Zero thought about it more and more and felt that it was very likely, but he also had a vague feeling that things were not so simple.

If that person is indeed the lord of Danning City, then what is his purpose in doing this?

It makes no sense to pretend to be someone else just for a test.

At least from Zero's perspective, this task is not difficult.

Although the task of "gaining the approval of the Lord of Danning City" may seem difficult because of the difficulty in gaining approval, the real challenge lies in finding out who the Lord of Danning City is.

While Zero was questioning passing caravans, he was unaware that a figure had been secretly observing him.

If Zero were to see this, he would recognize that this person is Fu Tianming, who initially struck up a conversation with him and pretended to be a merchant; he is also the city lord of Danning City!

At the same time, Zero suddenly felt a heat in the jade pendant in his hand. He subconsciously looked down at his palm and saw that several small characters had appeared on the jade pendant at some point—

Task progress: 50%

"50%!? That's already halfway done?"

Zero was somewhat taken aback, not understanding why asking questions had turned into a task progress update, but this was a good thing.

With that in mind, Ling simply let things take their course, spending his days eating, drinking, and sleeping, in addition to gathering information, living a very comfortable life.

But don't think that Ling lives so comfortably. The main reason is that food, drink, and accommodation here are all free. I don't know what the people here are thinking... They don't charge a penny for food and drink, which are things that can obviously make a lot of money, and it doesn't matter whether you eat delicacies or simple meals...

However, this also reflects the profound foundation and abundant funds of the Seven Gods Sect. Which other sect can achieve this?

No wonder the Seven Gods Sect wants to live in seclusion. They have their own little world, so why bother with the noisy world outside?

...

Strangely enough, Zero was living a leisurely life every day, but the progress on the jade tablet kept increasing, as if an invisible hand was constantly controlling everything.

Two weeks later, Zero's progress on the jade pendant had reached 99%.

The task is only 1% away from completion.

However, in the following days, the progress of the jade tablet did not change at all, remaining at a critical point. Zero also did not see that person again, the rumored Lord of Danning City.

That's right. At this point, he was 100% certain that the city lord was the person he had spoken to at the beginning. It seemed that his acceptance of the conversation was the first step of this mission, giving him half the progress. As for the final 1%, he figured he would have to see him again...

However, Danning City isn't particularly large, nor is it particularly small. If it were so easy to find someone whose title one only knew, Zero wouldn't have been eating and drinking all this time...

Strangely enough, in such a large city as Danning, no one knew what the city lord looked like. Even trying to narrow down the search area by looking at his appearance was futile.

As Ling returned to the inn to rest that night, he felt that something was different about the otherwise bustling inn.

At the same time, he accurately detected a trace of aura and entered his room.

But this aura seemed to have been deliberately leaked out, just waiting for him to discover it.

Zero didn't sense any ill will or malice from that aura; on the contrary, it seemed to be inviting him to look it over. So, he pushed open the door out of curiosity.

As soon as the door opened, who else could be sitting inside but Fu Tianming?

"Brother Ling, how have you been?"