Although Lu Chenxing didn't know why Bai Yuntian called him, he still planned to go.
A moment later, Lu Chenxing closed the shop door he had just opened, and he and Yan Pingsha walked side by side on the road.
"Boss Lu, my teacher said that this time, the beast riot in the secret realm caused very little damage, and the main reason was you?" Yan Pingsha asked curiously, "Generally speaking, it's difficult for low-level secret realms to experience riots, right? What was the reason this time?"
Regarding this matter, Lu Chenxing thought for a moment and felt there was nothing that couldn't be said, so he began, "It was because of Blood Frenzy."
"Blood Frenzy? Isn't that the King of Mad Blood's ability... Is it the Church of the Myriad Gods again?" A hint of killing intent flashed in Yan Pingsha's eyes; she seemed to utterly detest the people of the Church of the Myriad Gods.
"Yes." Lu Chenxing nodded, glanced at her, and didn't ask further.
On the way back just now, he noticed that the city was full of enforcement officers, conducting house-to-house investigations to completely uproot the Church of the Myriad Gods from Loshen City!
However, this task is extremely difficult, almost impossible to complete, because before activating their mutated abilities, followers of the Church of the Myriad Gods are no different from ordinary professionals; this mutated ability is more like they actively activated some kind of bloodline ability, but they show no special traits in daily life.
The source of this bloodline ability is their so-called "gods," which are various powerful exotic beasts. These exotic beasts, in order to gain more followers, would bestow bloodlines containing their essence, allowing followers with poor talent to fuse with them. If they could endure and successfully fuse, their strength would greatly increase.
If they couldn't endure it, they would die on the spot, as not everyone's physique is compatible with the bloodlines they bestow.
Within the Church of the Myriad Gods, this process is referred to as "Divine Selection" by its members.
"Actually, the reasons for being able to overcome the beast tide without loss this time are very complex, and it's not solely my credit," Lu Chenxing said, shaking his head.
He didn't believe he had saved everyone. If it weren't for everyone's unity, if the professionals hadn't been fearless due to the influence of the power of rules, if there hadn't been the Sun-Glimmering Golden Cicada, and if Wang Qibing hadn't trusted him, the outcome of this incident would still be unknown.
Every time a miracle occurs, it is filled with various coincidences, and the most prominent one is often called a hero, but Lu Chenxing didn't want to be a hero.
The word "hero" was too heavy; it didn't suit him.
Hearing Lu Chenxing's words, Yan Pingsha nodded approvingly, "It's rare for you to think that way. It seems my teacher's worries were unnecessary again."
After learning the full story, Bai Yuntian was actually a little worried that Lu Chenxing might be elevated by the word "hero" and then become disoriented and lose his way. After all, Lu Chenxing was just a newly adult child, so his worries were reasonable.
But now it seemed Lu Chenxing was mature beyond imagination.
Lu Chenxing just smiled at Yan Pingsha's words and said no more.
"By the way, you can join a guild after reaching the third tier. Do you have any thoughts on that?" Yan Pingsha changed the subject, bringing up future plans.
Lu Chenxing was slightly surprised by this. "A guild? But I'm only at the second tier now. Isn't it a bit early to talk about this?"
"It's not early. My teacher told me that you should reach the third tier very quickly, which is why I wanted to ask for your thoughts." Yan Pingsha shook her head slightly, looking at Lu Chenxing seriously.
So Principal Bai knew everything? Lu Chenxing couldn't help but smile wryly. He had just received the military's promise, and Principal Bai already knew it the next moment. For these big figures, he really had no privacy.
But Yan Pingsha was right; in just a few months at most, Lu Chenxing would reach the third tier, and the matter of a guild indeed needed to be considered.
The guilds here are like the guilds in his previous life's games, where a group of people gather for various reasons, either due to shared aspirations or related interests. In short, a guild is essentially a community of shared interests; once you join, you help each other.
Although that's the saying, wherever there are people, there are complexities. Whether someone will actually help you when you're in trouble still depends on your usual popularity and relationships within the guild, and you also have to pay compensation; no one will help you for no reason.
Moreover, although there's no strict rule that you must join a guild, people who don't join are generally bullied and ostracized, unless your strength is exceptionally, exceptionally strong, so strong that they can't defeat you even if they call for help!
Seeing Lu Chenxing's silence, Yan Pingsha spoke again, "Of course, you can also choose the military path, but it probably won't be very free inside, and the power factions there are already set. Joining one side will inevitably lead to opposition from another, which might be even more difficult than a guild..."
Actually, Lu Chenxing didn't want to get involved in conflicts of interest with others; he just wanted to focus on improving his strength and wait for new news about his parents. But he also knew this was impossible.
As long as a person is alive, their interests will inevitably be linked to others to some extent. It's very difficult to completely detach oneself, at least Lu Chenxing couldn't do it right now.
"I haven't thought about it yet. Let me consider it first." Lu Chenxing scratched his head; before Yan Pingsha brought it up, he hadn't considered this matter at all.
Seeing this, Yan Pingsha nodded and smiled, "Mm, actually, joining a guild has quite a few benefits. For example, guilds have their own secret realm development rights and permissions to operate in the Zhu Tian Battlefield. If you want to join a guild, I'd like to recommend you join ours."
"Guild levels are the same as our own levels: 1-3 are small guilds, 4-6 are medium guilds, and 6-9 are large guilds. The Nufeng Guild, where I am, is a Level 4 medium guild, and the people there are quite nice."
Hearing this, Lu Chenxing smiled, "Sister Yan, I'll consider it."
Yan Pingsha also smiled and nodded. She was actually confident about this invitation, as a Level 4 medium guild was indeed quite good.
In this world, the scale of a guild is not calculated by the number of people, but by actual combat power and influence.
The higher the combat power, the more things they can do, and the greater their influence on the outcome of local wars. A guild that can sway the outcome of a large-scale battle is called a large guild!
And the preceding levels represent the average strength of the two sides in that battle.
By extension, a Level 4 medium guild means it can influence a medium-sized battle where the average combat power is around the fourth tier. Its strength can be said to be quite good.
But unfortunately, Lu Chenxing actually had little interest in her guild, because her last sentence was somewhat subjective. For her, those people might be quite nice, because she was a late-third-tier expert and the closed-door disciple of Principal Bai Yuntian, a seventh-tier powerhouse, and her own personality was also good.
With these many advantageous conditions, their attitude towards her would certainly be close and friendly, but it would be different if he went there. If something happened then, it might even make things difficult for Yan Pingsha and make everyone look bad, so it was better not to go at all.