The entire school embarks on a survival journey, starting from a primeval rainforest.

"Don't panic, we're on the same side!"

After hearing Jiang Fan's explanation, Shi Jingcheng and the others, who were shocked by his entrance, unconsciously relaxed a lot.

But then they became puzzled again.

When did such a formidable figure appear in the martial arts world?

Jiang Fan had naturally prepared his explanation: "I am the third of the Twelve Heavenly Kings under Li Qingfeng, codename: Zheng Daoguang."

Shi Jingcheng frowned. Although he had joined the martial arts world, he had no connection with Li Qingfeng and had never heard of any Twelve Heavenly Kings under his command.

Moreover, Zheng Daoguang's strength is so terrifying, yet there's no such person on the rankings at all...

Just then, a boy next to him suddenly leaned in and said, "Brother Cheng, I think I've heard someone say that Senior Li Qingfeng does indeed have a Twelve Heavenly Kings under his command named Zheng Daoguang..."

Shi Jingcheng was even more confused. How did his subordinates know about something he himself hadn't even been involved in?

The boy noticed Shi Jingcheng's strange expression and scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly: "I only heard it from rumors..."

Upon hearing this, Shi Jingcheng looked wary; he felt that the "Zheng Daoguang" in front of him was not quite right.

Especially his simple robe and long hair, the style just doesn't seem right.

"cough!"

Jiang Fan coughed lightly to attract everyone's attention: "According to Brother Feng himself, I am the partner he recruited. The Twelve Heavenly Kings is his idea, and currently I am the only one."

At this point, Jiang Fan looked bewildered, as if he himself didn't quite understand the meaning of "recruitment" and "partners".

Recruiting? Partners?

Shi Jingcheng's expression changed drastically.

He'd heard of recruiting pets, but what about recruiting companions?

It doesn't seem impossible.

Especially considering that Senior Li has consistently ranked first in points, it seems quite normal that there are some aspects of him that ordinary people don't understand.

Thinking about this, he was already mostly convinced of Jiang Fan's identity.

Aside from being logically sound, the most important thing is the formidable strength Jiang Fan displayed. If the other side truly intended to harm them, then it wouldn't be the mutated lynx lying on the ground now, but rather their own people.

In addition, the fact that Zheng Daoguang's name is not on the list and that he had never heard of him at school is also strong evidence.

Seeing that Shi Jingcheng and the others' expressions had softened, Jiang Fan continued, "I came here on Brother Feng's orders. He said there was a guy named Jiang Fan in this area, and he asked me to come and investigate."

Jiang Fan was certain that Shi Jingcheng and Li Qingfeng hadn't had much contact, which is why he was spreading such misinformation.

After all, Li Qingfeng hadn't even been bound to the position of deputy homestead owner, and had been wasting reward slots.

Shi Jingcheng's expression shifted. He remembered hearing someone mention yesterday that Cao Bin was going to ask Senior Li to handle Jiang Fan's matter.

It seems that Senior Li has agreed and is preparing to have Zheng Daoguang investigate Jiang Fan's background first.

At this point, he became more convinced of Jiang Fan's identity.

"Why is Senior Zheng coming to us instead of going to find Jiang Fan?" This was Shi Jingcheng's last question.

"That Jiang Fan is nothing but a chicken and a dog. If it weren't for the fact that he has a lot of people around him and Brother Feng doesn't allow killing in public, I would have stabbed him to death long ago." Jiang Fan's sinister face showed a smile, but it looked somewhat ferocious. "I came to find you this time because I discovered an area with living trees and I need your help."

"A living tree area?!" Shi Jingcheng exclaimed in surprise. "How many living trees are there?"

"At least twenty or so trees," Jiang Fan said casually.

Shi Jingcheng was breathing heavily. He had heard Cao Bin say that the sap of this living tree was extremely miraculous. After taking it, it could not only heal external wounds quickly, but also enhance physical fitness.

It is far more precious than the psionic energy that can be obtained by killing mutated beasts.

But he wasn't blinded by greed. Instead, he posed one last question: "But we've never met the senior, so how does he know that we're on the same side as Senior Li?"

Jiang Fan chuckled: "Brother Feng told me about some people in the underworld, such as Cao Bin, you Shi Jingcheng, and Bi Hai. He told me that after seeing your names, he would know that you are one of his own."

As he spoke, Jiang Fan scanned the heads of the group one by one, as if there were illusory names hanging above their heads, but they themselves could not see them.

Upon realizing this, Shi Jingcheng asked incredulously, "You can see our names?"

Jiang Fan nodded, and while looking up at the heads of the group, he recited the names of all twelve people present.

And all of this was, of course, thanks to the intelligence network of the tabby cat... no, the Cat Emperor.

Shi Jingcheng was stunned by Jiang Fan's move. He didn't even know all the real names of the group members, and usually used nicknames or "affectionate names".

At this point, all his suspicions about Jiang Fan disappeared.

After all, if the person in front of them wasn't an "NPC," how could they possibly have the cheat code to see the names above the heads of these "players"?

At the same time, his heart burned with passion.

It is said that Cao Bin and a group of people fought with all their might yesterday to cut down a living tree, and even so, they still gained a lot.

There are at least twenty living trees right now. If we can capture them all, the benefits will be unimaginable!

Once everyone had stopped doubting Jiang Fan's story, Shi Jingcheng and his group naturally followed in Jiang Fan's footsteps and began heading towards Feng Peter's group.

In fact, Jiang Fan's original target was another team from the Honglu Society, but since Peter Feng had made such a great achievement, it would be somewhat unreasonable not to "help out".

They had both the hope of acquiring rare resources and the anticipation of enhancing their strength, all mixed with the honor of being able to contribute to the mysterious leader, Li Qingfeng.

Along the way, Jiang Fan displayed his divine power many times, relying on the buffs of his level 1 spirit body and blue steel spear to brutally and skilllessly kill several alien beasts.

These were all formidable opponents in the eyes of Shi Jingcheng and his gang.

Jiang Fan's psionic energy value continued to increase at a slow rate.

It wasn't that the beasts he killed weren't strong, but rather that he discovered that when a beast of the same strength was killed after breaking through to the Spirit Body stage, the spiritual energy gained was actually reduced compared to before the breakthrough.

It seems that some unseen system force discourages the rampant slaughter of weak beasts to accumulate spiritual energy.

Besides, Jiang Fan was pleasantly surprised to find that the portion of spiritual energy absorbed by the Twin Masks did not seem to have been reduced.

He could sense that this thing hadn't absorbed spiritual energy for nothing; rather, it was subtly changing.

It's just that the amount absorbed so far is small, and it hasn't caused a qualitative change yet.

After witnessing Jiang Fan's terrifying strength multiple times, Shi Jingcheng finally couldn't help but approach him: "Senior Zheng, I have a favor to ask, I wonder if it's possible..."

He always felt that Zheng Daoguang had the air of an ancient person.

So when talking to him, I couldn't help but use some literary vocabulary.

Jiang Fan smiled inwardly, knowing that the fish was about to take the bait.

But outwardly, he subtly revealed a hint of doubt: "Brother Shi, please speak freely."

Shi Jingcheng licked his lips, hesitated for a few seconds, and then said embarrassedly, "...It's just that, I'm about to break through 100 spiritual energy. Could you wait until we encounter another opponent, and after you injure or control them, give me a chance to finish them off..."

At this point, he felt a bitter taste in his mouth. If Jiang Fan hadn't suddenly appeared and killed the mutated lynx that he had almost worn down, he might have already broken through to the next level.

Furthermore, the strange beasts they encountered later were quickly dealt with by Jiang Fan without him even having a chance to make a move.

This caused him to be stuck at the bottleneck of his spiritual body, unable to make any progress, which was extremely uncomfortable.

But these thoughts could only flash through my mind; I couldn't express them aloud.

That's why he had no choice but to make this "unreasonable request".

At the same time, he felt that his request might be a bit excessive, so he quickly added, "Of course, I won't let you help me for nothing. If there's anything you need from me, please feel free to ask!"

Looking at "Zheng Daoguang" who had not answered for a long time, Shi Jingcheng's face was full of unease.