"I didn't mean to insult you. I just wanted to talk. I don't just want to buy your shop—I want to buy your guild too," Lu Yang said.
"Buy my guild?" Hao glanced at Lu Yang. "Stop joking. The guild has fewer than ten thousand players left. Only a little over five thousand are willing to follow my command. The rest are either dead accounts or players too lazy to switch guilds. What's the point of buying it?"
"Because of you," Lu Yang said. "I want you to join my guild."
"Sorry, not interested," Hao said.
"I know you don't lack money and don't owe anyone anything, but I believe you can't swallow this humiliation. After all, Tian Yao didn't defeat you head-on. He used schemes and tricks."
Hao still looked utterly listless. "You seem to know quite a lot about me, but I know nothing about you. Isn't that a little inappropriate?"
Lu Yang smiled. "There's no harm in telling you. I'm Lu Yang, president of the Iron Blood Brotherhood."
"You?" Hao said. "Come on, brother. You don't look like him."
"I just bought this account to find you," Lu Yang said. "If you don't believe me, add She Tianlang as a friend. He'll tell you whether it's true."
Hao opened the search function in confusion, found She Tianlang's account, and sent a friend request. His eyes suddenly widened. "He actually accepted me."
Normally, She Tianlang and the others kept their friend request systems closed, mainly to keep people from bothering them.
She Tianlang had been waiting. He approved the request and said to Hao, "I'm She Tianlang. Brother, the man sitting across from you is our Iron Blood Brotherhood boss, Lu Yang. Haoqing Wanzong recommended you to our boss. He said he felt sorry for you and was