Everyone Was Showing Off Their Acting Skills

"Dongfang Bubai is rather interesting, but his wishful thinking will probably come to nothing. There are no naïve fools in this Chat Group. If it did not harm their own interests and only required a small favor, someone might be willing to help him. But once there is a conflict of interests, getting others to help you becomes difficult..."

Looking at the messages in the chat window, Yue Ming could not help shaking his head. After Dongfang Bubai spoke, he had remained silent, simply watching Dongfang Bubai perform and pretend to be an innocent newcomer in the group.

After all, they were all transmigrators. Who did not know what the others were like? Yue Ming could see through Dongfang Bubai's little scheme at a glance, and Li Jing and Liu Ming had probably long since seen through it as well. Yet they did not expose him. Instead, they played along with Dongfang Bubai, all showing off their acting skills in the group.

Besides, although Li Jing and Liu Ming made themselves sound nice and seemed enthusiastic about giving Dongfang Bubai advice, Dongfang Bubai had been in the group for several years. Could it be that he did not already know the things they were saying?

If Li Jing and Liu Ming were truly asked to help Dongfang Bubai, they might not actually be willing to do so. After all, when it came down to it, they were now competitors because of the group administrator positions.

There were only nine group administrator positions. Every position taken meant one less remaining. They had all joined the group early, so they all had a good chance. If it were you, would you be willing to help a competitor?

At least, Yue Ming would not. Forget asking him to help a competitor—if he did not kick you while you were down, that would already be doing you a favor. Unless Li Jing and Liu Ming had no interest in becoming group administrators, but that was highly unlikely.

As for Li Jing and Liu Ming not knowing about the group administrator positions? Even Yue Ming knew about them. As old members of the Chat Group who had joined before him, how could Li Jing and Liu Ming possibly not know?

Li Shanhe might have seemed tight-lipped, as though he had told only Yue Ming about the group administrator positions, but if Yue Ming truly believed Li Shanhe's words, he would be an idiot!

He was quite familiar with Li Shanhe because every time he came online, he would run into Li Shanhe. After enough such encounters, they naturally became acquainted. But as for how close their relationship really was, it was only so-so.

Had the other group members not joined even earlier and become more familiar with Li Shanhe? Li Shanhe could tell Yue Ming about the group administrator positions, so why could he not tell the others? In any case, Yue Ming did not believe that Li Shanhe had told only him.

Besides, some things would eventually become known if one stayed in the Chat Group long enough, even if Li Shanhe said nothing. If you did not know them now, it was simply because your level was too low.

For example, those without Origin Points could not search for treasures above the seventh order in the Chat Group Mall at all. Those who did not know would think there were no treasures above the seventh order in the Chat Group Mall.

But as long as you had Origin Points, treasures above the seventh order would automatically become available to you in the Chat Group Mall. Yue Ming guessed that the secret of the group administrator positions might be something similar.

Once you broke through to the sixth order—or perhaps even the fifth order—the Chat Group would automatically unlock information that people at your realm were supposed to know.

Li Shanhe might have told the others that breaking through to the sixth order would allow one to become a group administrator because he knew this secret. Everyone would learn about it sooner or later, and by saying it now, he could earn a favor.

It was also possible that Li Shanhe believed he had the group administrator position firmly in hand, so revealing it would not affect the overall situation. At the very least, it would not affect him.

After all, Li Shanhe was already very close to breaking through to the sixth order. As long as nothing unexpected happened, he should be the first group member to reach the sixth order.

All of that was Yue Ming's speculation, but whether he was right or wrong, he always maintained a measure of wariness toward the other members of the Chat Group.

Even Li Shanhe, whom he knew best, was someone Yue Ming would never truly trust. In this world, the only person one could truly trust was oneself. Anyone could betray him, but he would never betray himself.

[Global High Martial Arts] Li Jing · Third Order: [The last time the Chat Group issued a mission seemed to have been more than eighty years ago. If nothing unexpected happens, the Chat Group should issue a mission within the next hundred years.]

[A Mortal's Cultivation Journey] Liu Ming · Second Order: [Don't be so absolute. No one can say for sure when the Chat Group will issue a mission. After all, the Chat Group issues missions completely at random, with almost no pattern.]

Seeing Li Jing and Liu Ming's words, Dongfang Bubai's face darkened. Perhaps his world's level was too low, or perhaps there was another reason, but time in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer world passed far faster than in other worlds.

Unless he remained in the Chat Group at all times, a few decades in the Chat Group might mean several centuries—or even a thousand years—had passed in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer world. By then, he would have long since died of old age.

Although there were many treasures in the Chat Group Mall that could increase one's lifespan, such treasures were rather expensive. Moreover, he simply could not afford treasures above the second order at present.

There were also lifespan-increasing treasures among first-order items, but they added very little lifespan. He had already bought nearly every one he could afford, and his lifespan was now roughly six hundred and fifty years.

Most first-order treasures that increased lifespan either worked only the first time they were consumed or became less effective with each use. There were also many that he could not afford or that were simply not cost-effective.

If he could not break through to the second order within six hundred and fifty years, he might become the first group member to die of old age since Chat Group No. 98 had been created. At that thought, Dongfang Bubai's expression darkened further.

[Swallowed Star] Yue Ming · Third Order: [There's something I'm curious about. I wonder if you can tell us? Why is your name in the Chat Group Dongfang Bubai? Could it be that your name before transmigrating was also Dongfang Bubai?]

[The Smiling, Proud Wanderer] Dongfang Bubai · First Order: [You might not believe it, but my name before transmigrating really was Dongfang Bubai. It wasn't a nickname someone gave me—it was the name on my ID card, so I was teased quite a lot growing up.]

[A Mortal's Cultivation Journey] Liu Ming · Second Order: [Hahaha, then you really do have quite a connection with Dongfang Bubai. No wonder you transmigrated into him. As for why your parents gave you the name Dongfang Bubai, perhaps they were both martial arts fiction fans...]

[The Smiling, Proud Wanderer] Dongfang Bubai · First Order: [If the Chat Group Mall did not have treasures that could regenerate severed limbs, I would have felt like killing myself after transmigrating into a eunuch.]

[Swallowed Star] Yue Ming · Third Order: [I wonder when Li Shanhe and the others will return?]

[A Mortal's Cultivation Journey] Liu Ming · Second Order: [Then you'll have a long wait. The auction probably won't end for several decades.]

[Global High Martial Arts] Li Jing · Third Order: [I originally wanted Li Shanhe and the others to take some photos and send them to the Chat Group, giving us a live commentary on the auction. I just didn't expect the headquarters of the Myriad Worlds Mall Alliance to be so special that it could actually block Chat Group communications...]

[A Mortal's Cultivation Journey] Liu Ming · Second Order: [The Myriad Worlds Mall Alliance is one of the top forces in the myriad worlds. What is so strange about it being able to block Chat Group communications? Besides, the headquarters of the Myriad Worlds Mall Alliance would not casually allow people to take photos everywhere.]

Liu Ming's words made sense. Their Chat Group had been created by Sect Master Tongtian, but Sect Master Tongtian was only at the ninth order. The Myriad Worlds Mall Alliance was immensely powerful and could stand alongside the Lineage of Transmigrators. It certainly had more than one Tenth Order ancestor. Its headquarters had to be an extremely important place, so it was perfectly normal for it to be able to block Chat Group communications.