"Why are you blocking my way? Are you an idiot?"
Bai Ye's shoulder was suddenly bumped, and only then did he snap back to attention.
Bai Ye watched the man who walked past him, but he didn't bother to argue. Instead, he walked towards the standee for the Evil Spirit Group.
The Evil Spirit Group's standee had two main points.
The first was recruitment, and the second was acquisition.
"Young man, are you interested?" A young man saw Bai Ye standing in front of the standee and immediately stepped forward enthusiastically. "Do you know about the Hidden Dragon Society? Have you been chased by them? Those guys are really despicable..."
"Stop..."
Bai Ye already knew that the Evil Spirit Group's early recruitment used the Hidden Dragon Society as a gimmick.
The general idea was to gather people who had been bullied by the Hidden Dragon Society.
If you hadn't been bullied by them, that was fine too.
The people from the Evil Spirit Group would tell you that the Hidden Dragon Society was a very despicable organization, powerful and numerous, hunting others everywhere to seize fragments of the God Stone, and that they would enter restricted areas in groups to monopolize the rewards of restricted area missions and slaughter other chosen ones within those areas.
So...
You don't want to be bullied by the Hidden Dragon Society, do you?
You don't want to be isolated and helpless when you're surrounded by the Hidden Dragon Society, do you?
Besides that, of course, there was a hidden implication...
You also want to bully others like the Hidden Dragon Society and seize fragments of the God Stone, right?
You also want to monopolize restricted areas with a group of people and get the rewards for restricted area missions, right?
Very well, we have reached a consensus.
Join the Evil Spirit Group, and you can have all of this.
Bai Ye knew all of this very clearly, so he decisively interrupted the other party.
Bai Ye had no interest in joining the Evil Spirit Group, and Bai Ye had always felt that the rise of the Evil Spirit Group in his previous life was not only because their leader, Harvey, was a smart person, but also because...
The early president of the Hidden Dragon Society was an idiot.
This was because the Hidden Dragon Society could offer the same things that the Evil Spirit Group was offering.
Joining the Hidden Dragon Society, of course, meant you wouldn't be bullied by them.
Joining the Hidden Dragon Society, of course, also meant you could bully others alongside them.
So, why must it be the Evil Spirit Group?
If Bai Ye were the president of the Hidden Dragon Society, he would have started recruiting with the same conditions.
This was an open hand that was guaranteed to win and could completely curb the development of the Evil Spirit Group.
Unfortunately, the current president of the Hidden Dragon Society might not have a very good head on his shoulders, always focusing on developing the chosen ones from his own world as the core.
In the beginning, they had only been quietly gathering people, never considering recruitment, which gave the Evil Spirit Group the opportunity to develop.
Sometimes, a smart leader was indeed very important.
At least in Bai Ye's previous life, the Hidden Dragon Society wasn't exactly a case of a good hand played badly, but there was no comparison without harm.
If you had learned about the rise of the Evil Spirit Group and then compared it to the Hidden Dragon Society, the skill levels of the two leaders were clearly not on the same level.
However, what did this have to do with Bai Ye?
Bai Ye didn't intend to do anything about the Hidden Dragon Society; after all, they had their foundations and would definitely develop. But for the Evil Spirit Group, Bai Ye didn't mind giving them a little help.
"I don't plan to join you," Bai Ye pointed to the "acquisition" notice. "I have something I want to sell, but it's a bit special. I don't think ordinary people can give me a satisfactory reward, but perhaps your Evil Spirit Group can."
"Oh?" The man didn't seem to mind Bai Ye's refusal, but instead smiled. "May I ask what you plan to sell that requires the description 'special'?"
Bai Ye said, "Restricted Area!"
The man was stunned. "Restricted Area?"
Could restricted areas be sold?
Bai Ye glanced at the standee. "You really dislike the Hidden Dragon Society, don't you?"
The man nodded. "Of course! I almost died at their hands, so don't I have a reason to hate them?"
Bai Ye chuckled. "Then you must be quite familiar with the Hidden Dragon Society's operational patterns, right?"
The man said, "Indeed, I know quite a bit."
Bai Ye said, "Then you should know how they deal with restricted areas. After they find a restricted area, they don't enter immediately. Instead, they gather enough manpower and then open the restricted area."
The man nodded. "This way, they have enough manpower to slaughter others wantonly within the restricted area and have a high probability of completing the restricted area mission."
Bai Ye said, "So, why can't restricted areas be sold?"
As Bai Ye spoke, he took out a fragment of the Heart of Dawn. "With this item, one can enter the Primordial Domain."
The man looked at the Heart of Dawn and hesitated. "I need to discuss this with someone. It's the first time I've encountered someone selling a restricted area."
Bai Ye casually extended his hand. "Please do."
The man took out a paper crane and handed it to Bai Ye. "I'll need some time. You can browse around for now. I'll contact you using this paper crane when the time comes."
Bai Ye nodded.
The man extended his hand. "My name is Gao Ming."
Bai Ye reached out and shook Gao Ming's hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you."
After speaking, Gao Ming asked others to watch the standee and then hurried away.
Bai Ye watched Gao Ming's receding back. Is the person he needs to discuss with Harvey Stinson?
The current scale of the Evil Spirit Group is not very large, so Harvey might be personally involved. However, Bai Ye recalls that Harvey Stinson spent a lot of time in the magical regions and later settled in the cyberpunk regions.
Therefore, the possibility of him appearing here is not very high.
Bai Ye mused as he wandered off to the side.
Bai Ye currently possesses the Breath of the Insect and two Blood Demon Arts. Moreover...
The most frustrating thing for Bai Ye after obtaining the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was that...
The Thunder Breath and Instantaneous Movement were rendered useless!
With the instantaneous movement provided by the Rumble-Rumble Fruit using the electric field, Bai Ye had no use for the Thunder Breath, and even the value of Instantaneous Movement had diminished.
The instantaneous movement of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit has no time limit and does not require positioning. As long as it is within the electric field, it can be used, and it hardly needs any other movement ability to complement it.
However, Bai Ye had already used both, so he couldn't trade them.
Bai Ye walked through the market as he thought.
Suddenly, Bai Ye stopped and looked at a stall on the side, with a standee erected next to it.
The stall owner was selling a weapon – the Thunderfang Fury Beast.
Bai Ye knew this weapon. It was a black-quality weapon, resembling a saber and a sword, and it was difficult to classify its specific type because it had a lightning-shaped,异形 (yìxíng - alien/exotic) blade.
Bai Ye knew it because he had once drawn it from a gacha machine.
Seeing it here unexpectedly made Bai Ye's eyes light up.
The effect of the Thunderfang Fury Beast weapon was very compatible with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit!