Chapter 302: The Departed King's Younger Brother

Eastern Nation, South City First People's Hospital.

Ward 201.

At this moment, Gao Xiang Hong, who had just started his first year of college, was peeling an apple for his hospitalized grandmother, while his grandmother told him about the amusing things she had run into today, as well as some recent news about the supernatural and deities.

Ring ring.

The phone rang; it was a call from Gao Xiang Hong's classmate.

"Hey, Xiang Hong, wanna queue up? We're four, need one more."

"Nah, I'm still at my grandma's right now, can't play for the moment."

"Alright, is your grandma doing better?"

"Much better, no need to worry."

"That's good. Oh right, Xiang Hong, I joined a really interesting chat group yesterday, hehe, it's the bomb. Wanna join one too? I guarantee you'll like it. Huh, never mind, my game's starting, I'll pull you into the group later."

The call ended there.

Gao Xiang Hong was speechless. I haven't even said yes or no yet. To you, an interesting group, apart from gaming or dirty-talk ones, what else could it be?

Right at this moment.

Ding dong, a notification sound came from QQ on his phone.

【You have joined the chat group "Wanna Come Today"】

"That fast? Isn't he in a ranked match? Wait, why is this a forced group invite? Is this a newly created group?"

Gao Xiang Hong was stunned for a moment. Looks like this group must really be interesting, otherwise Mingfeng wouldn't be in such a rush to pull me in.

He subconsciously glanced at the group name.

Just from the group name alone, he could tell it was very interesting. No wonder Mingfeng said it was the bomb — it really was the bomb. Looks like it's time for him to "spill his seed into the sea."

He opened his phone.

"Wanna Come Today" chat group:

Jiuzhou Di Yi Xian: 【Oh, a new fellow daoist has joined. Welcome, welcome.】

West Demon Enchantress: 【Welcome to the new fellow daoist. May I ask which realm the fellow daoist hails from?】

Mi Great Sage Sovereign: 【Is the new fellow daoist male or female? If male, crossdress; if female, report your three measurements.】

Tian Xie Jian Xian: 【Sage Sovereign, you've learned bad habits from following Rheumatism Pain, actually starting to tease newbies. Aren't you afraid the newbie is some big shot?】

Great Wasteland Sovereign: 【Ever since Sage Sovereign became a group admin, following Rheumatism Pain's ways, he's gotten a swollen head.】

Rheumatism Pain Sufferer Immortal King: 【Congratulations to the new fellow daoist on becoming the tenth member of this group. I am this group's noob. I beg the big shots to recognize me, beg to be carried, beg to cling to the big shots' thighs. Acting cute. jpg】

The next second.

All group members simultaneously sent 【Shameless, I'm ashamed to be associated with you】

Looking at the messages in the group, Gao Xiang Hong couldn't react for a moment.

Fellow daoist??

At the same time.

"Wanna Come Today" chat group:

West Demon Enchantress: 【The newly arrived fellow daoist doesn't seem to be talking.】

Tian Xie Jian Xian: 【Isn't this normal? Wasn't our first time joining a group just like this? We all had our guard up, thinking there was something fishy about it.】

Great Wasteland Sovereign: 【Indeed, my first time joining a group, I even thought my rival had poisoned me with something.】

Jiuzhou Di Yi Xian: 【Same here.】

Mi Great Sage Sovereign: 【At first there's always a period of adjustment, it'll get better slowly. We've all been through this. New fellow daoist, don't be afraid. This group won't harm you; on the contrary, it has some benefits.】

Great Wasteland Sovereign: 【Speaking of which, why haven't I seen Ghost Swan Demon Ancestor popping up lately? Has he gone into seclusion like me?】

West Demon Enchantress: 【Ghost Swan Demon Ancestor isn't in seclusion. He seems to be celebrating a major birthday recently, holding a banquet for his twenty-thousandth birthday.】

Great Wasteland Sovereign: 【I see. Then shouldn't we also prepare some birthday gifts for Ghost Swan Demon Ancestor? Although we're not in the same world or realm, we are fated to gather in this one group. Even if we can't go in person, sending a gift is only right.】

Jiuzhou Di Yi Xian: 【Makes sense, but what should we send?】

Mi Great Sage Sovereign: 【What a pity. If only our worlds and realms were connected to each other now, we could all go together to attend Ghost Swan Demon Ancestor's birthday banquet. When the time comes, I'll definitely let you all know my drinking capacity.】

Rheumatism Pain Sufferer Immortal King: 【You guys chat, my rheumatism is acting up, I'll slip away first.】

West Demon Enchantress: 【No worries, the worlds and realms will be connected sooner or later. Great Wasteland Sovereign is right. Ghost Swan Demon Ancestor's birthday should warrant a gift. Last time Ghost Swan Demon Ancestor had his eye on West Demon Water, so this time I'll send West Demon Water as a birthday gift.】

Tian Xie Jian Xian: 【West Demon Water — is that the one you mentioned last time, Enchantress? The one that takes a thousand years to condense a single drop, and a single drop can grant an immortal an extra hundred years of lifespan?!】

West Demon Enchantress: 【That's right, that's the one. I'm preparing to send half a jin.】

Great Wasteland Sovereign: 【Half a jin?! Enchantress, you're really going all out this time.】

Jiuzhou Di Yi Xian: 【Even West Demon Water is being given away. Looks like we can't be stingy either.】

For a time, the group chatted happily, discussing and one-upping each other on the preciousness of the birthday gifts they were sending.

However, Gao Xiang Hong was dumbfounded.

What the heck kind of chat group is this? People from different worlds and realms, and damn, a single drop grants an immortal a hundred years of lifespan, and all sorts of supreme treasures...

He couldn't help but look at the names of every member in the chat group.

Gao Xiang Hong fell silent.

Now he somewhat understood what his best friend meant by joining an interesting chat group. Turns out it wasn't interesting in that sense, but interesting in another sense.

This is just a chuunibyou chat group.

A chat group composed of chuunibyou patients pretending to be supernatural, god, and demon big shots.

"Jiuzhou Di Yi Xian."

Gao Xiang Hong muttered out a group member's name, the corner of his mouth twitching.

With a name and title like that, aren't you afraid the wind will be too strong and you'll bite your own tongue?

Although this group only had ten people including him, the chat was even livelier than a hundred-person group, with messages flying hot and fast—one moment discussing what gifts to send, the next moment showing off their gifts, racking up 99+ messages in minutes.

Gao Xiang Hong almost couldn't resist sending a sticker: "Are you guys machine guns? I only stepped away for a moment and you're already at 99+!"

"By the way, which one is Mingfeng?"

Gao Xiang Hong was a little curious which person in the group was his sworn brother.

In such a chuunibyou group, one absolutely had to pick a name that fit the group—that is, a chuunibyou name. He wanted to know what chuunibyou name his sworn brother would pick.

Then he opened the group member list.

And then…

He got the fright of his life on the spot. Had he not covered his mouth in time, he would definitely have screamed loud enough for the entire nearby ward to hear.

"Holy crap, am I seeing this right? The Deceased King's younger brother?!"

Gao Xiang Hong's eyes bulged like bronze bells, staring fixedly at the group owner's name.

He had originally thought the group members' names were already domineering enough, each one more chuunibyou than the last, each one more over-the-top than the other, but now it seemed, compared to the group owner, they were all utterly weak.

The group owner's group name was actually… The Deceased King's Younger Brother!!

That's right, his eyes weren't playing tricks on him. He looked it over a dozen times to confirm he hadn't misread it—the group owner's name was indeed "The Deceased King's Younger Brother."

"Isn't the person who created this group way too bold? Has their chuunibyou reached terminal stage to the point of throwing their life away?"

Gao Xiang Hong was stunned.

From beginning to end, he had never considered that this "Deceased King's Younger Brother" might actually be the real younger brother of that famously renowned "Deceased King."

He only figured it was some chuunibyou teenager borrowing the name for show, the purpose being to act cool.

The reason was simple—he himself had gone through a chuunibyou phase before, giving himself grand-sounding titles like "Equal to the Great Sage" or "Heavenly Supreme Emperor."

He figured it must be some chuunibyou teenager who had watched "The Deceased King's" videos, worshipped "The Deceased King," and so set up this thoroughly chuunibyou chat group.

Still, Gao Xiang Hong greatly admired this chuunibyou-teenager group owner, admiring how brazenly he was trying to cozy up to "The Deceased King"—courage worthy of praise, no wait, foolhardy and fearless of death.

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