19: The list is now open.

The atmosphere in the conference room reached a stalemate.

Thinking of Yuan Shu's dominance and the terrifying strength of the Three Kingdoms, most of the high-level members of the Ning Family were unwilling to fall out with them.

The Three Kingdoms did not have many players under them, but those who were there were true elite players, formidable existences capable of taking on ten or even a hundred enemies alone.

Yuan Shu had been able to reach his current position in a mere ten years; one could only imagine the methods he used.

...

Inside the conference room, the faint fragrance of a cigar slowly drifted.

Ning Tianxiong's face was obscured by smoke, making his expression somewhat unclear.

"Swallowing one's pride is not the style of the Ning Family, but opposing the Three Kingdoms is not in the Ning Family's interests either. We need to think of a compromise that can both save face for the Ning Family and provide an explanation to those below."

"Does anyone have a good compromise?"

Ning Tianxiong scanned the room. Wherever his gaze landed, the high-level members of the Ning Family lowered their heads one by one.

At the back of the conference room, an elderly man dressed casually said with a chuckle: "Hehe, it's not as if there isn't a way to solve this, but you'll have to make a sacrifice, Tianxiong."

The old man's words drew the attention of everyone in the room.

Ning Tianxiong looked at the old man in surprise, "Fourth Uncle, I don't mind making some sacrifices, but do you have a good solution?"

The old man shook his head, looking inscrutable.

"I heard that Yuan Shu is still single. Isn't your eldest son, Fengnian, known as one of the Four Young Masters of the younger generation? Why not try to match the two of them together?"

"If Fengnian can win Yuan Shu over, we could combine our strengths, and there wouldn't be many forces in the Divine Dragon Country that could be our rivals."

"Even if we take a step back, and Fengnian fails to win Yuan Shu over, we wouldn't lose anything. At worst, we can just think of other solutions."

Although the old man's words sounded somewhat absurd, many high-level members of the Ning Family in the room had their eyes light up.

Ning Tianxiong covered his forehead, speechless.

His Fourth Uncle was truly unreliable to come up with such a terrible idea.

"Fourth Uncle, although Yuan Shu isn't many years older than Fengnian, his intelligence and methods are far beyond what Fengnian can compare to."

"A person like Yuan Shu would never have any man catch his eye. You should forget this suggestion."

Seeing that the old man still wanted to speak, Ning Tianxiong hurriedly waved his hand to interrupt him.

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about this issue anymore. Let's move on to the next topic."

"Early this morning, the Three Kingdoms announced that they had found two hidden quests in the Novice Village. These two hidden quests allow players' levels to quickly rise to level 9 within two hours."

"The Three Kingdoms have already sent novice players to test this news, and it is indeed true. What does everyone think?"

Many high-level members of the Ning Family in the conference room were hearing this news for the first time.

For a moment, more than half of the executives showed shock.

"Level 9 in two hours? How did the Three Kingdoms do it! The quests in the Novice Village were long ago dug out by players; how could there be such an exaggerated hidden quest?"

"It's the Three Kingdoms again! Although hidden quests in the Novice Village don't mean much to high-level players like us, they have a fatal attraction for novice players. This is no small matter!"

"I heard that since this news was released, in just a few short hours, several high-sequence novice players have joined the Three Kingdoms' camp, and one of them is even a high-sequence player that our Ning Family valued!"

"Damn it! Killing our people, stealing our players—the Three Kingdoms really has a lot of nerve!"

"There is news that these two hidden quests were brought back by Shameless Cao Thief. I don't know if this matter has anything to do with Fallen Star..."

Lin Du stood at the door of the conference room, listening to the angry curses of the Ning Family executives, and was stunned.

"Ning Fengya was in a bad mood this morning; could it be because of these two hidden quests?"

Lin Du couldn't help but laugh and cry. He didn't expect that by selling two hidden quests in the game, he would actually get involved in the interests of the Ning Family...

Inside the conference room, the faces of the Ning Family executives were frighteningly gloomy.

The Ning Family executives were currently in a state of anger and impulsiveness, unable to make any wise decisions.

Ning Tianxiong stood up from his seat and led the way to the door.

"Let's disperse for today. Everyone go back and calm down. We need to cool off before we can think of a way to solve this."

"I will arrange to talk to Yuan Shu properly in the next few days. You all have your subordinates' spies thoroughly investigate the specific source of these two hidden quests."

...

After the meeting ended, the Ning Family executives left one after another.

Ning Fengya returned to her bedroom and entered the universe ol world again.

There was nothing going on at home for the moment, so Lin Du slipped back to his little nest, set an alarm, and entered the game.

【Player】: Night Ember

【Level】: Level 10 (1%)

【Sequence Class】: Death Clown (No Sequence)

【Active Skills】: Ghost Blade Stabbing God Technique (SS Rank), Extreme Speed Nine Consecutive Strikes (B Rank), Death Slash (C Rank)

【Passive Skills】: heart of the goddess of luck (SSS Rank)

After Lin Du's class became Death Clown, his two original active skills were greatly strengthened.

The original F-rank skill "Extreme Speed Three Consecutive Strikes" became the B-rank "Extreme Speed Nine Consecutive Strikes".

F-rank "Clown Slash" became the C-rank "Death Slash".

The Death Clown class gave Lin Du the chance to truly compete with other players in universe ol.

Death Clown was not among the 999 sequences, but based on Lin Du's understanding of the strength of various classes, the true combat power of Death Clown could at least rank in the top 30 sequences.

Of course, this ranking was comprehensive. If one only considered speed and output, Death Clown even had a chance to rank in the top 15 sequences.

This ranking was already very terrifying, perfectly meeting Lin Du's previous expectations...

Now that his class was no longer a limitation, he needed to level up quickly.

After arriving in Yunlong City, the space for Lin Du to operate was much larger, and there were many more choices for leveling up.

Currently, there were roughly three ways to level up quickly.

First, go to various maps to find bosses that could be handled. The experience value dropped by bosses was very high, far higher than doing normal quests.

Second, find a leveling map with many weak monsters and use bugs to kill monsters quickly to level up.

Third, refresh dungeon records! When a dungeon record was broken, the system usually gave out huge rewards, including a massive amount of experience value.

Among these three leveling methods, the first two had some drawbacks to a greater or lesser extent.

There were many players in universe ol, and most of the bosses were controlled by major forces. It was too difficult for a solo player like Lin Du to snatch a boss.

As for the leveling maps with many weak monsters, these places were basically occupied by major forces. To kill monsters there, one would inevitably have to fall out with the major forces first.

Lin Du could find some empty maps to use bugs, but the leveling speed in these places might not be that ideal.

Therefore, the third leveling method was perhaps the most suitable right now.

With Lin Du's understanding of various dungeons, breaking a few records was not difficult...

However, before officially going to the dungeons, Lin Du had to check the World Chat Channel to see if there were any changes to the dungeons, or which level 10 dungeon was popular.

The memories of his past life were too complicated, and many memories had become blurred; some things needed to be sorted out again.

After arriving at the main city, players had already unlocked the leaderboards and World Chat.

Of course, these leaderboards and World Chat were limited to their own main city. To unlock the general leaderboards and general chat channels of the eight main cities of the Divine Dragon Country, one had to reach level 100 or above.

In universe ol, the main cities that players entered after level 10 were not randomly assigned, but assigned by the system according to geographical location.

For example, Yunlong City; most of the players here came from Tianyang City and the surrounding provinces.

Most of the Ning Family's industries were basically in Yunlong City.

Lin Du opened the World Chat.

【World Chat Channel】

"Su Family Mercenary Group is recruiting novice players, requiring top 500 sequence, combat classes preferred, generous treatment!"

"Selling Heavenly Spirit Snake Egg for 500 'lifespan value', low price, no deception!"

"Ying ying ying! Cute girl from Tianyang City looking for a carry, voice chat, video call, or in-person meetups available, private message if interested."

"Dragon Slaying Alliance is purchasing high-quality weapons at a high price! As long as it is B-rank boutique or above, price is not an issue!"

"Recruiting members for level 10 Heavenly Wolf Dungeon, requires top 300 sequence output class, at least one C-rank white equipment, team already has four high-efficiency members, players looking to leech experience do not disturb..."

The content in the World Channel was varied.

After watching for a while, Lin Du locked his target on the Heavenly Wolf Dungeon.

Lin Du had some impression of this dungeon; it was the most basic dungeon at level 10, and the difficulty was relatively low.

Five level 10 players teaming up could basically clear it.

The less time spent clearing the dungeon, the more rewards the dungeon would drop, so many players would form a powerful team to attack the dungeon...

Lin Du didn't rush to the dungeon; he opened the Yunlong City leaderboard.

It would take a long time to reach level 100. During this time, Lin Du would be active in Yunlong City, and he had to understand the layout and forces in Yunlong City.

There were three leaderboards in Yunlong City.

Level Ranking!

Weapon and Equipment Ranking!

Spirit Beast Ranking!

Lin Du first opened the Level Ranking.

【Yunlong City Level Ranking】

1. Qilin Immortal Venerable — Level 499 — Peak of the Forbidden City (Force)

2. Nine Year Cicada — Level 488 — Peak of the Forbidden City

3. Zhang Fei Who Can Sing Karaoke — Level 487 — Three Kingdoms

4. Ning Zhi Tian Xia — Level 485 — Rule the World

5. Lü Bu Riding a Donkey — Level 483 — Three Kingdoms

6. Yuan Shu — Level 480 — Three Kingdoms

7. Hundred Flowers Withered — 479 — Rule the World

8. Violent Aesthetics — 478 — Dragon Slaying Alliance

9. Black Knight — 478 — Chaotic War in the Firmament

10. Hong Jiu'er — 477 — Peak of the Forbidden City