Why is a legendary player like Peerless Under Heaven ranked first among the Divine Strategy Faction?
Is it because of a high level?
No, no, it’s because he’s rich.
In this game, aside from skills and cultivation techniques being limited by slots, there are no other restrictions.
If you’re not afraid of the hassle, you can even wear two layers of armor and wield dual guns.
Of course, dual-wielding will lower your attack power. Not only is the damage output weak, but you can’t even use skills properly.
Wearing double armor will also affect your speed.
The Divine Strategy class already has slow movement speed; with double armor, it’s just adding frost to snow, turning you into a tank-like sitting duck.
But things like small accessories or decorative gear that are easy to carry aren’t as useless as the previous two types.
Decorative artifacts have almost no restrictions in the game, unlike traditional online games. It’s incredibly free.
The more you wear, the more bonuses you get.
Ten rings, one on each finger? Totally fine.
Eleven? Sure, you can wear them on your toes too, as long as you don’t mind it poking you when you walk.
Simply put, the more artifacts you have, the more explosive your combat power becomes.
You could even win fights without lifting a finger—just hurl artifacts at your opponents and crush them to death.
Of course, there are types of artifacts.
There are three kinds: augmenting, defensive, and offensive.
Augmenting ones enhance your own stats and feed back into yourself; these are the rarest.
The defensive and offensive types are much simpler, as the names suggest.
Defensive artifacts come with their own defensive arrays, triggered by your attributes.
Offensive artifacts work the same way.
Artifacts have an extremely low drop rate, and their effects and stats aren’t fixed.
It’s common to get excited over an artifact drop, only for it to turn out to be trash.
What’s this, I’m a Divine Strategy player and the game drops a Spirit Restoration Necklace for me?
Do I even use internal energy in my cultivation?
Nope. So, this led to the creation of an equipment trading circle.
Some trade with money, others barter.
At this point, someone might ask:
Aren’t you afraid of getting scammed when trading with money?
The players in the Immortal World can only chuckle at that.
Maybe at first, but as time goes by, almost no one dares to scam anymore.
This isn’t like traditional online games, where you can just stop playing after cheating someone, or just make a new account and start over in another game.
There’s only one Immortal World. Nowhere else to go, and no one’s willing to leave.
As for alternate accounts, sorry, you only get one account for your entire life.
This makes scamming way too risky—almost no one does it.
Remember, it’s almost—there are still exceptions.
If you come across someone truly shameless, there’s nothing you can do.
Even in the Immortal World, scammers can’t be wiped out completely.
“If Xueyan Pavilion gets any Divine Strategy equipment, I can sell it to you at the lowest price.”
“Really, Guild Leader?” Hongchen Rumo was shocked at Mu Qingxue’s words—selling equipment at the lowest price?
Such a good deal?
“Mhm. If you have the confidence to become number one in the Divine Strategy rankings, I can even invest in you—money is not a problem.”
“Thank you, thank you, Guild Leader!” Hongchen Rumo was so moved she nearly cried.
Xianyun was also nearly moved by Mu Qingxue’s words, but on second thought, something felt off.
Who is the current number one Divine Strategy player?
Peerless Under Heaven, the nemesis of Xueyan Pavilion.
For Hongchen Rumo to become number one, she’d have to compete with Peerless Under Heaven.
But since Hongchen Rumo is a member of Xueyan Pavilion, it’s natural for Mu Qingxue to have her go against Peerless Under Heaven.
But isn’t there a better way? Why not just spell it out directly?
“Peerless Under Heaven isn’t an ordinary player. Are you sure you can surpass him?” Xianyun gently reminded her.
“Hehe, I can’t do it alone, but I still have Liudao as my backup.”
Liudao.
Mu Qingxue knew this man too; she’d met him during the Abyss Canyon run, and he seemed to be on good terms with Hongchen.
He was also a Divine Strategy player.
Seemed like he was among the top Divine Strategy rankers.
“Is Liudao in a guild?” Mu Qingxue asked.
“Yes, he joined the Reincarnation Hall.”
“What’s his position?”
“He didn’t say, but from his tone, it sounds pretty high. He seems very familiar with the inner workings of Reincarnation Hall.”
“If Reincarnation Hall joins our alliance, then Wushuang Tower will have no hope left.”
Besides Sword Pavilion, Mu Qingxue didn’t trust anyone else in Shenzhou. That Jian Wanquan was a total fence-sitter—he could betray them at any time.
She also worried Peerless Under Heaven would try to win him over with money, so she needed a backup plan.
Reincarnation Hall was the faction Mu Qingxue had her eye on. It hadn’t been established long, but it was just as well-known as the three established guilds.
Unfortunately, Reincarnation Hall maintained a neutral stance and didn’t get involved with either side.
But did Mu Qingxue believe that?
Of course not.
She had to consider all possibilities and weigh every gain and loss, just to avoid failure.
So this kind of attitude from Reincarnation Hall kept her up at night.
“Hongchen, have Liudao act as a mediator. As long as Reincarnation Hall joins our alliance, any conditions are up for discussion.”
“This… Guild Leader, I can only ask Liudao to give it a try. As for what he decides, I can’t interfere.”
“That’s fine. If it works out, I’ll give you a piece of Senior Equipment from Divine Strategy Hall for free.”
Hongchen Rumo was dying of envy. Right now, even the cheapest piece of gear costs several thousand, and the best ones go for tens of thousands.
For Senior Equipment, it’d take at least several tens of thousands.
Just being a mediator comes with such a big bonus?
Hongchen Rumo wanted to tie Liudao up and drag him to do it right now.
“Come, let’s add each other on Penguin. From now on, we’re all family in Xueyan Pavilion.”
Mu Qingxue took out her phone and waved it, showing them the QR code to add her as a friend.
“Sure, sure! So many guildmates would be jealous to have Guild Leader as a friend.” Yilian Youmeng took out her phone and scanned it, beaming with joy.
Xianyun and Hongchen Rumo also scanned the code to add her.
When Mu Qingxue saw everyone accepted, the corners of her lips curled up.
Plan successful.
Lingling wanted to enter Xiaoyan’s life and try to get to know her, so she’d start with her friends first.
As for that Zhou Xiaochong woman,
Mu Qingxue didn’t plan to target her, nor did she care to.
Going to all that trouble just to get at someone—that’s what villains do.
And villains never end well. Mu Qingxue refused to be the villain.
If she was going to play a role, she’d play the heroine—walk the heroine’s path and leave everyone else with nowhere to go.
And no, it’s not because she’s read too many novels or watched too much TV.
She just didn’t want Xiaoyan to think she was too jealous—that wouldn’t be good for their future.
Even if she wouldn’t target Zhou Xiaochong, that didn’t mean she’d just ignore her either.
The tricky part was, since she was a Shushan player, there was no way she could keep an eye on them all the time.
So…
Mu Qingxue looked at the three girls chatting away and smiled.
She’d just find someone who could keep an eye on them all the time.
Among them, Xianyun was very steady and hard to deal with—she’d have to take her time there.
But Hongchen Rumo and Yilian Youmeng, those two adorable girls, she could start working on right now.