Chapter 1185: The Guilt of a Married Man

At this time, regarding the clash between the Qiancheng Muxue and Qiancheng Lihualuo guilds, the entire Domestic Server forum was abuzz with many players discussing it, and there were several live streams covering the event.

…After all, the location of their clash was at the 80th-level Training Spot, and at this level the 80th-level Training Spot is clearly a popular map, with plenty of players there.

Su Sheng casually clicked into a live stream with relatively good view, and began watching contentedly.

The number of participants on each side differed greatly.

Qiancheng Muxue had over 30,000 members; it is now a third-tier guild, whose member cap is 20,000, so the extra 10,000 are evidently peripheral members.

Qiancheng Lihualuo is a second-tier guild, but its membership hasn't reached the 10,000 cap, having roughly 8,000 members… Having just split off, Qiancheng Lihualuo is already a second-tier guild, so Du Juan's idea to split must not have been a spur‑of‑the‑moment decision.

With the numbers so uneven, it seems Du Juan, that old hag, couldn't pull many members away from Qiancheng Muxye… Given Qiancheng Lihualuo's tier, Du Juan's split was pre‑planned, but the current situation looks rather hasty.

But watching the live feed, the person leading Qiancheng Lihualuo, standing at the front, Qiancheng Lihualuo, Su Sheng felt quite excited, not knowing how Du Juan managed to snatch away the pillar of the era of warlords that had followed Qiancheng Muxue.

However, what made Su Sheng find it even more interesting… was that this was in the Xuanwu Main City 80th-level Training Zone!

Qiancheng Muxue originally resided in Baihu Main City, while when Qiancheng Lihualuo split off, the announcement said it would settle in Qing Long Main City.

But now the site of their conflict is in Xuanwu Main City.

Tsk…

Obviously, Du Juan intended to avoid Qiancheng Muxue, but that Qiancheng Gongzi fellow seems fixated on Qiancheng Lihualuo and insists on a fight.

Thus, Su Sheng leisurely watched both sides battling on the screen while fishing, glancing at the bobber now and then.

But the battle didn't last long…

Soon, Qiancheng Muxue won with absolute superiority… the numbers gap was too large.

Qiancheng Lihualuo still had a former pillar, but under those circumstances, on an outdoor battlefield.

Du Juan and Qiancheng Lihualuo could probably escape, but leading those 8,000 to defeat the over 30,000 on Qiancheng Muxue's side was clearly impossible.

After all, most of Qiancheng Lihualuo's manpower originally split from Qiancheng Muxue, making it essentially a civil war.

Not everyone is as overpowered as Su Sheng.

Of course, Qiancheng Lihualuo's absolute advantage win—its absolute point being sheer numbers—still counts as a pyrrhic victory, because the casualty ratio shown on screen indicates that although Qiancheng Muxue annihilated Qiancheng Lihualuo's over 8,000 members, Qiancheng Muxue also lost nearly 13,000 members.

Among them, Qiancheng Lihualuo played a crucial role in producing such a casualty ratio.

After all, Qiancheng Lihualuo knows Qiancheng Muxue well, and currently Qiancheng Muxue truly has almost no pillar figures left.

In the recent fight, almost no one could stand up to Qiancheng Lihualuo's assault; ultimately, as Qiancheng Lihualuo's numbers dwindled, Qiancheng Lihualuo was besieged and killed.

The battle was over, and the live feed showed Qiancheng Muxue cleaning up the battlefield.

Su Sheng silently closed the live feed, casually cast a line and caught a purple fish, which was nothing special…

This time Qiancheng Muxue did suffer some damage; a batch of mid‑level elites had already been poached by the Shenhua Guild, and now its pillar was taken away by Du Juan.

Although Qiancheng Muxue's core hasn't collapsed, if it can't find a new pillar, that's basically it.

As for Qiancheng Gongzi himself, he's done for… without the backing of the Wei Family Conglomerate's financial support, he wouldn't even qualify to be a Chairman.

Normally, at this critical juncture, seeing two top‑tier elite guilds on the Domestic Server clash, Su Sheng guessed he might step in to mediate.

After all… this is the crucial moment when the National War System has just opened.

But the other side is Qiancheng Lihualuo and Qiancheng Lihualuo, so never mind.

Anyway, here in Huaxia, there's not much of anything, just a lot of people.

In fact, now we have our own Yanhuang as a fresh force, plus the Shenhua Guild that can replace Qiancheng Muxue, along with other veteran elite guilds; that's basically enough.

At least Huan Yu, Po Xiao, Qi Ming Xing, and Hong Meng—these major guilds—are still quite powerful…

After closing the live feed, Su Sheng didn't exit the forum; he scrolled around a bit, reading some current‑affairs news posts.

Thus about another hour passed, with no good fish catches, and Su Sheng finally closed the forum.

He wondered whether to run today's Dungeon.

These two or three hours of fishing yielded nothing good; the earlier excitement over catching Colorful Fish had faded considerably.

Randomly, Su Sheng reeled in, then prepared to assemble a party for the Dungeon.

But after asking around, he discovered~

Basically everything had already been cleared.

For a moment Su Sheng couldn't find anyone to group?

"I thought you weren't planning to run a Dungeon today?"

At that moment Lin Huan suddenly messaged, evidently also aware of Su Sheng's inability to find a party for the Dungeon.

"Hehe, just caught a Colorful Fish, gave a boost to the Suanni, and got so caught up fishing."

Su Sheng looked at Huan Jie's message and gave an explanation.

"Our Fourth Rebirth players have basically cleared the Dungeon, and we've taken today's mission rewards; if you can't find anyone, I can consider organizing a group and accompany you for another run."

Lin Huan continued messaging: although there is no limit on the number of Dungeon runs, the reward can be earned only once, meaning that if Lin Huan brings a team to accompany Su Sheng, they would receive no reward.

Currently, the only class that runs Dungeons frequently is the Holy Light Priest!

There's no way around it; the Domestic Server's Fourth Rebirth Holy Light Priests are limited, impossible to evenly distribute among teams. Since everyone is old acquaintances, after discussion among several guild Chairmen, a decision was reached.

A bit of effort, Mo Si, go a few more times; it's unavoidable.

"Fine, it's just one Dungeon run, missing that reward doesn't matter; I won't go, it's the same."

Su Sheng naturally wouldn't waste Huan Jie's time; after all, he doesn't need those one or two solid‑state Dungeon rewards.

Although the next Dungeon would yield as much experience as grinding monsters at a Training Spot for a long time.

But at this stage, one or two batches of experience rewards won't change the overall situation.

If that's the case, then just keep fishing?

Anyway, I don't feel like going to the Training Spot today; doing the next Dungeon counts as taking initiative.

But just then.

Lin Huan sent another message.

"Just right, there's a team now, you hurry over to the Imperial City."

"Huh?"

Su Sheng was startled—how is there another team?

Earlier he had asked around; all the Fourth Rebirth players he added as friends had cleared the Dungeon.

Suddenly Su Sheng thought of something, his mind shifted, and he opened a Private Chat reply, "Coming right away."

…

Sure enough!

Mao Xiong's team!

They failed the clearance!

The reason for the failure was that their T equipment was insufficient and couldn't hold.

Earlier he was thinking of negotiating with Huaxia here, asking whether they could support a T slot for them.

Because these Mao Xiong players initially connected with Lin Huan, they naturally went to Lin Huan first.

Missing a T slot—doesn't that just mean a sleepy pillow delivery?

…

Thus Su Sheng smoothly followed that Mao Xiong team into the Dungeon.

Su Sheng was already very familiar with this Dungeon, so he crushed it all the way.

All along, the Mao Xiong players kept exclaiming in amazement!

Compared with the Fourth Rebirth T slot they brought earlier, Su Sheng's strength had increased by an unknown amount—he could both tank and deal damage, and his technique was decent!

Indeed, he was the top contender in the race for the throne at this time!

He led in damage‑taken contribution, first in the whole team, and also first in damage‑output contribution!

The Mao Xiong players couldn't help but be amazed!

Among them, the team's healer and Mage were Mao Xiong girls; regarding Su Sheng's might, the two girls kept shouting and gave him abundant emotional value.

Even Su Sheng repeatedly imagined Huan Jie's image in his mind, thereby erasing that lingering sense of guilt.

Originally Huakui Studio had many girls, all top‑quality beauties, but Su Sheng never felt any guilt when interacting with them.

But there was nothing he could do; those two Mao Xiong girls were just too skilled at giving high emotional value.

The feeling was like a loyal married man going to a foot bath for the first time to have a little girl wash his feet—a fresh sense of guilt.

Thus, with almost no pressure, he smoothly cleared the Dungeon.

After the Dungeon, Su Sheng's friends list gained a few Mao Xiong player friends… naturally including those two girls.

Naturally it wasn't the messy situation Su Sheng imagined; this is a game, and in reality Su Sheng tells himself he won't have any interaction with those two Mao Xiong girls.

So after finishing the Dungeon, with nothing else to do, Su Sheng wandered carefree around the Imperial City map, looking for a fishing spot.

Leveling? That's impossible today, so he'll just fish and idle.

He actually found a spot—a fishing spot near a Training Spot for level 85.

Su Sheng immediately summoned a Suanni, made it his seat cushion, and started casting.

Since all the good catches went straight into its mouth, using it as a seat cushion was no problem.

However, not long after Su Sheng was fishing peacefully, a Private Chat arrived.

Su Sheng opened the Private Chat and saw:

Shen Wang!

Xingchen!

Both are looking for him!

They were contacting him to discuss deployment issues on the current National Battlefield.

After all, according to the National Battlefield rules, the four Main Cities on the National Battle Map must always have someone watching them.

Now, there aren't many Fourth Rebirth players on this Domestic Server, so they need to rotate watching the National Battle Map.

Of course, they should discuss it.

But there's no need to worry too much; as long as someone is watching, it's fine. This Domestic Server has few Fourth Rebirth players, and other servers have even fewer.

Even if they form an alliance of a hundred or so people, even if the defenders of the Main City can't defeat them, as long as they close the City Gate at the first sign of movement, they can hold out until reinforcements arrive.

As for later when they have more people, it's obvious that Fourth Rebirth players on this Domestic Server will also increase first.

Although watching the National Battle Map wastes a lot of time, at this stage Su Sheng didn't level yesterday or today; aside from the next Dungeon, he'll just go fishing.

Thus, a day or two of leveling time is truly optional; if wasted, it's just wasted.

Then Su Sheng, while fishing, discussed with numerous prestigious guild Chairmen the issue of watching the four Main Cities on the National Battle Map.

As before, Qiancheng Muxue's Qiancheng Gongzi did not take part in this discussion.

Now the two of them are having a lively internal war.

Soon, under Shen Wang's leadership, everyone produced a relatively fair charter.

Anyway, everyone has to contribute; no one can be exempt.

No one raised any objections.

Including Su Sheng, the day after tomorrow he also has to watch for a day, and Su Sheng had no objections.

Thus, he spent a whole day fishing in game time.

Unfortunately, the colorful tyrant Cang Dragon this morning seemed to have exhausted Su Sheng's luck for the day.

Whether at Yanhuang Town's Riverbank or at the current small lake, he didn't see any orange fish today—only purple fish.

The value of the purple fish was even lower than the bait Su Sheng uses.

Su Sheng also just logged off, with little interest…

However, after logging off—when he was fed up with Huan Jie in the morning, Su Sheng felt especially… perhaps those two Mao Xiong girls were the reason for his guilt.

Su Sheng, plagued by his own thoughts, wanted to actively show himself, to prove his innocence.

…

A day without incident!

When game time arrived, Su Sheng logged on as usual.

The day before yesterday, the National War System opened; he went to the Xiao Ri Zi Server and had a battle, without training.

Yesterday he fished all day, also without training.

He's been stealing two days of leisure amidst the busyness; today he can't rest, tomorrow he still has to go to the National Battle Map for "duty".

Su Sheng, very eager, completed the Dungeon at first opportunity, then rushed to the level‑85 Training Spot and started grinding monsters.

He can now also grind the ordinary level‑90 wild monsters, but it costs more time and effort.

Overall, grinding the level‑85 ones yields higher returns.

But just as Su Sheng thought he could spend today peacefully training and grinding monsters, suddenly an unexpected person came to contact him.

Su Sheng looked at the Private Chat the person sent, his gaze distant, his complexion odd.

"What mindset caused you to find me?"

"How do you think I would help you?"

Su Sheng, with an odd complexion, replied to Du Juan's message!

Indeed, this Private Chat came from Du Juan!

Previously Su Sheng had not added Du Juan as a friend.

But Du Juan, through another guild's Chairman, reached out to Su Sheng, causing Su Sheng to accept her friend request.

Curious about why she contacted him, Su Sheng agreed.

He didn't expect it to be…