Bu Xiao glanced at Feng Xing, the Fighter, who was also one of the four core members of Zongheng Sihai.
Feng Xing seemed to support Bu Xiao's idea of prioritizing equipment and nodded to him. Bu Xiao immediately waved his hand, "Everyone, step back for now."
The players of Zongheng Sihai retreated. Gu Fei pouted, "Tell them to leave first."
Bu Xiao readily nodded. After all, finding Qiyue and the others in the game was much easier than getting an extremely rare dagger.
"Let's go together." Xiao Yu came over to pull Gu Fei.
Gu Fei smiled, but before he could say anything, Bu Xiao roared, "He's not allowed to leave!"
Gu Fei nodded and said to the four girls, "You go first."
The players of Zongheng Sihai opened a path, and Gu Fei gently pushed Xiao Yu, "Go!"
The four girls began to walk out of the crowd, Xiao Yu looking back from time to time.
"Go directly to the safe zone." Gu Fei sent her a message, then stood quietly in place, waiting for news.
"You've gone far enough, right? Can I have the dagger back now!" Bu Xiao saw through Gu Fei's thoughts, so he hadn't been urging him.
Gu Fei smiled again, "If I return the dagger to you, can I leave?"
"Of course." Bu Xiao said without thinking.
Gu Fei laughed again, "I won't give it back!"
"You!" Bu Xiao was furious.
"There's no good end for liars." Gu Fei smiled amiably.
Bu Xiao was stunned, then raged, "Damn it, there's a spy!!"
Just now, Yu Tian Shen Ming had revealed to Gu Fei that Bu Xiao had already issued an order within the guild: as soon as they got the dagger back, they would immediately kill Gu Fei, and they had also hidden people near the Mage Academy, vowing to take Gu Fei down to level zero.
Gu Fei immediately changed his original intention and decided not to return the dagger to Bu Xiao. Using someone's own methods against them had always been something Gu Fei supported.
With the lie exposed, it was useless for Bu Xiao to play the good guy anymore. While he was still fantasizing about his dagger, Feng Xing had already made a decision for him.
"Kill him and make him drop the Wind Whisper Dagger!" Feng Xing shouted sharply, already rushing in with a punch, using the Cema Liuxing (Galloping Meteor) technique again.
Gu Fei didn't panic, didn't dodge or evade, but raised his arm and thrust out the magic staff in his hand. Feng Xing was fast, but Gu Fei raised his arm even faster. In the end, it looked as if Gu Fei had raised the staff and waited there, and Feng Xing had thrust his chest into it.
Gu Fei had a method to how he raised the staff, aiming for Feng Xing's acupoints on his upper body. Originally, with Gu Fei's limited strength, attacking a person's acupoints wouldn't have much effect, but it was different at this moment. Feng Xing had aggressively charged in himself, resulting in Gu Fei's arm being shaken open due to insufficient strength, while half of Feng Xing's body was also sore and numb.
This was basic physics: forces are mutual.
However, ordinary people neither had Gu Fei's accuracy nor knew the location of the acupoints. It was impossible for them to use this bit of physical knowledge.
The players of Zongheng Sihai were dumbfounded as they saw Gu Fei, a mage, knock the sixth-ranked fighter in the parallel world off balance with a staff. For a moment, they were at a loss. Only Bu Xiao was anxious about his dagger, and regardless of Feng Xing's life or death, he shouted at the top of his lungs, "What are you standing there for? Everyone, attack!"
At this moment, a very pleasant voice rang out above Gu Fei's head, "Reach your hand up!"
The houses in the game weren't flat-roofed, but had tiled roofs. At this moment, half of a pretty face was revealed from the roof, and the contrast with the red and black tiles was truly radiant. An arm hung down from the roof, waving directly at Gu Fei.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, but Gu Fei didn't seem surprised at all. He raised his hand and jumped up, connecting with the other party's arm. The opponent waved their arm and pulled upward. Gu Fei also kicked his legs against the wall for leverage. The two coordinated perfectly. Gu Fei flew onto the roof like a rabbit.
"You're pretty strong!" Gu Fei laughed. How many girls could casually pull someone onto a wall in reality?
"You're quite agile too." Xi Xiaotian helped Gu Fei up, who was practically crawling on the roof. From below, Gu Fei had flown very gracefully, but in reality, he had run out of strength in mid-air and barely managed not to fall halfway. Naturally, he didn't care about his image when landing on the roof.
"Let's go!" Xi Xiaotian had already taken the lead and started running. Gu Fei looked down and saw Bu Xiao directing the players of Zongheng Sihai to build human ladders, find props, and find stepping stones, anything that could help them get onto the roof. After exchanging knowing glances with Han Jia Gongzi and the others who were still mixed in the crowd, Gu Fei also quickly ran along the roof.
Xi Xiaotian's familiarity with the roof situation was truly beyond Gu Fei's expectations. She knew exactly where to go up, where to go down, and where to jump to the opposite roof. It looked like she had practiced it, and probably used these places to escape often. The wailing of the large group from Zongheng Sihai was quickly left far behind. Xi Xiaotian led Gu Fei left and right on the roof, and finally arrived at the Cloudrise City's clock tower. Once they reached the top, it was the highest point in Cloudrise City.
From here, Gu Fei could clearly see the people of Zongheng Sihai traversing the streets of Cloudrise City, and couldn't help but laugh.
"You can still laugh?" Xi Xiaotian said behind him.
"What?"
"From now on, Zongheng Sihai will definitely be looking for trouble with you endlessly." Xi Xiaotian said.
"In that case, your trouble will probably only be more than mine, right?" Gu Fei laughed.
"Me?" Xi Xiaotian shook her head, "I'm not as afraid of trouble as you think. Levels and things like that aren't important to me. So, even if I get chased and killed sometimes, it's not a big deal. Besides, I might be more professional than you when it comes to dealing with trouble."
"Of course, practice makes perfect!" Gu Fei said sarcastically.
"I'm a professional con artist..."
"A con artist or an amateur?" Gu Fei interrupted with a smile.
Xi Xiaotian ignored the question and, like Gu Fei, looked at the crowd of people running around in the city and said, "Professional con artists have professional con artist rules. Our cons never involve deceiving other people's feelings. Using people's greed, setting bait, and luring fish to the hook, that's our way."
"Are you referring to Bu Xiao when you talk about deceiving people's feelings?"
Xi Xiaotian nodded.
"It's said that not long after Qiyue Liuhuo was tricked into leaving the game, Bu Xiao was also tricked out of all his money by another person. Was that person you?" Gu Fei asked.
Xi Xiaotian nodded again.
Gu Fei let out a long breath, "Did Qiyue ask you to help?"
Xi Xiaotian shook her head, "No, I didn't even know her back then. I went myself. Even today, she only slightly suspects that I did it, but I haven't mentioned a word about it."
"Then why did you go?" Gu Fei asked, puzzled.
Xi Xiaotian was silent for a long time, and finally said, "It's a hobby."
"A hobby?" Gu Fei was confused.
"I like cons." Xi Xiaotian said, "To me, it's like a fascinating art."
"Your hobby is really unique." Gu Fei said with a dry laugh.
"Unfortunately, my hobby can't be used in reality, so I have to come to the game to have some fun." Xi Xiaotian said.
"What did you say?" Gu Fei, who had been rather indifferent, suddenly turned to look at Xi Xiaotian when he heard this.
"What? Do you think I should go around conning people in reality?" Xi Xiaotian asked rhetorically.
"You can't do it in the game either!"
Xi Xiaotian gave a wry smile, "You wouldn't understand the depressing feeling of not being able to use something you love."
Gu Fei was depressed. How could he not understand? However, Xi Xiaotian's was a technique for harming people, while his was a cultural heritage that needed to be further promoted. How could the two be compared? Gu Fei thought, shaking his head.
"What are you shaking your head for?" Xi Xiaotian asked.
"It's nothing. It's just that the feeling you're talking about, I might slightly, it's slightly!!! Uh, I can understand it a little bit." Gu Fei firmly believed that not being able to use cons and not being able to use kung fu were different feelings, so he could only "slightly" understand a little bit.
Obviously, Xi Xiaotian didn't even believe his little bit, and just shook her head.
In any case, because of this "slight" bit of shared feeling, Gu Fei's bad impression of Xi Xiaotian had improved a little bit.
At this moment, Gu Fei couldn't help but feel a sense of "fellow sufferers" in his heart, which made him quickly beat himself up: this kind of thought was too dangerous, how could he fall to the point of being like a con artist?
"Alright! I have to go. In any case, thank you for today." Gu Fei felt that it was better to stay away from this con artist as soon as possible. If he stayed here any longer, he was afraid that his thoughts would be corrupted. Gu Fei, who had always been calm and confident, actually had a bit of a fleeing air when he left.
After going down the clock tower, he looked back up. Xi Xiaotian was still standing there looking down. Gu Fei waved to her, chose a street, and walked in. Away from corrupting thoughts, Gu Fei still had serious business to attend to. He found a deserted corner, put on his black cloth, put on his straw hat, put away his magic staff, and took out the Baptism of Fire. When Gu Fei received the information from Yu Tian Shen Ming, he had already decided that he would never let this liar, who went back on his word, off lightly.
In the mercenary channel, Han Jia Gongzi and the others were shouting and asking where Gu Fei had run off to. Gu Fei calmly sent a message: "Don't worry about me, where is Bu Xiao?"
"What are you looking for him for?" Han Jia Gongzi asked.
"To kill him!" Gu Fei's answer was concise.