476 Chapter 476 - Taking Precautions (1/2)
Three Sighs of Flowing Maple was holding Gu Fei in high regard right now. That man had the prowess, means, and guts. Even though he was just one man, he was also an extremely difficult opponent to contend with. However, when Three Sighs of Flowing Maple announced this particular news to the rest of the guild, it, instead, stirred many of his men into declaring that they would show that Mage a thing or two if he so much as showed his face around the courtyard again.
This reaction had Three Sighs of Flowing Maple sighing. Sure enough, everyone playing games would have such a lively response. There was no place for the peaceful mentality of dealing with less trouble in MMOs like this.
”That man is truly difficult to handle, so please take care not to underestimate the man despite him being alone,” Three Sighs of Flowing Maple reminded the lot before he began to reassign his men to their posts. Having personally witnessed how easily Gu Fei climbed over that wall, he ensured that his men were now positioned every three paces around the wall, with checkpoints at every five. This new arrangement made the wall more well-manned than the entrance to the courtyard.
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Meanwhile, Gu Fei made his way straight to Scissorhands after departing from the Government City Hall's courtyard to hand over the quest item to him.
Scissorhands was naturally filled with gratitude at having completed his quest and expressed his willingness to brave a sea of flames for Gu Fei on the spot without a hint of hesitation.
”There's no need for that,” Gu Fei hastily refused. ”There's a small favor that I wonder if you could help with, though.”
”Please, just say the word,” Scissorhands quickly offered.
”I heard players that picked up the tailoring crafting profession are able to alter the look of a player's equipment after reaching a level of proficiency. Look; I have this belt here…” Gu Fei said as he took out that Mark of the Wolf that he found extremely lewd-looking. ”Do you think you can help alter this?”
”Belt? That's very easy! How do you want it done?” Scissorhands was glad that he could be of service to his benefactor.
”The main problem here is this wolf head buckle; I'm uncertain if you can alter it for me. Don't you think this head looks really lewd?” Gu Fei asked.
”Yes… Quite.” Scissorhands looked at the style of the belt and was able to immediately analyze what he could do with it from a professional tailor's standpoint. ”The size of the wolf's head and the girth of the belt as well as its colors are all disproportionate and ill-coordinated. The entire belt itself seems shoddily made; some people might say that such a design could accentuate the theme of savagery in the item… But I don't think this deliberate sort of design would give off the feeling that they were aiming for. Essentially, it's the creator's lack of artistry and handicraft skill that caused this failure to express the charm of the item, thereby creating a product with such a vague yet contrasting impression. Conceptually speaking—”
”Wait a minute…” Gu Fei interrupted Scissorhands as he gingerly asked, ”Are you still speaking Chinese?”
”Ah?”
”I… I don't understand what you've just said, so just tell me if you can do it or not!” Gu Fei said.
”It is possible to do it, but I'm afraid I can't do it by myself…” Scissorhands said.
”Why is that?” Gu Fei was confused.
”This belt isn't simply a product of a Tailor's work. That wolf-head buckle acts as the core component of this entire belt, and it is under the Blacksmith crafting profession's expertise. As such, in order to alter this belt, I'll at least need to collaborate with a player that's highly proficient in blacksmithing,” Scissorhands explained.
Gu Fei immediately opened his mercenary channel to ask: ”Experts, do any of you have a high proficiency in blacksmithing?”
Nobody answered, so Gu Fei repeated his question again. Finally, Young Master Han replied, ”Do you know how stupid that question you're asking is? While there may not be a lot of crafting professions in Parallel World, the content of each is plentiful and each and every one of them are quite difficult to improve in. Players that spend time and effort working on this won't ever be able to reach our current level. If you wish to locate a highly proficient Blacksmith, go look for the noobs and don't come looking for my elite mercenaries.”
”Is that so?” Gu Fei was uncertain, so he asked Scissorhands, ”What's your level?”
”Ah? 32.”
”Hmm. It's not easy improving a crafting profession, huh!”
”Yeah… I actually lost another level for this tailoring pattern here,” Scissorhands said.
Gu Fei patted his shoulder as he pressed on, ”Do you know where I can find a highly proficient Blacksmith?”
”I do know one personally, but he's not online right now,” Scissorhands answered regretfully.
”Oh, it's fine as long as you know one. I'm not in a rush, anyway. It's about time I log off, too, so you can hold on to that belt for now. I'll come and look for you tomorrow about it; it shouldn't take you too long to alter it, right?” Gu Fei asked.
”Ah… I'll be fine if we have the manpower, since the alteration itself won't take time at all.” When Gu Fei stuffed that belt into his hands, Scissorhands stared at Gu Fei in shock, for he could now see the traits of the belt. Ignoring what it was, just from the purple luster of the words in the item... Just how large was this man's magnanimity that he could casually stuff this sort of equipment into the hands of someone else?
Scissorhands stared at Gu Fei blankly as the latter said, ”Then, I'll see you tomorrow” before leaving just like that.
Gu Fei soon reached a spawn point and logged off. This was a very disappointing piece of news to the members of Flowergazing in the Fog. At this moment, it was deep into the night back in reality, so plenty of the night-owl experts were going online one after another. Hearing of what had happened in the day, they were all prepared to fight with this beast of a player when they learned that the man had actually gone offline. This only made it that much more difficult for these people to face the long night ahead!