After reading all this information, Xu Qianghua nodded, as most of the information had not changed from the last time he checked on the first game day.

The most important changes are the health and spiritual qi sections, along with his Early Golden Core rank.

The health and spiritual qi sections are similar to the HP and MP bars in other RPG-type games; they increase as the cultivator's realm increases.

Body-Building Realm cultivators' health points start from 100 to 800, and Foundation Realm cultivators' health starts from 1000 to 8000...

This is similar to the spiritual qi; each major realm upgrade increases these factors by ten times.

Although this may seem weak, these are the base specifications without any additions of combat manuals or other cultivation manuals with additional increases.

However, in Xu Qianghua's case, due to dual cultivating with the Shadow Captains, his limits on health and spiritual qi are much higher than those of a normal Golden Core Cultivator.

He then moved towards the meeting hall without any obstruction, as this was still the first month that the place had been empty without any NPC characters being able to come and become the obstruction before 'fighting the boss.'

Once he arrived at the meeting hall entrance, he did not delay and opened the door.

There were few things inside except empty bookshelves, a worn-out point on the wall, and a small broken chandelier.

In the center of the room, there was a window with the best view of the city center, and along that line, there was a worn-out wooden table and chair that seemed to have not been used for decades.

This is the city lord's study and office, and it is also where you can complete the missions to become the city lord by the World's Will.

*Ding*

And before he could comment on the room, he heard the notice sound in his head.

*Congratulations, you have reached the room where you can accept quests, allowing you to become the City Lord of Jingzhong.*

As soon as that was finished, a transparent blue screen with all the quests that the World's Will had given out popped up in front of him.

There were two sections on the list. One was for adventurer-style players who can choose quests in return for rewards, but the whole page was blank as there were no adventurer-style players in this city.

The other section was for the Family-style player, but as no player had set up his family, it was also empty except for one flashing post.

This post is for the City Lord challenger, and as Xu Qianghua selected that one, the post expanded with three challenges visible in front of him.

Challenge 1: The Trial of Strength

Objective: Defeat the Guardian of the City

Description: The city lord challenger must prove their physical prowess and combat skills by defeating the projection of the Guardian of the City, a powerful warrior who embodies the strength and spirit of the city's protectors.

Details:

The Guardian is a highly skilled and experienced fighter known for his strength and battle techniques.

He used to be the No. 1 general guarding this city but died of old age. He left his soul to protect the City and take care of the City's formation.

Later, a City Lord took part in this spiritual copy and created a clone to host this challenge for future City Lords to prove their strength.

The fight will take place in a special arena in front of this city's people so they can view their soon-to-be City Lord.

The challenger must demonstrate not only their physical strength but also their strategic acumen in battle.

Reward: Recognition of the challenger's strength by the city's people, the spiritual copy of the Guardian of the City, and the first key to the city lord's treasury.

It is one of the most common Quests for all the City Lords worldwide.

As the City Lord, they must have the strength to prove it to the city's citizens, as the City Lord is the face of the city and its protector.

If there are weak City Lords who others can easily manipulate, the citizens will lose trust in them.

Along with that, there will be much more crime in these cities as the City Lord himself is weak, so how could there be stronger citizens in this city?

Thus, all cities have these trials, although they are a bit more difficult for others to complete. However, it is not hard for him as the clone or the Sentinel is not a problem for him.

The Sentinel

Role: Host of the Trial of Strength

Description: The Sentinel is a copy of the most formidable warrior's spiritual copy tasked with being the challenge for the City Lord Challenger.

Realm: Late Foundation Realm.

This is the same for all the other cities, but the cultivation realms differ depending on the city's area.

This is because the North and South are much more barren places without many heavenly plants growing, which has led to the low realms of the NPCs.

Due to this, the World's Will decided to leave the positions open instead of filling these important places with NPCs.

But doing this way, it can instead make it so that anyone strong enough can become the City Lord and control that city.

Xu Qianghua remembers how some of the City Lords were Adventurer-Style players.

However, this was not a good thing as these styles of players are usually lone cultivators or part of a loose organization.

This has led to many of the cities under them being seized by either Family-style players in that city or a powerful NPC coming over and taking over after the City Lord made a mistake, which, without any background, led to him being stripped of his role.

But this did not happen when it was someone from the family style as many more people could work for the player.

In most cases, the City Lord is never the player but one of the family members assigned to be the City Lord.