Kyoto, to the west, in the Taihang Mountain area, an undeveloped primitive region.
Recently, there has been a surge in human activity.
These people, dressed in various attires, some in Western suits, others in traditional Chinese long gowns, some in Zhongshan formal wear, some in trendy casual wear, and even peculiar individuals dressed as monks.
Their destination is the immense chasm at the summit of the mountain peak.
Upon arrival, their bodies from the waist down are completely enveloped by ethereal clouds and mist.
At the edge of the cliff, a chain as thick as an adult's arm extends out, visible yet indistinct.
It leads straight into the depths of the sea of clouds, the chain swaying in the wind.
These people, in small groups, one after another, step onto the iron chain into the sea of clouds, eventually vanishing without a trace.
A few days ago, if Chu Tian had been here, he would have seen Luo Luo, led by two people, also entering this place.
However, at this moment, Chu Tian is still in the Heavenly Dao world, in the SK tavern in Black Earth City, private room number 189.
He is enjoying delicious food produced by the system, and indeed, it is truly tasty.
In the game, such things are luxuries. The three dishes on the table, along with a cup of wine, cost Chu Tian 18 gold coins.
In the past, Chu Tian would never have wasted money on such things.
But now, he really doesn't care about such a small amount of money. It's only right to indulge himself once in a while.
*Knock, knock, knock…*
There is a knock on the door.
Chu Tian knows that the person he is waiting for has arrived.
"Come in!"
Chu Tian remains seated inside and simply says a word.
The system defaults to the host allowing the other party to enter the private room, and the door opens automatically.
At the doorway appears a female rogue dressed in black tight-fitting attire, her face covered with a mask.
The person who has arrived is the guild leader of the [Qingcheng] guild, the rogue player Qingcheng.
Qingcheng enters the private room, says nothing, walks straight to the opposite side of Chu Tian, and sits down.
Chu Tian does not get up either; he quickly stuffs the last rib on his plate into his mouth.
As if afraid it would be snatched away.
Qingcheng stares at Chu Tian for a few seconds, then suddenly laughs, "Hehe… I didn't expect the legendary God of Virtue to be so stingy!"
Judging by her voice, it is a childish loli-like tone.
Chu Tian's expression is peculiar, and he becomes somewhat curious about this masked woman.
He doesn't care about her teasing and says with a pout,
"You're the one who invited me, so you should be treating. I was just having a little appetizer.
Besides, the room I booked saved quite a bit of money."
Qingcheng's face falters for a moment, then she says regretfully,
"I didn't expect the esteemed God of Virtue, a prominent figure in the Heavenly Dao world, to not understand gratitude!"
Chu Tian shakes his head, a relaxed smile on his face, and says brightly, "Let's get straight to the point!"
"Alright! You know I helped you quite a bit today, right?" Qingcheng raises her head, pulls off her mask, and says sternly, "Shouldn't you give me a share of what you obtained?"
Seeing her face, Chu Tian is taken aback.
The loli-like voice, and her appearance, are a huge contrast.
It's not that Qingcheng is unattractive; on the contrary, she is also a stunning woman.
However, when she doesn't speak and just sits there, you might mistake her for a cool, aloof older sister.
Chu Tian chuckles inwardly, no wonder she wears a mask!
The contrast is too great, but his expression control is excellent. He smiles and slowly says, "Sharing is impossible!"
Qingcheng did not expect such a direct refusal.
Her expression changes, and a look of anger appears on her face. Just as she is about to speak,
Chu Tian continues, "Your guild doesn't have enough points to upgrade its base, right?"
Qingcheng looks at Chu Tian with confusion and says nothing.
Her guild consists entirely of rogue players; they simply cannot organize guild raid groups.
Qingcheng hasn't considered recruiting mixed-class players to join her guild.
But, after years of working hard in the game, and with her studios under her name,
all her players are rogues.
When Heavenly Dao first launched, she excitedly brought her subordinates into Heavenly Dao.
She even vowed to become a top-tier, all-rogue guild in the world, making anyone who heard the name [Qingcheng] tremble.
However, during the time Heavenly Dao has been open, she has realized how naive her thoughts were.
Heavenly Dao completely overturns the previous game modes.
In previous games, and games she had encountered before, there weren't so many restrictions. A guild was powerful if it was powerful.
But Heavenly Dao is different. Your personal strength has certain influencing factors.
Just like Chu Tian, his strength directly affects the development progress of the Reverse God Alliance.
But Qingcheng is different; she follows a single-class development model, aiming to push assassination to its absolute limit.
However, beautiful intentions meet harsh reality.
The guild upgrade mode in Heavenly Dao almost made her give up.
Currently, her guild is level four. Besides less than a thousand players in life professions, the rest are all rogues.
They are indeed skilled in assassination, clandestine operations, tracking, and intelligence gathering.
However, when it comes to raiding dungeons and earning team points, they are done for.
This is why the guild is stuck at level four and cannot be upgraded. She can't bring herself to recruit other studios to join her guild to earn points.
Who in the domestic industry doesn't know her, Qingcheng?
If it got out in the industry that Qingcheng Studio needed to invite other studios to earn guild points for them, she would lose face.
Recruiting new members, honing team synergy and tacit understanding, and then raiding dungeons
requires a lot of time. Money is not a big issue.
But by the time this team is polished, her guild's progress will still lag far behind others.
Moreover, she doesn't even have a raid leader or commander among her subordinates.
Personnel are easy to recruit, but a core, cohesive leader is hard to find.
Qingcheng has been troubled by this matter recently: how should the guild develop further?
How to support her subordinates and how they will eat are now dilemmas.
In the early stages of Heavenly Dao, there aren't that many assassination missions available.
Furthermore, recently a rogue named Juesha has appeared on the leaderboards.
It is rumored that he has no guild and works alone, specializing in accepting assassination missions.
And he specifically takes on high-difficulty missions, assassinating powerful and influential individuals.
Conversely, Qingcheng's guild, due to its presence, dares not accept assassination missions targeting leaders of factions stronger than theirs.
This has caused their income to plummet.
Moreover, even without the guild's presence, she wouldn't dare to accept them.
In reality, her studio has a great reputation. If people knew it was her studio that carried out assassinations,
they might retaliate against them in real life.
Her studio is currently undergoing financing. If it were interfered with by others, the consequences would be unimaginable.