Wei Yuan did not expect Fang Yuan to ask such a simple common sense question. However, with the knife at his neck, Wei Yuan did not refute the other party's question. It was childish. He answered honestly.
"Because I need resources for training! The resources needed to advance to the warrior level are too precious. The training camp can't provide them for free, so they use a tusk exchange system. You can purchase these resources with tusks. People with connections can naturally obtain tusks from their family members by hunting zombies or purchasing tusks to meet the supply of tusks and exchange them for resources. To go on zombie hunting, you just need to pass the warrior trial. People like me without connections have to go on zombie hunting ourselves, obtain tusks, and exchange them for resources."
"Are there many people like you in the training camp?"
"No, there are very few. I was the only one last year. People like me are included because we are too talented. We are specially recruited, and everything in the training camp is free. Others who enter the training camp have to pay fangs and other supplies as training fees, and only after handing them in are they eligible to enter the training camp for training." Wei Yuan was very proud when he said this.
He was such a genius! The lord had taken the initiative to recruit him, charging everyone else a fee to train him. It was all for him! Simply because he was a genius! He was proud of his talent! He held the other members of the training camp in contempt! They were a bunch of trash! Trash that required a vast amount of resources to cultivate. Without their good background, they would be nothing!
"What's the value of fangs? Why can they be used as hard currency?" Fang Yuan asked. He had long wanted to know this question, but there was no one he could ask. Now that he had captured Wei Yuan, a man with access to the children of the upper class, he should know the purpose of fangs.
Wei Yuan hesitated for a moment, but being intimidated by the sword and the neck, he could only answer honestly, "I overheard the trainees talking about this. They said that fangs are the main material for making the new foundation-building fluid, which is why they are so valuable."
"Foundation-Building Liquid?! What does it do?!" Fang Yuan asked quickly, hearing someone mention the same name for a system product for the first time. Fang Yuan wanted to know if the system's products and the Water Village's products, with the same name, also had the same effects.
"Foundation-Building Fluid is a shortcut for high-level warriors to advance to warrior status. Without it, it takes two or three months, consuming large amounts of food, to slowly advance to warrior status. In the past, the ingredients for Foundation-Building Fluid were hard to find and expensive, so most warriors from warrior families advanced this way. Only a small number of wealthy warrior families and nobles could use Foundation-Building Fluid to build their foundations. Foundation-Building Fluid can significantly reduce the time required to build a foundation, effectively achieving the status of warrior within a day. Naturally, when it comes to cultivation, the faster the better, and the younger you are, the fewer bottlenecks you face in your advancement. You should understand this principle. Therefore, although Foundation-Building Fluid has always been very expensive, it continues to be in short supply!"
"However, with the onset of the Corpse Demon Plague, with fangs replacing the original main ingredient, Foundation Building Fluid has become more abundant and therefore cheaper. Now, it's food that's hindering warriors' cultivation. I hunted zombies today to exchange for Foundation Building Fluid. Yes, Foundation Building Fluid! If you let me go, I'll help you exchange it for Foundation Building Fluid. What do you think?"
Wei Yuan seemed to have found the reason why Fang Yuan didn't kill him immediately.
I thought to myself, "So it's for the Foundation Building Liquid! I heard that refining the Foundation Building Liquid is not simple. It's the lord's secret method, a monopoly. Fang Yuan must have been trying to find a way to exchange for the Foundation Building Liquid, so he didn't kill me. This is my bargaining chip with Fang Yuan!"
Seeing Wei Yuan's tone suddenly become tough, Fang Yuan saw the red dot representing Wei Yuan on the small map. He felt that he was really not good at socializing. He thought that chatting could strengthen the relationship between the two and resolve the hostility of the other party, but it seemed that he did not have the kingly aura as described in the legend!
So he decided to be direct and said, "Submit to me and you can live. If you don't, you will die!"
Wei Yuan thought Fang Yuan mentioned that he was willing to help him exchange for foundation-building liquid, so he immediately asked him whether he would submit or not. This was Fang Yuan's key point.
So he said firmly, "Fang Yuan, you want the Foundation Building Fluid. I can help you exchange it for it because of our past friendship, but let's not talk about submission, okay? You should know that you and I are both warriors, and you are not a lord, so how can you recruit me? I have also received professional warrior education and training, and I will not submit to anyone other than a lord!"
Seeing Wei Yuan's awe-inspiring words, Fang Yuan, who came from a warrior family, naturally understood the professional ethics and honor of a warrior. Out of respect for Wei Yuan, Fang Yuan nodded and said, "I understand. I respect your choice. In the next life, I hope to be your friend, not your enemy! Farewell, Warrior Wei Yuan!"
Fang Yuan chanted a soldier's farewell hymn, and with a heavy slash of his sharp sword, he cut the artery in Wei Yuan's neck. In front of Wei Yuan's astonished eyes, he fell to the ground and died.
Before Wei Yuan died, he cursed Fang Yuan in his heart. "What can't we discuss properly? Why kill him over a disagreement?" He hadn't considered being loyal to his lord!
He was not born into a warrior family. Although he received warrior education in the training camp, the focus was on the inheritance of combat skills. Although he was also taught to be loyal to the lord, it did not take root in people's hearts in just one year. Wei Yuan only regarded the training camp as a stepping stone and a way to gain strength, power and wealth.
He couldn't understand what Fang Yuan meant by his last words! This was also a problem of family education. Wei Yuan, who came from a poor family, had no idea of being loyal to his lord. He was loyal only to his own desires.
But Fang Yuan, who came from a warrior family, was educated in a way that made him think differently from Wei Yuan. He thought of his lord first, then his family, and finally himself.
According to tradition, Fang Yuan collected his spoils and buried Wei Yuan as a sign of respect for him.
"Mission completed, reward 30 contribution points."
Fang Yuan didn't choose to exchange for anything else. The two sets of nutrient solution he had exchanged earlier were still enough. He already had a set of bows and arrows, and the combat skills inheritance had already been exchanged.
Fang Yuan cleaned up the scene and retrieved the arrow. His quiver had an automatic repair function. He inserted the recovered arrow back into the quiver. Then he left and went to hunt zombies, completing another system task.
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