Global Games: Reporting the Great Ascension Stage at the Start

"Thank you so much, Brother Xia Ye!"

The players thanked Shen Hua profusely, their expressions exceptionally sincere.

If this news is true, then Brother Xia Ye has given all players an incredible opportunity!

The players huddled together, excitedly discussing the situation.

"I happen to have a golden [Fireball] talisman on hand, which I originally saved for emergency survival offline, and now it comes in handy!"

"For the next 10 days, I'm determined to get my hands on a golden fire-type magic weapon! Even though it's only worth a hundred low-grade spirit stones right now, buying it will be a huge profit!"

"Such important inside information, and Brother Xia Ye only accepted 3 low-grade spirit stones? That's incredibly generous!"

"You don't understand, that's where Brother Xia Ye's brilliance lies!"

"What makes it so brilliant? How can you tell?"

"Think about it, this message should have sold for 10 low-grade spirit stones. We wouldn't lose money buying it at this price."

"But the question is, if Brother Xia Ye asked for 10 low-grade spirit stones from the start, would you buy it?"

"Of course I wouldn't buy it for 10 low-grade spirit stones. I don't have that many spirit stones in my bag. I'd just turn around and leave!"

"That's why."

"If Brother Xia Ye sets the price at 10 low-grade spirit stones, everyone will definitely leave! Even if it's set at 5 low-grade spirit stones, most of them will still leave."

"Setting the price at 3 low-grade spirit stones is just within our acceptable range! See, almost everyone has stayed!"

"I see, Brother Xia Ye is brilliant! You've thought of everything so thoroughly!"

……

The players' discussion became increasingly heated, with the main topic being where to obtain golden fire-type magical artifacts.

After all, this thing isn't cheap; it can sell for 100 low-grade spirit stones on the market.

Someone also pressed Shen Hua for an answer: "Brother Xia Ye, have you finished reporting the news?"

Shen Hua nodded: "I've said everything that needed to be said, without holding anything back."

He waved his hand dismissively: "Let's go, let's report to our respective departments!"

"Walking and walking!"

The players excitedly surrounded Shen Hua and walked towards the side of the main hall.

Just now, because of the [Qing Ning Pei], everyone was feeling quite down.

But now the gloom has vanished, and the players are in high spirits!

As he walked, Shen Hua suddenly felt a chill run down his spine, as if a pair of eyes were watching him from inside the Yellow Heaven Palace.

However, he wasn't sure.

After all, his strength was too weak, and his divine sense couldn't spread out at all, so it was impossible for him to probe the main hall.

With his mind racing, he said to the players around him, "Now that you've joined the Taiping Sect, don't think about running away when things turn out badly. The sect provides us with resources, such as 30 contribution points per month, so we should also do something for the sect."

"We might not be able to achieve the big goals, but we can take this opportunity to train hard and strive to crush the players from other sects in Xuzhou, bringing honor to the Taiping Sect! Let's do our best!"

"Go for it! Taipingmen players are the best!"

"The Blue Heaven is dead; the Yellow Heaven shall rise!"

"Defeat Huang Lao Dao and Fang Xian Dao!"

The crowd was in high spirits and continued to escort Shen Hua as he strode toward the various departments behind the palace.

……

Shen Hua's premonition was correct. Inside the main hall, someone had indeed been secretly watching him.

At the entrance of the sect's main hall, Zhang Ningjing stood quietly at the door, watching the movements outside the hall.

After Lady Lan entered the hall, Zhang Ning did not rush to talk to her.

Lan was also very sensible and stood quietly to the side without making a sound to disturb them.

Zhang Ning stood at the entrance of the hall, looking out.

She was paying attention to the commotion outside the hall because she was fulfilling her responsibility as the sect leader.

After all, that disciple named Xia Ye had gathered all the newly initiated disciples together. As the sect leader, how could she not pay attention?

She also clearly saw Shen Hua collecting spirit stones from each player.

If Shen Hua was using false information to deceive his fellow disciples, she would not let him off easily. At best, he would be imprisoned; at worst, he would be utterly destroyed.

This is the duty of a sect leader, and no disciple is exempt, even if they are from another world.

So during that time, she listened to everything Shen Hua said in its entirety, without missing a single word.

When Shen Hua first talked about the income of advanced weapon refiners, Zhang Ning didn't think there was anything wrong with it. The income of weapon refiners and alchemists was indeed like that.

But when Shen Hua brought up terms like aliens and spirit boxes, Zhang Ning was completely bewildered, wondering to himself what these things were.

Finally, Shen Hua called on everyone to cultivate diligently and bring glory to the sect.

Upon hearing this, a strange glint flashed in Zhang Ning's eyes. This kid does have some sense!

Based solely on his last sentence, Zhang Ning began to think highly of Xiahou Dun.

Only after Shen Hua was surrounded by players and left did Zhang Ning turn to look at Lan Shi and say apologetically, "Fellow Daoist Lan, I'm really sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."

Lan smiled and waved her hand: "It's alright, it's alright. The sect leader is so dedicated to his disciples, he truly deserves our respect."

She and her daughter are both hands-off managers; it's currently the Second Elder who's handling the affairs of the sect at Qingzhu Mountain.

"Fellow Daoist flatters me too much." Zhang Ning smiled, walked to the main seat in the hall and sat down, saying, "You sit down too, let's talk about serious matters."

"Okay," Lan replied, and sat down in a seat to the side.

After everyone was seated, Zhang Ning asked, "Fellow Daoist Lan, do you know our sect's newly accepted disciple, Xia Ye?"

"Of course we know each other." Madam Lan nodded with a smile. "Xia Ye stayed in our Qingzhushan market for more than a month before. My daughter had a lot of contact with him and thought highly of this child."

"My daughter even gave him her personal jade pendant, just to help him speed up his cultivation progress."

Zhang Ning was somewhat puzzled: "Since you value him so much, why didn't you keep him in your family in the first place?"

"It's all because his talent is too extraordinary," Lan Shi frankly stated. "To become a high-level weapon refiner in just over a month is a talent rarely seen in the world. Only top-tier sects can truly allow him to showcase his abilities."

At this point, Lan paused for a moment, then changed the subject: "Besides that, Xia Ye also has a secret."

"A secret? What secret?" Zhang Ning immediately became interested.

Lan smiled faintly and shook her head, saying, "I'm not at liberty to say more about this. Let the sect leader investigate it slowly in the future."

Zhang Ning feigned displeasure and said, "Heh, are you trying to keep me in suspense?"

Lan explained earnestly, "It wasn't intentional. Xia Ye himself didn't make this public, and I have no right to speak on his behalf. I hope he will be willing to inform the sect leader himself in the future."

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore."

Zhang Ning looked at Lan Shi in front of him.

Looking at Lan's appearance, she felt a strange sense of closeness.

But she herself couldn't explain the origin of this feeling of closeness.

The Lan family felt the same way. Looking at the Zhang Sect Leader they had never met before, they felt a strange sense of goodwill towards him and found him extremely approachable.

However, she didn't think too much about it, composed herself, and slowly began, "This is a long story, it all started with my late husband, Xu Rong..."

Then, she recounted in detail the past experiences of Xu Lan's father, Xu Rong, and the devastating news brought back by Shen Hua—the crisis that the sect would be wiped out in thirty years.