An Invitation to a Gathering Three Days Later

Huang Jie immediately wore a twisted expression-awkward, panicked, eager to curry favor with Shen Hui, yet afraid of him.

How could he dare challenge Shen Hui?

The other's Level 2 World showed that his strength had already far surpassed Huang Jie's.

A life-or-death arena? That was practically an arena for courting death.

Qingxue looked at Shen Hui with stars in her eyes, full of surprise and admiration.

The people gathered around them also changed their expressions one after another, and their attitudes toward Shen Hui shifted.

Now, there was no doubt about Shen Hui's strength.

So they all looked at Huang Jie with schadenfreude.

By then, even more people had gathered, including members of the great clans.

They came to see what had happened.

Ye Long and Xiao Xiangyan were among them, and they immediately pushed their way in.

"Brother Shen, what happened?"

"Qingxue, are you all right?"

Ye Long and Xiao Xiangyan asked one after the other.

Shen Hui waved a hand. "Nothing. Just a dog barking."

Hearing Shen Hui's words, Huang Jie didn't dare retort.

Ye Long and Xiao Xiangyan both looked at Huang Jie.

"You're Huang Jie, right? Given your conduct, it's clear our Ye Family was right not to choose you."

Apparently, Ye Long's family had also invited Huang Jie, but for some reason, he hadn't joined them.

"I wonder what faction would want you."

Ye Long said it casually, without a care.

But several people immediately stepped forward. They were from another faction.

It was the very faction Huang Jie had joined.

As soon as they came out, they hurriedly looked at Huang Jie and spoke.

"Huang Jie! Our faction is cutting ties with you!"

Ye Long had only said that casually, but they could hear an implicit warning in his words.

Huang Jie had offended Ye Long, which was tantamount to offending the Ye Clan.

If their faction kept Huang Jie on, it would surely sour their relationship with the Ye Clan.

They couldn't afford to oppose the Ye Clan, and they had established many partnerships with them that they depended on.

Keeping Huang Jie simply wasn't worth it.

So they decisively kicked him out.

Huang Jie was stunned.

"I..."

He wanted to say something, but realized that nothing he said would matter.

For a moment, he was speechless.

He had worked hard to join a faction. Only with the resources it provided could he rapidly improve his world.

Now that he had lost the faction, where would he get enough resources to use?

And given the situation, probably no faction would take him in now.

The onlookers immediately began gloating.

After all, they weren't the ones getting hurt.

They were happy to build their joy on someone else's misery.

"Brother Shen, let's go. I happen to have something I'd like to talk to you about."

Shen Hui didn't even glance at Huang Jie. He simply walked away.

If he hadn't been forbidden from attacking people at will, Shen Hui would have followed the principle of using his fists instead of his words long ago.

Seeing Shen Hui and the others leave, and with no more drama to watch, the people gathered around quickly dispersed.

Shen Hui, Qingxue, Ye Long, and Xiao Xiangyan walked together.

As the four headed back, Ye Long spoke.

"Brother Shen, congratulations. Your world actually advanced to Level 2."

Shen Hui smiled faintly. After the practical test challenge,

Sadako's level in Shen Hui's world had also advanced to Level 2.

With the Pig-headed Butcher and Sadako, two Level 2 Heroes, Shen Hui's world had successfully advanced to a Level 2 World.

"It was just a trick, really. At this early stage, raising a Hero's level can easily raise your world's level."

"Later on, it'll still depend on the world's fundamental development and creation."

Shen Hui was right. If Ye Long and the others had Hero Units too,

they might have been able to reach Level 2 Worlds just like Shen Hui.

So they didn't dwell on it.

Ye Long then spoke.

"Brother Shen, and Qingxue, we're planning to hold a celebration the day after tomorrow."

"We'll invite quite a few Awakened Ones from our year, as well as some factions."

"Since we're all embarking on this path, it'll be good to get to know each other."

"We hope you'll come too."

Qingxue seemed pleased and quickly asked, "Where will it be?"

Xiao Xiangyan chuckled beside her. "At the Nine Phoenix Pavilion. It belongs to my family. Eat and drink as much as you like; it's on me!"

Qingxue's mouth fell open. "Wow! The Nine Phoenix Pavilion-and it belongs to your family!"

Shen Hui was a little surprised too.

The Nine Phoenix Pavilion was one of the most luxurious restaurants in their region.

Shen Hui had never been there, but he'd heard of it.

The minimum spend there was a hundred thousand World Coins.

Ordinary people might never set foot inside in their entire lives.

There would definitely be a lot of people invited.

They'd be spending a fortune.

That day's bill would probably be several million, if not tens of millions.

Even though it wasn't Shen Hui's money, he still felt the pain.

After all, with that much money, how many resources could someone ordinary like him buy to improve himself?

Still, Shen Hui was happy to get a free meal.

He didn't have anything else to do, and there was nothing wrong with socializing and getting to know more people.

"Sure. I'll come."

Qingxue nodded too. "I'll go as well."

Seeing that both Shen Hui and Qingxue would come, Ye Long was very happy.

"Great. Once I get back today, I'll have someone deliver your invitations."

The four parted ways, and Shen Hui and Qingxue returned to their class.

All the students gathered and returned to their respective schools.

By the time they got back to school, it was already afternoon.

The other students went home one after another.

But Shen Hui and Qingxue were called to the principal's office.

The principal had been waiting there for them. When he saw Shen Hui and Qingxue arrive, he called out excitedly,

"Sit, sit! You two have brought such honor to Qingshui Middle School! Hahaha!"

"Both of you made it into the top ten, and one of you even broke a record."

"Now Qingshui Middle School is sure to rise to become a first-tier school!"

The principal praised Shen Hui and Qingxue without reservation.

"I promised you two that if you got good results, I'd reward you again!"

"You two can each go to the supply room and collect a bottle of Low-Level World Origin Potion."

"The school doesn't have much in the way of supplies right now, but this is the reward it can give you."

"I'll also personally give each of you one million World Coins!"

Qingshui Middle School was only a mid-tier school.

For it to provide these rewards again, it had practically emptied its supply quota.

And the principal was also giving them one million World Coins each out of his own pocket. He was really digging deep.

But Shen Hui deserved it, so he had no intention of refusing.

"Thank you, Principal!"

Qingxue was a little embarrassed and seemed reluctant to let the Principal spend so much.

But when she saw Shen Hui agree, she agreed as well.

The two left the Principal's office and went to the supply room to collect their items.

Afterward, both of their phones received a text message.

The rewards for participating in the practical test had been issued.

Shen Hui was delighted. This was the biggest reward of all!