The constant coughing from the video sounded like he was about to hack up a lung.
Chu Tian felt a bit awkward, having forgotten to tell him to bring a gas mask for the whole engineering department.
"Cough, cough... uh... bear with it a bit longer. As long as you don't leave, that God-Tier Talent will be yours."
Chu Tian also coughed and tried to comfort "Wo Shi Xiao Ji Jiao."
This great deity was currently undergoing treatment like Monkey King in the Grand Supreme Elder's alchemy furnace, to emerge invincible.
Wo Shi Xiao Ji Jiao: "Big brother, there are still six hours left..."
"Uh... I have something to do right now..." Chu Tian found an excuse and hung up the video call.
After hanging up, he returned to the city with the three Lin siblings.
Chu Tian paid for group teleportation and arrived at Four Seasons City.
He took them directly to the Life Greenhouse.
Chu Tian no longer needed to use magic runes in the level 45 monster grinding area.
He would aggro a pack of monsters and then consecutively use Sweep and Primal Fury.
Wave after wave of monsters fell.
Chu Tian's clone, the little rogue, and the Lin siblings' experience points climbed steadily.
Their leveling speed was like riding a rocket.
Four hours later, Lin Yu told Chu Tian, "We have to log off. We need to get ready to depart."
Chu Tian checked the time; it was already past 6 AM.
The Heavenly Dao world had not yet entered its rest period.
For Wo Shi Xiao Ji Jiao, it was estimated that it would take another 2-3 hours to determine the ownership of the God-Tier Scroll.
By then, it would be past 8 AM. Based on this, the Heavenly Dao world would not enter its rest period today.
It would continue to operate for twenty-four hours.
Chu Tian had intended to go to Taihang Mountain after the Heavenly Dao entered its rest period. During that time, he could have further improved himself, providing more assurance when dealing with the Luo family's affairs.
But there was no help for it; the three of them had said they had already bought their train tickets.
"Alright, wait for me. I'll be there soon!" Chu Tian replied.
"Okay!" Lin Yu agreed and logged off.
Chu Tian gave a few instructions to Zhao Lei and then also left the Heavenly Dao world.
Upon exiting, a wave of hunger washed over him.
Previously, the system monitoring hunger levels in the Heavenly Dao world had been buzzing.
But Chu Tian, in his haste, had only eaten one packet of instant noodles in the past few days, completely ignoring the warnings the rest of the time.
Now, as soon as he stepped out of the game pod, he felt dizzy and his legs felt weak.
He grabbed the nutritional liquid placed beside him, bit it open, and poured it into his mouth.
Chu Tian truly detested consuming this stuff.
Although it could rapidly replenish the body's needs, it tasted like toothpaste, was unpleasant, and didn't fill him up.
However, at this moment, he had no choice. His legs were so weak he could barely walk, so he had to rely on this to get by.
After recovering, Chu Tian quickly went downstairs and grabbed something to eat from the refrigerator.
He wolfed it down.
After eating, he picked up the pre-prepared mountaineering gear and headed out.
He hailed a taxi and went straight to Lin Yu's large family mansion.
...
By 8 AM, Chu Tian and the others finally boarded the train to the capital.
These three stingy individuals had actually chosen to take the slowest "green skin" train.
Chu Tian, feeling speechless, had no choice but to buy a ticket to join them.
However, the green skin train had its advantages, namely its slowness...
Once on the train, Chu Tian squeezed towards the window. Lin Chi was beside him.
Lin Yu sat opposite him, with the second brother Lin Ran behind her.
After the four of them settled down, Chu Tian reached into his backpack and took out his Heavenly Dao helmet.
Before boarding, Chu Tian had checked; this train route from Shengjing to the capital was scheduled to take nine and a half hours.
But he knew that these types of green skin trains always yielded to others, and the arrival times were bound to be delayed.
With nothing to do on the train, it was better to enter the Heavenly Dao world.
It wasn't just him who thought this; many people on the train had already put on their Heavenly Dao helmets.
"You guys should log in too! I'll help you level up further!"
Chu Tian wanted to help them level up quickly. The top players had all broken through level thirty.
The level 35 team dungeon would soon be available for攻略.
To conquer the expert-level dungeon, he would still need their help.
Upon hearing him, the three of them glanced around. Lin Chi hesitated, "Is it safe? How about... you guys go? I'll stand guard."
Chu Tian looked at his expression and chuckled.
This Lin Chi... he didn't know whether to call him cautious or timid.
Just then, the train conductor came over to check tickets.
Chu Tian stopped him and asked, "Do you have any sleeper berths available? A room with four berths."
"Yes!" the conductor replied.
"We'll upgrade to sleeper berths!" Chu Tian paid the money and upgraded to four sleeper berths.
He pulled the stunned three towards the sleeper car.
After the four of them entered, *click*...
Chu Tian immediately locked the door and said to Lin Chi, "Is that better now?"
He truly didn't know what to say about the three of them. Despite not lacking money, they still subjected themselves to such hardship.
How could he know that after Master Huang disappeared, the three of them had nearly resorted to scavenging for food?
Their situation was even worse than Chu Tian's previous life; at least he could afford to eat then.
These three, having grown up with Master Huang, possessed skills other than their innate abilities.
They knew nothing else to make a living.
They were terrified of poverty and starvation.
Therefore, even with the two million Chu Tian gave them, they couldn't change their old ways of living.
Entering the game, without further ado, Chu Tian was no longer satisfied with the level 45 zone.
He went straight to the level 50 monster groups. This time, the three of them and Chu Tian's little rogue leveled up even faster.
Nine hours later, the Lin siblings all reached level 29, and Chu Tian's clone even reached level 31.
Chu Tian sighed inwardly, realizing that leveling was still too slow before the Heavenly Dao world activated its catch-up mechanism.
When they were level 19, Chu Tian brought them to grind monsters in the 45-50 range. Killing monsters above their level yielded so much experience.
Yet, he had only managed to help them level up by ten levels.
Chu Tian forgot that he was bringing three people at once. After splitting the experience, it naturally wouldn't be as fast as him grinding alone.
But this was already fast enough. It had only been fourteen or fifteen hours since they arrived at the Life Greenhouse.
They had leveled up by ten levels. Even a guild leader like Tian Ya Kuang Dao wouldn't have such treatment.
It had taken him a whole month to go from level 19 to 29.
Chu Tian had bridged that gap in just over ten hours.
Currently, Tian Ya Kuang Dao was only level 34.
Chu Tian's clone, the little rogue, was almost catching up to him.
If he were to say now that this was slow, the entire player base, regardless of whether he was "De Shen," would likely...
Drown him with a single spit.
After grinding for a while longer, Chu Tian felt that the time was about right. He told everyone to log off and wait for the train to arrive at the station.
After getting off the train, Chu Tian asked, "How do we get there?"
"We go to Xishan. After getting on the mountain, we walk south and enter the Taihang Mountains," Lin Chi replied.
When they reached Xishan, it was already past 9 PM.
The tourist area had already closed. Lin Chi led the way, not entering the tourist area.
They simply circled around the perimeter, found a gently sloping area, and went up.
Chu Tian said nothing and naturally followed.
After ascending the mountain, Lin Chi looked around and told Chu Tian, "We need to speed up!"
"Ah?" Chu Tian was taken aback.
He saw Lin Chi transform directly, landing on all fours.
*Whoosh* he darted out.
Lin Ran shrugged, took out two yellow talismans, and stuck them to his legs.
*Buzz* A vortex of air began to spin around his legs.
"You need to keep up..." Lin Yu jumped onto Lin Ran's back.
Lin Ran carried her on his back, his legs spinning like wheels, and disappeared from Chu Tian's sight in an instant.