"Really putting on an act," Yuan Bai’s voice broke Xiao Jie from his reverie and, turning around, he saw Yuan Bai had already gotten up not far away and continued to eat and drink.
Xiao Jie walked back to his original spot.
"Senior, you’ve heard everything just now," Xiao Jie said, eager to seek advice, hence addressing the other differently.
"Spoken so loudly, of course I heard,"
"Do you think I should join?"
"How would I know? I only think about enjoying life and reaping happiness, without all those strange human thoughts,"
"Senior, haven’t you ever thought about becoming an Immortal and God? Or starting your own domination?"
"Hahahaha, if becoming an Immortal and God were truly that carefree and imposing, why would the two Immortals bother to hide on mountaintops blowing in the wind and playing chess? You’re thinking about all these nonsensical things without even understanding this point, I see, your humans are not as clever as you claim to be, simpletons, oh simpletons."
With that, he poured himself another cup of alcohol and guzzled it down.
Xiao Jie thought to himself, of course a monkey would be free from desire; how could humans be so easily satisfied?
He still couldn’t make up his mind, "Big brother, you take your time eating and drinking, I’m going to rest a bit."
Saying this, he asked the innkeeper for a room to log off, and then exited the game.
He was somewhat confused at the moment. He understood the logic of seeking shelter under a large tree, but also found the freedom of doing quests alone not bad.
But in the end, should he join the Dragon Soaring Knights, or the Pantheon, or continue to go it alone?
Exiting the game, Xiao Jie opened the QQ group chat.
Hidden Moon Following Wind: Can anyone tell me about the Dragon Soaring Knights and the Pantheon.
Niu Baoguo: Why are you asking about them?
Liu Xingyu: Not sure about the Pantheon, but I know the Dragon Soaring Knights are pretty powerful.
Northern Spear King: The Dragon Soaring Knights are awesome, our State Guard Army from Longhua State often clashes with the Border Army from Fengyin State on the battlefield, and we frequently encounter their Military General Team. They’re really strong in battle; If it wasn’t for an unspoken agreement to prevent excessive casualties, many would have died. I heard the Dragon Soaring Knights are on the verge of slaying a dragon and founding a country.
An Ran: If you’re asking about the Pantheon, you should ask Wentian Wuji, he used to be one of them.
Xiao Jie was astonished, crap? Isn’t this a coincidence.
Hidden Moon Following Wind: Is Brother Wentian around?
No response. Xiao Jie tagged Wentian Wuji and sent another message, still no response.
Probably playing the game...
Xiao Jie decided to pick up the phone instead; since the last time he used Wentian Wuji’s help to interpret the Nameless Dao Scripture Human Dao Chapter, they had exchanged phone numbers, which came in handy now.
The phone rang and rang for a while, but no one answered.
Xiao Jie couldn’t help feeling that something was wrong, something hadn’t happened, had it?
The reason for such thoughts was that during his last visit, Chen Tianwen had set up numerous Formations outside the house and mentioned having an enemy.
Now that the call didn’t go through, Xiao Jie couldn’t help making such an association.
After a while, he made another call, but still, no one answered.
Damn! Could something really have happened?
Should he go check it out himself?
Just as he began to consider this idea, Xiao Jie hesitated, what if Chen Tianwen had really been targeted by an enemy, had had an accident, and the perpetrator was still there, what if he got dealt with too?
Although he had learned the Supreme Sword Technique and grasped the secret technique, he had never used them in reality.
He closed his eyes, feeling the passage of time, experiencing...
Illusion Shattering Bubble Shadow — he should be able to pull it off.
But that wasn’t enough, if the other side could take care of Wentian Wuji, it meant they were at least at a level and strength not weaker than his own; as a Level 15 novice, even if he knew Supreme Martial Arts, that would be tough.
Should he ask the people in the chat to go with him?
No, wait, he was crazy, such matters should be left to the police.
Not just any regular police, though, Xiao Jie directly called the special agent in the Black Windbreaker.
The one who had previously asked him to sign the Old Land Player Management Bill.
That person had said that in case of any game-related legal or emergency incidents, Xiao Jie could contact him.
The phone connected, and the guy quickly answered.
"Hello, is that Brother Lin?"
The familiar voice of the man in the Black Windbreaker came through, "Hidden Moon Following Wind little brother, you’ve really been keeping us busy."
"Um, Brother Lin, what do you mean by that?"
Just as he asked, his phone received a push notification for a news article.
Xiao Jie clicked to read it, the general content was — a horrific dismemberment murder occurred in a city, a cleaning worker at a villa discovered the homeowner had died unexpectedly...
Xiao Jie was somewhat embarrassed, feeling like he’d been caught doing something wrong; that must be Xiong Ba, it was also possible it was Cloud Guest, both of their deaths were pretty gruesome.
Another notification came, but this time it wasn’t news, clearly, it was a photo of a death scene taken by the police. Yup, the previous one was indeed Xiong Ba, now it was Cloud Guest’s turn.
Seeing the image with pixelation in the news, though blurry and indistinct, still offered a heart-wrenching effect.
And the second scene photo was even more spine-chilling.
Had he done all this?
Xiao Jie looked at the news with a surreal feeling, after all, he was just playing a game... He couldn’t help but feel a malicious sense of relief, and at the same time, he was startled; although he knew those two would certainly die, actually seeing the result was a different feeling.
"No need to be sorry, you killing in-game is always better than killing in reality, besides, the dead were game players, in line with the rules of the Old Land Player Management Bill. Just don’t cause trouble for me in reality, so, why are you calling?"