They were also finding it difficult, these Tian Qi and the others. This situation was like knowing a really pretty girl, and then having one of your most wretched and lecherous friends pestering you endlessly to introduce them. You couldn’t stop him, couldn’t persuade him otherwise, so you consulted the pretty girl and brought your friend over.

Of course, it wouldn’t be good to just bring this person over and then wash your hands of it, but that wasn’t what Tian Qi and the others were worried about. Right now, their “pretty girl” absolutely couldn’t be taken advantage of by some lecher. They were only worried that after the pretty girl beat the lecher to death, she would wipe them out as well… After all, this wasn’t really any pretty girl, but a high-level expert who had already stirred up the new server at the mere level of 30.

Silently listening to Maple Tree enthusiastically trying to con him, Tian Qi and the others found it both annoying and amusing. In their eyes, Maple Tree’s methods were at the level of tricking a child into looking at goldfish. Using them to con an expert was like using a chicken-killing knife to butcher an ox. How ridiculous was that?

Even more damning was that this guy was beaming with pride, completely unaware of how foolish he looked!

Tian Qi and the others wished they could crawl to the other side of the internet cable to see what the expert looked like in front of his screen right now. Had he already smashed his computer in a fit of rage?

Maple Tree went on and on about the livelihood and economy of the game, all the way to the benefits of the various guilds. He spoke of joining a guild in the game as solemnly as if it were a matter of re-employment. After such a long, elaborate speech, Ye Xiu simply replied very calmly, “I charge a fee for dungeon runs!”

Long live Expert!

Tian Qi and the others almost threw their headsets and cried out in unison. They realized that they shouldn’t have been worried about the expert at all. What did Goldfish Lure’s tricks amount to? They were utterly vulnerable in front of the expert.

“Oh? A fee! That’s easy. How much?” Maple Tree asked.

“No money. I want materials. Rare materials, or other things that I need,” Ye Xiu said with a smile.

“Oh, I see. What do you want?” Maple Tree asked.

“That depends on which dungeon you want to run,” Ye Xiu said.

“Losing Land,” Maple Tree said. His own level was currently 30, which was considered top-tier among the players. Of course, he couldn’t compare with the elite teams from the big guilds who leveled 24 hours a day. Ordinary people simply didn’t have those conditions.

“Losing Land, huh…” Ye Xiu hesitated slightly. The materials needed for that dungeon were, in fact, already earned during his training sessions with Team Tiny Herb. Hadn't his Myriad Manifestations Umbrella already been upgraded to level 25? The next stage required various materials and equipment from levels 30-40. Even if the Moon Wheel Guild's players leveled up quickly, they would only be neck and neck with Ye Xiu and the others. They had just reached level 30 today. They definitely couldn’t afford to pay much for level 30-40 materials.

“Um, how about four pieces of the Scarlet Moon set?” After thinking for a while, Ye Xiu gave an answer.

“This… should be no problem…” Maple Tree was also hesitating and considering. It was clear that in entertainment guilds built by players themselves, the guild leader didn’t have the same decisive authority as the big three guilds. Most guild leaders didn’t have the aura of a leader, but were instead like public servants who catered to the entire guild, a thankless job.

However, in the new server, they were facing a large number of new players, and the veterans still had some prestige in front of the newbie white papers. It’s just that this bit of prestige didn’t seem to be enough to simply make someone give up the equipment in their hand for public use.

The Scarlet Moon Set was the level 30 equipment set for Battle Mages.

In terms of clothing, Glory characters were divided into six parts: head, shoulders, upper garment, waist, lower garment, and shoes. The Scarlet Moon Set was the most common type of equipment set, usually a six-piece set, with a set attribute activated for every two pieces.

And like the Vampire Cloak that Lord Grim was currently wearing, as well as rings, necklaces, and badges, these were accessory equipment. In Glory, standard equipment generally added physical defense, while accessory equipment added magical defense. But unlike normal equipment, accessories didn’t have different types with varying defense levels like cloth, leather, lock, heavy, or plate. Each class could simply find standard armor of their specific type. For accessories, players needed to choose their own based on their needs.

For level 30 players, it wasn’t yet time to be picky about accessories, but a class set could improve their abilities quite a bit. According to the current habits of Glory players, they would start pursuing class sets at level 30, then, if conditions allowed, change it every 5 levels. If not, then every 10 levels. Those who didn’t pursue it at all were either unable to play or were simply being carried.

Ye Xiu was an Unspecialized, so sets were of limited value to him. This was because the hidden attributes of sets often enhanced class skills, and usually those above level 20. Lord Grim wouldn’t have those skills, so wearing a set would be pointless. The Scarlet Moon Set was a Battle Mage set, so he obviously wanted to earn something for Tang Rou. This girl was also a mainstay in the dungeon team, but her current equipment was actually quite pitiful.

Although Ye Xiu and the others usually ran dungeons as a friend group, and no one would snatch equipment, they didn’t have the advantage of large-scale resource allocation like organized guilds. Relying solely on their own efforts of running dungeons several times a day, it was actually quite difficult to collect a complete set of ideal equipment.

Now that they were level 30, if they didn’t pursue a class set, then the gap between them and the elite players of the big guilds would widen, which would be a disadvantage for their dungeon endeavors. This kind of numerical difference was a real difference, and it couldn’t be completely made up for with skill. The expression of skill in these low-level dungeons had its limits, and what’s more, he had to guard against that Liu Hao kid, who might suddenly come out and stir things up at any time.

“Is there a problem with four pieces of the Scarlet Moon Set?” Ye Xiu asked.

“Uh, don’t be anxious…” Maple Tree obviously didn’t have the same power as the presidents of the three great guilds. He had limited resources to allocate, especially in terms of equipment. Equipment was definitely already rolled for and taken by someone in the dungeon. Giving it to the guild? That wasn’t something that happened in a guild like theirs.

Tian Qi and the others were quite surprised at this time. They didn’t pay much attention to the guild leader busying himself with gathering equipment. Instead, they came over and asked with an incredulous tone, “Expert, you’re helping our guild with the record?”

“I charge a fee, it’s the same no matter where I run,” Ye Xiu said.

“Four pieces of the Scarlet Moon Set…” Tian Qi was an experienced player and knew how to gauge value. They had also heard gossip about what Ye Xiu had asked for when helping the three great guilds break records. He had even asked for Orange weapons. In comparison, four pieces of the Scarlet Moon Set were too insignificant. The Scarlet Moon Set was just Blue equipment.

“Heh, I would like an Orange weapon, but your guild probably doesn’t have one, right?” Ye Xiu said.

“No…” Tian Qi said.

“So I had to lower the price a bit,” Ye Xiu said.

“Why ask for four pieces? Why not get a whole set?” Tian Qi asked.

“That seems to be your guild,” Ye Xiu said.

“Expert, you don’t have to give us face, really!” Tian Qi said very sincerely.

“It’s not that,” Ye Xiu said with a smile. “The record in exchange for four pieces of the Scarlet Moon Set won’t be too high.”

“Shameless!!” Moonlit Night shouted.

“It’s fair,” Ye Xiu said. “Even if you give me six pieces, the results won’t improve much.”

“Why?” Tian Qi asked.

“Look, Soft Mist’s weapon is still level 25. Not just her, Steamed Bun is too… Without level 30 Purple weapons and class sets, this dungeon record can’t reach its limit for now!” Ye Xiu said.

“Then, in that case… the record we set now will still be broken by someone else later?” Tian Qi asked.

“For ordinary players, the current record is already the limit. No one should be able to catch up after we break it,” Ye Xiu said.

“Should?”

“Unless some people are bored,” Ye Xiu said.

“What kind of people?” Tian Qi and the others understood less and less.

“Experts!” Ye Xiu let them continue to be puzzled: Experts? How was it called being bored when experts brushed dungeons?

Maple Tree, this guy, spoke well and begged in the guild, begging this one and advising that one, talking about the future, talking about ideals, talking about the importance of guild development. Finally, he really managed to trick them into giving him four pieces of Scarlet Moon Set. Of course, the four pieces belonged to four different players, and these four players themselves hadn’t actually completed a set. Losing one piece wasn’t too painful.

“I’ll go get the equipment, let’s meet at 12 o’clock!” Maple Tree said this, and he was already running off.

“Listening to what he said, is he planning to follow along?” Tian Qi said.

“Very obviously,” Dusk Clouds nodded.

“He’s the guild leader, let him go!” Cleansing Mist said.

“How many spots will there be?” Moonlit Night asked.

“Generally speaking, there’s only one, right?” Tian Qi said, asking Ye Xiu, “Expert, how many empty spots are there on the team?”

“One, I guess… who from your guild is coming?” Ye Xiu asked.

“Probably just our guild leader,” Tian Qi said.

“Oh, that’s fine,” Ye Xiu nodded.

“Is there anything that’s not fine?” Cleansing Mist asked.

Ye Xiu glanced at his profession, “Non-output type professions aren’t very convenient.”

Cleansing Mist burst into tears. He was a Knight, an MT profession, and of course didn’t belong to the output type. This meant that his name probably wouldn’t ever appear on the television list for Expert’s dungeon record team.

“Condolences, condolences.” The others expressed their condolences one after another.

Maple Tree finally went and brought the Scarlet Moon set back. At this time, Dusk Clouds and Cleansing Mist said goodbye and left. These two were obviously busy with life and didn’t have much time to play games every day. They basically couldn’t finish all their dungeon runs for the day.

“Steamed Bun, Steamed Bun!” Ye Xiu started calling for his team.

“Steamed Bun is here.”

“Dungeon tonight, breaking the record,” Ye Xiu said.

“On TV! I like it, coming!” Steamed Bun Invasion liked this sport.

Approaching midnight, without Ye Xiu needing to call, Su Mucheng also came online on time. At the same time, the presidents of the major guilds also arrived. The first to come were Blue River and Herb Garden, two old customers, with messages arriving almost simultaneously: “Brother! It seems like we can break the Losing Land record tonight!”

“Long-term dungeon runs, how about starting from tonight?”

“Level 30, brother, shouldn’t you consider the issue of long-term dungeon runs?”

The people sending messages weren’t just those two. There were many people from the big guilds who had been pestering Ye Xiu during this time. They knew how many levels Lord Grim had and how many dungeon runs he had left each day better than Ye Xiu.

Right now, Lord Grim was level 30, and the dungeon run count had refreshed. Everyone guessed that tonight would be the night the new record for Losing Land would be born. Everyone had been fighting for this record. But fighting once wasn’t enough. What the major guilds needed now was a stable dungeon-running team, not one that used their guild name today and then, with the same names, used another guild name tomorrow. That would be too embarrassing.

Faced with this pile of messages, Ye Xiu wasn’t in a hurry. He slowly replied to each one, one by one, “I’m helping Moon Wheel Guild break the record tonight.”

Chapter 79 Crimson Moon