Only a select few, like Chu Tian, wore no fashionable attire.
The players who did were poorly equipped, clearly unable to afford cloaks.
"What the hell… with so many outfits in the fashion shop, why are you all… wearing cloaks?"
Chu Tian, standing at the entrance to the auction house, felt utterly bewildered by the wind.
"Huh… look at this person, doesn't he look familiar?"
A player suddenly stopped in his tracks.
His words drew the attention of others, who also halted.
"He does look a bit familiar, I feel like I've seen him somewhere before!"
"De Shen? Yes, it's him… I saw him in a video on the official website."
"Everyone, hurry! There's a live De Shen here!"
Chu Tian thought to himself: Holy crap… I've been recognized, and also…
If he hadn't slipped away quickly.
He might have had his underwear stripped off by them.
With so many people, within the city where combat skills couldn't be used.
With their movements unimpeded.
If each person poked him with just one finger, he probably couldn't handle it.
Even a mighty tiger fears a pack of wolves, and two fists are no match for four hands… let alone, this wasn't four hands, it was four thousand.
He looked down from above and instinctively shrunk his neck.
He then bolted towards the back.
However, little did he know that moments after he left.
It wasn't just four thousand hands…
One hundred thousand hands… successively appeared there.
They were all players who had come to catch a glimpse, all wanting to witness a live De Shen!
By the time the stampede incident occurred, Chu Tian had already opened the auction house system.
He was delighted to find that during this period, the auction house's turnover had reached an impressive 12,983 gold coins.
"Not bad, finally a turnaround!" He immediately withdrew all the gold.
Chu Tian glanced outside; it was impossible to get out.
"God-tier Teleportation… Location: Renegade Gods Alliance Guild Residence!"
*Swish…*
The De Shen, pursued by his fans, vanished from the second floor of the auction house.
A flash of white light, and Chu Tian found himself looking at the guild residence.
He then observed his surroundings; there were far fewer people here than in the central plaza.
And this time, he had put on his black cloak again.
He dove into the residence, a place only accessible to Renegade Gods Alliance players.
Upon reaching the residence, Chu Tian found it completely empty.
At this time, everyone had likely gone out to activity.
However, even usually, the numbers were substantial.
Unless it was shortly before a guild event, when members would gather at the guild residence to collect potions and elixirs for the event.
Or exchange equipment from the guild warehouse, and so on.
Chu Tian entered and immediately proceeded to the guild warehouse.
He opened the guild warehouse and checked its contents.
Gold Coin Holdings: 1,203 gold coins!
Seeing only a four-digit amount of gold, Chu Tian couldn't help but frown.
With the guild developing to this extent, was this all the funds available?
He opened the gold usage records.
He saw a dense list of gold transactions, both incoming and outgoing.
Chu Tian understood immediately…
It seemed the guild had undertaken major operations in the past few days.
Most of the expenditure was on purchasing herbs, ores, and other materials.
As for equipment, there was a significant deficit.
Although Chu Tian had acquired a large batch of equipment from the Slaughterer faction before he left.
However, most of that equipment was restricted for use only within the Slaughterer faction.
Furthermore, that batch of equipment couldn't be openly displayed, and Chu Tian didn't find it in the guild warehouse.
He surmised that Qi Xi must have stored it elsewhere.
The advantage of a guild residence was that any equipment discarded here would never be refreshed by the system.
Unless authorized personnel chose the equipment for destruction.
"Chu Tian, you're finally back. You've been living the life of a hands-off manager!
You come back and immediately check the guild warehouse. Are you afraid I'll embezzle your assets?
Let me tell you, the guild is operating at full capacity, and we're short on funds. You need to find a solution; I'm out of ideas…"
A voice called out from behind Chu Tian.
Hearing the voice, Chu Tian turned around sheepishly.
His gaze fell upon the direction of the guild residence's council hall.
Standing there was none other than Gao Kai's wife… Qi Xi, Chu Tian's executive guild leader. Who else could it be?