"Look at yourselves right now! Every one of you is dejected!" Liu Mengqi frowned, looking at her guild members, and couldn't help but say loudly.
"But, Vice Guild Master, why did you let the Guild Master go? Given the Guild Master's personality, she would definitely tell everything. If everything is told, surely no one would be willing to join." Cao Kong said with a depressed face. "Regardless, it shouldn't have been the Guild Master who went; we should have tricked that person into joining first."
"Try saying that again!" Upon hearing this, Liu Mengqi's eyes blazed with fire. She put her hands on her hips and glared at Cao Kong.
"Uh." Cao Kong shrank his head, not daring to speak again.
"Alright, alright, everyone cheer up. I believe our Cloud Moon won't just collapse like this." At this moment, Jiang Ya walked over and said, his face showing no emotion.
Then Jiang Ya glanced at Cao Kong, a glimmer seemingly flashing in his eyes. "And it's precisely because of the Guild Master's personality that we have always gathered here, isn't it?"
"..." Cao Kong was silent, his eyes looking away evasively. "Is that so..."
Jiang Ya looked at Cao Kong and didn't say anything more. A trace of sadness flashed in his eyes, but he couldn't reveal it. As the Vice Guild Master of Cloud Moon, he had always been diligent and responsible, including the realization that this Cao Kong before him might not be so simple.
He hoped he was wrong, but a guild couldn't just rely on emotions; a necessary "bad cop" role was also needed, and Jiang Ya was the one who took on that role.
Jiang Ya had already decided to keep an eye on Cao Kong afterward. Although he was the "bad cop," Jiang Ya also hoped it was just his imagination.
"Yeah, our Guild Master." At this time, the people around heard Jiang Ya's words and swept away their previous dejection. As if remembering something, smiles appeared on their faces one by one.
For these professional players, Cloud Moon was their home. Now that their home hadn't been established yet, they really wanted to have a home immediately.
That's why this is the Cloud Moon I like. Watching this scene, a hint of warmth quietly flashed in the depths of Jiang Ya's eyes.
Beside him, Liu Mengqi stopped speaking when Jiang Ya arrived, her beautiful eyes fixed on Jiang Ya, filled with infatuation.
"The Guild Master is here!" Finally, someone saw Xiao Mengxue walking over.
"Look, there's an unfamiliar beauty next to the Guild Master!"
"Could it be?"
"Mm, it seems our home is really going to be established."
"Home? You guy are too sentimental!"
"I want one!" As he spoke, this person wiped the corner of his eye.
"Guild Master." Jiang Ya greeted the Guild Master, then looked at Kaede, excitement revealing itself in his eyes.
Xiao Mengxue nodded and also smiled. "She is Cloud Moon's hundredth member, Kaede."
"Yeah!!" As soon as Xiao Mengxue finished speaking, the group of guys jumped up with joy.
Kaede looked at those members. Overall, there were more girls, and the happiness on the members' faces wasn't faked, which made Kaede feel a bit surprised.
"Yo, aren't these the guys from Cloud Moon?"
"Hm?" Jiang Ya and Xiao Mengxue frowned. That annoying voice.
Sure enough, it was Fire Cloud's Guild Master, Sun Yi. But why would he appear here? By logic, this was the time when the number of players online was the lowest.
Jiang Ya's eyes swept over Cao Kong, and he sighed inwardly. It seemed this time, it would probably fall through again.
"What are you here for again!" Liu Mengqi asked angrily at Sun Yi at this moment.
"Heh heh, I heard you recruited the last person." Sun Yi picked at his fingernails, then his eyes scanned the members of Cloud Moon, finally resting on Kaede. His eyes lit up. "It seems it's you."
"Hm, to think it's actually a beauty, not bad, not bad." Sun Yi laughed.
"What do you want?" Xiao Mengxue blocked in front of Kaede, her hand already on her sword hilt.
"What do I want to do? I don't want to do anything. We can't fight inside Lingyun City; I'm just here to say a few words to your new member." Sun Yi looked at Xiao Mengxue, greed revealing itself in his eyes.
However, he also knew that such a woman was not someone he could subdue. Of course, he never relied on subduing when it came to playing with women, but he couldn't do anything about Xiao Mengxue.
Because in reality, Xiao Mengxue's family background was too strong; it wasn't something he could force.
However, even if he couldn't deal with Xiao Mengxue, that little girl was still doable.
Sun Yi looked at Kaede. "What is your name?"
Kaede didn't pay attention to Sun Yi, looking at the Cloud Moon players. That attitude made Sun Yi's expression turn a bit gloomy.
"Forget it, I don't care what your name is. Come join our Fire Cloud. You should know that in Lingyun City, we, Fire Cloud, are the strongest guild!"
"Not interested."
"You should know, if you join Cloud Moon, we, Fire Cloud, will make it impossible for you to survive in this game." Sun Yi said with a smile, speaking words of intimidation.
"Oh." Kaede nodded indifferently.
"Mm, so cool." The group of people from Cloud Moon couldn't help thinking as they looked at Kaede. Then, watching Sun Yi's face turn black, they found it somewhat funny and also felt a sense of relief.
"You better think it over." Sun Yi looked at Kaede, as if he wanted to imprint Kaede's appearance into his deepest memory.
"Mm, I've thought it over." Kaede glanced at Sun Yi, her blood-red eyes meeting Sun Yi's furious gaze nonchalantly.
"Good, good." Sun Yi was infuriated. After biting his lip to calm himself down, he finally laughed. "Xiao Mengxue, do you think that even like this you can establish Cloud Moon?"
"Hm?" Xiao Mengxue frowned, and Jiang Ya sighed; what was bound to come had arrived.
"Cao Kong, Sun Xiao, you two come out." Sun Yi returned to his smiling expression at this moment.
As soon as Sun Yi finished speaking, Cao Kong and a player wearing glasses walked out.
"You!" Xiao Mengxue's eyes widened, feeling a bit of disbelief.
"Traitors!" Liu Mengqi cursed directly.
Jiang Ya was also shocked; he had been prepared for Cao Kong, but... he hadn't expected there to be another one.
Cao Kong and Sun Xiao came to Sun Yi's side and kept their heads down, unwilling to look at the painful and hateful gazes of their former companions.
However, what did these count for compared to money? Friendship and such were all fleeting clouds.
"In this way, you are short of two people again." Sun Yi smiled as he looked at Xiao Mengxue, then looked at Kaede, anger unable to be suppressed in his eyes. If it weren't for her, he wouldn't have needed to reveal this trump card.
Xiao Mengxue stepped back two steps, her face turning pale. Not only had she failed to establish Cloud Moon, but she had also implicated Kaede...
"Short two people?" Kaede muttered to herself at this moment.
"I'm sorry." Xiao Mengxue said to Kaede at this moment.
"Hm?" Kaede blinked, knowing the reason why Xiao Mengxue said this. She shook her head and said, "It's fine, I don't take his words seriously."
Kaede said something that made Sun Yi's face turn even darker, as if it were nothing.
"By the way, do you have any items to restore mana?" Kaede suddenly asked.
"Eh, there are mana potions; one bottle can restore 30 points of mana." Xiao Mengxue was a bit stunned and said.
"Mm, give me all those mana potions or whatever; I should be able to pull a few people over." Kaede smiled.
"Eh?" Xiao Mengxue blinked, not having reacted yet.
But Jiang Ya reacted quickly. Looking at the people in his guild, he called out in a deep voice: "Do you have mana potions? Take them all out and give them to Kaede."
This was their last chance; they had to try. Moreover, looking at Kaede, she didn't seem like a girl who would deceive people, so they had to try even more.
"I have some!"
"I have some too!"
As they spoke, a group of people scrambled to push the mana potions they had bought into Kaede's arms.
Seeing this, Kaede's expression softened a little. In this case, the decision she made was still acceptable.
"I'm going to call some people, you guys wait a moment." As she spoke, Kaede walked out.
"You better think it over." Sun Yi roared with a dark face.
However, this time Kaede didn't even pay attention to Sun Yi and just walked straight out, as if Sun Yi didn't exist.
Xiao Mengxue hadn't actually reacted yet. Such drastic ups and downs made Xiao Mengxue feel a bit mentally exhausted. Kaede hadn't been swayed by Sun Yi, and then there were traitors in her own guild. Just when she was about to give up, Kaede had given her hope again...
"Kaede..." Xiao Mengxue murmured.
However, there was one thing that the people present couldn't quite understand: what did calling people have to do with wanting mana potions?
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