“Okay, okay, it’s a girl after all. I thought your skills were so sharp that you were a trap,” Tie Ma Qiu Feng said.

【Team】Pharmacist Linglong: I don’t really like that kind of sexist remark, oh ^_^

“Sorry, sorry, I wanted to compliment you,” a light slapping sound came from Tie Ma Qiu Feng’s microphone. “I’m just not good with words. Ah, here comes another person, should I start the dungeon?”

【Mu Yu】joined the team.

【San Chi Jian】joined the team.

【Team】Pharmacist Linglong: 1

Today’s team composition was: 【Bing Jia】Tie Ma Qiu Feng, 【Dao Jia】Bei Ya, 【Zongheng Jia】San Chi Jian, 【Yi Jia】Pharmacist Linglong, 【Yi Jia】Mu Yu.

Ying Long checked the sect rankings. Wan Ren Mi must have been busy recruiting on the forum this morning and didn’t level up, still at 22.20. After doing her dailies, she reached 22.29, temporarily ranking first. Mu Yu was at 22.01, ranking fifth.

There are so many hardcore players.

Tie Ma Qiu Feng gave out his YY number and pulled them into a private channel.

San Chi Jian spoke first: “How many times have you guys run this? We played for half a morning, and we couldn’t beat the second boss.”

“I played this morning too, and we couldn’t even beat the first boss. A bunch of trash,” Tie Ma Qiu Feng complained. “Pharmacist girl should have cleared it, Bei Ya hasn’t been, and Mu Yu, you’ve been, right?”

Mu Yu spoke, her voice surprisingly sweet and charming: “When we went, there wasn’t a strategy yet. We also brought two Bing Jia, but the second boss couldn’t be tanked. My skills aren’t as good as the Pharmacist’s. I pulled aggro and the whole team wiped.”

Ying Long, of course, had to be humble: “We were just lucky. It should be fine this time, we can clear it.”

“Then I’ll start the dungeon,” Tie Ma Qiu Feng started the dungeon and called everyone to gather.

When Ying Long moved Pharmacist Linglong to the entrance, she coincidentally saw people from Pantheon also heading there.

Wan Ren Di, Wan Ren Mi, Wan Ren Jie, her three former teammates, plus a Mo Jia and a Fa Jia. Similar to Dao Jia, Fa Jia has high Yuan Qi, suitable for tanking magic damage bosses, while Mo Jia has various mechanisms, making their configuration more flexible.

[Current] Tie Ma Qiu Feng: Oh, Little Wan is running the dungeon again today. Will one healer be enough?

[Current] Wan Ren Mi: Who are you? Oh, the Bing Jia who’s stuck on the second boss.

[Current] Wan Ren Jie: What dog is barking nonsense?

[Current] Tie Ma Qiu Feng: Whose dog isn’t on a leash? Shut up, you’re next.

[Current] Tie Ma Qiu Feng: Who am I? I’m your neighbor Lao Wang. I saw you cheating.

Ying Long: …

She wasn’t interested in watching male creatures squabble, focusing instead on befriending girls.

【Team】Pharmacist Linglong: Mu Yu, this outfit matches your face shape so well ^_^

【Team】Mu Yu: That Peach Blossom outfit in the mall is the best designed, it’s a pity you can’t adjust your face. [Pull face]

【Team】Pharmacist Linglong: I think it’s very cute [Kiss kiss]

【Team】Mu Yu: [Blushing]

The two girls chatted for a while. The two teams at the entrance were already tense, ready to fight at any moment.

But no one made the first move. You can’t enter the dungeon in PvP mode, and dying in the wild would result in experience loss. The game had just begun, and leveling up by running dungeons was the top priority. Wan Ren Di ignored them and went into the dungeon.

Ying Long received a message.

Wan Ren Di whispered to you: Personal grudge, sorry.

You whispered to Wan Ren Di: ^_^

Pharmacist Linglong entered the dungeon.

The initial clearing of minor enemies was uneventful. Except for Bei Ya, everyone had been here before, and it went smoothly.

In her headset, Tie Ma Qiu Feng muttered: “I’ll pull three, you only attack those three, understand? Wait until I secure aggro before you attack. Don’t exceed my damage.”

Bei Ya spoke, asking: “How do I know how much damage you’re doing?” Perhaps not used to voice chat, his tone was very low, but his voice was still exceptionally pleasant. He sounded young, but not a teenager.

Ying Long secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although it was a past life matter, it would have been terrifying if he were a high school or even middle school student.

Thankfully, she managed to avoid that.

“Idiot, can’t you check the dungeon stats? In the bottom right corner, settings, combat dungeon, turn on the numbers, skill descriptions, and dungeon calculations,” Tie Ma Qiu Feng said with a smug tone. “You’re going to die from stupidity.”

Bei Ya: “Screw you.”

“Now you’re begging me! You little rascal!” Tie Ma Qiu Feng chatted casually while fighting monsters, not forgetting to explain to his teammates, “He hasn’t played many games before, but I explained it carefully to him, he won’t hold us back.”

“Everyone is a newbie in Kyushu,” Mu Yu smoothly interjected, but she wasn’t interested in Bei Ya. Instead, she asked, “Do you have a grudge against Pantheon?”

“We were rivals in 《Dao Jian》, but no personal grudges,” Tie Ma Qiu Feng, like most male players, was exceptionally patient with girls, especially if the girl was a healer. He was even more gentle, “The guild hasn’t even been established yet, and they’re already recruiting. Look how anxious they are. Hey, how do you build a guild again?”

Mu Yu: “They say there will be a guided quest. Have you received it?”

Ying Long: “No.”

San Chi Jian: “No.”

Tie Ma Qiu Feng was clearly a little disappointed but didn’t say anything, focusing on clearing the small monsters.

Fifteen minutes later, the first wave of small monsters was cleared. Everyone divided the equipment and sat on the ground to recover.

Ying Long spoke: “Bei Ya, have you learned 【Chang Qing Jing】?”

Bei Ya: “No.”

“Learn it,” she said. “There are a limited number of blue potions in the dungeon. If the team wipes several times, there won’t be enough. The Daoist’s Chang Qing Jing can restore inner strength.”

“Oh.”

“Xiang Pu can only restore 80 inner strength, with a 3-minute cooldown. You need to time your potions,” Ying Long said. “The first boss is physical damage. Except for Tie Ma Qiu Feng, we all need to control our output. We can take our time to use our potions.”

Tie Ma Qiu Feng: “Tsk.”

He had played online games for three years and was a big spender in the previous game, surrounded by female characters. He was very sensitive to this kind of differential treatment. “Pharmacist, are you giving him preferential treatment because you like his voice? You didn’t say anything before.”

“…Yeah, you figured it out,” she didn’t explain, because explaining would look like she was hiding something.

Tie Ma Qiu Feng: “Girls are all voice-controlled, I understand.”

“Okay, and,” Ying Long continued, “The boss will cast a fishing net at 50% health. You can tank it, but you can also dodge it.”

“Right, how did you do that?” Mu Yu quickly asked.

Ying Long said: “Double jump, space-light skill-space. You have to aim for the reef for the first jump.”

Each sect has auxiliary skills, the first one being a light skill, but with different names and effects. The double jump can be activated with any light skill.

She demonstrated with Pharmacist Linglong.

The four of them tried it, and they all succeeded.

Tie Ma Qiu Feng was confident: “Okay, I’ll start.”

【Team】Mu Yu: Mm-hmm

【Team】San Chi Jian: 1

Tie Ma Qiu Feng’s equipment wasn’t worse than Wan Ren Di’s. He had also farmed the dungeon once this morning and obtained new equipment. The fight started smoothly. The jellyfish venom sac, as the best weapon below level 30, had excellent output, comparable to San Chi Jian’s Zongheng Jia, with similar damage contributions.

At 50%, the teammates jumped together.

Only Ying Long and Bei Ya succeeded.

Tie Ma Qiu Feng jumped too early, landed, and was controlled. San Chi Jian jumped too far, didn’t land on the reef for the second jump, and didn’t have enough height. Mu Yu had the worst luck. She was busy healing Tie Ma Qiu Feng and was too slow, only jumping once before being controlled by the fishing net.

“Ugh,” Tie Ma Qiu Feng’s embarrassed voice came from the headset. “That shouldn’t have happened.”

“You were too far, it’s hard to jump from there,” Ying Long stated the obvious. “It’s okay, hold on.”

She calmly healed them. Bei Ya was fine. Mu Yu looked at her own health. With only Tie Ma Qiu Feng and San Chi Jian needing healing, it was easy for her.

After this hurdle, the rest was easy, and they successfully defeated the boss.

The boss dropped two green items, a blue intelligence robe, and a green needle.

Mu Yu wasn’t as wealthy as Wan Ren Mi and was using a pure healing build, so Ying Long gave her the needle: 【Give it to Mu Yu, she’s a pure healer】

【Team】Mu Yu: Thank you [Shy]

Seeing their agreement, Tie Ma Qiu Feng gave the needle to Mu Yu and the blue robe to her.

Ying Long’s defense and intelligence were finally acceptable.

Then a green hard armor was given to San Chi Jian, and cloth shoes were given to Bei Ya. He himself didn’t take anything.

【Team】Tie Ma Qiu Feng: According to the rules, I get first pick on the next boss.

No one objected.

Next came the seaweed monsters. Ying Long cleared them while thinking about Tie Ma Qiu Feng and Wan Ren Di.

She planned to join a guild instead of creating one herself. Creating a guild was time-consuming and required money, which she didn’t have. It was better to join a large guild, work hard to become a manager, take advantage of resources, make friends, and develop steadily.

When she had enough friends, and the conflicts between guilds intensified, and everyone reached the max level, it would be time to consider going independent.

Wan Ren Di had a mature team. Regardless of public opinion, Pantheon would eventually succeed, but their actions were purposeful, prioritizing guild interests. Wan Ren Mi, as the guild leader’s wife and a good healer, would inevitably have conflicting needs.

For a simple silk ribbon weapon, they would go through great lengths to achieve their goals, wanting to appear fair while not taking a loss, being extremely shrewd.

In contrast, Tie Ma Qiu Feng didn’t care much about guild interests and was more of a solo player, purely playing the game to make friends. Since he was a guild leader in other games, he would likely not be subservient here and would probably create another guild.

In terms of efficiency, Pantheon was stronger, but in terms of gaming comfort, it would be more comfortable to hang out with Tie Ma Qiu Feng.

Of course… Ying Long looked at Tie Ma Qiu Feng, who had accidentally pulled some extra monsters. She had to admit that his skills were not as good as Wan Ren Di’s.

“Hahaha, a mistake, a mistake,” his dry laughter came from the headset. “I clicked the wrong one.”

Kyushu’s settings allow tab-locking to the nearest enemy, whether monster or player. Others require manual clicking with the mouse or using hotkeys to switch in team mode.

Tie Ma Qiu Feng had misjudged, thinking the nearby monsters were normal monsters, automatically locking on, and accidentally pulling an elite monster, causing everyone to scramble.

“How bad is your eyesight?” Bei Ya asked strangely. “You can make that mistake?”

Tie Ma Qiu Feng: …

Worse than being criticized by a pro is being criticized by a newbie.