Chapter 689: The Truth Unveiled (1/2)

I nodded. ”That’s fine too. Candle Dragon’s first subguild is a good guild at least. I know your guild leader, Purple Dawn. He’s a powerful archer for sure.”

Butterfly Dance’s eyes lit up like a bulb at that. ”Mn mn, Purple Dawn is the number one expert of our school, and his girlfriend is my roomie! She’s a very cute little girl… Speaking of which, do you know Purple Dawn, Lu Chen? Are you on good terms with him?”

I grinned. ”Oh yes, very good terms even. Every time we meet inside the game, I make sure to beat him up…”

Everyone started laughing at the same time. The grudge between Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls and Candle Dragon was a well-known fact. Now that I thought about it, players from many different forces were all gathered at one table right now. This was turning out to be an interesting gathering for sure.

With that done, a sharp-looking youngster stood up and introduced himself. ”Good evening, everyone. I am Unwilling to Fight, a Level 148 archer from Wind City. I’m currently in the second subguild of Peach Garden, and my champion arena ranking is 249th. Nice to meet you all…”

While he was talking, I chided Beiming Xue a little. ”Do you see how polite this guy is? Now think back to your own introduction. You didn’t even say good evening to the others…”

Beiming Xue stared innocently at me for a moment. Then, she employed her cutesy tactic, her eyes watering as if at will.

While we were fooling around, I heard He Yi speaking, ”Unwilling to Fight, there aren’t many Level 148 archers at this stage of the game, much less one that placed this high in the champion arena. Would you like to join our main guild? It’s certainly better than serving a subguild of Peach Garden, right?”

Unwilling to Fight’s eyes lit up. ”Oh? Are you serious? I’ve always wanted to join Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, but I just couldn’t find a way to get connected with your guild. I had no avenue, no guides… is this a promise you can give?”

He Yi put down her glass and smiled a little. In that instant, every male around the table was electrocuted by her beauty. As if sensing the growing heat around the table, He Yi caught herself, tidied her clothes and sat back down beside me before nodding. ”Of course. I am the guild leader of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls. I don’t think anyone will disagree with my choice of recruits.”

I nodded. ”Naturally. When Eve says the word, we obey. She is the guild leader!”

”Mn, no problem. Welcome to Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls!” I welcomed him smilingly.

Seeing that the gathering was about to turn into an interview to join Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, Rose hurriedly interrupted us and said, ”Alright, enough. Shall we talk about the team now?”

He Yi and I nodded and replied in unison, ”Speak…”

Rose giggled. ”There shouldn’t be any big tournaments for the next two months to come. There are small, regional tournaments such as the PCL league tournament at the Shanghai Carnival, which will be attended by many clubs such as TCL, Founder, Dell, Apple, Asus and more… but top-tier players such as Candlelight Shadow, Wind Fantasy and Legendary Brave all refused to participate. For that reason, Lenovo believes that it’ll be better if we refrain from sending our best players, Lu Chen and Beiming Xue as well. Instead, we’ll send our secondary roster, namely Remains, Butterfly Dance, Unwilling to Fight and so on to attend the tournament and gain some experience in the process. I don’t know if this decision is fine with you though, Lu Chen, so I would like to hear your answer right now!”

He Yi and I exchanged a smile with each other before turning around. ”No problem, the youngsters can have their fun. We are way too busy handling the stuff going on in Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls anyway, hahaha…”

On the other side, Dark Fragrance added with a giggle, ”I know it’s because the top-tier players such as the Martial God Candlelight Shadow, the Fruit Knife Goddess Lin Yixin, and the guild leader of Purple Lily Luo River God of the Capital aren’t attending. There’s no challenge even if you chose to attend, am I right?”

I smiled and allowed my silence to be taken as acceptance.

Rose nodded affirmatively before saying, ”That’s settled then. Still, the two of you must participate in super tournaments like the WSL, okay?”

”Of course!”

Rose smiled and rose to her feet with her glass raised. ”There are two objectives behind this gathering. One, it’s to let our club members get acquainted with one another. Two, it’s to celebrate Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls’ success at Immortality City and miraculous rise from the 41892th place to the 3rd place on the CGL Guild Ranking! Congratulations!

I was a bit dumbfounded by her declaration. ”You still remember our old ranking?”

”But of course, it’s quite difficult to forget…”

”Fuck…”

……

Get-togethers really do get people together. It didn’t take long before the alcohol started to pry open some mouths, and even better, Hunting Moon Dynasty’s Heart Like Water, Blazing Hot Lips’ Little Little Hero and Purple Lily’s Dark Fragrance all requested to join our main guild. The reason they wanted to join us was because they weren’t valued despite being experts in subguilds, and we were only all too happy to accept them.

The gathering lasted until past 8 pm. I told He Yi I needed to go to the gents before leaving.

Because I was drunk, I accidentally went the wrong way and found myself at the entrance of the hotel instead. When I looked to the opposite side of the street, I suddenly noticed a giant board with the flashing words ”Second Affiliated Hospital”.

Hey, isn’t that the hospital Lin Yixin’s mom was staying in? I still remember where her ward is. Maybe...

I immediately put my thoughts into action. With luck, I might even find Lin Yixin in the ward right now. She had been avoiding all this time, so it was time for me to take a bit of initiative.

While the traffic lights were still green, I ran across the street and toward the high-class sick ward at the high speed of 9 metres per second.

I quickly located the familiar-looking, villa-styled sick ward and went upstairs. Almost all of the lights were dark. When I went into the room and looked around, I found that the room was cleaned and returned to its original condition, and the person living there was gone. The medical instruments on the table were gone as well.

I saw a wilting flower on the window sill. Obviously, it was a flower Lin Yixin had brought for her mother. She has probably been gone for several days now, hasn’t she?

Thud!

I leaned against the window sill and inhaled deeply. Lin Yixin’s mom was transferred out of the hospital this quickly?

……

Suddenly, I heard a voice behind me. ”Boy?”

I turned around and saw that it was a janitor.

”Hey there, auntie. What happened to the patient here?”

”She was transferred away this morning. Are you her family or something?”

”I’m a friend of her daughter. I came here before.”