The words Gu Fei left behind nearly drove Silver Moon to pack up and run. He felt that Gu Fei's departure would not only fail to uncover anything but would probably lead the assassin who wanted to kill him right to his doorstep. He had been too careless, how could he have rashly exposed himself to Drunken Clouds!
But Silver Moon didn't want to just sit around waiting for death. In a flash, another idea popped into his head: "Should we send a few helpers to Drunken Clouds?"
"They have people in their own mercenary团!" Sword Without Oath's response made Silver Moon feel that if he didn't leave now, he really wouldn't have a chance. But then Sword Without Oath quickly slapped his own head: "That's right, we don't need to use all their people, we can send our own helpers." Sword Without Oath simply wanted to reduce the costs a bit. But this delighted Silver Moon. If people from the Guild of Galloping Horse were secretly following, could Gu Fei still go easy on those guys from Cloud-Dweller?
"Don't let him know, follow him secretly." Silver Moon's plans were more ruthless than the last. If the Guild of Galloping Horse accompanied him openly, Gu Fei would probably pretend not to notice and lead them astray. But if they followed him secretly, they might just see Gu Fei going easy on them. Not only could they deal with the Cloud-Dweller group, but Gu Fei would also be seen as a traitor who bites the hand that feeds him. It was like killing two birds with one stone!
But after these words, the three core members of the Guild of Galloping Horse looked at Silver Moon with strange expressions.
"Not good..." Silver Moon thought to himself, "I've made it too obvious..." Silver Moon opened his mouth to say something to cover it up, but then Reflected Flowing Time said, "Stealth is useless against Drunken Clouds!"
Silver Moon was stunned. In his haste, he had forgotten this point and came up with an unreliable idea. A long time without rest, combined with extreme tension and anxiety, had a great impact on a person's mental state, and Silver Moon was in such a state at this moment.
"But let's still call some thief brothers over! Stealth around Drunken Clouds will also paralyze the enemy," Sword Without Oath said. They didn't know Silver Moon's little scheme.
"Okay, I'll arrange it!" Reflected Flowing Time said. For situations where they might face combat, they would naturally choose people from the mercenary團 first. Mercenary團s like Young Master's Elite Group, which charged extra for every special thing they did, had special terms negotiated by Young Master Han. Most mercenary團s and the Guild of Galloping Horse were a one-time deal. They took the money, obeyed the Guild of Galloping Horse, it was that simple.
"Find reliable people to go," Sword Without Oath said.
"Uh... Should we call Gu Xiao Shang to take people?" Reflected Flowing Time asked for Sword Without Oath's opinion.
"Alright!" Sword Without Oath nodded. To be honest, there were so many mercenary團s, but the only one they could really say they had a friendship with and trusted was the Colorful Clouds led by Gu Xiao Shang. In the mercenary competition, they narrowly lost to Upstream, which took fourth place, in the battle for third and fourth place.
On Young Master's Elite Group's side, after Gu Fei returned, everyone naturally asked him what was going on. After Gu Fei explained, they all understood and said, "People from Cloud-Dweller?"
"He doesn't need to send people to follow," someone said.
"Why guess? We can just ask and find out," another responded.
After sending a message to Cloud-Dweller, Cloud-Dweller became nervous instead: "No, we're all here at the Knight's Camp preparing, what, is there an accident?"
"There's no problem!" Sword Demon, who was in charge of contacting him, replied to Cloud-Dweller. Afterwards, he said to the people on his side: "It's not Cloud-Dweller."
"There's still one person," Young Master Han said, "who also wants to kill Silver Moon. It seems like someone from the old Fore塵, maybe it's them."
"Then he's one of us!" War Without Wounds said.
Young Master Han frowned and asked Gu Fei: "Someone is following behind, but our people behind don't know, how did their people in front know first?"
Gu Fei spread his hands, indicating he didn't know.
"Perhaps Silver Moon has already noticed," Brother Right said.
"He doesn't need to notice, he can figure it out with his eyes closed. But, if he's setting a trap, why would he let Drunken Clouds be the one to expose it? That doesn't help him at all!" Young Master Han's intellect was high, but even he couldn't have guessed that Silver Moon had shot himself in the foot, and was now feeling depressed about it!
"But that guy is following Sword Without Oath and them, so it's not easy for us to strike," Sword Demon said. To start an internal conflict in front of Sword Without Oath and them would be too much, it would be a complete lack of mercenary ethics.
"But at least we know where he is!" Brother Right said. For them, the biggest value of Gu Fei's trip was discovering Silver Moon's location. This was Silver Moon's oversight; he was so anxious about the East that he forgot about the West.
"Forget it, you go! The ones following behind are probably targeting Silver Moon. See if you can let them go easy appropriately," Young Master Han said.
"You guys aren't going?" Gu Fei was surprised.
"Reflected Flowing Time has already notified me, they're just asking you to help this time. We won't get any extra money if we interfere, so what are we going for?" Young Master Han stretched.
"Then I'll go." Gu Fei didn't mind, and was about to leave the group when he saw a large group of people coming towards them, against the flow. The woman at the head was Gu Xiao Shang, who had argued with Sword Without Oath at the mercenary gathering in the tavern.
"Drunken Clouds! We're going with you," the woman shouted as she approached.
"Oh..." Young Master Han suddenly realized, "Waiting here, huh? No wonder they were willing to let Thousand Miles go, they've got a supervisor!"
Young Master Han spoke as if there was no one else around, completely ignoring the fact that the person was right in front of him. Gu Xiao Shang turned her head and glanced at him, but didn't pay him any attention. She turned back to Gu Fei and said, "Let's go!"
Gu Fei nodded and left the group with them. They weren't going anywhere, just staying in place to wait for the stalkers.
"Stealth." Gu Xiao Shang waved her hand, and all the thief players from her团 immediately went into stealth mode, leaving only her and Gu Fei standing in the middle of the road.
"My name is Gu Xiao Shang," Gu Xiao Shang introduced herself to Gu Fei.
"Mm! Drunken Clouds." Although the other party had already called his name, a formal self-introduction was still necessary.
"I heard you're very strong?" Gu Xiao Shang said.
"So-so!" Gu Fei said.
"You're not modest at all!" Gu Xiao Shang laughed.
"I'm already being modest," Gu Fei smiled and said, "Given my situation, if I said I'm not good, I'm still very bad... wouldn't that be insulting people?"
"Hehe!" Gu Xiao Shang smiled, pulled a giant sword out of her pocket, and stuck it in the ground in front of her. The orange-red warrior armor she wore was not as delicate and eye-catching as that chosen by most female players. What was different was the orange cloak draped over her shoulders. It was waving in the wind behind her, which was very eye-catching.
Seeing Gu Fei noticing her cloak, Gu Xiao Shang smiled and asked, "How is it, cool?"
Gu Fei also smiled and said, "Cool. But, wouldn't it get in the way when fighting?" The cloak was indeed dashing, but if you had such a long piece of cloth trailing behind you when you were fighting, and it was shaking wildly in the wind, it might wrap around your arms or legs at any time, which would basically make you useless. Not to mention the cloak, even Gu Fei's Dark Night Spirit Robe was not very convenient to wear, after all, it was not designed for martial artists, especially the hem that was long enough to touch the ground, which got in the way a lot. However, the fireball's method of buttoning the mage robe seemed to be a solution to this. Gu Fei already had the intention of wearing it that way, but as Fireball said, his inner clothes were too ugly, so he had to update them first.
"You can take it off when you're fighting!" Gu Xiao Shang waved her hand and pulled at her neck, and the cloak slid off her shoulders. She reached out and held it up to Gu Fei, gesturing: "Look, it's very convenient."
"Tied around your neck? Doesn't it feel tight?" Gu Fei asked in surprise.
"No! Look, there are two loops here. Actually, it's hung on my shoulder pads. The knot is just to fix it. It was specially designed and made for my armor. How is it, are you interested?" Gu Xiao Shang asked.
"Forget it!" Gu Fei smiled.
"Find me anytime if you want to make one. I know a player in Cloud-Dwelling City who is learning tailoring skills. What's even better is that he studied fashion design, and his craftsmanship is particularly good..."
"Someone's coming!" Gu Fei exclaimed.
"Where?" Gu Xiao Shang quickly picked up the long sword stuck in the ground in front of her.
"Oh, sorry, I was wrong," Gu Fei said.
"Oh!" Gu Xiao Shang put the sword back in its place and carefully put her cloak back on. Gu Fei was speechless; this person was indeed very imposing, but definitely a woman.
"By the way, how do you counter stealth?" Gu Xiao Shang asked Gu Fei.
"Killing intent," Gu Fei said.
"Killing intent?" Gu Xiao Shang was puzzled.
"Yeah, I practice martial arts, so I'm very sensitive to these things," Gu Fei said.
"Really?" Gu Xiao Shang said.
"Of course."
"Then teach me!" Gu Xiao Shang said.
"It takes more than ten years of hard work, you can't learn it," Gu Fei said.
"Don't lie to me, you're joking, right!" Gu Xiao Shang said.
Gu Fei smiled bitterly, "It's true."
Gu Xiao Shang still didn't believe it and was about to say something else when she saw Gu Fei suddenly put away his smile, reached into his pocket, and pulled out his long sword: "Someone's here."
"Where!"
"Stealth! Right in front of us." Gu Fei said and raised his hand: "Fire Tree Thousand Heavy Flames, rise!"
"Hey, don't kill them instantly, leave one for questioning," Gu Xiao Shang quickly said.
"I know, tell your subordinates not to stare at me, spread out in a line," Gu Fei said.