505 Chapter 505 - Rice Soup and White Sand (2/2)
Gu Fei was surprised. He had not expected this person to notice that so soon. He was still thinking of an explanation when he heard Sword Demon answer. ”We agree with your thinking. In order to better hide ourselves within this jungle, we need to hide our emblem as well.”
”Well said.” Broken Water Arrow actually nodded to show his approval.
Gu Fei was extremely astonished by this. Sword Demon had very quickly gotten into character already. On second thought, he felt something amiss with this because it sounded as if Sword Demon had received Broken Water Arrow's teachings before. This was naturally impossible, so he swiftly sent an inquiry to Sword Demon.
”Coco told me to say that if he inquired about our guild emblem, since this man doesn't approve of members wearing their guild emblems so blatantly,” Sword Demon answered.
”When did she say that? Why don't I know anything about it?” Gu Fei asked.
”She messaged me privately. It's safer,” Sword Demon informed.
Gu Fei could understand this. Since they were right before Broken Water Arrow's very eyes, resorting to messaging privately would indeed be a lot safer. Still…”Why didn't she tell me as well?”
”She doesn't have you on her friends list.”
”Then, add me!”
”Her friends list is full.”
To think that excuse would be used on Gu Fei himself this soon.
”You two, follow that group.” Of course, Broken Water Arrow was unaware that they had been sending private messages to each other all this while as he deployed them for the drills.
As Broken Water Arrow called out, several players poked their heads from the jungle and came to where Gu Fei and Sword Demon were standing. Anxiety abruptly gripped Gu Fei again. It was easy for them to fool Broken Water Arrow, as the latter was a fresh recruit, but with long-time guild members were in the mix, they might run into some trouble. Coco even told them how harmonious their guild was; an unfamiliar face would be deadly conspicuous right now. While they were wearing camouflage and everyone could barely recognize each other, the past relationship that players shared still existed. With them directly meeting these long-time members, would they not be immediately exposed if some happened to bump into Rice Soup and White Sand and shared a couple of drinks, as well as do quests or grind monsters, previously?
While the worry set in, those men came forward and began to size up the two newcomers, gingerly asking, ”Who are you guys?”
Everybody in the guild was in disguise, so unless these people had reached a certain level of familiarity with one another, they would have no difficulty recognizing one another.
”Rice Soup.” With the situation unfolding as it had, Gu Fei had no choice but to bite the bullet and pray that these people would not be particularly familiar with the player Rice Soup!
”White Sand,” Sword Demon answered as well.
”Oh!” someone exclaimed. He dragged it in such a way that left Gu Fei's heart palpitating madly, especially when the man clapped his hands together. ”So it's the two newest recruits! Welcome, welcome!”
”Eh?” Gu Fei realized that the player he was impersonating was not someone whom these other members would recognize. This meant that he had plenty of room to work with. In a bout of elation, he saw Sword Demon similarly look as if a burden had lifted off his shoulders as Gu Fei read the message he received: ”So she actually made the necessary preparations for everything. Can't believe she hasn't said a word about this. She nearly gave me a heart attack.”
”Be content that at least she told you anything,” Gu Fei replied. Thinking back, at least Sword Demon was able to get the names of their false identities and to know how to explain their lack of guild emblems. Had the two of them went their separate ways, he would have been dead in the water upon arrival.
”Onesie here is the team leader for group one. You guys will be learning from him first.” Broken Water Arrow pointed to the man he was calling Onesie. This player happened to be the same man who had clapped his hands together.
”How do you do?” Gu Fei and Sword Demon acted the part of sincere and humble newcomers.
”Onesie here is ranked 21st on the Archers leaderboard!” a player beside Onesie boasted.
”How amazing!” Gu Fei and Sword Demon praised.
”Besides the guild leader, Onesie is the most impressive trapper in our guild.” Another player helped to promote his friend.
”How spectacular!” Gu Fei and Sword Demon continued to commend.
”Ha ha ha ha! Frogs in a well. You guys are just a bunch of little rascals that know not of the world!” Suddenly, a discordant voice came from within the jungle. Gu Fei, a man who had specialized training in determining position through sound, already turned in the direction of the voice while everyone was still looking around, yelling out, ”Who's there?!” Another group of players appeared from behind a certain tree copse, looking just like everyone else.
”Huh, and here I was wondering who it is. Turns out it's just one of the seven Bottlenecks – that so and so!” someone beside Onesie ambiguously said. They all stared at this new group that had appeared.
Sword Demon and Gu Fei looked at each other for a moment; Gu Fei then sent a message over to Sword Demon. ”Didn't she say that her guild is harmonious?”
”We ain't got a choice. As long as there are people, there's bound to be a Jianghu,” Sword Demon answered.
”Let's watch.”
”Yes, let's.”As you may have guessed, the Chinese character 飞 (fei) means 'fly' in English.In case anyone forgot, Jianghu is a term to denote a place of intense competition.
It originally referred to the world of martial arts and/or outlaws, with popular works like Water Margin that popularized the notion of a realm where pugilist are steeped in an environment where intense competition was a way of life, and death is nothing but a moment's notice away for anyone involved in such a world.