Chapter 980: Returning to the Tianmo Gate Ruins

As Bai Xiaosheng had said, as soon as he returned to the ward, Xu Yao informed him that there had been a call earlier—someone from the paid channel of the “Jianghu” official website wanted him to return immediately to call back as there was something to discuss.

“Why are you looking at me with such a strange expression?”

Kai Xin took the phone from Xu Yao, dialed back, and kept glancing at her from time to time. “Could it be that Xueyi also called?”

“No.”

At the mention of Xueyi’s name, Xu Yao instinctively frowned and denied it. “Stop mentioning him. I’ve changed my phone number.”

“Oh.”

Kai Xin wisely avoided continuing this inappropriate topic.

“Kai Xin.”

“It’s me.”

“Hello, we spoke on the phone last time. My surname is Liu.”

“Hello, Mr. Liu. What can I do for you this time?”

“Hehe, I believe Mr. Kai Xin already knows the purpose of my visit. It’s still about that REP you have—first-hand footage of you attacking the experts from the Wild Wolf Organization in Gusu City. Relevant information has already been circulating on forums for half a day. If we don’t delve deeper now, we’ll miss this excellent opportunity to rank among the top ten REPs. My position might be at risk, so I’d like to collaborate with Mr. Kai Xin again!” The man surnamed Liu clearly stated his intentions.

“The conditions should be better this time, right?”

“Of course. This time we can offer a 50% discount and split the profits evenly…” The man replied with a smile. “Initially, I estimate that the profits from this REP will exceed those from the previous ones. If Mr. Kai Xin can get two REPs into the top ten at the same time, you’ll become our channel’s biggest client, and we can offer even more discounts in the future!”

“Mr. Liu is indeed straightforward.”

“So, does Mr. Kai Xin agree to grant the rights?”

“Of course.”

“Mr. Kai Xin, we’ll conduct a thorough evaluation of the REP format and price before uploading it. Here, I wish your REP makes it back into the top ten and achieves even better results. I look forward to our next collaboration.”

“Thank you.”

After ending the call, Kai Xin opened a webpage… Within less than half a minute, the entire battle footage of him attacking the Wild Wolf Organization experts in Gusu City was posted on the official website, right at the most prominent spot on the homepage!

The official website’s influence was truly remarkable…

In just over ten minutes, it caught the attention of many people, and the number of paying users soared to seven digits. Even though Happy already had a decent amount of money, such a rapid increase still made him frown—after all, this was money.
“Chen Kaixin, it’s time for your rehabilitation.”
The nurse pushed the door open and stared at him with a frightening gaze. “You’ve been dragging your feet these past few days. Have you changed your mind?!”
“I’m almost ready!”
Happy forced a wry smile.
In this world, there were still people who could mess with him.
……
“Bang!”
In the luxury villa facing the sea, the Filipino maid preparing lunch suddenly heard a sharp sound of porcelain shattering!
She was shocked!
She rushed nervously to the living room and found her elegant and imposing employer sitting on the sofa, frowning deeply and seemingly in a bad mood, holding a phone. The broken coffee cup and its remnants lay conspicuously on the exquisite floor nearby.
“No need to clean. Go out.”
Just as the maid was about to get tools to clean up, cold words reached her ears.
Startled, she quickly bowed her head and stepped back quietly.
After the maid left, Meng Yun pressed her temples and glanced at the laptop on the coffee table. With a hint of fatigue, she dialed a phone call:
“Get in touch with Xueyi.”
“Dialing! Please wait!”
“…Hello.”
Xueyi’s voice sounded extremely heavy:
“Did you see that REP as well?”
“I did.”
“What do you think?” Meng Yun asked patiently, though a sarcastic and self-mocking curve appeared on her lips.
She had thought that after a year and a half of inactivity, a former top expert like him could be easily crushed by their current strength. But unexpectedly, Happy had gradually undermined their confidence in such a short time…
Meng Yun had reviewed the REP from his battles against the three Wild Wolf experts several times and finally reached a grim conclusion—if Happy used similar tactics, even two Meng Yuns and two Xueyis might not be able to match him.
In other words, all their efforts over the past year and a half still hadn’t caught up with Happy’s progress…
Despite having an extra year and a half of training and experience, they were still firmly outshone by him.
This discovery was both disheartening and helpless!
“There’s no chance to regret now.”
After a long silence, Xueyi replied, “During these days he’s been in the south, I’ve already sent people to deal with those people from before. Happy will likely hear about it soon…”

“Have you already taken action over there?!”
The motion of rubbing her temples stopped abruptly as Mengyun suddenly opened her eyes, a look of seriousness and unease flashing in them.
“Actually, we’ve been identifying over forty targets since yesterday, and so far we’ve mostly eliminated them. It’s impossible to help Kai Xin in such a short time.”
After a pause, Xueyi continued, “But now that Kai Xin has Bai Xiaosheng’s assistance, dealing with him has become even more tricky. This is truly a mistake!”
“It’s not just a mistake. If it weren’t for Bai Xiaosheng’s help, we could still use the Blood Alliance and the Five Poisons Sect to hold Kai Xin off…” Mengyun said, “But now, with Bai Xiaosheng’s help, we’re in the open while Kai Xin is in the shadows—control may not be in our hands anymore.”
“It’s too late to talk about these things now!”
Xueyi said irritably, “Once I and Kai Xin have gone this far, there’s no turning back. Kai Xin will never have the chance to deal with me. As long as he doesn’t establish his own gang, he’ll always remain a minor figure at the bottom! Even if he does, I have many ways to crush him in the cradle! Hmph! In any case, Mengyun, we can’t be any more lenient with Kai Xin…”
“Lenient? Have we ever been that?”
“……”
After a long silence, Mengyun finally spoke, “Since we’ve already started, let’s make it perfect. Kill them a few more times and cripple those people for a month! Also, find a reason to deal with those who trained with Kai Xin in the netherworld—I don’t believe Kai Xin can tolerate it.”
……
After finishing his recovery and returning to the game, Kai Xin organized his gains from this trip!
In addition to several magic weapons obtained in the reed marshes, he completed three more kills in Gusu City, earning a total of six Level 4 magic weapon sets, which completed his entire set of Level 4 magic weapon gear.
At the current level of the martial world, the stats of this set could only be described as top-notch. Each piece had a defense of at least 3,000, with strong innate attribute bonuses, plus rare posture maintenance traits—that is, as long as the intensity of the attack wasn’t too severe, it hardly affected the ability to move forward, making them very useful traits.
With a set of Level 4 magic weapons, not only did his defense and innate attributes soar, but even his movement and attack speeds became so high that Kai Xin found it hard to adapt!
His strength was already beginning to surpass that of the other side!
“I need to find a chance to get more familiar with this.”
Although the surge in stats was a good thing, if he couldn’t adapt to and master this new strength, it might instead become a burden.

Rushing to handle forces beyond one’s capacity isn’t necessarily a good thing!
Leaving Taihu Mandao Villa, Happy headed straight for the Heavenly Demon Secret Caverns.
The Heavenly Demon Secret Caverns… The ruins of the Heavenly Demon Sect were mostly under the control of Yipin Tang in this world. Yipin Tang even built a branch altar outside the ruins, deploying thousands of troops to guard and monopolize the area. The purpose, of course, was to more effectively monopolize the “Fire Qilin Scales” and “Fire Qilin Blood” inside the caverns.
Incidentally, the Heavenly Demon branch altar in the other world was built after copying Yipin Tang’s model!
Actually, when he first entered the martial world, Happy couldn’t help but think about targeting the Fire Qilin—planning to stock up on some of its scales and blood to lay the foundation for competing against the Blood Alliance and Yipin Tang.
But since those two forces already dominated half of the martial world in the Central Plains, Happy didn’t dare act rashly and venture into the Heavenly Demon Secret Caverns.
But now the situation was different!
With Bai Xiaosheng helping to conceal the coordinates and the human mask obtained from Feng Ling, he could move freely anywhere.
It took him a day to get close to Yipin Tang’s Heavenly Demon branch altar…
“A token.”
Happy suddenly remembered something very important.
To enter the Heavenly Demon Secret Caverns, a token was required. Coincidentally, while monopolizing the resources here, Yipin Tang also controlled the tokens, leaving none available in the market.
“Should I steal some from Yipin Tang?”
Happy was frustrated.
Although he wouldn’t hesitate or feel any moral conflict about attacking Yipin Tang’s people, it might be difficult to gather four tokens at once.
Staying for too long would be too obvious…
It just didn’t seem right!
“A mistake.”
Happy felt a headache coming on.
Just as he was planning to buy the Heavenly Demon tokens at a high price from the market, he suddenly received a message from the Hunter Family via homing pigeon…
Glancing at the note, Happy’s expression darkened instantly.
“The Blood Alliance! The Five Poisons Sect! Great!!!”
Yu Long wrote in the message that last night, a group of people attacked them under some trivial pretext, killing everyone in the group; they suspected it might be the Blood Alliance and Yipin Tang at work, so they didn’t dare stay in Guiwo any longer and returned to the capital overnight, heading to Wanshou Villa…
To their surprise, people from the Blood Alliance were already there, killing another dozen members of the Hunter Family under the guise of clearing out enemies.

Now, even those from the Hunter Family, who have died twice and seen their strength decline by 20%, dare not venture out of the city easily. Yu Long also reminded Happy in his letter to be careful of the tactics of the Blood Alliance and Yipin Hall! “I originally wanted to give you all some peaceful time, but since you brought trouble on yourselves, I can’t be blamed for being ruthless…” Crushing the note, Happy mounted his horse without hesitation. With ice in his eyes, he headed straight for the Tianmo Branch Temple!