Chu Tianhan attacked Lin Jichen, but because he had his reasons, Elder Tianjian only punished him by making him meditate at Quiet Reflection Cliff for ten days.
This punishment seemed unfair to Lin Jichen, but Chu Tianhan was indeed influenced by Luo Muxian's Soul-Stealing Seal and didn't act intentionally.
Moreover, Chu Tianhan was the Senior Brother and a direct disciple of Elder Tianjian. Considering his status, Chu Tianhan wouldn't face severe punishment.
Lin Jichen had anticipated this outcome. He didn't naively expect the elders to avenge him and eliminate Chu Tianhan.
However, Elder Tianjian did give Lin Jichen two Mysterious Grade Attribute Elixirs as compensation.
[Mysterious Grade · Attribute Elixir]: Permanently increases a random combat attribute by 5-10 points. Attribute and points are random. Quantity: 2.
Lin Jichen consumed them without hesitation.
[Ding! Strength +10!]
[Ding! Strength +10!]
Gaining twenty points in strength was decent.
After this encounter, Lin Jichen realized that his realm was still too low.
If his opponents were only players, he could easily dominate them despite his low realm.
But in reality, his enemies were not just players.
Both Chu Tianhan and Li Xinghun were far stronger than him.
This gave Lin Jichen a strong sense of crisis. Other players only lost some experience when killed by NPCs.
But he couldn't afford to die.
So, Lin Jichen had to guard against players and NPCs alike.
Lin Jichen was already contemplating where to find supreme-grade Body Refining Elixirs.
To find elixirs, he naturally had to ask Elder Tianqing, a grandmaster in alchemy.
But it seemed the twelve elders were in a meeting. Lin Jichen went to Spirit Elixir Mountain but didn't find Elder Tianqing.
Lin Jichen wanted to wait for their meeting to end, but after waiting all night, they still didn't appear.
Lin Jichen, as usual, logged out of the game and went out to exercise with Ren Lan.
When they returned, Niu Naitang had just logged out of the game as well.
Niu Naitang brushed her teeth, washed her face, ate the breakfast prepared by Gu Qiuxue, and then was reluctantly sent to school by Lin Jichen.
Lin Jichen, Ren Lan, and Gu Qiuxue all went to send her off.
The little girl walked to school as if heading to an execution ground, her steps heavy, her face clearly saying, "I don't want to go to school."
But in the end, she had to face reality and obediently entered the campus.
Back home, Lin Jichen was about to log into the game.
Gu Qiuxue said, "Little Chen, I got the recommendation letter from the Mysterious Medical Sect, but some people keep following me, asking me to add them as friends. If I don't, they won't let me leave the village. I've been killed by them several times..."
Gu Qiuxue's message carried a tone of helplessness. She didn't want to trouble Lin Jichen, but she had no other choice.
A few sleazy guys, seeing her beauty, kept tailing her, persistently asking her to add them as friends.
It was obvious they wanted to take advantage of her once she added them as friends.
After all, adding friends allowed physical interactions like hugging and shaking hands.
These guys were trying to exploit this, pestering Gu Qiuxue, who firmly refused.
So they resorted to force, preventing Gu Qiuxue from leaving the village to use the teleportation array.
Every time Gu Qiuxue tried to leave the village, they would kill her, forcing her to comply.
With no other options, Gu Qiuxue sought help from Lin Jichen.
Upon hearing this, Lin Jichen was furious.
"Sis, log in and give me the novice village's location. Wait for me in the village; I'll handle this."
Ren Lan, beside him, slammed the table, even angrier than Lin Jichen.
"These people are disgusting! I'm going too! My task is done. Little Lin, you escort Sister Qiuxue to join the sect. I'll block them. I'll make them quit the game!"
The three of them logged back into the game.
Soon, Gu Qiuxue sent the location.
Seeing that Elder Tianqing was still nowhere to be found, Lin Jichen decisively left the sect and teleported to Yuehua Province.
At a certain novice village, outside the village entrance, four male players were gathered, chatting.
"Haha, do you think that beauty will come out again?"
"Of course she will, unless she wants to quit the game."
"Damn, it's rare to meet such a beautiful girl. We must add her as a friend and then hug her together."
"Yeah, even if we can't do anything substantial, at least we can enjoy it a bit."
"Haha, I saw her in the village. She was AFK. Wait, she's coming out again!"
The four stretched their necks, and sure enough, the stunningly beautiful Gu Qiuxue was walking towards them from the village.
Seeing her delicate, jade-like face, the sleazy guys drooled.
In reality, they wouldn't dare do anything inappropriate, but in the game, they didn't care about the rules, as the law couldn't touch them here.
They just wanted to take advantage, knowing that non-friend players couldn't have any physical contact.
"Hey, beauty, have you thought it through? We don't ask for much, just to add you as a friend. You can't deny us this, can you?"
"Yeah, adding a friend won't cost you anything. If you agree, we can even help you level up and clear Secret Realms."
"Stop wasting time. Either add us as friends or get sent back to the village's respawn point."
"We can't fight in the village, but the teleportation array is outside. If you want to use it, you have to get past us!"
Gu Qiuxue looked at their disgusting faces, trying to calm her anger. She had a good temper but couldn't help feeling enraged.
She had been stuck in the novice village for half a day, and these four were like sticky plaster, clinging to her.
Gu Qiuxue didn't plan to leave the village, just stood at the entrance, waiting for Lin Jichen.
The four men thought she was scared, laughing even more arrogantly.
At this moment, a black dot was rapidly approaching them from the sky.
"Damn! Look! Someone is flying towards our village!"
A novice player who had just left the village saw the figure flying from the horizon and exclaimed.
Other players immediately looked in the direction of the voice.
"It's true! Sword Flight, damn, that's so cool!"
"Ugh, I dream of Sword Flight. I just started this game and don't know how to play yet."
"Is that an NPC? Why would they come to a novice village? Maybe there's a quest."
In no time, the figure flying on a sword appeared outside the village, landing steadily on the ground. The flying sword circled around the person a few times before disappearing.
This entrance left the novice players in awe.
A max-level player coming to bully novices?
The newbies were as excited as kids seeing Ultraman or Marvel fans seeing a superhero, exclaiming in awe.