Gu Chen honestly had no idea where he was walking to as he moved along the streets of Otefe.
He was hoping to enter an empty area or something similar so he could deal with the people who were following him, but everywhere he turned was just as busy and filled with people as the last.
Still giving up, Gu Chen kept going. More eyes were attracted to him as he walked, and a few more poor-looking fellows joined the group that was following him.
Gu Chen ignored them and summoned his system. Since he couldn’t deal with them yet, he would handle other matters in the meantime.
He had received three rewards from the system earlier: some MP, the immortality pill, and some mission cards. Gu Chen didn’t know what the mission cards were and wanted to find out.
He summoned the system and moved to the inventory before picking a mission card with his mind. Some instructions immediately appeared in front of him after that.
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( To manage your villainesses, the host needs to send them on missions and get rewarded. Use a mission card to issue a mission to a Villainess.
The system will determine the level of the mission and generate an appropriate reward for completion.
Use: Yes/No?)
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’I see,’ Gu Chen thought to himself as he silently picked no. This meant that he didn’t need to wait for missions from the system and could issue his own; this was a good thing since he didn’t know how often the system would give out missions.
Also, he could turn every little assignment into a mission and earn rewards!
Feeling satisfied, Gu Chen moved his attention to the organisation base and mentally selected it.
Although he now knew more about his current location, where to drop his base was still a problem he hadn’t solved.
The moment Gu Chen selected the organisation base, a notification appeared in front of him again.
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( Ding! Org base deployment.
Manual deployment/ Auto deployment)
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Gu Chen lifted an eyebrow when he saw this, slightly surprised by the options. At the same time, he bent his left shoulder backwards to avoid bumping into someone along the street.
The other party had tried to bump into him on purpose, but Gu Chen was currently more interested in what the system was showing him and didn’t want to entertain any nuisance.
After giving it a brief thought, he picked auto deployment, and another notification appeared.
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(Scanning the host’s surroundings....
Scanning complete, perfect location for org base detected!
Deploy: Yes/No)
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’That was fast,’ Gu Chen thought while picking the yes option, pleasantly surprised. He wondered how long it would have taken him if he wanted to search for a place on his own.
The system was really so convenient, too convenient even. But why would he complain about his bed being too warm and his meat being too tender?
Gu Chen saw the icon that represented the org base disappear from his inventory. Nothing happened for some time, until a new notification popped up in front of him.
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(Ding! Congratulations, org base has been set!
Org base type: Mobile base.
Cost of changing location: Depending on the distance.
Recall: The host can return to the base at any time from anywhere; this will not consume the host’s teleportation scrolls.
Recall: Yes/No)
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A glint flashed across Gu Chen’s eyes when he saw these words, a small smile slowly stretching his lips. But before he could even feel happy about the information on his base, he felt someone behind him.
Gu Chen immediately closed the system and looked over his shoulder; he caught a hand falling down and immediately stepped to the side, causing the hand to miss his shoulder.
"Friend, wait a mom..." The owner of the hand was in the process of speaking but suddenly stopped when the nicely dressed young man dodged his shoulder grab.
The nine men behind him also narrowed their eyes when they saw this. It was as if this wealthy brat had eyes at the back of his head, since not even Body tempering stage cultivators would have been able to react so quickly.
Gu Chen stopped walking and turned around to face the nine people who were only five meters away from him.
Oh, eight people; the last one was right in front of him after he turned around.
"What is it?" Gu Chen asked calmly; he didn’t look scared like they had expected.
They were currently still on a busy path, and people were looking at them, although it didn’t look like anyone was going to step in.
Hearing his question, the eyes of the men flashed with cold light as the eight at the back came to join the ninth one. All of them looked at Gu Chen with unfriendly smiles.
Long black hair that looked softer than that of women, a handsome face with clear skin, a beautiful white robe that clearly screamed wealth, and his previous actions of giving out gold coins for nothing.
These people were convinced that Gu Chen was a lost kid from a wealthy family that wasn’t from around here.
They would be fools if they didn’t get their own share of wealth from him!
"Hehehe. Kid, I saw you giving that lady from the inn earlier a gold coin. Was it because she was pretty? I’m also pretty; why don’t you also give me one? Or two since I followed you all the way here." A tall man with big muscles and a very strange beard spoke out while flexing his arms.
His actions looked very strange in Gu Chen’s eyes, and even his companions laughed at him. Trying to act girly with those muscles was enough to make kids cry to their mothers
"I only paid for a meal; if you want money, wait for me to come eat at your inn." Gu Chen replied calmly.
The face of the man twisted after hearing Gu Chen’s words, and even his mates laughed at him again.
"What about me? I saw you giving that drunk fool a gold coin as well after chatting with him. You can also chat with me; I know a lot of great stories, or you can do the talking; I’m a really good listener." Another one said and stepped towards Gu Chen.
"Eiy, I like your robe. It must be expensive. How about giving me a gold coin and I’ll let you leave with it?" Someone else added.
"It’s not very safe in Otefe. Why don’t you come and stay at my place for a while? Of course, you’ll have to give me a gold coin, hehehe."
"You look very handsome; it would be a shame for your nose to get smashed. Why don’t you hire me as your guard? I won’t charge much."
The nine men stated ridiculous reasons why Gu Chen should give each of them a gold coin. They slowly approached while licking their lips as if they could already taste the good life that came with a gold coin.
Gu Chen stared at them and shook his head. He didn’t use the recall function to escape; he could easily deal with these people and wanted to stretch out his limbs a bit.
"I have some gold with me; if you want it, come get it." He said with a grin on his face.
He took five gold coins from the system, showed them to the nine, and returned them to the system before showing his bare hands.
Seeing this, the faces of the nine men turned murderous.
"This brat isn’t taking us seriously; let’s kill him and take everything off of him!" One of them said and immediately charged at Gu Chen.
Gu Chen’s grin widened as he prepared to react. But before the man could reach him, a loud voice boomed across the entire town.
"How dare you!"
The nine men froze as a powerful pressure descended on them.
Gu Chen "..."
He froze too because he recognised that voice. It was Feng Shuran; she was back!