Heading to the Beast Arena

Hearing Guan Canghai's words, the three who had been chatting fell silent and turned to look at Lin Yu, who had been quiet ever since joining the party.

Faced with Guan Canghai's question, Lin Yu fell into thought. He had no interest at all in the million-yuan annual salary Guan Canghai had offered. After learning that he was inheriting his powers from the game, Lin Yu had focused his attention on the game. As for money in real life, having enough to get by was all he needed.

What Lin Yu cared about now was how to grow stronger in Era. Aside from leveling up, the way to grow stronger in Era was to craft weapons, equipment, and all kinds of potions. Crafting those things required huge quantities of materials, and if Lin Yu had to gather them himself, who knew how long it would take?

So all morning, Lin Yu had been thinking about one thing: should he establish an organization and use it to gather the materials he needed?

At the time, Lin Yu had only thought about it briefly before giving up because he didn't know how to establish or manage an organization, among other reasons.

Now, hearing Guan Canghai ask again whether he wanted to join his guild, a thought surfaced unbidden. Could he use the guild Guan Canghai had created to gather the materials he needed? He could join the guild and have them gather materials for him, while he could provide them with some of the weapons, equipment, and potions he crafted from time to time. Both sides would benefit.

With that in mind, Lin Yu decided to state his requirements. He had just a few: first, he wanted plenty of freedom, and they weren't to call on him unless something important came up. Second, they needed to supply him with enough materials. In return, Lin Yu could provide them with some of the weapons, equipment, and potions he crafted from time to time.

Hearing Lin Yu's conditions, Guan Canghai immediately assured him, "Sure, I agree to all of them. Things are pretty free with us, and we don't have that many rules. As long as you join my guild, just tell me what materials you want. I guarantee the materials you need will be delivered into your hands."

"All right, I'll join."

Hearing Guan Canghai's unhesitating answer, Lin Yu nodded and said he could join.

"Great! Bro, join this temporary guild group chat later. I've sent you the group number, so join whenever you have time." Hearing Lin Yu agree to join, Guan Canghai's eyes lit up, and he raised his hand and tapped away at his panel.

Lin Yu opened his friends list and took a look. Guan Canghai's entry was flashing incessantly. He opened it and saw that Guan Canghai had sent him a group number.

After looking at Guan Canghai's message, Lin Yu closed the panel.

At that point, Guan Canghai asked Lin Yu, "Bro, can you tell me what kind of equipment you can make?"

"Magical accessories, rune armaments... I can craft all of those. As long as the request is reasonable, I can make it happen." Lin Yu listed a whole bunch of equipment types, showing off a little at the end.

Listening to Lin Yu list a whole bunch of equipment types he had never heard of, Guan Canghai felt awkward. "Uh, what are all those? Bro, could you explain what that equipment does?"

"..." This time, it was Lin Yu's turn to fall silent. He really hadn't expected Guan Canghai not to know what that equipment did. Anyone who had read the books in the library carefully would know.

"There's too much to explain, and I can't make it clear in a short time. You can just think of it as equipment with all kinds of special abilities. If you want to learn more, you can read The Origins and Development of Rune Inscription, The Origins of Magical Accessories, and An Overview of Alchemy Weapons at the library." Since there was too much to explain, Lin Yu gave up on explaining it directly.

Seeing that Lin Yu clearly didn't want to explain further, Guan Canghai chose not to ask any more questions.

When Lin Yu and Guan Canghai finished talking, I Am the Heavenly Emperor, who was standing nearby, finally couldn't hold back and asked her own question. "Bro, are you really a guy?" After speaking, I Am the Heavenly Emperor looked Lin Yu up and down. If Guan Canghai hadn't called Lin Yu "Passing Brother," she wouldn't even have realized that Lin Yu was a man.

Hearing I Am the Heavenly Emperor's question, Lin Yu nodded and said, "I'm a guy. Why?"

"No reason. I was just a little curious."

"Can I call you Passing Brother? If you don't say no, I'll take that as a yes." With that, I Am the Heavenly Emperor turned to look at Lin Yu and picked a topic at random to keep the conversation going. "Passing Brother, can you tell me why you chose to make a female character? Did you want to experience what it feels like to be a girl? If you don't feel comfortable answering, you don't have to."

Faced with her question, Lin Yu gathered his thoughts and said, "There's no special reason. The race I chose didn't have a male option, so I could only make my character look like this."

Hearing Lin Yu's answer, I Am the Heavenly Emperor asked again, "Passing Brother, can you tell me what race that is?"

Lin Yu nodded to show he could answer. "Mixed-Blood Fairy."

"For that race, the only two gender options are genderless and female."

"I see!" Hearing Lin Yu's answer, I Am the Heavenly Emperor looked as though she finally understood.

After that, the others asked a few more questions.

"Bro, how did you use a skill just now without making hand seals?"

"Manual Casting."

"How do you use Manual Casting?"

"Go read the books in the library. They teach you how."

After briefly answering their questions, Lin Yu looked at the others as they moved farther and farther from the Newbie Village and asked a question of his own. "Do you know where to find a boss?"

In response to Lin Yu's question, Guan Canghai and the others stopped and shook their heads to show they didn't know.

"No, we don't, so we're heading out to look for one now."

Seeing that they didn't know, Lin Yu continued, "I do know where a boss is. Want to go give it a try?"

"Sure, lead the way." Hearing their answer, Lin Yu took the lead and headed toward the Beast Arena.

On the way there, Lin Yu learned some information about the three of them in real life while chatting with them.

According to Mo Wenjun's introduction, his real name was Chen Yun. From what he said, he seemed to still be a student. Mu Yu Yumu and I Am the Heavenly Emperor were both his classmates, and the class he had chosen in Era was Qi Refiner.

The Qi Refiner class followed the Refining Qi System, which required the difference between its four attributes to be no greater than ten points at the Apprentice stage. At this stage, Qi Refiners needed to open both Magic Apertures and Qi Acupoints. When breaking through to the Official Rank, the strength of their Magic Apertures and Qi Acupoints had to be close, with no excessive gap. Otherwise, the breakthrough would fail outright when the Magic Apertures and Qi Acupoints merged to form a dantian.