Shang Shadowwind's Defection

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"Live stream closed. Maintenance begins. Maintenance time: 24 Earth hours."

"The Time Adjustment System is now operating in sync. The system will appropriately adjust the time ratio between Earth and Azeroth. Time adjustment initiated. Second adjustment ratio: 1:1. One Earth day equals one Azeroth day."

The bidding game had ended, and the system prompt sounded within the live stream. The upgrade from Lv. 2 to Lv. 3 had begun.

"Interesting, interesting... Tengyun Games handed the sect naming rights to Storm Live, yet Storm Live actually declined and let me decide myself... Interesting. Truly interesting..."

"Ma Tengyun, Jiang Ruxue—I never expected the first bidding game to involve the two of them. It seems the live stream's popularity has far exceeded my expectations."

"Or perhaps this is a gesture of goodwill? If it is, perhaps I should take the initiative to contact them. I, Ji Feng, do not like owing anyone favors."

Tengyun Games had bought the sect naming rights, yet only sent Ji Feng one private message: Storm Live would make all decisions. Ji Feng then contacted Storm Live, and Jiang Ruxue returned the naming rights to him. Before the broadcast ended, Ji Feng had discussed the matter with both of them.

According to Ji Feng's original plan, the naming rights for the first sect would have fetched around twenty million points. Yet he had somehow received eighty million points. Now, he could not tell whether it was because of the live stream's popularity, or because Tengyun Games was extending goodwill.

Imperial Capital, Tengyun headquarters.

"Chairman, why did we buy the sect naming rights only to hand them over to Storm Live? I don't quite understand. Could you explain it to me?" At that moment, the young and beautiful secretary set down a cup of coffee and asked gently.

"Why? Because this streamer is worth it."

Lifting his coffee cup, the Tengyun chairman smiled faintly and said something that left people rather bewildered.

Huaxia, Kyoto.

Storm Live office building, CEO's office.

"President Jiang, why did we give the sect naming rights to Streamer Ji? That's an advertisement worth eight hundred thousand. Did you not wish to accept the Tengyun chairman's goodwill, or did you want to sell Streamer Ji a favor? This time, I truly don't understand your thinking..." Inside the office, Director Ye and Jiang Ruxue were also discussing Ji Feng.

"Director Ye, sometimes you overthink things. Can't it simply be because I support the streamer? You should know that I'm also Streamer Ji Feng's fan."

Shaking her head with a smile, Jiang Ruxue picked up the remote and turned off the screen.

Ji Feng had no way of knowing what was happening outside Azeroth, nor did he intend to dwell on it. After leaving the live stream, he opened his eyes and walked toward his disciples.

"Brother..."

"Greetings, Master Ji..." Seeing him approach, the surrounding Pandaren all bowed.

"Haha... No need for such courtesy. Just relax..."

With the Live Streaming System upgrading to Lv. 3, Ji Feng was in excellent spirits and could not help waving with a laugh.

"Hm... Has anyone seen Shang and Kang? Where did those two go? Why haven't I seen them..." Kang had originally been the leader, while Shang had been the deputy leader. Neither of them was present, and Ji Feng sensed that something was amiss.

At Ji Feng's words, the surrounding Pandaren began discussing it among themselves, yet none knew where the two had gone. A flicker of unease passed through Ji Feng's heart. He narrowed his eyes, already deep in thought.

"Go find them at once. This is elven territory, not our village. If the two of them offend the elves here, we won't be able to protect them..."

In a typical story, when someone around the protagonist suddenly disappeared, they were probably about to cause trouble with the local powers. Ji Feng was an old hand; he did not need to guess to know that Shang and Kang had run into trouble.

"This is bad... Master Ji, we need to get to the elven village dock quickly. If I'm right, something terrible is about to happen."

"Could it be? How could Shang dare..."

"If he merely got into a conflict with the elven villagers, that would be manageable. But if Shang truly did that thing, we're going to be in deep trouble. Damn his grandmother..."

One person spoke up, immediately triggering a chain reaction. In an instant, everyone began talking over one another, all seeming to mention the same matter. Ji Feng felt increasingly uneasy.

"What's going on? Explain it all to me! Stop keeping me in suspense..." Ji Feng frowned and asked anxiously.

"Master Ji, Leader Shang—no... that bastard Shang told me something in private just now. Master Ji, he never wanted to be your disciple. That obedient act he put on today was all fake."

"He wanted us to oppose you together. I refused and even rebuked him a few times. By now, he has probably fled. As for Leader Kang, I think he tricked Leader Kang away. This is bad, Leader Kang is in danger..." Yao Shi Shadowwind stepped out of the crowd and spoke anxiously as well.

In trashy webnovels, the protagonist merely shook his tiger-like might, and his underlings all submitted. But Ji Feng did not have that kind of protagonist aura, and Shang Shadowwind was not some nameless extra. Who would have thought that Shang had actually rebelled?

Fortunately, Ji Feng had not streamed tonight. If he had, the viewers would probably have mocked him mercilessly. This time, the crisis he faced was no small matter.

"What? Shang Shadowwind escaped? And he took Kang with him?"

Upon learning everything, Ji Feng sucked in a cold breath, goosebumps instantly rising all over his body.

His grandstanding earlier had certainly pleased the viewers, but to his opponents, it had undoubtedly been a vicious slap in the face. Shang Shadowwind considered himself someone destined to accomplish great things. How could someone like him submit after Ji Feng had humiliated him? His respect toward Ji Feng had only been an act.

"Master Ji, that bastard Shang said he was returning to the village, and that he would tell the sages about you. He kept claiming before that he opposed the sages, but it was only because he wanted to seize the leader's position from Kang. That damned bastard..."

As Yao Shi Shadowwind spoke, another Pandaren stepped forward. "Enough talk, Master Ji, let's hurry to the dock! Don't let him escape..."

Shang and Kang had left less than an hour ago. Logically, they could not have gone far. Now that he knew of the danger, Ji Feng naturally stopped wasting words.

"Move. Head to the dock at once..."

With that command, Ji Feng led everyone straight toward the dock.

As Ji Feng and the others departed, an elven guard atop a tower in the elven village's civilian district wore a grave expression and hurried down the tower. At that moment, he had already discovered the disturbance at the dock.

At the elven village dock, fists and feet flashed. Two tall Pandaren were engaged in a fierce fight: Shang Shadowwind and Kang.

This was truly not a peaceful night!

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