"ah?"

"Try again, try one more time?" Zhao Feiyan understood Wang Ming's words perfectly well, and her face immediately turned as red as if it were about to bleed.

"Feiyan, are you alright?" Yan Qingcheng asked with concern, looking at Zhao Feiyan's flushed cheeks.

"Ah, Qingcheng, I, I'm fine." Zhao Feiyan looked at Yan Qingcheng, startled, and quickly hung up Wang Ming's voice call.

"Oh, Feiyan, who was that just now? Why is your face so red?"

"Hehe, Sister Qingcheng, is there even a question? Just now, the president was blushing and acting all shy. I bet the person on the other end must be her sweetheart."

"Sheng Sheng is right. I've never seen the president act so girlishly and chat with a man for so long. The man on the other end must be our brother-in-law whom we've never met before."

"Don't talk nonsense. He's just an ordinary friend of mine. He was just trying to get his two friends to join our guild, and that's when we chatted for a bit," Zhao Feiyan said, glancing at Yan Qingcheng with a somewhat bewildered expression.

Seeing that Yan Qingcheng was alright, Zhao Feiyan was relieved. "Alright, let's hurry up and kill some monsters. Let's try to get the hidden class change scroll."

Upon hearing about the hidden job change scroll, everyone started grinding monsters, but Yan Qingcheng had some doubts in her heart, "That voice just now, it was Wang Ming's."

"Feiyan, her and Wang Ming? No, no, I must have misheard. But, but, if someone wants to join our guild, why didn't Wang Ming contact me?"

"Also, Wang Ming didn't come home that night, and when I asked Fei Yan about what happened that night, she hesitated and wouldn't go into details. Did something happen between them?" Looking at Zhao Fei Yan's back, Yan Qingcheng's heart skipped a beat.

Wang Ming, standing outside Chixiao City, was speechless. Zhao Feiyan suddenly hung up the call. "I guess what I said scared her."

"Never mind, I'll just give her my parents' IDs first." Wang Ming opened his friend chat and sent his parents' IDs to Zhao Feiyan.

"I received it. I sent them the membership invitation. Please have them approve it. Also, about what you said about trying again, I... I'll think about it."

Wang Ming's eyes widened. He had only said it casually, but he didn't expect Zhao Feiyan to take it seriously. Looking at Zhao Feiyan's message, the corners of Wang Ming's mouth gradually turned up.

"Ming'er, what are you laughing at?"

"Ah, no, Mom and Dad, open the guild list and see if there's a guild called 'Fine Rain Crossing Prosperity' inviting you to join."

"A guild? Let me see... Hey, son, there really is one."

"Yes, this guild is my friend's guild's guild. Please agree to it. After joining the guild, you will receive an experience bonus."

"Experience bonus, great." Upon hearing this, the two elders joined the guild.

In half a day, under the frenzied output of Jiu Tou and Jin Guang, Wang Gang and Lin Muyu's levels rose by 25 as if they were on a rocket, and the two Aurora Snow Wolf Kings also reached level 20.

"Ming'er, we're already level 25. Let's play by ourselves from now on. You can level up on your own."

"Okay, you guys have fun. Call me if you need anything."

"Um, Dad, could you lend me a return scroll..."

Upon returning to Tianxing City, Wang Ming went to the instance administrator.

"System prompt: Please select the difficulty level of Shadow Ruins: Normal, Hard, King, Hell, Nightmare, Destruction."

"Destruction level".

With a flash of white light, Wang Ming disappeared from his original spot and entered the dungeon. He then used his Insight skill to check the monsters' attributes.

Demon Flame Fox (Normal)

Level: 65

Realm: Level 5 of the Nascent Soul stage

life:

Attack: 3810

Defense: 2506

...

Bone-Rotting Wolf (Elite)

Level: 66

Realm: Nascent Soul Level 6

life:

Attack: 5242

Defense: 3820

...

The monsters in the Devastation-level Shadow Ruins have even higher stats than those in the Secret Realm, but for Wang Ming, apart from the final boss, none of them are a threat.

Wang Ming, accompanied by two divine beasts, fought his way through the monsters and arrived at the boss's room in less than 10 minutes. Facing the boss, Wang Ming, having gained experience, immediately triggered the full stack of Fist of Will and then attacked the boss.

A moment later, the boss, with a hint of resentment, collapsed to the ground.

"System notification: Congratulations on killing the level 70 Universe-rank boss, the Demonized Soul-Eating Mystic Turtle. You have gained 88 million experience points, an additional 17.6 million experience points, 1477 gold coins, and merit points."

"System notification: Congratulations, you have obtained Divine Essence*2."

"System notification: Your cultivation technique - Soul Devouring has been successfully activated. You have gained 500 points of Strength, Agility, Intelligence, Spirit, and Stamina attributes, and 500 free attribute points."

"System notification: Your cultivation technique, Soul Devouring, has been successfully activated..."

"System notification: Congratulations on clearing the Destruction-level Shadow Ruins dungeon with an SSS rating. You have gained 20 million experience points and a Mythical-level completion treasure chest."

"System notification: Congratulations on clearing the Devastation-level Shadow Ruins dungeon in 18 minutes and 15 seconds. You are ranked No. 1 on the Shadow Ruins dungeon clear leaderboard."

Picking up the equipment from the ground, Wang Ming opened the Mythical-level completion treasure chest.

"System notification: You have obtained a guild creation token*1."

System notification: You have obtained 1 level 70 8-star accessory.

System notification: You have obtained Lingyin's S-rank skill book *1

"System notification: You have gained 100,000 merit points."

"What a pity, I didn't get the hidden class change scroll." Wang Ming exited the dungeon and challenged the devastating Shadow Ruins again.