"Three slots?"
Lin Yi looked at the earnest face of Absolute Destiny Heavenly Lord in front of him and shook his head helplessly:
"I'm sorry, Heavenly Lord, all 100 slots have already been allocated."
Absolute Destiny Heavenly Lord had initially hoped to secure at least one slot, but he hadn't expected to be rejected despite asking in person.
"Is there really not even one slot left? Even one would do!"
Absolute Destiny Heavenly Lord asked persistently:
"Our guild has an archer ranked 41 in the Battle Zone power rankings; I believe he can definitely help you."
Yet Lin Yi still shook his head with regret:
"The last few slots were given to Phantom City, and even for one slot, I can't squeeze anymore."
"Sorry, Heavenly Lord."
"But if there's another opportunity in the future, I'll definitely reserve two slots for you, and we can cooperate then."
"How about that?"
Seeing Lin Yi's expression, Absolute Destiny Heavenly Lord knew that he wouldn't get any slots today.
But even so, Absolute Destiny Heavenly Lord didn't show any dissatisfaction, only expressed regret:
"That's really too bad."
Lin Yi smiled:
"It's okay, there will be more opportunities to work together in the future, this one doesn't matter much."
Absolute Destiny Heavenly Lord didn't argue, nodded, and said:
"Then I'll look forward to our next collaboration."
After so brief pleasantries, Absolute Destiny Heavenly Lord turned and left.
Lin Yi stood there, lost in thought.
At that mont, Lin Yi finally realized he might have overlooked sothing important.
When Handso Degradation first ca to ask for slots, Lin Yi hadn't thought much of it.
With the arrival of Mu Lingxue and Absolute Destiny Heavenly Lord, Lin Yi, despite being slow to react, instantly understood the intentions behind these people.
Were they really here just to help him?
Perhaps partly.
But at that ti, Lin Yi suddenly ca to his senses; their primary goal might have been to get a free guide to the Giant Dragon's Nest dungeon.
Lin Yi hadn't initially considered this, but now he suddenly felt he was being too 'naive'.
No wonder the Shengshi Drunkards had those 'smirks' on their faces when he agreed to lead them for the first kill.
They were probably aiming for this.
No wonder they so readily agreed to his requests; turns out they didn't care about the drops this ti at all.
Once they mastered the dungeon guide, wouldn't they be able to grind for whatever they wanted afterward?
After this fiasco, Lin Yi truly felt that these 100 slots couldn't be given away so casually.
Because whether it's the Dragon Scale Fruit or the dungeon guide, Lin Yi didn't want them to be known or exploited prematurely.
Just then, Handso Degradation suddenly sent a ssage:
Mingn Handso Degradation (Friend): "Box 103, Mingcui Tower, White Tiger City."
Lin Yi was sowhat surprised:
"What does this guy want with again?"
When Lin Yi arrived outside the box and opened the door, he unexpectedly saw Handso Degradation together with Mingn Yue'Er:
"You guys?"
Lin Yi looked at Mingn Yue'Er, who was staring at the ground, not daring to et his eyes. Then he looked at Handso Degradation, puzzled:
"What's going on here?"
Handso Degradation nudged Mingn Yue'Er beside him and said:
"Hey, I brought the person you asked for, so whatever it is, you tell him yourself."
Lin Yi turned to Mingn Yue'Er, curious:
"What's wrong?"
Lin Yi had witnessed the changes in Mingn Yue'Er over the past year.
So he had long since dismissed her forr spoiled temperant.
Her drastically changed personality was indeed much more agreeable than her previous arrogant and domineering deanor.
Under Handso Degradation's repeated urging, Mingn Yue'Er finally gathered the courage to recount the matter with Green Robe Wielding Sword.
However, before Lin Yi could respond, Handso Degradation, more agitated than Lin Yi, outright denied it:
"Impossible!"
Handso Degradation hadn't known that Mingn Yue'Er had co for this issue initially.
Because when she approached him before, she only ntioned asking him to bring Lin Yi over.
If Handso Degradation had known from the start that Mingn Yue'Er was coming for this, he wouldn't have brought Lin Yi.
Having been a guild president himself, he understood the value of a single slot more than anyone.
"What wishful thinking he has!"
Handso Degradation burst out furiously:
"Yue'Er, do you know how important this one slot is?"
Mingn Yue'Er, looking startled, with innocent eyes, stared at Handso Degradation, sowhat at a loss.
Handso Degradation exclaid excitedly:
"He's counting on you being soft-hearted and using you!"
"Go back and tell him, even if Boss Feng agrees, I can never agree."
"Yue'Er, you're too naive; you're being used, don't you know?"
A confused Mingn Yue'Er heard sothing from Handso Degradation's tone for the first ti, feeling deeply ashad for her 'naivety'.
She thought it was just about an opening slot and hadn't thought much more.
Plus, she ca with the mindset that Lin Yi might refuse, not insisting that he give her a slot.
However, seeing Handso Degradation so agitated, and knowing her real-life friend Guo Shaojie's temperant all too well, she realized she'd definitely done sothing incredibly foolish.
So from Lin Yi's perspective, Mingn Yue'Er, with a blushing face and hunched shoulders, looked like a child being scolded.
And what Handso Degradation said was exactly what Lin Yi wanted to convey.
Since Handso Degradation had already spoken on his behalf, Lin Yi didn't need to waste his breath anymore.
Lin Yi had so impressions of this Green Robe Wielding Sword.
When constructing in the Cyclops Race territory, he seed to have helped them resolve a few conflicts.
And days ago, during the city-seizing war against the He Clan zone, he also saw him and exchanged a brief greeting.
But acquaintance or not, he'd be gravely mistaken if he thought sending Mingn Yue'Er would earn him a slot through a favor.
Whether it was Famous Clan or Ice and Snow Illusion City, Lin Yi agreed to give slots not solely because of Handso Degradation and Zhang Xinying.
The main reason was both guilds' constant support and help for him.
This ti, Lin Yi was just reciprocating their assistance with gratitude.
Even if Handso Degradation and Mu Lingxue hadn't co to find him, Lin Yi would have voluntarily approached them to offer the slot.
As for this guild called "Drunken Carefree"...
Lin Yi outright refused even the ninth-ranked "Heavenly Dao Alliance"; why would he care about such a minor guild ranked outside the top hundred?
Just then, Mingn Yue'Er suddenly said to Lin Yi:
"I'm sorry! I didn't know this slot was that important before."
"If I had known, I wouldn't have co to you."
Lin Yi wasn't too bothered by this and instead reassured her:
"It's okay."
"Anyway, I didn't give it, right?"
Mingn Yue'Er suddenly laughed but seed to rember sothing, so her smile quickly vanished.
Then, under Lin Yi's surprised gaze, Mingn Yue'Er took out a scroll and handed it to Lin Yi with both hands:
"This is for you."
"I think it might help with your exploration of the dungeon tomorrow."
Mingn Yue'Er looked at Lin Yi anxiously, wondering if he would accept her offering.
Yet the next mont, a hand suddenly appeared and took the scroll from Mingn Yue'Er's hand:
"Let see what it is."
Handso Degradation opened the scroll directly, but imdiately after, a look of shock appeared on his face.
He stared at the scroll in his hand and gasped:
"Whoa! A Space Scroll?"
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