Chapter 15 Not Pleasing to the Eye

Although Gu Fei didn't understand the situation in online games very well, with so many people and the prices being shouted higher and higher, only Xiao Yu would fail to grasp what these people were thinking.

These people simply wanted to take advantage of Gu Fei's ignorance, engaging in speculative activities to gain some advantages. Frankly speaking, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a scam.

When Xi Xiao Tian bluntly pointed it out, the expressions on everyone's faces naturally became unsightly.

They quickly realized that Gu Fei was squatting here silently, not out of ignorance, but perhaps just pretending to be stupid. They had been made a fool of for so long, and everyone felt uncomfortable.

Some people had already left in embarrassment, but there were still some who glared angrily, staring fiercely at Gu Fei.

In this highly realistic online game environment, many people's emotional intelligence plummeted. After all, in this world, feelings of embarrassment and shame were just as intense as in reality, but without the constraints imposed by many objective factors in the real world.

If I don't like you, I can hit you; if I'm unhappy with you, I can beat you up...

Online games are sometimes such an unreasonable world.

Through virtual reality technology, this unreasonable world became vivid, but the rules of this world did not change at all.

Combat is the main theme, and strength is respected. This has always been the theme of online games.

And the concept of this strength is broad: personal strength, guild strength... or a certain force that appears at a certain time and place.

November 21st, 13:45. Yunwen Street in Cloud City, the trading street in the players' mouths. Such a powerful group appeared.

Or rather, a group that considered itself powerful. Because the measurement of strength is relative. Currently, this group of people clearly believed that with their numbers, facing the opponent they were about to face, they were a powerful group.

The opponent in their eyes, Gu Fei, who had been squatting, had already stood up.

Most people, realizing that their purpose of scamming the newbie could not be achieved, had already left in shame. But there was such a small group of people who, having failed to achieve their goal, felt that they had been deceived, and now wanted to stay and argue with Gu Fei.

Gu Fei was helpless, like all protagonists, righteously saying, "What do you want?"

Angry stares, but no one spoke. The group, formed by chance due to a shared mentality, had only exchanged a few glances and had not yet elected their spokesperson.

"If there's nothing, I'm leaving," Gu Fei said.

"Wait!" someone finally said. The crowd scattered, blocking all possible exits for Gu Fei.

The same mentality and the same intentions could instantly create tacit cooperation.

Gu Fei looked at these people at his leisure. It seemed they wanted to fight. Unfortunately, violence was exactly Gu Fei's hobby. Since childhood, his father had relied on their family being martial arts practitioners, enjoying beating him, but forbidding him from casually fighting with others outside. Gu Fei always thought he wouldn't get this chance until he had his own son. Thanks to online games, thanks to parallel worlds, thanks to the great author Hu Die Lan, Gu Fei's dreams were coming true one by one.

Facing each other, Gu Fei beckoned to Xi Xiao Tian.

"What?" Xi Xiao Tian asked.

"Explain the PK rules to me," Gu Fei said.

Everyone was in an uproar.

Too newbie, too arrogant, everyone thought.

Xi Xiao Tian was also stunned, not knowing where to start. After a long while, she slowly uttered, "Killing someone adds 1 PK value."

"Nonsense!" Gu Fei glared at her. "I know that much, I'm saying, how can you avoid adding PK value?" From the clues Hong Chen Yi Xiao had revealed that day, it was clear that sometimes killing people wouldn't result in PK value. Gu Fei remembered to check it out at the time, but forgot afterward and didn't visit the website to find out.

"Counterattacking after being attacked doesn't add PK value, killing someone with PK value doesn't add PK value," Xi Xiao Tian said.

"Killing someone with PK value doesn't add PK value?" Gu Fei was bewildered. He didn't believe that among the people he had killed with two "Heavenly Fire Wheels" in Moon Night City, there would have been someone without PK value.

"The above is for someone without PK value, those with PK value are exceptions," Xi Xiao Tian said.

Gu Fei understood. He then gripped the sword in his hand, turned his head, and looked at the surrounding crowd: "Come on!"

Everyone was stunned. For a moment, no one acted. If you want to kill us, but don't want to add PK value, how could it be so easy? We must not strike first, everyone thought.

In an instant, the masses confused the relationship between the active and passive parties, thinking that Gu Fei was surrounding them, preparing to vent his anger on them.

After waiting for a long time and seeing no reaction from the other side, Gu Fei felt quite regretful. To be honest, he loved fighting, loved PK. But he couldn't be an unreasonable person, so he could only hope that someone would dislike him. Thinking of this, Gu Fei couldn't help but miss the PK atmosphere in Moon Night City, missing the Black Hand Mercenary Group that still wanted to ambush him for some reason. He wondered how they were doing now.

Gu Fei was melancholy. He had only left Moon Night City for three hours and had already begun to feel melancholy.

"If you're not fighting, then let's disperse!" Gu Fei honestly let out a sigh.

This regret and calmness undoubtedly deepened the other party's suspicion. A temporary group would naturally have shortcomings, the most obvious being the lack of trust and understanding between each other. Gu Fei was a guy with top-quality weapons, no one was confident in a one-on-one fight, and they all needed to rely on the strength of others. At this time, they couldn't help but think, "I'm fine, but I don't know how strong the others are?"

Everyone raised suspicious eyes, looking back and forth. When they looked at each other, they thought, "That idiot is probably useless, looking at his eyes, he clearly wants to rely on others."

As a result, everyone felt that they were capable, but others were not. The only conclusion to be drawn from this was to give up, while secretly rejoicing that they had not been impulsive.

Unconsciously, the number of characters surrounding Gu Fei began to decrease. The crowd came arrogantly but left quietly. Before long, they had left Gu Fei alone.

"Depressing!" Gu Fei said dejectedly. A few shouts and a sigh had scared the enemy away. Could it be that he had been too proactive, too conspicuous?

"Don't worry," Xi Xiao Tian said, "There will be opportunities to fight."

"Are you talking about those guys over there?" Gu Fei glanced at a corner of the trading street.

"You noticed?" Xi Xiao Tian was surprised.

"I saw them long ago," Gu Fei said.

"Then what are you worried about?" Xi Xiao Tian said.

"Those few can only be considered appointments. I could have had two fights. Now there's one less, what a pity!" Gu Fei said with reluctance.

"Violent Fei!" Xi Xiao Tian exclaimed in admiration.

Gu Fei squatted down again, continuing to say with anticipation, "Why haven't those guys come over yet?"

"They won't come over so easily," Xi Xiao Tian said.

"Oh? You seem to know them," Gu Fei said.

"There's a group of people like that in Cloud City now. After spotting someone's top-quality equipment, they'll look for an opportunity to kill you and make you drop your equipment. I think they've got their eyes on you," Xi Xiao Tian said.

"Is that so?" Gu Fei glanced over there again. The few people who had been huddled together had now dispersed, leaving only one person casually setting up a stall, while the other guys had disappeared.

"They won't act easily, and they won't give up easily either. They won't stop until they get that sword in your hand," Xi Xiao Tian said.

Gu Fei understood the importance of not showing off wealth and keeping a low profile. But he also discovered the benefits of top-quality equipment - it could lure guys with evil intentions to come and provoke him. He could take the opportunity to punish evil and promote good, maintaining world peace... In short: there was a fight to be had!

"Now they've dispersed. They left one person behind, probably to keep an eye on you. Later, they'll find a quiet, secluded opportunity when you're alone and attack you," Xi Xiao Tian said. "Kill you today, kill you tomorrow, kill you the day after tomorrow. In short, they'll remember you and keep killing you until they get the sword in your hand."

Gu Fei nodded, then asked, "Are you with them?"

"Go to hell!!" Xi Xiao Tian exclaimed.

Gu Fei was dumbfounded.

"Don't go too far! I'm not as bad as you think," Xi Xiao Tian said angrily.

Gu Fei's expression was a little unnatural. After a long while, he said, "Then why are you wearing a mask here?"

"Selling stuff!" Xi Xiao Tian pounded the ground.

"Do you have to wear a mask to sell things?" Gu Fei asked.

"Want to know why I'm wearing a mask?" Xi Xiao Tian said, immediately tearing off the veil on her face and shouting at the top of her lungs, "Selling equipment, cheap, come and take a look if you want it!"

The crisp female voice made everyone involuntarily look over here. Several people's eyes lit up immediately. One person had already flown over in one step, bending down, and playing with the junk on Xi Xiao Tian's stall one by one, then said, "Not bad, I'll take it all, beautiful lady, name a price!"

"10 gold coins," Xi Xiao Tian said expressionlessly.

"No problem!" The person directly wrapped up the cloth spread on the ground, rolled up all of Xi Xiao Tian's things, and then counted out the gold coins, handing them over generously. The eyes of the surrounding players were filled with envy.

"Beautiful lady, I've bought all your things, and you have nothing to do now, why don't we go for a drink?" The person who bought the things didn't leave, continuing to linger here.

"Go to hell, get lost!" Xi Xiao Tian was close to spitting on the other person's face.

Everyone was in an uproar again.

The junk on Xi Xiao Tian's stall was just ordinary stuff, worth about 10 gold coins in total. But these few things covered several professions, and theoretically, no one would buy them all at the same time. The current situation clearly meant that the drunkard's intention was not in the wine.

10 gold coins was definitely not a small amount of money for ordinary players. Spending this money just to chat someone up was considered a heavy investment, indicating that this person was also a ten-thousand-yuan household among ordinary players. Everyone was envying their romantic luck, but unexpectedly, the good show continued. This girl was extremely uninhibited, selling her things and not wanting to go on a date with someone, and even swearing directly.

Only Gu Fei sighed secretly. Xi Xiao Tian was clearly venting her anger on this person. Could it be that he had really wronged her this time? Was she just honestly setting up a stall here to sell some small trash? Gu Fei was bewildered.

But no matter what, the anger value of this buyer was constantly rising. Obviously, no matter how charming a girl you are, no one would tolerate being given the cold shoulder for no reason.

"Fuck!" This big brother had spent ten gold coins for nothing, and was almost spat on, and was even watched by a group of people as a joke. Of course, he wouldn't restrain himself any longer. He raised his hand and threw the package of equipment he had just bought directly at Xi Xiao Tian, then pulled out from his pocket an axe that was even more gigantic than Xiao Yu's, followed by hunching his chest and arching his back, gathering strength in his dantian, slightly bending his legs, and letting his right hand hang down with the axe to his side, forming a pure 45-degree angle with the ground.

Gu Fei, who was extremely experienced in combat, knew what was going on as soon as he saw this posture. He even blocked with a sword in one hand, while grabbing Xi Xiao Tian with the other.

The Whirlwind Slash arrived as expected. From this, it could be seen that this warrior's combat experience was also not low. Experienced warriors would ensure that they had a certain amount of rage on their bodies at all times to activate skills. The Whirlwind Slash was not only the warrior's highest attack skill at the moment, but also their life-saving skill, which was much more useful than the warrior's level 6 defense skill, Steadfast.

Resisting Whirlwind Slash was originally a move that Gu Fei was extremely familiar with. Now, even the posture of being knocked away could be done elegantly and飘逸. But this time, there was a slight accident. The Whirlwind Slash was blocked, and the person was knocked away, but he was dragged down.

The reason was that although Gu Fei desperately grabbed Xi Xiao Tian, his strength was too low, and he couldn't fly with someone in tow. Instead, Xi Xiao Tian dragged him down, and he didn't fly up either.

As a result, he borrowed the force and went out, but didn't fly up. The two of them slid along the ground like groundhogs, causing dust to fly.

Gu Fei was alright, at least he was standing. Although the momentum was fast, Gu Fei's agility was also not low, and he was able to shift his feet.

Xi Xiao Tian was miserable. Caught off guard, she had been knocked to the ground the moment she went out, and had been gliding all the way. Even more pitifully, the equipment that the warrior had thrown on her earlier was still there, hanging on her thief's cloak, clanging all the way, lively and extraordinary.

Because he was dragging someone, it also affected Gu Fei's performance, and he didn't grasp the direction of the force well. After being knocked out for a while, he immediately crashed into the wall. Gu Fei's back was in pain, and he felt like his bones were falling apart. He looked down and saw Xi Xiao Tian flying towards him like a missile, about to crash into the wall head-on.

Gu Fei quickly stretched out his foot and stepped on it, using the momentum to pull her up, changing the direction of the force. Xi Xiao Tian rolled over and stopped.

"Sorry!" Gu Fei said.

"Big brother, get off me quickly!" Someone suddenly replied from below.

Gu Fei looked down and quickly dodged to the side. He was still stepping on someone! Thinking that the players setting up stalls were all along the walls on both sides of the street, Gu Fei rushed over here in a flurry. The person saw that the situation was not good and wanted to dodge, but his legs and feet were numb after sitting cross-legged for a day, and he was a little inflexible. He rolled and crawled, just reducing his position, and was eventually stepped on by Gu Fei.

"Sorry, sorry!" Gu Fei quickly apologized again to this side.

This person rolled on the ground, looked up at the sky, and breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay."

Looking at Xi Xiao Tian over there, she struggled to get up from the ground, and after a long while, she said, "I'd rather be killed!"

Everyone was in an uproar again.

Because no one expected that these two guys were not dead.

People could see Gu Fei reaching out with his sword to block, but no one could see the timing of that sword's pinpoint precision. In their eyes, these two people were knocked away by the Whirlwind Slash, and even if they didn't die, they should be close to death, and should definitely not be as carefree as the two of them were now, although they were a little embarrassed, but obviously their lives were not in danger.

The warrior had now stopped the Whirlwind Slash, but had no intention of stopping there. He strode towards Xi Xiao Tian.

Gu Fei looked at her and asked, "If I kill him now, it won't add PK value, right?"

Xi Xiao Tian was stunned, and just nodded. She also didn't know what had happened during that Whirlwind Slash, she only looked at her health points, and knew that Gu Fei had grabbed her and dodged.

Others couldn't identify Gu Fei's profession, but she had long known that Gu Fei was a mage. Mages were currently a profession that countered warriors. Solving a warrior one-on-one shouldn't be too difficult. But no matter what, mages didn't seem to use the word "chop," which made Xi Xiao Tian a little confused.

Gu Fei stepped forward, ready to go, when suddenly three people darted out, and had already taken the lead to stand between Xi Xiao Tian and the warrior. Gu Fei took a look and saw that one of the people who had asked Xi Xiao Tian for the price of the things earlier was also among them.

"Friend, this might be a misunderstanding, don't be in a hurry to act," one person said.

"Go to hell, get lost!" The warrior said the words that Xi Xiao Tian had just said. He raised his battle axe and launched the Charge skill. The person who had spoken earlier was immediately knocked back several steps, and was still dizzy and unable to move after stabilizing himself.

The guys on the left and right saw that reason was useless, so they also came up to act. The warrior on the left held a one-handed sword and also launched the Charge skill. The thief on the right waved his dagger, trying to go around to the other party's back and use Backstab.

The Charge hit the warrior. However, the additional effect of the Charge skill, "stun," was not 100% guaranteed. This was related to the skill's proficiency, as well as the other party's level and equipment. Although this Charge hit, it did not cause a stun.

This giant axe warrior was also exceptionally brave. He ignored the warrior who had used Charge and turned his head to chop at the thief who was trying to go around to his back, while moving his feet to guard against the other party's movement. The two sides began to fight like this, but the strength of these two was obviously inferior. One against two, the giant axe warrior had already taken control of the situation in the blink of an eye, killing the two until they retreated steadily. The collision and entanglement of the two sides' weapons made Gu Fei shake his head.

What kind of battle was this? This was simply children fighting! Breaking a branch or tearing off a bamboo pole and using it as a divine weapon, waving the stick and bumping around, but not hitting each other. In the end, whoever's stick broke first was the loser. Gu Fei remembered that the children in his neighborhood were inspired after watching the TV series "The Return of the Condor Heroes" and practiced the Quanzhen Swordplay vs. the Jade Maiden Swordplay, which was just like this. How similar was this to the scene in front of him?

Gu Fei was anxious, and the two in the field who were no match for their opponents were even more anxious, and turned their heads to shout at Xi Xiao Tian, "Sister Xiao Tian, hurry and leave."

Xi Xiao Tian shouted, "I'm coming!" and reached into her pocket, actually wanting to take out a weapon and go up to help. Gu Fei had already stepped forward and held her down: "Let me do it!"

Xi Xiao Tian looked at him. Gu Fei smiled at her: "You have pretty good people skills." Gu Fei said, turning his head and shouting at the two guys, "You two get out of the way, I'll duel him!"

These two had probably been looking forward to this moment for a long time. They didn't care who was shouting from behind, and quickly found an opportunity to retreat to the side. Gu Fei coughed and took a few steps forward, standing in front of the warrior.

The warrior also stabilized himself. At this time, he was killing to his heart's content, defeating three people and causing his confidence to swell. But when he saw the dark halo emanating from the Night Stream Flowing Light Sword in Gu Fei's hand, his heart couldn't help but skip a beat. It was obvious that those three guys were far inferior to him in level, and their equipment was not as good, so he could bully them at will. But now this guy actually had a top-quality weapon in his hand, which he hadn't noticed earlier.

The warrior calmed down and quickly cast an Identification spell on Gu Fei, but he knew nothing.

Using the naked eye to judge, he fell into confusion again.

The black robe, he had never seen it before. Judging by the style, it seemed to be a mage's robe. But the weapon in his hand was a sword. Those who chose swords as weapons were mostly warriors, followed by knights.

The weapon was obviously the most distinguishing feature of the profession. The warrior had already determined that Gu Fei was his own kind, and was about to take it a step further when he suddenly saw Gu Fei put the sword back into his pocket. Then he took it out empty-handed.

Empty-handed?

A grappler?

The warrior was confused again. Even a grappler would have gloves to increase their attack power, but Gu Fei clearly wasn't even wearing gloves.

Let's try a move first! the warrior thought, suddenly stepping forward and smashing down with a Bash.

Gu Fei slightly dodged and drifted to the warrior's side, waving his right hand: "Double Flame Flash, flash!!"

A ray of fire rose, and the warrior instantly turned red, his heart filled with horror: "Damn, he's really a mage!"

Mages were better against warriors, which was a fact that had now been recognized by everyone. This warrior had actually identified earlier that none of the three people blocking the way had mages, and their levels were very low, so he had been confident enough to fight three against one.

Now, meeting someone he couldn't identify, and who countered his profession, his arrogance had already been cut in half.

Gu Fei didn't take out his weapon at this time, actually thinking for him. Earlier, this person had fought three against one. With their crude fighting style, his life must have been reduced a lot. Gu Fei was afraid that if he went down with his weapon, whether it was the Night Stream Flowing Light Sword or the Flame of Baptism, this guy would be finished in one blow. Because of what had happened, Gu Fei didn't actually want to PK this warrior.

He believed that his weak magic damage after going empty-handed shouldn't have much power.

The warrior, who had been hit by the Double Flame Flash, continued to lose health, but after discovering that the damage was not high, his spirits were lifted. The giant axe in his hand whirred like a windmill.

But the reason why mages were said to be better against warriors was because mages had an advantage in speed over warriors, allowing them to keep their distance. At the same time, magic attacks ignored the high physical defense that warriors possessed, thus gaining the upper hand.

Ordinary mages were like this, let alone Gu Fei, who was all agility?

Easily keeping his distance from the other party, Gu Fei flicked small fireballs like throwing hidden weapons. Although the damage wasn't high, it gradually wore down the warrior's life.

If it continued to wear down like this, even if the time was longer, the warrior wouldn't have the slightest chance of winning.

Gu Fei saw the disappointment in the other party's eyes. He immediately stepped back a few steps and said, "Brother, there was actually a bit of a misunderstanding earlier."

This time, the warrior didn't rush to curse, but stood calmly and listened to Gu Fei.

Strength meant the right to speak. This was definitely true in online games.

Xi Xiao Tian also walked up at this time: "Yeah, it's my fault. I've been in a bad mood these days, unable to control my temper, and I curse people randomly for no reason. I've offended you."

"These things are still yours, and I'll return the money to you. Consider it my apology," Xi Xiao Tian packed up the equipment hanging on her body, re-packaged it, and took out ten gold coins, handing them to the warrior.

The warrior was stunned, and reached out to take the money: "Just give me the money back, I don't want the things."

"Take it, take it!" Xi Xiao Tian was stubbornly trying to stuff it into the other party's hand. The warrior didn't know what to do. Earlier, she had said "Go to hell, get lost," but now she was forcibly grabbing his hand. The change was too great.

"Forget it! Who cares about your junk!" Gu Fei said from behind.

"Go to hell, it's all because of you," Xi Xiao Tian turned around and threw the whole package of equipment at Gu Fei.

Gu Fei was embarrassed, spread his hands towards the warrior, and said helplessly, "You see, women, there are those days of the month..."

Everyone was enlightened, and surrounded Xi Xiao Tian, while Gu Fei stood by with a natural dazed expression.

In the distance, a person in the corner was quietly sending out a message: "That person is a mage!"

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