After Hu Yan and Ruan Yu ran out of supplies, they had already come out of the hidden map.
During this period, Ruan Yu had been busy brewing wine.
The military procurement said, apart from Yuan Zhu needing it, a few other people also wanted to buy it, hoping Ruan Yu could triple the supply volume.
In addition, the Kai Team also assigned a task, asking them to contact the Drunkard Guild, hoping to recruit some talented drunkards into the guild.
The Drunkard Guild was naturally very cooperative, but the interview efficiency was too low—often both the interviewee and the examiner would get so drunk they passed out.
On this day, Ruan Yu and Hu Yan had just returned from the Drunkard Guild, confirmed a list of thirty people, and were just waiting for these new drunkards to apply to the guild.
He Shishi and Siji Rong were cleaning the guild.
It was their second month cleaning toilets at the Main God Guild.
After Hu Yan and Ruan Yu returned, they finally became more restrained, but after these days of being driven away, few people came to apply to the guild anymore.
Their relationship with Hu Yan and Ruan Yu was still relatively harmonious—at least these two didn't deliberately make things difficult for them like Jiang Kai did.
Back at the guild, Hu Yan and Ruan Yu were cooling off in the pavilion.
Hu Yan had bought some nuts, and the shells accidentally fell to the ground. Ruan Yu habitually bent down to pick them up.
Dongxue, who was preparing to sweep nearby, saw Ruan Yu picking up the trash and, for some reason, her eyes suddenly welled up.
Hu Yan frowned and said, "Dongxue, what's going on? Trouble at home?"
"I... no!" Dongxue said stubbornly.
"If something did happen, then just log off. Even if something happened, the Guild Leader wouldn't say anything," Ruan Yu said.
Hearing this, Dongxue felt even more aggrieved.
"I… My family didn't get into trouble, I just remembered how Jiang Kai used to deliberately make things hard for me… so hateful! That guy is especially bad. Even if our families really had trouble, he absolutely wouldn't allow us to log off. Otherwise, he'd definitely find an excuse to punish us!"
Hu Yan and Ruan Yu exchanged a look.
The Guild Leader Dongxue mentioned—is he really the same person as the Kai Team they know?
He Shishi and the others saw Dongxue crying and hurried over.
After learning the whole situation, a trace of grievance appeared on each beauty's face.
One branch guild leader, four geniuses, had been cleaning trash for almost two months!
Hu Yan thought for a moment and said, "Honestly, I think you deserve it."
"Deserve it? You followed such a morally bad, selfish person. That means you're not good people either!" He Shishi said angrily.
Hu Yan shook his head and said, "Do you know, back then Ruan Yu and I couldn't even form a team—no one would even look at us properly. Only the Kai Team was willing to bring us along, and he treated us like brothers."
"You say he has poor character?"
"That time, he let go of his great feud with your Xuanwu group, just for the players who sacrificed from the Xuanwu Guild, and risked death to kill the Murloc Lord. You say he's selfish?"
"He helped the military in the global championship. You might think it's an honor, but do you know how much risk he had to bear?"
Ruan Yu nodded seriously. "If you say he's greedy for money, I admit that. But if you say his character is bad, then you must be mistaken."
He Shishi frowned. "That's just a facade! Do you know what kind of person he is in real life? Huang Wei and Huang Da were such understanding kids—he tortured them until they were miserable!"
Hu Yan and Ruan Yu nearly burst out laughing.
"Huang Wei and Huang Da? Understanding? He Shishi, you're really good at judging people!"
Then, Hu Yan told He Shishi in detail about the grudge between the Kai Team and the Huang family.
From offline to online, every incident had reason and logic. Listening to it, He Shishi and the others went from questioning to silent, completely stunned.
After speaking, Hu Yan looked at the several stunned women, smiled slightly, and said, "A guy who's willing to risk his life to save his brother and protect his sister—do you really think he's that bad?"
"A guy who's willing to accept a drunkard and a cursed Feng Shui master as teammates—could his heart really be that narrow?"
This sentence completely short-circuited He Shishi's mind.
Back then, Jiang Kai said—check the people investigating the situation, they might've been bribed by the Huang family...
"Fine. If you really have something at home, go ahead and log off. The Guild Leader won't really do anything to you. He just wanted to let off steam. Who told you to target him before?"
He Shishi was silent for a long time and said, "I... I want to log off for three days. Give me three days, I'll definitely find out the truth!"
"Okay."
Dongxue softly said, "I also want to log off for three days. I... I just don't want to clean toilets anymore…"
Hu Yan smiled. "Alright, all of you take a three-day break. Anyway, no one knows where the Kai Team is now."
......
Jiang Kai and Zhao Tiequan, after several days of travel, finally arrived at the main city of District 18.
As soon as they reached the guild entrance, a few women not watching the road bumped into him.
Before he could see clearly, those women saw him and immediately ran away.
"What's going on?" Jiang Kai was a bit confused. "That one looked like He Shishi..."
"Wow, bro, your guild's full of beauties!" Zhao Tiequan looked like he saw something amazing. "Each one better-looking than the last!"
Jiang Kai frowned, "Brother Zhao, don't you already have someone?"
"I had several before, but none of them looked as good as these."
"Huh? Several?!" Jiang Kai was shocked.
"Yep, at most I was dating 14 girls at the same time."
"Damn!" Jiang Kai realized he had underestimated Brother Zhao's abilities. "Brother Zhao, you're this scummy and still found so many girlfriends?"
Zhao Tiequan said indifferently, "I am scummy, but I have boundaries. I tell them all that I'm just playing around. They want money, I happen to have money. I don't fake feelings—so it's not over the line, right?"
Jiang Kai instantly felt his worldview collapse.
But speaking of which, as the saying goes, everyone has their own path. Although Jiang Kai now counted as rich, if any gold-digger threw herself at him, he really wouldn't be interested.
He preferred more conservative girls.
For example...
"Kai Team!" Hu Yan and Ruan Yu saw Jiang Kai coming and shouted excitedly from afar.
The two quickly rushed over to Jiang Kai.
"Kai Team, you actually discovered the Hidden Goddess's relic! Why didn't you bring us?"
"This is…"
Jiang Kai glanced at Zhao Tiequan. "Scumbag Zhao Tiequan, Brother Zhao."
Zhao Tiequan gave Jiang Kai a glare, "Who's a scumbag... Hello, you two, I'm Zhao Tiequan."
"These two are Hu Yan and Ruan Yu, my brothers," Jiang Kai introduced. "Oh, that wine you drank the other day was brewed by Ruan Yu."
Zhao Tiequan immediately became more enthusiastic. "Oh? Nice to meet you, nice to meet you!"
Jiang Kai didn't give them much time for greetings and said directly, "Old Hu, Ghost Ruan, pack your things, bring your supplies, come with me."
Hu Yan and Ruan Yu's eyes widened. "Haha, finally came to get us, Kai Team. Where are we going this time?"
"National quest—searching for the relic of the God of War!" Jiang Kai said calmly.
As the four were about to leave the guild, suddenly someone rushed in front of Jiang Kai.
Looking at the man in front of him—stubbly-faced, ragged clothes, still gnawing on a bun—Jiang Kai frowned. "Even beggars can afford profession outfits? This guy's got style."
The man looked at Jiang Kai with excitement. "You brat, I'm not a beggar, I'm the strongest Judge, Ouyang Yi!"
"That day, we participated in the wager tournament together, don't you remember?"
"You said if I couldn't survive, come find you in District 18!"
Jiang Kai's brows twisted tightly.
Big Brother Ouyang Yi—how did he end up like this?
"Ouyang Yi, this… I told you to find me in District 18, if you couldn't, you could've come to my guild first—how did you end up like this?"
Ouyang Yi said emotionally, "I passed your test! Others got kicked out after one or two times, I got kicked dozens of times and still didn't leave—I stayed right near your guild!"
"Wh... What test?"
Ouyang Yi truthfully told Jiang Kai everything that had happened recently.
After hearing it, Jiang Kai was instantly furious. "Where's He Shishi?! No wonder my guild only had this few people—it was them messing things up behind my back!"
"Old Hu, did you see He Shishi and the others? Not cleaning toilets—where did they go?!"
Looking at the furious Jiang Kai, Hu Yan said calmly, "Didn't see them. Ruan Yu, did you see them?"
Ruan Yu was stunned for a few seconds, held it in for a while, and said, "I... I'm the same as Old Hu."
"Those bastards!" Jiang Kai said viciously. "Fine, I'll deal with them when I get back!"
Jiang Kai looked at Ouyang Yi again—this guy was even thinner than before.
But really, Ouyang Yi had amazing perseverance—after being kicked out so many times, he still wanted to join the guild. That alone proved he truly had nowhere else to go.
"Big Brother Ouyang, I'll get you into the guild!"
"Oh right, you're Tier 4 too, right?"
Ouyang Yi smiled, showing two rows of white teeth. "I'm the strongest Judge, of course I'm Tier 4."
Jiang Kai nodded. Big Brother Ouyang had suffered so much and had such sincere intent—he couldn't be treated poorly.
"Big Brother Ouyang, after joining, you're coming with us!"
"The five of us joining forces—who dares to challenge us!"
After all the procedures were done, Jiang Kai deliberately made a detour through the trading area, bought a few sets of normal clothes, and then led the four out of District 18's main city.
Jiang Kai, Hu Yan, Ruan Yu, Zhao Tiequan, Ouyang Yi—the five men formed a new Fire God Squad and set off toward the unknown region.
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