Yang Xiaoqiang: "It's not your fault. I told you before, the puddles in the Death Swamp are particularly cunning; they disguise themselves very well."
As he spoke, he glanced sideways at Jiang Fan.
"Your intuition is accurate, why don't you lead the way?"
Zhou Xiaoyan's eyes lit up. "Yes, Tang Fan, I think with your intuition, you definitely won't lead everyone into a mess."
The two were talking back and forth, and before Jiang Fan could reply, Li Zhe started yelling and protesting for Jiang Fan.
"Hey, are you guys even his bosses? His colleagues? You actually let a newbie lead the way! Do you have a grudge against him? Are you trying to kill him on purpose?"
"Hey! How can you talk like that? What do we have against Tang Fan? If you don't know, don't talk nonsense, okay?"
"Where did I lie? He's only Late-Stage Martial Apprentice, and an archer who needs special protection. If you let him lead the way, and we encounter danger, he can't save himself like I do."
"Self-rescue? That's a joke. Who was just screaming and getting stuck in the swamp? Your teammates had to pull you out in the end."
"You--"
"Alright, alright. I'll lead the way." Jiang Fan interjected, stepping between the two to stop the argument.
Seeing that Jiang Fan was really going to lead the way for them, Li Zhe quickly stopped him.
" Tang Fan, this is no joke. You need to think this through. If you don't want to, then you don't want to. Don't be embarrassed to refuse or worry about losing your job. If you do lose it, then you lose it. With your archery skills, you'll be in high demand everywhere. If not, come to us. Miss, do you think we could take Tang Fan in?"
Lan Shengxue had originally planned to probe into this young man's background afterward, and now that Li Zhe had made things clear, it was the perfect opportunity for her to speak up.
So she looked at Tang Fan and said seriously, "If you're willing, after I finish my college entrance exam, you can come with me, or you can go directly to my Lan Family's headquarters."
To better persuade Jiang Fan, Li Zhe immediately chimed in, "Haha! You've hit the jackpot, kid! I never expected the young lady to value you so much. Do you know where our Lan Family's headquarters is? Let me tell you, it's Fortress No. 1!"
Fortress No. 1!
Yang Xiaoqiang and the others were all taken aback.
Only Jiang Fan remained relatively calm.
He already knew that Lan Shengxue came from the Lan Family of Fortress No. 1, and that the Lan Family was a super family and a powerful force in Fortress No. 1.
If he hadn't known beforehand, he probably would have been just as surprised as Yang Xiaoqiang and the others about Lan Shengxue's background.
Yang Xiaoqiang and the others were initially surprised, and then complex expressions appeared on their faces.
Zhou Xiaoyan muttered to herself, "Could Tang Fan really be going to Fortress No. 1 with him? What will happen to our studio if he leaves?"
Yang Xiaoqiang frowned. "I've said before that he won't stay at Fortress No. 31 forever. Besides, the studio was running just fine even before Tang Fan joined us, wasn't it?"
"But if he really leaves, our studio's overall strength will definitely decline, and I don't think we can find an archer better than him in the future," Zhou Xiaoyan said anxiously.
Wang Jiangang has always liked to go against Zhou Xiaoyan, but this time he chose to stand on the same side as Zhou Xiaoyan.
"That's right, we can't live without Tang Fan."
After they finished speaking, they looked at Miao Xi.
"Say something too, you don't want Tang Fan to leave our team, do you?"
Miao Xi's gaze lingered on Jiang Fan for a few seconds before she looked away.
"With his talent, he has a lot of room for growth in the future. The boss is right, it's really a waste of his talent for him to stay in Fortress No. 1 and in our studio."
Zhou Xiaoyan looked surprised. " Miao Xi, why are you saying that too!"
"Do you really want to keep Tang Fan, who could have grown to even greater heights, in our team just for your own sake?"
Miao Xi's words silenced Zhou Xiaoyan and Wang Jiangang.
Lan Shengxue looked at Jiang Fan and asked again, "Are you willing?"
I don't want to!
Jiang Fan thought to himself that he had secretly learned the Phantom Gale Leg, a martial art that the Lan Family kept secret. Although he had modified the technique so much that even Lan Shengxue couldn't recognize it, if he went to the Lan Family's lair and that sharp-eyed old man discovered something, his fate would be unimaginable.
I don't have that plan at the moment.
Rejected?
Not only were the others present surprised by Jiang Fan's words, but even Lan Shengxue looked astonished.
She originally thought that inviting a member from a small studio to Fortress No. 1 would make them overjoyed, and they would immediately agree, eager to go to Fortress No. 1 right away.
It should be noted that there are insurmountable barriers between fortresses.
You can't just go to whichever fortress you want. If you could do whatever you wanted, who wouldn't want to go to the most central and safest Fortress No. 1? If everyone flocked to Fortress No. 1, there would be no place to settle all those people, and social order would be completely disrupted.
Therefore, such an opportunity is extremely rare, like gold falling from the sky.
Jiang Fan refused without even thinking about it.
"Have you made up your mind?" Lan Shengxue asked, frowning.
Jiang Fan nodded, then looked at Yang Xiaoqiang and the others, "My boss and my colleagues still need me for the time being, so I can't leave yet."
Hearing this, Zhou Xiaoyan and Wang Jiangang were both deeply moved.
I love hearing that!
"You're a true friend, bro!"
Lan Shengxue didn't press the matter further. "I respect your decision. You can change your mind at any time before I leave Fortress No. 31. I'll be attending Ancheng No. 9 Middle School."
Jiang Fan nodded again, without saying anything more.
He then walked to the front of the group, ready to lead the way.
Li Zhe walked to his side with concern, " Jiang Fan, have you thought this through? Do you really want to lead the way?"
"Don't worry, it's nothing." After saying that, Jiang Fan felt he should be modest, so he added two more words.
"Should."
Seeing that Jiang Fan had made up his mind, Li Zhe couldn't say anything more. He could only follow closely behind Jiang Fan Jiang Fan that he could pull him up immediately and prevent him from falling into the swamp and sinking in.
Jiang Fan, who was walking at the very front, had a spatial dimension of 1200 meters within the range of his Psychic Power, and every part of it was clearly displayed in his field of vision.
As he walked, he continued to kill the Sharp-Toothed Golden-Armored Crocodile in the swamp.
So wherever he went, he left almost no monsters behind, wiping them all out in one fell swoop.
Before long, the system points reached another peak.
"Huh?" Li Zhe made a puzzled sound, staring intently at Jiang Fan.
This kid is really something. He's been walking for so long and he's completely unharmed. Is his intuition really that good?
Compared to everyone's surprise, Lan Shengxue's eyes narrowed as she looked at Jiang Fan.