"Wang Junjie said that as soon as you leave the city, I have to tell him immediately."
In Blazing Ember City, just after Lin Mo had received the intermediate assessment quest from City Lord Roga and regrouped with Ling Xiao and the others, he heard Ling Xiao say this to him.
As soon as Ling Xiao finished speaking, before Lin Mo could tell him how to respond, Ling Xiao continued, "I told Wang Junjie that I still have classes this morning and I'm getting ready to log off."
Lin Mo immediately looked at Ling Xiao with appreciation, "Not bad."
"Looks like you're becoming more and more aware."
Ling Xiao took Xia Wanwan's hand and said to Lin Mo, "Wanwan and I don't trust Wang Junjie."
"But we trust you."
Xia Wanwan also nodded, her face full of seriousness as she said, "Senior Lin Mo, thank you for never giving up on us all this time."
"We will definitely stand with you and fight Wang Junjie to the very end!"
Then they might as well wait until he gets military authority before taking Ling Xiao and the others to level up.
After all, at the moment, Ling Xiao and Xia Wanwan had already reached level 27 and ranked within the top one thousand on the level leaderboard, placing them within the top 1% of Blazing Ember City, truly first-tier players.
And according to Blazing Ember City's level rankings, the second place, Su Muqiu, was currently level 28 at 8%. At his pace, it would still be a bit difficult for him to reach level 30 within today.
So there was no rush.
Lin Mo was completely confident that after securing military authority, he could use the afternoon to prioritize leveling Ling Xiao, Xia Wanwan, and the others to level 30, and claim the top ten rewards from Blazing Ember City's second round of leveling events.
Thus, following his own idea, Ling Xiao sent a message to Wang Junjie.
Then he immediately logged off together with Xia Wanwan.
Lin Mo opened the map and searched for [Black Mine].
He discovered that this was actually a level 38 wilderness area.
Compared to the previous quest's level 34 Black Wind Mountain, this time, the target level had jumped up by a full four levels.
"Looks like getting this Intermediate Command Token won't be easy."
But, no matter how hard it was, Lin Mo had to take it.
If he wanted to firmly establish himself in Blazing Ember City later, securely dominate the four poison-type dungeons Snake King Island, Venom Marsh, Corrosion City, and Scorpion Empire, and complete the A-rank hidden quest Exterminate the Darkness.
Then Lin Mo had to obtain the military authority held by City Lord Roga.
Because this level 50 army was several times stronger than the entire Dragon Soul Guild combined, enough to let Lin Mo rest easy throughout his upcoming journey in the tier-three main city.
Most importantly, mobilizing them didn't require Lin Mo to pay the exorbitant mercenary fees like when seeking help from Dragon Soul.
Just as Lin Mo was about to set off to carry out the quest.
Qin Feng suddenly slapped his forehead and said, "Why is there so much crap going on?"
"There's a troublesome customer at the shop. She insists that a car she picked up from our store last week won't charge and wants a refund. Damn it… my family sells cars!"
"I'm convinced, the bigger the world, the stranger the people," Qin Feng said awkwardly to Lin Mo, "Brother Mo, I have to log off and go check on the shop. Without me, this family will fall apart!"
"Can you take me leveling next time?"
Lin Mo waved his hand, "Sure, go."
"Alright! Thanks, Brother Mo."
As soon as Qin Feng logged off and disappeared from view, Lin Mo glanced at Ning Xi beside him, whose eyes were filled with doubt, as if he had guessed what she was thinking, "You're probably wondering if I'm taking Ling Xiao and the others along not only to fulfill my promise to help them level up, but also to use them to deal with Wang Junjie."
"But this Qin Feng doesn't look like he has much potential, and he doesn't seem very motivated either. So why would I have you spend so much effort taking him to level up?"
Ning Xi was a little surprised.
Clearly, what Lin Mo had just said was exactly what she had been thinking.
"Brother Lin Mo, I didn't mean to snoop. I just happened to see earlier that a girl sent him a WeChat message saying she was at his shop and that he had to appear in front of her within ten minutes."
"He logged off for that girl. He lied to you…"
Hearing this, Lin Mo wasn't surprised at all. Instead, he revealed an expression as if he had already seen through everything, "It's fine. Everyone should have a bit of their own private space."
"He was chatting on and off with someone all morning and had no focus on leveling. It should've been that girl, right?"
Ning Xi was a little startled.
She hadn't reported Qin Feng because she knew he was Lin Mo's good friend and was afraid it might affect their friendship.
But she hadn't expected that Qin Feng's little tricks had already been seen through by Lin Mo long ago.
Yet this only made Ning Xi even more confused.
'Facing such a slacker, why would Brother Lin Mo still take him along?'
"Because Qin Feng's value will far exceed Ling Xiao's and Xia Wanwan's by hundreds of times."
Lin Mo thought to himself, "Qin Feng's family runs a 4S dealership in the real world. Business is so-so, but the family assets should still be in the tens of millions."
"And with his conditions and credit, three months from now, before Divine Oracle descends, taking out loans of tens of millions shouldn't be a problem."
"When the time comes, have him dump all that money into Divine Oracle. That way, in the early stage after Divine Oracle arrives, he'll have enough capital to quickly build a guild force for me to use."
Borrowing NPC military authority was only temporary. If one wanted to stand unshaken at the peak of the Divine Oracle world, they had to have their own guild power.
Lin Mo had already thought about this long ago, but right now, maintaining a guild and raising people cost money. Lin Mo wasn't as rich as Wang Junjie or Dragon Soul Aoshi. Not only did he need to save up recharge points, he also had to support the Female Emperor. There was no money to raise a guild.
So this heavy burden had to be shouldered by someone else.
And the most suitable person was Qin Feng.
So whether he was slacking off or not, before the arrival of Divine Oracle, building a good relationship with Qin Feng was inevitable.
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At the same time, offline—
A certain 4S dealership in Ning'an City—
As soon as Qin Feng walked out of the break room, he saw a rich lady standing with her hands on her hips, pointing and gesturing at the shop employees.
Qin Feng took a deep breath.
Put on a smiling face and hurried over.
"Sister Lin! Sister Lin! Calm down!"
"Didn't I already explain it to you this morning? We're a car dealership. We don't sell electric vehicles."
"Where did you buy the car that won't charge? I'll take you there to defend your rights!"
The rich lady was in the wrong but full of confidence, "I have over a dozen cars at home. How would I know where I bought it? Qin Feng, I only trust you. You have to help me solve this! Otherwise, I won't buy cars from you anymore!"
Qin Feng smiled apologetically, "No problem, no problem! Sister Lin, I'll take you to get this sorted out first. After that, I'll treat you to lunch, alright? Consider it an apology from me! After all, this is partly my fault for not explaining things clearly beforehand."
Only then did the rich lady show a smile, "It's still you, Xiao Feng, so considerate. Lunch isn't romantic enough. How about you come to my place for dinner tonight? If you come, I'll forgive you."
Looking at the woman in front of him, height 160, weight 160.
Not only rich, but rich, and even richer, a perfectly square lady, Qin Feng turned around and took a deep breath.
Then turned back with a smile, "Alright! I'll do whatever Sister Lin says."
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