden Attributes. Otherwise, it would be a waste of their Levels and their status as Soul-type equipment.
As for the remaining 10 Advanced Checkpoint Blueprints, they seemed to be the ones that Dong Zhuo had prepared for Yang Rui. Of course, there was no way to verify their exact situation.
"System Announcement: Anti-Dong Alliance player Blazing Sun has captured Luoyang Imperial City, an Imperial City occupied by Dong Zhuo's Faction. Special reward: 65,651 Plot Achievement Points and 65,651 Plot Contribution Points. This announcement is hereby made."
Yang Rui packed up the items and immediately led the 10000 soldiers to put out the fires in the city. At this time, the Three Kingdoms Region System Announcement rang out again. This also meant that Luoyang Imperial City was completely under the control of Yang Rui and Sun Jian's troops. Dong Zhuo's troops had been completely cleared out of the city.
As an Imperial City, Luoyang Imperial City had provided Yang Rui with more than 600,000 Plot Achievement Points and Contribution Points. Looking at this number, the rest of the Plot Achievement Points and Contribution Points should have been shared by Sun Jian. Thus, Yang Rui speculated that the Imperial City provided Luoyang Imperial City with more than 1,000,000 Plot Achievement Points.
Although the fires in Luoyang Imperial City were temporarily started by Hu Zhen, Wang Fang, Duan Meng, and the others in order to withdraw their troops and were not uncontrollable, it was still much easier to destroy than to build. In addition, there were too many fires and Luoyang Imperial City was very vast. With Yang Rui and Sun Jian's limited troops, it took them more than two hours to get most of the fires under control.
Even so, the number of buildings in Luoyang Imperial City that were destroyed by the fire was not small. Among them, seventy to eighty percent of the residences, markets, and warehouses on the outskirts had been destroyed. The ones that were relatively well preserved were the buildings near the southern city wall, the various city gates, and the sections of the city wall near the Luoyang River. The Southern Palace that was the first to put out the fire, and the Northern Palace that Dong Zhuo's troops did not have time to set on fire.
This was under the premise that Yang Rui and Sun Jian had both received the mission to put out the fire and had taken action relatively early. If not for this, once the fire spread, it would be useless even if they had ten times the manpower to put out the fire.
It was worth mentioning that after Yang Rui controlled the fire in the Southern Palace, he immediately sent troops to the Taicang and Armory in the Yongan Garden near the valley gate. Although they did not arrive in time and the Taicang and Armory had long been burned to ashes, Yang Rui had unexpectedly found a three-foot-long sword that had not been burned.
Yang Rui had found this sword in the Armory's burned crossbeam. The sword's body was completely embedded in the crossbeam. After being burned by the fire, part of the sword's hilt was exposed from the crossbeam. Yang Rui had only discovered it by accident.
“？？？？？”
However, this sword was very special. Not only was Yang Rui unable to see its attributes, he could not even see its name. When it was placed in his hand, it could only display a string of "?".
Even if ordinary equipment needed to be appraised, at least the name could be seen. However, this sword did not display any useful information. This was very special. Yang Rui had never seen or heard of such a situation before.
Yang Rui's curiosity was immediately piqued. He carefully examined the three-foot-long sword. Probably because the sword's body was embedded in the crossbeam, it shone with a cold light as if it had been used frequently, showing its sharpness.
In order to test its specific performance, Yang Rui took out another Silver-grade long sword from his backpack and lightly clashed it with the three-foot-long sword. In the end, the Silver-grade long sword was silently cut into two by the sword. It did not even make the slightest sound.
It was really cutting through iron like mud. Even if it was a Soul-type Gold-grade equipment, it would not be difficult to cut through a Silver-grade weapon. However, it would not be as silent as this sword. Yang Rui felt as if he had found a treasure. He immediately prepared to put this sword into his backpack.
However, the result was once again out of Yang Rui's expectations. This sword could not be put into the backpack. This made Yang Rui feel even more unusual. As the sword's body was too sharp and there was no other place to put it, Yang Rui could only hold the sword in his hand.
"System Notification: Congratulations to player Blazing Sun for completing the quest 'Extinguishing the Great Fire of Luoyang'. As you and Sun Jian have completed the quest together, and your contribution in extinguishing the fire is greater than Sun Jian's, the reward will be divided into two portions. You have priority in choosing one portion. Please choose!"
Another four hours passed. The last fire in Luoyang had been extinguished by Yang Rui and Sun Jian's troops. At this time, a system notification also appeared. The system notification also confirmed that the fortune-teller had indeed given the quest to Sun Jian. This was the first time Yang Rui had completed a quest together with an NPC.
At this time, Yang Rui had already contacted Sun Jian and had chatted with each other for quite some time. After receiving the system notification, Yang Rui immediately checked the quest reward that had been divided into two portions.
"Choice 1: Imperial Jade Seal …"
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