Chapter 32

Red Moon's eyes lit up. She herself had assigned the task of recruiting Li Huailin to the guild to Hongyan Drink Water, but she had forgotten about it. Now, wasn't this a good opportunity? She looked at Hongyan Drink Water approvingly and said, "Right, Huailin, why don't you just join our guild? It seems to be beneficial for everyone."

"Uh... President Red Moon, I don't really mind joining your guild, but I feel the guild's name might not be suitable for me," Li Huailin said hesitantly.

"Ha... Even Red Moon couldn't help but laugh. After all, the name 'Red Women's Army' on Li Huailin was quite amusing. "It's fine, Huailin, ha... You see, even the few women in our guild don't mind you joining, so don't be so shy, big guy."

"Your expression of trying to hold back a laugh makes me even more uncomfortable," Li Huailin said, holding his forehead.

"Alright, ladies, welcome our new member, the guild's first male member, Huailin." Before Li Huailin could agree, Red Moon had already started to make it a fait accompli.

"Yay... Welcome brother-in-law!" Hongyan Drink Water was the first to respond.

"Welcome! Hehe." Second Sister Red Blood Mark said, trying to hold back her laughter.

"Alright, alright, if I join, I join. I don't really care about the guild's name," Li Huailin said helplessly. "Fine, to fit in with you, I'll give myself an artistic name, 'Red Scarf.'"

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"Awkward silence?" Li Huailin looked at the women who were not speaking.

"Any... Anyway, let's add you to the guild first." Red Moon sent a guild invitation.

System notification: Player Red Moon invites you to join the guild 'Red Women's Army'. Do you accept?

"Yes."

System notification: Successfully joined the guild.

Li Huailin's character panel now had a guild page that was previously grayed out. He opened the guild page and looked at the guild's introduction and member list.

Li Huailin noticed the member list and found that, including himself, there were only 45 members, and most of the names were clearly female. About half of the 45 members had names starting with 'Red,' probably the core members of the guild, while the rest were random additions.

As for the members' levels... except for President Red Moon at level 16 and the four core members at level 15, the others were all below level 15, with 10 of them still in the newbie village. It was a pitiful sight.

"Welcome the new member!"

Suddenly, someone in the guild channel shouted.

"Wow, there really is a new member. Finally, someone joined after me, I can call them a junior now," another player said.

"This name 'Huailin' sounds like you're quite satisfied with your chest."

"Eh? New member, where are you? Let me see if your chest is bigger than mine."

A large drop of sweat rolled down Li Huailin's forehead.

[President] Red Moon: Ladies, tone it down. The new member Huailin is a guy. Don't say weird things in the guild channel.

[Member] Little Purple Flower: Eh? Eh? How can a guy join our guild?

[President] Red Moon: He mainly joined because he has a crush on our financial officer, Smoky Rain. I've already been bribed with a large sum of money.

[Officer] Smoky Rain: Big Sister, don't make things up!

[Member] Little Sister Moon: Oh, that's how it is. Don't worry, Sister Rain, we won't steal your food.

[Officer] Smoky Rain: Anyone who makes things up will have their monthly benefits cut in half.

[President] Red Moon: Alright, alright, Rain, don't scare them.

After speaking in the guild channel, Red Moon looked at Li Huailin apologetically. "Sorry, Huailin. The guild is small, but we're all good sisters. Don't be upset by any strange comments."

"Hehe." Li Huailin could only laugh.

"Yay, brother-in-law finally joined our guild. My secret mission is complete," Hongyan Drink Water cheered. "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, quickly take us to a dungeon. This time it's a guild event."

"Wait a moment. Speaking of which, where is the guild's alchemist? Let's learn these blueprints first and see what materials we need to prepare." Li Huailin handed three blueprints to Red Moon.

"There are three." Red Moon had thought there was only one, but three was even better. However, the lowest level blueprint required intermediate alchemy, which immediately gave her a headache. "Smoky Rain, you can't learn it yet."

"Hmm? Let me see." Smoky Rain came over and took the blueprints. "The lowest level one requires intermediate alchemy. Although the potion is indeed of this level, it's quite troublesome now."

"You're the guild's alchemist?" Li Huailin asked, looking at Smoky Rain.

"Of course. I manage all the guild's finances and know exactly how much money is left for the alchemy department. For now, I'll have to take on the role." Smoky Rain said, "But I'm still a beginner alchemist and can't learn it yet."

"Is alchemy so difficult to learn?" Li Huailin, who had never learned alchemy, asked tentatively. "Is it a lack of money or materials?"

"Money is secondary. We just received 20 gold from you yesterday, so the guild's finances are sufficient." Smoky Rain said, "The main issue is the lack of a blueprint for intermediate alchemy points, the kind used by beginner alchemists."

"Isn't there any in the auction house?" Li Huailin thought for a moment and asked.

"There are, but at this stage, the price of such blueprints in the auction house is inflated. Sellers are targeting large guilds that are cultivating alchemists and are willing to spend a lot of money on formulas. Now, a useless formula that just boosts alchemy points costs more than 5 gold, and a slightly useful one like a medium healing potion costs over 20 gold. It's a rip-off. President and I discussed it, and we decided to wait until the alchemists in large guilds reach intermediate level, then the price of beginner alchemy formulas will drop. We'll wait and see. After all, we're not a large guild and don't need to compete with them."

"Um..." Li Huailin nodded, then suddenly thought of something. "Where do beginner alchemy formulas appear more often?"

"Treasure chests." Red Moon said, "They randomly spawn across the map. Each chest has a 100% chance of containing a formula, but it's unknown what kind. It could be a blacksmithing or leatherworking formula."

"Across the entire map?" Li Huailin asked.

"They also spawn in dungeons, but the spawn rate in normal difficulty dungeons is lower," Smoky Rain said. "Hell difficulty dungeons have a higher spawn rate, but they are extremely difficult. No guild has managed to clear one yet."

"Right, after all, the server has only been open for less than 10 days. Even large guilds don't have the equipment or levels to challenge Hell difficulty," Red Moon nodded.

"Do dungeons have difficulty levels?" Li Huailin suddenly said, as he hadn't seen any official information about this.

"You didn't know?" Red Moon was taken aback.

"No," Li Huailin scratched his head. "I thought once you cleared it, it was done."

"Dungeons have three difficulty levels: Normal, Hell, and Abyss." Red Moon, seeing that Li Huailin really didn't know, explained, "Normal difficulty is mainly for familiarizing yourself with the dungeon. The equipment drops are relatively poor. We got a blue item last time, which was very lucky. Most of the time, it's just bronze equipment of the same level. Hell difficulty dungeons are much more dangerous, but the equipment drops are much better. Abyss difficulty dungeons are for challenges. The first time a guild clears an Abyss difficulty dungeon, there's a server-wide announcement. However, the level of the clearing members cannot exceed the system's recommended level by more than 5 levels. For example, in this Snake Pit, the highest level in the team can only be 20 to complete the challenge achievement. After the first clear, there's a speed run mode, and the top three teams' completion times are displayed on a board at the dungeon entrance. This is suitable for players and guilds who like to be famous. By the way, only Abyss difficulty dungeons can achieve the highest S rating. Hell difficulty's highest rating is A, and Normal difficulty's highest rating is B. We got a B rating last time."

Li Huailin took some time to digest the information. Fortunately, it wasn't too complex to understand.

"President, I suddenly feel that our guild could gain a lot of prestige," Li Huailin said after some thought. "And we might even get a treasure chest."

"You mean..." Red Moon immediately understood. "To be the first guild to clear a Hell difficulty dungeon?"

"Hell difficulty doesn't have a server-wide announcement. If we're going to do it, let's go big and aim for Abyss," Li Huailin said, waving his hand.

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