Chapter 116: Disparity

On the other hand, Ye Xuan felt that he needed to find a way to connect with some other geniuses.

Currently, the geniuses at the Awakening Academy in the Magic City all had a favorability rating of over thirty. To raise it to over fifty would require a lot of time and effort, and Ye Xuan wasn’t sure what he would gain from it.

Ye Xuan didn’t have that much time to waste. It would be better to try to connect with other geniuses, as a favorability rating of thirty was relatively easy to achieve.

After looking through some of the top difficulty missions, Ye Xuan selected a few to focus on before temporarily withdrawing.

Ye Xuan decided to wait until the last day of the month to take on this mission.

The point rewards for these extremely difficult missions ranged from fifty thousand to one million.

The points were quite impressive, but if Ye Xuan revealed his hand by completing missions now, Long Hanjie probably wouldn’t give up easily.

Long Hanjie had a powerful group of in-laws backing him up, and his own strength was not lacking.

If he tirelessly grinded for points day and night, Ye Xuan might not be able to guarantee his own first place even if he completed an extremely difficult mission early.

However, if Ye Xuan only executed the mission on the last day, it would instantly widen the gap between everyone, leaving a difference of hundreds of thousands of points.

By then, it would be the final day, and even if Long Hanjie worked tirelessly, he wouldn’t be able to make up such a huge difference, right?

Of course, Ye Xuan wanted Su Mengli to top the rankings. If he accepted the mission, it had to be done in a team mode with Su Mengli.

With the points reward split between them, the mission’s reward had to be high enough!

While searching through these extremely difficult missions, Ye Xuan came across a mission with a relatively modest reward, the Tianshan Snow Lotus.

Tianshan Snow Lotus Task: At the Tainshan Mountain, there is a transformed Tianshan Snow Lotus that can cure all poisons. However, the Tianshan Snow Lotus is guarded by a mysterious white snake. The mission is extremely difficult, not recommended to confront the white snake directly, but to steal the Tianshan Snow Lotus directly. The mission rewards fifty thousand points.

The reward for the Tianshan Snow Lotus mission was quite ordinary, only fifty thousand points, which didn’t quite match its difficulty.

However, this Tianshan Snow Lotus could cure all poisons. Seeing the timing of the mission’s release, Ye Xuan immediately guessed that the mission was issued for Senior Wang Wu.

Wang Wu had been poisoned by a mutated jellyfish in front of Ye Xuan, so Ye Xuan greatly admired this senior.

If possible, Ye Xuan hoped to help this senior, but with a reward of fifty thousand points split in half, he would only get twenty-five thousand points.

Based on their talent coefficients, Ye Xuan would ultimately receive fifty thousand points, while Su Mengli would get one hundred thousand points.

With a month’s time, the gap between Su Mengli and Long Hanjie was definitely more than just a hundred thousand points.

The points from this mission didn’t meet Ye Xuan’s requirements, but there was only one Full Level Experience Card. For a moment, Ye Xuan was conflicted.

After much contemplation, Ye Xuan still couldn’t make a decision. Senior Wang’s life was important, but the growth of his Empress was equally crucial.

Since he had the ability, Ye Xuan didn’t want Su Mengli to fall behind. Why should Su Mengli, also an SSS, receive much less treatment than Long Hanjie just because he had a powerful group of in-laws? Ye Xuan wanted to prove that he alone could provide as much help to Su Mengli as Long Hanjie’s group of in-laws.

The reason Ye Xuan didn’t want to fall behind was also due to memories from his past life.

In his previous life, Ye Xuan was a cannon fodder at the C class, while Su Mengli was a peerless Red Lotus Empress, creating a huge gap between them.

Therefore, even though Ye Xuan was more outstanding than Su Mengli in this life, he still worried that he couldn’t give her the best, and that his presence hindered her strength improvement.

At least in his past life, after awakening, Su Mengli focused solely on cultivation, without any distractions. But in this life, Su Mengli spent every day talking and loving Ye Xuan. Even with a dual cultivation card, her growth speed might not be faster than in her previous life.

If Su Mengli’s strength didn’t surpass her previous life, how would she deal with future challenges?

Did Ye Xuan come back just to let the future Empress enjoy twenty years of happiness and then die at the hands of a formidable opponent? That would be ridiculous.

Of course, in the future, Ye Xuan wouldn’t stand idly by, but the Empress’s strength couldn’t be lacking.

Therefore, Ye Xuan thought about fighting for Su Mengli to reach the top of the Dragon List, proving that being with him wouldn’t hinder her but make her even better.

Since he couldn’t make a decision, Ye Xuan temporarily set it aside. There were still over twenty days left, maybe he could find a way to have the best of both worlds?

Putting aside these conflicts, Ye Xuan found Su Mengli, and the two of them selected suitable missions on the Awakened Ones Forum, then accepted and went to execute them.

The difficulty of the missions for Ye Xuan and Su Mengli wasn’t very high, but completing a mission wasn’t as simple as going to the destination and defeating the beasts. Many missions required waiting.

For example, when Su Mengli dealt with the transformed bat swarm before, she had to wait for hours at the university before the transformed bats arrived. Many missions inevitably wasted time.

It was different for Long Hanjie with his powerful group of in-laws.

One of his strong in-laws would help Long Hanjie select the most cost-effective missions, arrange for Awakeners to gather information and clues for the missions, and then have Long Hanjie execute them.

If Long Hanjie took on the mission of dealing with the transformed bats, one of his in-laws would arrange for a helicopter to transport Long Hanjie to the destination a minute before the bats attacked.

Then Long Hanjie would take action, exterminate the bats in three minutes, board the helicopter again, leave gracefully, and appear at the next mission location half an hour later to continue missioning…

Compared to that, Ye Xuan and Su Mengli were on their own. The mentors at the Awakening Academy and other students couldn’t do this kind of logistical work for them, so their efficiency naturally couldn’t compare to Long Hanjie’s.

A week passed quickly, and Ye Xuan and Su Mengli were already working hard on missions, but the gap between them and Long Hanjie was widening further.

Currently, Long Hanjie was first on the Dragon List with a high score of one hundred and forty thousand, while Ye Xuan and Su Mengli together had less than thirty thousand points.

Fortunately, their talent coefficients were relatively high, so although they couldn’t compare to Long Hanjie, they at least maintained their positions in the top ten.

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