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Chapter 93: The Ten-Person Meeting_1

Chapter 93: Chapter 93: The Ten-Person Meeting_1

July 10th at midnight.

In K-city, Northern district, a luxury villa.

Lin Xue sat in front of her desk, perusing messages on her phone.

The city was unusually brightly lit tonight. Even someone as calm as Lin Xue couldn’t help but change her biological clock once due to closely following the news.

Just past midnight, her friend’s circle and school group chat were bombarded with similar messages. Everyone was asking around if anyone had received a game activation code and wondered what it looked like.

In the end, no one lucky enough to have received one came forward.

Among over a thousand members of the alumni group, none received it. Statistically, it was unusual.

Lin Xue began to wonder if the activation codes were truly distributed at midnight.

The official website only mentioned the release on July 10. Maybe it meant the codes would be randomly sent out throughout the day. Furthermore, even if it were at midnight, it didn’t necessarily mean it would be according to their country’s time zone.

Upon this thought, Lin Xue gave up on staying up late. The odds were 1 in 600 from the onset. Since even the release time was uncertain, there was no point in waiting any longer.

She was a very rational person. If such a low-probability event occurred, it would be a lucky break, and if not, such was fate...

"Ding dong!"

But then, just as this thought crossed her mind, a text message that countless people had been yearning for appeared on her screen.

[Congratulations, you have been selected as the 1005441st test player for the game ’Fool.’ Your activation code is as follows. Please download the game and forum installation package in a timely manner through the link below and register an account...]

...

Meanwhile, dozens of kilometers away, Mu You was still unaware of the events at Lin Xue’s end.

The blood-red vortex teleporter had reformed in front of him.

Mu You briefly checked the magic card in his pocket, tidied his clothes, and stepped into the vortex.

As the scenery switched in front of him, he found himself in the magnificent palace again, automatically seated in the chief Aries seat.

Looking around, Mu You noticed that there were already ten people sitting around the long table, leaving only two seats empty, conveniently located on his left and right: Taurus at the second seat and Pisces at the twelfth, while the rest of the seats were taken!

However, Mu You didn’t have the time to pay attention to the others, his eyes were drawn towards Aquarius to his right, feeling a bit nervous.

Now, he had everything prepared but the Red Dragon Blood.

If Aquarius failed to accomplish her task, all his previous effort would be in vain.

As Mu You turned to look, Aquarius seemed to sense his gaze and, knowing what he wanted to ask, gave him a thumbs-up with a smile.

Mu You was relieved, he was no longer worried, it seemed like she got it!

Great!

Breathing a sigh of relief, Mu You finally had the chance to observe the others.

There were four new members whom he had never seen before, namely, Cancer in the fourth seat, Virgo at the sixth, Libra at the seventh, and Capricorn at the tenth.

But according to Sagittarius and others, it turned out that Libra and Capricorn were old members who joined the meeting half a year ago. They seemed to be a couple in real life. The real newcomers this time were Cancer and Virgo.

While he observed the others, they were also looking at each other. As the first of the twelve constellations, Mu You received the most scrutiny.

"So... can anyone explain what’s going on?" The first to speak was Libra, a woman with a steady voice.

As she spoke, her gaze instinctively drifted towards Mu You. "I wonder when Arbitrator joined? Have Capricorn and I missed many normal meetings?"

Due to the previous disagreement, she and Capricorn hadn’t attended the meetings for almost half a year. They came today because the public test loomed near, only to discover upon arrival that all the seats were almost taken!

As Mu You met Libra’s gaze and was about to speak, Lion, who was farther away, beat him to it.

"Hahaha, don’t worry, Libra sis, Big Aries just arrived at the last meeting and immediately kicked those two power dogs out, it was hugely satisfying, let me tell you..."

The proceedings of last week’s meeting were quite complicated, but Lion talks so fast that no one else had a chance to interrupt him. He vividly described everything that happened in the meeting, including the four new rules Mu You set.

However, his explanation was slightly biased, portraying Mu You as a wise and heroic savior who rescued the Sorcerer’s Association from disaster while not missing the opportunity to denigrate Taurus and Gemini significantly.

The ridicule made Gemini at the side grind his teeth. In the past, he would have already silenced Lion, but with a higher-ranked person present, no matter how angry he was, he dared not act rashly.

"I see!"

After listening to Lion’s explanation, Libra and Capricorn across the table looked at Gemini with displeasure.

The man from Capricorn crossed his arms and sneered, "You sure have thick skin, showing up here. Where’s Taurus? What, now that the arbitrator is here, he doesn’t even dare to show up?"

"..."

Gemini was embarrassed, pretending he didn’t catch their sarcasm.

In fact, Taurus had already anticipated that today’s meeting would be full of ridicule, so he refused to come altogether.

But if both of them didn’t show up, that wouldn’t work either. For sorcerers, every Sorcerer’s Association meeting is a valuable opportunity for improvement.

This improvement is not just about card exchanges; it also includes all sorts of big and small news revealed in each meeting - valuable assets beyond measure.

To avoid missing these, at least one of them had to come.

Taurus was incredibly stubborn, leaving Gemini no choice but to come despite his reluctance.

Mu You turned to Gemini at this point, his gaze like a torch, waiting for Gemini’s manifestation.

He had not forgotten that last week, he’d told them to write self-criticisms...

Under Mu You’s gaze, Gemini indeed pulled out a sheaf of paper, placed it on the pattern in front of him, and passed it to Mu You.

"Arbitrator, please review this. This self-criticism was written by myself. This one week, I have deeply reflected on my wrong actions in the past, and I ask for your forgiveness, promising not to repeat them!" Gemini bowed 90 degrees from his seat, sounding truly sincere.

Mu You flipped through the self-criticism. Sure enough, it was handwritten without a doubt, spanning several pages, with content standard, that at least people couldn’t find any problems with it.

This man has done everything impeccably, Mu You has no reason to kick him out anymore.

However, Mu You secretly noted this man down in his mind: those who could bend and stretch were often the most terrifying!

"Alright, that’s it for your matter."

Mu You nodded, looking at the others, "So, we’ll now officially start today’s meeting. As usual, we’ll start with me talking in turns, showing our trade items. Others can ask questions during the breaks, but try not to interrupt each other."

After sweeping his gaze over everyone, ensuring that no one had any questions, he then took four cards out from his pocket.

"These four are respectively low-level Small Fireball, Shockwave, middle-level Rejuvenation, Summon Battle Eagle. Their effects are..."

Mu You took out one of each of the four types of cards he had and explained their effects.

"Hiss..."

When he had just taken out the cards, he had already heard several gasps from the audience, especially from Sagittarius, whose reaction was most intense.

Sagittarius was indeed looking at Mu You in shock at the moment, not so much surprised that he had brought out four cards at once, but shocked at his card-making speed.

Bear in mind, she’s been a member of the Sorcerer’s Association for a whole year, and after an entire year of practice, she only managed to create two cards a week.

Yet, this Aries, who just joined the Sorcerer’s Association last week, managed to make four cards in just one week! And since he was willing to trade them, it meant that these weren’t his only four cards; he surely had backups.

Thinking of this, Sagittarius could only sigh. Experts live up to their names. Even when just beginning to learn magic, their progress simply can’t be compared with ordinary people’s.

Seeing everyone’s reaction, Mu You naturally knew what astounded them. In fact, he currently had as many as sixteen spare cards! He only brought out four, for fear of being too wondrously shocking.

Now, seeing the reactions of the others, he was sure he made the right choice. If he had taken out all of them, he would certainly have aroused suspicion.