"Teaming up?"

  Ye Bai frowned slightly, intending to refuse.

  He had awakened an SSS Rank Talent, and just clearing the beginner dungeon had already stirred up a storm, with all sides in turmoil.

  Before Ye Bai grew stronger, his identity as Asura absolutely couldn't be exposed.

  Therefore, he needed to avoid contact with others, especially someone like Liu Xueqi, who was the center of attention.

  "No, I prefer to fight alone."

  Liu Xueqi wasn't surprised by Ye Bai's refusal.

  She was well aware that in others' eyes, she was just an F Rank waste. In other words, teaming up with Liu Xueqi was like dragging someone down, just a burden.

  Zhao Lin, fearing Liu Xueqi might misunderstand, hurriedly explained,

  "Big Bai doesn't even team up with me, and he said he's planning to challenge the second floor of the Eternal Tower today."

  Everyone in the class knew about Zhao Lin's relationship with Ye Bai.

  If even Zhao Lin couldn't team up with Ye Bai, then it showed Ye Bai wasn't lying.

  In fact, Ye Bai had no need to lie.

  Whether Liu Xueqi had an S Rank Talent or an F Rank Talent, teaming up with Ye Bai meant she would win effortlessly, without needing to lift a finger.

  "Thank you."

  Liu Xueqi bowed slightly, thanking Ye Bai again, and then took out a scroll.

  "This is a map of the Eternal Tower collected by my grandfather, with information from the first to the tenth floor, monster spawn points, monster information, and even records of many hidden quests..."

  Before Liu Xueqi could finish, Zhao Lin stared at the scroll, almost drooling.

  What a treasure!

  He loved collecting all kinds of information, especially knowing the importance of maps. This was something money couldn't buy, and ordinary people couldn't get their hands on.

  To put it bluntly, the small scroll in Liu Xueqi's hand was worth millions!

  Zhao Lin signaled to Ye Bai to accept it.

  Ye Bai felt a bit helpless. This thing was invaluable to others, but to him, it was worthless.

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  "Please, you must take it! This is the most valuable thing I can offer right now..."

  Liu Xueqi held up the scroll, her face flushed, her gaze exceptionally firm.

  Seeing her determination, Ye Bai knew that if he didn't accept it today, she wouldn't give up no matter what.

  "Alright, I'll return it to you after I use it."

  Ye Bai took the scroll, waved his hand, and said, "If there's nothing else, I'm leaving."

  Watching Ye Bai's silhouette in the sunset, Liu Xueqi bowed again, silently expressing her gratitude, tears slipping from the corners of her eyes.

  "Xueqi, Xueqi!"

  A noblewoman hurriedly walked to Liu Xueqi's side,

  "Why are you here? I couldn't find you just now, you worried your mother sick."

  The noblewoman exuded elegance, well-maintained with a rosy complexion, and bore some resemblance to Liu Xueqi.

  "Xueqi, don't worry about the talent issue, listen to your mom, let's go home for dinner."

  Liu Xueqi forced a smile, "Mom, I'm fine."

  "Don't say you're fine, your eyes are red, my poor child..."

  The noblewoman embraced Liu Xueqi, a trace of worry in her eyes, but it quickly disappeared, well-controlled.

  "Who was that boy just now? Aren't you going to introduce him to your mom?"

  "No, it's no one, just a classmate."

  "I saw you give him the map, tell me the truth, do you like him?"

  Liu Xueqi hurriedly defended,

  "Mom, no! Ye Bai is just a classmate from our class..."

  "Alright, alright, let's go, get in the car."

  Sitting in the passenger seat, the noblewoman took out her phone, tapped a few times, and sent a message.

  "Check the background of Ye Bai from Class 3 (2)."

  Looking at her daughter through the rearview mirror, acting as if nothing had happened, the noblewoman's eyes turned cold.

  Her daughter had awakened an F Rank Talent, what mother wouldn't be heartbroken?

  If someone wanted to take advantage of this, deceive her daughter, and try to gain benefits from the Liu family, she, as a mother, would never allow it!

  ...

  After dinner, back home, Ye Bai took out the map Liu Xueqi had given him and spread it out on the table.

  "There is indeed a lot of information, but it's useless to me."

  In Ye Bai's view, under the effect of the Eye of Insight, there were no secrets!

  "The Eternal Tower requires constant climbing and breaking through floors. I'm currently on the first floor."

  Ye Bai looked at the map of the first floor.

  The leveling points from LV.1 to LV.10 were already useless to Ye Bai.

  As for some hidden quests and special areas, the rewards were too low, and Ye Bai directly ignored them.

  "Huh?"

  Ye Bai noticed a number marked next to the map of the first floor:

  [Exploration Degree: 0%]

  "There's actually an exploration degree?"

  "What happens when the exploration degree reaches 100%?"

  [The higher the exploration degree, the richer the rewards when breaking through the floors of the Eternal Tower.]

  [First-floor clearance history: 100% exploration degree by 2 people, over 90% exploration degree by 19 people....]

  Looking at the notes that appeared before him, Ye Bai's spirit was lifted.

  100% exploration degree, 2 people?!

  That means... even among the three Supreme Beings of the past, one didn't achieve a 100% exploration degree!

  [Ways to increase exploration degree: kill monsters, defeat special bosses, explore the map....]

  [100% exploration degree strategy: first head to Wind Thunder Valley....]

  After reading all the information, Ye Bai immediately made a decision.

  "The exploration degree of the first floor must reach 100%, and if possible, it's best to break through the first floor today!"

  The level and floors of the Eternal Tower are interconnected.

  On the first floor, Ye Bai could never surpass level 10; he must break through the first floor to continue leveling up.

  After analyzing the 100% exploration degree strategy, Ye Bai found a tricky problem: the battles weren't difficult, but running such a long distance in six hours was a bit challenging.

  The Eternal Tower was only open for six hours a day. If he missed today, he'd have to come back tomorrow.

  "Let's check the Trade Secret Realm to see if there are any movement skills."

  With that in mind, Ye Bai activated the Tower Mark and entered the Trade Secret Realm ahead of time.

  The Trade Secret Realm was open 24/7, with no time restrictions.

  As soon as he logged in, Ye Bai received a barrage of messages from the goblin underling.

  "Boss! Boss! Are you there? Contact me as soon as you see this message!"

  "....."

  Ye Bai replied with an address, and within a minute, the goblin underling appeared before him.

  However, this time, the goblin underling looked at Ye Bai with a strange expression,

  "Boss, who exactly are you?"

  "What's up?"

  "The Zuo Tiannan you reported today, ahem, that guy has been detained!"

  "That's great news."

  Ye Bai remarked, feeling that the downfall of a Demonic Sect follower was a great thing for everyone.

  The fewer such people, the fewer knives stabbing the human race from behind!

  "You probably don't know, but after he was caught, he quickly turned on others and exposed many big figures. Thanks to the clues he provided, just today, three Battle General-level Demonic Sect followers were captured!"

  The goblin underling said excitedly.

  This was news Ye Bai hadn't heard.

  "Buy one, get three free! It's like a Double Eleven sale."

  "Back to business, back to business."

  The goblin underling pulled the topic back, seriously saying,

  "After discussions between the Pavilion of All Things and the Defense Command, the confirmed reward amount for your report is 30,000 Gold Coins!"

  "From now on, all your purchases at the Pavilion of All Things will be at a 10% discount!"