Chapter 27 A Strange Fellow

"A very strange fellow. Duanshui Arrow was with him, saying that Qianli has broken the game's balance and should be nerfed." While Sword Demon arranged a meeting place with the others, he couldn't wait to start describing the situation.

"Ah! Totally agree!!!" After just one sentence, Yutian Shenming and Zhan Wushang had already lost their objectivity. Sword Demon deeply realized that what that guy said, "most people will agree with his point of view," wasn't false. There were just too many people in this world who said sour grapes were sour because they couldn't reach them. Envy was indeed one of human nature's traits.

"And then?" Han Jia Gongzi ignored the two guys' interruptions.

"Then I argued with him for a bit, couldn't see eye to eye, and in the end, they started fighting," Sword Demon said.

"The problem is, if you want to nerf Qianli, go find Qianli. What are you looking for you for?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"He thinks I've gained a lot of benefits from Qianli's strength, and if I can't stand on his side, then I should also be a target to be nerfed," Sword Demon said.

"Damn, who is this guy? Has God descended to earth?" Everyone was astonished.

"Don't know," Sword Demon said, "A level 36 priest."

"Priest? Qianli has no reason to offend a priest!" Han Jia Gongzi was stunned.

The others all knew what that meant. Gu Fei's diligent bounty hunting would definitely attract a lot of hatred, but the priest class basically had nothing to do with PK (Player Killing) points. Even if Gu Fei was wanted by tens of thousands of people, there might not be a single priest among them. As for the occasional priest who died by his sword, most of them happened during chaotic task battles. In this case, what kind of state of mind and tolerance would it take to attribute this to personal grudges!

"I'm also puzzled, it's just inexplicable!" Sword Demon said.

"Hearing him say he wants to nerf Qianli, and even Sword Demon, who has benefited from Qianli, also needs to be nerfed, using this as a banner, it doesn't seem like a personal grudge," You Ge said.

"Can't use common sense to deduce," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Why?" You Ge asked.

"Based on my preliminary judgment, this person is probably a psychopath," Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Are you serious?" You Ge was sweating.

"With my intelligence, I think this is the most reasonable explanation. Do you have any questions?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"..."

"Speaking of which, if you want to nerf someone who's disrupting the balance, you should come to me, this young master, why would you go to Qianli?" Han Jia Gongzi muttered.

"Just think about these words, don't post them in the channel and insult our eyes!!" Everyone couldn't stand it anymore, and the immediate consequence was being quickly banned from speaking in the channel. As the leader of the mercenary group, Han Jia Gongzi had the authority to control the mercenary group's channel. Everyone was in tears.

Unable to send messages, the group had no choice but to bury themselves in traveling. Sword Demon still had something to remind them, but with the channel banned, he had to private message them one by one: "Be careful, he came after me, he might come after you too."

The moment they received this message, they all turned back to look behind them, feeling a chill down their spines. Their pace couldn't help but quicken.

At the tavern, Sword Demon arrived first, followed by You Ge, Zhan Wushang, and Han Jia Gongzi. After waiting another half hour, Yutian Shenming arrived. Originally, he was with Zhan Wushang, but after hanging out for less than two days, he thought he was very familiar with LinYin City and started acting alone. As a result, when asked to come to a specific location, even though he was considered fast, it took him fifteen minutes longer than the others to arrive. But looking at the way he walked in, he seemed to have accomplished a remarkable feat, with a satisfied expression on his face.

"Everyone just arrived, right?" Yutian Shenming really thought he was fast. The others were speechless.

"Alright, Sword Demon, tell us the details!" You Ge couldn't wait to prepare his notebook.

"The situation is that you're already surrounded." Someone at the next table suddenly interjected. The five of them were startled and looked around. Sure enough, many players at the tables had already stood up and were looking towards them. The person speaking at the next table, after taking off the mask on his face, was immediately recognized by Sword Demon: "It's you!"

The guy sitting at Sword Demon and the others' table was actually the priest from the forest just now.

"The Cloud City Champion Mercenary Group, your work efficiency doesn't seem to be very good? Does it take you so long to gather five people?" Ye Xiao Wu said.

For a moment, the five of them were a little confused, wondering how they had been surrounded for no reason. In the mercenary channel, Han Jia Gongzi sent a message asking, "Was anyone followed when they came?"

Everyone quickly responded, but the system replied: "Blocked..."

Just as everyone was about to freak out, Han Jia Gongzi had already said, "It's been unblocked."

"Sword Demon has probably already told you roughly what's going on. We're here to confirm your attitude towards Qianli Yizui disrupting the balance," Ye Xiao Wu said.

"What's the situation?" Everyone was nervously discussing in the channel.

"He had no reason to know we were meeting here in advance, so he must have followed one of us and been led here," Han Jia Gongzi said. "It's easy to ambush with this many people now. People coming in and out of the tavern won't pay too much attention."

"This guy sat down next to me with a masked face and I didn't even notice..."

"It's not strange to wear a mask now," Sword Demon said. "I only saw him briefly once before, so I really couldn't recognize him with a mask on. This guy even changed his equipment." The styles of clothing in the game were still monotonous, so it was rare to not run into someone wearing the same thing on the street. Even if Ye Xiao Wu wore the same priest outfit he had before and sat next to him, it might not have attracted Sword Demon's attention, let alone changing into a different outfit.

"What do we do now? Can we fight our way out?" You Ge asked. He wasn't very experienced in combat, and he couldn't judge the current situation as well as the others.

"The space in the tavern is limited, so having more people doesn't necessarily give you the upper hand. I'm just afraid there are people outside," Zhan Wushang said.

"No matter what, let's rush out first!" Yutian Shenming had just arrived and hadn't even warmed his seat.

"Hey, are you guys listening to me?" Ye Xiao Wu saw the group looking around, but not saying anything. Clearly, they were communicating privately in the channel, and his previous questions had been completely ignored by them.

"Focus on the right door. I don't need to teach you how to cooperate, right? Wait for my instructions." As Han Jia Gongzi spoke, he finally turned his gaze to Ye Xiao Wu: "What do you want to say?"

"I want to hear your views on balance," Ye Xiao Wu said.

"Balance? Does such a thing exist in this world?" Han Jia Gongzi asked the others.

The others quickly cooperated and said in unison: "No."

"That's right!" Han Jia Gongzi looked back at Ye Xiao Wu, "I'm so handsome, and you're so ugly. Tell me where the balance is."

You Ge and the other two were wiping sweat while secretly looking at Sword Demon, wondering if Sword Demon would mind. After all, Sword Demon's ugliness was also a very, very sensitive fact. And this priest in front of them, although not gorgeous, couldn't be said to be ugly either. It sounded like Han Jia Gongzi was targeting Sword Demon.

But Sword Demon didn't show any emotion at all. Ye Xiao Wu didn't seem to care either, and smiled again, saying, "So, you also think that Qianli Yizui is a reasonable existence?"

"Of course," Han Jia Gongzi said, adding, "It's not like I'm an unreasonable existence."

"Ahhh, I don't want to talk to him, let's fight our way out!!" The others in the channel had already gone crazy.

Ye Xiao Wu shook his head, skipped over Han Jia Gongzi, and landed his gaze on the remaining three: "Then, what about you?"

"I don't know why you think Qianli is an unreasonable existence. If it's because of his skills and his ability, he's not the only one like that in the game. Take Duanshui Arrow next to you, isn't he the same?" It was You Ge who answered him.

Ye Xiao Wu said, "Balance, of course, doesn't mean demanding absolute equality. It's like a scale. If the left and right sides sway a bit, they will eventually return to a state of balance. But if you add too much weight to one side, the entire scale will be overturned. This is what truly disrupts the balance."

"So you think Qianli is this excessive weight?" You Ge asked.

"That's right."

"Okay, I understand," You Ge nodded.

"Then what's your opinion?" Ye Xiao Wu asked.

"I don't have an opinion. I just want to know. You can continue." You Ge didn't plan to pay attention to Ye Xiao Wu anymore, and waited patiently for Han Jia Gongzi's order to break out.

"Then what about you two?" Ye Xiao Wu looked at Zhan Wushang and Yutian Shenming at the end.

"Uh, talking about these grand theories is a headache and disgusting," Zhan Wushang said.

"Yeah, we don't care about these things. Anyway, if we hang out with Qianli, we can get good equipment." Yutian Shenming lifted his foot and placed it on the table, showing Ye Xiao Wu his boots.

"Those aren't those ones, you traded them for Xi Yao Wu's after you got them." Sword Demon reminded Yutian Shenming that his boots weren't the Boots of Swiftwind. (Zhui Feng Zhi Xue)

"Get the idea, get the idea," Yutian Shenming retracted his foot.

"And, you can pick up girls..." Zhan Wushang said.

Yutian Shenming immediately recalled the smiling faces of a group of girls in Rebirth Amethyst, and couldn't help but "hehe" and laughed out loud, very lewdly.

"Hehe, if it's just for some benefits, I think I can help you too, and it's something you can't imagine, something that Qianli Yizui can't even get," Ye Xiao Wu said.

Sword Demon suddenly became a little nervous. Yutian Shenming and Zhan Wushang didn't seem like unwavering people.

Sure enough, Zhan Wushang's eyes lit up: "Sounds good! What benefits?"

"For example, what kind of equipment you want to get, what kind of skills, I can tell you the way to get them. Compared to the information I know, You Ge, what you know is just the tip of the iceberg," Ye Xiao Wu said confidently.

"Is that so..." Zhan Wushang looked very tempted.

"But there's still a very important question," Yutian Shenming said, "We're not familiar with you!"

"That's right, we're not familiar," Zhan Wushang said, "I think we're more familiar with Qianli."

"Of course, it's easier to do things with people you know well, let's just play with Qianli!" Yutian Shenming said.

"These two guys..." Sword Demon was both annoyed and amused.

"Since that's the case, then goodbye, priest who likes to play with scales." Han Jia Gongzi stood up.