Chapter 328: The Eye of the Heart

Cangcui Town.

A solitary silhouette on a horse, riding like a streak of dust, whizzed past the road beyond the town at breakneck speed.

Two players lugging materials stared bewildered at the galloping mount.

"Is this… Mo Wen Qianchen?"

"Probably… yes?"

"He's supposed to be in Zhuque City, right? How did he end up in this god‑forsaken place?"

"I don't know… Could it be a quest?"

"What kind of stupid quest would go this far? He's in Zhuque City, after all."

Cangcui Town truly is a god‑forsaken spot, one of the most inconspicuous of the satellite towns attached to Qinglong City.

It doesn't even have a decent guild; after just failing to defend the town, it's still within the seven‑day rebuilding phase.

All the players in Cangcui Town are working on the town's reconstruction quest.

Fortunately, the reconstruction quest grants plenty of experience, indirectly boosting their progress so they don't fall too far behind mainstream players' levels.

Su Sheng naturally doesn't linger on these struggling reconstruction players; he simply spurs his horse onward and heads for Lu Zhe.

…

Following the coordinates Lu Zhe gave, Su Sheng rides forward.

Only…

Su Sheng feels a bit surprised.

What on earth is A Zhe doing? Su Sheng has already passed the Level 15–20 grinding zone.

A Zhe is only Level 15; he should be grinding at this stage…

But the coordinates are still ahead…

Doing a quest?

Su Sheng is a bit curious, but since the town is under reconstruction, it might be a reconstruction quest.

Su Sheng rides his mount, and it's not slow.

He quickly approaches Lu Zhe's coordinates.

Su Sheng raises an eyebrow; this is a Level 25 wild‑monster zone.

Scattered here and there are a few people.

They must be newer players, all curiously looking toward Su Sheng.

Mounted on his steed in high‑end gear, Su Sheng now has the look of a max‑level veteran returning to Newbie Village… even though this isn't Newbie Village.

Soon, Su Sheng reaches the vicinity of the coordinates.

He sees a lone, skinny figure wielding a Long Sword, solo grinding monsters.

That person is Lu Zhe.

Lu Zhe hasn't altered his appearance at all; in his original perception, he probably assumes everyone looks like this.

Only…

At this moment Lu Zhe is holding a Long Sword, solo‑fighting Level 25 wild monsters?

Level 15 soloing Level 25 monsters? Killing monsters ten levels higher?

This…

When Su Sheng was Level 15, slaying Level 25 monsters was still a bit tough.

And…

What class is A Zhe?

Even though he wields a Long Sword, A Zhe isn't a melee fighter.

He swings the blade from ten or twenty yards away, each swing emitting a blade‑qi.

When the monsters try to charge, each time they're struck by the blade‑qi into a Stiffness state; the duration isn't long, but it does occur.

When the monsters get close, Lu Zhe slightly charges his Long Sword, summons a dark blade‑light that has a knock‑back effect, pushing the monsters dozens of yards away; during the continuous knock‑back, damage streams from the monsters' heads—though the damage isn't high, the key is the repulsion.

Before the monsters can charge a second time, they're already slain by Lu Zhe's blade‑qi.

A mage wielding a sword?

A Zhe now gives Su Sheng this very déjà‑vu.

After watching Lu Zhe effortlessly kill three or four monsters, Su Sheng dismounts and goes to greet him.

"A Zhe…"

Su Sheng calls out.

Lu Zhe, having just dealt with the monster before him, turns his head at the sound.

Su Sheng didn't hide his Hidden Nickname; the moment Lu Zhe saw Su Sheng, he immediately ran over excitedly.

"Su big brother!!"

Lu Zhe jogged straight to Su Sheng, glanced at his appearance, and blinked.

"Su big brother! I just remembered, that person in the video was you, Su big brother."

Lu Zhe circled around Su Sheng, clad in armor and a red robe, with a dark‑red steed beside him; Su Sheng didn't summon his mount back.

Lu Zhe's eyes lit up as he looked at Su Sheng: "They said in the video that Su big brother is awesome."

"It's fine, A Zhe, you're also impressive," Su Sheng said with a smile.

"Really?"

Su Sheng nodded: "Indeed."

"But A Zhe, what class is this?" Su Sheng couldn't help but curiously ask.

"Hundred-Eyed Asura." Lu Zhe answered.

"Asura?" Su Sheng raised his eyebrows; when he saw Lu Zhe, Su Sheng felt it was like a Hidden Class.

I didn't expect it to really be a Hidden Class.

"A Zhe, how did you obtain this Hidden Class?" Su Sheng couldn't help but curiously ask.

"When I came out of Newbie Village, there was a blind old man at the village entrance; everyone ignored him, and I myself..."

Lu Zhe paused here, then continued: "So, I often went to chat with him."

"Moreover, they are invisible too; I can understand his feelings."

"Then I saw he could walk without a white cane and not fall, so I wanted him to teach me how to do that."

"Then he gave me a knife and told me this is called the Mind's Eye."

"Then I obtained this class; I really can, in the game, see things with my eyes closed."

"Moreover, during battle, I also have to close my eyes and use the Mind's Eye to see, in order to unleash blade aura."

Su Sheng fell silent upon hearing this, wondering if this was fate's compensation for A Zhe? Because being blind, obtaining this Hidden Class is very strong.

"A Zhe, your class is very strong." Su Sheng looked at Lu Zhe and said.

"As strong as Big Brother Su?" Lu Zhe looked at Su Sheng.

"Even stronger than me." Su Sheng answered with a smile; speaking purely of the class, the Hundred-Eyed Asura class still looks promising.

After all, his strength is not merely just a Hidden Class.

"It's a pity, I don't have the Mind's Eye in reality." Lu Zhe's mood sank a bit.

Before Su Sheng could even speak to comfort him, Lu Zhe had already comforted himself, lifting his head to reveal a radiant smile: "But being able to see in the game is already enough for me."

"Big Brother Su, do you know? Before I could see in the game, my world was nothing but emptiness, a vast emptiness."

"Only after entering the game did I realize the world could actually be this splendid." Lu Zhe chattered away, sharing with Su Sheng.

Looking at the thin, small boy before him, Su Sheng couldn't help but feel a pang of pity; fate is so fickle.

"A Zhe! A Zhe! Your Big Brother Da Zhuang is here!"

At that moment, a muscular big man from afar, staring at an unbearable name, came running over shouting all the way.

Soon he came rushing straight over.

The moment he saw Su Sheng, the big man's figure suddenly paused.

"Holy shit!"

"Mo Wen Qianchen?"

"The living Mo Wen Qianchen?"

Su Sheng instantly had a black line on his head...