Chapter 125 Fan Encounters

To be honest, Ye Xiu didn’t have much experience interacting with fans. It was a miracle that he'd managed to stay behind the scenes as an idol for so many years. Only esports could produce such a player. However, faced with the enthusiasm of his fans, Ye Xiu showed his usual composure. He didn't seem flustered, simply saying "Hello" calmly, like meeting an ordinary person.

"You're your fan, ah! You must return to the professional league!" Lin Shan Shui said.

"Definitely," Ye Xiu said.

Then there was silence. Although he had admired his idol for a long time, Lin Shan Shui couldn't find anything else to say besides expressing his heartfelt support.

"What are you planning to do now?" Chen Guo asked. Two voices, one from the game and one from outside, sounded a little strange.

"Of course, I'm going to level up!" Ye Xiu said.

"Let's team up. I'll carry you," Chen Guo said, sending Ye Xiu an invitation to join her party.

"You guys carrying me… might not be as fast as me leveling up on my own…" Ye Xiu said.

In a team, you get less experience per person but kill monsters faster. Solo, you get more experience, but kill monsters slower. Whether it’s faster to level up solo or in a team depends on how much experience you get per unit of time. So, it all comes down to the individual's skill level and the team's level and efficiency.

There was no need to doubt the skill of a top-tier player like Ye Xiu. He didn't think a team of three would be more efficient than him leveling up solo.

"But at least you won't be so tired," Chen Guo said.

Ye Xiu thought about it. It was true that whether solo or team leveling was more efficient depended on the specific situation, but teaming up was definitely easier than soloing. Thinking of this, Ye Xiu didn't insist. He could level up a bit faster solo, but not significantly, so it wasn't worth fussing over.

So the three formed a team, just killing wild monsters. There was no need for any command or coordination, just find a monster and rush to kill it. Chen Guo and Lin Shan Shui were both veterans, and they were bullying level 55 monsters with their level 70 characters. What pressure could they possibly have? Ye Xiu's level was low, but with his skill, saying he was bullying monsters in the game was an understatement. Naturally, there was no suspense at all.

Chen Guo and Lin Shan Shui were there specifically to be his training partners, and they were determined to keep training with him until level 70, so they hadn't made any other arrangements. They just kept killing level 55 monsters that were meaningless to them. Of course, there was a chance to get some good items from level 55 monsters, but, as it was a chance, it was super, super low. Hoping for that could only be considered a way to make the monotonous time pass a little more meaningfully. However, for the two of them at the moment, they were accompanying their idol to level up, so how could they feel it was meaningless? This was meaningful in itself.

After practicing meaningfully for more than an hour, the three were chatting casually when suddenly Ye Xiu's Lord Grim stopped. Then, they heard him say, "Someone's coming."

"What's so strange about someone coming?" Chen Guo said dismissively.

"They're heading towards us," Ye Xiu said.

"Haha!" Chen Guo laughed. "The Heavenly Domain is chaotic, that's true, but aren't you being too nervous? You're a grand god, after all!"

Lin Shan Shui didn't comment, but he also felt it was a bit of an overreaction. PKs were rampant in the Heavenly Domain. It was normal to be ambushed while leveling. Most people had experienced it and were prepared for it. While Ye Xiu's reaction was cautious, in Lin Shan Shui's eyes, this was a god! Showing such caution in such a small situation lowered his image score in his mind.

But Ye Xiu wasn't embarrassed at all. He just continued, "It's different."

"Different? What's different?" Chen Guo asked.

"In the tenth server, after Thousand Wave Lake, the big guilds never harassed us again. Do you really think they decided to coexist peacefully with us?" Ye Xiu said.

"That… logically speaking… probably not." Chen Guo understood the relationships between guilds. No fighting between guilds didn't mean peace. It just meant they were balanced, and no one dared to act rashly. If any guild had a major problem, the other guilds would definitely take the opportunity to strike. How did the Excellent Era guild become a thorn in the side of the major guilds? Chen Guo had gained a deep understanding of it through observation during this time.

They temporarily had no way to deal with them after the Thousand Wave Lake incident, but Chen Guo didn't believe they would just stop completely. Those days, she had been trying to figure out what those guys were up to with Ye Xiu! But later, the guilds remained silent, and Ye Xiu didn't say anything, so it was forgotten. Now that Ye Xiu suddenly mentioned it, Chen Guo naturally thought of that and immediately said, "Are you worried they'll attack in the Heavenly Domain?"

"Without a doubt, they're waiting for this opportunity. Because if my character wants to continue leveling up, I can only enter the Heavenly Domain. But in the Heavenly Domain, my level is only 50, and they have a 20-level advantage and plenty of manpower. Do you think they'll let go of such a good opportunity?" Ye Xiu said.

"You thought of this a long time ago?"

"Mm," Ye Xiu replied.

Lin Shan Shui had heard a lot about Ye Xiu's deeds in the tenth server from Chen Guo. Now, listening to their conversation, he understood most of it. Thinking about being hunted down by experts from the major club guilds who were 20 levels higher, the image score that had just decreased immediately went back up, and his worship increased even more: As expected of a god, he's always so cool wherever he goes.

Seeing the group of people running straight towards them, Ye Xiu was alert but not panicked. Since he had been wary, he had chosen places to level up that were spacious, making it easier to spot unfriendly people. Seeing that there were five players heading straight for them, but there was no movement in other directions, Ye Xiu wasn't sure if it was an ambush.

As the five people got closer, the three of them were stunned when they saw the guild titles above their heads.

The guild name these five people were displaying was not the name of any club guild. Due to the limitations of the game settings, club guilds could only have a maximum of ten thousand people. However, any team would definitely have more than ten thousand supporters, so club guilds would establish many branches to accommodate supporters. These branch names usually had a clear guild name identifier so people could easily recognize them. But these five people didn't seem to have any connection with any club guild.

"They're from Yi Zhan," Chen Guo said, calling out the name of the guild.

"Oh? Who are they?" Ye Xiu asked. Judging by Chen Guo's tone, this guild seemed to have some background.

"Yi Zhan Tian Xia is a player guild. It's quite powerful. The guild leader is called Zhan Lou Lan. I heard he's a rich second-generation heir who used money to build this guild," Tang Guo explained to Ye Xiu. Ye Xiu hadn't paid attention to things in the game for a long time. How would he know about the rise and fall of these player guilds?

"Oh…" Ye Xiu understood after Chen Guo's explanation. No matter what kind of online game it was, it couldn't stop the power of RMB (renminbi) warriors. If you spend money, even if you don't have the skill, you can get strong equipment and bully most people. Besides, it's a misconception that RMB warriors have no skill. Being willing to spend so much money proves that they love the game, and their skills can't be that bad.

So Ye Xiu had no discrimination against these kinds of players. On the contrary, he was quite envious. Having money to directly buy equipment saved so much trouble…

"This person shouldn't be involved with the club guilds," Chen Guo continued. Zhan Lou Lan and the other four were approaching quickly, getting closer and closer. They didn't even look at the monsters along the way. Without a doubt, they were coming for the three of them. Since it wasn't a club guild seeking revenge, Ye Xiu had guessed the person's intentions. He couldn't help it, he was really popular lately!

When they got close, the five people slowed down. But they were all game characters, and their normal walking was the system's default. No one could walk more smoothly than anyone else. However, the equipment on these five people did give off an extraordinary aura. An old hand like Ye Xiu didn't even need to check their information. Just by looking at the style of the equipment, he knew that each piece was top-notch. Even in the professional circle, not every character had custom-made equipment from head to toe. Many pieces were just orange equipment obtained from the game. There were many people in the game who had this kind of equipment, and it was even easier for an RMB warrior.

The equipment of these five people was enough to make any player in the game jealous. Especially the one in the center, with the ID Zhan Lou Lan above his head. Ye Xiu even recognized the heavy sword the character was carrying on his shoulder. This sword was called "Zhan Feng," a level 65 pink weapon. Although it wasn't a max-level 70 weapon, it was still a weapon that swordsmen in the professional circle would choose.

The most special additional attribute of this heavy sword was that it made the character's attack power related to the character's item shortcut bar. For every weapon placed in the shortcut bar, the character's attack power would increase by 10%.

In Glory, there were 12 slots in the item shortcut bar. That meant if you put weapons in all of them, the character's attack power would increase by 120%. This was absolutely insane. Theoretically, "Zhan Feng" was the limit of attack power in Glory. Since the appearance of this weapon in the game, the question of how to create the additional attribute of "Zhan Feng" had troubled the technical teams of all the major clubs.