Why Do You Read My Messages and Never Reply?

Ten thousand critical hits, ten thousand critical hits!!!

The Group Leader's words shattered the members' fragile hearts in an instant.

Within the West Sea Realm, Adolf An Lan ruthlessly drove the female clerk out the door, then slapped himself hard across the face twice and wept bitterly.

"Great Group Leader, I was wrong, I truly know I was wrong! Please, lift my mute! I'll never flirt with female group members again..."

Whether Great Group Leader could see or hear him or not, An Lan sincerely kowtowed three times and prostrated himself nine times, begging for forgiveness.

At the same time, within the Hall of Artifacts of the Sacred Void Sect on the Azure Continent, Zhou Zheng, the Warehouse Keeper Officer on duty, suddenly ran into an empty side hall and burst into tears.

"Great Group Leader, Great Group Leader! I was really just joking back then! I'm definitely not some simp! Even if I, Zhou Zheng, starved to death, died outside, or jumped down from here, I would never be a woman's simp! Believe me, please believe me!!!"

At the residence of Chen Bo, the Second Seat Disciple of the Flying Horse Sect's inner sect on the Piaoyi Continent, Runner-up Brother also sobbed until he could barely speak.

"I'll never be a simp again. How could women possibly smell sweeter than cultivation? Fang Zheng won the Group Leader's favor—when will I ever reclaim my runner-up throne..."

Unlike those three veterans, Liu Ruyan had only just joined the group and had never experienced the Group Leader's greatness. She was still resentfully drawing circles and cursing.

"Stupid Group Leader, lousy Group Leader! What exactly is wrong with me? Am I not pretty? Why won't you get together with me? Are you even a man? You even muted me—are you afraid your Dao heart will become unstable? Do you dare look me in the eye? I refuse to believe your eyes are empty..."

Unfortunately, no matter how they pleaded, Chen Yi, whose word was as weighty as nine tripods, would never issue an order in the morning and change it by evening. They could all obediently reflect for two and a half hours first!

He closed the chat interface and logged into the strictly hierarchical Public Zone.

This time, as the leader of a level thirty-two chat group, he would no longer keep a low profile!

As it happened, the leader of Group 98 was online as well, so Chen Yi immediately greeted him warmly.

You little brat, look me in the eye. Why do you read my messages and never reply? —From the Group 108 Master of level 32.

At the same time.

Within a secret realm somewhere on the Ziwei Continent.

Mu Chen, who was attempting to comprehend the Dao intent left behind by the Tribulation Master Venerable, suddenly shivered. Looking at the Group 108 Master who had greeted him again, he could not help falling into deep thought.

Had this guy turned on cheats?

He had raised his chat group by ten levels in merely three days. Was he really that powerful?

His nickname was The Immortal Ascension Tribulation is Still Chasing Me. Could he be a mighty expert at the Tribulation Transcendence stage?

Wait, no—Group 108 had been established much later than when I joined Group 98, hadn't it? How could such an old monster have slipped into a damn newbie group?!

Damn it, I think I've gotten myself into trouble!

Mu Chen's scalp instantly went numb.

As everyone knew, the hierarchy in the Public Zone was strict, and the suppression of those above against those below was severe. Offending one's superiors was simply not knowing one's place!

The leaders of higher-level groups carried greater weight. They might not necessarily be able to help you accomplish something, but they could definitely ruin your plans!

Before, I was the one who didn't know any better and didn't think much of this tiny Group 108 Master. Now that his level is higher, I'm the ignorant, worthless low-level idiot!

With that thought, Mu Chen immediately changed his attitude. He no longer acted aloof and even took the initiative to start a private chat.

Back to All Beings (Group 98 Master): Fellow Daoist, my apologies. I've been immersed in comprehending and cultivating lately, so I didn't pay much attention to the Public Zone notifications. I hope you'll be magnanimous.

"Hehe..." Chen Yi said nothing and merely sneered.

The Immortal Ascension Tribulation is Still Chasing Me: Unread is called not noticing. What exactly do you mean by reading it and not replying?

"Hmph, damn it, couldn't you just give me a way out? Why did you have to keep harping on it?" Mu Chen was beginning to break out in a cold sweat.

But there was no helping it. That was simply how the Public Zone worked.

The leader of a high-level group was the boss, while the leader of a low-level group had to act like a grandson.

No one could guarantee that an unsolvable mission would not appear in their group. If it was uploaded to the Public Zone and the other party came over to make trouble, then they would be completely screwed.

The consequences of mission failure were severe. One group had once provided a fitting demonstration—their group number had been directly revoked. It even led to no group leaders afterward daring to accept members from the Tianshu Star Domain!

Right!

Come to think of it, that member whom Group 36 had thrown into the free channel seemed to have been accepted by someone some time ago. Could it have been this guy?

Since he dared accept them, that proved he wasn't afraid of failing that Dark Turmoil mission. At the same time, it meant his combat strength was at least eighty million or above!

Good heavens, he really was an old monster at the Tribulation Transcendence stage?!

But then again, Mu Chen did know someone at the Tribulation Transcendence stage. That person was also a transmigrator, had transmigrated eight hundred years ago, and had risen with terrifying speed, as though he had cheats enabled. He broke through to the Tribulation Transcendence stage in a mere hundred years, then spent the following seven hundred years battling the Tribulation Transcendence eighty-one times without dying. He was known as the Tribulation Master Venerable.

That was right—the Dao intent Mu Chen was currently comprehending had been left behind by that very person.

If he did not have some golden-finger system, then it was highly possible that he had joined the Myriad Worlds Transmigrators Chat Group as well. He might even be one of the old monsters in Group One!

Mu Chen remembered that Group One had a member whose username was "Tribulation Heaven Venerable." It was highly likely to be his alias!

"Hmph, you won't give me a way out, will you? Then don't blame me for asking that person to step in and mediate!"

With thoughts racing through his mind, Mu Chen decided to borrow a tiger's hide to make himself a banner!

Back to All Beings (Group 98 Master): It means nothing, just a little something. Might I ask whether you know the Tribulation Master Venerable, Chen Yi?

Chen Yi: ???

Wait, did you dox me?!

In the autumn of the one hundred and eighth year of the Tribulation Master Era, the Tribulation Master Venerable Chen Yi passed down the first halves of three poetic lines. He once declared that anyone who could match them with a second half to his satisfaction would be granted one promise. Talented men across the world flocked to the challenge, yet not one could satisfy the Venerable.

The first halves of the three lines were:

Odd changes, even remains unchanged—

The Heavenly King covers the Earthly Tiger—

Which school has the best excavator technology—