Chapter 32: Lin Qian Departs
When Fan Guozhou redeemed his points, he hadn’t expected to receive this kind of first-time reward.
He was almost overwhelmed with gratitude.
Because this game was too hardcore and didn’t follow any conventional game tropes, they truly respected Song Jiulai as the Sect Master. Most players, lacking any integrity, now privately called her “Mom.”
To be the first player rewarded by the Sect Master, Fan Guozhou’s face lit up like a red lantern upon hearing the System Announcement.
Under the envious gazes of other players, Fan Guozhou coughed, tidied his grey cloth shirt, and went to the spawn point to claim his reward.
During this time, he had also read a lot of information about the Yunzhou Continent. They knew about the Jade Spider Shell, a material from a First Order Demonic Beast.
Although its value wasn’t high, players currently couldn’t hunt Demonic Beasts themselves.
There was no use in buying such useless materials; the Sect Master’s reward was mainly about the thought and symbolism.
The spawn point was a transfer station set up by the System, with no flashy decorations.
As soon as he walked into the courtyard, the System asked him, “Do you wish to claim the reward issued by the Sect Master?”
Fan Guozhou: “Yes.”
With a “swish,” two Jade Spider Shells, as large as a human face, appeared in the courtyard.
Having seen the information, this was the first time he had seen a living creature.
The entire shell indeed resembled jade, and it was oval-shaped.
Fan Guozhou picked up the Jade Spider Shell directly. The edge of the shell was still slightly warm, and there was even some sticky, minced meat.
He didn’t know what it was at first, but after a while, he suddenly realized.
The System then added cheekily, “To commend your contribution to the Sect, the Sect Master personally slaughtered it.”
Fan Guozhou’s face turned green.
The Jade Spider Shell fell to the ground as if it were burning his hand.
It wasn’t that he didn’t want to accept the Sect Master’s goodwill, but as a Modern player, he reflexively felt like vomiting at such things.
Mainly, this game was too damn realistic!
Everything was no different from reality, including the feel and touch.
He had also seen information about Jade Spiders and knew that apart from their shells, Jade Spiders looked as monstrous as Zombies…
He suddenly thought of Song Jiulai’s appearance.
Such a gentle and lovely Sect Master, and yet…
Truly worthy of being a Sect Master!
After a long while, Fan Guozhou remembered it was a game and shed tears internally, “No, I can’t let down the Sect Master’s kindness.”
Gritting his teeth, he took out a piece of cloth from himself and wiped off the minced meat. At least the Jade Spider Shell looked presentable after being cleaned.
He convinced himself it was a game, and gradually, he had no psychological barrier.
However, he became worried again. These two Jade Spider Shells were Artifact Refining Materials, and they didn’t know how to refine artifacts yet, nor did they have a place to put them. Should he just carry them around?
Fan Guozhou could only take the Jade Spider Shells down for now.
Unexpectedly, the Big Shot Chen Miaomiao was the first to approach. Seeing the Jade Spider Shells in Fan Guozhou’s hand, she asked, “Do you have any use for these two materials right now?”
Fan Guozhou was stunned for a moment, “No, Big Shot, do you want them?”
Chen Miaomiao shook her head, “Not exactly, but I’d like to study them for a couple of days. I’ll return them to you afterward and give you a Spirit Herb from my collection for free. How about that?”
“No need to be so polite. Just take them if you want to study them.”
In any case, at this stage, Fan Guozhou didn’t know what use these Artifact Refining Materials had. It was better to contribute to Chen Miaomiao. “I’m counting on you to research a Spiritual Medicine Wine soon so you can help me make a fortune.”
Currently, just selling wine was too ordinary.
Food without Spiritual Energy, no matter how novel and delicious, couldn’t be sold at a suitable high price.
If you sold it too expensively, Mortals couldn’t afford it, and Cultivators wouldn’t be interested.
He had only earned a few dozen Low-grade Spirit Stones so far.
During this time, he and a few other players had stayed up day and night. They had practiced the basic Water Control Technique quite well, but there was no great future in just doing this.
Therefore, Fan Guozhou was counting on Chen Miaomiao to research a method to brew Spiritual Herbs into wine as soon as possible.
Chen Miaomiao didn’t stand on ceremony upon hearing this, “Alright, I already have some ideas. I’ll try my best to help you first.”
Fan Guozhou then gave the two Jade Spider Shells to Chen Miaomiao.
***
After Song Jiulai discovered that the System could directly transfer rewards.
Her clever mind started spinning, and she suddenly wondered if she could operate in reverse.
For example, players had a contribution system. Besides Spirit Stones, which could be directly deducted by the System, she could even use them directly from here. What about items?
So, she tried issuing a Task: have players collect one Low-grade Spirit Stone, buy her a Blood Replenishing Pill, and then donate it directly to the Sect.
Players would receive one Point as a errand reward.
Don’t blame her for being stingy; wasn’t she conducting an experiment?
This Task appeared on a small stone slab at the spawn point, which Song Jiulai had researched when they first entered.
Zhou Xiao, passing by, casually accepted the glowing text.
Coincidentally, she now had to go down the mountain every day to replenish Grain and build good relationships with the common people of Wang’an County to gather more information about the Yunzhou Continent.
There was no harm in asking NPCs for information.
She even got to know an Outer Disciple of the Flying Sparrow Sect who was also in procurement.
She managed to extract quite a bit of information from him.
For example, the Flying Sparrow Sect also had Outer Disciples and Inner Disciples, but Inner Disciples had higher Cultivation, while Outer Disciples were responsible for more miscellaneous tasks.
Zhou Xiao bought a Blood Replenishing Pill and submitted it.
The System scanned it and displayed that Zhou Xiao had completed the Task and received one Point.
She was quite happy, as it was just a casual errand Task.
Meanwhile, Song Jiulai was ecstatic.
Doesn’t that prove she could use players as a transfer station for supplies and stay here without needing to return?
Even Lin Qian was starting to struggle.
After all, this was First Mountain, with many First Order Demonic Beasts. When they rested, Demonic Beasts would suddenly appear.
In a state of insufficient Spiritual Energy, taking medicine was common, and the effects of Qi Replenishing Pills didn’t stack.
This was Lin Qian’s first time going out. She had originally aimed for Tier 2 Spirit Benefiting Grass but found that they hadn’t broken through yet. The medicine they brought was insufficient for their consumption. Recently, they had collected quite a few miscellaneous wild Spirit Herbs, which grew scattered and were guarded by Demonic Beasts.
If not for Song Jiulai, she would have had a hard time.
Lin Qian was very grateful to Song Jiulai and asked if Song Jiulai wanted to go back.
Song Jiulai naturally chose not to go back.
She had nothing else to do within the Sect other than watching over the players. Now, through the System, she could remotely control everything and didn’t need to return.
Of course, she would continue to compete here, to the point of dizziness!
Initially, Song Jiulai wanted to be a slacker, but she found that overworking was too exhilarating. The feeling of hunting Demonic Beasts was too satisfying, and her Spiritual Energy replenished faster. She also desired to obtain greater power.
“Junior Sister Song, are you really not going back?”
Lin Qian saw how bold Song Jiulai was and, though surprised, didn’t force her. Instead, as she was leaving, she left Song Jiulai a Tier 2 Qi Replenishing Pill.
“Thank you so much, Junior Sister Song, for these past few days. I’ve collected quite a few Spirit Herbs. Please accept this pill as thanks.”
Song Jiulai was shocked at that moment.
