Chapter Eighteen: Crisis of Trust

  After going offline, Gu Fei hastily attended to his own affairs - physical education class.

  Physical education classes are only two sessions a week, so each physical education teacher usually takes several classes at the same time. This afternoon coincides with Gu Fei's peak working hours, and he has to teach three classes in one afternoon.

  At this time, Gu Fei was somewhat absent-minded. The several guys he had just met, although with different personalities, all seemed to be top-notch players in the online gaming world. Speaking of himself, his kung fu skills were top-notch, but his online gaming skills still left much to be desired. Following these top players and learning from them wouldn't be a bad thing for him to improve his own kung fu skills in the online gaming world.

  Just in time, the people had arrived at the playground, and the students were already lined up waiting. Gu Fei hastily collected his thoughts and seriously led the students through the content of this lesson. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride, thinking to himself that these students of his were really well-behaved! And then there was that one called Yutian Shenming, who didn't even know the basics of etiquette.

  Just then, Ah Fa lowered his head and eyes and approached Gu Fei: "Teacher, ah... hey..."

  "What's wrong?" Gu Fei asked.

  "What level are you at?" Ah Fa whispered. Gu Fei had reminded him not to reveal the fact that their teacher was playing games.

  "Level 30." Gu Fei replied to him.

  "Niu!" Ah Fa exclaimed in surprise.

  "Is this how you speak to a teacher?!" Gu Fei's expression suddenly turned stern, he thought of that arrogant and domineering Yu Tian Shen Ming, it turns out his own class has one like that too.

  A Fa's face was full of grievances, he unintentionally treated his teacher like a brother.

  "Focus on your studies! Don't spend all day thinking about games, student. Learning should be your priority, did you hear me?" scolded Teacher Gu Fei.

  A Fa was left with nothing to say, looking unhappy and saying "I heard" before quickly leaving.

  Gu Fei continued to teach his students with a serious expression, and the three classes were exactly the same. Although it was repetitive, it was much more boring than playing online games. Of course, if he was teaching them martial arts, that would be a different story. At the end of the last class, before dismissal, Gu Fei asked: "Are there any students who want to learn some martial arts with the teacher after class?"

  "Huh......" All the students widened their eyes.

  "It's a show!" Gu Fei's eyes lit up, after countless times of hinting, had he finally piqued the students' curiosity? "Cough cough!" He cleared his throat, just about to continue with another two sentences, when suddenly the students dispersed in an uproar. From afar, someone was shouting: "Breaking news, breaking news! Teacher Gu Fei has brought up his kung fu again!!!"

  It seems that in reality, kung fu is indeed useless! Gu Fei Yu was depressed.

  After work and dinner, Gu Fei returned to the "Parallel World" again.

  "Everyone's waiting for you! Same place." Jian Gui sent a message as soon as he came online.

  Gu Fei hastily made his way from the safe zone to Xiao Lei's bar. The so-called safe zone was actually just a designated area for players to log off. This was because there were many players in the game, and logging off was equivalent to saving the system data. By concentrating in specific areas, it could increase efficiency and reduce the server load. However, it was also possible to force-log off in non-safe zones, but if something unexpected happened to the saved data, such as losing today's hard-won equipment or experience points, or even losing the character itself, the game officials would not take responsibility.

  Some players have suggested: what if I'm tied up by bad people in a deep mountain or old forest, can't die, and can't log off safely?

  System Smile: Online GM is at your service.

  Players scolded angrily. Because all veteran online gamers know: The biggest characteristic of an online GM is that they are always offline.

  Gu Fei rushed to Xiao Lei's bar, Xiao Lei smiled and pointed to a certain private room: "He's waiting for you in there!"

  "Thank you!" Gu Fei hastily rushed over.

  Five people sat upright in the private room, respectfully waiting for Gu Fei's arrival.

  "Been waiting for long?" Gu Fei Lu sat down.

  "Not too long." Han's young master said calmly: "Just an afternoon."

  Gu Fei was depressed and annoyed, this guy not only narcissistic but also knew how to hurt people.

  "Isn't there something we need to discuss? Let's discuss it!" Gu Fei said.

  "We've finished discussing...," said Han Jia's son, "Let's set off immediately."

  "Ah..."

  "We've already discussed what each of us needs to do, and your task this time is relatively simple, so we didn't wait for you." Yu Ge explained with a smile, looking like a good person. "Young master, can you also briefly explain it to Qian Li? Especially what he needs to do."

  Han family's young master nodded and began to speak: "The task is a bounty hunt, the target is the leader of the Wulong Cave mountain bandits, Suo Tu. This is one of the most difficult daily refreshed tasks that I currently know of. I once helped someone do it, we went with 27 people, 20 died on the way, and only 7 made it to the end, but still failed in the final moment. However, those were all ordinary people, with our current team composition, having fewer people actually makes it easier to cooperate. At the beginning of the task, there's nothing for you to do, just follow us as we advance. It's only when we finally face the mountain bandit leader Suo Tu that it will be your time to shine."

  "Sotou is in a small wooden house deep within the Wulong Cave. The space inside the house is very narrow, and with so many of us, it's impossible to move around without getting stuck in a corner. Although the outside area is spacious, as soon as Sotou comes out, he'll immediately blow his whistle, and all the mountain bandits in Wulong Cave will come to help. So, we must block Sotou inside the house door, then you release your level 30 skill, Continuous Fireball. The Continuous Fireball has an area of effect damage, although Sotou is blocked by our people at the door and can't be directly attacked, as long as you release the Continuous Fireball into the room and let it explode, Sotou will naturally take damage. This method may be slower, but Sotou doesn't have any healing skills or equipment, so we can definitely wear him down. If everything goes smoothly, then everyone just needs to burn their skills."

  Everyone laughed.

  "How is it? Your task is simple, right?" Han family's young master asked Gu Fei.

  Gu Fei nodded.

  "Alright, let's set off then! I've arranged to meet the players who accepted the quest at 7 o'clock at the entrance of Wulong Cave, and it's about time now."

  "Alright, you guys go first, I'll be right there!" Gu Fei stood up.

  "What's wrong? You have something again?" The young master of the Han family frowned.

  Gu Fei nodded: "I'll go back to the Mage Academy and learn the 30th-level skill, Pearl of Flame." After saying that, Gu Fei turned around and rushed out, no time to waste!

  Everyone in the private room lost their minds due to Gu Fei's last sentence, and after a while, everyone's eyes fell on Jian Gui. Their eyes were filled with suspicion, denial, and rejection of everything.

  Jian Gui raised his wine cup pretending nothing was wrong, but Han family's young master snatched the cup from his hand.

  The sword demon didn't make a sound.

  "Kengi, it seems you've misjudged this time?" said Otenshin Rin.

  "Kenshin said: I have confidence in his skills."

  "Believe in someone who has reached level 30 and still hasn't learned any skills?" Tian Shen let out a cold hum.

  Jian Gui also snorted: "If you can defeat me, a 25th-level thief, with a 10th-level mage, I'll believe you!"

  "What?" The four of them had never heard of it before. After all, this wasn't something to be proud of, and Sword Ghost didn't want everyone to know about his defeat. Unfortunately, the four of them were very dissatisfied with Gu Fei's recommendation, so Sword Ghost could only reveal his embarrassing battle record. A level 10 mage defeating a level 25 thief, and it was someone under Sword Ghost, the number one online gamer - if Sword Ghost himself wasn't saying it, probably no one would believe it.

  Facing the reactions of the four people, Jian Gui smiled wryly: "I didn't want to either, but losing is losing, and I lost so thoroughly that I have no choice but to admit it."

  "A level 10 wizard? Only knowing fireball and resist fire ring, how can this fight?" muttered Yu Tian Shen. Although he didn't choose to be a wizard himself, it was clear that he still cared deeply about wizards. As soon as he heard something like this had happened, he immediately began thinking about what tactics a wizard could use.

  "His resistance to Flame Ring is quite high, you can't get close?" Mikoto Tengoku begins to guess.

  "He didn't even use his resistance to fire ring." Sword Demon shook his head.

  "Your Fireball technique is extremely high-level, and you're wearing equipment that enhances fire-elemental spell damage. Can't even kill you in one hit?" Keep guessing.

  "The Fireball Technique was just used as a feint," said Sword Demon.

  "What did he use to hit you? Don't tell me it was a monk's fist!"

  "Jian Gui sighed: 'If you think there won't be any more operations in the holographic online game, then you're wrong. Wait until you've seen Qian Li's monster-killing skills, and you'll know what extreme operation means.'"

  "Extreme operation?" The four of them were puzzled. This was just a name given by Jian Gui, and even Gu Fei himself didn't know that his kung fu was considered an operation, let alone extreme, in the eyes of top players in the online game.

  Jian Gui nodded: "Do you think his ranking on the efficiency list came from nowhere? It's all about operation."

  The four of them continued to be absent-minded.

  After a moment, Yu Ge spoke up: "This is interesting, I'm going to study this Thousand Miles Drunken Fist carefully."

  Yutian Shenming's face was still full of doubt, looking at him like that, he couldn't help but directly point at Jian Gui's nose and scold "you're bragging". If this so-called Qianli Yizui was really as powerful as Jian Gui said, he would be the most unhappy one. Because he thought his own mage skills were already unparalleled in the world, a masterpiece, that's why he changed careers to play around. Who knew he would encounter such a strong player so soon, even the number one high-hand in the online gaming world, Jian Gui, admired this expert. This was absolutely impossible! It must be an illusion, Jian Gui must have had an illusion. Yutian Shenming muttered to himself.

  No injuries in battle means nothing to say, and there is no such enthusiastic expression on his face like You Ge, nor a complex psychological activity like Yu Tian Shen Ming.

  Han's young master just stared at Jian Gui and finally said: "I know you never joke."

  "Of course!" said Kengi.

  "I hope it's not this time either." The young master of the Han family stood up.

  "Alright!" Xiang Gui responded. The five legendary gamers of the online gaming world set out on their journey, filled with doubts about Gu Fei.

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