Telling Them About the God-Tier Skill

"Xiao Fan, do you have any ideas?" Liu Xiujuan hurried over to Xiao Fan and grabbed his arm, a glimmer of hope lighting in her eyes.

Rationally, she knew Xiao Fan was just a novice who had entered the game recently and had limited abilities. Yet at that moment, a strange sense of trust welled up inside her.

"Brother, do you really have a way to save Dad?" Xiao An and Xiao Le stood up together, gazing at Xiao Fan with hopeful expressions.

Xiao Fan nodded and reassured the three of them. "We can hire game mercenaries and ask them to help look for Uncle."

"Game mercenaries..." The light that had just flared in Liu Xiujuan's eyes visibly dimmed.

Hiring game mercenaries was a good idea, but their fees were exorbitant. The family still owed money to others. How could they afford to hire mercenaries?

Besides, game mercenaries only accepted Core Power. Even if they wanted to borrow some, they had nowhere to turn.

Liu Xiujuan's grip on Xiao Fan's hand loosened, and her arm fell to her side. At that moment, she seemed to lose all her strength. Her lips parted, but she couldn't bring herself to speak.

The desperate embarrassment brought on by poverty left her unsure what to say in front of the three children.

Seeing his aunt's pale lips, Xiao Fan guessed what she was thinking and spoke at once. "You don't need to worry about the money. I'll take care of it."

"You..." At his words, Liu Xiujuan froze. When she came back to herself, her feelings were complicated.

Xiao Fan had only been in the game for a month. How much Core Power could he have earned?

He must be planning to go somewhere dangerous to earn Core Power for his uncle.

He really...

Back when Xiao Fan's parents died, she hadn't objected to her husband adopting him.

But over the years, her husband had treated this nephew better than his own children, and Liu Xiujuan had felt some resentment.

The family was poor, and there was only so much they could provide. The more Xiao Fan got, the less Xiao An and Xiao Le had. How could any parent feel all right about that?

But every time she remembered that Xiao Fan had lost his parents so young, she felt sorry for him.

Now her husband was in trouble, and her children were still young, yet this nephew was willing to risk his life to earn money to save him.

Liu Xiujuan felt warmth flood her chest, along with a deep emotion she had never experienced before. All her husband's efforts over the years had been worthwhile.

Even so, she absolutely couldn't let her brother-in-law's only child take such a risk.

"Xiao Fan, you're still a novice player. I can't let you put yourself in danger. If something happened to you while trying to save your uncle, he'd never forgive me, even if he came back."

Seeing the worry in his aunt's eyes, Xiao Fan was deeply moved. Though he wasn't the original Xiao Fan, at that moment he truly felt the selfless love of family.

"Don't worry, Auntie. I have over five hundred thousand Core Power now. That's enough to hire game mercenaries to search for someone," Xiao Fan explained.

"Five hundred thousand Core Power!"

Liu Xiujuan's eyes widened, her face full of disbelief.

As a former game player, she knew how hard it was to earn Core Power in Cloud Sea. It was absolutely impossible for Xiao Fan, a novice who had only been in the game for a month, to have earned over five hundred thousand.

He must be saying that just to reassure me. He's only pretending to be confident.

This child is so considerate.

Thinking this, Liu Xiujuan's expression softened as she looked at Xiao Fan. "Xiao Fan, I know you want to save your uncle, but I really can't let you put yourself in danger. Be sensible. Just help look after your younger siblings from now on."

Xiao Fan fell silent.

Did his aunt not believe him?

Remembering the one hundred thousand Dragon Nation Currency he had exchanged today, Xiao Fan took out his phone and transferred the money to his aunt.

"Auntie, I really did earn five hundred thousand in Cloud Sea. When I left the game today, I exchanged another hundred thousand for cash to help with household expenses. I've already transferred it to you."

At his words, Liu Xiujuan picked up her phone and saw that Xiao Fan had indeed sent her one hundred thousand.

Xiao Fan thought that seeing the money would make his aunt believe him, but to his surprise, her expression turned stern the moment she saw it.

"Xiao Fan, Cloud Sea is much more dangerous than you imagine. If you want to survive there, save your Core Power to improve your strength. If all you want is to earn money, then leave the game and find a proper job. You'll be able to support yourself that way, too."

Xiao Fan: "I really do have five hundred thousand."

"A novice earning five hundred thousand Core Power in a month? Did you kill a dragon?" Liu Xiujuan said, disappointed. Sometimes, when people tried too hard to prove themselves, they came across as arrogant. She didn't want Xiao Fan to become that kind of person.

Xiao Fan: "...I didn't kill a dragon."

"All right, Xiao Fan. You've worked hard this past month, too. Get some rest at home for a couple of days. I..." Before Liu Xiujuan could finish, Xiao Fan spoke in an unhurried voice.

"I created a God-Tier Skill, and the Game System rewarded me with five hundred and fifty thousand Core Power." Xiao Fan told her the truth. He was afraid that unless he explained where the money came from, his aunt wouldn't believe him.

"Huh?" Liu Xiujuan stared at him blankly.

Seven days had passed, and since the owner of the God-Tier Skill still hadn't been found, news that a God-Tier Skill had appeared in the game hadn't yet spread widely among ordinary people.

"Xiao Fan, what are you talking about? What God-Tier Skill? Don't joke around. What skill would make the system reward someone with five hundred and fifty thousand Core Power?"

As far as Liu Xiujuan knew, Heaven-Tier Skills were the highest level. She didn't even know what the God-Tier Skill Xiao Fan was talking about.

Beside her, Xiao An and Xiao Le had clearly heard about God-Tier Skills. They both stared at him in shock.

"Brother, you're the one who created that God-Tier Skill?"

"Brother, you're the owner of the God-Tier Skill?"

Xiao An and Xiao Le sucked in a breath, staring at Xiao Fan in disbelief, as if they were seeing him for the first time.

Xiao Fan nodded calmly. "That's right. I created the only God-Tier Skill in the game."

Xiao Fan and Xiao Le: (´⊙ω⊙)!!!!

Liu Xiujuan, standing nearby, was utterly confused. "Xiao Fan, Xiao An, Xiao Le, what are you talking about? What God-Tier Skill?"

After the shock wore off, Xiao Le took her mother Liu Xiujuan's hand and slowly explained. "I heard it from my teacher. Seven days ago, someone in Cloud Sea created a new skill tier: the God-Tier Skill."

"According to speculation, God Rank is a tier above Heaven Rank. Unfortunately, every country in the world has spent seven days searching and still hasn't found the owner of the God-Tier Skill."

As she spoke, Xiao Le looked at Xiao Fan with delighted eyes. "I can't believe the owner of the God-Tier Skill is my brother!"

Xiao An excitedly spun around beside them. Then, as if she remembered something, she snorted and said, "White Race Nation claimed a couple of days ago that the one who created the God-Tier Skill was their country's strongest player, Cannon Fire."

"Oh? Is that so?" Xiao Fan raised an eyebrow.

"Exactly," Xiao Le said indignantly. "Apparently, Cannon Fire had just reached level 95 seven days ago and created his nineteenth-ring skill. Then the system announced the God-Tier Skill. That's why a lot of people believe he's the owner."

"But I believe you, Brother." Xiao Le lifted her head, her eyes full of admiration.

"Oh? Why?" Xiao Fan asked curiously.

Xiao Le pouted. "With Cannon Fire's arrogant, boastful attitude, if he really were the owner of the God-Tier Skill, how could he have chosen an anonymous announcement?"

Because Cloud Sea was so unusual, game players were followed as closely as celebrities on Earth. Powerful players in particular had their biographies and accomplishments compiled and replayed over and over in interviews, on television, in books, and on forums.

Ordinary people knew quite a bit about them.

Only then did Liu Xiujuan finally understand.

Her nephew, Xiao Fan, had created a God-Tier Skill in the game, a tier above Heaven-Tier Skills. What's more, it was the first—and only—God-Tier Skill in the game.

Liu Xiujuan:!!!!