Chu Tian saw Luo Luo's arm around his.
His heart stirred, and a strange smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"I say... boss, did you forget something?"
As the two took two steps, the Demon Master's figure reappeared in front of them.
Chu Tian frowned. He noticed that the kid now seemed to have returned to his previous defiant state.
"What did I forget? Don't waste my time here! Hurry up and get the blueprint copied and decomposed, then go back to your research. After all the parts here are processed, I'll find you."
"Boss, without money, how can I... uh... do anything!" the Demon Master wailed.
The more than 200,000 gold coins previously were given to him by Chu Tian.
He had just spent it all.
Now, he had nothing in his pockets.
"Ah..."
Chu Tian felt a bit awkward upon hearing this.
He said nothing more, waved his hand, and tossed a money bag to Luo Luo.
The two had completed their transaction.
Luo Luo understood that this was for her to pass on to the other person.
Chu Tian was afraid that if he traded directly with the Demon Master, there might be some system judgment.
The Demon Master, receiving the money, was overjoyed.
"Thanks, boss, thanks, sister-in-law!" After saying that, he scampered away.
...
"Brother, where are we going?"
Luo Luo followed Chu Tian out of the guild stronghold.
She realized Chu Tian wasn't heading towards the teleportation array.
Instead, he was walking towards the administrative district of Shengjing City.
"To the association registration hall."
The two moved quickly. As they walked, Chu Tian explained to Luo Luo.
He told her about the Druids he had seen earlier and the strange association.
Luo Luo, upon hearing this, also became curious.
They entered the association hall.
Chu Tian went directly to the association control panel and opened it.
As expected, on the large panel, there was only one association.
Its name was... [Quan Ju De]!
"Damn, what a name, it makes me hungry!" Chu Tian muttered.
"Brother... Brother, look! This association has so many people, over five million!"
Suddenly, Luo Luo exclaimed in shock beside Chu Tian.
Hearing the figure of over five million, Chu Tian immediately shifted his gaze backward.
Association members: 5,684,685.
"Holy crap..." Chu Tian was stunned by the sheer number of people.
"Brother, I can't join, my profession is restricted. Only Druid professions can apply!"
Luo Luo had tried to join the association just now but was directly blocked by the system.
She couldn't even apply.
Chu Tian hesitated after hearing this.
Finally, he clicked to apply for membership.
[Ding... System Prompt: Congratulations on joining the association [Quan Ju De]!]
"Hide character name!"
The first thing Chu Tian did upon entering the guild was to issue a command to the system.
"Huh... did I see wrong? Did I just see 'De Shen' join?"
"I think I saw it too, but the name in the system prompt is also hidden now."
"Could it really be De Shen?"
The moment Chu Tian entered the association, although he was quick to hide, he was still discovered.
Chu Tian opened the association interface and saw that, as expected, everyone inside was a Druid.
No wonder the association was named [Quan Ju De]...
A few minutes after Chu Tian joined the association, a few more sporadic Druids entered.
This massive Druid collective was still growing.
Moreover, he saw a sentence on the community announcement:
"If the day comes when De Shen calls, we will follow for a thousand miles!"
Just this sentence made Chu Tian's heart jump.
He hadn't expected to have such a huge fan base.
Looking at the task release system in various communities, he saw that it was divided by national borders and war zones.
Seeing this, Chu Tian understood.
This association was for all servers and all regions.
In that case, over five million people wasn't that many.
The number of players in the entire Tiandao World was immense.
He looked at the community tasks, which were mostly for errand-running.
There were also some related to gathering and collecting resources.
It seemed that Druids were really not doing very well.
In the Tiandao World, there was no function for a second account or profession switching.
Chu Tian had played for over four years in his previous life, and Tiandao World had never introduced this feature.
He could imagine that Druids were probably doing even worse back then.
After all, in this life, Chu Tian had completed a task, reached the Dreamwood, and successfully connected with the Cenarion Council, activating the birthplace of Druidism.
This allowed the Blessing of Cenarius to enter the Tiandao World, upgrading the attribute growth of all Druid players to 12 stars (originally 10 stars).
Only then did the growth attributes of Druids become the same as other professions.
However, Druids were the only four-element profession in the Tiandao World.
And they had four different specializations.
They could be tanks, healers, melee, or ranged.
Because of this, they were a versatile "jack of all trades."
Many professions also had mastery in multiple aspects.
But no profession was as comprehensive as the Druid.
For example, Mages had three-element mastery, all of which were offensive.
Warriors had Shield Warriors, Weapon Masters, and Berserkers.
Paladins were similar to Druids.
However, the healing ability of Paladins was extremely outstanding.
Retribution Paladins and Protection Paladins were slightly less so.
But at least one specialization could be powerful.
Druids, however, were truly versatile.
None of their specializations were particularly outstanding, but none were unplayable either.
On the contrary, they could be played in many ways.
However, they were not the first choice for PvE teams.
The commotion of him joining the association quickly passed.
After all, there were too many people in the association, and most of them were inquiring about orders for their livelihood.
Chu Tian looked at the players within and suddenly had an idea.
He checked the Northern War Zone group, which had over 120,000 Druids.
This was undoubtedly a massive group.
With such a large group engaged in errand-running and delivery services, why not cooperate with them?
With that in mind, Chu Tian opened the task posting system.
After some thought, under the name of "Anything Chain Store," he posted a task in the [Quan Ju De] association.
It was less of a task and more of an agreement signed with the association.
The content was...
[Anything Chain Store] would offer purchasing services to all Druid players within [Quan Ju De Association].
The purchasing scope included all items sold in [Anything Pharmacy] and [Anything Engineering Shop].
All items would be sold at a 5% discount of the current price.
Furthermore, a fast track service would be opened for all Druid players within [Quan Ju De Association].
No need to queue, and goods could be collected at a dedicated window.
Restriction 1: After accepting the task, players cannot purchase items from any other store.
Restriction 2: The task can only be accepted once, with no time limit. Abandoning it means it cannot be accepted again.
Restriction 3: When purchasing goods at [Anything Chain Store], players must present their order forms with other players.
Restriction 4: All ordered items must be sold at the listed price to the players who placed the order. No rebates or price reductions are allowed.
The supervision and restrictions for this task would be overseen by the Tiandao World contract system.