Recruiting a New Group Member: Fang Zheng, Besieged by His Enemies

A capitalist was a capitalist, but Chen Yi felt he ought to count as a good boss.

After all, he did not paint pie in the sky. Every day, he handed out red packets at the maximum limit to invest in the group members.

Then, once he had nurtured them into maturity, was it not perfectly reasonable to collect a little interest?

With that thought, Chen Yi immediately felt enlightened. Happily, he opened the free channel to see which little treasures had nowhere to call home.

And sure enough, he found a big treasure sitting all alone, one that no one dared take in!

Tianshu Star Domain.

Yunzhou.

Fang Family main hall.

"Wang Teng of the Wang Family was clearly inferior in skill and got counter-killed by the Young Clan Leader across realms. What right did they have to demand the Young Clan Leader pay with his life?"

"The Young Clan Leader has the potential of a Great Emperor. Given enough time, he will surely surpass the Ancient Ancestors. We will never compromise!"

"Our Fang Family has declined for far too long. We finally managed to kindle a spark of hope, and they want to snuff it out. Do they really think we do not dare draw our swords?!"

"We compromised so many times, and all we got in return was their ever-increasing aggression. This time... I would rather fight to the death!"

"They have already gone to retrieve their Quasi-Emperor Artifact. In three days, the Family Protection Array will surely fall. Rather than sit here and await death, we might as well charge out now and give them hell. Trading one for one is no loss; trading two for one is a bloody profit!"

"As long as the Young Clan Leader lives, the Fang Family lives. He will definitely avenge us!"

"..."

Clan Leader Fang Zheng looked at the indignant clansmen below, his heart unbearably heavy.

He was actually a transmigrator too. The moment he had transmigrated, his golden finger had arrived, and he had been directly pulled into a Myriad Worlds Transmigrator Mutual Aid Group.

But...

For some reason, the group owner had heard that he came from the Tianshu Star Domain and kicked him out of the group chat without hesitation.

Only later did he learn from the information section of the Public Zone channel that another member had come from the Tianshu Star Domain before him. However, a Dark Turmoil had erupted at the time, and not a single member had been capable of accepting the mission. The mission had eventually timed out and failed, causing the group that triggered it to suffer a massive downgrade. Naturally, all group owners kept their distance from members from the Tianshu Star Domain.

There was nothing he could do about that. Prejudice in people's hearts was like a towering mountain; no kind-hearted group owner would take him in.

After being kicked into the dead and desolate free channel, none of the chat group system's functions could be used.

His golden finger was, for all intents and purposes, useless.

Fortunately, the identity he had transmigrated into was not bad. He had been the Fang Family's Young Clan Leader back then. Though his talent was not particularly outstanding, at least he did not have to worry about suddenly dropping dead.

Later, he became clan leader, married a lovely wife, and had a plump son. His life was happy and fulfilling, and his journey through life had not been in vain.

But he had never imagined it.

His son, Fang Fan, was anything but ordinary!

At the age of three, he had gone missing, only to return on the back of a Pureblood Qilin. After that, he would often vanish for one or two months at a time, and every return brought transformations as though he had been reborn. At six, he had stumbled into the inheritance grounds of the True Martial Great Emperor and obtained part of the Demon Slaying Scripture. At nine, he had ventured into Fallen Dragon Cave and gained true dragon blood to cleanse his meridians and marrow... By twelve, he had cultivated a Sea of Bitterness Divine Bridge and swept through Yunzhou's younger generation. He was the very template of a Destined Protagonist!

As everyone knew, the parents of protagonists had always been a high-risk profession.

Looking at his excessively outstanding son, Fang Zheng felt both gratified and terrified.

He was gratified because his son had the potential of a Great Emperor. Taking flight was only a matter of time.

He was terrified because he knew his son shone too brightly. As his father, he would probably be sacrificed to Heaven sooner or later.

Just as expected, the tree that stood out in the forest would surely be battered by the wind. The Wang Family, Yunzhou's foremost clan, could no longer sit still and had tried to strike at Fang Fan within a secret realm.

It had to be said, his son was truly something!

With only Divine Bridge cultivation, he had forcefully slain the Purple Mansion Realm young master of the Wang Family and a whole host of his lackeys across realms, then retreated unscathed and vanished without a trace!

If he could be given enough time, he would surely lead the Fang Family to heights that did not belong to it!

Unfortunately, the Fang Family was still too weak.

The terrified Wang Family had led a large force to surround the Fang Family. If Fang Fan did not show himself, they would slaughter the entire clan!

Three days. In just three days, they would retrieve their clan's Quasi-Emperor Artifact and shatter the Fang Family's Family Protection Array in an instant!

"With Fan'er's personality, once he learns of this, he will surely come back to throw his life away..."

"Alas, though I do not want to sacrifice to Heaven, I cannot become my son's weakness. Let your father become the first cornerstone on your invincible path..."

Fang Zheng sighed, made a certain decision, rose to his feet, and walked outside without looking back.

The Fang Family members said nothing more. They merely followed their clan leader in silence.

They all understood that swallowing humiliation would not buy lasting peace. If their clan was to survive, they could only fight to the bitter end!

Yet at that very moment.

The clan leader walking at the very front suddenly shuddered!

A sapphire-blue virtual panel that only he could see appeared before his eyes again after twenty years!

'The Immortal Ascension Tribulation is Still Chasing Me' has invited you to join the group chat. Accept?

"Yes!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Fang Zheng accepted the invitation.

He was already trapped in a hopeless situation. He did not wish to abandon any hope!

"Clan Leader? What is it?" An elder behind him asked in confusion.

Fang Zheng said nothing. He merely stared blankly at the group owner's nine hundred million combat power displayed on the virtual panel.

How absurd was that?!

His own early Spirit Nurturing Stage cultivation only amounted to three hundred thousand combat power. The Fang Family's strongest patriarch barely exceeded one million, while the aggressive Immortal Platform Realm Wang Family Patriarch outside had over two million combat power!

Combined, they did not even possess one percent of the group owner's combat power!

Moreover, the gap between realms was like a heavenly chasm. Even ten early Spirit Nurturing Stage cultivators with three hundred thousand combat power like him combined would not be a match for the Wang Family Patriarch, who was at the second level of the Immortal Platform Realm with two million combat power!

Just how terrifying, then, was a group owner with nine hundred million combat power?

Could he be an existence on the same level as an ancient Great Emperor?

Fang Zheng was instantly excited. If he could ask the group owner to act, the Fang Family's siege could be resolved in an instant!

Myriad Worlds Transmigrator Mutual Aid Group 108

The group owner has invited 'I Really Don't Want to Sacrifice to Heaven' to join the group chat.

The Runner-Up of the Cultivation World: Hm? Group owner, weren't you undergoing tribulation? Why are you still distracted enough to recruit newcomers? Are you that confident?

The Immortal Ascension Tribulation is Still Chasing Me: Nothing special. I'm simply well-practiced!

God of Light's Business: The group owner is awesome! But this guy doesn't seem to be a newcomer. His personal information panel says he has been registered for 7,374 days, and there is even a mark showing that he was removed from Thirty-Six Group!

A Sword Immortal with Clean Sleeves: Bro, what's your situation?

Fang Zheng's heart skipped a beat. He could not help recalling certain dark memories, and after hesitating for a moment, he prepared to tell a lie.

But on second thought, the group owner had nine hundred million combat power. He was countless times stronger than the bastard group owner from his original group. Since he dared invite Fang Zheng in, he presumably did not fear the so-called Dark Turmoil at all!

In fact, there was a strong possibility that the reason he had invited Fang Zheng into the group was to trigger that Dark Turmoil mission again!

With that in mind, he decided to tell the truth.

I Really Don't Want to Sacrifice to Heaven: Because I come from the Tianshu Star Domain, Thirty-Six Group kicked me out. I spent a full twenty years in the pitch-black, sunless free channel!

A Sword Immortal with Clean Sleeves: Tianshu Star Domain? That sounds familiar. I feel like I've seen it somewhere before?

The Runner-Up of the Cultivation World: The world where the Dark Turmoil happened?

God of Light's Business: Holy shit, I remember now. Group Six—the group that got downgraded so badly its number was directly revoked!

I Really Don't Want to Sacrifice to Heaven: That's right. It is the only mission world in the Public Zone channel that has failed. If your group is also afraid of being downgraded, should I leave?

Chen Yi raised an eyebrow. This brat was still putting on airs?

In need of a lesson, was he?

The Immortal Ascension Tribulation is Still Chasing Me: If that's the case, then leave.

Fang Zheng was instantly dumbfounded.

Why did this group owner not play by the rules?

With such high combat power, should he not have stepped forward magnificently and told him not to worry?

He had only made a couple of polite remarks. Why was the group owner immediately chasing him out?

No!

(Author's note: This new group member was originally named Fang Yuan, but that name carried great terror and was struck by a Dao Sealing Killer Move, so it has been changed. If any names do not match later on, please understand and directly @ the author to have it fixed.)