Chapter 59 A Wager Settled

The two men's squabble finally ended with a round of rock-paper-scissors. Although it was just a children's game, Lan Yi still had the integrity to accept defeat. He sat back in his place, sulking in silence, letting the inner fire burn him.

"Brothers Han, what's the plan? Tell us quickly!" Yun Zhongmu urged the Han family's young master.

"It's like this. It's really not worth making such a big scene for a mere villain like Yin Yue. It's too unpleasant for so many of us to fight to the death for such a guy," said the Han family's young master.

"Indeed. What's your good idea?" Yun Zhongmu asked, nodding.

"Like this. You, just take your men to stay at the knight camp near White Stone City. Our Young Master Elite Group will be responsible for hanging Yin Yue tonight after we set off and sending him back to you," said the Han family's young master.

"This... this isn't appropriate, is it?" Yun Zhongmu said, stunned. He wasn't doubting the ability of the Young Master Elite Group, but rather the situation these people were in. They were supposed to be companions on a mission, yet they were going to attack Yin Yue during it. What would the thousand players think of the six of them? Did this guy not realize the seriousness of the matter?

"Heh!" The Han family's young master knew what he was thinking and said calmly, "Don't worry, we'll act in secret."

"This... is that going to work?" This time, Yun Zhongmu was a bit skeptical of their abilities. Because with Yin Yue's cunning, he would definitely be on guard against these enemies who had grudges against him. They could all think of the ever-present sneak attacks, let alone Yin Yue, who was good at those himself. Acting in secret was easier said than done. Would Yin Yue give them a chance to act in secret?

"You don't need to worry about that. If you trust us, then we'll have to trouble you to spend some money," said the Han family's young master.

"Spend? Spend money?" Yun Zhongmu was puzzled.

"Big brother, we're a mercenary group. Don't tell me you don't know the rules!" The Han family's young master looked at him helplessly.

"Damn!" Yun Zhongmu stood up abruptly. Of course he knew the rules, but he didn't expect the Han family's young master to talk to him about them. In his mind, friends should help each other, and talking about money was an insult to their friendship. A straightforward and heroic man like him definitely regarded money as dirt and put friendship first.

The little goodwill he had just felt for the Han family's young master had now vanished. Yun Zhongmu looked at the smiling face before him and felt nothing but contempt. He was right, this guy was too annoying and definitely not one of his kind. Yun Zhongmu thought to himself.

"But considering that we're all friends, we won't charge you a high price," said the Han family's young master.

"No need," Yun Zhongmu said with a cold expression. "Since it's a business deal, let's not talk about friendship. Just tell me how much it is."

"Boss Yun is a straightforward man." The Han family's young master drank his wine and stood up. "After it's done, you'll receive my price list."

"Don't you need a deposit? That's not in accordance with the rules, is it?" Yun Zhongmu said blandly. An employer who took the initiative to offer a deposit was definitely an oddity, and Yun Zhongmu's words were full of deep sarcasm.

"That's not necessary. Boss Yun's character is barely trustworthy," said the Han family's young master.

Barely trustworthy... Yun Zhongmu clenched his fist.

The Han family's young master smiled. "If you gentlemen have nothing else to do, go wash up and go to sleep! I'll take my leave first." The Han family's young master bought several more bottles of wine to take with him and swaggered towards the door. Before leaving, he glanced at Lan Yi and asked, "That skill of yours, is it something like teleportation?"

Lan Yi was stunned and didn't answer. The Han family's young master had already left. Yun Zhongmu glared at him again. "Kid, were you cheating just now?"

"Bullshit, those are all skills in the game. You're not admitting defeat because you lost?" Lan Yi retorted.

"Who lost? Who the hell lost?" Yun Zhongmu roared.

"If you're not convinced, let's go again!"

The cursing started again. There would never be peace in the tavern...

The Han family's young master didn't want to think about it anymore after he came out. This plan didn't need any arrangements. At this time, it didn't matter whether Yun Zhongmu and the others continued to find Yin Yue to bully him or just let things go and wait for the gangbang outside the knight camp at night. It wouldn't have much of an impact on what the Han family's young master and the others were going to do.

After six o'clock in the evening, the players from Cloudreach City logged in one after another and gathered at the north gate of White Stone City. A winding line was also moving towards this direction from the dungeon. It was Zongheng Sihai who had just extracted the corrupt element Todd from the dungeon and was heading this way.

The guild leader of Zongheng Sihai, Wu Shi Zhi Jian (Oathless Sword), who was personally escorting Todd at the front of the line, was in high spirits. They had already passed two main cities, and the task was more than two-fifths complete. It seemed that they hadn't encountered any major problems. The casualties were basically negligible. The biggest loss was those who were timid and didn't dare to follow when they started crossing the mountain gullies.

The six members of the Young Master Elite Group were mixed in with the mercenary players, carefully searching for something.

After looking around, they all just shook their heads slightly.

"Did you see Yin Yue?" Several people asked each other in the channel.

The answer was all negative.

Everyone had already learned from the Han family's young master that they had taken on the task of helping Yun Zhongmu send Yin Yue back to White Stone City, and they were all happy to do this job. With Gu Fei's powerful firepower and the exquisite cooperation of the other people, it would only take a few seconds to openly kill Yin Yue, and even a god couldn't save him. However, due to the pressure of public opinion, they had to act carefully.

Several people asked the young master what his plan was, and the answer they got was four words: "Act according to circumstances."

Now the "circumstances" hadn't come yet, and they couldn't even find Yin Yue.

"Don't worry, he must be mixed in the crowd. If he doesn't take this opportunity to leave White Stone City, then he really doesn't want to live," the Han family's young master said with certainty.

Yin Yue was indeed mixed in the Zongheng Sihai team. He had been suffering all day. He had been drifting around in the city since morning, and a little disturbance could scare him into a sweat. He had endured until the task continued in the evening, and this guy quietly sneaked to the dungeon with a few brothers. As he expected, the people from Zongheng Sihai were gathering here. Yin Yue greeted Wu Shi Zhi Jian and joined their team.

Yin Yue did not reveal his current situation to Wu Shi Zhi Jian. Because he knew very well that his friendship with Wu Shi Zhi Jian was still shallow, and Wu Shi Zhi Jian would never think that he, Yin Yue, was more important than the interests of the entire Zongheng Sihai. If Yin Yue's opponents were just a few small thieves, Wu Shi Zhi Jian would definitely help him because of their large numbers; if he knew that the opponents were the Ten Guild Alliance, then he would definitely throw Yin Yue away as a hot potato without hesitation.

Yin Yue's mind at this time was to quietly slip out in the crowd of Zongheng Sihai, after all, it was still difficult to find a specific person in hundreds of people. He was only afraid that the people from the Ten Guild Alliance would go all out and not hesitate to challenge the thousand-strong crowd of Cloudreach City in order to deal with him, Yin Yue.

The gentlemen of the Ten Guild Alliance definitely had this kind of courage, so Yin Yue was very worried. Once the Ten Guild Alliance challenged them, it was estimated that the fight would not start, and Wu Shi Zhi Jian would definitely sell him happily. Therefore, Yin Yue had two preparations at this time. First, he would follow the crowd. Once he found that a large number of people came out to challenge them, he would immediately shout "Brothers, let's go!" and then slip away in the chaos.

Therefore, as the city gate approached, Yin Yue became more and more nervous and kept looking around. But apart from the Cloudreach City mercenary group waiting for them under the city gate, there was no sign of any other large-scale team. Until they followed the team out of the door and left the city gate for a long time, the people that Yin Yue thought would definitely appear had not shown up.

So nothing happened? Yin Yue was very surprised. Yun Zhongmu had specially chased to White Stone City to kill him, and he didn't believe that the other party would let him go so easily. But where were they at this time? Even if they didn't show up openly, they were probably secretly paying attention to his actions, right?

Thinking of this, Yin Yue shrank further into the crowd, lowering his head and bending over, trying to disappear. But this was not a long-term solution. He had to find a way to confirm whether there were such annoying tails. Although he had not slept for a long time, Yin Yue's head had not lost its brilliance. He originally wanted to ask a brother to pretend to drop out of the team and pretend to level up in the leveling area they passed by in order to observe whether there were any pursuers. But thinking that if the other party was a lurking thief secretly following them, they might be by your side at this time and you would not know.

But this could not stump the cunning, or rather, the resourceful Yin Yue. After thinking about it for a while, he immediately approached Wu Shi Zhi Jian, the guild leader of Zongheng Sihai.

"Wu Shi, it seems that someone is secretly following us!" Yin Yue said very seriously.

"Oh? Who? How do you know?" Wu Shi Zhi Jian asked quickly.

"A brother of mine!" Yin Yue began to fabricate. "He had something urgent and couldn't play the game anymore. When he went back to the city to log off, he saw someone asking the players leveling up in the leveling area we passed by about our whereabouts, and then they went in our direction," Yin Yue said.

"Is that so? Then where are these people now?" Zongheng Sihai asked.

"I don't know. My brother had something urgent. After telling me this, he didn't follow to see what was going on and went back to the city quickly," Yin Yue said regretfully.

"It's definitely not a good thing!" Wu Shi Zhi Jian said and quickly called the leadership core Dao Ying Nian Hua (Reflection of the Years) and Feng Xing (Wind Walk).

When Dao Ying Nian Hua heard the news, he immediately asked, "Are you sure they are players, not NPCs?"

"NPC? There's no need for NPCs to ask the players about us, right?" Yin Yue said.

"Players... what are players doing secretly following us?" Dao Ying Nian Hua also began to ponder.

"Maybe they saw so many of us gathered together and are curious about what we want to do?" Feng Xing guessed.

"It's best to find these people and ask them," Yin Yue said.

"Okay! Don't spread the news. The team will continue to move forward. I'll make some arrangements," Dao Ying Nian Hua said.

"Let's do that! Thank you, Brother Yin Yue." Wu Shi Zhi Jian patted Yin Yue.

"You're welcome. I'm here to help!" Yin Yue rubbed his red eyes and smiled.

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