Fang Yu stepped forward to support him, and the voice of Ding Hui echoed in his mind.

"Spiritual Snake Technique is beneficial for Diao Ruru, it can invigorate blood circulation, remove blood stasis, and prolong life... You wouldn't want your second sister to have a short life, right."

True, practicing martial arts promotes good health, naturally leading to a longer life.

Turning his head to look at Ding Hui, he saw her passing by with her head lowered, her expression unclear, leaving only a sentence behind.

"Be careful in all matters, I'll wait for you at Jingyun Building."

The Bone Doctor shrugged off Fang Yu's support and hurried to follow.

His eager behavior resembled that of a small child trailing behind the king of the kids.

Only when their figures had disappeared from view did Fang Yu suddenly exclaim in dismay.

Oh no!

I forgot to discuss the Qi Force techniques with Ding Hui!

Never mind, it's not urgent.

Besides, I can study it on my own.

He headed straight for Zhuo Xueer's mansion.

Upon entering.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh—

Over a dozen gazes swept towards him simultaneously.

First was Long Zehui, along with his girlfriend Jing Lingxiu and a bunch of their friends. They formed a small group and were sitting at one table. The others in the group had already withdrawn their gazes, but only Long Zehui smiled and nodded at him as a greeting.

Among this group, only Long Zehui with his Thousand Blood Power was somewhat noteworthy. The other friends, with around 500 blood strength, were merely average in this gathering where everyone else had over 500 blood.

However, since they came to help on behalf of Liu Ningran, Zhuo Xueer had given them relatively front table positions as a token of respect.

Fang Yu also nodded slightly to Long Zehui since he had some relationship with Liu Ningran.

It was somewhat odd that Liu Ningran had her 'ex-boyfriend' come to help.

Oh, no, they were childhood sweethearts, not even categorizable as exes, just turned into losers.

Most importantly, Liu Ningran had facilitated this due to being bedridden from her injuries.

In a sense, he felt profoundly guilty.

After this mission is over, he would take Ding Hui to visit her, aiming to heal her injuries sooner.

Withdrawing his gaze, Fang Yu looked toward another table on the opposite side.

It was a group from Qian Bei.

[Qian Bei: 408/800.]

[Data Man: 755/755.]

[Yi Nianzhu: 683/683.]

[Ben Lan: 904/904.]

[Yi Qinglei: 1055/1055.]

[...]

Some of them had fought alongside Fang Yu in the turmoil involving the Li Family and the Lin Family, with Data Man and Yi Nianzhu notably among them.

There were also a few new faces, including a woman named Yi Qinglei, with a veil on her face and strength nearly matching Suo Fengxiang; Fang Yu had never seen her before.

But having not seen many members under Zhuo Xueer, some new faces were not surprising.

After all, the strongest person under Zhuo Xueer was the dead You Shuyang; the others probably had similar levels of strength.

Fang Yu had previously met Data Man and Yi Nianzhu in disguised forms.

Now he saw their true faces. If not for the health bars above their heads, Fang Yu might not have recognized them.

The few of them, upon seeing Fang Yu, waved him over.

But before Fang Yu could respond, there was a sudden slap sound, someone banged on the table and walked towards Fang Yu.

"It's Senior Sister Suo."

"She's really angry... who provoked her today?"

"Luckily there's a mission tonight, so Senior Sister Suo can vent her anger there. Otherwise, she'd drag us to the Martial Arts Training Ground, and we'd get no sleep tonight!"

The few who had just waved at Fang Yu quickly stopped their gestures and started murmuring.

At that moment.

Snap!

Without any warning, Suo Fengxiang placed a hand on Fang Yu's wrist.

"Come with me!"

She didn't even wait for Fang Yu's agreement before pulling him to her table.

Fang Yu glanced over, and at Suo Fengxiang's table, there were only a sparse four people, all appearing arrogant.

Some were embracing their longswords across their chests, gazing sideways at the scenery.

Others had their legs on the table, yawning casually and at ease.

There's another one sharpening a sword on the table, fully immersed, seemingly unaware that Suo Fengxiang had brought someone over.

The last one, however, appeared the most normal, engrossed in eating.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is Diao Deyi."

Pulling Fang Yu to sit, Suo Fengxiang introduced.

"Is it him? Does he really qualify to sit at this table with us?"

The woman with her arms wrapped around her longsword opened one eye, her expression stern.

Her health bar above her head—[Jie Yuxue: 980/980.]

Fang Yu:…

The woman next to him, who didn't care about revealing too much, had her long legs on the table and also turned to look at Fang Yu, smacked her lips, and commented.

"Plain in appearance, not even one ten-thousandth of Senior Brother You."

The health bar above her head is—[Qiu Shantong: 1023/1023.]

"I only care about how fast my sword is, the rest, you decide."

The person sharpening the knife, head down.

Seeming fierce and aloof in strength.

But…

The health bar above her head, however, was the lowest among them.

[Scarlet Bloom Mist: 820/820.]

Honestly, it's strange that this health bar made it to this table.

Because the last person's health bar is…

[Yu Yongan: 1099/1099.]

This health level, nearly on par with Suo Fengxiang's.

Yet, this woman, on the other hand, seemed the most normal.

She stopped eating, wiped her mouth, and said with a smile.

"Diao Deyi? I heard from Feng Xiang that you are very capable. The mission tonight is dangerous, so we few are planning to stick together. Would you like to join?"

One cold woman, one beauty-conscious woman, one aloof woman, and one... normal food-loving person.

Fang Yu turned to look at Suo Fengxiang next to him.

"What does this mean?"

Suo Fengxiang smiled faintly.

The disappearance of Senior Brother You hit her hard, and she's still somewhat out of sorts.

But the backup mission has already started, she can't call off and rest as this matter pertains to whether Zhuo Xueer can successfully advance and affects the career future of everyone under this team; it's not a trivial matter.

So, Suo Fengxiang had to brace herself and carry on.

Fortunately... even though Senior Brother You is gone, Diao Deyi is still here, which gives Suo Fengxiang some consolation.

"Diao Deyi, don't overthink it. As they said, tonight's mission is perilous, we few are sticking together just for self-preservation, or rather to ensure the mission is successfully completed. Take a look around, Qian Bei's table over there has already reached a consensus. The group led by Long Zehui, not our people, also lack a basis of trust. As for that table... it's probably the ones left naturally after strength filtering."

Fang Yu followed the direction she pointed, looked around, and beyond those three groups, there was another table of people, gathered together, all with around 500 health strength, truly equal in power, but oddly enough the most numerous.

If not for participating in this action, Fang Yu wouldn't even know that Zhuo Xueer had so many people under her.

Compared to that, Qian Bei's table, although a bit weaker, still had the pinnacle of 1000 health strength players and an average level around 800.

So…

The whole scene, is divided into four forces.

Long Zehui's table, players from outside the team, strength between 500-1000 health.

Qian Bei's table, moderate in number, strength 500-1000, average level 800 health.

Suo Fengxiang's table, the least in number, excluding herself, totaling five people, nearly all with a thousand health.

Look who's left out of this thousand-health alliance table?

Fang Yu glanced sideways at a certain sword-sharpening woman.

Then there's the largest table, with the lowest strength in the whole scene, almost all around five to six hundred health.

Most of the noise in the venue also came from this table.

Fang Yu looked at the other tables, where a few people were also sitting scattered around, and couldn't help but ask.

"What about those few?"

"Them? They join no one and act alone. So, they also have the highest mortality rate."

Fang Yu looked at those people, all with five to six hundred health, none with a thousand health power.

It seems, they don't seem keen on solo leveling up, just plain antisocial.

"How about it? Diao Deyi, have you decided? Tonight's operation is extraordinary, an assessment mission from Lady Zhuo Xueer. Such Deputy Captain's assessment missions are always extremely difficult, with a very high mortality rate, even Lady Zhuo Xueer herself might die during the mission, let alone us team members. In such circumstances, but if there are people around to assist, rescue each other, perhaps we might find a slim chance of survival, to live together and complete the mission."

Suo Fengxiang patiently persuaded.

"And at this time, choosing a reliable companion is much safer than acting alone."

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