Chapter 159 New Start

The considerable advantages Jian Gui mentioned prompted You Ge, Zhan Wushang, and Yu Tian Shen Ming to nod repeatedly. However, Han Jia Gongzi shook his head with some skepticism. "That's what you say. Currently, the major guilds are mostly trying to win over and appease Qian Li. Even if they harbor resentment, they're all keeping it hidden. But if Qian Li continues to disrespect people like this, forcing so many into a corner, there will eventually come a day when a cornered dog will jump over the wall. Then, Qian Li will truly become a public enemy, a rat crossing the street."

"Qian Li afraid?" Zhan Wushang scoffed.

"He's not afraid. But what if they use coercive tactics?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"What do you mean?" Zhan Wushang asked.

"Using family as leverage, haven't you seen that in movies and TV shows? Applying it to the game, like you, like me, or even the women from Resplendent Amethyst. If they choose to relentlessly pursue these people, threatening Qian Li in this way, what do you think he would do, given his personality?" Han Jia Gongzi said.

"Uh..." After a long silence, Jian Gui said, "Qian Li would probably tell those of us who can't protect ourselves to hide first, and then he'd risk his life to hunt down those guys..."

"Yeah, that's Qian Li's style..." Zhan Wushang said.

"Anyway, I don't think he'd be coerced," Yu Tian Shen Ming said.

"Especially since this is a game, these kinds of threats are actually quite easy to avoid. We could just switch to another main city for a few days of sightseeing, and by the time we get back, who knows who'll be dead..." You Ge said.

Everyone nodded in agreement. After a moment's hesitation, Yu Tian Shen Ming finally mustered the courage to say, "More importantly, besides you, who else in Cloud City would do something so shameless?"

The others were shocked by this, sensing an impending storm. But Han Jia Gongzi merely said with disdain, "The wisdom and enlightenment of you mortals is always difficult to comprehend."

The "mortals" immediately turned dark faces and ignored him, continuing their statistics gathering for the two districts.

The main city was quite large, and the two districts were considerable in size. Especially for Jian Gui and the others, who wanted to walk every street, it wasn't easy. In the end, Yu Tian Shen Ming and Zhan Wushang lost interest in the boring street walking, only Jian Gui and You Ge remained serious. Han Jia Gongzi, on the other hand, was seriously engaging with his wine. When they finally finished, they returned to the guild residence, a free bonus from the system in this reward. Yu Tian Shen Ming and Zhan Wushang almost collapsed on the floor when they entered, while Jian Gui and You Ge began to carefully review the information they had gathered along the way.

At this time, it wasn't just the five of them visiting the new residence. As the guild leader, Jian Gui hadn't set any permissions for the rooms, so any member of Against the Heavens could freely enter and exit. Seeing the core leaders of the guild arrive, the players quickly gathered around.

These players had already reaped significant benefits from following Against the Heavens in the city war, but they hadn't yet established any real connection with the guild. They were more like a tourist group that had temporarily come together. Many now recognized the guild's immense potential and were actively trying to integrate, with getting close to the core leaders being the most important step.

"Let's have Guild Leader Jian Gui say a few words?" someone suggested. Knowing that Jian Gui was the guild leader was already quite something. Many players still mistakenly believed that Qian Li Yizui was the leader of the guild.

Jian Gui's attitude was proper, serious, and his words lacked humor. To put it bluntly, his speech was rather dull and boring. But it still earned him a round of applause and cheers.

Looking at the unfamiliar faces and the chaotic noise in the room, Jian Gui felt a mix of emotions. A guild... had he finally established one? He wondered how his old buddies were doing now.

Back in his early online gaming days, Jian Gui had a bunch of brothers. There were quite a few like Han Jia Gongzi who happened to have been born in the same main city. Later, due to his appearance and his defeat by Gu Fei and other unfavorable factors, they chose to no longer follow Jian Gui, and after that, there was no more contact, not even a message of greeting.

From time to time, Jian Gui would hear a little about these familiar IDs from others. They hadn't stayed together either. After their disappointment in Jian Gui, everyone had gone their separate ways, finding guilds to develop in. So far, none of his old friends in Cloud City were particularly well-known, and he hadn't heard of anyone being a core member of any guild.

Looking at the new guild members before him, Jian Gui suddenly thought of his old friends. Just as he was feeling sentimental, he vaguely heard someone asking, "Guild leader, what time are the guild activities every day?"

"Guild leader, which day are we doing the quest?"

"Guild leader, what time do the daily quests refresh?"

"Guild leader, where does the guild usually farm gold?"

Jian Gui paused slightly. These questions were all so familiar. He really was standing at a starting point again. You Ge noticed that Jian Gui seemed a little dazed, so he jumped out to answer the questions for him. "Everyone, don't rush. Our guild is just starting out. I'm sure you all know that we're going to merge with the Resplendent Amethyst Guild. Once their brothers have joined us, we'll have a unified plan for activities and details."

Everyone listened quietly, but You Ge's excitement wasn't actually focused on this. He was still immersed in the "dual district day trip" activity from earlier. Seeing so many people listening to him speak, he couldn't help but change the subject, saying, "Everyone, did you know that owning districts gives us huge advantages over guilds without districts? If we manage the district's real estate business well, making money every day will be a dream!"

"Really?" The players were naturally happy to hear about making money.

"Come, come, let me give you a brief introduction to the situation in the districts." You Ge opened his notebook, his eyebrows dancing as he got into it. Half an hour passed in an instant. Half of the listeners were yawning, and the other half were whispering, "This is You Ge? He's really that talkative!"

"I heard he just spouts nonsense on the forums! How come he's also like this in real life, talking incessantly and unstoppably?"

"Wow, he's tallied up how many rooms there are in the districts, how many empty rooms, how many are occupied by the guild, how many are privately owned by players. He's a real talent."

"Impressive, impressive."

The players listened in pain while continuing to be amazed at You Ge's unbridled eloquence. Jian Gui and the others didn't bother to interrupt him. It had been too long since You Ge had enjoyed introducing information to people so thoroughly.

The day passed quickly. Gu Fei returned from the suburbs, and fearing that he would be targeted again, he quickly logged off at the resurrection point. Jian Gui and the others used this day to plan out how the guild would operate and develop in the future. This discussion wasn't just among Jian Gui and the five of them. Jian Nan You, Piaoliu, Yun Xiang, and other players who were more familiar than the unfamiliar faces all participated.

Everyone first sorted out the levels, equipment, and other information of all the guild members, and then, based on their performance in actual combat, Jian Nan You and other experts pointed out some players who had impressed them. Then, there were hundreds of people to be divided into groups for leveling, quests, gold farming, life skill training, and many other matters. It was really difficult to coordinate and arrange so many things. Getting so many people to work together chaotically all night was even more troublesome than last time's statistics gathering about efficient leveling methods.

Moreover, conflicts in ideas were already beginning to emerge. Guys like Piaoliu were habitually free and undisciplined, and they were not at all fond of the guild's scheduled activities. And then there were the Jian Nan You Seven, who were professional players who relied on the game to make a living. Run a guild? Sure! But it depended on how much revenue the guild could generate and how much money they could make each month. If it was about constantly leveling up, increasing strength, becoming number one in Cloud City, and then moving on to the entire parallel world... they were not interested in that kind of idea at all.

So everyone held their own opinions and argued endlessly, leaving everyone with a headache after a night. As the guild leader, Jian Gui realized that there was still a long road ahead.

The next day when they went online, the members of both Resplendent Amethyst and Against the Heavens had already received their rewards. But in order to merge, they needed both guilds' members to be present at the guild hall to submit the application. Qian Li Yizui, the current guild leader of Resplendent Amethyst, was very irresponsible and not online, which made everyone wait a long time.

As a result, they waited a full day, and it wasn't until after dinner that Gu Fei logged on leisurely. The city war had been several days of game time, all of which were super long. This guy focused on his physical fitness. Actually, he originally didn't want to log on these days, but the guys in the game couldn't wait any longer. You Ge was lucky enough to have gotten Gu Fei's phone number when they were doing the efficient leveling method last time, so he called him offline. When Gu Fei heard that everyone was waiting for him to do business, he felt embarrassed and quickly logged on.

"Guild hall, we're just waiting for you," Jian Gui messaged.

"Can I give the position of guild leader to someone else?" Gu Fei asked.

"See who you can give it to," Jian Gui said.

Gu Fei opened the guild roster, glanced at it, and every name was more unfamiliar than the last. All of his acquaintances, like July, were gone.

"Where are July and the others?" Gu Fei asked in surprise.

"They've already left the guild," Jian Gui said. After all the girls from Resplendent Amethyst received their city war rewards, they had left the guild one after another. This had been explained to the members of the guild. The girls had been the "advertisement" when recruiting new members, so announcing that the girls were leaving made many players feel like they had been tricked by false advertising. Jian Gui was also a bit embarrassed by this situation, but he respected the girls' choices and braced himself to bear it.

Although the players felt it was a pity and a regret, they ultimately didn't make too much of a fuss about it. Some who were strongly determined to follow the girls, Huoqiu recommended them to Forever Enamored of Flowers, and the result was a perfect match, like they had known each other for a long time. Forever Enamored of Flowers had suddenly added several formidable perverts.

Although the guild wasn't one family anymore, the people were still on each other's friend lists. Gu Fei saw that July, Luoluo, and the others were online, and he sent them messages to express his condolences.

"We're at the guild hall too!" July replied, "After the two guilds merge, we'll use the name Against the Heavens, and then I'll try to re-register Resplendent Amethyst's guild ID. How about it, do you want to come back?"

"Me... I think I'll pass!" Gu Fei said with a dry laugh.

"But the girls have unanimously agreed to grant you honorary membership in our guild," July said.

"Is that so? I've also made a huge contribution, huh!" Gu Fei joked.

"I guess you could say that!" July said.

While chatting with these people, Gu Fei arrived at the guild hall. The scene was more lively than he had expected. Looking around, there were a hundred or so people from both guilds. When Gu Fei arrived, the first to spot him was Huoqiu, who immediately ran over and told Gu Fei that to celebrate the great event of the merger of the two guilds, everyone would go to the suburbs for a bonfire party after the merger, and the girls from Resplendent Amethyst had also been invited to participate.

"That sounds interesting..." Gu Fei said with a dry laugh. He was thinking of logging off as soon as the merger was complete to get some rest, but now it seemed that it wouldn't be that easy. How could Jian Gui and those guys let him leave? Under such warm hospitality, Gu Fei wouldn't be unreasonable, would he? Was he going to kill all the guys who wouldn't let him log off?

Sure enough, as Gu Fei had expected, Jian Gui and the others were inside the building. As soon as they saw him, they immediately rushed over, yelling about the activities for the evening. They were simply informing Gu Fei to participate, not discussing it with him. Seeing that everyone was in high spirits, Gu Fei was also infected with some excitement, and he nodded in agreement. Afterwards, he and Jian Gui found the NPC in charge of the merger. The system was always efficient, and after they both performed the operations, all the players in the two guilds quickly received a system notification: Resplendent Amethyst and Against the Heavens have merged. The new guild is Against the Heavens, level four, guild leader Jian Gui, with 134 members.

"Ooh ooh!!" A hundred or so players screamed, adding to the momentum of the system message. Jian Gui also sent a message in the new guild channel: "Against the Heavens, officially established!!"

"Let's go to the wilderness!" Then Jian Gui gave another order. This bonfire party event was also the result of a night of negotiations. Considering that these two guilds had been established rather suddenly and that people had been gathered together by extraordinary means, everyone was very unfamiliar with each other. Jian Gui hoped that this social event would allow everyone to establish relationships first.

The 134 members were the number of people in Against the Heavens. The girls from Resplendent Amethyst who had been invited to participate were also present, bringing the total number of people in the group closer to two hundred. A group of people set off towards the city gate in a mighty manner. In the newly merged guild, everyone was enthusiastically discussing a major problem in the guild, which was that it was too manly!

The players who discovered this problem pointed out that when they were invited to join the guild, it was said to be a pure female guild. How come there wasn't a single girl in the entire guild now? The contrast was too great. Of course, they weren't complaining about this at the moment, it was already a joking topic. So the other players scanned the list, and sure enough, there wasn't a single girl in the entire Against the Heavens.

Jian Gui was also quite helpless when he heard this. Originally, when You Ge and July went to recruit new members, although there were more male players, there were also some female players. But in the end, all of these female players had followed July to join Resplendent Amethyst, taking everyone away without leaving a single one behind. This was indeed a big contrast from the previous advertising.

Gu Fei was also watching the chat in the channel, and when he looked again, there were indeed no girls, which was quite surprising. He sent a message to Xi Yao Wu, "Did you go back to Resplendent Amethyst too?" Gu Fei thought that with Xi Yao Wu's personality, she would be more inclined to stay in Against the Heavens, a guild with a fighting spirit, to show off her teeth and claws.

"Of course, but I'm an honorary member of Against the Heavens," Xi Yao Wu said.

"What's that?"

"You're an honorary member of Resplendent Amethyst, so why can't I be an honorary member of Against the Heavens? Anyway, you have to tell me about any fun things, it's a must," Xi Yao Wu said.

Gu Fei smiled wryly. This girl always liked to compare herself to him.

"That... Xi Xiaotian? Did she go to your guild too?" Gu Fei asked again.

"She didn't. She took the reward and left the guild. She's probably playing on her own!" Xi Yao Wu said.

Gu Fei looked at his friend list. Xi Xiaotian was online. He wanted to ask her something, but he didn't know what to say, so he had to give up. He also asked about the situation of the Gui Tong sisters. The two sisters were still a little reluctant to leave their old friends in Xiayu City, so they had returned to their old home first, saying they would think about it before making a decision.

"That's a pity," Gu Fei said.

"Yeah!" Xi Yao Wu also sighed.

"It'll be very inconvenient to borrow the ring in the future!" Gu Fei said.

"You're inhuman!!!" Xi Yao Wu thought they were reminiscing about their comrades, but this guy was thinking about the girls' mana regeneration rings.

Making noise all the way, the group left the main city. Although it was evening in reality, it was bright sunshine in the game. It was a little funny to have a bonfire party, because the night in the game wouldn't come for another two hours, and the duration of the night was only two hours.

Because of this, everyone didn't bother being picky. After arriving at the chosen place, Jian Gui directed the players to act in groups in the manner of directing a PK battle: setting up fires, killing monsters to get meat... Gu Fei looked around and thought, "Is this just a barbecue in the wild?"

No one dared to order around Gu Fei, and he was happy to be idle. He wandered around, and later he wandered over to the Jian Nan You Seven. These seven guys seemed to often engage in these kinds of activities, and they all seemed to be good at doing these things. Seeing Gu Fei, the seven of them gathered around and asked about the situation of the reward that Gu Fei had gotten.

"This is really a good thing!" Huo Ranyi commented, "Buying someone to kill, enticing the other party to get involved in a little PK, and then searching for their coordinates through their name, constantly chasing and killing them. One kill, two levels lost; two kills, four levels lost. Haha, this is really, this is really too inhumane. We should take on the bounty mission, send him to prison, and waste his precious time to punish him, right!" Huo Ranyi was halfway through his animated speech when he noticed that Gu Fei's expression was not right, and he quickly changed his tune. His reaction could be considered clever.

But Jian Nan You sighed deeply at this time and said, "Actually, I'd really like to know clearly how our guild plans to develop."

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I went out for two days over the weekend and only came back in the evening to write this update in a hurry. I'm only asking for the guaranteed monthly votes for the first day now. Hehe! Have they all been given to others already? Are there any left? Hurry up and throw them over here. The battle for the new month has begun.