"Sage? Is that old Kong?" A player stood in the central plaza of Fengle City, staring blankly at the suddenly appearing five-hundred-meter-tall statue.
"Old Kong? Lao Zi?" The player next to him rubbed his eyes, looking at the statue over five hundred meters high. Unfortunately, it was too close to see the facial features clearly.
"Damn it, I'm really convinced by you two. Letting you join my Exploding Heaven Gang back then was a mistake. Your IQ has always been offline. The announcement just said this sage is called 'Jie Ming', dear ong de si de?"
A leader covered in green equipment couldn't help but shake his head and sigh as he looked at the two. It was none other than Bear Cub, the governor of the Exploding Heaven Gang for Guangxi and Guangdong.
"Jie Ming? Why does that name sound so familiar?"
Prompted by others, the tens of thousands of players watching in the plaza couldn't help but pause. They felt the name was very familiar.
"Isn't this the guy on the level leaderboard? Damn it, the second place is only level twenty-eight. What kind of steroids did this guy take to be so powerful and directly reach level fifty!"
"Most importantly, this guy is also ranked first on the talent list! A talent of max10, I wonder how much stronger it is than divine-tier talents!"
"No way, it's illogical. This guy is definitely the biological son of Tian Mou Ren! Or directly kept by Tian Mou Ren."
Tian Mou Ren was the name players used to refer to 'Heavenly Dao' because too many players had cursed Heavenly Dao and were punished by it. It was one thing to suffer painful lightning strikes, but to have 10% of their attribute points deducted was a tragedy beyond tears.
"Hey, hey, what are you guys thinking? A sage, what is a sage? That's a figure more formidable than an immortal. Do you think a mere level fifty individual could be a sage?"
Bear Cub exclaimed as he listened to the surrounding crowd.
Had these people's brains gone haywire? Level fifty was indeed impressive, but it hadn't reached the level of a sage!
However, Bear Cub's words were clearly ignored.
Instead, players began to pay homage to Ye Yun. Although it was past nine o'clock, many curious onlookers couldn't resist their desire for novelty.
"Holy crap, his grandpa! I just paid homage and got a free attribute point!"
Just as Bear Cub's face turned dark, a loyal subordinate excitedly shouted, instantly drawing everyone's attention.
"What, you didn't say that sooner!" Hearing this, even Bear Cub, who often casually mentioned billions of gold coins, couldn't help but get excited. He immediately followed the example of his subordinate and bowed towards the statue.
"Boss, how is it?"
Seeing Bear Cub also paying homage, the subordinate couldn't help but ask.
"Hmm! Just one attribute point, what's there to be happy about." Bear Cub grunted, his brow furrowed. Looking at the excited crowd around him happily reaping attribute points, he was inwardly cursing.
"Holy crap, why can you guys get attribute points, but I only got one gold coin?"
"Gold coin? Damn it, I didn't even get a single strand of hair!"
As more and more players paid homage, an increasing number of them started cursing. Bear Cub's brow also relaxed. Damn it, this statue was truly divine. His casual, perfunctory bow actually didn't even yield him a single strand of hair.
Bear Cub looked up and saw a three-zhang-high stone tablet beneath the statue. He couldn't help but walk over.
"Sage (Jie Ming) Statue"
"Time of Becoming Sage: Daoyuan Calendar Year 1, February 12th."
"Record Before Becoming Sage:
Character Trial Ground Abyss Mode: Supported for one hour, slaughtered over 200,000異族 (foreign races);
Slaughtered 5 million to 10 million in the Shan Hai Realm;
Slaughtered 500,000 to 1 million in the New Mortal Continent;
First place on the personal leaderboard and first place on the team leaderboard for the Myriad Races Hegemony event;
Slaughtered over 5 million in the Divine City (Immortal City).
Killed over 10 million Heavenly Dao monsters of all sizes.
"Sage's Affiliated Faction: Fengle City."
Rules for Player Worship:
1. Players who worship between 8 AM and 9 AM can obtain 1-10 attribute points. The reward depends on the player's strength and the sincerity of their worship.
2. Players who worship at other times will receive rewards based on their sincerity, with a maximum of one free attribute point.
"My heavens, what kind of maps are these places? And why, after killing so many people, has no one attacked him online?"
"Holy crap, I was still thinking of going to other places to get a hundred kills once my level reaches thirty. This guy has already achieved millions of kills. Are we even allowed to live?"
"Can you guys focus on the important part! This person became a sage from the very beginning of the game. It's only been a little over two months since the game started! How did he become a sage? Isn't it strange?"
Quite a few players had gathered in front of the stone tablet. They couldn't help but discuss animatedly as they read the introduction.
"This guy is from our Fengle City. Hey, has anyone seen this guy?" Bear Cub finally couldn't help himself. None of these guys could grasp the main point.
"Fengle City native? From our village?" Hearing Bear Cub, everyone was shocked and then carefully reread the introduction on the stone tablet.
"Holy crap! Everyone ask around, does anyone know this big shot! I want to latch onto him!" someone shouted.
Who would have thought such a formidable figure was from the same village as them? If they met him, formed a good connection, and he gave them even the slightest guidance, it would be something to brag about for a lifetime!
Bear Cub looked at the crowd and couldn't help but shake his head. No wonder you poor wretches have only survived until now with such a mindset.