Chapter 47 Assembling People

Jian Gui mostly played solo this time around, and his friend list was practically empty. Some of his old buddies from his previous guild had scattered when it disbanded quickly in this game, and they had lost touch. As an old-school player, Yu Tian Shen Ming naturally had some old friends too, but with the main cities divided so drastically in this game, being in the same world was no different from being on separate servers. At first, there was some back-and-forth, but as time went on, everyone made new friends, and the contact faded. Yu Tian Shen Ming's new friends in this game were all right here with him now...

As for Jian Nan You, the Seven had always been his best friends, and they had already come over. Any other casual acquaintances were over in Linshui City. His clients were scattered throughout the game, and besides, their interactions were purely business transactions, so they weren't worth asking.

The dozen or so people who had already gathered went through their networks one by one, but they couldn't come up with anyone. You Ge was stubbornly refusing to turn on his messaging. Speaking of connections, You Ge had quite a few. He always started sentences with "I have a friend who..." If they could get You Ge here now, it would be a huge help.

"Yu Tian, send a message in the channel asking where You Ge is and tell him we want to play together," Gu Fei said.

"Why all the secrecy?" Yu Tian Shen Ming said.

"We can't let Gongzi find out, or he'll quickly realize we're going to attack the camp. If he's prepared, we won't be able to fight tens of thousands of people, even with a guild!" Jian Gui said seriously.

"Then you've miscalculated. Did you think that loudmouth Zhan Wu Shang would keep your secret?" Yu Tian Shen Ming shook his head. He and Zhan Wu Shang were a pair of frenemies who enjoyed tearing each other down, but they actually knew each other quite well. After all, how could you poke at someone's sore spots if you didn't know them?

"Really?" Gu Fei and Jian Gui said in unison. As soon as they finished speaking, Zhan Wu Shang broadcast in the mercenary channel, "Hey, Qian Li Jian Gui, how's your guild coming along?"

The channel went silent. Gu Fei and Jian Gui were crestfallen. They had overestimated Zhan Wu Shang's intelligence, thinking he would understand the key points and not say anything carelessly. Then they heard him say again, "Where's Gongzi? Did you join?"

"Uh, a guild? Who came up with such a brilliant idea?" Han Jia Gongzi chimed in.

"Cough, are you coming?" Gu Fei asked.

"I'll deal with you guys later," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Why bother? We're all friends, haha!" Gu Fei laughed awkwardly.

"You're forming a guild now because you feel you don't have enough people, right? Thinking of attacking the northeast camp?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Exposed, we're really exposed!" Gu Fei and Jian Gui were in tears. If Zhan Wu Shang were here right now, Gu Fei would attack him without hesitation, and maybe even Jian Gui would join in.

"Haha, yeah, you guys better be careful," Gu Fei said.

"A feint?" Han Jia Gongzi asked.

"You saw through that too," Gu Fei said.

"Could you hide anything from me with your limited intelligence?" Han Jia Gongzi scoffed.

"Then guess when I'm going to look for Jilkeeno at the Yun Jiao Lakeside," Gu Fei said.

"Oh? You know Jilkeeno is here? There's no reason for that. Who gave you the information? Someone from Trees Under the Shade?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"You Ge, stop playing dead and come out!" Gu Fei decided to change the subject.

"I'm here, I'm here." You Ge finally surfaced. He already knew what was going to happen, and once he joined the new guild, his position would be set. So he opened his messaging without hesitation and said in the channel, "Private chat."

"You Ge, you're such an insightful person!" Gu Fei exclaimed.

"Forming a guild, what a great idea! Why didn't I think of it sooner!" You Ge's message arrived instantly.

"Yeah, it's alright! But we don't have enough people right now, we haven't even gathered the twenty people needed. Do you have any convenient candidates?" Gu Fei asked.

"Let's talk face to face, face to face!" You Ge seemed a little excited.

"You Ge should have a way," Gu Fei said after closing the message.

"Sigh...Zhan Wu Shang..." Jian Gui was still resentful.

"Forget it, it's just a camp," Gu Fei comforted.

"If it were just that little local advantage, then it would be fine. The problem is, the news of us forming a guild is going to spread. Think about it, right now, in the players' minds, the only enemy players are the two of us. Suddenly there are all these extra people, but they don't know anything about it. That's our real advantage, but now it's all exposed. Gongzi, how could he not think of Da Nan and the others..." Jian Gui said.

"Ah...this..." Gu Fei realized that after forming the guild, the level of conflict immediately rose. His brain couldn't keep up, and this was no longer a battlefield where he could do whatever he wanted with his personal bravery. Having a guild was a support, but it was also a constraint. Gu Fei could kill freely among thousands of people, but what about the others? They couldn't do anything to Gu Fei, but they could take it out on his companions.

Gu Fei suddenly realized that he, like Xi Xiao Tian, was a huge bomb in the guild. He might end up hurting both allies and enemies. Gu Fei was in tears. Why was he always in the same situation as this swindler, even though they had different identities and qualities! Then Gu Fei realized that the Rebirth Purple Crystal he was currently in was actually a very suitable guild for him. No matter how much others hated him, they wouldn't be embarrassed to vent their anger on such a harmonious group of girls. Of course, Bu Xiao and other scum were exceptions.

"Not good, I have to quickly send a message to Da Nan and the others," Jian Gui suddenly shouted again.

"What message?" Gu Fei and the others asked, but Jian Gui was already staring blankly at his private chat. After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief, "That was close!"

"What's wrong?" Everyone asked.

"They were almost tricked by Gongzi... If they had gone over, would we ever have seen them again?" Jian Gui wiped his sweat.

"Damn, damn, that's too despicable." Everyone was shocked. The formal confrontation hadn't even started yet, and the scheming had already begun. Han Jia Gongzi's deception was simple. Jian Nan You and the others knew that he was in a special situation and hadn't joined a guild. As long as he pretended to be on their side and asked them to meet at a certain place, it wouldn't be difficult to gang up on them a hundred times. Fortunately, Jian Gui reacted quickly and anticipated Han Jia Gongzi's move.

"Think quickly, are there any other loopholes?" Gu Fei said.

"We have to be careful of anyone who knows Gongzi, and be wary of tricks," Jian Gui said.

Everyone nodded repeatedly. At the end, Gu Fei suddenly asked, "You Ge isn't a trick, is he?"

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Everyone felt the urge to kill Gu Fei. Why did he have to think of such a troublesome thing?

The meeting with You Ge was very strange. Everyone stared at You Ge as if he were a thief. You Ge had rushed over excitedly, but faced with this scene, he felt restless. No one spoke for a long time, and everyone just looked him up and down suspiciously.

"Hi, I'm here," You Ge said.

Everyone nodded.

"Aren't we forming a guild?" You Ge asked.

Everyone nodded again.

"What's wrong with you guys?" It was better for You Ge to ask than to die of doubt.

"To be honest, You Ge, a highly cultured profession like being an undercover agent doesn't really suit you," Gu Fei said.

"Under...undercover?" You Ge was surprised.

"Stop pretending, we already know, Gongzi sent you," Yu Tian Shen Ming sneered.

"What?" You Ge said.

"Resisting to the end will only lead to death," said Jian Gui. Coming from the honest Jian Gui, the damage that line caused could be imagined. You Ge was about to cry.

"Alright, I don't see any problems," Xi Xiao Tian said.

"How do you know?"

"A swindler's intuition."

Everyone examined You Ge again.

"I'm really one of you!" You Ge said aggrievedly.

"Let's trust him for now?" Everyone discussed while You Ge waited for his verdict.

"I have an idea, You Ge, send a message in the channel, just say 'Han Jia Gongzi is a bastard'," Yu Tian Shen Ming said.

"Yu Tian, you're really mean," You Ge's face turned green.

"Yeah, too mean," Gu Fei and Jian Gui said one after another, then turned to ask You Ge, "Did you send it?"

"Just let me die!!!" You Ge looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, tears blurring his eyes. The sky was so bright, why was his future so chaotic? He thought.

"You...good..." At this moment, a timid voice suddenly greeted everyone. Even Gu Fei had been focused on observing You Ge and hadn't noticed anyone approaching. He quickly drew his sword, turned around, and shouted, "Who is it?"

Behind him was a girl, already pale with fright. Huo Qiu recognized the person and shouted, "Zui Ge, don't attack! It's one of us, one of us!"

"Ah?" Gu Fei was confused.

You Ge also saw the girl and glanced at Huo Qiu in surprise, "You know her too?"

"Of course, the lining of the clothes I am wearing was made by her, isn't that right Xiu Xiu?" Huo Qiu immediately went over.

The girl quickly dodged, looking at Huo Qiu in panic and said, "You are the one forever in the flowers! I do not know you."

"Hahaha, how do you know that I am forever in the flowers if you do not know me?" Huo Qiu laughed loudly. Just as he wanted to continue flirting, Yu Tian Shen Ming pushed him aside, and politely said to the girl, "There are hooligans here, but you don't have to be afraid, I'll protect you, my name is Yu Tian Shen Ming."

"Yu Tian Shen Ming?" The girl was clearly shocked to hear the name. "Yu Tian Shen Ming the lecherous guy who calls every woman sister?"

Yu Tian Shen Ming was startled, but quickly calmed down, "Being a top player is actually very stressful. Because some jealous people always create rumors to ruin my reputation, Sister...Miss, don't take it to heart, look, I don't call every woman sister."

"You just called me sister!"

"Did I? You must have misheard," Yu Tian Shen Ming said.

"Hey hey, Yu Tian Shen Ming, do you even know the rules?" Huo Qiu, who had been pushed away by Yu Tian Shen Ming, now came back to express his dissatisfaction, and the two quickly argued.

"How did a woman suddenly appear here for no reason? Someone explain it to me first?" Gu Fei couldn't help but want to swing his sword.

"I'll explain, I'll explain!" You Ge quickly ran out, "This is my cousin, Xiu Xiu Lian."

"Cousin?" Everyone was surprised.

Yu Tian Shen Ming and Huo Qiu had run over, looked here, looked there, and finally said to You Ge in unison, "Big Bro-in-law!!"

"Damn, I'm going to kill you guys!!!" You Ge was furious.

"Stop, stop, everyone stop!!!" Gu Fei waved his hand and turned a passing monster into slag with a sword. No one dared to make any more noise, and the scene quieted down. Jian Gui quickly came over to mediate, "You Ge, how do you have a cousin? I've never heard you mention her!"

"Yeah, I haven't, but I mentioned it to Qian Li," You Ge said.

"Did you?" Gu Fei was surprised.

"Yeah, I introduced her to you, a player who makes clothes in Cloudend City, and said I'd introduce you to get your clothes repaired," You Ge said.

"That's right! I introduced her too," Huo Qiu quickly added.

"You didn't say she was your cousin at that time!" Gu Fei said.

"This...I wanted to introduce her properly when we actually met!" You Ge said.

"Uh...so now, You Ge, do you mean your cousin is joining too?" Jian Gui said.

"Is that okay?" You Ge asked.

"Of course, it's okay!" Yu Tian Shen Ming and Huo Qiu announced in unison.

"Cousin, let me introduce you, this is Qian Li Yi Zui, this is Jian Gui, this is Xi Xiao Tian, those two are just passing by. It doesn't matter if you don't know them," You Ge said.

"Hey hey!!!" Huo Qiu and Yu Tian Shen Ming were very unhappy, but fortunately they had already introduced themselves.

"The guild already has two beauties!!!" The two were excited.

"I think this guild has a great future," Huo Qiu whispered to Yu Tian Shen Ming.

"I think so too," Yu Tian Shen Ming said.

"The road ahead is long!" Huo Qiu said.

"Fortunately, we're young enough," Yu Tian Shen Ming said.

"It's good to be young!" The two shed tears of happiness.

After being introduced by You Ge, Xiu Xiu Lian still lowered her head timidly. After stealing a glance at a few people, she quietly moved a little closer to Xi Xiao Tian.

"Keep your distance from her, she's a swindler," Gu Fei quickly reminded.

Xiu Xiu Lian was frightened and quickly dodged after looking at Xi Xiao Tian. Looking at the others, two were lecherous, one was fierce, and the other, although it was a little hurtful to say, was really ugly... Xiu Xiu Lian immediately felt that she couldn't get along with these people at all. What was her cousin doing, getting involved with such a bunch of people? Xiu Xiu Lian had the urge to run away.

"Cousin, don't be afraid, these people are basically good people," You Ge said.

"Hey hey, what do you mean basically!" The "good people" had a lot of objections.

"Sister, come with me, I won't lie to you," Xi Xiao Tian said.

"I'd rather stay with my cousin!" Xiu Xiu Lian was still very timid.

"What do we do? When those bandits come to rob us, won't they scare her to death?" Gu Fei said.

Xiu Xiu Lian's face turned pale. What was going on, there was a gang of robbers too? What kind of people were these, too scary... You Ge kept explaining not to be afraid, not to be afraid, they were all good people, even he was starting to feel dazed. Speaking of which, were these people good people?

With the addition of You Ge and Xiu Xiu Lian, there were still seven people short. Gu Fei and Jian Gui immediately asked You Ge if he had any other friends who could come.

"There's one person, I don't know if you guys remember," You Ge said.

"Who?"

"His name is Yun Xiang, he's a mage," You Ge said.

"Who's that?" Gu Fei asked.

"I think I remember him," Jian Gui said.

"Have I killed him?" Gu Fei asked.

"During the mercenary competition, we had an opponent, the Yun Xiang Mercenary Group, remember?" You Ge asked.

"Oh! I remember now. The leader who quit the group after the competition, said he wanted to join us, but nothing ever came of it. What's he doing now? Are you still in contact with him?" Jian Gui asked.

"Yes, he added me as a friend and always said that if we needed new people, we should consider him," You Ge said.

"That was a mercenary group, doesn't he have a guild?" Jian Gui said.

"I can ask now," You Ge said.

"Then ask him."

You Ge quickly contacted him and replied, "He doesn't have a guild right now, how about it? If there's no problem, I'll call him over."

"We don't know this person very well, You Ge, what do you think?" Jian Gui asked.

"He's a good person." As You Ge spoke, he looked around at the people present, and finally said with certainty, "A very good person."

"Hey, what's with that look in your eyes?" Yu Tian Shen Ming said.

"It seems full of provocation?" Huo Qiu asked.

"It's a comparison, compared to the two of you, he naturally stands out," Gu Fei said.

"You're not much better..." These words could only be kept hidden in his heart.

"Then let's call him over!" Jian Gui nodded.

You Ge quickly messaged him, and then began to search through his friend list, muttering to himself as he looked, "This one won't work, he's in a guild; that one won't work, he's too trash; this one won't work, his character is bad; that one won't work, too much trouble..."

You Ge muttered for half an hour, which showed how huge his friend list was. By the time he finished summarizing on his notebook, Gu Fei and the others were already grilling meat, Jian Nan You and the others had arrived, and Yun Xiang had also come and was getting to know everyone. And Xi Xiao Tian was worthy of being a swindler, his social skills were excellent. He had completely gained Xiu Xiu Lian's trust and was discussing the new spring clothing styles with her. Gu Fei reminded her to be careful of the swindler, and Xi Xiao Tian also reminded Xiu Xiu Lian to be careful of the violent killer. You had to know, swindlers were good at hiding, if they looked like swindlers at first glance, how could they swindle anyone? And Gu Fei's killer reputation was known throughout the game, Xiu Xiu Lian was clearly more afraid of him, and actively kept her distance from Gu Fei.

Gu Fei was helpless, and You Ge had finished sorting out his friend information and called everyone over to discuss. At this time, Gu Fei suddenly got a system notification, and saw that Gui Tong and Yan Xiao Zhu sisters were online, and quickly said, "Hey, I have two people here, let me ask if they want to come."

"Who are they?" Everyone asked.

"Gui Tong and Yan Xiao Zhu," Gu Fei said.

"Qian Li is the best!!!" Yu Tian Shen Ming and Huo Qiu shouted.

"I knew it, following Zui Ge, you can get girls," Huo Qiu said excitedly, hugging Yu Tian Shen Ming's shoulders and shaking him vigorously.

Gu Fei sent a message to the Gui Tong sisters. The two of them were wild players without a guild, and found this fresh idea interesting, so they agreed readily.

"Sixteen people! Four more needed!" Jian Gui announced loudly.

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I am going out. Early writing, early update. These days, high technology is not reliable. I am in tears～～