In a run-down bookstore,

Boss He was fully engrossed in browsing through several novel websites, completely ignoring the deserted storefront.

He had two major hobbies in life: reading novels and playing games.

Ever since "Game of Otherworlds" launched, he had poured all his game and sleep time into it.

Even so, he had to open the store during the day, but he spent all his work hours reading novels.

The shabby bookstore did not see much business, so Boss He closed up early and then started practicing Daoist Skill in his room.

His ID was "Please Call Me Boss He," and he was already a veteran player.

Among more than a thousand players, there were always a few who struck it big with so-called "adventures."

Boss He was one of them!

Although he started practicing Martial Arts, during a trip to Dingzhou, by a stroke of luck, he joined the "White Crane Sect!"

Martial Arts had schools, and Taoists had sects!

The White Crane Sect was a sect focused on Daoist Skill!

Moreover, it was a secretive lineage, not many in number, but the current Daoist Master was a true Sword Immortal capable of wielding flying swords!

Boss He, by rallying players to help him complete sect tasks to earn contributions, eventually exchanged them for an original Daoist manual, submitted it to Er Ha, and unlocked the exclusive Taoist skill tree.

After returning to the sect, he was regarded as a Qi-Refinement prodigy and was highly valued.

Having his cake and eating it too, his Daoist cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, reaching the realm of "Dream Projection" at the Seventh Grade Daoist stage!

Even then, he had experience points to spare—by showing off and playing tricks in front of his senior sect members, his experience points soared.

Finally, he exchanged them for a Qi Refining Pill!

That allowed even his real-world self to enter the realm of Ninth Grade Daoist—"Guidance."

"A Daoist below Third Grade is practically useless... The so-called 'Guidance Skill' simply keeps the body healthy and the spirit lively... it can't even beat a Ninth Grade Martial Artist!"

Boss He muttered to himself, "Who knows when I'll be able to ride the winds with Sword Control like the Daoist Master, among the immortals!"

Yet, Boss He remained confident about progressing to even higher Daoist grades in the future.

Because he had discovered a secret!

"The so-called experience points seem better termed 'show-off points,' the bigger and more shocking the show-off, the more experience points gained... The higher the cultivation, the more shock, the more experience..."

Players would eventually figure out this loophole, but Boss He had explored it first and then chose to quietly make a fortune.

Even, a vague "grand plan" began to take shape in his mind!

He wanted to pull off a massive show in the real world!

"If the game world is real with experience gains, then it makes no sense that the real world can't do the same!"

Thinking this, Boss He's eyes sparkled with excitement.

In Xuanmin Sky, he could only show off to a limited crowd of natives.

But in Grotto Heaven, just Da Xia alone had a billion people!

Not to mention with the widespread internet, he could live stream and advertise, reaching hundreds of thousands, even millions of viewers at the same time!

If he could harvest a terrifying amount of experience points in one go, he could rocket to success!

As for how to show off, he already had a detailed plan.

Currently, he was just a Ninth Grade Daoist, hardly a match for a strong fellow from Great Han.

But… he could barely manage to cast some Illusion Techniques by draining his Spirit—truly, completely useless.

However, enough to bluff people!

This was an experience Boss He had learned from novels!

"I want to direct a revival of Spiritual Energy in the real world, reenacting old myths—the Heavens, Hell, Immortal Sects, and the Underworld... Heh heh..."

Thinking about it, his cheeks flushed.

If he could maintain this harvesting mode, perhaps eventually, he could truly turn fiction into reality!

...

"Nice idea!"

Inside the villa, Zhong Shenxiu took a sip of tea and noticed the two players making the biggest waves in the real world.

Whether it's Lin Fan's live streams or Boss He's trickery, they could indeed earn a large amount of experience.

But Boss He would soon be disappointed because he wouldn't get any of it from his panel.

Because Zhong Shenxiu wouldn't allow it!

"This is a game bug that needs fixing!"

He nodded, his expression the epitome of righteousness, "Such an experience farming bug can't be allowed, but… the experience points themselves are innocent, so I'll gladly accept them!"

He got a cut from the experience earned by players in Xuanming Sky.

From experience gained in Grotto Heaven, he took a full cut!

Boss He's grand Spiritual Energy revival movie plan, before it even began, was destined to end in failure...

...

Days later.

Boss He was scrolling through his phone and stumbled upon a video with an eye-catching title—"Ancient Martial Arts Successor Battles Fake Masters!"

The man in it made Boss He burst into laughter: "Isn't that Lin Fan from the Snow Viewing Tower?"

Lin Fan was the top general under Jiang Shang, a standout among players who typically lacked fighting experience, with a record of unmatched battles, even ones where no rank triumphed over Ninth Grade or Ninth Grade defeated Eighth Grade.

What's more, he had eloped with the Three Elements City's most beautiful woman voted by the players—Pu Feiling!

"This guy really deserves to be burned alive!"

Boss He opened the video and saw Lin Fan standing on a slab of Qingshi, his voice deep and powerful: "Hello, everyone, I am an ancient martial arts successor—Lin Fan! I am deeply pained by the decline of ancient martial arts and the denigration from all societal sectors, so much so that I cannot stay silent any longer. Ancient martial arts are not that weak!"

"Kill enemies, not perform, that is Chinese martial arts!"

"What others can't do, that is ancient martial arts!"

...

It had to be said, Lin Fan was quite handsome, and after makeup, he could compete with any young fresh faces.

As such, the video received decent traffic, but skeptics were even more numerous.

"I know... empty words, no one will believe unless I prove it with facts!"

Lin Fan smiled briefly, then his eyes sparkled like electricity, and he pounced.

Bang!

He smashed his fist onto the large Qingshi in front of him, the multi-ton rock seeming to tremble and fissures appeared.

And on the Qingshi slab beneath his feet, eight shallow footprints distinctly appeared!

"Fake!"

"Props!"

The comments section was rapidly filling up.

Boss He took a deep breath: "This guy is crazier than me... isn't he afraid of getting famous? But how much experience can he harvest... Lin Fan's action also confirmed my theories... in the real world, it's entirely possible to scavenge a vast amount of experience points, I must act quickly, or there will be more competitors!"

...

In the video, Lin Fan's performance continued: "I know, you won't believe just from the video, but no worries, I'm prepared to travel the world, challenging every major martial arts gym, whether it's karate, Jiequan Dao, Chinese martial arts, or even Master of Sanda Fighting... I will visit each and every one, letting invincible victories prove that ancient martial arts have not declined, and also prove that I, Lin Fan, am the number one martial artist of this world!"

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