Chapter 1 The Beginning

Sword Demon didn't know his words had stirred up Gu Fei's sorrow. Besides, both of them had their faces smeared like ghosts, so he couldn't see any expression. After Gu Fei fell silent, he didn't say much more. Gu Fei was just sighing and lamenting, nothing more. What this led to was only a feeling of grief and helplessness about the decline of kung fu.

"Hey, you two, ready to go!" Lu Ke was already calling to them, and the two quickly got up.

"Put the clothes away first, and cover your faces. You're not planning to swagger down the street like this, are you?" Lu Ke said to them.

The two took off their costumes and stuffed them into their pockets, and put on masks. They also found hats to cover their foreheads. There were many people dressed like this now, so it wasn't unusual.

"But the people in this room have seen everything," Gu Fei said.

"It's none of their business. Who's that bored?" Lu Ke said dismissively. After speaking, she pointed to the two large sacks on the ground: "One for each of you. Pick them up and follow me."

The number of pockets on a player's equipment is affected by the number of slots and the weight. If the load is exceeded, you can no longer stuff things in. Lu Ke had to use this unconventional method of manual carrying for large-scale purchases. Gu Fei had also used this method. In the past, after he farmed monsters, the things that dropped wouldn't fit in his pockets, so he used sacks to transport them back. It wasn't until later, after playing the game for a long time and gaining some game knowledge, that he stopped accepting all the trash. He hadn't carried sacks in a long time.

Sword Demon didn't say a word, stepped forward, picked up a sack, and left. Gu Fei also went over to grab one. He lifted it with all his strength. Although it was difficult, he managed to drag it off the ground, staggering to keep up with Sword Demon's pace.

"Yo, you little mage is pretty strong!" Lu Ke said in surprise.

Gu Fei glared at Lu Ke, gritting his teeth. It seemed this girl wanted to see him make a fool of himself again. Her resentment towards him was really deep. But this couldn't go on forever! Gu Fei thought to himself, if this girl tried to scheme against him again, he would have to find a way to give her a taste of her own medicine. As he was thinking this, he suddenly felt the weight in his hands lighten. He turned his head to see that Lu Ke had picked up the other end of the sack, looking at him and saying, "I'll help you carry it for now. Once we get into the forest, you have to work hard. Otherwise, people will think I'm an idiot, and it won't be good for your plan."

"Yeah…" Gu Fei responded. He understood what Lu Ke meant. Of course, she had brought in laborers to do the heavy work, but she had found a guy who couldn't lift anything. Wouldn't that make her an idiot? Idiotic incidents easily attract a lot of unnecessary attention, and Gu Fei and Sword Demon didn't want to attract too much attention.

"Oh yeah, we don't have guild badges, what do we do?" Sword Demon suddenly said.

"Just go like this for now. I'll get you two later," Lu Ke said.

"How do you get them?" Sword Demon asked strangely. Of course, the two of them could never really join their guild, otherwise their names would be exposed. But guild badges are also non-tradable items, and Lu Ke couldn't possibly take other people's badges and give them to them.

"You should have confidence in the piracy industry…" Lu Ke said.

"They can do that?" Sword Demon was surprised.

"Ordinary people can't. That thing has a very complex structure and pattern, and there won't be any system assistance. Ordinary life profession players definitely can't make it. But the more difficult it is for ordinary people to get, the more business opportunities there are, right?" Lu Ke said.

"Ying Qi and them can do it?" Sword Demon wasn't slow-witted.

"No, Zhen Xin and them can do it," Lu Ke said.

"Oh…" Sword Demon responded. He was familiar with this name. Zhen Xin Studio was also a well-known online game studio in the industry. Their business was very large, their online store was particularly standardized, their service was enthusiastic, their attitude was good, and they were always responsive.

"I've already greeted them, but this kind of thing is completely handcrafted by players, and it takes real time, so it won't be so fast," Lu Ke said.

"This… the price isn't low, is it?" Sword Demon was now in debt, and his tone couldn't help but drop three points when he talked about money.

"It's okay, guild expenses," Lu Ke said.

"That's not good!" Sword Demon looked serious.

"This guild isn't run by you," Lu Ke smiled.

Sword Demon was speechless…

"Do you have any other questions? Ask them quickly. We're almost there." Lu Ke looked ahead, estimating that this area had been circled off by them as a training base. They were about to enter.

"I have one," Gu Fei said.

"Quick, say it," Lu Ke said.

"What's your guild called?" Gu Fei asked.

Silence, extreme silence. This guy had repeatedly ruined their guild's missions, but he didn't even know their guild's name. What kind of sorrow was that?

"No one told me!" Gu Fei's expression was innocent. It wasn't that he didn't respect his opponents, but that no one had ever mentioned it. And he didn't have much of a concept of guilds. He wouldn't have thought of asking about it until it was necessary.

"It's called Extremely Cold…" Sword Demon told him, then changed the subject: "Come on, let's go, this thing is heavy enough." Not only the guild name, but he had even misremembered Shui Shen's name… Sword Demon thought to himself, it's better not to let Lu Ke know about this.

"Extremely Cold! Don't get it wrong!!" Lu Ke couldn't wait to grab Gu Fei's ears.

"No, no, my memory is very good…" Gu Fei said. Sword Demon was silent beside him, feeling sorry for Shui Shen once again.

After walking another distance, Lu Ke released the sack: "That's about it. You two put on your clothes. Put in a little more effort."

"It's really a bit difficult. Sword Demon, do you have any strength-enhancing equipment? Let me use a few for a bit," Gu Fei asked Sword Demon while putting on his camouflage uniform.

As an online game expert, Sword Demon would never have just one set of equipment like Gu Fei. For PK, for missions, for farming monsters, or for whatever else… different actions had the most suitable equipment combinations. Sword Demon, as a veteran player, naturally had the most appropriate combination, and he did have some various strength-enhancing equipment that he wasn't wearing. He quickly took out some for Gu Fei.

After Gu Fei put them on, it was naturally much easier to carry the sack.

Lu Ke looked at the two of them and said to Sword Demon with some emotion, "You've made some good friends again!"

Sword Demon smiled and didn't say anything. Although it was a bit materialistic to say so, being able to borrow and exchange equipment in the game really meant a deep kind of trust. Being able to achieve this kind of trust naturally meant that they were very good friends. For ordinary people, even if you are definitely not a bad person who would steal someone's equipment, it's even harder to get others to believe that. Gaining someone's trust is not a simple thing. And Gu Fei and Sword Demon had naturally done it. At least in the realm of the game, they were trustworthy friends.

After walking a few more steps, they really entered the Extremely Cold guild's training area. Occasionally, someone would pop out of the jungle with shifty eyes, but they were probably used to Lu Ke bringing people over to move things. They would glance at them and then immediately dismiss them. Gu Fei also breathed a sigh of relief. He thought to himself that if he hadn't gotten some strength equipment and continued to stagger, it would naturally attract attention. With attention, there would be scrutiny. With scrutiny, there would be speculation. After speculation… anyway, the consequences would be very serious.

"They're back!!" After walking for a while, a group of people emerged from behind the trees ahead. Although they had just met not long ago, Gu Fei and Sword Demon still couldn't recognize them at a glance. They just judged that this person was Shui Shen based on the voice and posture. As a result, Gu Fei and Sword Demon were even more confident in their disguise.

"Another hundred sets." Lu Ke signaled Gu Fei and Sword Demon to put the packages on the ground.

After the two dropped them, they silently stood to the side, acting like nothing had happened. Everyone's eyes were focused on the sacks on the ground, and no one paid much attention to the two of them.

"The situation is good!" Gu Fei whispered to Sword Demon.

"Yeah, but where's that Duan Shui Jian guy?" Sword Demon looked around but couldn't find him.

"He's right next to Shui Shen. What kind of eyes do you have!" Gu Fei replied.

"Ah?" Sword Demon looked at Shui Shen's side.

"The one who walked out!" Gu Fei reminded him.

Sword Demon sweated: "Sorry, I really can't recognize him…"

"Of course you can't recognize him by his face. Pay attention to his figure!" Gu Fei said.

"I don't have professional eyes…" Sword Demon replied.

Duan Shui Jian was indeed the one who stepped forward from Shui Shen's side, and he was now buried in opening the two sacks.

"The fourth batch of clothing has arrived! Those without clothes, come and get them!" Shui Shen announced in the channel.

The entire forest suddenly sounded like a beast moving house, with countless birds taking flight and a sea of heads moving. These newly emerged guys had smeared their faces, but they weren't wearing clothing as psychedelic as their faces, looking very out of sync. These people rushed up and immediately scrambled for equipment. Obviously, Shui Shen hadn't arranged any order of who goes first and who goes last. Everyone wanted to get clothing before anyone else, and the scene was very chaotic. Shui Shen and the others had long experienced this, and they had very skillfully dodged to the side. Gu Fei and Sword Demon were completely unprepared and were squeezed back and forth in the sea of people. They were in great pain.

A hundred sets of clothing were quickly snatched away, and the ground was immediately filled with figures putting on clothes and pants. Gu Fei and Sword Demon vaguely felt like they had come to a poverty-stricken area for poverty alleviation. Look, so many people don't have clothes or pants, grab them…

"Old Duan, these two have been running around with me all day, and they haven't trained properly. Now I'll leave them to you to train properly!" In a daze, Gu Fei and Sword Demon suddenly heard Lu Ke pointing at them and talking to Duan Shui Jian.

"This girl is so brave!!!" Gu Fei was surprised. For a moment, he felt that Lu Ke was betraying them. She was directly sending the two of them to Duan Shui Jian. Without saying much, if Duan Shui Jian added the two of them as friends, they would be directly exposed. Although IDs weren't directly on their heads now, adding friends couldn't be hidden.

"Don't worry, I will train them well. The guild's strength cannot be separated from everyone's efforts," Duan Shui Jian stated.

"Thank you for your hard work." After Lu Ke finished speaking, she called out to the two of them: "You two, follow along and train hard!!" As she spoke, she winked at the two of them.