Chapter 169

Ye Xiaowu… Gu Fei muttered the name. The Prophecy Emperor incident seemed more directed at Silver Moon and Bu Xiao, posing no threat to Gu Fei. After declaring his intention to ‘harmonize’ Gu Fei, he engaged in a brief skirmish and then vanished without a trace. Gu Fei hadn't even encountered him directly. The more things were like this, the more Gu Fei felt that this person must be plotting something. He wouldn't act unless he could strike with the force of a thunderbolt.

This seemed like a persistence, too. Gu Fei thought as he logged into the game. It was 3:00 AM on March 3rd, and in an hour, the teaching job at White Mill would begin in full swing. According to the temporary worker’s charter, which required complete follow-through, the job wouldn't be truly finished until the teaching was done.

Upon logging in, a glance at his friend list showed everyone who should be there was present, and some who shouldn't be were too. Gu Fei grabbed two students and scolded them a few times. Under the threat of an 8,000-meter drop, the two students reluctantly logged off after a few minutes.

Then he received a message from the reporter Duo Mu. This guy had been waiting for Gu Fei all day and finally caught him online. Apparently, he wanted to do a follow-up report on Gu Fei and their teaching at White Mill.

Duo Mu and Mu Duo’s objective reporting, as well as their praise and admiration for kung fu, had made Gu Fei quite fond of the two reporters. After consulting the elite team, he agreed to Duo Mu's request.

"See you at the East City Gate," Gu Fei replied to Duo Mu. Jian Gui and Jian Nan You and the others were already heading that way. Although the students were divided into four groups, each group had ten thousand people, making organization quite difficult. Moreover, this wasn't a guild or a mercenary group. Ten thousand people had ten thousand different opinions. Unifying the organization of these ten thousand people was a significant challenge.

Beneath the East City Gate, Gu Fei met Duo Mu and Mu Duo. Both were thrilled to have been granted the interview opportunity and didn't forget to remind Gu Fei that they had also signed up. Gu Fei was taken aback. If the two hadn't reminded him, he would have completely forgotten that they had signed up and even paid the tuition.

Looking right as he walked out of the East Gate, he could already see a dark mass of people. It was 3:34 AM, but obviously, many players had arrived early to secure a good spot.

Gu Fei walked towards them with Duo Mu and Mu Duo, his freshness no less than the two reporters. He guessed that others might have done a lot of preparation in advance. Anyway, he had been a hands-off manager all day and hadn't taken care of anything. Gu Fei felt no burden. He had only distributed 40,000 gold coins. Who would criticize him for that?

Getting closer, Gu Fei saw that all the players were gathered together, and in the middle, it looked like a high platform had been erected. Han Jia Gongzi and You Ge were standing in the middle, seemingly saying something, but Gu Fei couldn't hear them from this distance. Gu Fei asked in the channel, "What are they saying?" But no one paid attention.

The three of them were now on the outer edge of the circle, and Gu Fei didn't know if he should squeeze in or wait somewhere. He could only see Han Jia Gongzi and You Ge on the high platform in the circle. Everyone else said they had arrived, but he didn't know where they were.

Just as he was feeling helpless, a message popped up from You Ge in the channel: "Damn, we should have numbered the letters earlier. It would have been much more convenient."

"Yeah, we must do that next time," Jian Gui replied.

"What's the situation?" Gu Fei quickly seized the opportunity to ask.

"It's almost under control. You don't need to worry about it. Just go to White Mill and prepare!" You Ge said.

"Okay!" Gu Fei didn't care what had happened and prepared to leave, but the two reporters, Duo Mu and Mu Duo, needed in-depth reporting. They decided to stay and interview the situation here before going to White Mill with the main force.

The three then separated. As Gu Fei left, he saw You Ge suddenly hold up a large sign in the middle of the circle with two huge words on it: Quiet! Then he walked around, holding the sign up for all the players to see, looking like a ring girl in a boxing match.

Leaving the gathering place, Gu Fei headed straight for White Mill.

Compared to the heat of the first day, White Mill was now a little calmer. Plus, it was deep into the early morning, so the scene of a sea of people from the day before hadn't appeared. However, the players leveling up were still looking around from time to time, as if expecting something to happen at any moment.

As soon as Gu Fei arrived, he saw Bai Shi Jing Lun and Jian Nan You and the others gathered beside a certain mill, discussing something. Gu Fei sent a message to Bai Shi Jing Lun, and the group looked over and saw Gu Fei.

"You've finally arrived," several people shouted. Gu Fei walked closer and saw that they were all covered in sweat. He didn't know what they had been doing.

"What's wrong?" Gu Fei asked.

"Nothing. Just tired. It's more tiring to order people around than to order things around! At least if you tell something to go east, it will never go west. Even if it goes wrong, it's your mistake! But if you tell a person to go east, they insist on going west. It's enough to drive a person to death," Jian Nan You said angrily.

"What's wrong? When I came over, I saw that the situation over there was good!"

"It took more than half an hour to get the situation under control," Jian Nan You said.

"Oh? What's the situation?"

"Actually, it's nothing. There are just too many people, too many voices, and the message can't be spread. It's impossible to coordinate uniformly," Jian Nan You said.

"So how did you do it in the end?"

"What else could we do? We talked to them one by one and arranged things one by one. It was hard enough to get the people organized. Then Han Jia Gongzi came up with an idea: have people stand in a circle, he stands in the middle, and then he says a sentence. Everyone passes it on verbally from the inside out. Then those who hear it clearly squat down. Those who don't hear it ask those who are squatting. Once everyone has heard it clearly, they all squat down, right? Then he says the next sentence. The next sentence is that those who hear it clearly stand up, and those who don't hear it ask those who are standing. Everyone stands up again, and so on, until everything that needs to be said is said clearly," Jian Nan You said.

"I didn't see this activity when I came over!" Gu Fei said strangely.

"Isn't it not time yet?" Jian Nan You looked at the time. "It's 3:56. Isn't that still four minutes away? We'll start saying it when everyone is here."

Gu Fei regretted coming over a little. Ten thousand people squatting and standing must be a hilarious and spectacular sight! Such an effective and insidious idea was indeed the work of Han Jia Gongzi.

"Then what are you guys doing here?" Gu Fei asked the few people in front of him.

"We're dividing the venues! Ten thousand people divided into ten groups. We're nine, and You Ge said he'll bring another one. Look, this is the venue number." Jian Nan You took a map and showed it to Gu Fei. It was full of circles, representing the mills in the White Mill territory. Ten of them were marked with numbers from one to ten, and the coordinates were marked next to them.

"Which one is mine?" Gu Fei asked.

"We've already divided the eight of us. These are the only two left," Jian Nan You said, pointing to two on the map.

"Then this one!" Gu Fei casually chose one.

Jian Nan You nodded and said, "These ten thousand people will be divided into ten professional teams, two teams of mages, two teams of priests, two teams of knights, one team of warriors, one team of archers, one team of thieves, and one team of fighters. You can lead the original class mage team!"

"Okay!" Gu Fei nodded. Such clear classification of professions was the result of the labor of You Ge and his letter sorting team yesterday. Letters with money were all divided according to professional attributes, and the contents of the letters were not given randomly when they were sent back in sacks. The number of people, the profession, and the time slot were all coordinated.

Because there was a division of professions, attributes were not too important. After all, mages who add agility like Gu Fei are too strange, so as long as they are mages, they will naturally not be learning agility-based playstyles.

Of course, the world is vast, and sticking to individuality is always the pursuit of some players. So there are agile warriors and violent thieves, and these strange classes have also been carefully planned out, but there are no such classes in the first batch of students at four o'clock.

"It's four o'clock, everyone to your stations!" At this time, Jian Nan You announced. His brothers immediately rushed out to find their mills, while Bai Shi Jing Lun jumped onto the one in front of him, obviously this was his territory. Jian Nan You then asked Gu Fei again, "Can you find it?"

"I can!" Gu Fei looked at Jian Nan You suspiciously, wondering why he asked this. Jian Nan You didn't explain and quickly went to his mill. Gu Fei didn't know that these people were online when he was resting during the day. In order to discuss the evening's affairs, they all gathered together to level up. In this process, they inevitably talked about other gossip, such as Gu Fei being one of their topics.

Outsiders think of Gu Fei as a peerless master, but the Gongzi elite team knows his details too well. He is a master, but he is definitely a noob in terms of the game. Plus, there are unscrupulous guys like Zhan Wu Shang and Yu Tian Shen Ming who dump all their embarrassing things on Gu Fei, such as falling off the bridge on the cliff of Wulong Mountain and hanging halfway up the mountain! Getting lost in Xiawu City and being led back by a kind uncle. Now Jian Nan You thinks Gu Fei won't be able to find the coordinates.

"Are you in position?" A moment later, Gu Fei received a message of concern from Jian Nan You.

"Okay," Gu Fei replied.

"Then everyone is in position, I'll notify them." Gold always shines, and although Jian Nan You was an enemy before, his ability is there. Now that he has become a partner of the Gongzi elite team, he still plays the role of a leader, obviously shouldering the responsibility of organizing things at White Mill.

At about 4:07, a magnificent army appeared in Gu Fei's sight. A team of nearly ten thousand people was more majestic than the Cloud End City Expeditionary Force and the Ten Guild Alliance of Moonlit Night City. Closer up, Gu Fei looked closely and found that someone was actually carrying a large flag at the head. Gu Fei wiped his sweat. Facts have proved that in modern warfare, flags may only have some symbolic meaning, but in ancient times when communication was not developed, flags were really a guiding light, with immeasurable guiding effects. For example, these ten thousand people can't all add each other as friends, and there is no unified channel. Having a flag standing in front is indeed very convenient for them to follow the organization!

As they got closer, the team suddenly began to split, and then each split team suddenly picked up a flag. Gu Fei saw clearly that there were now ten flags, and the team guided by one of them was heading straight in his direction.

The players leveling up at White Mill were shocked by the momentum of the team. With organization and numbers, they involuntarily had momentum. The players whispered, and for a moment they didn't realize that these people were the students of the Qian Li Zui workshop teaching they had been looking forward to for several days.

Everyone had seen the chaos at the Wilderness Camp and turned to this place. There are guilds at the Wilderness Camp, but even if all three major guilds are online, how many people are there in total? Plus, they all come to level up, and they all level up alone. It's a mess. How can they have the momentum they have now? No wonder the players didn't think of it for a while.

The idea of the flag was probably put together temporarily. This can be seen from the quality of the flag. A big stick with a piece of tattered equipment that someone had eliminated tied to the top. But upon closer inspection, this equipment is a representative of the class! For example, the team that came to Gu Fei's side was carrying a mage novice robe, while the flag that went to Jian Nan You's side was a warrior's tattered leather armor.

Han Jia Gongzi and the others had obviously already told each team to come over and find which mill, and when they saw someone standing on the mill, they understood even more. Those scattered players who were leveling up didn't dare to block the way of the thousand-man team. At this time, they avoided them as much as possible, and watched helplessly as these people found a mill and surrounded it.

"Do you know how to communicate?" At this time, Han Jia Gongzi sent a message to Gu Fei.

"Squat down and stand up?" Gu Fei was stunned, and looked around. The players next to some mills had already started squatting down and standing up. They had already started communicating.

"Yes, try to ask less questions and only explain," Han Jia Gongzi said. "If it's okay, start as soon as possible. We'll go back there first. The next batch is coming. Organize them earlier..."

Obviously, because everyone was in contact with this kind of thing for the first time, they lacked experience, and even the most thoughtful considerations couldn't stand some unexpected emergencies. Even Han Jia Gongzi was rarely focused, unlike his usual casual self.

So Gu Fei also became serious. He watched as the players gradually stood in position. A girl waved wildly at Gu Fei and shouted, "Qian Li, Qian Li!"

Gu Fei saw that it was Mu Duo. This girl was also a mage and may have specially requested to follow him. Gu Fei smiled and waved in her direction. The players heard her shout and realized that the black-robed person in front of them was the legendary Qian Li Yizui. They didn't expect that they would be personally instructed by a big shot, and a sense of happiness arose spontaneously.

Gu Fei watched the crowd stand still and didn't waste time. He opened his mouth and said, "Then I won't waste everyone's time. Let's start immediately. Everyone makes a path, and I'll lead a monster over." Gu Fei was a teacher by profession, and his voice was naturally loud in this situation. Plus, the current number of more than a thousand people couldn't be compared to the tens of thousands of people. It was difficult to hear everything, but everyone had already gotten used to it. When they heard Gu Fei speak, the players in the inner circle turned their heads back and squatted down.

When everyone had heard and everyone had squatted down, they began to move to the side, opening a path.

Gu Fei jumped off the mill and rushed out of the circle. He threw a lightning bolt at a small monster with his bare hands. The monster ran away, and Gu Fei turned around and walked quickly back. He cast Instant Movement and flew up to the mill, taking out his staff from his pocket.

This was a proper mage teaching, so he naturally used a staff instead of a sword. Gu Fei had prepared all kinds of weapons when he was teaching the seven members of the Jian Nan You crowd, and even had two broadaxes in his pocket.

The teaching finally began. Gu Fei skillfully explained while operating. He saw that the students below were still squatting down and standing up, and he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He strained his throat and shouted, "If the people in the outer circle can hear me, you don't have to squat down and stand up."

Even so, the players in the outer circle were still worried that they wouldn't hear as clearly as the people in the inner circle and would miss something. They insisted on continuing the manual transmission, so everyone continued to squat down and stand up. Anyway, they had plenty of stamina in the game, and everyone wouldn't get tired even if they squatted down thousands of times, so Gu Fei didn't care and let them do as they pleased.

As the teaching officially unfolded, those players who had retreated three feet finally understood what was going on. It was the Qian Li Yizui workshop teaching! Everyone exclaimed and reappeared from all corners, crowding around to watch. So outside the thousands of people, crowds gathered layer upon layer.

These guys were here to freeload. Everyone knew this. Although the players who had paid felt a little unbalanced, they were too focused on listening to the lecture to care so much at this time. Wasting time and having conflicts with these people, they wouldn't learn anything in the end, and they would be the ones to suffer. Smart people knew that the Qian Li Yizui workshop was now an absolute seller's market, and the most often used line in negotiations was "This offer expires." Three o'clock in the morning, what an unreasonable time! But no matter who had to go to work tomorrow or who had to work the night shift tonight, who didn't take the time to come on time? The earliest post had already said that everything would be arranged by them, and the money had to be paid in advance, and it had to be paid in full. Didn't want to? If you didn't want to, then don't pay. No one was forcing you.

Although everyone felt bitter, there was no way. This was called monopoly. They could only swallow their teeth.

Gu Fei had plenty of experience in teaching this skill. Even his students could remember these playstyles in a 45-minute class. For these more mature and more skilled players, such a time was also enough, unless you paid to sleep.

Gu Fei followed his steps, first a general demonstration, then a theoretical explanation combined with a segmented explanation, then an explanation of the key points, and finally a general review. It was lucky to be assigned to Gu Fei for learning. Even if others were more proficient than Gu Fei, they didn't have Gu Fei's profound skill, let alone Gu Fei's professional background as a physical education teacher. At this time, Gu Fei had been teaching for twenty minutes and was talking about the key points, but smart people could see and understand these things for themselves, and then they just needed to practice more. So a considerable number of people had already mastered it at this time and were already eager to try it out.

And those who were freeloading were more painful at this time. White Mill was in groups of a thousand people, which was also suggested by Jian Nan You and his team after research. And outside of more than a thousand people, the teaching quality was not guaranteed at all. They couldn't see clearly enough, let alone hear. And those who paid for the course were already being nice enough not to kick them at this time. Who would pass the word to them? They didn't include these people when they squatted down and stood up.

How could you tell who paid and who didn't? The reply letter in their hands was proof!

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Have you voted for a monthly ticket? All those who haven't voted, squat down, and those who have voted, stand up~