After Jiang Hao received the city-building token from the skeletal roc, the system notification sound began to ring in his ears.

"No main city detected in the current area. Do you want to build a main city here?"

In his excitement, Jiang Hao decided to confirm.

"It will cost 50 million gold coins to build your main city. Please confirm the location of the main city's center point."

The central point should be the very center of the main city. Jiang Hao recalled the magnificent city of Jinling, whose central point should be the Priest's Cathedral. The surrounding professional districts, military and government halls, various commercial shops, trading centers, as well as the armory, shipyards, and other facilities were all built around the Priest's Cathedral, making it truly the center of the city.

Thinking of the grandeur of Jinling City, Jiang Hao's blood boiled, and he wanted to find an auspicious location to serve as the center of his main city. However, the ice and snow of the northern icy plains stretched endlessly; where could one find any trace of auspiciousness?

Remembering the unfrozen river he had seen on the spaceship that split in two, forming a circle around this place, Jiang Hao thought he might as well make the center of the main city the center of the large circle.

I wonder if the newly built main city will be exactly within the circle? If it crosses the ice-free river, I'm afraid it will be washed away by the ice-free river.

Jiang Hao was somewhat worried.

The messenger and the tens of thousands of sows were now completely covered in snow and ice, with long icicles hanging from their bodies like ice sculptures. It seemed they were of no help.

With a flap of its wings, the skeletal roc soared into the sky. Through the wind and snow, the large white circle encircled by the black, unfrozen river was vaguely visible. Jiang Hao moved back and forth across the ice field several times, finally pinpointing the center point.

With excitement, Jiang Hao chose to confirm.

"Ding, fifty million gold coins have been spent to build your main city. Please confirm the name of the main city, City Lord."

Previously, the main city here was called Jubei City, a name that was more tragic than heroic. Furthermore, Jubei City has already been destroyed by the Skeleton Legion and must be in ruins; the name Jubei absolutely cannot be used anymore.

The snow fell heavily, carried by the north wind, sometimes heading east, sometimes west, without a fixed direction. Jiang Hao stood facing the wind and snow, looking at the vast expanse around him, feeling an infinite surge of pride rising in his chest, and a name leaped into his mind.

How about we call this place Dingbei City?

Having determined the name of the main city, Jiang Hao felt his body slowly rising. Looking down, he saw a large patch of dry thatch that had appeared beneath his feet. It seemed as if a giant object was pushing Jiang Hao upwards from under the thatch.

He was standing right in the center of the main city, and in an instant, Jiang Hao understood. Beneath the thatched roof lay his Dingbei City. At this speed, the magnificent Dingbei City would likely appear in his sight very soon.

I never imagined that the main city would emerge from underground.

Spending 50 million gold coins to build the main city was quite a unique process!

But when the thatch beneath his feet rose to over a meter high, it stopped rising. Jiang Hao waited for a while, but nothing happened. His initial bravado immediately dissipated.

He jumped down in confusion and carefully examined the small thatched hut in front of him.

Oh no, at least a thatched hut has walls, a door, and windows. This thing in front of me is just a pile of straw.

Before Jiang Hao could figure out what was going on, he heard the system's eager notification sound in his ear.

"Congratulations, City Lord! The main city has been completed and Dingbei City has been successfully registered in Lingxu. The City Lord enjoys all the legal rights of the main city in Lingxu."

His blood pressure suddenly spiked, and a surge of blood mixed with a chill rushed to Jiang Hao's throat. Fortunately, he managed to swallow it back in time.

Jiang Hao hurriedly cast a detection spell on the pile of straw in front of him.

Dingbei City

Location: Domain No.

Region: Northern Icefield

City Lord: Lord of Hell

Status: Expandable

That's all!

Jiang Hao stared in disbelief, his eyes and mouth all turning into circles.

50 million gold coins are completely gone!

Looking at the pile of thatched straw before him, Jiang Hao suspected he had been completely scammed. And the city lord of Jinling was clearly the biggest accomplice in this fraud!

The wind and snow intensified, and Jiang Hao's heart felt as if it had sunk into an icy abyss. The entire Spirit Ruins was so vast; why was he the one destined to be slaughtered?

In an instant, Jiang Hao wanted to strangle the city lord of Jinling!

The snow fell softly on his shoulders and eyebrows, and in no time, Jiang Hao became a snowman.

Jiang Hao was heartbroken, his heart filled with despair, and he remained motionless as the 50 million was spent in a flash. It was not even as luxurious as the toilet that the jackal soldiers sold for more than 200,000.

"Ding, it has been detected that player number 003 in Kyoto District has killed a level 1 monster, Little Mouse. The city lord has obtained 1 copper coin."

A sudden system notification sound rang in my ears, followed by a series of kill reward notifications, which seemed to go on and on without end.

"Ding, it has been detected that player number 001 in Kyoto District has completed the quest issued by the little girl in the beginner village. The city lord has received 1 copper coin."

"Ding! Player No. 010 from Kyoto District has successfully bid on equipment at the auction house. The city lord will receive a commission of 10 yuan. Since this resource type is not available in Lingxu, the money has been automatically transferred to your account."

Wrapped in ice and snow, Jiang Hao's body grew colder and colder, but his heart was already burning with warmth. He quickly opened his backpack, but found no change in the gold coins inside. Instead, the city-building token in his hand was trembling.

With a thought, Jiang Hao activated a panel in the city-building token. In the gold coin section of the panel, the number for monster-killing rewards was constantly increasing, and in no time, it had already reached 1 silver coin.

One silver coin! That's equivalent to 100 copper coins! You have to understand, even if Jiang Hao fought monsters five levels higher than him for half a day, he might not get a single copper coin. Unexpectedly, after becoming the city lord, he can get a copper coin just for killing a level one rat!

Jiang Hao vaguely understood why the drop rate in the Spirit Ruins was so low.

It turns out it was all because of the city lord!

Jiang Hao couldn't help but think that he had worked so hard to fight monsters and earned countless gold coins for the city lord of Jinling City, but this old bastard hadn't even mentioned it!

That's outrageous!

Fortunately, he has now become the city lord, and Jiang Hao, in his joy, is too lazy to argue with him.

Jiang Hao continued looking at the city-building token panel. In the gold coin section, besides monster-killing rewards, there were also auction house commissions, player quest completion rewards, player dungeon clearing rewards, and player achievement rewards…

Good heavens, Jiang Hao finally understands what building a city means.

Lie down!

The life without having to struggle has automatically begun. Jiang Hao, who was just complaining, can only say, "It's so good!"