Genius Chat Group

Over the next while, everyone began discussing the development of their respective Divine Kingdoms, including Divine Kingdom investments, how believers could increase their strength, and various demon beasts and spirit plants.

After listening for a while, Yang Fan could not help but frown.

He realized that ever since receiving the Luo Family's investment, the things these classmates discussed seemed to no longer be on the same level as his. Much of their experience was completely unnecessary for him to learn from.

For example, with the Hundred Spirits Blood Pool steadily producing Blood Pills, there was no need to cultivate the low-grade spirit plants his classmates claimed could strengthen believers.

And when it came to Divine Kingdom investments, Yang Fan now earned tens of millions every month. How could he possibly be interested in those small-scale, high-risk ventures?

Looks like there's no need to attend these class reunions in the future. Yang Fan made up his mind.

People climbed upward, while water flowed downward. Since this experience meant nothing to him, he might as well save time and browse Gods' Forum by himself.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Li Shuhao arranged a private room for each person. Before long, only he and Yang Fan remained in the room.

"Now that you've received the Luo Family's investment, do you find these gatherings boring?" Li Shuhao asked with a smile.

Yang Fan nodded, then asked curiously, "You seem to enjoy organizing this kind of event?"

After all, Li Shuhao was in the same position as him. At gatherings of this level, he could basically only offer advice to others while receiving no help himself.

Yang Fan could not understand why Li Shuhao would waste his time like this.

"The development of a Divine Kingdom mainly depends on its own evolution. Once resources are invested, there's not much point in constantly watching over it. Other than studying in the library, I have to find some fun for myself. Don't you think it feels great to have everyone revolve around you?" Li Shuhao said smugly.

After hearing his explanation, Yang Fan was speechless. So this guy just enjoyed showing off.

"Back to business. I received a task from the group owner to invite you into the group. I sent you a link."

"The group owner?"

Yang Fan looked at the suddenly appearing message. It read: "Yang County 2026 Genius Chat Group invites you to join."

Yang Fan tapped it with his right hand. Within a few breaths, the administrator approved him, and group messages began popping up one after another.

"A newcomer! Where's the red packet?"

"Welcome, Yang Fan. New members, please update your nickname. This group uses real names: faction prefix plus personal name."

"So it's Brother Yang Fan. I'm Tie Feng from the Smiths' Association. If your Divine Kingdom believers need weapons in the future, come find me. I'll give you a discount, guaranteed cheaper than the marketplace."

"Let's have a drink sometime. I'm Wang Yuan, an outsider of the Li Family."

Li Shuhao said, "For your first time joining the group, send a red packet with a hundred thousand Faith Points as a gesture."

Yang Fan nodded. He no longer cared about such a small expense.

With a newcomer's red packet up for grabs, quite a few people in the group were drawn out.

Yang Fan opened the red packet himself and discovered that the luckiest recipient was actually a familiar name.

"Luo Bing, 30,000."

"The group owner is insane. A hundred people grabbed it, and she got thirty thousand out of a hundred thousand." Li Shuhao looked at the mere 199 Faith Points he had received and nearly spat blood in anger.

"Are all the people in this group the geniuses from Class One?" Yang Fan asked.

"More or less. It's mainly the younger generation from Yang County's major families, though there are also geniuses like us who stood out during Divine Kingdom awakening and the grand competition. The group owner is Luo Bing, and the vice group owner is Li Tianheng. They're the top two prodigies at our No. 1 High School."

"Didn't you just say our Class Seven gatherings were meaningless? The people in this group are all the standouts of this year's class at No. 1 High School, and most of them were born into major families. Their Divine Kingdom foundations, personal knowledge, and sources of information are all above ours. The things I used to show off about at class reunions were actually just things I repeated from them." Li Shuhao smiled awkwardly.

"No wonder. I thought the Li Family had Gods teaching classes."

"How could that be? Do you think those Gods have that much free time? No matter how talented we are, we're still only Divine Lifeforms. In the eyes of those Gods, we're still ants. Unless we're direct relatives, second-rate geniuses like me wouldn't even get a greeting from those elders when we meet."

"Whether Divine Lifeforms, Demigods, or Gods, everyone needs to trade and cooperate with one another, explore unknown fields together, and help each other. That's the norm. If you shut yourself away and fight alone, you'll only fall farther and farther behind."

"This chat group is like a small circle of people who recognize one another. We can trade resources, share information, and sometimes the group even holds events."

"After we graduate and enter university, the members of the group can also become allies who support and defend one another."

"Don't mute the group messages. This group is genuinely useful to us," Li Shuhao said seriously.

Yang Fan nodded. "Thanks."

"No need to be polite with me. We're both from Senior Year Class Seven, so naturally we're closer than we are to the others."

Just then, a barbed message suddenly appeared in the group.

"He's merely a son-in-law of my Luo Family. Since when has the threshold for joining this group become so low?"

The speaker's nickname identified him as Luo Mingxuan, a direct descendant of the Luo Family.

Yang Fan frowned slightly as he looked at the message.

Li Shuhao could not help saying, "When everyone was discussing whether you were qualified to join yesterday, this guy was already making snide remarks. You only just joined the Luo Family. How did you offend him?"

Yang Fan shook his head. "I don't know him."

"Then that's strange. Could he just be some troublemaker with something wrong in his head?" Li Shuhao complained.

They were all classmates, and being able to join this group meant one had sufficient potential.

The development of a Divine Kingdom was a long-distance race. No one knew what the future would bring.

Therefore, even if everyone looked down on one another, they still smiled politely on the surface. After all, they might have to cooperate someday.

Someone like Luo Mingxuan, who openly mocked others, was absolutely an outlier.

"He's talented enough to join the group. Do you have a problem with that?" The one who spoke was the group owner, Luo Bing.

As soon as Luo Bing spoke, the entire group fell silent.

Luo Bing was the number one student among Yang County's graduating seniors, the undisputed big sister. Since she had spoken, who would dare talk back?

In the Luo Family villa district in the real world, Luo Mingxuan violently smashed his virtual helmet onto the floor.

"A country bumpkin dares compete with me for her? Just wait."

Luo Mingxuan did not dare lose his temper at Luo Bing, so he could only direct his anger at Yang Fan, who had not said a word from beginning to end.

In the virtual world, Yang Fan unexpectedly received a private message from Luo Bing.

"Don't worry about Luo Mingxuan. If he causes trouble, contact me. Take good care of my cousin."

So she had spoken up for him because of Luo Rou.

So my bargain wife knows that icy beauty too! Yang Fan was somewhat surprised.

Now that he had a wife, Yang Fan felt too embarrassed to spend the night at Heavenly Fragrance Haven.

Under Li Shuhao's knowing gaze, Yang Fan returned to the real world.