Chapter 75 Concessions

The same question, the same dilemma. After careful consideration, the guild leaders of the seven guilds decisively ruled out the third option.

The risk was simply too great. In addition to the existing pressures, there was also a cruel reality staring them in the face. That was, if any of the seven guilds defected to the other side, they would probably turn their guns around and rob them while they were down, just like Blue Brook Guild and Tyrannical Ambition.

Don't look at them now, all righteously indignant and despising Blue Brook Guild and Tyrannical Ambition. But if they were to encounter the same situation, any one of them would turn their backs faster than flipping a book, especially in a virtual environment like the internet, where they wouldn't feel the slightest bit of shame.

There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. This sentence is truly fitting to describe the relationship between these club guilds.

Considering the possibility that their own guild would continue to maintain the status quo while other guilds defected, creating even greater pressure, no guild dared to continue to waste time in Thousand Wave Lake.

Then, there was the question of concession and compromise.

Concession, leaving the Thousand Wave Lake leveling area; compromise, compensating Lord Grim with materials to sue for peace. One would lose experience, while the other would lose materials. One can't have their cake and eat it too. But from an emotional point of view, compromise was undoubtedly more frustrating. Although the guild leaders considered issues with profit as their priority, they couldn't ignore the emotions of their own guild members.

At this time, Lord Grim's identity as Ye Qiu, the Great God, immediately gave them psychological comfort. Sometimes, the seven guilds themselves couldn't figure out whether it was a joy or a worry to fight against the Great God.

With the third option firmly ruled out, whether to concede or compromise was no longer a question of weighing interests, but rather a matter of the emotions and appeasement of each guild. The seven guilds knew that dragging things out would be of no benefit, and they quickly made up their minds. Ye Xiu soon received messages from five of the seven guilds, tentatively asking what they should do if they didn't want to continue to persist.

Ye Xiu didn't say anything, just calmly sent the same list of materials five times in a row.

The five guild leaders who received the list were already mentally prepared, but when they saw it again, they couldn't help but grit their teeth. Compared to the earliest quotation, the number of materials on the list had obviously increased again. The five guilds were also helpless about this. Call it taking advantage of the situation, or this time, that time, raising the price at this time, the five guilds were not entirely unprepared for it.

The five guilds were just indignant in their hearts, but no one raised any more objections. The replies were all uniform confirmations.

Afterwards, they arranged a meeting place for the transaction. There were quite a few materials on the list, and Ye Xiu had specially cleared out his inventory. The agreed-upon place was the safe zone in the main city, so there was naturally no need to worry about any traps. When they arrived, the five player characters with the names of the five guilds were already there, and of course, they were all in the top 100 of the level rankings. Although these guilds had a very rough day, the rankings on the level榜 (bǎng - list) had changed hands a lot, but at least the overall list hadn't changed. But if this continued, no one dared to say whether some new faces would replace the top 100 of the level rankings.

"Everyone has worked hard." Ye Xiu came alone. Although there were many people on the other side, they were completely defeated in terms of momentum. No one spoke. In the end, Ye Xiu took the initiative to speak, but he choked everyone again.

"Who wants to trade first?" Ye Xiu asked.

"I'll go first..." A character walked towards Lord Grim, but it was just a character in the game. At this time, he had a feeling of sneaking away. Several people realized that this really looked like a surrender ceremony, and they were the ones surrendering.

"Oh, it's you." Ye Xiu looked at the name of the first player who came to trade and flipped through his notebook: "Died five times, you've worked hard."

The representative of Misty Rain Guild, who had died four times, hurriedly completed the transaction and ran away in tears.

"You died three times, not easy!" The player from Herb Garden who came up to trade second was also commented on by Ye Xiu in this way. He also quickly completed the transaction and turned to leave.

"Four times."

"Twice."

"Hey, you're not bad, you haven't died once? How about it, are you interested in coming to our Happy guild? Our guild really needs someone like you who is very lucky." The last player to come forward was not marked with an "x" in Ye Xiu's notebook, so he greatly appreciated him and even tried to win him over. But the person also left in a huff after the transaction.

"You're too bad." Chen Guo, who was on the side watching Ye Xiu collect the materials, of course knew that Ye Xiu wasn't sincerely trying to win them over, but was just being sarcastic. In professional terms, he was trash-talking. She laughed so hard that she couldn't stand up straight, but she still had to despise him.

"Five... there are still two guilds, it seems they are unwilling." Ye Xiu looked at his notebook. In the end, Three Zeros and Hundred Blossoms Valley were the two guilds that hadn't negotiated with him in this regard.

"Confirm." Ye Xiu also had the guild leaders of the two guilds on his friends list. He immediately sent messages to each of them. The replies from the two were similar, meaning they couldn't afford to provoke him, so they were hiding.

"What a pity." Ye Xiu sighed. For him, he would of course welcome the other party to provide him with some materials. Guilds that retreat to other leveling areas will level up more slowly, but for Happy, a guild that has just started, creating such a situation where one side loses and the other gains doesn't actually win much advantage. Everyone is simply not on the same level! Other club guilds would probably be happier with their concession. For Ye Xiu, he preferred practical things like exchanging for materials.

"The harvest is good!" Finally, counting the piles of materials in his bag, Ye Xiu was also very satisfied. Although the materials obtained at this time were not necessary for upgrading the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella, with these assets, the required materials could be obtained through trading. Next, except for some materials that would be extremely limited in quantity, the rest, relying on the accumulation over time, could completely pave the way for upgrading the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella to level 50.

And the more crucial upgrade was still to come. Because after that, Ye Xiu no longer had such a clear list of materials to choose from. He needed to gradually research and practice according to his consistent ideas. During this process, it was possible that the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella would be damaged due to choosing the wrong materials. In that case, he could only start rebuilding from scratch. Therefore, the accumulation of materials was not the end. Ye Xiu was not confident that he could succeed in one go in exploring the level 50-70 stage. Even if he succeeded in one go, it might not achieve his most satisfactory effect.

The upgrade of the Myriad Manifestations Umbrella only required earning materials before level 50. After level 50, that was when the real work began.

Thinking about these things in his heart, Ye Xiu had piled all the newly acquired materials back into the warehouse. From the beginning of just playing代打 (dàidǎ - power leveling) in exchange for sporadic materials, to later suggesting a bet with Wang Jiexi, to selling dungeon records on a large scale, to this time accepting compensation, the materials in the warehouse had been piled up from low to high in a dazzling array. Moreover, these were all rare materials. Chen Guo, who was on the side, was stunned. She was just an ordinary and law-abiding Glory player. Even if she put all the rare materials she had obtained over the years of playing together, it would be far from comparable to what was in front of her.

"How exactly is this game played!" Chen Guo had the urge to cry.

After tidying up the warehouse, Ye Xiu received a message from Blue River, who was still excitedly reporting their findings.

"Oh, no need!" Ye Xiu replied.

"What's wrong?" Blue River asked.

"They won't make trouble anymore," Ye Xiu replied.

"Ah..." Blue River understood instantly, but there was something he really wanted to say but finally held back: Shouldn't you be the one making trouble?

With everything settled, Three Zeros and Hundred Blossoms Valley had quietly left the Thousand Wave Lake leveling area. Pretending to leave and then quietly sneaking back to level up was also a trick, but obviously no one was in the mood to do this anymore. Everyone was really fed up with leveling up with trepidation.

After sending away Blue River, Ye Xiu took the initiative to send a message to Blue River: "I don't need the intelligence anymore."

"What's wrong?" Blue River habitually asked.

"They won't make trouble anymore," Ye Xiu replied in the same way.

"You're the one making trouble, right?" Blue River was not like Blue Brook Guild and dared to say what was on his mind.

"You guys started it first!" Ye Xiu said.

"You were the one who poached people first!" Blue River reminded him.

"I didn't. I just said I was Ye Qiu, and people came by themselves. Is it wrong to tell the truth?"

Blue River burst into tears. He was defeated again.

"Going to the dungeon, there's a spot, are you coming?" Ye Xiu asked Blue River. At this time, the few guilds had finished three dungeon runs, and it was almost two o'clock. Su Mucheng had a professional competition tomorrow, so she was planning to rest earlier today and log off first.

"..." Blue River.

"If you have a team of five, there are still three people who don't have a team, right? Do you want to bring them?" Ye Xiu continued to ask.

"If you bring one, what about the other two!" Blue River was angry.

"Oh..." Ye Xiu replied, followed by another message: "We all miscalculated. After your team of five, there are only two people left."

Blue River was stunned, and then he realized that there was originally another person, Thousand Creations, but now he had changed jobs, so there were only two people left.

"Can't the two of you really do a dungeon? Come, we can bring one," Ye Xiu said.

"Then what about the other one!" Blue River asked.

"Join forces with other guilds?" Ye Xiu suggested.

In fact, during this period, their front-line leveling legions often had such mixed teams. Because each guild has eight people, and five people are needed to break records, the remaining three people are very tired when they go to the dungeon. And only they are here, there are no wild teams, so sometimes everyone doesn't waste time and just forms a group with people from other guilds. Therefore, Ye Xiu's proposal was actually a measure often taken by major guilds during this period, but Blue River just felt that teaming up with people from Happy felt like colluding with them. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in, there are more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)