After emerging from the Lich Palace, Shen Jingbin and Quiet And Steadfast formed a party with Qi Muâs group and brought them along to clear their dailies. In the midst of their quest, Shen Jingbin found out that there were a fair number of players from Life At First Sight who were eyeing them like a tiger watching its prey. However, their fear of Quiet And Steadfast ultimately caused them to shrink back and watch the group from afar.
Inking A Message sighed. "Even after so long, todayâs been the first time weâve been able to clear our dailies without being harassed."
Daily quests were filled with pointless busy work, but they gave pretty good experience. So, to players whose Levels werenât that high, daily quests were a decent way to level.
Once they were done with their dailies, the group of five started working on their event quests. Quiet And Steadfast still needed another ten Generalâs Directives, which he wanted to finish collecting before New Yearâs Eve and exchange for a mount. After completing their event quests, everyone gathered around and opened their event boxes together.
Inking A Message and Gentle Kite werenât so lucky and didnât manage to get a single Generalâs Direction. Qi Mu and Quiet And Steadfast received one each, while Shen Jingbin was the last to open her event box and got herself five whole Generalâs Directives.
Quiet And Steadfast felt like he was about to die from frustration. Why wasnât he so lucky?!
The Generalâs Directives were useless in Shen Jingbinâs eyes, so she handed all of them to Quiet And Steadfast, with the latter feeling very conflicted about it.
Should he accept the Generalâs Directives? If he did, it wouldnât feel right to exchange them for a mount that he was going to present to her. On the other hand, rejecting them meant that he might not be able to collect enough of them by New Yearâs Eve.
The Great God was in quite a pickle.
Shen Jingbin didnât know why he was feeling so conflicted. She just pushed the Generalâs Directives into his arms while she stared at him. Either way, she wouldnât be able to gather enough of them on her own in time, and she was too lazy to sell them herself, so giving it to Quiet And Steadfast would be better than leaving them to rot in her inventory.
A specific Great God whoâd been stared at just rubbed his nose and silently accepted the items.
Qi Mu enviously looked on. If she hadnât seen it for herself, she wouldnât have believed that Nutjob was the dominant one in their relationship. She smiled when she thought back to the rumours that sheâd previously heard. Rumours really couldnât be trusted.
Nutjob and Quiet And Steadfast logged off after opening their event boxes.
Over the next two days, both of them were busy helping their respective families with their New Year preparations, so neither of them had the time come online. They didnât keep up with the happenings in the game either and werenât aware of the new developments.
A video of Shen Jingbin insta-killing someone at White Cloud Temple in front of everyone, coupled with the vicious ultimatum that sheâd issued afterwards, had been recorded by someone using the in-game recording function and posted onto the gameâs forums. Paired with an eye-catching title, the thread quickly became popular on the forums.
Of course, the threadâs title couldnât be anything good.
"White Cloud Templeâs Great Senior Sister: is she an exceptional beauty, or is she just beyond ugly? I feel like Yiju has deceived me."
The excitement generated by the gameâs trailer had yet to die down completely. There were still many people who browsed the forums daily asking for information about the beautiful Senior Sister. The threadâs appearance attracted the attention of countless people who excitedly clicked in to have a look.
The resulting reaction was one that you could imagine.
Although the Administrator hadnât explicitly stated that the Senior Sister in the trailer and the one in-game were the same person, at some point, the thoughts of the masses had shifted in that direction. In their minds, the equation was as follows: the beautiful girl in the trailer = the Great Senior Sister of White Cloud Temple = Shen Jingbin.
In reality, while that really was the case, Shen Jingbinâs in-game appearance was the furthest thing from the word âbeautifulâ. When they found out, people whoâd believed in that equation couldnât accept this outcome and felt like theyâd been deceived.
The original poster was one of the crazed fans of the beautiful woman in the trailer. And, he was also present in the crowd when Shen Jingbin had performed her insta-kill. At that time, fear of Shen Jingbinâs threat had prevented him from speaking out, but anger built within him till it consumed him once heâd logged out. Unable to bear it, he ran to the forums and posted his thread.
Heâd started recording the moment heâd heard the Great Senior Sister had made an appearance. His original plan was to record the beauty so that he could admire her from the comforts of his own home, yet who wouldâve thought that he wouldnât be able to see her... But, looks like it wasnât all for naught.
"Hehe, Yijuâs marketing strategies are becoming more and more impressive by the day. Look, they even managed to trump up an ugly woman till she became an earth-shattering beauty. What happened to basic human decency? Iâm really disappointed with Yiju now."
"I was there too and saw everything. The Senior Sister from White Cloud Temple... hehe... Forgive me for being blunt, but even calling her trash would be speaking well of her. Not only is she ugly, but sheâs also vicious and merciless. If it were in the real world, a woman like her wouldâve committed a crime sooner or later. Sheâs basically a ticking time bomb."
"You shouldnât look down on others. From what Iâve heard, this Senior Sister may be a little ugly, but she has the support of the number one God in the game. With his backing, sheâs been doing whatever the hell she wants in the game. Do you see the guy protecting her? Thatâs the number one player in the game. He could take all us small fries out with just his pinkie."
"Hehe, whatâs the point of looking beautiful in this day and age? You need to live well. (ï¿£Ïï¿£)"
"Donât you guys think youâre going a little overboard? I donât think the Administrator said anything about the Senior Sister in the trailer being the same person in-game. Is it right to casually humiliate a girl in-game? Isnât insulting someone just because of how they look the actions of those lacking in character?"
"+1. What if she intentionally made herself look worse? Would men of character make fun of a girl just because of how she looks?"
"You look like a social justice warrior. Tell me, in this day and age, which girl would actually do that to herself? Arenât all of the girls these days jumping at the opportunity to beautify themselves to the point where even their parents wouldnât be able to recognise them? So, stop talking about pointless things like âwhat ifsâ; sheâs ugly, and thatâs that. Sheâs already terrified all of us by showing her face, and youâre telling me I canât even talk about her?"
"Exactly. Even if she isnât the Senior Sister from the trailer, sheâs still in the wrong because sheâs holding a title that she doesnât deserve. That title belongs to our beauty. Isnât knowing oneself a virtue? Whereâd she work up the courage to actually dare take up the position of Senior Sister in spite of her being so ugly?"
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The replies in the thread started turning into a slugfest, becoming increasingly gruesome the further down one went. But, this wasnât the highlight.
Another exposé appeared on the afternoon that the original thread was posted.