Hu Die Lan
Chapter 409 Enticement
“Their seven-member party had a priest with resurrection skills. After you left, they resurrected Jian Nan You,” Han Jia Gongzi told Gu Fei.
“Is that so…” Gu Fei muttered.
“The revolution hasn’t succeeded yet! Keep trying!” Han Jia Gongzi said.
This news was undoubtedly terrible. Gu Fei had thought that after successfully assassinating Jian Nan You, any further kills would be the icing on the cake, just for fun, whether he got more or less. Now, knowing that the previous fight was a waste of effort, his eagerness to find Jian Nan You was as urgent as Jian Nan You's desire to find him.
“What’s wrong? Why are you changing clothes?” Bai Shi Jinglun was still puzzled by this very superficial question.
“Jian Nan You isn’t dead,” Gu Fei informed him of the bad news.
“How could that be?” Bai Shi Jinglun, like everyone else, trusted his own eyes.
“Resurrection. They have resurrection skills. He was resurrected after we left,” Gu Fei said.
“Who told you that?” Bai Shi Jinglun asked.
Gu Fei’s heart sank again upon hearing this question. That’s right! Han Jia Gongzi said it. What wouldn’t that guy do to avoid paying? He had to have that level of trust in him. What’s more…
Before Gu Fei could fully think it through, Han Jia Gongzi sent another message: “We’re already in Linshui City. Hurry up! If we kill him ourselves, the money won’t be yours! Hahahaha!”
“That’s awful! We agreed to leave it to us!” Gu Fei said angrily.
“What’s wrong?” Bai Shi Jinglun was still confused!
“Those guys are in Linshui City too. Now they’re going to look for Jian Nan You to kill as well,” Gu Fei said.
“How could this happen? Didn’t we agree it was mine?” Bai Shi Jinglun was also angry. The two were indeed birds of a feather, both valuing trust and promises. Han Jia Gongzi, on the other hand, was the opposite, willing to sell even himself when necessary.
“Then let’s hurry and find him!” Bai Shi Jinglun said anxiously.
“Wait!” Gu Fei said.
Bai Shi Jinglun looked at Gu Fei.
“Searching like this isn’t a good idea,” Gu Fei considered. “The city is so big, who knows where these guys have slipped off to.”
“What should we do then?”
“How about going back to the warrior camp?” Gu Fei said. “Let them have the first kill. We’ll wait at the warrior camp and get the second and third. Isn’t that better?”
“I guess so! It’s a pity about the first one,” Bai Shi Jinglun sighed. Everyone understood that Jian Nan You was at his highest level and strongest during the first kill, so the reward should be the highest.
“It doesn’t matter. We’ll just kill him a few more times.” Gu Fei's attitude of disregarding any expert always damaged the other party's self-esteem.
After the two discussed and decided, they turned around and headed back to the warrior camp they had left earlier.
After Han Jia Gongzi secretly sent a few messages to Gu Fei, he asked Danqing Xia Ying about the situation. Danqing Xia Ying’s arrangements were basically in place. Sentries were stationed at each city gate and pier, and guild members who had gone to level up by boat were being urgently recalled. The only thing Han Jia Gongzi regretted was that the other side was focusing on Gu Fei and Bai Shi Jinglun.
According to the information they had gathered, it was indeed Gu Fei and Bai Shi Jinglun who had made the first move. The Qingxia Guild’s actions of seeking revenge from the source were not without fairness.
However, Han Jia Gongzi had already reminded Gu Fei to change his clothes. Based on their description of the two men’s characteristics, they definitely wouldn’t notice them, so there was no need to worry about that. But having such great resources to use against Jian Nan You without taking advantage of it was a real pity.
“Is Guild Leader Xia Ying familiar with Jian Nan You and his group?” Han Jia Gongzi began to ask, trying to guide the conversation.
“I’ve never really dealt with them. I’ve only heard that he always acts alone,” Danqing Xia Ying said.
“Does Guild Leader Xia Ying know that this guy is also a professional robber?” Han Jia Gongzi asked.
“Really? I haven’t heard that,” Danqing Xia Ying said calmly, without any surprise. Indeed, the trend of robbery was becoming increasingly prevalent in the Parallel World game. It wouldn’t be surprising to call anyone a robber, and many people even thought that robbery was a promising career. In this world without legal protection, people’s moral concepts were wantonly distorted.
Those who resented robbers, besides those who were truly honest and kind, were the victims who had been robbed. And even those victims only truly hated the players who had robbed them. If they had the chance to rob someone and get a superb piece of equipment, they would probably turn from a victim into a robber without hesitation.
Seeing Danqing Xia Ying's reaction, Han Jia Gongzi knew that this person had the kind of attitude that was accustomed to robbery, which could be regarded as an attitude in online games. The longer one was in contact with online games, the more commonplace such things became. In Parallel World, the biggest difference was simply that some people had begun to specialize in this kind of thing.
Have a generous and bold discussion with Danqing Xia Ying about morality, honesty, and justice? That method was clearly suitable for shonen manga. In this world full of adults, the most effective method was to talk about benefits.
So, Han Jia Gongzi’s opening immediately made Danqing Xia Ying feel a sweet temptation: “Is Guild Leader Xia Ying interested in the staff with resurrection skills in their hands?”
Of course I am!! Danqing Xia Ying forcibly swallowed those words back. In fact, as soon as he arrived at the beach and learned the news, Danqing Xia Ying had already been fantasizing about this staff. Although he wasn’t a priest, the more he wasn’t a priest, the more he liked this skill. In fact, priests themselves couldn’t use this skill to resurrect themselves. They could only experience the feeling of being the center of attention and satisfy their vanity. The real benefit only went to the priest’s companions.
But even if he thought about it, this thing was really hard to get. After all, Danqing Xia Ying and his group were a grand guild in Linshui City with legitimate business on the beach. Robbery was something that everyone said they didn’t care about, but actually doing it would have a very bad, very bad impact. If the children asked, “Who’s the bad guy, who’s the good guy?” they would definitely be labeled as the bad guys.
For a guild, image was very important. No matter how much Danqing Xia Ying wanted the staff, he had to plan carefully and couldn’t just blatantly snatch it.
And Han Jia Gongzi helped him broaden his thinking at this time: why not take advantage of the fact that these guys were also suspected of causing trouble at the wine stalls and hunt them down together! Then, when they dropped their equipment, he could pick it up, and no one could say anything.
Danqing Xia Ying’s eyes lit up. But then he felt that this method could only fool children in this world of flying rumors.
Han Jia Gongzi once again saw Danqing Xia Ying’s caution and smiled slightly: “If Guild Leader Xia Ying still doesn’t think it’s appropriate, why don’t we just do it for you? We’re going to kill these guys anyway. You just need to give us some help in secret, give us the support we need.”
Danqing Xia Ying’s heart tightened, but Han Jia Gongzi just smiled in his heart.
Saying help was just the superficial content. They were just strangers who had met by chance. Danqing Xia Ying had no reason to believe that these guys would be so kind as to give him such superb equipment after getting it. Han Jia Gongzi didn’t think Danqing Xia Ying was so naive either. The key point of these words was actually “we’re going to kill these guys.” This was actually notifying Danqing Xia Ying: there was no chance to get that Staff of Resurrection in the future, because Han Jia Gongzi and his group were very likely to get it today.
If Danqing Xia Ying was even more suspicious, he would probably think that they were here for this staff, because Han Jia Gongzi, who had been talking all the time, happened to be a priest. Moreover, with this sense of competition, Danqing Xia Ying would definitely think that they weren’t the only ones who had witnessed this skill on the beach, and they definitely weren’t the only ones who were coveting it. To avoid any more delays, the sooner he snatched this staff, the better. If he cared about face and image at this time, the advantage would definitely be snatched by others.
Han Jia Gongzi didn’t say much, but the effect was significant, and some of it was Danqing Xia Ying’s own thoughts after he had given some guidance. If there was suspicion about the persuasion of outsiders, no one would doubt their own inner thoughts. In just a moment, Danqing Xia Ying had already made up his mind. He laughed and said, “What the brother said makes sense! I really shouldn’t let these guys off lightly. Then let’s say goodbye here. I’ll go busy myself first!”
After saying this nonsense, Danqing Xia Ying and several of his partners quickly left.
Han Jia Gongzi smiled gently, everything was under control.
The other four experts silently witnessed Han Jia Gongzi’s inducement process. After all, having been in contact with Han Jia Gongzi for a long time, they could more or less understand some of his ideas. However, the four of them were also divided into high and low. Jian Gui was the most familiar with Han Jia Gongzi, so he naturally understood everything; You Ge was careful and knew a lot about human relationships, so he could also see through it; as for Zhan Wu Shang and Yu Tian Shen Ming, the big and the small, they understood at first, knowing that Han Jia Gongzi wanted to encourage the people of this guild to attack Jian Nan You, but they couldn’t read the hidden meaning of the last sentence.
At this time, seeing the other party leave them in a hurry, the two of them were still wondering, “Are we going to help or not?” The two of them were still stuck on the idea of helping the Qingxia Guild get the equipment.
Then, a series of ridicules from Han Jia Gongzi was naturally unavoidable. The two of them were also used to it. Comparing these things with Han Jia Gongzi was like comparing knives with Gu Fei, which was very unrealistic.
“No wonder this guy hurried to slip away,” Yu Tian Shen Ming sighed after understanding the truth.
Of course, Danqing Xia Ying would disappear quickly. The group of five in front of him were no longer friends, but competitors. He had to find Jian Nan You and his group first. At the same time, he would never reveal any of his situation to these five people again.
So, even Han Jia Gongzi couldn’t guess what he would do specifically. He could only design his own next plan.
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Uh, I still couldn’t manage to do two updates yesterday. I’ll definitely try my best today! Everyone, give me some monthly tickets to encourage me~~~