Chapter 31 Not Just Han Family's Young Master

It wasn't just Han Family's Young Master who suddenly reacted. Shui Shen and Lu Ke, who were each holding a stack of resumes and hiding in a corner whispering sweet nothings, also raised their heads together when they heard this name, and then exchanged a glance.

"Forever, the Forever who's number one on the Knight Rankings." You Ge repeated, but quickly realized that things like being number one on a level ranking couldn't shock anyone in this room, especially Han Family's Young Master. Even Qian Li Yi Zui was occasionally looked down upon, so what was being number one on the Knight Rankings? This person's sudden shock must be for another reason.

"You know him?" Piao Liu looked at Han Family's Young Master with a questioning gaze.

Han Family's Young Master hesitated for a rare moment, and glanced back. Shui Shen and Lu Ke had already walked over from the corner.

Friends who were slightly familiar knew that Jian Gui, Han Family's Young Master, Shui Shen, and Lu Ke were old friends in online games. Seeing the relatively consistent reactions of these three, it wasn't hard to imagine that this Forever was likely an old acquaintance of theirs as well. It wasn't uncommon for old players like them to have some old acquaintances, but Parallel World had randomly scattered everyone to different main cities, and it wasn't convenient to visit those who were too far away. But if they were truly exceptionally good friends, then adding each other as friends should be possible, right?

"Is it him?" Shui Shen said as he approached.

"Not necessarily, Forever is a very common name, it's easy to be snatched up," Lu Ke said.

"Old rival?" Piao Liu made a reasonable deduction. They knew him, and seemed to care a lot, but they hadn't added each other as friends. That meant they were likely old rivals with some past grudges.

"Rival? I've always wanted the opportunity!" Han Family's Young Master suddenly said.

"If it's him, then this is really a coincidence," Shui Shen said.

"When is Jian Gui getting out?" Lu Ke suddenly asked.

"If he doesn't sleep, around two or three in the afternoon tomorrow," Han Family's Young Master said.

"Does that guy ever log off?"

"I don't know, he's always been there when I'm online." Those present who had added Jian Gui as a friend expressed this, seriously suspecting that Jian Gui hadn't logged off since entering the prison. Knowing Jian Gui's perseverance, everyone believed he was capable of doing that.

"Then should we go settle this before that guy comes out?" Shui Shen asked Han Family's Young Master. The two were speaking to each other very affably, which was a rare sight.

"We can't be sure that this Forever is that guy yet!" Han Family's Young Master said.

"His name is Forever, and he can climb to number one on the level ranking. The chances of him being that guy are very high! You've already noticed him, haven't you?" Shui Shen said.

"I'm sorry, I never look at any level rankings," Han Family's Young Master said.

The others were all confused, and finally couldn't help but crowd around. Yu Tian Shen Ming hurriedly interjected, "What are you guys talking about? Explain it clearly! What's your relationship with this Forever?"

"We've had all kinds of relationships," Shui Shen said. "From not knowing each other, to knowing each other, to friends, to exceptionally good friends, and then to enemies."

"Enemies!" Everyone had an "I knew it" expression. Although everyone was famous in the online gaming world, the previous online games were divided into different servers. The topics that experts could discuss together on forums were common topics like strategies and techniques. As for personal grievances, players from different servers basically had nothing in common and wouldn't pay much attention to other servers' grievances and gossip. So normal players weren't very clear about what stories Jian Gui and his group had in the past. Therefore, everyone looked at You Ge, who was a non-mainstream in this area.

"There are people involved, what are you looking at me for?" You Ge said unhappily.

"The moment to test your abilities has arrived," Zhan Wu Shang said.

You Ge really knew a little: "Is it something from the *Cang Tian Zhan Ji* days?" (*Cang Tian Zhan Ji* = Azure Sky Battle Records)

"*Cang Tian Zhan Ji*!" Yu Tian Shen Ming was also excited. That was also an online game where he had once been glorious, and he immediately couldn't wait to ask, "Which server were you all on? What class?" After saying that, he glared at Piao Liu: "I wasn't asking you!"

Piao Liu smiled and didn't speak. The others also glared at Yu Tian Shen Ming expressionlessly. Yu Tian Shen Ming lowered his head, knowing he was wrong.

"That's right, it's that matter from that game," Han Family's Young Master nodded.

"Oh, that matter is..." You Ge's brain wasn't a hard drive, and it couldn't just retrieve information at will. Although he had a slight impression, he couldn't say the specific details of this gossip. He touched his pocket and immediately remembered that the information he had compiled on these old gossips was all offline! It wasn't needed in Parallel World, so he naturally hadn't copied it into the game. Not being able to gossip for the moment was extremely painful.

Everyone obviously wanted to hear this gossip. In fact, they were just afraid that the people involved wouldn't want to talk about it, which was why they were relying on You Ge. Seeing You Ge like this, they were all very disappointed. You Ge gritted his teeth: "Wait for me to go take a look."

"We're here, what's there to look at?" Lu Ke said helplessly. A key point for so-called experts was being persistent enough.

"What exactly happened?" Everyone was beaming with excitement.

Lu Ke glanced at the other two and said, "Everyone knows that the three of us and Jian Gui are old game partners, and we've always played together. This player named Forever, we met in the online game *Cang Tian Zhan Ji*. You should all have some impression of this game. It was a game that emphasized teamwork a lot. The standard team was five people. At the time, there were four of us. I was a Swordsman, Shui Shen was a Mage, Jian Gui was a Gunslinger, and Han Family's Young Master was an Angel..."

"With your setup, you're missing a Curselock!" You Ge couldn't help but interject.

Lu Ke nodded: "That's right, our team was missing a Curselock. However, we had already formed a guild at the time, so usually someone from the guild would just team up with us. That was until we met Forever, and then he joined us. His skills and awareness were excellent, and in the end, the five of us became a fixed combination, and our relationship got better and better. This person was very amiable and generous, and the people in the guild also liked him very much. But later, this guy started to quarrel with Jian Gui intentionally or unintentionally, and to contradict him..."

"What intentionally or unintentionally, it was intentional, he came for this!" Shui Shen interjected at this moment.

Lu Ke sighed: "Jian Gui was kind and generous, as long as what he said made some sense, he would usually let him have his way. As a result, this guy became more and more excessive. We couldn't stand it, and sometimes we would argue with him. Later, the arguments became more and more frequent, and there were also differences among many players in the guild. During the Azure Sky Route Conquest, it was clearly his consecutive mistakes at a crucial moment of the battle that led to our defeat and elimination. As a result, he blamed Jian Gui for ruining his curse imprint with Double Casket Barrage. But the situation at the time was clearly that he was a step too slow in controlling it, and actually allowed the opposing mage to cast Six-Ring Mirror. Jian Gui was forced to use Double Casket Barrage, which would naturally ruin his curse imprint as well. At this time, he was slow to cast a Hexagram Curse. Could there still be any suspense about the outcome?" The matter had been over for a long time, but Lu Ke still remembered even the details so clearly, which showed how deep the impression was. Everyone present was an expert, and they understood the twists and turns as soon as they heard it. Basically, Forever made a mistake, Jian Gui helped him fix it, and then he made another mistake. As a result, he even criticized Jian Gui, which was indeed quite excessive.

"However..." Zhan Wu Shang couldn't help but say at this time, "If a mage manages to cast Six-Ring Mirror, the Swordsman should immediately use *Luo Hua* Slash plus V-Shaped Feast, which can break the Six-Ring Mirror. It's more effective than the Gunslinger's chaotic Double Casket Barrage." (*Luo Hua* = Falling Flower)

Lu Ke looked slightly embarrassed at this time. Han Family's Young Master took Zhan Wu Shang's words and said, "Because Lu Ke's skills weren't up to par, this move is a bit too difficult."

Zhan Wu Shang couldn't help but feel pleased when he heard this: "That's right, being able to accurately break the Six-Ring Mirror with *Luo Hua* Slash connecting to V-Shaped Feast isn't something that an average Swordsman can do."

"But the problem is, there weren't many Swordsmen who could do this move at the time, right? Most teams would choose to have the Curselock follow up with a Hexagram Curse after Double Casket Barrage," Piao Liu said fairly.

"So just now this guy was just looking for a chance to show off. Everyone, ignore him," Yu Tian Shen Ming looked down on Zhan Wu Shang. But in the end, he didn't forget to show off himself: "But frankly speaking, there are also skills to casting Six-Ring Mirror. *Luo Hua* Slash connecting to V-Shaped Feast isn't without a solution."

"As long as you add an Ice Deflect the moment you cast Six-Ring Mirror, the appearance of the Six-Ring Mirror will be slightly delayed. At that time, *Luo Hua* Slash plus V-Shaped Feast will fail to cut cleanly because it came out too early." Piao Liu stole the words that Yu Tian Shen Ming was preparing to show off, which made Yu Tian Shen Ming very annoyed. As a result, Shui Shen, who was also a Mage at the time, said in surprise: "You add an Ice Deflect during Six-Ring Mirror? How fast would your hands have to be?"

Yu Tian Shen Ming glanced sideways: "So some people may only know it in theory. I seriously doubt if he can actually use it."

Piao Liu smiled: "The real reality is that there wouldn't be more than four people on the entire server of *Cang Tian Zhan Ji* who could break Six-Ring Mirror with *Luo Hua* Slash connecting to V-Shaped Feast. So even if you use Six-Ring Mirror plus Ice Deflect, there's a 99.99% chance that you'll be shot into a hornet's nest by a newbie's Double Casket Barrage."

A bunch of experts stubbornly turned the story of grievances into a show-off session, but You Ge was still listening with relish. Of course he had also played this game, but he didn't know there were such gorgeous techniques. It was clearly a show of skill that only existed among high-end players. Although it was already something in the coffin now, it still reflected the realm of this group of guys.

"Hey, are you guys still going to let me continue?" Lu Ke was very unhappy. It was just a winning point in a battle, but as a result, she, the Swordsman, and Shui Shen, the Mage, were each looked down upon by the experts here. These guys were really perverts.

"I don't think there's any need to say it anymore," Piao Liu said. "The matter is very obvious. No matter what, the fault lies with Forever. If he insists that you can't break Six-Ring Mirror with *Luo Hua* Slash connecting to V-Shaped Feast, then that's considered being unreasonable. It's even more unreasonable to blame Jian Gui. Moreover, this mistake of his was obviously intentional. If he was really an expert of the same level as us, it would be outrageous to make this mistake even once, let alone twice? He wasn't at the computer at the time, was he?"

"That's right, it's definitely intentional!" The experts made a technical judgment.

"However, there isn't only one method for these coordination details, so it's hard to draw a conclusion. According to your way of fighting, he was wrong at this point. But if he wants to find an excuse, there are still many. In short, it's easy to create controversy. This may be why he deliberately made a mistake at this point," Piao Liu said.

Lu Ke nodded: "In short, this time even Jian Gui couldn't help it. After the argument, Forever pretended to be a weak group, saying that the four of us were targeting him alone. I..." Lu Ke held back the curse words. But she didn't have the mood to continue speaking, "Later, he left, and took half of the players in the guild with him. We were originally the strongest guild on the server, but we suddenly declined."

"Speaking of this, I have to mention someone's contribution! If it weren't for someone always being so annoying and unbearable, I think Forever would have taken at most a third, no, a quarter of the people," Shui Shen said.

Everyone looked at Han Family's Young Master. Han Family's Young Master nodded calmly: "This self-criticism is quite profound."

"Shameless!" Shui Shen gritted his teeth.

"Forever is indeed quite shameless," Han Family's Young Master nodded again.

"I'm talking about you!" Shui Shen said.

Han Family's Young Master remained indifferent, and looked at the others: "That's the matter. We and this Forever have formed a grudge. Only Jian Gui treats this matter as a normal dispute. But we all believe that this Forever came with the purpose of provoking and dividing our guild from the beginning. I remember someone almost got together with him at the time, right?"

Shui Shen was embarrassed for a moment, but quickly defended himself to the others: "I just wanted to stay away from some very annoying things."

Lu Ke, however, had a look of relief on her face: "Fortunately, the four of us weren't provoked by him."

"Because we don't need him at all," Han Family's Young Master said.

"That's right, I'm already at the limit of hating certain people. How else can he provoke us?" Shui Shen said.

The others collectively supported their foreheads. Shui Shen constantly expressed his strong dislike for Han Family's Young Master, and Han Family's Young Master repeatedly showed his disregard for Shui Shen. But until now, it seemed that the dialogue between these two guys was the most frequent, right? You Ge made a slight calculation. Even the Yu Tian Shen Ming and Zhan Wu Shang group and the Yu Tian Shen Ming and Piao Liu group, who often bickered with each other, couldn't compete with this group.

"Then what was his purpose in intentionally dividing you?" Piao Liu asked at this time.

"If you're the largest guild on the server, you basically monopolized Tian Cang Mountain, right?" Jian Nan You, who had been listening without expressing any opinions, suddenly spoke at this time.

"Of course," Shui Shen replied to him.

Jian Nan You obviously also had painful memories in this game, and he now had a look of unbearable past on his face: "If you can't occupy Tian Cang Mountain, you basically can't make money in *Cang Tian Zhan Ji*."

"Yeah, this point in the game is very unbalanced!" Huo Ran Yi also came to complain.

"It's also the charm of it. Weren't all the enjoyable PKs fought over Tian Cang Mountain?" Zhan Wu Shang said.

"Without a powerful guild, you basically can't survive in Tian Cang Mountain," Jian Nan You sighed.

"How long did you guys control Tian Cang Mountain?" Piao Liu asked.

Shui Shen and Lu Ke looked at each other, and both had a look of pride on their faces: "Three months!"

"Three months!" All the experts were shocked. At the time, the situation in *Cang Tian Zhan Ji* was such that a guild that could occupy Tian Cang Mountain for a week was already very impressive.

"Yun Xiao Pavilion Broken! You guys are the guild Yun Xiao Pavilion Broken from the third server, right?" You Ge was worthy of being the information king. Although the others also immediately recalled that there was indeed a super awesome guild in *Cang Tian Zhan Ji* that occupied Tian Cang Mountain for three months, no matter what they couldn't remember the name, let alone which server it was from.

"Yun Xiao Pavilion Broken! That's right, isn't that Jian Gui, no, he was called Yan Gui at the time! I remember, haha!" You Ge was excited.

"If it weren't for this guy, it would have been more than three months," Shui Shen said. "After this guy took our people away, he joined another relatively strong guild in our server that day, and snatched our territory in Tian Cang Mountain... Damn it, who would believe that this wasn't planned and premeditated!"

"What was the situation in your server afterwards?" Jian Nan You asked.

"Afterwards, we also counterattacked a few times, but we lost more than we won. Although they weren't able to continuously control it as powerfully as we did at the beginning, they basically occupied it most of the time. We thought about looking for Forever for some personal trouble, but Jian Gui didn't agree, saying that we were friends and should part on good terms, and that disputes were normal, and no one was sorry to anyone... Jian Gui! He's just kind and generous, so kind and generous that I want to strangle him!" Shui Shen said this, but when he mentioned Jian Gui, the look of admiration still often showed.

"Then this time you happen to run into each other, and the reason for fighting is also very sufficient. Parallel World has a large death penalty, exciting, right?" Piao Liu smiled.

"Hmph, at that time I suspected that he was a studio plant who was brought in to cause trouble. At the time, we occupied Tian Cang Mountain, and the studios who squatted in our server cried because they couldn't make big money at all. Now, he's hired by Ying Qi again. Is this guy naturally good at being a lackey for studios?" Shui Shen was very contemptuous.

"Hey, even if you're working for a studio, you don't have to be a lackey. That's so harsh," Jian Nan You and a few other guys who were about to start a strong collaboration with the studio expressed dissatisfaction.

"Of course I'm not talking about you guys. You're self-reliant and strive for self-improvement. You're letting the studio work for you. You're heroes," Shui Shen said.

The few people smiled bitterly helplessly. You Ge looked at Han Family's Young Master: "Then what do we do now?"

Han Family's Young Master looked at Piao Liu: "What do you think of the strength of this Eagle Corps? Compared to us."

"The number of experts and the level of coordination are both above us," Piao Liu said frankly. The Eagle Corps had thirty people. If they were all in the top twenty of the level experience ranking, then there were indeed more experts than Very Heaven currently had. As for the coordination aspect, the coordination of the experts on the Very Heaven side relied entirely on the outstanding awareness of these experts. But now the opponents were experts of the same level, and their coordination was honed through long-term battles together. There was definitely a gap.

"We have Qian Li!" Yu Tian Shen Ming said.

"If we include Qian Li, I really don't know whether to multiply our strength by 2 or square it... This guy's strength is unfathomable!" Piao Liu said.

"But now Qian Li isn't online, and Jian Gui is still in prison, and Bai Shi..." You Ge counted, and well, it turned out that the three most powerful combatants on their side weren't here.

"If Bai Shi and the others come out, they'll also have their own business to take care of, right?" Han Family's Young Master said, and looked at Jian Nan You and the others next to him... Yun Teng Studio was bound to be waiting for Bai Shi Jing Lun to come out of the dungeon and grab them to do hard labor. These professional players, whose primary goal was to make money, were unlikely to participate in the battle with the Eagle Corps.

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