My Misfortune Crushed Instances-Chapter 86: For Power-Leveling, Find Li Rui

Li Rui didn’t message Dong Sanchuan, not to play hard-to-get, but because he was already on the plane.

"Why is Huo Yun coming? Doesn’t he have work to do?"

As a fellow junior, He Chengli was quite dissatisfied with his "colleague," always feeling that the guy had impure motives, but of course, that was just bias.

Li Rui retorted, "Why are you going to the Northwest?"

"For training, since the next Secret Realm hasn’t arrived yet, participating in missions and combat are beneficial for someone in a combat-oriented profession like mine."

"So, same for him."

Li Rui wasn’t resistant, anyway, these two guys had no shortage of gear and materials, and having more fighters for free wasn’t a bad thing, "You don’t have any deep grudges with him, be generous."

"Fine," He Chengli shrugged. "Is he here already?"

"Not yet, he should also be in the air; his plane arrives half an hour earlier than ours, if there’s no delay."

Li Rui said, "After landing, we’ll go straight to Cangyun Association, hurry up and complete the tasks; after all, we only have two months, we need to maximize efficiency."

"Okay."

...

The layout of the Cangyun Association is similar to the Baili Association, led by the Superpower Division, also supported by various influential families.

The Northwest area is different from the Southeast; due to geography, population, natural resources, etc., the overall urban layout is quite concentrated. Strictly speaking, although the families come from different provinces, the main figures conduct activities in the most developed West Wind Province.

Lately, around this time, forces greatly influencing the Cangyun Association have been frequently meeting to discuss the situation.

However, every generation has its own circle, and today in Qing Garden City’s private club, the core forces from several families are gathering, mainly in their thirties and forties, about to take power but still overshadowed by the older generation.

He Pengxi is the heir apparent to the Hea family Patriarch, and after becoming the first among competitors to break through level 55, the suspense has already become minimal.

"The Huo family contacted me, saying that a junior from their family is coming over for training; it’s quite lively here recently."

"It’s always like this before the Secret Realm battlefield opens; various families and organizations want to send people over here, since the intensity is just right. They wouldn’t dare to toss the young ones still growing overseas to those no-man’s-land areas."

At that moment, another person entered from outside, round like a meatball and full of smiles, but speaking with a coarse voice.

"Kong Ji, you’re late again."

The fat man with the surname Kong looks around thirty-something, slightly younger than the others present.

"Got delayed, you know Dong Sanchuan, right?"

"I know, isn’t he together with that girl from the Jiang family, the kid from the Zhang family, and some up-and-coming star named Nan something? They’ve been making quite a name recently, and that up-and-coming star title certainly isn’t for nothing," He Pengxi said.

Kong Ji picked up a cup of a few hundred-dollar tea on the table and gulped down a few sips. "Who wouldn’t say so? My family asked me to find a way to win them over, and I couldn’t just say no to this task."

"What happened?"

"Asked me to keep an eye on, from the Baili Association coming over, a young guy with the surname Li," Kong Ji said. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"You might say it’s the Li family from Nanshui, but not from Baili Association; there’s no Li there."

While the others shook their heads, He Pengxi asked with a strange expression, "Li Rui?"

"Yes! Hey, how did you know?"

He Pengxi spoke with a strange expression, "Because I’m supposed to be watching him too."

"Who exactly is this person?"

A woman with a seed-shaped face who hadn’t spoken much chimed in.

"Surprised to hear even Miss Jiang Ling speak up?" Kong Ji teased with a grin.

Jiang Ling snorted, "I’m almost forty, and yet you still call me Miss all the time, isn’t it tiresome? Just tell us who it is."

Many women, especially older ones, usually don’t like discussing their age, but she seemed quite the opposite.

Kong Ji looked at He Pengxi, who said, "He’s a level 17 Rain Summoner; other than that, I don’t know much. Seems quite mysterious; even the records my people tried to check didn’t have anything."

Jiang Ling lowered her eyebrows in contemplation, familiar with her knew this meant she’s got some ideas, so the situation went quiet.

"The Huo family...level 17...Baili Association?"

All of sudden, she raised her head, "I remember now, previously there was a rumor from a junior in the Huo family, said if someone between levels 15 to 20 enters the Secret Realm, they’ll need help and should find that Li Rui for ’power leveling’ or something."

These wealthy families naturally have their own information circles; however, Huo Yun didn’t make much noise within as he’s still too young.

"Ah, when you put it that way, I remember too."

Kong Ji patted his forehead, "I thought it was some little kid playing pranks, so I didn’t care."

He Pengxi smiled bitterly, "A level 17 Rain Summoner, still seems like a prank now."

Kong Ji agreed, "Exactly, if he’s that impressive, why would he need us to look after him?"

He Pengxi calmly said, "His identity is unclear and his background is mysterious. I personally suggest Xiaokong should make contact."

"Me?"

Kong Ji’s eyes widened, "Am I that idle?"

He Pengxi smiled, "You get along best with young people, just think of it as doing everyone a favor by trying to probe a bit."

"Hey, brother, it’s not that I don’t want to go, but there’s a lot going on now... I need to prepare for the Secret Realm battlefield too..."

"The epic hammer you’ve been eyeing for ages, I’ll give it to you; will that work?"

"Hehehe, alright then."

Kong Ji grinned cheekily.

He Pengxi didn’t mind that, figuring out things is one objective, and there are people from each family present, and this move incidentally wins over a wave of favor; one piece of gear—not a bad deal.

...

Wu Sun sat in the noodle restaurant under the Guotong Mansion, feeling hollow inside.

"Brother Ba, oh no, leader, it’s really quite odd now that Li Rui has gone."

Wang Ba was beside him, eating beef noodles with garlic, eyes locked on a music tutorial video on his phone, responding without lifting his head, "You never did any missions with him, so what’s odd about it."

"Well, that’s true, but wasn’t I normally responsible for protecting him?"

"What protection, you’re just an alarm. Having you move next door was just so someone could alert the organization if something happened."

"...That’s hurtful."

Despite saying this, Wu Sun didn’t feel much about it; he was always someone who went with the flow, and if transferred to Mihe City, he’d likely get along well with Zhou Xiong’s group.

Wang Ba knew this too and continued, "Xiaoli is not a fish in the pond, you’ve heard that saying, haven’t you? Like those up-and-coming stars, even geniuses in the Superpower Division are quickly promoted; certainly, our grassroots organization can’t keep them."

Wu Sun said, "But Li Rui isn’t like that; he definitely won’t forget about us."

"That’s for sure."

Wang Ba beamed, "I’m still looking forward to him becoming someone influential and coming back to see us; by then, won’t I just show off a bit before the newbies, hahaha."

Wu Sun rested his chin on his hand and murmured, "I wonder what level he’ll be when he returns from the Northwest; at least level 23, right?"

"I’m guessing level 25."