Chapter 20 Chapter 20 "Then... all together...
Jiang Qing slid his fingertips across the screen, clicked "pass", tapped the screen lightly with his fingers, and wrote "Beautiful senior sister - Xu Weiran" on the note.
Xu Weiran glanced at the notes on the screen with satisfaction and left in a happy mood.
The junior high school girl is quite sweet-talking, so she doesn’t mind!
Jiang Qing had just put away her spiritual power and had no time to catch her breath when two figures with different auras pushed through the crowd and squeezed in front of her almost at the same time.
"Zhao Peng? Meng Yanlang? What are you two doing here?" Jiang Qing picked up Zhu Tianba and looked between the two of them.
Zhao Peng scratched his head, thought of a perfect excuse and said, "I came to you to arrange a time for sparring."
He originally just wanted to ask Jiang Qing if she had passed the exam and took it seriously, but he ran into Meng Yanlang who was also looking for her.
Zhao Peng unilaterally determined that Meng Yanlang was his mortal enemy. Since someone he hated came to see Jiang Qing, he naturally had to follow and take a look. He tilted his head and moved his gaze towards Meng Yanlang, almost staring at his face.
Zhao Peng kept smiling, but his back teeth were clenched tightly. "Why are you staring at him?"
Meng Yanlang slapped Zhao Peng's head away without even looking at him. He said to Jiang Qing, "I have a team-building mission here. I wanted to ask if you are free. I want to team up with you."
"Team up?" Zhao Peng stumbled after being pushed. After straightening his appearance, he heard Meng Yanlang's words. He snorted and said, "With you? No way!"
Meng Yanlang's gaze finally fell on Zhao Peng: "What's the problem?"
Zhao Peng has been like a little firecracker since he was a child, always liking to make noises in his ears.
Zhao Peng: "Of course I have..."
Before he could finish his words, Jiang Qing interrupted him.
The crowd around had almost dispersed after Senior Sister Xu Weiran left. Li Xiu had also come to find Jiang Qing, but the two of them got there first, so she could only stand behind and wait for people to finish speaking.
Zhu Tianba in his arms had been looking at the two of them with unfriendly eyes for a long time.
"I say, you two..." Jiang Qing sighed and rubbed his chin, which was a little itchy from being rubbed by Zhu Tianba. "Can you guys... come one by one?"
She first looked at Zhao Peng: "Zhao Peng, we agreed that the sparring will start tomorrow after the exam. Once you decide the time and place, just let me know. I'm available anytime."
She agreed readily. After all, it was two hundred yuan a day, and it would be a waste not to make the money. Zhu Tianba also said that it was no problem.
Zhao Peng's expression brightened slightly after receiving Jiang Qing's confirmation, but he still glanced at Meng Yanlang with a wary look: "Did you hear that? Jiang Qing wants to train with me and doesn't have time to team up with you to complete any missions!"
Jiang Qing then turned to Meng Yanlang. She sighed and said, "Meng Yanlang, as for the team mission, forget it. I only have limited strength, as you've seen. I probably can't help you much."
She and Meng Yanlang only had one meal together, and at most that time in the library. They never trained together and didn't even have the basic tacit understanding and cooperation, let alone teaming up to complete tasks together.
No, no, no.
She is rich now, so it is enough for her to take on some simple tasks occasionally. There is really no need for her to do those highly dangerous tasks.
In her mind, she had subconsciously equated dangerous missions with these gifted individuals.
Meng Yanlang seemed to have anticipated her reaction. He nodded slightly, his eyes fixed on Zhu Tianba in Jiang Qing's arms: "I watched your fight at Innis."
His voice was flat, yet firm. "Your spirit pet has unique defensive abilities. I've accepted an exploration mission. The target area is infested with a large number of low-level exotic beasts with long-range energy attacks. We need strong, targeted defense and flexible adaptability. Conventional defensive spirit beasts are either too large or too slow. Your... pig is perfect, which is why I wanted to find you."
Jiang Qing turned her head to look at him when she heard that. She had put all her energy into the battle with the long-faced man. She only remembered the two women and one man who were with the long-faced man at the lakeside at the beginning, and didn't pay any attention to whether there were other people around.
She didn't really care what other people thought of her. She put her hands on her chest and waited quietly for Meng Yanlang to continue.
Meng Yanlang paused, as if weighing his words, before finally saying, "The reward for this mission is not low. It's allocated based on contribution, and the basic guarantee is 50,000 yuan. If you're interested, you can take a look at the mission briefing before making a decision."
As he spoke, he tapped his finger on Lingtong a few times, and a projection of mission information appeared in front of Jiang Qing.
[Publisher: Fifth Beastmaster Academy
Mission: Dark Valley Energy Node Investigation
Location: Dark valley on the edge of Wudong Forest, west of the school
Objectives: 1. Investigate and record the distribution of abnormal energy nodes deep in the valley.
2. Collect at least three pure energy samples from different nodes (the containers are provided by the college).
3. Clear the valley of overactive low-level "phosphorescent moths" that may interfere with the investigation
Reward: 50,000 Beast Coins (Excess Reward: Energy Sample Excess Collection Reward: 5,000 additional per share.)
If important abnormal information is discovered and confirmed by the college, there will be additional rewards.
Risk Warning: The valley environment is complex and dim, and there are many phosphorescent moths whose attacks can paralyze you, so be careful to defend yourself. There may be unknown small, aquarium-dwelling monsters, so be wary of sneak attacks.
There are many unknown areas in this world that need to be explored, and each college will also issue many official tasks for students to jointly develop and explore.
You can choose the task level according to your own strength.
Jiang Qing had also seen this post. It had been on the homepage of the Beast Tamer Forum for several days. The level of the spirit beasts in the Wudong Forest was around level five of the mortal rank, and the level in the Dark Valley was a little higher, around level six of the mortal rank.
Many people have already accepted the order under the post and challenged this task. There are three task objectives, and there will be rewards for completing any one of them. It is indeed extremely worthwhile.
Jiang Qing was also tempted at that time, but she was not familiar with Wudong Forest, and Zhu Tianba was too young, so she could only covet the high bonus and could not do anything else.
Wild animals are not as docile as spiritual animals. Most of them have bad tempers and attack people when they see them. They also hate people entering their territory.
The temptation of the 50,000 yuan reward once again aroused Jiang Qing's desire. She couldn't accomplish it alone, but if Meng Yanlang was added... it would be different.
"How about it? Consider it?" Meng Yanlang's voice broke her inner struggle. He keenly caught the unconcealable desire for money in Jiang Qing's eyes. He curled his lips and was about to add fuel to the fire.
The 'little firecracker' next to him stood up again.
"No, why should she agree to you? Just go if you say so!" Zhao Peng muttered dissatisfiedly.
Jiang Qing: "I'll go." She finally succumbed to the temptation of money.
Zhao Peng turned his head, his eyes widened, his face showing helplessness and disbelief: "..."
The look in his eyes when he looked at Jiang Qing revealed a meaning of 'Why are you helping an outsider to slap me in the face'.
"Okay, then it's settled. We'll set off this Sunday morning." Meng Yanlang said with a smile.
"I want to go too." Zhao Peng interrupted.
They both turned to look at him at the same time.
"You're going too?" Meng Yanlang was really surprised this time, and even had a hint of imperceptible...disgust?
He obviously didn't include Zhao Peng in his plan.
Zhao Peng blushed and stiffened his neck as he said, "These are all school tasks. No one said I can't come along."
"Besides, my Iron-Armored Bull is a genuine immortal-level spirit beast. There's no other student of the same level in the academy with a higher defense than me. What? You still can't do it even with such a powerful helper like me?" Zhao Peng immediately straightened his chest, as if he had found a strong argument.
The scene suddenly became a little chaotic.
Meng Yanlang was silent for a moment, carefully weighing the pros and cons in his heart.
He always puts the mission first and other personal grudges can be put aside for the time being.
What Zhao Peng said made sense. If anything happened, the Iron-Armored Bull, a fairy-level bull, would indeed come in handy.
But in this case, it means that the reward needs to be divided equally among three people.
His eyes fell on Jiang Qing, waiting for her to make a decision.
Meng Yanlang actually didn't care about the rewards. He chose to do the mission purely to enhance the undead rat's combat experience and wild exploration experience, but Jiang Qing seemed to care.
If Jiang Qing didn't agree, he wouldn't force Zhao Peng to join.
Jiang Qing lowered her head in thought. Before she could say anything, someone suddenly pulled her sleeve.
She looked up and saw Li Xiu standing next to her.
"Qingqing, I just heard that you are going to do the exploration mission of the academy. Can you take me with you? I want to go too." Li Xiu asked in a pleading tone. She had heard of the other two people's fame, but she was not very familiar with them, so she could only ask Jiang Qing for help.
Li Xiu's situation was similar to Jiang Qing's. They were equally poor, so Jiang Qing certainly knew what Li Xiu was thinking.
She glanced at Meng Yanlang, and when she saw him looking at her, she understood.
"Then..." Jiang Qing blinked, "Let's all go together!"
She wiped her nose and smiled innocently.
"Let's create a group and inform the group of the time and meeting place." Meng Yanlang took out Lingtong and opened the communication interface.
The three of them took out their spiritual channels, added each other as friends, and then Meng Yanlang brought everyone into the team.
Jiang Qing looked at the group chat of four people, clicked on the edit bar, and changed the group name to [The Fortune Four-Man Team]
Li Xiu had long given up hope in Jiang Qing's talent for naming. She closed her eyes and pretended not to see.
But Zhao Peng was a man who spoke his mind. He complained, "What a tacky name! What kind of taste do you have!"
"Tacky?" Jiang Qing blinked. "You don't understand. Names are symbols with beautiful meanings. They are the embodiment of one's spiritual aspirations. Don't you think this group name fits our current temperament?"
"What about your Zhu Tianba?" Zhao Peng frowned and pointed at the pig in her arms.
Jiang Qing said directly: "A humble name is easy to maintain, and Tianba Tianba, it sounds so domineering!"
Zhu Tianba nodded in agreement in her arms.
Whatever Jiang Qing says goes!
It turned around and stared at Zhao Peng, while baring its teeth at him.
Humph! You are the only one who has no taste!
Zhao Peng was speechless.
Not only does Jiang Qing have little culture, but he even imitates this pig.
Jiang Qing took a deep breath and looked at the four people seriously.
Li Xiu tilted her head with a vague look in her eyes, Zhao Peng looked at her with an expression that said 'Are you serious?' Only Meng Yanlang seemed to be taking notes seriously.
Jiang Qing curled his lips and compromised: "Okay."
She clicked on the group notes again and changed [The Fortune Foursome] to [The Rich Foursome]
Li Xiu & Zhao Peng: "......"
I'd like to ask, what's the difference?
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