Back home, Su Fan lay on his bed and entered the game again.
Currently, Su Fan's main quest was completed, and he received some experience rewards.
The next quest was:
[Main Quest: Registration]
Complete sect missions and earn enough contribution points to become a sect elite and participate in the Martial Arts Tournament.
The next quest required Su Fan to save enough contribution points before reaching level thirty.
Su Fan had no choice but to take on quests.
Before that, Su Fan decided to use the Martial Essence Stone he obtained from Xiao Yan.
In the game "Martial World Hegemony," skills were difficult to upgrade, but once upgraded, they underwent a qualitative change.
Su Fan currently only had one skill, "Force Shattering Myriad Armies." Although it was a beginner skill, Su Fan did not hesitate to use it. Improving strength was paramount; with increased strength, everything else would follow.
Su Fan willed it, and the Martial Essence Stone transformed into a white light, surging into his body.
Simultaneously, the skill underwent a change.
Force Shattering Myriad Armies
Type: Offensive
A horizontal slash attack. When used, it increases physical attack by 80%. During skill activation, the user enters a 'Batu' state, making them immune to interruption. Batu lasts for 1 second.
The physical attack had increased from 50% to 80%, which was quite good.
The most important part was the 1-second Batu.
This one second did not mean the Batu state lasted only one second, but rather that there was a one-second Batu duration after the skill ended.
Even though it was only one second, this second could be extremely useful.
Within one second after the skill ended, Su Fan's actions could not be interrupted, even by silence skills. Su Fan could use this second to chain into the next skill, achieving combos.
Su Fan left his room, preparing to find the third room's owner to accept a quest.
"Brother Su! Save me!"
As Su Fan opened the door, Xiao Yan ran towards him in sheer panic.
"What's wrong?" Su Fan was bewildered. Why was Xiao Yan in such a rush in the morning?
Xiao Yan ran to Su Fan, looking back repeatedly.
"Brother Su, quickly find a senior for help! Someone wants to kill me!" Xiao Yan looked behind him fearfully.
Su Fan was confused for a moment about who "senior" referred to, then realized. Xiao Yan believed he had a backer, that a senior from Baiyue Villa had opened a backdoor for him.
"Run? Where else do you think you can run!"
Before Su Fan could explain, two people walked in through the main entrance.
"Senior Brother, today I must teach him a lesson! How dare he offend me!" a somewhat childish youth said with a fierce expression.
The other, a gentle and refined young man, glanced indifferently at Xiao Yan.
"Junior Brother Ge is the grandson of the Third Elder. You truly have no eyes. Don't blame me; blame yourself for being blind," the refined young man said calmly.
"Brother Su, quickly find a senior! He is Li Qiusheng from the second room. We are no match for him. Hurry!" Xiao Yan could only pin his hopes on Su Fan, hoping the senior would like the gift from yesterday.
Su Fan looked at the three and immediately understood the cause and effect.
The childish youth was the grandson of the Third Elder whom Xiao Yan had offended. The young man was Li Qiusheng, the grandson's hired help, who had come to seek revenge on Xiao Yan.
Su Fan glanced at their strengths.
Li Qiusheng was level nineteen. The grandson, Ge, was only level nine. Su Fan could ignore the grandson, but Li Qiusheng was a bit troublesome.
Su Fan looked at his +8 equipment all over his body. Could he fight opponents of a higher level?
Su Fan was not entirely sure.
But he had already used Xiao Yan's Martial Essence Stone and couldn't just stand by and do nothing.
"Gentlemen, this is the third room. It's not a place for you to run wild," Su Fan said, making an excuse to block them.
"Who the hell are you? Get lost!" the childish youth yelled at Su Fan rudely.
With his grandfather around, there were few disciples in Baiyue Villa he couldn't offend. And the few he couldn't offend, he knew them, and Su Fan was not among them, so he naturally showed no respect.
"I am Zhao Zichang of Longshan! If you want to touch my brother, you'll have to get past me first!" Su Fan stepped forward, taking a half-step.
The childish youth was genuinely startled by Su Fan's actions.
"You want to meddle in this?" Li Qiusheng frowned slightly.
He was always cautious. After agreeing to help Ge Feihong, he had specifically investigated Xiao Yan's profile and, finding him to be a new disciple with little strength or influence, only then did he agree.
Who was this Zhao Zichang who suddenly appeared?
Li Qiusheng was unsure.
"Xiao Yan is my brother. How can I stand by and watch?" Su Fan said indignantly.
"Very well, then I'll give you a chance. Defeat me, and I'll drop this matter," Li Qiusheng said. Before he could ascertain Su Fan's identity, he dared not offend him easily.
However, he couldn't just leave, as that would be losing face.
He decided to resolve it through a duel. This way, even if he won, the other party would have no excuse to interfere.
If he lost, it would mean this Zhao Zichang was someone he couldn't afford to offend.
"Alright, let's begin," Su Fan said with a slight smile. This was the best outcome; facing Li Qiusheng in a one-on-one fight gave him a better chance of winning.
Li Qiusheng, unarmed, immediately began fighting Su Fan in the courtyard.
Su Fan, however, drew his Hundred Refined Blade.
Li Qiusheng stopped abruptly.
"Why are you still using a blade?" Li Qiusheng asked, bewildered.
"What? Is that not allowed? I'm accustomed to using a blade, and my cultivation techniques are blade-based. Are you expecting me to engage in a fistfight with you?" Su Fan replied matter-of-factly.
Li Qiusheng was silent for a long time. Su Fan's reasoning was sound, but he didn't want to engage in a real fight with Su Fan.
"Brother Zhao, we are all disciples of Baiyue Villa. There's no need for fighting. Are there any misunderstandings that cannot be resolved? I believe Junior Brother Ge's grievance with this brother can be settled by them. Farewell!" Li Qiusheng said and turned to leave. He was here to help, not to risk his life. Fighting with weapons in a place without seniors? He didn't want to lose his life.
"Hey, Senior Brother Li?" Ge Feihong looked at Li Qiusheng, who left without a hint of hesitation, completely bewildered.
Ge Feihong was left alone in the courtyard.
Su Fan and Xiao Yan immediately surrounded him with ill intentions.
"Junior Brother, you've come a long way to see your Senior Brother. Did you bring any gifts?" Su Fan asked with a wicked grin.
"Junior Brother, do you still have any Martial Essence Stones?" Xiao Yan also asked with a wicked grin.
Su Fan blinked and looked at Xiao Yan speechlessly.
Xiao Yan immediately looked embarrassed.
"Uh, we'll talk about it later. You won't be shortchanged," Xiao Yan promised Su Fan that he would give him some later.
Ge Feihong, looking terrified, took a few steps back and bumped into Xiao Yan, who was blocking his path.
"Big Brother, I really don't have any Martial Essence Stones on me. You took them all," Ge Feihong said with a wry face.
"Is that so? Then let Brother check. Don't lie," Xiao Yan said with a wicked grin and extended his hand towards Ge Feihong.
Under Su Fan's strange gaze, Xiao Yan skillfully rummaged through Ge Feihong's pockets one by one, taking out rare treasures.
"Alright, you can go now," Xiao Yan said, having turned Ge Feihong's pockets inside out, and then let him leave with satisfaction.
"What did you do before? On which mountain did you serve?"