Chapter 188 Trickery

Wu Chen sensed something fishy about Jun Moxiao's smiling expression, but he couldn't directly ask. Given that Team Yizhan had just been mentioned, he naturally reasoned from that angle. Soon after, Wu Chen realized the relationship between the two.

Not to mention how Yizhan had used topics like "Is Jun Moxiao Ye Qiu?" to attract attention in the past, just now, in the Heavenly Domain, Jun Moxiao and Yizhan Tianxia, along with several other guilds, had a thriving alliance, snatching Bosses left and right. This was no secret.

Team Wuji was relatively weak, but those determined to pursue a professional career needed a certain foundation in online game guilds. Team Wuji also had guild forces in the game, diligently grinding for materials on various fronts. They couldn't quite break into the highest-end battlefield of wild Bosses in the Heavenly Domain, but they still paid attention to them.

After thinking it over, Wu Chen felt that this Team Xingxin and Yizhan seemed to have a close relationship! Even if they hadn't before, they would after this period. Furthermore, Team Xingxin seemed to be a grassroots team that came out of an Internet cafe. But look at the quality of the team's players: retired god Ye Qiu, ancient god Wei Chen, championship team defector Qiao Yifan, and a talented newcomer who started playing Glory in the new server and already had a professional-level skill. None of these were easy to deal with, and they didn't seem like a team from an Internet cafe at all.

Perhaps Yizhan was their real backer. Yizhan was playing a big game, starting two teams at once, one applying to join the Alliance, and the other going through the Challenger League. If they controlled two teams in the Alliance, that would be an unparalleled advantage!

Of course, this would definitely violate the Alliance regulations. But where there are policies, there are countermeasures. Wasn't this what Yizhan was doing right now, pulling off a fast one?

These things couldn't stand close scrutiny. The more Wu Chen thought about it, the more problems he saw. But in reality, what complex relationship did Xingxin and Yizhan have?

Wuji had expectations for Yizhan, and this was actually not wrong. In the Glory professional circle for several years, there were new teams applying to join the Alliance every year, but it was rare to see one as bold and wealthy as Wuji. From the moment they confirmed they would join the Alliance, they had been promoting themselves and daring to taunt the major teams, which showed that Wuji was particularly confident.

In the Alliance, commercialization was the way to go, and having a lot of money was indeed an incredibly powerful advantage. After Yizhan emerged, many teams were watching them. They especially hoped that this was a clueless rich guy who would recklessly strengthen themselves when they first entered the Alliance, then splurge and clean out their useless trash at high prices.

But no one had expected that Yizhan, who had been so high-profile before joining the Alliance, would be so low-key during the summer transfer market. The transfer market this summer was quite lively, with transfers of various god-level players and characters, but this newly joined team didn't make a single move. Even the old teams, when they first entered the Alliance, would spend some money to close the gap between themselves and the professional level.

Yizhan didn't do any of this. They didn't sign any famous players, nor did they buy any famous characters. What appeared on the professional stage were the same characters from the Yizhan Tianxia online game guild. They seemed to have acquired some silver equipment, but the entire team only had 20 pieces of silver equipment, which in today's Alliance circle was considered poverty-stricken, lowering the quality of the matches!

Some experts even wrote articles arguing whether the Alliance's annual review of new teams could be more substantial, whether it could clearly examine the quality of new teams.

Now, Team Yizhan, who had joined the Alliance with great fanfare, was at the bottom of the standings after three rounds, which made many people laugh.

However, some people also believed that Yizhan's actions after that were not excessive. This just proved that it was wrong to treat Yizhan as a rich fool. They had seen through this point, so they didn't get taken advantage of when they first joined the Alliance. Moreover, they might not have set too high a goal for the first season. They had money, but they didn't plan to act like a nouveau riche. They planned to develop steadily and economically.

This kind of analysis was truly close to Yizhan's true intentions.

But then again, if Zhan Loulan and the others hadn't met Ye Xiu, their intentions probably wouldn't have been like this. Maybe they would have really scattered money like many people expected, messed up the market, and gathered a bunch of star players and characters.

Similarly, this time, Yizhan was particularly covetous of the assets that Team Wuji was going to leave behind after failing. But this was because they now knew Ye Xiu.

He An, this ace player, was just a part-time manager. In comparison, Lou Guanning, the core figure of Team Yizhan, was directly the team owner, with much more say.

Lou Guanning now had super trust in Ye Xiu, and simply regarded Ye Xiu as a consultant. Xingxin had borrowed their equipment to defeat Team Wuji, so how could Lou Guanning be so slow to realize that Wuji's assets might be up for grabs? After meeting Ye Xiu and stopping them from being overly ambitious, Yizhan was indeed striving to be steady. But their current results did make them somewhat unhappy. If they took over Wuji's resources, their strength would definitely improve significantly, and it was a team that was about to disband anyway. How could they miss such an opportunity?

Lou Guanning was quite envious of Wuji's resources, but before intervening, he ran to ask Ye Xiu for his opinion, which did surprise Ye Xiu.

To be honest, Ye Xiu didn't know that they were acting as the executioner sending off Team Wuji. They had just killed them and were eager to touch the corpse before they were completely dead, so they were definitely not welcome. But he really didn't dare to wait.

There were countless teams waiting to snatch such an opportunity! The competing team that Ye Xiu found particularly troublesome was Yizhan.

Because Team Yizhan and their Xingxin were just as eager, but the problem was that they had money, and Xingxin didn't have much money; they could take over the assets generously, but Xingxin couldn't... All kinds of signs showed that Xingxin's competitiveness was simply terrible. Ye Xiu himself felt a bit regretful, he felt that if Yizhan was really going to make a move, then what was left for Xingxin would probably be scraps.

But he didn't expect Lou Guanning to run to him for advice before taking action.

Looking at the two chat windows on the computer at the time, one was Wu Chen, the opponent they had just killed; the other was Lou Guanning, this competitor who, in his opinion, was about to snatch all the meat. Ye Xiu couldn't help but feel a lot of emotions.

Lou Guanning's trust made Ye Xiu feel quite moved. This was the feeling of a true friend. From then on, the two sides were no longer just entangled because of some benefits in Glory. In fact, all along, the various collaborations between Xingxin and Yizhan were based on their respective goals.

Initially, Ye Xiu borrowed the power of Yizhan Tianxia to contain the targeting of other guilds; Yizhan Tianxia also used Jun Moxiao's suspected identity as Ye Qiu to hype things up... Even now, the two sides were competing for wild Bosses, just to strengthen their respective teams and borrow each other's strength.

And at this time, Lou Guanning came to ask such a question, although he also had his own purpose. But this undisguised trust was something Ye Xiu found very rare. Lou Guanning was definitely not a fool, and he knew Xingxin's situation better than most people. Xingxin must be particularly interested in such a team that was about to fall apart. Lou Guanning couldn't have not thought of this.

Under such circumstances, Lou Guanning still came to Ye Xiu to inquire about this matter. Ye Xiu immediately stopped avoiding the issue, and he didn't hide his own intentions. The two of them opened the window and spoke frankly. The slight grudge that might have arisen from the competition was finally eliminated.

This close cooperation between the two immediately put Wuji in an awkward situation.

Team Yizhan was the only team that had both strength and sincerity. But now, even Team Yizhan was stretching them without making an offer. What else could they hope for?

The core members of Team Wuji had been discussing this matter for the past few days. They couldn't figure out whether Team Wuji had such intentions.

And now, after Wu Chen went over the relationship between Yizhan and Xingxin in his mind, he felt like he had grasped something.

To catch Yizhan, this big moneybags, you probably can't ignore Xingxin's request too much! These two might be one boss, as he thought, or maybe not, but right now, they were probably advancing and retreating together. Wuji wouldn't take the initiative to ask the price, because they didn't want to be in a passive position. And Wuji didn't want to stick their neck out to be chopped, so what they needed now was a flux that could bridge the gap, and this role would probably fall on Xingxin.

Don't underestimate the value of this role. This flux is a reconciliation for the two sides who refuse to back down. It allows everyone to sit down and talk about this transaction with an equal mindset. Otherwise, the more it drags on, the less dare to back down, and in the end, it is very likely to be a lose-lose situation.

And this coordinating role was not accidental, it was artificially designed. According to Wu Chen's estimation, if it wasn't for this guy's intervention, maybe Yizhan Tianxia would have taken the initiative to offer a price long ago. He blocked Yizhan's offer, but he didn't dare to say that he could stretch it until Team Wuji actively peddled, so he turned himself into such a clever role.

What's even more depressing is that even if you now discover the other party's series of arrangements, you have to go this way, because only by going this way can the interests of all people be guaranteed. Unless your Wuji team doesn't want benefits and is prepared to act on impulse.

Wu Chen then put forward his discovered viewpoint in the discussion. After everyone was stunned for a long time, the Wuji boss sighed: "A conspiracy in the open, this is a real conspiracy in the open... Go and trade with Xingxin first, don't bite too hard, and then let him introduce Yizhan. If this is indeed the case, he will take the initiative to introduce it without us asking."