Chapter 1: The Heart of God

  "Destiny of the Gods" is a popular online game sweeping the globe. If you can't get what you want in real life, why not enter this game and perhaps find business opportunities to become a tycoon? This is a well-known saying that almost everyone knows.

  In the corner of the main castle's teahouse in Qinglong Castle, one of the Five Great Main Castles, it was packed with countless big shots at this time. There wasn't a hint of anxiety on these people's faces, but it was clear at a glance that they were all waiting for someone.

  "Heavens! Isn't that the number one ranked Wind Dust Swordsman?"

  "Hey, isn't that the leader of the Supreme Fortress?"

  "Isn't that the master of the Hundred Flowers Palace?"

  Many players passing through the main city of Qinglong saw dozens of people gathered in the corner of the tavern, all curiously opening their information to take a look, but immediately afterwards they were all shocked.

  The first place in the ranking of the Wind and Dust Sword Guest, the top few places in the guild ranking, as well as other top players who are famous in "Tian Xuan", have almost all gathered here, which makes many people very curious. Are they doing an extraordinary hidden task?

  At this moment, a level 10 novice male player wearing new linen clothes slowly walked over from not far away. He was just a level 10 novice player, also wearing new linen clothes, and didn't even have a weapon in his hand. Alone, he slowly walked to the front of these big shots.

  "Sir, you're here?", Seeing this 10th-level small account "Lao Lu Ai Li Fa", the faces of these big shots immediately changed to smiles, which made all the onlookers stunned.

  A mere level 10 guy, why can he get such treatment? The game "Tian Chen" is one account per person, there's no such thing as creating a small number, but a level 10 guy, why can he get the respect of all the big shots? Even reverence?

  The old monk loved the 10th-level small trumpet, which swept a glance at the crowded players next to him. They were all watching this side with excitement. His eyebrows slightly furrowed, and upon seeing his reaction, the Supreme Castle's helper immediately ordered the backbone elites in the guild to drive these people away.

  Seeing the irrelevant people finally leave, the old monk's slightly furrowed eyebrows relaxed, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face. With a wave of his hand, piece after piece of equipment appeared in his hands.

  Crimson epic equipment, orange legendary equipment, and even a purple supreme long sword. If someone saw this here, they would absolutely scream in surprise...

  Several big shots each put away their own equipment, seeing the attributes of their equipment, all with a satisfied look, hurriedly putting away their equipment, as if afraid that others would snatch it away.

  "I've transferred the money to you without a single cent missing, please check, sir." After receiving the equipment, they fell silent for over ten seconds before these big shots spoke up one after another.

  "Alright, understood. The weekly delivery and collection is done now. Now it's time for the collection to begin." After checking his account and seeing that he had gained a substantial amount of wealth, the old monk spoke in a soft and gentle tone.

  I love hairstyling, it's a professional player. What is a professional player? It refers to someone who treats the game as their career and livelihood, not just for entertainment. They enter the game to make money, not just to have fun.

  Since this game is treated as a career, it naturally needs a way to make money. Therefore, Lao Lu chose life players. As for life players, which system makes the most money? Needless to say, casting and alchemy are the two systems that make the most money.

  Casting includes casting equipment, refining equipment, inlaying equipment and so on. As for alchemy, it's not just about refining red and blue medicine, but mainly various special series of medicines, such as violent medicine that can increase a warrior's physical attack within a short period of time, magic burst medicine that increases magical attack power, unstable explosive medicine and so on...

  Human power has its limits, so among the many life professions, Lao Lu chose to specialize in the most lucrative casting and alchemy, relying on a special skill ring. Now he is the highest level caster and alchemist in the entire "Tian Xuan", both of these life professions have reached the Master level, and are now equipping themselves to rush towards the Divine Craftsman level.

  "I have the materials for the Demon Suppression Pill here, I hope you can help me refine a batch of Demon Suppression Pills." The leader of the Supreme Fortress took out several rare precious gems and medicinal herbs and handed them over to Old Man Li's face.

  "Alright, the price is one million. I'll contact you in a week to arrange for pickup." After taking a look at the materials, which were more than expected, the old monk gathered them up and nodded his head.

  "Good brother, I have a legendary staff that I want to refine to the supreme level, so I'll trouble you with it." At this time, the master of the Hundred Flowers Palace, Hua Wuyan, put the legendary Slaying God Staff in the hands of Old Monk Aili Fa and said softly, with an enchanting aura on his face.

  "Refining materials...", faintly taking over the colorless Divine Slaying Staff from Hua Wuyan, Old Monk's eyes seemed to not notice her seductive appearance at all, and his mouth faintly said, "This is my rule, bring your own materials".

  "Am I, a young girl, not entitled to any discount?" Seeing the old monk's calm and collected demeanor as he enjoyed his haircut, Hua Wuyan secretly seethed with anger, yet remained unmoved by her own beauty. Though she was inwardly indignant, she didn't dare show it on her face, instead adopting a pitiful expression.

  "Sorry, rules are rules. Come back next time when you've gathered all the materials...". Without showing any mercy or sympathy, Old Shaven handed over the legendary Slaying God Staff to Hua Wuyan, saying in an iron-hearted tone.

  "What a cheapskate!!!", seeing the old monk's fondness for hair, the people around him almost drooled at the sight of Hua Wuyan's beauty, but he remained unmoved by some materials. Everyone in their hearts was secretly scolding and doubting, is he impotent? Otherwise, how could he remain unmoved by the temptation of such a stunning beauty?

  "Whatever, since you have your rules, I'll just follow them then." Seeing the returned Divine Slaying Rod, looking at the orange-colored legendary rod emitting a faint glow, Hua Wuyan really wanted to upgrade this orange rod to a purple-colored Supreme rod. So, gritting her teeth, she took out the materials she had prepared long ago.

  "Alright, six million, pick it up next week", nodded and put away the materials with a faint smile, Lao Li said, without noticing Huā Wú Yán's expression, not waiting for her to haggle, and looked again at Fēng Chén Jiàn Kè, who was ranked first on the leaderboard.

  "This Heaven-Shaking Sword, I hope it can help me create a groove", the Wind and Dust Swordsman said calmly as he handed back to Old Man Love Hair the purple Supreme-Grade Heaven-Shaking Sword that had just been forged for him.

  "Huh? The Supreme Sword needs to be engraved with a groove? What do you want to inlay?" He saw that the Heaven-Shaking Sword he had just given him was handed back. The old monk's eyes widened slightly in surprise.

  It seemed to have hesitated for a moment, the Wind and Dust Swordsman looked around at the people, but instead of directly taking out the item, he opened up the trading page with Old Monk Loves Hair, and placed a gemstone that was emitting colorful light on it.

  Seeing the colorful gems on the trading page, Lao Lu's eyes narrowed.

  Heart of God: Legend has it that this is the transformed heart of a fallen god, a divine gemstone that can be inlaid into any equipment above the highest level.

  "Divine gem?", looking at the transaction page with colorful light radiating from the Heart of God, even the old monk who was unmoved by the temptation of flowers without color couldn't help but get excited, his heart beating violently.

  His master-level casting skills were already full, and he only needed to refine one divine artifact to advance to the Divine Craftsman level. This Heart of God was exactly the catalyst for him to break through to the Divine Craftsman level.

  "A week later, pick up the goods! Free production", suppressing his excited emotions, Lao Li said, and then handed over the Heart of God transaction.

  "What on earth did he give him?", the people around couldn't help but notice the old monk's excitement about hairdressing, and they were all secretly puzzled. They had been dealing with him for so long, but they had never seen him get so excited before. And to make matters worse, this cheapskate was actually willing to do it for free? This was truly the biggest news in Tianxian.

  The three giants have all made their transactions, and those who are relatively weaker also sent their equipment materials and so on.

  Some want to refine medicine, some want to cast equipment. For these people's requests, Lao Na is a bit impatient, thinking of the Heart of God in his package, he is not in the mood.

  It wasn't easy, but finally everyone had finished trading, and Old Shaven had left with a package wrapped in top-grade equipment and materials. He rented a few days of refining time and dove right in.

  Bring out all the things, and also bring out his own Cauldron of Primordial Chaos. The purple light Cauldron of Primordial Chaos is the only top-grade furnace in "Tian Xuan", which can not only refine equipment but also refine medicine.

  "Old friend, I hope that this time you can directly advance to the divine level with me," said the old monk, looking at the Qiankun furnace in front of him emitting a purple glow. He muttered to himself as he put the materials into the Qiankun furnace and slowly refined them, creating a Demon-suppressing elixir, a Supreme-grade Divine-slaying staff, and other legendary equipment and elixirs.

  In the blink of an eye, two days had passed. Not only did Old Man Love's hair not look tired, but it was even more spirited and refreshed. Everything had been refined to perfection and put into a package. Finally, Old Man Love took out the Heaven-Shaking Sword and the Heart of God, the most important items, which he had naturally saved for last to refine, so that he could focus his mind without any worries.

  After spending most of the day, Old Shaven finally carefully crafted a groove on the Supreme-grade Heaven-shaking Sword. Among the countless blacksmiths in "Heaven's Wrath", only Old Shaven was able to create a groove on a Supreme-grade weapon without damaging its properties, which is also why he has the greatest reputation throughout "Heaven's Wrath".

  "Inlay!!!!", he carefully took out some other materials, the old monk's expression became even more focused on hairstyling, and gently placed the Heart of God into the recess of the Shocking Heaven Sword, then hurriedly began the final fusion.

  "Rumble, rumble……", the usually calm game sky suddenly turned dark and ominous, with flashes of lightning illuminating the black clouds. At this moment, almost everyone, including players and NPCs, looked up in surprise. "What's going on? How did the game sky suddenly change like this? Is the game being updated or something? No way, I didn't hear any system notifications."

  "Calamity clouds!!!! Divine artifact descends!!!! Born with calamity clouds......", many top-level NPCs looked up, gazing at the dark sky, feeling a suffocating aura, almost unable to breathe, and spoke in shock.

  "Hum!!!!", Suddenly, in the inn of Qinglong City, a colorful light shot up into the sky, almost attracting everyone's attention. Immediately after, all the people were shouting, "Divine artifact!!!!! Someone has forged a divine artifact!!!!!"

  "Rumbling...", accompanied by a burst of colorful light shooting up into the sky, the heavenly thunderbolts seemed to have finally found their target. Countless crimson lightning bolts directly followed the colorful light and fiercely struck down.

  "Ah!!!!", looking at the crimson lightning that was about to strike, Old Laoli's hair stood on end in shock, hastily putting away the divine artifact, Shocking Heaven Crazy Sword. Almost simultaneously, the terrifying lightning instantly turned 10th-level Old Laoli into ashes...

  "Ding! System error detected! All players must log off within three minutes. The system requires a two-hour maintenance, please log off in time..."