The players were still playing the hidden story quest. The world chat was filled with conversation exchanging experiences. Occasionally, people even popped up here and there to wail, extremely miserable.
As for the guild’s business…… Most likely the old players had provided a history of Indulge’s style of conduct. Afraid that they might really increase the price after Savant Initiate got online, players seized the opportunity to accept the quest while it’s cheap. As such the business was extremely booming, exceeding 10k in one day yesterday.
The 7 large guilds have all sent people to guard Indulge’s gates. Seeing the players arriving in a steady stream, they beat their chests and stomped their feet in frustration once again. They’ve even considered switching their entire guild and its members to another server.
But immediately afterwards, they learned that it was useless.
Because the Aces of the other nine servers heard about Indulge’s cheeky maneuver. Feeling like it was too brilliant, they fought each other to employ the NPC and ended up discovering that he was no longer on the hiring list.
The explanation provided by officials was that once this NPC assigns a quest to a player, he can no longer be hired. This was to prevent players from exploiting loopholes to make money or deliberately halting another player’s quest progress. Meanwhile, Indulge’s NPC…… they really had no idea and hired the NPC in advance. There was nothing to be done about this. It can only be said that they were very lucky.
Very quickly, a rumor spread that when the developers were designing this, they even considered whether or not someone stupid yet wealthy would hire him unwittingly and give the server a pleasant surprise. However, after considering it again, they felt the possibility was too low, so the thought was dismissed with a laugh. Who would have imagined that someone really ended up hiring him.
The players of Mercury Reflects Fate wanted to break out in profanities.
This rich guy indeed had a lot of money, but he definitely wasn’t dumb, alright.
Just look at how they were spending 5 more gold than other servers, and you’ll know!
The other players in the forum, however, did not agree with this.
“How about we switch? I’d rather spend that 5 gold than search the entire city.”
“That’s right. You’re blessed with such good fortune yet unable to recognize it. You guys can go to other servers and try. See just how hard it is to find this NPC.”
“Have you guys seen how big the Main City is? I searched for an entire day and couldn’t find him.”
“Spending 5 gold to avoid all this trouble? You guys profited, alright?!”
“I heard that the official website released two messages specifically over this matter. When launching a new server in the future, they are most likely to change this setting and not allow anyone to hire the NPC anymore.”
“In other words, Mercury Reflects Fate is a bit extraordinary, huh? This thing became trending again. How many was this?”
“Not to mention, the server has been infamous since launch. If I remember correctly, wasn’t Fang JingXing also on that server at first?”
“Oh fuck, that’s true. It’s so rowdy over there right now, perhaps he might even return secretly.”
Reading all of this, the players of Mercury Reflects Fate received a bit of comfort and felt that Indulge was no longer that despicable.
They stopped making noises and silently went to play the quest.
The 7 large guilds worked very hard and finally purchased a second-handed guide from Aces of other servers in the afternoon.
After they finished reading it carefully, they deeply felt that these two Aces were no ordinary people. They all felt conflicted and there were even people who suspected the Abysswalker was Fang JingXing. After all, to drag the lion king to the riverside, his skills must pass a certain standard. At the same time, they were familiar with Avian Ruler and the others, who didn’t have that skill.
“Is it really Captain Fang? I’m his fan!”
“You go stand to the side.”
“Hai…… I am also his fan.”
“If it’s really Fang JingXing…… The good thing is he has a good temper. As long as you don’t provoke him, you’ll be fine. The bad thing is that it might not be easy to make friends with him.”
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“Ai, that Total Annihilation has a very unapproachable personality as well.”
“How about we create a friendly guild alliance? Will the people of Indulge join?”
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Right now, leveling up was most important. As such, they switched to another dungeon without rest. Walking halfway, they discovered they were being followed and took a quick glance.
Before publicizing the condition for starting the hidden mission, they could understand being followed.
But now that they had already released the information to the public, most of the people have gone off to play the quest, why were they still being followed? To ask about the guide?
They ignored it and continued to walk forward.
The 5-man squad behind them were currently having a heated discussion.
“We can’t. We’re 5 levels lower than them.”
“The team captain wanted us to test this Wardcaster out, not that we have to definitely win against him.”
“5 level difference, what can you test out right now?”
“Why can’t we test it out? Even if he has some talent and caught the eyes of Captain Fang, did you forget that we’ve gone through formal training and are not on the same level as some random bystander.”
“That’s right. What’s the difference between 5 levels? Can crush him just by footwork alone.”
“If you guys run over there asking to PK, will he even pay attention to you?”
“What if he does?”
Two people from the group didn’t want to waste their breath anymore. After speaking, they ran towards the squad in the front.
They were newcomers from a gaming organization, sent over by the team captain on the day the lion king was first cleared. With vigorous energy, they focused extensively on leveling up swiftly and finally reduced the level difference between them and the Wardcaster to 5 levels, just barely good enough to have a fight.
As for why they were in such a hurry, it’s because the new transfer window was just about to start. They wanted to show off their presence in front of Captain Fang as much as they could.
Captain Fang’s gaming organization was the rich amongst the rich. They all dreamt about going there. Not to mention, they might not even have a chance to play in their current gaming organization right now. If they caught the eyes of Captain Fang, that would be great.
For example, if they still managed to keep up despite being five levels lower or perhaps even win against the Wardcaster— this kind of apex moment felt thrilling just thinking about it.
The two people increased their pace and stopped the Wardcaster.
The remaining three people felt like they couldn’t just stand and watch, and ran over closely behind them.
Avian Ruler asked: “Do you guys need something?”
The two newcomers in the front were a Warrior and an Assassin.
The former said: “Total Annihilation, want to PK a round?”
Seeing his level, Jiang Chen had little interest: “Come to deliver a free kill?”
The Warrior rolled his eyes secretly and asked: “Fight?”
Jiang Chen said: “Nope.”
The Warrior said: “You’re scared?”
Although Captain Jiang had a ‘snap back when discontent’ personality, he was also too impatient to deal with idiots.
Not to mention, he ate a meal with family today and even met his nephew. He was in a pretty good mood and too lazy to argue with them. Pointing straight at Fang JingXing, he said: “Go, fight him. If you can knock out half of his HP, I’ll fight you.”
The Warrior and Assassin were stunned.
How could he be so shameless to make them fight against Captain Fang!
If they had the ability to eliminate half of Captain Fang’s health, why would they even be standing here right now?
Unable to take it anymore, the Warrior initiated PK mode directly and then released his hardest hitting attack currently, charging right at the other.
Jiang Chen didn’t even move. Grabbing Fang JingXing’s arm, he yanked the guy over and pushed him forward, using him as a shield.
Not knowing if he should laugh or cry, Fang JingXing understood that the other really didn’t want to take action right now. As such, he activated PK mode as well, wanting to kill this Warrior as quickly as possible and leave. At this time, however, he saw his opponent stagger.
The Warrior never thought the Wardcaster could be so caustic. Jumping in fright, he hastily pulled back his attack midway, terrified he might accidently hit Fang JingXing. However, because of the flustered movements, plus the momentum of stopping his attack, he fell face forward right in front of them with a ‘plop’.
The Warrior: “……”
The Assassin: “……”
The remaining three newcomers: “…….”
Jiang Chen looked down: “Such a noob.”
The Warrior was so mad his nose turned crooked, thinking to himself, you’re fucking going down today!
He climbed up swiftly. Seeing Fang JingXing still blocking the way in front of him, he said to the Wardcaster: “If you have the skill, come out and fight me, and see if I’m a noob or not!”
Jiang Chen said: “No need to fight, with just a simple glance a second ago, I can already tell you’re noob.”
The Warrior, in a frenzy: “I just didn’t want to randomly hurt innocent people!”
He said furiously: “Not to mention, even if I’m noob, I’m still stronger than you. At least I’m not afraid to fight. You don’t even dare, are you still a man?!”
Jiang Chen said: “You should switch out the word ‘fight’. Not afraid to ‘fall’ fits you better.”
The Warrior: “……”
The observing crowd: “……”
Fang JingXing laughed instantly.
This kid is so sarcastic, such a rare sight to cherish.
The Warrior went insane and activated PK mode again, wanting to circle around Fang JingXing to crush him.
This time Jiang Chen didn’t use Fang JingXing as a shield, but rather walked forward to meet the other’s technique head on. Evading the attack, he simultaneously took out two warding talismans, one to seal techniques and one to seal movements. The Warrior froze instantly, unable to move.
The newcomers only saw them passing by each other, then their squadmate was disabled immediately afterwards. Unable to even see when the Wardcaster made his move, they were all astonished.
Without even looking back, Jiang Chen continued walking and said: “Noobs should focus on practicing to get better.”
He glanced at the remaining people.
The newcomers took a huge step back in unison and made way for him.
Regardless of personality reasons or the current situation, they didn’t want to provoke him.
Fang JingXing slowed down his pace and pulled a slight distance between himself and his squadmates. Looking at the Assassin standing to the side, he asked quietly: “From a gaming organization?”
The Assassin instantly jolted: “No…no.”
Fang JingXing said: “If not, why are you afraid to fight me if your purpose here is to PK?”
The Assassin was unable to reply.
The Warrior’s attempt to take back his attack just now was also way too conspicuous, revealing what they intended to hide.
Fang JingXing said: “Focus on training and don’t come back to provoke him again.”
The Assassin and the 3 newcomers next to him were quiet as chickens, not even daring to say a single word.
Fang JingXing didn’t say anything else and quickly caught up to his squadmates, secretly considering to himself that it couldn’t be just one gaming organization that transferred servers, there must be more.
But luckily, they played all afternoon and didn’t meet anyone else from gaming organizations.
Fang JingXing accompanied the Wardcaster back to the guild’s lake to afk. He was just pondering if he should go ask in group chat when he suddenly saw a familiar figure appear in the courtyard— Xie ChengYan logged in.
He smiled and said: “Weren’t you going to log in at night?”
Xie ChengYan said: “Here to afk first, then heading off to eat dinner.”
He looked at the Wardcaster on the side: “Where’s he?”
Fang JingXing said: “Just went off.”
Xie ChengYan gave an “oh” and walked next to his good friend. Unable to resist, he patted the other’s shoulder: “Oh JingXing.”
Fang JingXing raised an eyebrow: “En?”
Xie ChengYan said: “It’s nothing. Just felt like after not seeing you for a day, I’ve really missed you.”
Fang JingXing laughed: “really?”
Xie ChengYan nodded and patted his shoulder once again, heart filled with emotions.
Can you tell me, why is your life so lucky?
How’s that an extremely talented newcomer? That’s my little uncle himself!
A first generation Great God of Wandering Dreams, the winner of the league championship even earlier than you! Even the retirement quote you uttered was passed down from him. While he was playing Wandering Dreams, you weren’t even born yet, not even a fertilized egg!
PFFT- Not even a fertilized egg yet- AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Chengyan’er you’re really adorable huh. And you wanted to recognize the ghost of your uncle as your Didi before AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-
Not even a fertilized egg yet is crazy 😭😭
Silly nephew is too cute… Thanks for the update 🤣❤️
d@mn this just reminded me of their age difference- good thing he’s actually still physically and mentally 18 xD