After clearing the first-floor boss, the Darkmoon Blade guild had truly become famous. Because of that, quite a few people applied to join Darkmoon Blade afterward.
Fang Zheng had naturally expected this. That was why he had fought for the world's first boss kill in the first place. Having the system build his reputation for him was far better than running around looking for people himself. Besides, Fang Zheng was not Liu Bei—he could not personally go recruit people every single time. Not only would that waste too much time, it would lower his standing! Rather than going to them, it was better to make them come to him!
Thus, faced with the flood of applicants, Fang Zheng adopted an effective screening and review process.
First came the interviews. Through those, they could assess a person's character, ask why they wanted to join the guild, what they could contribute after joining, or what they themselves wanted to do. Fang Zheng did not require everyone to fight on the front lines, but they had to be capable enough. Even for logistics work, if someone did not focus on training their skills and merely loafed around every day, they were not wanted.
Next came the practical assessment. Calling it a practical assessment made it sound more complicated than it was. They simply joined Asuna and the others' leveling party and trained alongside them. Fang Zheng knew very well that quite a few applicants were probably spies sent by other guilds, seeking intelligence on Darkmoon Blade—such as why they leveled so quickly, why they fought so skillfully, and whether they had any secret methods or techniques worth learning.
Naturally, Fang Zheng was not afraid of them learning. In fact, if those guilds really could learn something, his burden would lessen considerably. After all,