Chapter 48: Recruitment
With their intentions exposed by Xiao Wen, both men's old faces flushed red. Wearing broad smiles, they looked at Xiao Wen.
"Brother, what are you saying? For us brothers to meet you here, that is fate! Heaven-sent fate," Meng Feng said, picking up the conversation with a loud laugh.
Xiao Wen's gaze fell on the two of them.
"Gentlemen, let's talk business."
Business?
"Since you're so straightforward, brother, the two of us won't waste words either. We came here today because we wanted to discuss something with you."
"We both saw the battle between you and Wang Heng earlier. Brother, you truly deserve your reputation as one of the recent men of the hour. Our guild leader appreciates your ability and wants to invite you to join our guild."
"As for the terms and treatment, it would be the position of vice guild leader. We guarantee that once you enter the guild, you will immediately become someone with real authority. Brother, you might as well consider it."
Meng Feng spoke aloud.
Hearing this, Liu Chu, who stood beside him, frowned slightly and seemed somewhat dissatisfied, but he still said nothing. He then repeated the same general idea.
"Our guild leader has the same attitude."
"As long as you're willing to join, the vice guild leader position of the Ironblood Alliance will be prepared for you!"
Vice guild leader of two of the three great guilds?
It sounded like rather good treatment.
However, if this lord agreed, wouldn't that mean this lord was willing to work for them?
No way!
Absolutely not!
How could this lord possibly become a wage slave under someone else?
Besides...
These two had come together, asked together, and offered the same conditions.
That attitude was rather thought-provoking!
Xiao Wen muttered inwardly. His eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze fell on Liu Chu and Meng Feng.
After pondering for a moment, he smiled lightly and shook his head.
"Thank you for your guild leaders' goodwill. If I join one of you, I will inevitably offend the other. Besides, if I become a vice guild leader, where would that leave the two of you?"
"I understand the principle that one mountain cannot contain two tigers. So there is no need for the two of you to test me. I still have matters to attend to, so I will be leaving now."
After saying that, Xiao Wen did not wait for the two to reply and left directly.
Only after Xiao Wen departed did the two men exchange a glance. Both of them let out a long breath, as if a stone that had been hanging in their hearts had finally been set down. Their faces carried faint smiles.
"Now you can rest easy, right? A solo expert like this simply doesn't have the guts to enter a guild, especially not in a position like your vice guild leader seat or mine."
"If he entered, it would mean one of us would be pushed down. Right now, both of us are vice guild leaders. No matter who had to step down, neither of us would accept it willingly."
"If he refused, he would offend two people at once. He is very smart."
Liu Chu looked at Meng Feng with a smile as he spoke.
Meng Feng shook his head and looked at Liu Chu. Only after a long while did he finally speak.
"Are you sure he doesn't dare, rather than simply disdain it?"
"From his expression, I didn't see the slightest bit of concern. Perhaps in his eyes, our vice guild leader positions are completely beneath notice!"
Vice guild leader of the Ironblood Alliance and Ancient Xuan Manor?
Beneath notice!
Xiao Wen sneered, not taking these things to heart.
The three great guilds of Jiuzhou?
Perhaps they would indeed become three colossal powers in Jiuzhou in the future.
But those three colossal powers referred to the guilds themselves, and to the guild leaders behind these people, not these vice guild leaders.
To put it plainly, these vice guild leaders were merely chess pieces pushed forward to do the work.
Benefits?
At most, they would only get a little meat soup.
If he remembered correctly, the vice guild leaders of both the Ironblood Alliance and Ancient Xuan Manor had died unnatural deaths in the later stages. As for exactly why they died, Xiao Wen did not know. He had only heard that it involved internal guild struggles.
Therefore, those two guilds were far too chaotic. Xiao Wen did not want to enter them and interfere with his own plans, so he simply refused.
This could also be considered going along with Liu Chu and Meng Feng's wishes.
Other people might not know what schemes those two fellows were harboring in their hearts, but he could more or less guess.
Stretching lazily, Xiao Wen returned to Dragon Manor. Seeing that the hundred White Dragon Cavalry were still busy, he issued some follow-up instructions, then logged off directly.
After exiting the game, Xiao Wen climbed out of the game cabin, stretched, and picked up the controller beside him before pressing it.
Before long, Uncle Fu pushed a dining cart inside. Clearly, Xiao Wen's meal had already been prepared.
After eating, Xiao Wen washed up, then went to the courtyard outside and carefully sensed the power within his body.
Although it could not compare to the terrifying power he possessed in the game, it was already close to sixty percent of his game character's strength. That was quite good.
"Uncle Fu, is there any news about the information I asked you to find last time?"
Xiao Wen turned his head and looked at Uncle Fu as he asked.
"Young Master, searching for a game character's real-life identity is truly somewhat difficult. Moreover, Young Master, you also know that people with public reputations usually protect their private information extremely well."
"I have already had the people below investigate, but it should still take some time," Uncle Fu replied with his hands placed before him.
Xiao Wen gave a sound of acknowledgment and said nothing.
He naturally knew how difficult this was.
Finding Wang Heng's true identity would indeed require some methods.
Even in his previous life, Xiao Wen had never obtained that fellow's exact address.
What he had told Uncle Fu was mostly temporary hideouts from the middle and later stages, or perhaps fake addresses.
To find the real location?
Very difficult!
"It's fine. I know this matter is somewhat difficult, so I'll have to trouble you to put more effort into it, Uncle Fu," Xiao Wen said with a smile.
After that, he planned to return to his room and continue improving his strength.
However, just as Xiao Wen turned around, he discovered Uncle Fu standing in front of him, his face full of a kind smile as he looked at Xiao Wen and said,
"Young Master, you have spent long enough soaking in the game cabin. Even with nutrient solution, you cannot become addicted. Reality will always stand above the virtual world. This old man dares to ask Young Master to go out for a stroll first, rest for a while, and then come back to play the game."
Hearing this, Xiao Wen stared at Uncle Fu for several moments. Then he withdrew his gaze, did not refuse, nodded, and turned to walk out.
After leaving the villa, he drove all the way to the city center. Just as he parked the car and was planning to enter the shopping mall for a few casual laps, he heard a burst of shouting and killing sounds ring out.
The surrounding visitors instantly fled in panic in every direction.
Looking from afar, he could see four fellows in front of him wearing black masks and carrying iron rods. They were smashing things inside the mall, directly targeting several gold shops on the first floor and robbing them.
Over a dozen security guards responsible for the mall's security carried batons and shields as they surrounded the four men together.
Immediately afterward, those dozen security guards were sent flying, landing on the ground and wailing, unable to get back up.
Xiao Wen stared at the four masked fellows in the distance and raised his brows slightly.
These four fellows seemed to be game players whose bodies had already received some degree of enhancement and modification!
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