Chapter 229 The Disturbed Xie Yao

Deep within the Feimeng Plain, at the respawn point for hyena monsters, Yao Yao and Yu Lan were in the midst of a group grind.

Yao Yao felt inexplicably restless.

"Yao Yao, what's wrong? You seem distracted," Yu Lan said with concern, standing beside her.

Yao Yao shook her head and said, "It's nothing."

Just then, Yao Yao's voice call activated. It was Xia Ling.

"Yu Lan, I need to take this call first," Yao Yao said apologetically to Yu Lan, then answered.

Seeing Yao Yao's secretive behavior, Yu Lan was very curious about what was happening.

"Xia Ling, what's going on?" Yao Yao asked in the voice call. She felt anticipation mixed with unease, a complex emotion that was difficult to explain.

Xia Ling had originally intended to tease Xie Yao, but seeing her anxious state, she abandoned the joke and said, "He is Nie Yan, but he probably doesn't know you're Yao Yao."

Upon hearing this, a weight lifted from Xie Yao's heart, but her thoughts became even more chaotic. The complex emotions within her were difficult to articulate. Knowing that Nie Yan was Nie Yan, the person she admired was right in front of her, left her feeling lost for a moment.

"Xia Ling, what should I do?"

"Since he's right in front of you, why not make a move? I think he's a good person, talented, and seems to have a good personality. Let me tell you, Nie Yan is very popular in our class right now. A lot of girls are eyeing him, so if you're too slow, you might regret it," Xia Ling teased with a laugh.

Xie Yao's cheeks flushed. She still had some reservations in her heart, and felt that at the very least she should wait for Nie Yan to pursue her. Thinking of this, a ripple went through Xie Yao's heart. She didn't understand what it meant.

"He said he wants to pursue you," Xia Ling said with a smile.

"Me?"

"Yes, the real-life Xie Yao. Are you going to accept? Do you want to tell him you're Yao Yao?" Xia Ling asked, finding the situation amusing.

Xie Yao thought for a moment and shook her head. "It's better not to. Don't tell him yet."

Xia Ling considered that in matters of the heart, too much external advice could interfere with a person's own thoughts.

"This matter should be handled by you. It's fortunate that those girls don't know you play games, otherwise your identity couldn't be hidden," Xia Ling said. Xia Ling could understand Yao Yao's feelings. On one hand, she hoped that Nie Yan was Nie Yan in the game, so that she could spend time with Nie Yan. On the other hand, she worried that Nie Yan would discover her identity, which would bring much awkwardness to their relationship.

"I'll keep it a secret for as long as I can. I hope we can find a suitable way to get along then," Xie Yao said. Nie Yan actually said he wanted to pursue her. Thinking of this, she felt a little sweetness in her heart, but remembering Nie Yan's indifference towards her in the game, she couldn't help but feel a little lost.

Xie Yao realized that Nie Yan was deliberately distancing himself from her in the game, which made her a little sad.

Nie Yan didn't know that Xie Yao and Yao Yao were the same person. In Nie Yan's eyes, Yao Yao was like a intoxicating poison. He couldn't forget that night, what they had done in the secret room. The lewd scenes of that night often floated in his mind. Yao Yao's flawless white body, like a goddess fallen to earth, was intoxicating, and he was worried that he would uncontrollably fall in love with Yao Yao. Nie Yan had a good impression of Yao Yao, even liked her very much, after all they had been together for so long. But his feelings for Xie Yao were unforgettable, an indelible mark in his life!

If he had to choose between the two, Nie Yan would choose Xie Yao without hesitation, not Yao Yao, especially since nothing had happened between them. Therefore, Nie Yan subconsciously deliberately distanced himself from Yao Yao, maintaining a friendly relationship, to avoid hurting her.

Xie Yao could never know any of this.

"He wouldn't be interested in other girls, with such a beautiful Xie Yao around, all the other girls would be overshadowed," Xia Ling comforted Xie Yao.

"You're just trying to coax me," Xie Yao said with a laugh, feeling much more cheerful.

"I'm telling you the truth. Nie Yan said he's taking us to level up. We're leaving soon. We only have two hours, so we'll talk later," Xia Ling said. She was also looking forward to what it would be like to level up with a legendary figure like Nie Yan.

"Okay, I'll contact you later," Xie Yao said, hanging up the voice call, feeling somewhat anxious.

Over at Link Town, Nie Yan wore a large black cloak that completely obscured his face.

"Does anyone here have any AoE (area of effect) spells?" Nie Yan asked. Since he was taking them to level up, they needed AoE spells for faster grinding.

"No."

"I don't either," the mages all shook their heads.

They were lucky to have a few Silver-grade equipment pieces, and the rest were Bronze-grade. They had only saved up for a few high-damage single-target spells. Right now, the price of each AoE spell was as high as fifty or sixty silver coins, or even more, how could they afford it?

Nie Yan thought for a moment and said, "Wait a moment, I'll call someone else."

Nie Yan sent a message to Tang Yao, saying, "Yaozi, come and help me level up some of my classmates."

"Alright, coordinates, I'll be there immediately." Tang Yao was about to go level up with some of his teammates, but after receiving Nie Yan's message, he immediately declined and hurried over.

Zhai Hao, Li Rui, and the others were chatting, excited about the upcoming leveling session. Just then, someone approached them. He was a bit overweight, but his equipment was top-notch, and he was followed by a chubby blue Arcane Spirit.

They clearly recognized the person and were stunned.

They had been discussing who Nie Yan would call to level them up, but they never expected to see another legendary figure, Yaozi! (Nickname for Tang Yao, meaning 'Kite')

Before the end of the Molten Forest campaign, the most famous person in the Niu Ren Tribe wasn't Nie Yan, but Yaozi, who had consistently held the top spot on the level rankings, unshakeable, and was extremely popular among players.

Yaozi was also a legend!

"Are these your classmates?" Tang Yao confirmed with Nie Yan, then extended his hand to them and said, "Hello, I'm Yaozi."

Zhai Hao and the others were flattered and said, "Hello."

The group chatted as they headed towards the Rocky Plains, where level 30 Stone Giants spawned.

It was the first time they were facing such high-level monsters, and Zhai Hao and the others were a little nervous, but what happened next left them speechless.

They just stood there as Nie Yan disappeared into the jungle. After a while, he emerged with a large number of Stone Giants following him, densely packed like a tide.

Tang Yao began preparing a spell. In just a moment, the spell was completed, and red clouds rolled across the sky as fireballs rained down.

Zhai Hao and the others worried for Nie Yan. Nie Yan was in the center of the AoE spell, wouldn't he be killed by this attack? How could Tang Yao cast the AoE spell like that! Wasn't this attempted murder?

They saw Nie Yan suddenly disappear, nowhere to be found.

Boom, boom, boom, fireballs exploded on the monsters, damage numbers popped up, and soon the ground was littered with the corpses of Stone Giants.

These monsters couldn't withstand Tang Yao's invincible spell damage.

Zhai Hao and the others were searching for Nie Yan, worried that he had been killed, when they saw Nie Yan coming from a distance, leading another group of Stone Giants.

Tang Yao continued to cast area spells, clearing out all the nearby Stone Giants, and they began collecting the dropped equipment. Then they moved on to the next area with more Stone Giants.

Leveling up became easier after the system upgrade, and the Stone Giants gave a lot of experience. Zhai Hao and the others heard the sound of leveling up incessantly, first one person leveled up, then another, the speed was terrifying.

With such efficiency, how could leveling up not be fast? No wonder Yaozi had been able to maintain his position at the top of the rankings for so long.

Zhai Hao and the others were ecstatic. In the past, they would need at least two or three days to level up once, but now, they had leveled up twice in just a few tens of minutes. This was partly due to the experience reduction after the system upgrade, but Tang Yao's terrifying monster-killing efficiency was truly astonishing.

The road was littered with the corpses of Stone Giants.

Watching Tang Yao's terrifying spellcasting frequency, which never stopped, Zhai Hao and the others were dumbfounded. Didn't Tang Yao use any mana to cast spells? Watching the spells spewing out like a machine gun, the scene was too shocking.

How was the legend of the number one player born!

This powerful spellcasting speed gave them a glimpse. If Tang Yao usually leveled up like this, being number one was a given!

For two hours, Zhai Hao and the others enjoyed the rocket-like leveling speed. Zhai Hao broke through level 30, and the others were around level 28 or 29.

Nie Yan broke through level 27. He put all his stat points into Agility. As for Strength, he had already used virtual stat points to increase it to 800, so he could use the Mounted Crossbow. There was absolutely no problem with not adding Strength for now.

"We have a lot of things to do, so we'll leave first. I'll take you leveling again later," Nie Yan said to Zhai Hao and the others. It was already very difficult for him to spare two hours. Next, he and Tang Yao had to participate in guild activities.

"Okay, you guys go ahead," Zhai Hao and the others understood that people like Nie Yan and Tang Yao were definitely very busy. It was already very kind of them to spare two hours to take them leveling. They had already leveled up several times and couldn't ask for more.

"You've already joined the Warrior Tribe. If you want to join the Niu Ren Tribe, you have to pass the assessment. In order to maintain the fairness of the Niu Ren Tribe, I have to be impartial. But I can give you some guild contribution points," Nie Yan said. As the guild leader, he had to lead by example to maintain the rules of the Niu Ren Tribe, and he could only wrong these old brothers.

Nie Yan gave them each 500 guild contribution points, then said goodbye to Zhai Hao, Li Rui, and the others with Tang Yao. He had just received a message from Guo Huai that six hundred members of the guild had gathered!

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