Although Yue Shen had yet to make up his mind, the players who had slipped into his and Long Haochen's squads were already growing restless. They kept probing the two of them, trying to pry out who had ended up with the Eternal Tower.
Fortunately, Xue Meng, the priest in Yue Shen's squad, was always extremely cautious when sounding him out, as though she feared he would see through her intentions. That gave Yue Shen an opportunity to brush her off every time, leaving them unable to determine whether the Eternal Tower was in his possession.
Long Haochen, on the other hand, had a much harder time. The two players had already figured out his personality inside and out. They knew that as long as they did not deliberately push their luck in front of him, he would not do anything to them.
"Boss, boss, have you heard?" Gandalf hovered at Long Haochen's left. "Dream Paradise, that ancient treasure ground overseen by the Priest Temple, is about to open. They say it's a place that produces spirit furnaces." He looked at Long Haochen pleadingly. "Boss, you wouldn't want your teammates to fall behind everyone else because they don't have spirit furnaces, would you?"
Long Haochen: "???"
Why did every word of that sound perfectly fine on its own, yet feel so irritating when put together? Thinking it over, Long Haochen realized he seemed to have heard that line from Yue Shen more than once.
"Exactly." Bai Xiaoxing, on his other side, looked a little odd, but still picked up where Gandalf left off. "But if we want to enter Dream Paradise, we'll need entry qualifications from the Priest Temple first."
"Of course." Long Haochen nodded. "After all, Dream Paradise only produces a limited number of spirit furnaces each time it