Chapter 138: An Airborne Bigwig? My Drudge?

Wen Nan sat quietly across from the man, like an old friend, keeping him company as he vented all the emotions buried deep within his heart.

After a long while, Yang Mingzhong put the brooch away and said hoarsely, “Thank you.”

Wen Nan shook his head and said half-jokingly, “You weren’t lying to me this time, were you?”

It was only an offhand remark, but the man opposite him suddenly turned serious. He raised his hand, picked up the small bottle on the table, tipped back his head, and took a huge gulp before replying slowly, word by word:

“Guild Master, I assure you, every word I said just now came from the bottom of my heart. I absolutely did not lie.”

The corner of Wen Nan’s eye twitched. His heart hurt, and his flesh hurt even more—

There was no need to drink such a huge gulp all at once, bro.

His truth serum was extremely potent. One or two drops were enough. That single gulp would have lasted ten uses!

And although he had quite a lot of truth serum, it wasn’t limitless, all right?

Just then, a character message arrived in the system—

[Yi: It’s Friday, Uncle. You’re mine today!]

[Yi: Sharing my location with you.]

[Yi: The hotel next door to your place—the “With Snake” couples’ theme hotel.]

[Yi: I’m all ready. Just waiting for you to come.]

[Yi: Image]

The image was, as before, a close-up of the two turquoise tattoos reading “Night” and “Nine.” The pose was even more explicit than in the previous picture.

The background was extremely blurry, but one could vaguely make out a large bed covered in rose petals.

Wen Nan glanced at the time. Two fifteen in the afternoon.

…What couple goes to a hotel this early?

Had they shown up right at the earliest possible check-in time?

Seeing Wen Nan staring at his system messages without saying a word for such a long time, Yang Mingzhong asked, “Something happened? Guild Master, please go if you have somewhere to be.”

Wen Nan closed the chat window, smiled at him, rose to his feet, and prepared to take his leave.

Yang Mingzhong thought for a moment, then called out to him before he left. “Guild Master, someone who doesn’t belong here may have infiltrated this instance ahead of time…”

Wen Nan looked at him seriously. “You know them? Someone from your former guild?”

Yang Mingzhong shook his head. “While scouting the map, I had a vague feeling that someone was lying in ambush somewhere in the darkness, but I never saw them. If there really is someone there, their level is probably quite high. Guild Master, be extra careful.

“If you need anything, notify me at any time. I’ll come running immediately.”

He had originally intended to say that although he had deleted his account and started over, leaving him at a low level, his past experience should still allow him to be of some use.

But before he could say it, he turned his head and looked over Wen Nan’s shoulder.

A figure was leaning against the doorway, staring at them relentlessly like a hawk watching its prey.

Yang Mingzhong could only laugh and shake his head.

“With so many hidden talents around you, Guild Master, I doubt you’re lacking one more helper.”

Wen Nan followed his gaze and glanced at Yu Shujun behind him. He did not refute the remark, merely saying, “You won’t be needed for that. If possible, please keep an eye on Huang Yan and Guo Xiaofu.”

“Understood. I certainly will.” Yang Mingzhong nodded solemnly.

…

…

After leaving the café, Wen Nan slowed his pace on the way to the “With Snake” theme hotel and asked Yu Shujun, who was following behind him, “Wei Junjie… do you know him?”

“Jade-Faced Peach,” Yu Shujun said, listing the facts as if reciting from memory. “The third-ranking elder of the Ghost Tamer Alliance, one of the six great guilds. Half a step into the Gold tier. He is reputed to have searched the world for female characters he could tame, passing through fields of flowers without a single petal touching him.”

Wen Nan stopped walking. “He has quite a background.”

He was already half a step into the Gold tier, yet he had chosen to delete his account and start over at a time like this. What a waste.

Still, judging from Yu Shujun’s description, the alliance leader clearly wasn’t a decent person. If Wen Nan were in his place, he would rather delete his account than work like a beast under someone like that.

But speaking of guilds…

“You know a lot about their guild?” Wen Nan had conducted a rough study of the six great guilds when he established his own guild. He knew the title Jade-Faced Peach, but the public information revealed nothing about the player behind it.

Yu Shujun lowered his lashes slightly, his emotions unreadable. “We’ve had some history.”

Some history?

Considering that the last time this man had said he had caused someone “some injuries,” he had actually severed the other party’s arm…

Wen Nan suspected that the history Yu Shujun referred to was not merely some minor grudge or petty disagreement.

However, mentioning guilds suddenly reminded Wen Nan of something else.

“You’ve reached Gold too. Do you have a guild of your own?”

Wen Nan had once considered recruiting Yu Shujun’s main account into his guild, but the attempt had failed because the system indicated a conflict. Clearly, this was the reason.

“Yes.”

Oh?

According to the rules governing guilds in this game, every member had to follow the guild master’s arrangements. And Lord No Life now belonged to Wen Nan, so…

By rounding things up, the members of Lord No Life’s guild were Wen Nan’s members too!

At the thought of this unexpectedly acquired branch of his own “Steady Win” guild, Wen Nan became interested.

“What’s the guild called? How large is it?”

Yu Shujun’s voice was cold. “Nameless.”

“It has no name? You can create a guild without naming it?”

Yu Shujun’s eyelids drooped. “Its name is Nameless.”

Wen Nan: (..)

All right. That was very Lord No Life.

“How much money does it have in reserve? How many pieces of equipment are in the armory? How many teleportation points do you have? How many members have you recruited?”

The old Mr. Wen fired off one question after another like an investigator conducting a household registration survey.

Yu Shujun’s expression was somewhat cold, but he answered truthfully all the same.

“In this instance, which does not belong to me, my account permissions are restricted. I cannot access the community, nor can I view the guild’s funds or equipment.”

“Then how many members are there?” Wen Nan pressed. “If there are too many to remember, an approximate figure is fine. One hundred? Five hundred? A thousand? Or perhaps… tens of thousands?”

A guild with tens of thousands of members should be impossible. Guilds of that size were pinned to the top of the community page, and Wen Nan could not possibly have failed to notice one.

Just as he was thinking this, Yu Shujun said calmly, “Five.”

“…Five?! Including you, that makes six people!”

Yu Shujun added coldly, “Including me, there are five.”

Wen Nan: (..)

Bro, your guild is even smaller than mine after all this time…

“No, with that number of members, you couldn’t even get past the second stage of the trial-operation period, could you?”

“Free-agent players who reach the Gold tier are automatically granted a guild slot by the system. There is no trial-operation restriction.”

All right, so that was your excuse for not bothering to run the guild at all?

Just as he was thinking this, Yu Shujun added an answer to the question he had overlooked earlier.

“As for teleportation points, my guild has none.”

Wen Nan: …

“No teleportation points? Such an important guild benefit, and you don’t have any?”

“They are unnecessary.”

How could they possibly be unnecessary?

With teleportation points, players could decide for themselves which teleportation hall to enter or leave, as well as which corresponding instances to access. That was one of the main reasons Wen Nan wanted to establish his own guild.

Just then, Yu Shujun said, “Players who reach the Gold tier can already travel freely through any game lobby.

“The Nameless guild has no members below the Gold tier.”

Wen Nan: ?

Wen Nan: !!!

In other words, four Gold-tier beasts had suddenly been added to his workforce?!

(End of Chapter)