Prodigal System in the Flourishing City

"This is the Sword Master of Sword Island, also one of the people whose coordinate you took last time. When it comes to management, he’s pretty average—by-the-book, using fairly normal systems. The fighting at the bottom never stops, but up top there’s barely any conflict."

Silver Fox finally brought Lu Xiaobu and Lin Feng over to introduce the real main character of this visit.

The main target Lu Xiaobu was getting ready to attack, and Lin Feng was getting ready to probe.

However, both Lu Xiaobu and Lin Feng looked completely calm, no different at all from when Silver Fox introduced everyone else earlier.

Once the introduction was over, they left this area under that Sword Master’s extremely wary and venomous gaze.

Venomous was normal—he was the victim last time, after all!

His coordinate had been exposed, and a constant vague, thorn-in-the-back feeling kept lingering in his heart.

Silver Fox kept introducing them one by one, especially those fourteen whose coordinates had been taken by Lin Feng and Lu Xiaobu, and all the people who were present that day and have now clearly been confirmed as Heavenly Lords—he highlighted each of them.

To this moment, he still thought these two were looking for someone to make a move on.

After all, with the mad scramble that’s been going on, this layer of the Spirit Realm has already been carved up. If Lu Xiaobu and Lin Feng want to claim a piece of the pie, of course they’d have to choose someone to target.

And the easiest targets would obviously be those they’ve already met.

Yet as Silver Fox introduced them one after another, the two of them didn’t show the slightest sign of being tempted.

Finally, the entire layer of the Spirit Realm was fully introduced.

The three of them went back to Silver Fox’s original turf. By the rules here, Silver Fox had been gone for so long that, logically, this place should’ve already been taken over by someone else.

Yet when they came back, this turf was exactly as big as before, and even faintly seemed to have grown a bit.

This was how those people were signaling their attitude toward Lu Xiaobu and Lin Feng.

Hey, you see? We haven’t touched Silver Fox’s turf, we even shaved off a little from ours for him. Don’t use this as an excuse to come after us—let’s just have your water not mix with our water.

Besides, this is the border area, the place sucks. You two big bosses belong in the central zone!

Seeing this, Silver Fox couldn’t help feeling a bit pleasantly relieved inside.

Sure enough, it’s more comfortable living with a backing behind you.

Of course, he also knew these people just wanted to keep the peace; it wasn’t that they truly feared Lu Xiaobu and Lin Feng.

If he tried to use Lin Feng’s name to grab turf, his outcome would probably be getting ganged up on!

"Lord Lin, have you picked your target? Who are you going to hit?! Don’t worry, I know my place—I won’t ask you to grab turf for me. How about this: if you’re here, then the turf is naturally yours; if you’re gone, busy handling things in reality, then I’ll watch the turf for you!"

Silver Fox spoke to Lin Feng with deep humility.

He’d chosen to pledge himself to Lin Feng; during the introductions he could bring Lu Xiaobu along, but now, naturally, he couldn’t keep serving two masters.

To him, this was basic common sense.

And besides, he was definitely not losing out—once Lin Feng made a move he would never pick this backwater corner; he’d obviously go for areas closer to the center.

In that case, even if the occupation time was short, the quality of the turf would definitely make up for it!

In fact, he was watching turf for Lin Feng, but wasn’t that also Lin Feng watching turf for him, in a sense?

"Occupy turf? Occupy what turf?"

Lin Feng smiled, giving Silver Fox a calm look that saw straight through his little schemes.

Silver Fox didn’t feel embarrassed. This wasn’t really plotting so much as mutual exploitation, with Lin Feng as the main player and him as support!

"With the Spirit Realm this good right now, Lord Lin, you don’t plan to occupy a turf?" Silver Fox asked in confusion. "Once they form alliances and systems, it’ll be a pain!"

Yes, that was one of the reasons everyone was so crazy right now.

Everyone could see that chaos was only for now.

As time went on, some kind of system was bound to slowly emerge.

For example, several people forming an alliance and taking turns guarding turf; or things like joining forces with the distant and attacking the nearby, and so on and so forth.

And once systems started to appear, whoever had more turf and stronger power would naturally be able to take part in making the rules!

You don’t need to spell out how huge the benefits are for rule-makers, do you!

So this was why Silver Fox figured the two of them would definitely make a move.

Of course, it was also why the Heavenly Lord was absolutely convinced the two would enter the game!

"No need."

Lin Feng smiled faintly. "You agree, right, Lu Xiaobu?"

"Of course no need." Lu Xiaobu also smiled. "The one waiting for us to enter the game is probably going to be disappointed!"

"What?! You two mean, you’re not entering the game? Not fighting for turf?!" Silver Fox was shocked!

𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

How was that possible?!

With such huge profit laid out in front of them, why would they give it up?!

"Enough, you don’t need to know. Just give me the coordinates."

Lin Feng said lightly.

"Uh, okay!"

Silver Fox nodded, his heart twisting with pain.

Even though he’d already made up his mind, when it really came to this step, he still felt a stabbing pain in his chest!

But he handed them over anyway, without a moment’s hesitation.

Once he got the coordinates, Lin Feng glanced at Lu Xiaobu. "Well? Have you found your target yet?"

"Of course! You see who it is?"

Lu Xiaobu said with a grin.

They’d just done a full round, seen everyone; there was no need to keep pretending to be clueless.

"If I say I’ve figured it out, will you believe me?" Lin Feng also wore a smile.

"If I say what you’ve seen is false, will you believe me?" Lu Xiaobu kept trading riddles with Lin Feng.

"Then let’s wait and see."

Lin Feng smiled.

"Okay, I’ll be waiting."

Lu Xiaobu smiled as well.

Then the two of them exchanged one more look, turned around, and walked off in opposite directions, leaving again.

Only, before they left, each of them tossed down a piece of calligraphy.

In the end, the two of them almost simultaneously left the Spirit Realm.

In an instant, Silver Fox felt like all his pores were about to explode.

What?!

What the hell just happened?!

Have I become an idiot again?!

The two of them came, took a walk around, listened to some intel, and then just left?!

This... how is this possible?!

He slapped his head and replayed every detail from just now, then looked again at the spot where the two had completely vanished, but his mind was still a blank!

Huh?! They really... left?!

Silver Fox’s forehead muscles were twitching like crazy!

He just hadn’t imagined this would be the outcome!

After all, whether by profit or by strategy, they ought to stake out a turf here. Only then could they boost their own strength, maybe even completely take this layer of the Spirit Realm and launch a counterattack on the Heavenly Lord!

Once you controlled an entire layer of the Spirit Realm, you absolutely had the right to go head-to-head with the Heavenly Lord!

Yet the two of them just walked away like that!

In the end, Silver Fox’s gaze landed on those two pieces of calligraphy. He felt the answer ought to be in them!

But on an instinctive level he also knew, those two pieces weren’t left for him—they were for that "planner" behind the scenes!