Chapter 1: Teacher Gu Fei

  The sky above Cloud City was a dull gray, with light rain falling intermittently.

  Near the player's birthplace in the City of Law, two NPC merchants are surrounded by a crowd. These two guys, one specializes in selling brooms and the other operates black-framed glasses. The promotion of magic, an old theme, by "Harry Potter" is so powerful that even the latest holographic online game masterpiece "Parallel World" cannot escape its influence.

  These two NPCs, in the standard Harry Potter style, slaughtered new players with two knives. To know that new players only get 50 copper coins from the system, but these two useless decorations cost 125 each, adding up to 250. Despite this, players' enthusiasm did not decrease, and they worked hard for a day just for this 250. The entire wizarding school was filled with players wearing long robes, black-framed glasses, and waving brooms.

  In this joyful atmosphere, there is one person who looks worried.

  Gu Fei, wearing a long robe of a Taoist priest, stood in the center of the school square, gazing at the lively crowd around him, and except for sighing, he couldn't find anything else to do.

  He is least willing to be a lawyer.

  But he became a lawyer instead.

  It's all because of that student named A Fa. Gu Fei was originally a teacher at the school, and unintentionally overheard several students discussing this new online game that uses holographic technology. After asking a few questions, the student named A Fa kindly gave him an account.

  Who would have thought that good intentions could lead to trouble? Ah Fa had carelessly given his pre-set profession and name account to Gu Fei. It wasn't until after Gu Fei had undergone a full-body scan, identity binding, and other operations to enter the game that he discovered this situation. And to make matters worse, this online game was the first to use holographic technology, attracting unprecedented attention. Due to the limited capacity of the game server, the official could only send out a limited number of accounts, with each identity restricted to one account only. In the end, if Gu Fei wanted to play this game, he had no choice but to become this mage.

  Looking at the latest holographic equipment he had bought especially, it would be a waste not to play. Gu Fei finally entered the game. Unfortunately, he didn't get the profession he wanted, and the purpose of playing the game was completely lost. At this time, Gu Fei stood in the city, unsure what to do next.

  Suddenly, he saw several Taoist priests dragging their tattered robes with blue noses and swollen faces running back and forth outside the gate of the Taoist Academy. Gu Fei saw a short and thin figure among them and subconsciously shouted: "A Fa!"

  It's this student, poor grades, poor in sports, and looks are just ordinary. Except for being glib, no special talents were found. In school, he belongs to the kind of person that neither grandma nor grandpa loves, an absolute marginal figure. The game account "Gu Fei" was actually from him. When they met in the game, Gu Fei tried very hard to restrain his urge to go up and beat him up, after all, it wasn't intentional. Moreover, he had to set a good example for others.

  A Fa heard someone calling him and looked up to see Gu Fei. He stumbled over, his feet tangling together. "Teacher!" A Fa said.

  "Alright, alright, no need to be like that." Gu Fei hastily said. Being asked after in such a manner by a student in the game was truly one of the most embarrassing things for him. Many surrounding players who heard this voice curiously looked over.

  "How did you end up like this?" Gu Fei pulled A Fa away from the crowd and asked.

  "A Fa took two deep breaths: "I didn't expect, I didn't expect it to be like this... Just went out for a stroll in the city and got beaten up."

  "What level are you now?" Gu Fei asked curiously. In the game, apart from the birthplace, there was no so-called safe zone, which Gu Fei knew, but PK protection for low-level players still existed. Players below level 5 were not possible to be PKed.

  "It's just been born and hasn't even leveled up yet!" Ah Fa said.

  "How can it be P'd by others?" Gu Fei was puzzled.

  "It's not being P'd, it's being beaten up," Ah Fa said.

  "What's the difference?" Gu Fei didn't understand.

  "Teacher, PK is supposed to use in-game skills and reduce in-game health. But now it's a holographic simulation, they beat me up like we're fighting on the streets! Although my health didn't decrease, but... it really hurts!" Ah Fa touched his mouth corner, gritting his teeth.

  "There's actually such a person!" Gu Fei exclaimed in surprise.

  "Really! I didn't expect this to happen after the holographic simulation either." Ah Fa said.

  "Holographic simulation..." Gu Fei muttered to himself, "I'll go take a look!" Gu Fei suddenly stepped forward and headed outside.

  "Wait!" Afu grabbed Gu Fei, "Teacher, you're also a Fa Master, and your innate body and Qi strength are not as good as theirs. We can't win this fight!"

  Gu Fei patted Ah Fa's head and said: "Have you forgotten? The teacher knows kung fu!" After finishing speaking, he turned around and left.

  "Teacher!" Ah Fa stared at Gu Fei's back in a daze. Teacher Gu Fei is skilled in martial arts! This sentence was a joke in Yu Lin Middle School. It's said that even the principal privately commented: What is shamelessness? Teacher Gu Fei repeatedly saying he's skilled in martial arts is the most shameless thing I've ever seen in my life.

  Gu Fei indeed has better jumping ability, faster speed, more agile movements and greater strength. In the eyes of ordinary people, as a physical education teacher, such performance is completely reasonable, but Gu Fei insists that he has been practicing martial arts since childhood, and has trained to have this strong physique, having fought undefeated across the land since he was young.

  No one believes it.

  Because in the Yu Lin campus network, there is a widely circulated video shot by a surveillance camera installed at the school gate. It's unknown who uploaded it online. On the screen, a young man was beaten by an old man at the school gate until his face turned blue and swollen, rolling on the ground without any ability to fight back. The title of this video is "Old but still vigorous". The male lead is indeed the old man, as for the second male lead, after investigation, it turns out to be Gu Fei teacher who claims to have "invincible hands all over the world".

  Having had such an encounter, who would still believe that Gu Fei has kung fu skills? Everyone thought he was a martial arts fanatic and somewhat mentally unstable. Fortunately, although Gu Fei said he had kung fu skills, he didn't have the slightest tendency towards violence, and his teaching attitude was serious, so it didn't have any further impact.

  But for now... Ah Fa's eyes were fixed on Gu Fei who had already walked out of the Magic Academy's gate and was turning his head back to shout at Ah Fa: "Which way?"

  A Fa subconsciously pointed to the right and Gu Fei took a step forward and walked.

  A Fa was stunned for a while, then reacted and hurriedly chased after him in quick strides.

  The game's realism is undoubtedly done very well, the stone-paved road makes people feel a bit sore feet, but Gu Fei quickly steps like flying, A Fa runs behind with sweat all over his head, and sees Gu Fei stop at another intersection.

  "Where are they?" Gu Fei asked, turning his head as he saw Ah Fa rushing over.

  "They were just over there." Ah Fa pointed to the pond in the center of the square ahead. "Teacher, don't go!" Ah Fa shouted as he saw Gu Fei advancing forward.

  Gu Fei turned his head and smiled: "Don't come over, the teacher will be back soon."

  The silhouette of a Taoist priest's long gown always looks weak, but Gu Fei's figure gives people an extraordinary sense of elegance and confidence.

  "Whatever! At most I'll get a beating, but the real me won't get hurt!" Ah Fa muttered to himself as he chased after.

  But at this time, Gu Fei's figure had disappeared. A Fa walked while looking around, suddenly hearing a burst of miserable cries coming from a nearby alley. A Fa rushed over and poked his head in to look inside.

  In the alley, four men wearing light armor were beating up a scrawny man. The sound of fists hitting flesh was terrifying, and the victim already had a crooked nose and mouth, with blood splattered all over his face and body. His equipment didn't reveal his profession, but even if he was a tough warrior, as an ordinary person, he couldn't resist the attack of four strong men. He had lost the ability to fight back and was knocked to the ground in the corner of the wall, curled up and silent.

  The four men who were beating him had cruel faces and didn't look like good people at all. However, they stopped their hands because Gu Fei had appeared in front of them.

  No one spoke, but when the four men saw Gu Fei's mage robe, they suddenly exchanged a glance and revealed a knowing smile.

  "Let him go!" Gu Fei said.

  "Are you talking about him?" The burliest of the four kicked the poor man cowering in the corner with one foot, gave a glance to the other three beside him, and the four slowly moved to surround Gu Fei from all sides. Originally they were all on guard against Gu Fei turning around to escape, but unexpectedly Gu Fei stood still, allowing the four to surround him.

  The burly man, who was clearly the leader, flashed a hint of surprise in his eyes. But after sizing up Gu Fei carefully, he seemed to relax a bit. The guy in front of him wasn't particularly tall, and the fitted mage robe from the game didn't hide his well-proportioned physique - broad shoulders, narrow waist, long legs; this was clearly someone who worked out regularly. His physical fitness wasn't bad, so he probably wouldn't be too weak in a fight either. But this was a game, after all - in reality, having good physical fitness might be useful, but in the game, speed, strength, and endurance were all determined by data. This guy was a mage, with the weakest strength and endurance; one punch from him would leave Gu Fei crying out in pain for half a day. It seemed that the highly realistic environment had made this person forget that they were in a game.

  No idle talk, the leader just said one word: "Up!"