REVEREND INSANITY
Chapter 88: Initial display of authority, selecting, and pressing
Chapter 88: Initial display of authority, selecting, and pressing
On the snow, five small groups were running.
Gu Yue Jiao San looked up at the sky, saying, "The sky is getting dark, our mission this time is to collect 'rotting land in the ice sheet'. Although it was easy, it was taking up too much time. We have to speed up, everyone follows me, try not to miss. Fang Yuan, if you can't follow, let us know. Don't worry, you are a newcomer, we will take care of you.”
Gu Yue Jiao San smiled very kindly.
Fang Yuan nodded silently.
The other three members exchanged looks. The sky was actually still bright, Jiao San did not need to say this. In reality, he wanted to give Fang Yuan an initial look of authority.
All three knew this deep down, but did not expose it.
In reality, this kind of authoritative display is common. When a new member joins, the older member will usually exert his or her authority to remove the arrogance of the younger member making it easier to govern and control them.
"Let's go." Jiao San said lightly, taking big strides and being the first to rush out.
Fang Yuan's gaze shone, heading at the same speed as the other three, following closely from behind.
The bamboo shoes stepped on the snow, leaving footprints.
The mountain road was full of obstacles, difficult to maneuver. Especially with a thick layer of snow, it is even easier to fall. At the same time, due to the layer of snow, who knew whether underneath were sharp rocks or traps?
If someone were to get into a hunter's trap, they would be even more unlucky.
Living in this world is very difficult. Traveling seems easy but in fact it has a lot to do with experience. Many newcomers suffer because of this.
Only through a long training period, after going through many difficulties, a Master Gu who had accumulated a lot of experience would be able to avoid this hurdle.
The cold winter wind blew straight into their faces as Fang Yuan walked through the snow.
Sometimes he makes small jumps, sometimes he runs long distances. Sometimes he dodged, sometimes he climbed up, following behind Jiao San.
The entire Qing Mao was covered by a layer of snow coat, and many trees had bare branches, without a single leaf.
Sometimes, squirrels or wild deer are feared by these people and escape quickly.
Thirty minutes later, Jiao San stopped in his tracks as he had reached his destination.
He turned his head, looked at Fang Yuan, smiled, and praised, “Good work! You are truly the champion of the year, following behind me and not losing your speed even once.”
Fang Yuan smiled silently. This kind of authoritative display, he was clear from it. In fact, a quick run in the snow is already a “traditional events”. Many small groups used this to suppress the arrogance of newcomers.
The two stood on the spot and waited, until the remaining three members arrived.
Huff, huff, huff ……
They took a deep breath, their foreheads were filled with sweat, their faces were red as they placed their hands on top of their wait, the last member dropping down on the ground.
Jiao San rudely looked at them, barking, “Stands upright! Did you not embarrass us enough? Look at Fang Yuan, then look at yourself. Hmph, after this mission, go back and reflect on yourself.”
The three of them stood straight, but lowered their heads. They were berated by Jiao San until they did not dare to raise their heads or reprimand him.
Only their gazes towards Fang Yuan changed.
“That's weird, how could this Fang Yuan be so experienced? I didn't see it fall even once!”
“Huh, we only have normal strength, how can we compete with this monster?”
“Hmph, not only did we not get the show to watch, we even became sacrificial lambs. This guy's…"
“Enough, hunchback.” Jiao San pointed forward, this small-sized “Valley is our goal. Inside, there was a large amount of rotting permafrost soil for us to collect. Let's split up here and harvest the frozen earth. An hour later, we'll be gathered here. Kong Jing, share the tools. ”
Jiao San had just spoken, and a male member named Gu Yue Kong Jing stood up.
He opened his palm wide and a yellow light shot out from the hole in his stomach, landing on his palm.
Yellow light spread out, showing its original shape. A frog with a golden back.
This plump golden frog with a giant snow-white belly, caused its entire body to look like a ball when inflated. The frog's mouth and eyes were all on top of his head because of this stomach, pinched at some point.
Fang Yuan's gaze shone, recognizing this Gu worm.
This is the second rank Gu worm — Large Stomach Frog.
Immediately after, Kong Jing's hands emitted traces of red steel primordial essence, and were absorbed by the frog.
The Great Abdominal Frog screeched, opening its mouth to spit out a steel shovel.
Steel shovels flew in the sky, turning huge rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it landed on the ground, becoming a large steel shovel half the size of a person.
Ribbit, ribbit ……
It called out several times, each time spewing out a tool.
Finally, the snow field in front of everyone had five steel shovels, and five wooden boxes. All wooden boxes have two straps to carry.
Master Gu feeding Gu worms was a huge burden. Thus, the Gu worm was limited in number. During the early stages, it is difficult to handle different environments on your own, and with different intensity of problems, Master Gu often works in groups.
In a small group, there was someone who carried out reconnaissance, someone to attack, someone in charge of defense, someone who healed, and someone as a logistical support.
The standing Master Gu, Kong Jing, was the logistical backer of Gu Master. He controlled this Great Stomach Toad, which was a supporting Gu worm, where his stomach had another space that could be used as storage space.
Of course, each Gu had his own strengths and weaknesses.
The downside of the Big Stomach Toad is that not only is storage space limited, each time it regurgitates an item, it has to beep once, and this is annoying. Especially when a Master Gu was hiding on the battlefield, if handled poorly, it would reveal one's location.
The other thing was, the Great Stomach Frog was unable to store Gu worms, and was not immune to toxins, unable to store poisonous objects.
After handing out the tools, each member of the group had a steel shovel and a box in their hands.
"Let's go," Jiao San waved his hand, leading the troupe into the valley.
Fang Yuan held the steel shovel and carried the wooden box, choosing another direction.
“After all, he is a beginner, in such a hurry. Hehe."
“Is rotting permafrost soil so easy to harvest?If he could not tell the difference, he might obtain a normal frozen ground, wasting his effort. ”
“Actually, it is very difficult to tell the difference. The color of the rotting permafrost soil is almost the same as normal frozen soil, especially under the cover of all the accumulated snow, so beginners can only dig by relying on their luck.”
The three members who saw Fang Yuan's back view laughed internally.
An hour later, they saw Fang Yuan return with a box full of rotting soil, and all of them were dumbfounded.
Including Jiao San, all of their wooden boxes only contained half of the rotting soil.
Looking at Fang Yuan's wooden box, they were almost embarrassed to show the results.
"That's all the soil that's rotting because of permafrost!" A member observed closely and was even more shocked.
"Fang Yuan, how did you collect so much frozen ground?" A female member could not help her curiosity and asked.
Fang Yuan's eyebrows shot up, and the light of snow shone on his irises, revealing a clear and transparent gaze.
He laughed lightly, “Said the academy elder earlier, the rotting soil is a fertilizer made when the snow freezes the swamp. It has a purple color in the dark, and is actually very smelly, but because it is frozen by snow, it cannot be kissed. This is the food of the Smelly Fart Fat Worm. At the same time it is also very fertile, often mixed in the soil to grow crops, fruits and vegetables. The clan that sent this mission, probably because they wanted to use it in the underground cavern and fertilize the moon orchid flowers.”
His words caused the four of them to freeze on the spot.
“These theories are clearly studied in the academy. But theory and reality are very difficult to relate. Has Fang Yuan ever collected rotting soil in the ice sheet before?” The three members looked at each other in shock.
Gu Yue Jiao San's gaze shone, saying, "Good work, Fang Yuan."
As she praised, her usual warm and friendly smile became a little forced.
Jiao San turned around, saying to the others, “In this way, our mission is complete. Everyone give your spades and boxes to Kong Jing, and let's go back. ”
When they returned to the village, it was already afternoon.
The five walked out of the internal affairs hall, Jiao San distributed the six ancient stones they obtained. He got two pieces, while the other members got one.
Ancient stones were very easy to obtain, so all the members smiled.
Fang Yuan kept his ancient stone secretly.
Just in his heart he thought, “When a newcomer joins a small group, the clan will usually give a big reward for the mission as a form of supporting the newcomer. Gathering the mission of the decaying soil permafrost, the reward was at most two ancient stones, but since I was there three times as many. According to logic, I should have gotten more stones. If snow sprinting is an authoritative show, then having us deliberately collect frozen ground alone is a sign to attack me, and the distribution of ancient stones is already a suppression. ”
An ancient one or two was not a problem for Fang Yuan. He was just wondering with a strange — he and Gu Yue Jiao San had never interacted, so why was he suppressing her?
"Except ..." An inspiration struck Fang Yuan.