After the Competition

Xiao Fan waited quite a while before receiving Zhou He's message.

"The Shen Family shouldn't have time to target your family right now."

"What happened?" Xiao Fan asked curiously.

"I have to thank you for this, Brother Xiao," Zhou He replied.

"Me? What does that have to do with me?"

Then Zhou He sent a long message, and only then did Xiao Fan realize what had happened.

Previously, both the nation and Shen Sect each possessed one Heaven-Tier Skill, making them evenly matched in the game.

In fact, because the country needs to take care of more citizens, Shen Sect's strength is even greater.

However, this balance was broken after Xiao Fan sold Zhou He a Heaven-Tier Skill.

Later, Xiao Fan helped the country clear the level 80 Special Secret Realm, which dropped a clue to a Resurrection Art spell.

This clue led to five more Heaven-Tier Skill books.

Here, the balance between the two sides was completely broken. Neither the Shen Family's strength nor their reputation in the game could compete with the nation.

The game previously updated with Guild Gameplay, and the Shen Sect established guilds in various regions. After this, many of the Shen Sect's level one guilds in various regions are unable to recruit enough members.

This has never happened before!

You should know that even if Shen Sect didn't accept players in the past, there were still quite a few players who shamelessly did things for them.

Shen Sect has been searching for players who can create Heaven-Tier Skill books, but they haven't found any yet. So they have to find another way to regain some reputation.

"According to our sources, Shen Sect wanted to regain some prestige from this Myriad Phenomena Platform competition. To this end, they were willing to spend a lot of money on upgrading their players. Unfortunately, you ruined it, Brother Xiao."

Xiao Fan scratched his head.

He really enjoys sabotaging the Shen Family's plans.

"And the second one?" Xiao Fan asked again.

"Second is their family head, Shen Long, who wants to surpass Jian Qingfeng and become the first level 100 player. He has been working hard to complete the leveling tasks during this period."

"So that's how it is. No wonder Lord Jian."

Xiao Fan had a premonition that the tenth step of his resurrection mission would be completed soon.

"Right now, the Shen Family is focusing all their energy and resources on Shen Long's upgrade, so they shouldn't take action against your family at this time. However, if you're worried, I'll have someone keep an eye on them," Zhou He replied.

"Thank you for your help."

"Oh, right, there's one more thing I need to tell you," Zhou He sent another message:

"It's about the Chen Family. We'd almost finished investigating all the evidence against the Chen Family, but now Chen Zhihao and his gang have logged into the game while we weren't looking. They're hiding in the game and won't leave, and it's too difficult to catch them in the game."

"This was our oversight. Don't worry, we won't give up on the arrest, and we will definitely give you an explanation."

A cold smile flashed in Xiao Fan's eyes.

Hiding in the game? They'd better stay in the game and never leave.

In the Real World, he faces too many restrictions when seeking revenge, but in the game, there are far fewer such constraints.

If you don't want to get caught, then wait until he leaves the Novice Zone and take revenge yourself!

Besides Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng, Ye Bugu and Wind Snow Traveler also sent him messages of congratulations.

Besides offering his congratulations, Ye Bugu also invited Xiao Fan to join the guild he had created after leaving the Novice Zone, to visit their Mercenary group's gathering place.

"If you come, I'll make you the gang leader!"

Xiao Fan simply said he would think about it and then ended the conversation.

Finally, there's the Wind Snow Traveler.

Strangely, he only sent a congratulatory message for winning the championship, and then there was no further news.

"This isn't like the Village Chief's character," Xiao Fan frowned.

Putting everything else aside, Zone 18 is the Novice Village Wind Snow Traveler discovered and has protected ever since.

Logically speaking, even if he leaves Zone 18, his feelings for this place won't fade anytime soon.

He should be the happiest person since Zone 18 won the championship, but Xiao Fan couldn't sense Wind Snow Traveler's happiness at all.

"Has something happened?"

Xiao Fan asked a few questions, but Wind Snow Traveler simply replied that it was nothing and ended the conversation.

"The Village Chief left in a hurry, and hasn't sent any messages since. Could something have really happened to him?"

Xiao Fan sighed; there was nothing he could do if Wind Snow Traveler didn't say anything.

With everything settled, Xiao Fan could only resign himself to leaning against Zijin, who was meditating and digesting the Thunder Spirit Fruit, and stand guard over him.

~

The Falling Star Gathering Place is where Shen Sect Headquarters are located.

Previously, in order to invite Shen Long to join the exploration of the level 80 Special Secret Realm, the Dragon Nation agreed to withdraw from the Falling Star Gathering Place.

Later, Shen Long did not participate in the exploration of the secret realm, but he exchanged the territory of the Shen Sect in the Shenzhou Gathering Place for the territory of the Falling Star Gathering Place.

Therefore, everyone at the Falling Star Base is now a member of the Shen Family.

"Waste!"

The sound of tables and chairs being smashed came from the largest house in the settlement.

Shen Long, the head of the Shen Family, stood with his hands behind his back at the head of the table. Veins bulged on his forehead, and his usually unfathomable eyes were now burning with a murderous rage.

"I used so much Core Power to upgrade them, and what happened? Not only did the plan fail, but we even lost first place in the competition! We didn't even get second place!"

Everyone else in the room kept their heads down, not daring to utter a single word.

Shen Long squinted and scanned the area, the ferocity in his eyes almost tangible, chilling one to the bone.

"Home... owner."

A man stepped forward, trembling; it was Shen Lei Shen Tengfei's father.

"As you know, back then, everyone from all factions withdrew from the Zone 18 of the Novice Village. We have no information about the current situation there. Who could have imagined... that they would become so strong?"

The Zone 18 won the competition at Myriad Phenomena Platform, and many people are still in a daze.

Who would have thought that a nearly abandoned Novice Village could win first place? It's simply unbelievable.

"And now? Do you know now?" Shen Long looked at him coldly.

Shen Lei swallowed hard, his voice dry. "It's said that there's a player named Jiu Chen in Zone 18 who's the strongest in both gaming talent and level. Zone 18's current status is inextricably linked to him. We're still investigating his real-world information. Right now, we only know his real name is Xiao Fan, he's from Sea City, and he seems to have some connection to Jian Qingfeng. As for what happened in Zone 18..."

"Jian Qingfeng! It's him again!"

Shen Lei was interrupted by Shen Long before he could finish speaking.

Shen Long's forehead veins bulged; the person he hated most in his life was Jian Qingfeng!

Upon hearing that Xiao Fan was related to Jian Qingfeng, he was furious.

"Go on."

"Yes." Shen Lei shrank back before continuing:

"The discoverer of Zone 18, Wind Snow Traveler, left the Novice Village a few days ago and is currently at Thunder Base. I have contacted our people at Thunder Base and have them interrogate Wind Snow Traveler about what happened in Zone 18."

After Shen Lei finished speaking, he lowered his head and waited for Shen Long to speak.

A long time.

"Um."

Shen Long responded, indicating his approval of Shen Lei's approach, and everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief.

"The most important thing now is to reach level 100 before Jian Qingfeng, as this is related to the future reputation of our Shen Sect."

"Shen Tengfei, let him leave the Novice Village and go to the Red Leaf Gathering Place. Find a quick-witted person to take over the Zone 1. As for Shen Beijun..."

Shen Long hesitated. No matter how disappointing his son was, he was still his own son. Although he was disappointed, he couldn't bear to punish him too severely.

Seeing this, Shen Lei quickly spoke up, "Although Young Master Shen didn't get first place this time, he went up to the seventh floor of the Myriad Phenomena Tower and even got us a map."

Shen Long nodded. "Okay, let's put his aside for now. You can all go out."

Novice Village Zone 1

Upon seeing the Red Leaf Gathering Place, Shen Tengfei slammed his hand on the table in anger.

Red Leaf Gathering Place is a small Gathering Point with very limited leveling resources in the surrounding area.

"Damn it, I'm willing to stay in the Novice Village for another year just to get to a better settlement! That damned Shen Long!"