Chapter 17 A Large Group of Girls

Leading the three newly acquainted guys to the east gate of Cloudend City, they spotted a crowd of girls lining the entrance of the East Gate Tavern from afar. Getting closer, Zuo Shou Xie Ai in the back noticed it as well and pointed, "Damn, that's a huge group of chicks."

"What kind of messed up vocabulary is that?" Gu Fei muttered, but he had to re-evaluate Zuo Shou Xie Ai. Logically, a gay man shouldn't be ogling a group of girls like that. It would be more like Han Jia Gongzi sighing about a masterpiece. So, was his judgment wrong? Were Zuo Shou Xie Ai and You Shou Xie Shuai actually innocent?

Glancing back, he saw the two guys whispering to each other again. Either way, these two wouldn't be able to explain away the ambiguous air between them.

As he approached the group of girls, Gu Fei was stunned. There was a familiar face.

"Liu Xia, you're here too!" Gu Fei greeted the girl named Liu Xia.

Since joining Cloudend City and being introduced to Rebirth Amethyst by Gu Fei, the two hadn't seen each other. At most, they exchanged occasional messages, saying meaningless things like "You there?" and "Yeah, you there!" Gu Fei would occasionally scan the Rebirth Amethyst member list and notice that the little girl's level was rising quickly. As expected of someone from Moonlit Night City, she knew that strength was the key. Originally only around level 20, she was now a high-level member of Rebirth Amethyst. Even Gu Fei, who was also level 39, suspected that she was higher level than him.

Liu Xia was still so slender. On a man, it would be a pile of bones, but on a woman, it was so-called "bony beauty." Liu Xia smiled and said, "I heard you were leading a team to level up, so of course I wanted to join you."

Gu Fei chuckled wryly, "Leading a team? I'm just a coolie." Wasn't he? Yesterday in the level 50 training area, drawing monsters, directing, and landing the final blow all relied on Gu Fei's meticulous efforts. He even had to endure Luo Luo's healing harassment. Aside from the free fruit, Gu Fei hadn't found any other benefits.

The three Drifters were all dumbfounded at this moment. They had heard that Gu Fei was going to level up with a team, but they hadn't expected the team to be all girls. This kid was really something! The three secretly gave him a thumbs up: "He's a real talent."

Gu Fei hadn't forgotten about the three of them. He pulled them over to introduce them to the girls: "Drifter, Zuo Shou Xie Ai, You Shou Xie Shuai!"

The number one mage in Parallel World! One of the top five heroes on the level leaderboard! Drifter was even puffing out his chest, waiting for screams of admiration! But the girls' gazes bypassed him and landed on Zuo Shou Xie Ai and You Shou Xie Shuai, exclaiming in unison, "Wow, your names are so moe!"

The four guys were like naive teenagers at this moment, totally confused. Drifter waited for a long time, but no one asked him any questions. Zuo Shou Xie Ai and You Shou Xie Shuai, however, had already been visually teased a hundred times by the girls. Gu Fei pulled Luo Luo aside to ask, "What's 'moe'? What does it mean?"

Luo Luo explained, "Look, 'moe' is a grass radical above a sun and a moon. The sun and moon represent yin and yang, which is male and female. So, 'moe' is a pair of men and women under the grass? What's that? An affair! So here, you should understand it as an affair. It means that their names sound like they're having an affair."

"So scholarly!" Gu Fei exclaimed. He had lived for over twenty years and was just now learning that "moe" was a pictograph and that was how it was explained.

"The three of you, join the team!" Luo Luo extended an invitation to the three.

The three hurriedly joined the team. Drifter, the number one mage in Parallel World and one of the top five heroes, and his buddies Zuo Shou Xie Ai and You Shou Xie Shuai, who were definitely not simple characters either, were all completely at a loss in front of the Rebirth Amethyst girls, like mentally challenged children. Where was their masterly demeanor? The power of an all-girls group was definitely not to be underestimated.

The group set off in a grand fashion. Gu Fei saw that the little girl who had interviewed him yesterday had already approached Zuo Shou Xie Ai, asking, "Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?" On Drifter's side, Bing Liuli actually took the initiative to greet him.

"Excuse me, are you the one on the mage leaderboard..."

"Yes, that's me!!" Drifter was overjoyed. Heaven! Someone finally recognized him. In an instant, Drifter's masterly demeanor returned, and the scorching glow of his staff lit up again.

"How did you level up so fast?" Bing Liuli asked.

Gu Fei thought that this question wasn't difficult to answer, but it wasn't simple either. In short, it was enough to talk about for a long time. Drifter, Drifter, he thought, you've fallen for it with just one sentence. Where did the courage to set five people on fire in the tavern go?

But Gu Fei shouldn't be too smug. He was also being targeted. Luo Luo threw a healing spell at him and shouted, "Join the team! What are you thinking about?" They had already left the city, but Gu Fei hadn't responded to Luo Luo's invitation to join the team.

At this time, Liu Xia also walked up to Gu Fei and said, "It's really hard to see you!"

"Is it?"

"You don't participate in any guild activities, do you?" Liu Xia asked.

"Uh, basically..." Gu Fei said.

"Why?" Liu Xia asked.

"Not used to it. It's all girls," Gu Fei said.

"What's wrong with that?" Liu Xia gave Gu Fei a strange look. "So many people are hoping for the chance to play with so many beauties."

"I'm used to soloing," Gu Fei said. He seemed to be saying this a lot these days, and he felt that it sounded particularly pale.

Liu Xia didn't pursue the matter and changed the subject. "By the way, I saw Coward Savior yesterday."

"Oh, he's in Cloudend City? He didn't contact me!" Gu Fei opened his friend list and glanced at it. He wasn't online.

"You weren't online at the time," Liu Xia said.

"Oh," Gu Fei said, relieved. Coward Savior had been contacting him quite a bit since Gu Fei left Cloudend City because Gu Fei had promised to guide him in Mantis Fist.

There were many schools of Mantis Fist. Coward Savior's somewhat decent moves belonged to Seven Star Mantis Fist, while Gu Fei himself had studied Six Harmony Mantis Fist. These two major schools had their own characteristics. Therefore, the practice methods and fighting techniques also had different focuses. Although Gu Fei hadn't deeply studied Seven Star Mantis, his foundation and aptitude were there, so it was more than enough to guide Coward Savior.

But Gu Fei still upheld the responsible spirit of a teacher and went to the Xinhua Bookstore to buy a public version of the Seven Star Mantis Fist manual to study it. He organized and supplemented some VIP content that wasn't covered in these books and then sent it to Coward Savior.

After receiving that stuff, Coward Savior didn't log in for several days. When he reappeared, he told Gu Fei that he had been practicing hard at home!

Gu Fei really appreciated this attitude. It fully demonstrated that Coward Savior truly loved this, and he immediately suggested that he also come to Cloudend City so that he could guide him in person.

But at that time, Coward Savior was addicted to practicing the fist techniques in reality, and he couldn't bear to waste the three-plus hour travel time from Moonlit Night City to Cloudend City, so this matter was temporarily put on hold. Now that he heard Liu Xia say that this guy was already in Cloudend City, it seemed that he had encountered some difficult-to-understand points in his self-study and had to ask him for advice in person.

"It sounds like he's here to find you," Liu Xia continued.

"Yeah, I know," Gu Fei nodded.

"What's it about?" Liu Xia asked.

"Are all girls this gossipy?" Gu Fei smiled.

Liu Xia was embarrassed, her face reddening. "Just curious!"

It wasn't a secret, so Gu Fei naturally didn't hide it. "He's here to exchange some kung fu with me!"

"Kung fu?" Liu Xia didn't understand.

"Mantis Fist!" Gu Fei made a stance with his hands and gestured. Looking at Liu Xia again, she was looking at him like he was an idiot.

Sigh, this kind of look was too familiar. Gu Fei sighed and finally said, "You might not believe it, but I know kung fu."

"Oh, no wonder you're so strong!" Liu Xia said with a look of sudden understanding.

"You believed it so easily?" Gu Fei was surprised.

"You're so good at PK, I have to believe it!" Liu Xia said.

"Teach me too!" Liu Xia said.

"You're interested too?" Gu Fei asked.

Liu Xia nodded. "It can't hurt to learn, right?"

"It can make you a little stronger..." Gu Fei looked at her. She was too thin... He really wanted to grab her and snap her in half! This unique urge to do so when he saw Liu Xia wasn't happening for the first time.

Using the word "stronger" on a girl was obviously a bit inappropriate, and Liu Xia immediately felt intimidated.

Gu Fei also quickly realized that Liu Xia was just going to play around with it in the game, so how could it have any effect on exercising her body? He immediately smiled and said, "Just kidding, let's study it together when we have time!"

Liu Xia breathed a sigh of relief and nodded quickly.

The group arrived at the level 50 training area along the same route as yesterday. Although the main cities were different, the types of monsters in the training area were mostly the same. Drifter glanced around and immediately recognized it as the level 50 training area. He paused. "Level 50? Fighting monsters above our level?"

Drifter had already assessed the Rebirth Amethyst girls and thought their levels and equipment were quite pitiful. They definitely didn't have the strength to fight monsters above their level. As for Qian Li Zui, although he didn't know what kind of sword that was, he was an all-agility mage. How much damage output could he be expected to have?

Just as he was feeling confused, Gu Fei came over and smiled at him. "The number one mage! Can't handle monsters 10 levels higher?"

Drifter understood when he heard that. So they were fighting monsters above their level specifically because he was there. These people weren't saying it, but they must still acknowledge his strength! Drifter couldn't help feeling a little smug. Actually, Drifter wasn't the kind of person who was extremely vain, but the attitude of ignoring him, a top-notch expert, that this group of people was showing him was something he had never encountered before. It inevitably made him feel a little empty.

When people feel empty, they need to fantasize a little. Drifter attributed the reason why this team was fighting monsters above their level to himself. He fantasized all the way, feeling that he was really awesome, and immediately patted his chest. "I'm here, so you can all rest assured!"

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I originally wanted to write a longer chapter, but I stayed up too late reading last night. I suddenly woke up at five in the morning, so I hastily offered three thousand words. Everyone, have lunch first!

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