Professionally speaking, club guilds were undoubtedly more professional, yet the advantage of a free guild lay in its flexibility, which was also one of its long-term strengths.
The Tabopolis Oak Knights were also a significant free guild, certainly not comparable to the likes of the top ten guilds, but domestically, they were considered a second-tier guild. The way Fang Hong distinguished between first and second-tier guilds was quite simple, it depended on whether he had heard of them or not — admittedly, while this method was rudimentary, it sometimes proved exceptionally reasonable.
As for Tianlan's background, it was 'noble' to a much greater extent; she claimed her real name was Fuli, and although she did not talk much about being a trainee, Fang Hong deduced from bits of information that her guild was likely the Twelve-Colored Iris Guild.
This was no mere name —
