Returning to the game pod, Chu Tian placed his hand in front of his nose and sniffed. A pleasant milky fragrance wafted up, carrying with it the scent of a sweet young girl.
He grinned foolishly for a moment before entering the game.
As the "Entering Game..." progress bar finished, Chu Tian's vision remained black, his senses still adjusting.
His mind replayed the two flower houses from earlier, like paired peonies in bud, swaying gently in the breeze, revealing their tender beauty. The sweet, alluring fragrance made his heart ache with longing, as if eager to taste them immediately.
"Ding ding ding..." A string of private chat notifications sounded.
Who could it be, a barrage of insistent calls?
Chu Tian opened his private chat and saw it was Jian Zhi Cang Tian.
The first message read: "Boss, where are you? You haven't logged in for ten days, why did you log in and then log out?"
The second message: "Boss, if you don't come soon, your brothers will be wiped out."
The third private chat: "You're online? We are at: 32465.59872.6551, come quick, we need help."
"Have you all left the新手村 (Xin Shou Cun)?" Chu Tian sent back a message.
As soon as the message was sent, Jian Zhi Cang Tian replied instantly: "The three of us are all level fifteen, and the guild has over three hundred members. We've all reached Sheng Jing City. Boss, hurry up, we're being surrounded by 'Tian Ya Kuang Dao' and his men."
Hearing that name, Chu Tian's heart tightened. In his previous life, the guild leader of the top guild in Sheng Jing City was 'Tian Ya Kuang Dao', and the guild name was: Sha Lu!
Sha Lu, this name, originated from a very old classic game and had continued to this day, long losing its former spirit.
The current Sha Lu was a group of disgusting idiots who had banded together. Besides killing people in the wild, they had nothing else to do.
This group of theirs now acted as one in fights, even when killing level one low-level players, a whole crowd of high-level players would rush in.
Then, when they couldn't win, they would scatter like fallen leaves, running away directly, or they would study some bugs, black technologies, and other things to kill people. Their reputation was extremely foul. In previous games, they were chased by everyone on the server, and they were thoroughly beaten.
Later, they collectively changed their names. Their character names no longer started with Sha Lu. With the advent of the Tian Dao world, they had come here again.
When boasting, these people were ten times their worth. When killing low-level players, they wished they had more legs to chase them. However, when doing dungeons, each one was weaker than a noob, and their idiocy was comparable to a giant infant, their intelligence ceiling lower than a husky!
Chu Tian couldn't help but wonder why so many people would flock together. If one or two were like this, it would be reasonable, but when tens of thousands gathered in one guild, all at the same level, it was truly difficult! It could truly be called: a gathering place for giant infants.
In his previous life, Chu Tian had once teamed up with people from Sha Lu in the新手村 (Xin Shou Cun) to tackle the normal difficulty Muddy Swamp.
They fought for an entire night, but still couldn't get past the Boss, Giant Tree King.
Finally, the raid leader, infuriated, quit the team and left the dungeon.
It was truly hopeless to expect to win. When the raid leader told them to go left, they just spun in place.
When they were told to advance and position themselves, they hid behind other teammates.
When the entire team was at low health, and those who had triggered the group-wiping skill were told to die separately, they specifically ran into the crowd.
In short, they were a bunch of idiots in an unchangeable state.
There was another guild that was as famous as Sha Lu at the time, called: Shen Fa!
However, not long after, Shen Fa actually became Sha Lu's lackeys, specializing in reporting the coordinates of their faction's players to Sha Lu, so that Sha Lu's people could have their fun!
They were simply despicable traitors and pimps!
Sha Lu, in Tian Dao, became the number one guild in Sheng Jing City because their guild level rose quickly, meaning they had a lot of money and foolish people, allowing the guild to accommodate more members.
Chu Tian had once suspected that the Sha Lu guild was supported by a financial consortium, possibly that group of Huang Xueyi.
As he hurried towards the coordinates given by Jian Zhi Cang Tian, he recalled these events. He even wondered if, since the Survivor faction had Sha Lu, the Slayer faction might have a Shen Fa guild.
In his previous life, he hadn't been involved at this level because, in the later stages, he almost always stayed in the mining caves and didn't have the qualification to participate in cross-faction wars.
Chu Tian's reappearance online this time was at the entrance of Sheng Jing City, so he was heading towards the teleportation array.
The coordinates Jian Zhi Cang Tian sent him were near 'Ke Family Village', the small village where Chu Tian had found the little girl with his watch to complete the serendipity quest.
After leaving the新手村 (Xin Shou Cun), that was one of the few monster areas for levels fifteen to twenty.
As Chu Tian reached the teleportation array, he suddenly noticed an envelope icon displayed on the nearby mailbox, indicating there was mail.
He quickly walked over and opened the mailbox. It was an email from 'Cheng Xin Di Yi Ling Ling Qi'.
Chu Tian was stunned for a moment, then remembered his previous plan to sell the strategy guide.
Before he entered the Undead Realm, fearing that there might be problems later, he had compiled a detailed strategy guide and sent it directly to him.
It seemed like there was money to be made, Chu Tian happily opened the email.
"Ding... System prompt: You have received 14256 gold coins from the mail!"
What? Chu Tian was dumbfounded, so much?
He opened a letter attached to the email, written by 'Cheng Xin Di Yi Ling Ling Qi'.
"Big shot, we've struck gold this time. For the northern war zone, newbie villages 1-2000, a total of 7129 strategy guides were sold. One of them was bought by Jian Zhi Cang Tian of Ni Shen Meng, but I didn't charge him. So for 7128 strategy guides, the total income is 14256 gold coins. Please check. Also, for other war zones, because it was impossible to transfer the gold coins, I have sold them according to the current price, with the gold coins averaged, and deposited them into your bank account. Because our team coverage in other war zones is relatively small, but there were also 3562 strategy guides sold. At the current average price of 4000 yuan per gold coin, the total is: 28,496,000 RMB. We've completely hit the jackpot this time. Next time there's a good deal like this, be sure to contact me. Many buyers have said they are preparing to pre-order guides for the next dungeon!"
After reading the email, Chu Tian was incredibly excited. 14256 gold coins, plus twenty-eight million in cash. If he sold the gold coins in his hand now, he would have over eighty million RMB in savings.
He never expected that a strategy guide for a新手村 (Xin Shou Cun) dungeon would earn him so much. Hearing 'Cheng Xin Di Yi Ling Ling Qi''s tone, he seemed to have earned quite a bit as well, though he didn't know how much he sold each strategy guide for.
However, Chu Tian wasn't greedy. He had said two gold coins per guide, and no matter how much the other party sold them for, he wouldn't be envious and ask for more money.
With an excited mood, he stepped onto the teleportation array, heading for 'Ke Family Village'. The one copper coin teleportation fee was practically pocket change.