Chapter 19

Yu Mi’s space was also locked. The other party couldn’t see anything either. After he sent that message, Shen Gun replied with an animated emoji, a gif of the big move from Zhaixing Tower [Starry River Flows West], the one that locks people in a small dark room, which was quite cute. Yu Mi saved the gif and sent back an emoji of a Daoist drawing a sword as a counterattack.

After that, Shen Gun didn’t say anything more, and Yu Mi started playing with the voice changer. As expected, the expensive ones are worth it… The effect of this voice changer was beyond his imagination, with various male and female god-like voices that sounded very natural, without any trace of alteration. He began to suspect that the pleasant voices he usually heard in videos were all using voice changers.

Yu Mi played with it for a long time and even teamed up with his master and others, speaking to them in different voices. While chatting with them, he was also drawing. He drew the amusing scene of watching the auction during his first world BOSS participation. After posting it on Weibo, fans flooded the comments with sales pitches.

After a while, his master asked, “Disciples, want to fight in the battlefield?”

Senior Brother: “Fight, fight, fight.”

Senior Sister: “Fight, fight, fight!”

Yu Mi also said, “Fight, fight, fight!”

So Jinjiang Zai Tao Shizun led the three disciples to queue up. Today’s battlefield was a 10-person one, Yunwu Lake.

Yu Mi checked his equipment and said confidently, “With Master and me both invincible, we can definitely win!”

Jinjiang Zai Tao Shizun suddenly laughed, “Oh, what a coincidence.”

Yu Mi looked closely and saw that Shen Gun was queued into their team! What a coincidence.

“We only have two healers this time…” Jinjiang Zai Tao Shizun said, “You two, work hard, everyone try to survive.”

Seeing there were only two healers, Yu Mi got a bit nervous. He was too fragile and hard to keep alive. He instinctively checked where his damage reduction skills were placed.

When the match started, everyone used their light skills to fly to the central square platform and began the melee. Within seconds, half of their side was dead, unable to hold their ground.

Yu Mi’s health bar was almost empty, and seeing one healer already down, he quickly shouted to Shen Gun nearby, “Bro, heal me!! Save me!”

Shen Gun said, “I’m not a healer.”

At the same time, a green healing effect appeared on Yu Mi, and his health bar went up a bit. Yu Mi couldn’t help but laugh. Was this the legendary tsundere?

Knowing when to yield is wise, and this time he learned his lesson, sincerely thanking the other, “Thank you, kind Star Dad, for healing me.”

A few teammates revived, and everyone continued to fight hard. Their two healers were also newly max-leveled characters, with insufficient healing output, struggling to keep up, and they kept dying, making the situation very critical.

Yu Mi kept calling for help. “Bro, bro! Heal me.”

“Bro! Save me!”

“Brother, brother, brother!”

Shen Gun didn’t say anything, just silently healed him amidst the cries of “brother.”

Yu Mi tried his best to output damage, striving to make a difference, while also keeping an eye on his master’s, senior sister’s, and senior brother’s health bars. Seeing his master being ganged up on, he quickly asked for help.

“Bro, heal my master! Please! And my senior brother too!”

Shen Gun sounded a bit impatient, “I said I’m not a healer.”

Jinjiang Zai Tao Shizun quickly said, “No need, no need, just heal him, don’t worry about us. We can survive on our own.”

Yu Mi’s senior brother also held back laughter, “Yes, yes, we’re tough, we can handle it.”

Yu Mi wasn’t sure if he said something wrong, so he shut his mouth tight in front of the computer, not daring to ask Shen Gun to heal him anymore. But he noticed that the healing on him never stopped. Shen Gun really only healed him and himself.

Yu Mi and his master coordinated, both invincible, successfully capturing the flag and turning the tide!

After winning, everyone exited the map. Since Yu Mi and his master queued as a team, they remained in a group after exiting, while other automatically matched teammates left the team after the match ended. But players from the same server would appear at the battlefield entrance after being teleported out.

So Yu Mi saw the same Shen Gun from the match standing there alone.

Jinjiang Zai Tao Shizun said, “Shall I queue again?”

“Wait,” Yu Mi asked, “Can we let him join the team and play with us?”

He looked at the person’s back, vaguely remembering that this guy said he had no friends…

Yu Mi didn’t believe it. He simply thought having a Zhaixing Tower teammate could lock people up, which would help in winning, so he wanted to play with that person.

“Sure,” Jinjiang Zai Tao Shizun said, “The cat knocked something over, I’ll go clean up. I’ll give you the team leader, you invite him.”

Yu Mi clicked on the person, sent a team invite, and the other party accepted.

After joining the team, Shen Gun asked, “What’s up?”

Yu Mi said, “Let’s play together. Come to my master’s YY.”

He pasted the channel number. Shortly after, Shen Gun arrived at their sect’s YY channel and asked, “Why do you want to play with me? Afraid I’ll queue against you and target you?”

Yu Mi was tearing open a snack package, glanced at the world channel, and saw all sorts of banter, like bumping into someone’s chest or wanting to bury their face in someone’s bosom, and so on. While reading the banter, eating snacks, wanting to tell his teammates how delicious the tofu snack was, wanting to copy the banter from the world channel, and wanting to answer Shen Gun’s question, his brain’s CPU suddenly burned out, and he blurted out, “I want to drink your milk.”

*

As soon as he said it, there was a “pfft” sound in his headphones, as if someone had laughed out loud. At the same time, Shen Gun said, “Huh? So direct?”

Yu Mi realized something was wrong. Shut up, what are you saying?!

He immediately corrected himself, “I was wrong! I didn’t mean it like that! I meant I want you to heal me! I want your healing!”

However, his senior brother and senior sister in the group chat were already laughing out loud.

Senior Brother even said, “Kids say the darndest things.”

Shen Gun teased, “Kids say the darndest things, huh.”

Yu Mi was blushing, wishing he could disappear on the spot!

“I was wrong, let’s pretend it never happened, okay? I’ll mute myself, I won’t talk anymore…”

Shen Gun said, “I happened to be recording, what if it accidentally got recorded?”

“Delete it!” Yu Mi’s face changed, quickly pleading, “Please! I was really wrong, don’t post it online! I’ll do anything you want as long as you don’t post it online!”

Shen Gun chuckled, “Really?”

Yu Mi nodded vigorously, “Really! Don’t post it, please don’t!!”

Shen Gun smiled, “Alright. Then help me trigger some opportunities. You’re quite popular.”

“Okay, okay,” Yu Mi immediately agreed, “Which one?”

Shen Gun said, “Spring Outing.”

Yu Mi opened the opportunity manual, Spring Outing, triggered by double riding to increase affection, with five chances per day. The reward was a special interaction, a head pat.

Just double riding, Yu Mi agreed right away, “Sure, let’s do it.”

So when Jinjiang Zai Tao Shizun returned, she saw her disciple double riding with someone.

She put on her headphones, “What’s going on here?”

Yu Mi was too embarrassed to explain, so his senior sister helped recount the incident.

After listening, Jinjiang Zai Tao Shizun, with the demeanor of an experienced person, raised a doubt.

“Recording? Really? I say, Shen Gun, are you trying to gain favor with my little disciple by making excuses?”

Yu Mi was stunned, he hadn’t thought of that.

“No,” Shen Gun said seriously, “I really recorded it.”

Jinjiang Zai Tao Shizun chuckled, “Show it then?”

Shen Gun: “Deleted it. Didn’t he ask me to delete it? So I did.”

Jinjiang Zai Tao Shizun: “So you didn’t have it, huh.”

“Tricked me again!” Yu Mi immediately got off the wolf’s back.

Jinjiang Zai Tao Shizun sighed, “You’re new to the world, not very sharp, always getting tricked into gaining favor, I’m really worried about you.”

Yu Mi was also helpless, “He has too many tricks… I’ll be more vigilant next time!”

Jinjiang Zai Tao Shizun: “Then I’ll queue again.”

She clicked to queue, and because it was team matching, it was much slower than solo queuing, so they had to wait.

Two minutes later, Yu Mi’s QQ flashed.

Shen Gun sent him a few-second video.

He clicked it open, and heard himself say, “I want to drink your milk.”

And it was on loop!

“I want to drink your milk.”

“I want to drink your—”

Yu Mi immediately closed the video!

“You really recorded it?! Didn’t you say you deleted it?”

Shen Gun: “Recovered it from the recycle bin.”

The others in YY also heard it, each laughing uncontrollably.

“I’m sorry, disciple.” Jinjiang Zai Tao Shizun tried to hold back laughter, “Master is sorry for you… hahaha!”

Yu Mi was in despair, “Bro, don’t post it, please, really. I’ll double ride with you every day to help you trigger opportunities!”

Shen Gun agreed, “Alright. I won’t post it.”

The queue popped, and they teamed up for another match, winning again.

After the match, Yu Mi proactively invited Shen Gun to double ride, helping him use the remaining two chances.

At this point, their affection level unlocked the second tier, and the heart in the friend list lit up to the second star.

Yu Mi opened the game calendar and found he hadn’t done his escort mission yet, so he asked, “Have you all done your escort missions?”

It turned out his master, senior brother, and senior sister had all done theirs.

Yu Mi sighed, “Who will accompany me?”

Shen Gun spoke up, “I’ll accompany you.”

“You’ll accompany me??” Yu Mi unconsciously raised his voice, “You’re from an enemy faction, how will you accompany me?”

“Just accompany you,” Shen Gun said casually, “You go take the quest. I’ll wait for you outside the stronghold.”

“Hey, no,” Yu Mi leaned forward, looking at the screen, “You’re planning to rob my escort, aren’t you?”

“I won’t,” Shen Gun had already flown away, “I’ll protect your escort. Come quickly.”

“What is this?” Yu Mi was speechless, “Master, I… you guys… he’s definitely going to attack me, come protect me!”

Jinjiang Zai Tao Shizun laughed, “I’m going to clean the cat’s litter, be strong on your own.”

Senior Brother and Senior Sister also said they had things to do and left the team.

“How can I be strong?” Yu Mi could tell they were doing it on purpose, so he had to do the escort alone.

When he took the escort quest and rode out of the stronghold, he indeed saw Shen Gun waiting outside.

This guy had turned off faction mode, so others couldn’t attack him, but doing the escort quest forced faction mode on, so he could attack any Chiyan Valley players on the road, including Yu Mi.

Yu Mi squeezed through the crowd out of the stronghold, and this guy followed, targeting him and walking with him.

After a while, Yu Mi’s focus list showed his master had arrived nearby.

He turned to look and saw his master, senior sister, and senior brother hiding in the bushes behind him.

Yu Mi couldn’t help but laugh, “What are you guys doing?”

Senior Sister said, “Enjoying the scenery.”

Senior Brother added, “I’m treasure hunting.”

Yu Mi knew they were protecting him. If Shen Gun suddenly attacked him, the three of them would rush in. He felt warm inside and continued forward.

Yu Mi paid attention to the faction channel, seeing someone say there were three people robbing escorts on the next map. He got a bit nervous.

“Heal me!” He quickly sent a team invite to Shen Gun, “There are robbers in Fanxing Desert, if I get attacked, remember to heal me.”

The other party didn’t accept the team invite, “Can’t heal enemy faction people in the wild, even in a team. If you get attacked, I’ll team up with the robbers, pretend to fight with them, then use my big move to lock them up, you just run away.”

“What?” Yu Mi was already loading into the next map, “Your small dark room can lock teammates too??”

“Yes, just change a talent.” Shen Gun said, “Locking teammates has the same effect, once in the small dark room, they can’t be targeted or attacked, and can’t attack others.”

Yu Mi learned something new, “Got it, bro, counting on you.”

He asked again, “If you trick them like this, will you get attacked?”

Shen Gun chuckled, “You should worry about whether you’ll get attacked first.”

Seconds later, Yu Mi got attacked!!

*

The two of them entered the map one after the other, Yu Mi cautiously moving forward, spotting the three red names brazenly robbing escorts, taking out players with one hit.

He quickly tried to detour, attempting to avoid the red names.

But as he detoured, a fourth red name suddenly appeared beside him!

A sneaky Shenghuo Sect male had been hiding there. The opponent instantly knocked him off his horse.

“Save me!” Yu Mi immediately called for help.

Shen Gun said, “Don’t panic.”

The next moment, Yu Mi saw him say something in the map channel.

[Map] You Suan Shenme Dongxi: Bro, I’m here to help you!

In an instant, the red name disappeared.

Shen Gun: “I sent him to the small dark room, run.”

Yu Mi took off running, quickly using his light skills in one go, successfully escaping danger.

When he reached the stronghold entrance, he glanced at the map channel, and it was already filled with curses.

[Map] Lu Ye: [You Suan Shenme Dongxi] Are you crazy? Why did you lock me up?!

Shen Gun replied with a laugh: #Innocent, bro, I saw you were in danger, afraid you’d get killed… I wanted to save you!

[Map] Lu Ye: I was full health, did I need saving? Are you a bought account? Do you even know how to play Star Witch? If not, delete your account!

[Map] You Suan Shenme Dongxi: Yes, I just bought the account, sorry! QAQ

Yu Mi was about to laugh himself to death. You could play like this?

But the next second, he couldn’t laugh anymore.

[System: Lu Ye has initiated a vendetta against You Suan Shenme Dongxi.]

Yu Mi immediately got worried. He still had silver on him and hadn’t turned in the quest. Rationality told him he couldn’t stay out of it, so he quickly left the safety of the stronghold to support the other party. Even though he was weak and fragile.

“Don’t come,” Shen Gun said, “Go turn in your quest. It’s fine.”

Soon, the fight ended.

[Combat: You Suan Shenme Dongxi injured Lu Ye.]

“Awesome, bro!”

Yu Mi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly went to turn in the quest.

Shen Gun asked, “Was it fun?”

Yu Mi sincerely replied, “It was fun.”

Escaping death was thrilling. Watching Shen Gun act was entertaining. Yu Mi had never thought of playing like this before.

But the real fun was yet to come.

When he took the second escort quest and left the stronghold, he found new announcements in the system channel.

[Jianghu Express: [Sword Rises in the Blue Waves] guild has initiated a one-hour wild guild war against [Mirror Flower Water Moon] guild.]

Yu Mi looked up at the guild name above Shen Gun’s head—[Mirror Flower Water Moon] was indeed his guild. If he guessed correctly, [Sword Rises in the Blue Waves] should be the guild of the person robbing escorts.

Yu Mi asked the newbie question, “What’s a guild war?”

Shen Gun laughed, “Some fun activities.”

Yu Mi glanced at the world channel and saw a bunch of people cursing Shen Gun.

[World] Don’t Eat Cilantro: [You Suan Shenme Dongxi] betrayed the Qingyun Alliance to protect his lover, deliberately obstructing escort robbery, traitor! Get out of Qingyun Alliance! Switch factions!

[World] Love Eating Cilantro: [You Suan Shenme Dongxi] betrayed the Qingyun Alliance to protect his lover, deliberately obstructing escort robbery, traitor! Get out of Qingyun Alliance!! Switch factions!

[World] What Did Cilantro Do to You: [You Suan Shenme Dongxi] betrayed the Qingyun Alliance to protect his lover, deliberately obstructing escort robbery, traitor! Get out of Qingyun Alliance!! Switch factions!

“How did we become lovers again?” Yu Mi panicked, “Why are people spreading rumors?”

He quickly went to the world channel to explain.

[World] Sweet Nuo Nuo: We’re not lovers!

As soon as he sent it, a series of system announcements bombarded the screen.

[Jianghu Express: [Capitalism] guild has initiated a one-hour wild guild war against [Mirror Flower Water Moon] guild!]

[Jianghu Express: [Fallen Dust World] guild has initiated a one-hour wild guild war against [Mirror Flower Water Moon] guild!]

[Jianghu Express: [The City is Full of Golden Armor] guild has initiated a one-hour wild guild war against [Mirror Flower Water Moon] guild!]

Yu Mi blinked, his voice growing weaker.

“Although I still don’t know what a guild war is, this doesn’t look good… Bro??”

Chen Ziming, who was in the middle of a dungeon, was also shocked.

“What’s going on, Xiao Ba?” He turned his head amidst his busy schedule, “Did Shen Gun betray the alliance for you?! What are you guys doing? What happened??”

Yu Mi was on the verge of tears, “No betrayal, don’t talk nonsense!”

The world channel was passionately eating melons.

[World] A Piece of Sandalwood: With such a big commotion, betraying the alliance for love, you two not being lovers doesn’t seem right, does it? [Sweet Nuo Nuo][You Suan Shenme Dongxi] #EatingMelon

[World] Bamboo Shoots Fish: With such a big commotion, betraying the alliance for love, you two not being lovers doesn’t seem right, does it? [Sweet Nuo Nuo][You Suan Shenme Dongxi] #EatingMelon

[World] Save the Children: With such a big commotion, betraying the alliance for love, you two not being lovers doesn’t seem right, does it? [Sweet Nuo Nuo][You Suan Shenme Dongxi] #EatingMelon