Chapter 1 Dawn

The sky was already faintly bright. Whether in the game or in reality, this was the morning of a new day.

A gentle breeze brushed his face, and a few scraps of paper floated slowly overhead like kites, swaying back and forth. Unfortunately, Nil Reverence's mood was far from as vibrant as the morning sun. He waved his hand, sending out a small fireball that burned the scraps of paper in the wind to ashes.

Dawn had broken, but Nil Reverence's search for the mage had yielded no results, and his mood was at its worst. In addition, he had ordered guild members to inquire about a woman named Xi Xiaotian. It turned out that this woman was quite well-known in the trading world. It was said that the prices she quoted for items were never too high or too low, and she had a reputation as a sort of Cloudrise City price barometer.

"A full-time merchant?" Nil Reverence frowned. He had always disliked these kinds of people. He felt that as a game player, not focusing on leveling and finding treasures, but scheming about doing business all day long was a shameful waste of time. Nil Reverence never acknowledged the value of such people. "I'd rather die than let that kind of person earn 1000 gold coins," Nil Reverence thought to himself, while also feeling a little worried about that guy Yun Zhong Mudi.

If Xi Xiaotian approached Yun Zhong Mudi, perhaps that guy would buy it... The last time at the tavern, Yun Zhong Mudi hadn't left decisively enough.

Yun Zhong Mudi was still online in his friend list. Nil Reverence sent him a message: "What are you doing?"

"Just finished washing off my PK points, getting ready to log off," Yun Zhong Mudi sighed.

"Do you have any clues?" Nil Reverence asked.

"No... I'm going to wait until daytime to say more. There are really too few people online all night," Yun Zhong Mudi replied.

"Has that woman from the tavern contacted you again?" Nil Reverence really wasn't in the mood to beat around the bush and asked directly.

"No," Yun Zhong Mudi said. "Are you still thinking about her? You're crazy! 1000 gold coins? I'll spend 100 gold coins to find girls from Resplendent Amethyst, I don't believe there aren't any who are greedy for money. It's just asking for a name, and whether or not you can poach them is still uncertain, why would they be so cautious?"

"Yeah, you're right," Nil Reverence replied. This was also one of the methods he had considered.

"I'm not talking anymore, I'm too tired, logging off," Yun Zhong Mudi replied with the last message and left the game.

Nil Reverence was also very sleepy at this time. He immediately posted an announcement in the guild channel, telling the people online during the day to remember to continue doing this. As long as anyone found out this information, the guild would also give a reward.

After making arrangements, Nil Reverence and a few friends from the guild walked towards the nearest safe zone, the Mage Academy. Just as they were about to arrive, someone suddenly shouted from behind: "Wanted mission, those who aren't involved get out of the way!!!"

Nil Reverence was stunned. Indeed, he also had PK points on him. Although he wasn't as crazy as Yun Zhong Mudi, who had racked up 28 at once, there were some shameless bastards he couldn't tolerate and had killed. Nil Reverence's PK value had reached 6 points during the night. He had even specifically reminded Yun Zhong Mudi, who was frantically washing off PK points, not to bring him along. But he hadn't expected that someone washing off PK points would set their sights on him.

This wasn't scientific! Besides someone like Yun Zhong Mudi who was an exception, who would accept a mission for someone with a PK value as high as 6 points, uh, it was currently 5 points, and not far from 4 points.

Nil Reverence and the others slowly turned around, looking at the unscientific guy behind them, and instantly burst into tears.

He had searched for him a thousand times in the crowd, and suddenly, looking back, damn it, he was right behind him.

Nil Reverence was excited, pointing a finger at the other party and stuttering "You you you you" for a long time, unable to speak.

Standing behind him was indeed Gu Fei. As a physical education teacher, he usually didn't have classes in the morning. However, Gu Fei generally wouldn't use work hours to play games. But after the two scrimmages last night, Gu Fei had leveled up to 40, so he wanted to do the job advancement mission, so he could do practical research during the scrimmage tonight. That's why he hurried back and logged into the game after the morning exercise.

After logging in, he went from the safe zone where he logged off towards the Mage Academy. On the way, he happened to pass by the place where wanted missions were issued. He had been coming here every day for more than a month to repeatedly accept missions until it had become a natural habit. Gu Fei, as if guided by a ghost, turned into the mission hall when he passed by here, and then scanned the wanted list of Cloudrise City. He discovered a fat sheep with 5 PK points, which was relatively rare in Cloudrise City, so Gu Fei happily accepted it. It wasn't until he left the hall that he realized what he had done, but by this time, the mission had already been accepted.

Gu Fei's experience in wanted missions was extremely rich. As soon as he looked at the coordinates, he knew that he was in the city, so he immediately decided to finish this wanted mission first.

Royal God Call completed 100 wanted missions and also received the Wind Chasing Emblem, so he naturally returned Gu Fei's. At this time, the coordinates refreshed every minute. After a few minutes, Gu Fei had already determined the direction this person was moving in: the Mage Academy.

Gu Fei was very pleased, it was convenient to kill him and then do the job advancement mission.

Then he continued towards the Mage Academy. After passing through an alley, he saw the wanted target with the wanted mark in front of him and immediately issued his signature warning: "Wanted mission, those who aren't involved get out of the way!"

Then he saw the other party turn around, looking very excited, with one of them pointing at himself and stammering "You you you you" non-stop.

Gu Fei immediately took over his words: "That's right, it's you, everyone else move aside!" As he spoke, he was afraid that the other party would run away, so he took a few steps forward. Then he recognized that this person looked familiar. After thinking for a moment: "Oh! It's you, the guild leader of A Drinking Party!"

"Ah, that's right, it's me! We've met before," Nil Reverence was very pleased that the other party still recognized him, which made it easier to talk!

As a result, Gu Fei rubbed his hands excitedly: "You're an expert, this is exciting!" After saying that, he reached into his pocket and pulled out the Dark Night Flowing Light Sword, looking at the others next to Nil Reverence and said: "Are you going to make a move?"

The others looked at each other, all looking at Nil Reverence.

"Wait!" Nil Reverence quickly shouted, "Actually, we've been looking for you all night."

"Hehe, I know." Gu Fei waved his hand and caught a piece of paper flying in the air, holding it in his eyes and reciting: "Seeking a male mage player who is mixed up in the Resplendent Amethyst guild, please contact me if you know his whereabouts. A generous reward will be given. Uh, this is what you guys posted, right?"

Nil Reverence shook his head: "That's not it." Saying that, he tapped the ground with his foot, pointing to the palm-sized small advertisement pasted on the paving stone: "That's the one."

"Thank you for your hard work..." Gu Fei said sincerely. He had seen a lot of small advertisements along the way, so he could imagine that the workload was quite large. If he wasn't in a hurry, he would have been in the mood to contact the contact information on it.

"It's nothing, it's worth it," Nil Reverence said modestly.

Gu Fei took two steps forward, tilting his head and looking at the advertisement on the stone slab: "Uh... It also says that there will be a generous reward. How much is it? I'm personally delivering myself to your door now, shouldn't you double it or something?"

Nil Reverence was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It should be, you name a price!" In order to recruit this strong man in front of him, Nil Reverence decided to use all the flattering methods he could. Even if it was 1000 gold coins, giving it directly to this person was much better than giving it to that Xi Xiaotian, wasn't it? Even if the recruitment failed, it could still leave a good impression.

Who knew that Gu Fei just laughed: "What price am I going to name, I'm just joking." Saying that, he raised his hand, and a purplish-black sword light flashed. "Come on!" Gu Fei stood with a focused expression.

"What are you doing?" Nil Reverence was stunned.

"Wanted mission, my target is you," Gu Fei said.

So all this time, he had been trying to get close to him for nothing. Nil Reverence almost fainted, and said repeatedly: "Don't rush, don't rush, first listen to what I'm looking for you for."

"I know what it is, to join your guild! No need, my current guild is pretty good," Gu Fei said. The day Nil Reverence brought people to the tavern to inquire about Gu Fei, he was just holed up in the next private room, so of course he knew what Nil Reverence was looking for him for.

Nil Reverence had known that it wouldn't be so smooth. Even considering it from the perspective of secular players, a male player mixing into a pure female guild was something that many people dreamed of. Considering it from this perspective, Gu Fei had already reached the peak of his guild career, and no matter how big the guild was, it couldn't shake his determination. Uh, unless it was a pure female guild with even more beauties.

"Resplendent Amethyst... What's the point of being in such a small guild," Nil Reverence tried to change Gu Fei's perception from a value perspective.

"It's not very interesting," Gu Fei nodded in agreement.

"So come to our big guild!" Nil Reverence was ecstatic, could it be that he was gifted with a convincing magic that could change other people's minds with just a word?

"No matter how big the guild is, it's not very interesting," Gu Fei said.

"..." Nil Reverence realized that he was being presumptuous again, "Then what's interesting?"

Gu Fei raised the sword in his hand: "Come on!"

"Uh..." Nil Reverence frowned, and immediately had a positioning for Gu Fei: a PK maniac!

This kind of talent shouldn't be left in a female guild! Nil Reverence's mood became more urgent, and looking at Gu Fei's equally urgent eyes, he suddenly had an idea: "Uh, in that case, let's make a bet. Let's have a duel, if you lose, you come to my guild; if you win, I'll..."

"If I win, you go to jail, no other punishment is needed," Gu Fei said.

"If you win, I'll give you this staff," Nil Reverence took out his water-blue staff.