Chapter 1881 - 1885: Entering the Game
Silver Fox fell silent.
But he didn’t stay silent for long.
Very soon, he lifted his head, looked at Lu Xiaobu and Lin Feng, and finally said slowly, "I choose to pledge my loyalty to Lord Lin Feng."
Yes, after thinking it through, Silver Fox still chose Lin Feng in the end.
On the surface, Lu Xiaobu might look like the better option, but he’d said it himself: from his standpoint, picking either one was the same.
So his standard of judgment became: who can bring him more profit!
And so, he chose the colder, more ruthless Lin Feng.
In chaotic times you use harsh methods. The situation now was a mess, and his instincts told him Lin Feng fit this era a bit better.
Still, he knew this was just a surface-level guess. Deep down he understood the two were actually the same.
...
While Lin Feng and Lu Xiaobu were talking to Silver Fox, letting him decide who to follow—
The Lord of Heaven was already watching the three of them from high up in the sky not far away.
Behind him, Number Two was still following.
Number Two stared at the two men recruiting Silver Fox, clenching her fists in excitement. "Lord, these two are about to enter the game!"
"Mm." The Lord of Heaven nodded slightly, looking a bit smug. "They’re definitely going to enter the game."
"Of course. They’re Cultivators too, and they definitely crave powerful Strength. Now that you, Lord, have yielded the first layer of the Spirit Realm, those two arrogant sons of bitches are bound to enter." Number Two was full of confidence.
"And once they enter, they’ll inevitably clash with those Cultivators who are currently expanding their territory."
"But this time isn’t like last time. Those Mahayana might have been able to keep themselves aloof from the previous mess, but this time they absolutely won’t keep backing down without a bottom line."
"Because last time it was a conflict between you and those two bastards. They were naturally happy to watch the show. But with this move, you’ve effortlessly shifted the contradiction onto them and the ordinary Mahayana."
"The territory of this layer of the Spirit Realm is limited. If those two want to expand, they’ll definitely infringe on the interests of the others. And when that time comes, those remaining ones, because their forces are weak, will inevitably choose to unite, or even come to rely on you, to drive out these two biggest troublemakers."
Number Two spoke at length, lofty and full of airs.
She’d already seen how brilliant this move of the Lord of Heaven’s was, which made her even more arrogant.
Last time, the Lord of Heaven had been slapped in the face by these two little bastards, and as his servant she’d felt the humiliation just as keenly.
This time, with the Lord of Heaven’s methods in play, these two bastards would never be able to jump around again!
The Lord of Heaven listened to Number Two’s analysis and nodded in satisfaction. "You have made progress. Not bad."
"But that’s not all."
The Lord of Heaven looked at Lu Xiaobu and Lin Feng with a lofty smile, then continued in a cool tone.
"Once they enter the game, the core of their Domain will ultimately be themselves. At that point, tempted by profit, they’ll no longer be able to casually log in and out. I’ll nail them here, pin them down, unable to move."
"The more you talk, the more you slip; the more you act, the more you slip. As long as they keep staying in the Spirit Realm, they’ll inevitably, unconsciously reveal all sorts of behaviors or phrases unique to their islands."
Number Two’s eyes lit up at once when she heard this. "Then at that point, we can deal with them the same way we did those idiots—by deducing their rough location! Once we know roughly where they are, we can slowly investigate!"
"No, not slowly investigate. Once we lock down the range, we wipe out that whole area directly." The Lord of Heaven said icily.
At those words, even Number Two couldn’t help shivering.
Wipe out that whole area directly—the Lord of Heaven was truly furious this time!
Understandable. As the lofty ruler of the Spirit Realm, he’d actually been slapped in the face by two newcomers, who then walked away openly in the end.
This kind of shame was something the Lord of Heaven would absolutely never let go of easily; only blood could wash it clean.
As for annihilating that whole patch of islands—yes, the Lord of Heaven really did have that kind of Strength!
Instantly, Number Two’s heart surged with heroic pride, and the look she gave the Lord of Heaven grew even more reverent!
Clearly, those two little beasts, Lu Xiaobu and Lin Feng, still couldn’t stand against the Lord of Heaven!
...
Below the Spirit Realm.
Silver Fox had finished stating his position.
And then—
"Very good."
Lin Feng nodded.
Then he cocked an eyebrow at Lu Xiaobu. "Well?"
People are like that: when you meet a kindred spirit, a thousand cups of wine aren’t enough; when you don’t see eye to eye, half a sentence is already too much. Lin Feng didn’t feel all that excited about taking Silver Fox under his wing, but the fact that Silver Fox chose him over Lu Xiaobu did make him a bit smug.
"Smug my ass. Don’t forget there’s still someone who stirred all this up and is just waiting for us to enter the game, that pretentious prick." Lu Xiaobu rolled his eyes.
"Hahaha!" Lin Feng suddenly burst out laughing for no apparent reason.
Then Lu Xiaobu also started laughing, also for absolutely no reason.
Silver Fox froze. What the hell was so funny?
The Lord of Heaven really was waiting for these two to enter the game!
He couldn’t figure it out, couldn’t figure it out at all!
This was just like the last time those two played chess—same kind of inscrutable bullshit. He truly couldn’t understand!
"Let’s go, Silver Fox. Show us around this Spirit Realm."
Lin Feng stopped laughing and spoke.
"Alright!"
Silver Fox nodded immediately.
He’d heard it clearly—it was "show us," not "show me."
This new master of his actually wasn’t avoiding Lu Xiaobu at all?!
The relationship between these two was really complicated!
You had to know, Silver Fox knew a lot of information. He believed that this information was what Lin Feng needed the most—and also the biggest part of Silver Fox’s value in pledging himself!
Yet he hadn’t expected that this new master would actually intend to share it with Lu Xiaobu.
So weird!
Still, he wasn’t qualified to ask.
So next, Silver Fox led Lu Xiaobu and Lin Feng wandering around. Whenever they approached the edge of some Mahayana’s Domain, he’d introduce to them whatever information he knew about that Mahayana.
"You two definitely know this bastard—it’s that Hu Fei. He’s a brutal bandit from Feihu Island. Yeah, this son of a bitch is a real bandit. Even though he’s the strongest one on that island, he basically doesn’t give a shit about the whole island. Whatever he sets his eyes on, he just grabs it. He even snatched his core by brute force. Total freak!"
Silver Fox had moved on to Hu Fei, the one who’d once pestered him shamelessly.
Even now he still couldn’t let go of what Hu Fei had done to him, so his words were full of personal emotion!
As he introduced, he couldn’t help sneaking glances at Lu Xiaobu and Lin Feng.
He felt really weird. He’d originally thought these two had him lead them around so they could pick a good spot to make a move and start carving out territory.
But the two of them didn’t show the slightest sign of that. Instead they kept, intentionally or unintentionally, looking at each other, with expressions that were kind of strange.