Only Black Tea, Is That All Right?

"I only have some black tea a friend gave me before. If you don't mind..."

Old Eggplant was somewhat nervous. After all, he had just seen Lu Ban in the game, and for a moment, it was difficult to distinguish him from the Lu Ban in reality.

He even developed the illusion that the Lu Ban in the game and the Lu Ban in reality were the same person.

"No need for tea. I'll just tell you directly."

Lu Ban refused the potentially sleep-inducing black tea and spoke.

"You said you could rub out a flame?"

Upon hearing Lu Ban's words, Old Eggplant suddenly jolted.

"How did you know it was me?"

He had definitely used an online alias, and his personal information was well protected. It shouldn't have been leaked. So... could Lu Ban have traced him through the internet just now?

"I traced you through the internet."

Lu Ban answered casually.

"?"

Old Eggplant froze, unable to tell whether it was a joke or the truth.

If it was true, wasn't that completely absurd?

"Can you perform that again?"

Lu Ban did not explain. Instead, he pressed on.

"Uh, sure."

Old Eggplant nodded. Then he snapped his fingers, and a tiny flame rose from his fingertip.

Lu Ban watched the flame, deep in thought.

"So you've already reached this stage."

He thought of his Career Development Task.

He needed to expand the influence of the Magic Net. First, he had to establish a Magic Net and then popularize it in the real world.

Moreover, this time, the evaluation metric was influence rather than the number of people or connected users. The criteria were therefore rather vague.

However, Lu Ban's simple deduction was that influence should refer to the impact the Magic Net and the people connected to it