Naked Sword Art Chapter 175 – Rejection

Xiao Fang, Xiao Hei, and Li Xiang entered the room the White Jade guild recruiters were in, then Rong Shi closed the door behind them.

Sitting at the table were 2 girls. 1 sat up straight in her chair, while the other was more laid back with her feet on the table.

"Oh, looks like we have a few interesting rookies today," the laid back girl said as she took her feet off the table.

Xiao Fang sat down across from them, then Xiao Hei and Li Xiang did the same.

"My name is-" Li Xiang said before he was interrupted.

"Li Xiang, Fei Lin, and Long Wang, right?"

"Yeah, that's-"

"Of course, I'm right. We always do a background checks on new inner court disciples, so we already know all about you."

'I highly doubt that,' Xiao Fang thought.

It was clear to him what they were trying to do. Unfortunately for them, Xiao Fang was never interest in their guild in the first place, so their behavior only came off as being pompous and arrogant.

Suddenly, the girl that had been sitting up straight took 3 scrolls out of her spatial pouch then tossed it to Xiao Fang, Xiao Hei, and Li Xiang.

They were contract scroll. Each scroll explaining how much they would be paid every month, and the responsibility they would have as guild members.

"Huh? Why are you offering me a higher allowance than Fei Lin?" Li Xiang asked.

"You're the daughter of a Patriarch, Fei Lin's background is unknown," the recruiter explained.

The truth was, the allowance they were offering Xiao Hei was also very high because they knew she was accepted into the sect without having to do the entrance exam. Contrary to what most people believed, only elders with a notable background were capable of doing such a thing.

Xiao Fang couldn't see the text on his scroll, so he didn't bother picking it up. When Li Xiang finally looked at his scroll her brows became knitted.

"This... you can't be serious," Li Xiang said with a hint of anger.

Xiao Fang's contract was almost blank. No allowance, no benefits, plenty of errands, and even more responsibilities. Not only did he have many responsibilities, he was not allowed to join the guild on important guild missions. Only a fool would accept such terms.

"If he joins our guild, the best we can offer him is our guild nameplate and our unique cultivation techniques, but nothing more. He will be an official member of our guild, but he'll be prohibited from participating in our guild activities." 

"I don't understand. He's a Phoenix-Class disciple, so his talents should even surpass mine," Li Xiang argued.

"That might be the case, but there's no hiding the fact that he's a blind body cultivator, and his background is completely unknown. The only reason why our guild is even considering him is because he's a Phoenix Class disciple."

"There has to be a mistake. Can't we negotiate for something better?" Li Xiang tried to say politely.

"Of course. Has he attempted the trial pod test yet? If he can rank within the top 50 the guild will give him a monthly allowance."

Xiao Fang suddenly stood up to leave. He wasn't interested in join the guild in the first place, he just wanted to see how much the guild would offer him.

"Long Wang..." Li Xiang said hesitantly.

Xiao Fang stopped to hear what Li Xiang had to say, but she froze. There was no way she was going to convince him to agree to their terms because they were being too unreasonable, but she hated to see him pass this opportunity.

'Hmph, we so generously give him the opportunity to join our prestigious guild but he actually turned it down. Who does he think he is?' the laid back guild recruiter thought.

For the first time, Xiao Fang spoke, but he wasn't speaking to the recruiters, he was speaking to Xiao Hei and Li Xiang.

"Let's go."

The recruiters gave Xiao Fang a funny look.

The White Jade guild only accepted the best spirit cultivators, and right now, Xiao Hei and Li Xiang were the best just behind Bai Fan. Since they were the youngest disciples to get accepted into the Tiger-Class this year, the monthly allowance they were offered was a much higher than any other guild could offer them. So when Xiao Fang told Xiao Hei and Li Xiang to leave with him, the last thing the guild recruiters expected was for them to really follow him out.

'What!? Are they crazy!?' the recruiters thought.

Before they could leave the recruiters tried to stop them.

"Ah, please wait! Is the contract not to your liking? We can negotiate your allowance. Please sit, let's talk about this."

Li Xiang didn't have any intentions of joining their guild in the first place. She had a responsibility to her own family clan's sect, so she didn't stop walking till she was behind Xiao Fang. Xiao Fang and Xiao Hei on the other hand stopped when they heard the recruiter's voice.

"You want to negotiate?" Xiao Hei asked curiously.

Xiao Hei then looked back at Xiao Fang to see what he would say, but Xiao Fang stayed silent.

"Yes, let's talk about it, please sit."

Xiao Fang sighed.

"You say that I am blind yet you see less than I do," Xiao Fang shook his head disappointedly.

"You!- What did you say?!"

Not once did they ever speak directly to him till now, Xiao Fang wasn't one to reward bad behavior, so even if they gave him an allowance, he still wouldn't join their guild.

He finally turned back around and continued walking away. Xiao Hei saw this and followed him out, leaving the recruiters dumbfounded.

Xiao Fang spoke to the other 2 major guilds, but they outright rejected him. The Jade Flower guild rejected him for being a man, while the Silent Shadow guild rejected him for being blind.

"Long Wang... I'm sorry," Li Xiang said with her head down.

Xiao Fang patted her on the head.

"Don't worry, I didn't have any interest in joining them anyways."

Li Xiang assumed that he was just saying that to make her feel better, but what he said was the truth. When he told Xiao Hei that he wanted to find a guild house to live in, he didn't mean that he wanted to join a guild.

Xiao Fang walked back up to Rong Shi.

"Long Wang, how did it go? Did the Silent Phantom guild accept you into their guild?"

"Nope."

"That..."

"Rong Shi, I would like to start my own guild."

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