Chapter 200: Being an Inside Man
This message caused an uproar in the Sect.
Everyone had been playing the game for a long time, and there had even been that one unlucky bastard, Zhen Weida, who died by accident.
But this was the first time someone had been hunted down by disciples from another Sect.
The Sect channel instantly blew up.
[Fan Guzhou: What’s going on? Are you still alive?]
[Han Tian: It can’t be that bad, bro! Use an emergency teleport! Now’s not the time to save money!]
[Ye Xuan: See? I told you the Fierce Eagle Sect and the Feique Sect had a grudge. I just didn’t think they’d hunt down and kill even us, a vassal sect.]
[Qi Dazuo: The absolute nerve! How dare they kill a disciple of our Longevity Sect! We’ll chase them to the ends of the earth to avenge you!]
[Daoist: The Fierce Eagle Sect has some serious nerve!]
[Gu Yunxi: From what I’ve heard, the Fierce Eagle Sect’s Sect Master is currently at the Late-stage Golden Core of his cultivation... Rumor is he might be about to break through to the Nascent Soul realm. Once he’s promoted to Nascent Soul, the entire Sect’s status will probably jump to a whole new level!]
[Qi Dazuo: ...In that case, let’s hold off for now. For a true gentleman, ten years is not too late to get revenge!]
[Yang Meimei: Bro, if you really don’t make it, just try harder next time you’re fighting for a recruitment spot. Snatch one back just like Zhen did. In half a year, you’ll be back and as good as new!]
Of course, no matter what they said, Jiang Lianhan, the one who had sent the message, didn’t post anything else.
The main reason was that he was in no position to be focusing on the Sect channel right now.
On First Mountain, the system was silent.
Standing before Jiang Lianhan was a disciple from the Fierce Eagle Sect, dressed in brown robes embroidered with a giant eagle.
The disciple was rather handsome, though he carried himself like a scoundrel.
He looked coldly at Jiang Lianhan and said, "So you’ve chosen to do this the hard way—"
Even as a Spell forced his face into the dirt, Jiang Lianhan managed to grit out with surprising backbone, "A warrior can be killed, but not humiliated!"
’Even if it’s just a game, I’m going to be the player with the most integrity!’
"Oh? You’ve got some backbone, do you?" The Fierce Eagle Sect disciple raised an eyebrow. "All I wanted was for you to be my mole and pass me some information on the Feique Sect, and you—"
"What?" Jiang Lianhan snapped his head up, his face a mask of alarm. "Wait, is that what you said? You came up to me, asked if I was with the Feique Sect, I said no, and you just started beating me up!!"
’You were trying to kill me! And then you suddenly bring up being a mole. You should’ve just said so from the start! What’s wrong with being a spy? The one thing we players have the least of is integrity.’
’The crucial thing is, he’s at the Foundation Establishment Stage, and I’m just a little ant at the Qi Refining Middle Stage. There’s no way I can win.’
’I’ll just have to suck it up.’
"Oh, is that so?" The Fierce Eagle Sect disciple, who was clearly a bit unhinged, said with a raised eyebrow, "I must have forgotten."
Jiang Lianhan: "..."
’You animal! You bastard! You son of a bitch! You psycho!’
The system’s voice rang out coldly, "Why don’t you try being brave and saying that out loud? I’m the only one who can hear your thoughts."
As if possessed by the spirit of Honghuang itself, Jiang Lianhan declared, "I don’t dare!"
System: "..."
Seeing that Jiang Lianhan’s expression was no longer as defiant as it had been at the start, the Fierce Eagle Sect disciple, Zhang Xiwen, looked at him and asked, "You say you’re not a disciple of the Feique Sect, so why were you walking with them?"
"I... I’m really not from the Feique Sect. I’m a disciple of their vassal sect, the Longevity Sect."
"The Longevity Sect?"
As expected, Zhang Xiwen had never heard of it. He pondered for a moment, then suddenly sneered again. "A disciple from a vassal sect is even better. Do you want to live?"
’Duh!’
Jiang Lianhan put on a hesitant expression. "You said before... you want me to be a mole in the Feique Sect?"
"Yes," said Zhang Xiwen. "I want you to find out information about their Sect Master’s travels."
As he finished speaking, Zhang Xiwen suddenly flicked his finger, and a strange black light shot into Jiang Lianhan’s body.
"This is my Divine Split Bone Needle. No matter where you are, with just a single thought from me, you’ll experience a fate worse than death."
Jiang Lianhan: "..."
System: "Don’t be afraid! It’s just a matter of getting a new body! But don’t let him see that. Put on a show for him."
Jiang Lianhan’s fear vanished instantly.
But it seemed all players gained a natural talent for acting upon entering the game. A look of terror appeared on Jiang Lianhan’s face. "I... I can’t beat you, so of course I’ll listen to you. Did you really have to go that far?"
"Hmph, I can’t trust any of you from the Feique Sect." Zhang Xiwen looked down with contempt at this mere Qi Refining Middle Stage disciple. "You’d better take my words to heart. One month from now, I will be waiting for you at the Demon Cave Valley posthouse. If you don’t show up, you won’t be able to bear the consequences."
Jiang Lianhan’s face turned ashen, his despair so palpable it could be seen at a single glance.
System: "Where did you guys learn to act like this?"
Jiang Lianhan: "I’m a small-time actor in real life, hehe."
System: "..."
Jiang Lianhan said, "But how is a mere Mid-stage disciple like me supposed to find out the Feique Sect’s Sect Master’s whereabouts?..."
"That will depend on whether you can bring me some valuable information."
After saying this, Zhang Xiwen didn’t spare Jiang Lianhan another glance.
He simply hopped on his Flying Magical Treasure and departed.
Only then did Jiang Lianhan let out a sigh of relief.
’So he just wanted me to be a mole.’
’Should’ve said so earlier!’
Jiang Lianhan posted a message on the Sect channel.
[Jiang Lianhan: Thanks for the concern, everyone, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters. I’m fine. That psycho from the Fierce Eagle Sect really was trying to kill me, but halfway through he decided to make me a mole instead. I’m supposed to leak him info on the Feique Sect. I swear I’m going to make him pay for this!]
[Han Tian: The fact that you’re still alive proves you agreed.]
[Zhou Baobao: You call yourself a man? He tells you to be a mole and you just do it? Don’t you have any backbone? You should have died a glorious death, like a warrior!]
[Jiang Lianhan: If this game let you change your gender, I would’ve rolled a female character! To hell with all that ’glorious’ crap. My game account is more important than my life.]
[Qi Dazuo: ...]
[Gu Yunxi: Why would the Fierce Eagle Sect pick a fight with the Feique Sect out of the blue? I know they had a grudge, but haven’t they coexisted peacefully for over a decade?]
[Hao Kan: I hang out with the Feique Sect’s field disciples all the time, so I hear things. Apparently, the Fierce Eagle Sect had something to do with the Spirit Fox Sect getting wiped out by Demon Cultivators. They don’t dare say it openly, but they suspect the Fierce Eagle Sect might have teamed up with the Demon Cultivators. The Feique Sect could genuinely be the next target.]
[Chen Miaomiao: Oh? There’s a rumor like that?]
[Zhou Baobao: Whoa, it’s the master, Miao Miao! Let me get a screenshot!!]
[Gu Yunxi: Holy crap, it’s so rare to see the master Miao Miao here. Quick, screenshot, screenshot!!]
[Lin Baobao: Master Miao Miao, you’re my idol! You’re my heart and my soul!!]
[Han Tian: ...]
[Yang Meimei: So we’re all just going to ignore the fact that Jiang Lianhan is being a scummy mole now?]