【Private Message】Pharmacist Linglong: 2000 deposit, I’ll create the guild first, and I’ll pay the remaining 1000 after transferring it to you.

【Private Message】Tie Ma Qiu Feng: Deal, still MengPay?

【Private Message】Pharmacist Linglong: Yes, write “Guild Transfer Deposit” in the remarks.

【Private Message】Tie Ma Qiu Feng: OK

He had been quick to pay before, and he didn’t hesitate this time, immediately transferring 2000 yuan to Ying Long’s account.

Ying Long urged him for the name, but Tie Ma Qiu Feng invited her to the team, saying: 【I haven’t thought of a guild name yet】

【Team】Pharmacist Linglong: …

【Team】Bei Ya: = =

【Team】Tie Ma Qiu Feng: What should we call it? I always thought Jiangshan Ru Hua was too cheesy, not unique enough.

【Team】Pharmacist Linglong: You think it’s not as cool as Pantheon, right?

【Team】Tie Ma Qiu Feng: Yes.

He started brainstorming names. Ying Long didn’t interfere, methodically rejecting others.

She finished her cold dinner and wrote a simple guide for the 22-man dungeon on the forum.

She didn’t plan to write it in detail, keeping it simple. It only contained text, no pictures, and no videos. She only highlighted the boss mechanics and light skill usage in red before posting it.

Switching back to the game, Tie Ma Qiu Feng was still hesitating: 【Xiu Luo Dian, Long Zhan, Hong Chen, Xian Meng, which one do you think is better?】

【Team】Bei Ya: [Pig Head] What are these?

【Team】Tie Ma Qiu Feng: You don’t understand. A grand and resounding name is important. Girls also like nice-sounding guild names.

【Team】Tie Ma Qiu Feng: What do you think, Pharmacist?

【Team】Pharmacist Linglong: Long Zhan Yu Ye, Qi Xue Xuan Huang (Dragons Battle in the Wild, Their Blood is Mysterious and Yellow). This one is the best.

It will also sound impressive when translated into other languages.

【Team】Tie Ma Qiu Feng: Great vision! Let’s go with Long Zhan.

【Team】Pharmacist Linglong: Are you sure?

【Team】Tie Ma Qiu Feng: Sure.

Ying Long then went to create the guild.

【System】Kyushu is vast, heroes contend. Pharmacist Linglong has created [Long Zhan], to be the first to conquer the world. Heroes are welcome to join and work together for a bright future.

Less than 10 seconds after the system message was sent, Ying Long received dozens of applications to join the guild.

Fortunately, she was familiar with Kyushu’s guild panel, immediately closing applications, inviting Tie Ma Qiu Feng and Bei Ya to join first, then giving them manager positions.

【Guild Leader】Pharmacist Linglong: It’s a level 1 guild now, with only two managers. There will be more after expansion. If the guild leader becomes a feudal lord, they can appoint Qing Da Fu, which are subordinate guilds. Managers are the leaders of subordinate guilds.

【Deputy Guild Leader】Tie Ma Qiu Feng: [Wide-eyed] So complicated?

【Guild Leader】Pharmacist Linglong: Yes, hurry up and do military merit quests. You need at least rank 3 to transfer it to you, which should take a day or two. The hard requirement for guild upgrades is your rank. Da Fu upgrades every two levels, Qing every three levels. You need to get the title of feudal lord to upgrade to level 4.

【Guild Leader】Pharmacist Linglong: Note, this is for upgrading. Expansion = buying land in ancient times, only requiring resources and money. Many members can work.

【Deputy Guild Leader】Tie Ma Qiu Feng: …

【Guild Leader】Pharmacist Linglong: Let me check the guild skills.

【Deputy Guild Leader】Bei Ya: What are they?

【Guild Leader】Pharmacist Linglong: In terms of setting, you are all my subordinates, only needing to pay taxes, so there’s no commercial tax when buying things outside. In simpler terms, you get a 5% discount when buying from NPCs. Later, when animal husbandry develops, you can get a free one-time mule, saving on transportation costs.

【Deputy Guild Leader】Tie Ma Qiu Feng: …The planners are quite clever. I’ve never heard of this kind of setting. I thought it would increase health or something.

【Guild Leader】Pharmacist Linglong: Later, it can increase attributes. Once planting and animal husbandry are developed, potions will be cheaper than outside. If I weren’t friendly with you, I would post about guild skills first, letting merchant players bid.

Merchant players need guilds more than ordinary players. Ying Long believed that if she posted, and used a couple of alt accounts to shill, selling it for 5000 shouldn’t be too difficult.

The reason she didn’t do that was simple—

[Guild Name] Long Zhan

[Founder] Pharmacist Linglong

Dragons Battle in the Wild, Their Blood is Mysterious and Yellow, Kyushu Contention, Only I Reign Supreme.

Although Ying Long coveted Long Zhan and had ulterior motives, she acted very considerate, constantly asking Tie Ma Qiu Feng how he planned to organize the guild.

It turned out that Tie Ma Qiu Feng didn’t have any concrete plans. He wasn’t sure how many people from 《Dao Jian》 would come. He was nonchalant: 【It’s always starting over, no need to wait for them, let’s recruit people here first.】

Ying Long agreed indifferently.

She had already planned that if she joined Pantheon, she would keep a low profile, observe for skilled players, make friends, and then poach them when the opportunity arose. If she joined Tie Ma Qiu Feng’s guild, and he didn’t immediately bring his original team over, she would try to integrate.

With her founder status, it would be easier to take advantage of resources if Long Zhan became a large guild in the future.

【Guild Leader】Pharmacist Linglong: What level should the application threshold be set at?

【Deputy Guild Leader】Tie Ma Qiu Feng: 22. Merchants’ levels might be lower. I’ll invite them.

【Guild Leader】Pharmacist Linglong: OK

She switched to the region channel to post an advertisement.

【Region】Pharmacist Linglong: Tie Ma Qiu Feng’s guild “Long Zhan” is recruiting. Level 1 skills are active, no need to learn. Clicking the guild teleport will take you to the manor. Life players can raise animal cubs and plant herbs. Ordinary players can work 3 times a day: digging ditches, repairing waterwheels, and digging wells, earning contribution points. ^_^

Then she stopped looking at the application page and went to take a bath.

After showering and doing skincare, the guild already had 80 people, and Tie Ma Qiu Feng had closed applications.

Ying Long tied up her hair and wrote a notice, sending it.

【Guild Notice】Welcome everyone to Tie Ma Qiu Feng’s guild “Long Zhan”. The guild leader will transfer ownership to Boss Tie in three days. Level 1 guild skills are passive and require no learning. Clicking the guild teleport will take you to the manor. Life players can raise animal cubs and plant herbs. Ordinary players can work 3 times a day: digging ditches, repairing waterwheels, and digging wells, earning contribution points.

【Guild Leader】Pharmacist Linglong: The harvest from life skills in the manor is 1.5 times higher, and the guild takes half. Although it’s a little less, you don’t need to watch over it; the manor NPCs will automatically collect it. If our water conservancy projects are well-done, it will be double the harvest later. Players won’t lose anything, and the guild will also have potion reserves. I suggest you don’t be lazy and work every day.

【Guild Member】Mu Yu: Going now [Shy]

【Guild Member】Ba Bao Zhou: Wow, it’s really a 5% discount. It’s not easy to save money now. This guild skill is amazing.

【Guild Member】Hua Tuo Is Alive: Senior Sister! Look at me! Take me to the 22-man dungeon!!

【Guild Member】Yun Shang Misses You: Does the guild organize dungeon runs? We wiped again [Faint]

…

【Guild Leader】Pharmacist Linglong: Listen to Boss Tie for dungeon runs and work. I’m just a worker too ^_^

After saying that, she minimized the chat window and focused on doing faction quests.

For Yi Jia disciples, the beginning is still running errands for the senior sister: buying herbs, processing them, and asking why the senior sister is so worried.

The senior sister said that war was imminent, and Wu Yue would again be drenched in blood. She didn’t know what her junior brother in Yue was planning. She wanted to persuade her junior brother to advise the kings of Wu and Yue, hoping they could change their minds and stop the war.

The player, of course, patted their chest and said, “Leave this small matter to me.”

So the senior sister gave her a boat ticket, and Pharmacist Linglong rode her little donkey to the dock, boarding a covered boat to Yue.

Along the way, the water was vast, and the scenery was picturesque.

Ying Long recalled her first time through this scene, truly captivated by the beautiful waterscape, and decided to settle down in Kyushu. Later, with version updates and the technology of 《Ask Ding》, the effects were improved, and the full-effect quality was comparable to several famous console games, with realistic light and shadow.

The tenth-anniversary launch event when she was reborn also launched VR headsets, giving free trials to famous players in the game. The effect was reportedly excellent.

Unfortunately, she didn’t spend enough, and her ranking wasn’t high enough, so she could only watch the recorded videos.

Her thoughts wandered for a while, and the covered boat also docked amidst the vast waters.

Yue had arrived.

The NPCs at the dock kept repeating the same lines.

【Strong Man】: Hey, you brat, stop! You hit me and want to run?

【Flower Girl】: Brother, when will you be back?

【Old Woman Selling Tang Cakes】: Selling tang cakes, delicious tang cakes.

These were all quest prompts.

Ying Long wasn’t in a hurry to do the main quest, instead accepting side quests one by one and running errands.

The strong man planned to join the army. His family was poor, and he wanted to make a career to support his family. The child who bumped into him was actually a girl, whose father and brother were disabled. He wanted to join the army in their place. Helping them clear up the misunderstanding and settle their family would end the quest.

The flower girl’s brother was arrested as a spy for Wu. She needed help finding the real spy and rescuing her brother. There would be a choice here: after catching the spy, the player could let him go or hand him over to Yue’s officials.

Ying Long chose to let him go, increasing Wu’s reputation and missing the opportunity to be promoted in Yue.

The old woman’s quest was the simplest and strangest: help her make tang cakes, taste one, it was particularly delicious. The old woman said she had something to do tomorrow and wanted her to help sell tang cakes for a day. She wanted to visit her married daughter.

The player naturally agreed, but selling them for a day didn’t succeed. Returning to the old woman’s house, the neighbor said that the old woman had drowned herself.

【Neighbor】: Tang Sao’s daughter was taken away ten years ago and sent to Wu. She probably died there. She probably thought you looked like her daughter, so she decided to make a cake for you.

Ying Long looked at the 10 tang cakes in her inventory that restored health and inner strength, feeling a mix of emotions.

The most touching part of the game is that at some point, a plot or signature suddenly strikes your heart. It has no meaning in itself, just data, but it creates ripples in your heart.

Players develop feelings for the people in the game and worry about the future of this world.

War is about to break out. What will their fate be? Will they become marquises and enjoy wealth and honor, or will they die, making it difficult for loved ones to return?

Ying Long sighed for a moment, ate an Oreo to calm herself down, and then found her senior brother to turn in the quest.

The senior brother refused.

He had a completely different opinion from the senior sister. He believed that war was inevitable. The emperor was weak, and the feudal lords were fighting for dominance. Feudal states either conquered each other or were conquered. There was no such thing as peace talks. As a disciple of the Hundred Schools, he wanted to make a name for himself and had already served a Yue minister, contributing to the war effort.

He also persuaded the player: 【The Zhou Dynasty lasted eight hundred years, and the world has undergone tremendous changes. Outdated ideas are no longer suitable for the present, and ancient soil awaits new buds. To promote Yi Jia, it’s not enough to just treat ordinary people; it also requires the support of the court. Would you be willing to serve King Yue with me and strive for a place for Yi Jia?】

Ying Long considered and cautiously chose: 【Let me think about it.】

The senior brother said nothing: 【Junior sister is still young and has doubts, which is normal. Come find me again when you’ve made up your mind.】

The faction main storyline temporarily ended.