A New Plan

Since the Building Construction System was introduced, players with some strength in the game no longer choose to live in tents. Materials in the Trading House are now very cheap, and with a little Core Power, you can live in a comfortable big house. Even if the settlement is occupied by Fierce Beast, it is easy to build another one after it ends.

Falling Star Gathering Place.

Bang!

The sound of wood chips being smashed came from the largest house in the settlement, and passing players ran away in terror.

As the Shen Sect Headquarters, the Falling Star Base is home to mostly players who are members of the Shen Sect.

Everyone knows that Shen Long, the sect leader of the Shen Sect, has recently spent a lot of resources competing with Jian Qingfeng for the title of the first level 100 player.

Now that Jian Qingfeng has reached level 100 before him, Shen Long, despite expending so many resources, is still lagging behind Jian Qingfeng. No wonder he can't be happy.

"Useless! All of you are useless!"

Shen Long's eyes were bloodshot, like a demon crawling out of hell, and his whole body exuded a terrifying aura.

He has been working non-stop for a week to complete the Level 100 Quest Chain.

Moreover, all players in the Shen Sect's faction must obey his orders at any time.

He finally caught up with Jian Qingfeng in terms of mission progress, but what happened? Jian Qingfeng still managed to get ahead of him!

How could Shen Long not be angry?

He was furious!

Jian Qingfeng was practically his nemesis; he was always just a little bit better than him at everything.

It was the kind of situation where there was always hope, but the result was always disappointment. Shen Long hated Jian Qingfeng to the core.

Looking at his subordinates below, he became even angrier.

"I've spent so many resources training you, tell me, what use are you?!"

Shen Long's icy gaze slowly swept over everyone present. "Speak! What use are you all!"

Those below wished they could bury their heads in the ground.

Shen Long blames his incompetence on others when he fails to complete his own tasks. He's in a really good mental state; he blames others rather than himself.

They're in a tough spot too, all for such limited resources...

Ugh! Money's hard to earn, and life's tough.

"Sect Master, creating a Profession is too difficult! It's dozens of times more difficult than creating a skill. We've written down every Profession we can think of in the past two days," a subordinate said, forcing himself to speak.

"Yes, Sect Leader, we have no idea what the core positioning and core mechanism represent, so we don't know how to write them. That's why the skill creation failed," another person cautiously chimed in.

"How dare you say that? Jian Qingfeng can succeed, why can't you?"

Shen Long sneered.

His subordinates:... Why don't you ask yourself that question?

The atmosphere was cold. Shen Lei, who was standing to the side, changed his expression after receiving a friend message from someone, and spoke up.

"Master, our people at the Divine Dragon Gathering Place sent a message saying that Jian Qingfeng and his group had been failing to create Profession, but after Jian Qingfeng left, they succeeded in creating one in less than an hour."

Upon hearing this, Shen Long frowned.

He thought the successful creation of the Jian Qingfeng Profession was the result of the efforts of everyone in the official team, but he didn't expect that it was created by Jian Qingfeng himself.

But something's strange about this!

A group of people worked together for days and still failed, but Jian Qingfeng succeeded after leaving for a short while. Is that reasonable?

Unless...

"Our people suspect that Jian Qingfeng must have sought help from players outside the official channels after returning, which is how he succeeded," Shen Lei continued.

Shen Long narrowed his eyes. "You asked other players for help? That makes sense!"

"Do you know who the player he asked for help is?" Shen Long asked again.

Shen Lei's expression darkened. "It should be Jiu Chen, the player who won the Myriad Phenomena Platform championship last time!"

"Jiu Chen? Isn't he a player still in the Novice Zone? How could he possibly create Profession?"

Shen Long looked at Shen Lei with a cold gaze.

New players have limited time to engage with the game.

How could a newbie possibly think of something that even veteran players wouldn't consider?

Even if he's an exceptional genius, he can't be this monstrous.

Shen Lei shook his head. "Patriarch, you don't know this. This Jiu Chen is not that simple. Do you remember that level 80 Special Secret Realm that Zhou He and the others invited you to explore? Later, our people received information that the official people were able to clear that secret realm because Jiu Chen was guiding them."

"What! It's him!"

Shen Long's voice suddenly rose.

He originally wanted to participate in that secret realm, but later his people sent word that the mortality rate in that realm was almost 80%, and the remaining 20% survived only by quitting quickly.

He never participates in dangerous activities, so he decisively broke his promise and refused to participate.

Unexpectedly, after the game update, Zhou He led a group to explore the dungeon again. Moreover, they cleared the dungeon in one go, with everyone surviving, and the dungeon even dropped clues to the Resurrection Art spell.

This made Shen Long extremely envious, and he immediately organized a group to attack that secret realm.

In his view, if Zhou He and his group could all survive and pass the level, there was no reason why they couldn't.

Unexpectedly, this secret realm taught him a profound lesson.

They didn't even get past the weakest monsters before half of them died, which terrified him so much that he immediately pulled away from the secret realm and never dared to fight again.

At the time, he wondered how Zhou He and his group had managed to clear such a terrifying and bizarre secret realm.

I never expected it to be Jiu Chen.

"That's right, it's him! This Jiu Chen has a special relationship with Jian Qingfeng in real life. According to our people, although he just entered the game, his talent is terrifying. Jian Qingfeng must have sought his help to successfully create Profession this time."

Shen Lei paused for a moment before continuing:

"Master, this person has repeatedly disrupted our plans. We absolutely cannot let him live any longer. He already reached level 19 in the last Myriad Phenomena Platform competition, and I believe he'll be out of the Novice Zone soon. Should we take advantage of him before he gets too strong and..."

Shen Lei spoke, he ran his hand across his neck.

Shen Long pondered for a moment before asking, "Has this Jiu Chen joined the Military?"

"It seems not yet," Shen Lei said.

"Then let's not touch him for now." Shen Long waved his hand. "According to what you said, Jiu Chen's gaming talent is indeed terrifying. If he can be used by us, we can keep him. If not, it's not too late to get rid of him then."

"Your Excellency is wise, I will do it right away," Shen Lei replied, bowing.

"No rush." Shen Lei shook his head; he had calmed down by now.

Jian Qingfeng had already leveled up ahead of him, so there was no point in dwelling on it any longer.

Furthermore, he discovered that after Jian Qingfeng leveled up, the final step of his leveling quest had changed.

The original creation of an evolutionary Profession has been changed to creating an evolutionary Profession or choosing an evolutionary Profession.

Based on the previous gameplay of the Cloud Sea, the only Profession he can choose now is the Sword Master created by Jian Qingfeng.

There's no rush to upgrade further.

" With the Myriad Phenomena Platform Stadium competition and upgrade plan failing one after another, our biggest problem now is how to restore Shen Sect's reputation. Do you have any ideas?"

The scene was completely silent.

What can they do?

Stop being so stubborn, think of something!

Under Shen Long's gaze, everyone present was in a state of mental turmoil.

"Sect Master, I've got it!" someone exclaimed excitedly, as if they had just realized something.

"Explain."

"Sect Master, after Jian Qingfeng's upgrade, the system unlocked the City System. I just checked, and now players can build cities in the game. Cities are definitely the safest places in the game, and this is the best opportunity for our Shen Sect to grow and expand. As long as we are the first to build a city, those players will definitely choose to join, and then they will all become members of our Shen Sect."

Shen Long's eyes grew brighter. "Research the City System quickly."