Chapter 83 The Prey Revitalizes the Cultivation World (83% complete)
Su Xiaoyao harbored beautiful hopes, but unfortunately Su Qinghuan misunderstood her meaning, and she was caught in a vortex of entanglement, both loving and hating the plate of mushrooms.
With the route planning instructions prepared in advance by 996, she managed to bring everything on the list in the shortest amount of time.
"Gao Xinru's hairpin, Wang Wei's shovel... Hmm, it's complete!"
As they walked out of the last shop, they looked up and saw Helian Yi and his group.
[Me! 996! Top Planning Master!]
996 puffed out its round chest in its mind, boasting of its accomplishment.
Su Xiaoyao gave a thumbs up.
【Hehe】
In the system channel, 1314's cold system voice, as always, carried a mocking tone.
[Dear, the mission plan you gave us said that everyone would arrive at the same time, but how come, by sheer coincidence, while the rest of us arrived at the same time, your host was exactly one minute late?]
444 has no habit of being tactful; he speaks bluntly and with a cold laugh.
[996, your calculation skills have never faltered, you're doing this on purpose! If the task list weren't with you, I wouldn't have listened to your instructions just to save time.]
Thank you for the affirmation. My calculation ability is indeed incapable of being flawed.
They're so smug about working 996.
[Of course I'll give my host the most generous time when I'm in charge of making arrangements. Go ahead and let your host take control, you idiot! Hehehe]
996 single-handedly provoked the entire system, making the other systems grit their teeth in anger.
[Host! Even if you travel together, you must never forget that you are competitors!]
[Host! We must rise up! We must strive forward! We will crush Su Xiaoyao and the 996 work culture under our feet!]
The unsuspecting crowd: "...?"
Although they didn't know why their system suddenly became so excited, they were used to going along with it.
Furthermore, they genuinely wanted to win.
444 used reverse psychology and encouragement on Jiang Yun.
[Host, you are now in fair competition. You must ensure your academic performance is far ahead to legitimately retain your assistant position! Listen to me, once you're in this business, you must follow my instructions...]
Jiang Yun was playing with a beautifully crafted, sharp dagger, a gift from Jun Huilian who had called him to his office before he went out on a mission.
His boss said that his potential was not limited to this and that he expected him to make a breakthrough in this mission.
Standing beside him, Xiao Tingyuan looked up at Su Xiaoyao and listened to 1314's words.
[Hey, I drafted a complete credit-earning battle plan for you three seconds ago]
1314 is unhurried and doesn't act like those impatient systems that only know how to shout slogans at their hosts.
Meanwhile, 996 stood proudly in Su Xiaoyao's mind.
[I did everything you said, Xiao Yao. I bet 444 has devised a vicious plan to make Jiang Yun betray them, and 1314 must have made a rebellion plan three seconds ago.]
Su Xiaoyao smiled and fanned herself with great satisfaction: "Not bad, not bad. This has ignited everyone's fighting spirit. Let them handle the tasks, and I'll take care of picking up the scraps."
We don't want to work ourselves to the bone just to have others pick up our credits, and instead make them work hard for our Boss Su.
While secretly exchanging information, Su Xiaoyao covered her face with a fan, revealing a cunning smile.
Shen Suqi stood to her right, having a clear view of the scene.
After consulting with System 12345, they both agreed that Su Xiaoyao had a serious problem.
"careful."
【cautious】
"Let them fight it out."
We reap the benefits without lifting a finger.
One person, one unified, tacitly high-fived in the sea of consciousness.
Shui Fan looked around the room and saw that he was the only one who looked relaxed.
"10086, have you put all my seasonings away?"
【Okay, remember to redeem two hundred skewers of grilled squid tentacles for me】
10086 didn't even bother to share the ups and downs between systems with him, only emphasizing that he shouldn't forget his meals.
"You can use my points to shop around in the store yourself."
I've been waiting for you to say that.
"Are squid tentacles formed from data tasty?"
[It's delicious! Better than any other flavor of sunflower seeds!]
"That's to be expected. One point can buy two buckets of data melon seeds, while one point can only buy ten strings of data squid tentacles."
Despite saying that, Shui Fan didn't actually care much about points.
Whether he rolls his hair or not is not important; what matters is that he has the strength to defeat stronger prey and make them his meal.
"Is it different from reality?"
I don't know, I've never tried the real thing. Is the real thing delicious?
"Of course, it's absolutely delicious."
I wish I could eat a bite of reality someday.
Shui Fan said regretfully, "I wish I could eat a bite of data someday."
One person, one unification, and simultaneously express feelings, with a sense of ease and comfort as if detached from the situation.
After their exchange, everyone put on smiles and set off together, each with their own thoughts.
Shui Fan's role as guide wasn't for nothing; at his insistence, the first stop on their underwater journey was their prey, the octopus.
At sea, magnificent ships sailed into the dark waters.
"Boss Helian is so generous." Su Xiaoyao touched the main mast and felt the spiritual energy flowing in her palm. She couldn't help but admire Helian Yi's extravagance in building a ship with spirit-gathering wood.
“Actually, you can rent one at Mission Hall for 25 points per month or 1 point per day,” she added.
Helian Yi glanced at her: "It's not worth it."
Su Xiaoyao choked.
After experiencing a luxurious cruise ship on the day of his arrival on the island, Helian Yi immediately ordered his family to spend a huge sum of money to build this extremely luxurious cruise ship, costing hundreds of thousands of spirit stones. Upon landing, Helian family subordinates hurriedly delivered the ship to him.
Not worth it?
She didn't understand the world of the rich.
"What kind of octopus are you talking about?" Xiao Tingyuan asked, sharpening his knife. A pile of bottles and jars were laid out beside him for easy selection.
Shui Fan sat cross-legged opposite him and handed him a bottle of seasoning powder with familiarity: "Use this, it tastes best when it's spicy."
After handing over the seasonings, he processed Xiao Tingyuan's words in his mind and replied, "I don't recognize the variety."
Xiao Tingyuan sighed helplessly, "But you're from the Beast Taming Class."
"The sea is full of food," Shui Fan said confidently. "On land, my strength is weakened, so I need to rely on external forces. In the water, our Merfolk are the overlords, and I can control myself."
"No wonder I heard you only got a passing grade on the pop quiz, and you couldn't even answer the questions about the sea, right?" Shen Suqi said mockingly after hearing this.
Shui Fan pouted unhappily: "There's nothing in the sea that I don't know. Our clan's inherited memories are engraved with their weaknesses, but the names in the book are too hard to remember. I can't match them up, which makes it so that even though I know everything, I can't answer the questions. And this content about the sea is my most confident area. I don't want to listen to the lecture at all."
“You should listen to this. You’ve been spending a lot of time at sea lately. Why don’t you flip through your textbooks? You’ll have midterms when you get back after the mission, and your grades will be on your record,” Shen Suqi said.
“No rush.” Shui Fan waved her hand. “Our teacher said that if you can tame a mid-level spirit beast within fifteen minutes for the midterm exam, you’ll pass. It’ll be a piece of cake for me.”
"What?!" Shen Suqi suddenly raised her voice, "Don't you have a written exam and a practical exam? A passing score of 90 on the written exam is required, and the practical exam is divided into indoor and outdoor sections. You have to draw ten mid-grade spirit talismans indoors and then use those talismans to destroy a high-grade puppet outside. Only the top ten are considered excellent, the top thirty are considered good, the top fifty are considered qualified, and the rest are considered failing?!"
"Huh?" Shui Fan's pupils shrank to pinpoints from the series of outputs. "Didn't your teacher say 'just get by on the midterms'?"
Not only Shui Fan, but Xiao Tingyuan also looked up in confusion: "Midterm exams? What are those? Isn't it just that the teacher fills in 'excellent' on the form?"
Shen Suqi was dealt a second heavy blow, clutching her chest with a contorted expression: "It's not fair! This is not fair!"
Su Xiaoyao walked over and patted her shoulder reassuringly: "You guys are doing alright. Look at our class. The teacher thinks that we weapon cultivators are too fragile and wants us to develop in all aspects, so that we can refine weapons and cultivate people. For this reason, we will have a joint exam with the even more fragile music cultivation class next door in the midterm. The music cultivation class teacher also thinks that their students are not good at close combat and wants to take this opportunity to test them. So you will see weapon cultivators swinging sledgehammers and music cultivators swinging harps on the training ground."
"Huh? Shouldn't you weapon cultivators work hard to become honored guests of large families, then use money and status to crush those arrogant sword and body cultivators and make them your henchmen?" Shen Suqi leaned back.
“Our teacher encourages us to strive for self-improvement.” Su Xiaoyao patted her shoulder again, this time to comfort her and also to comfort herself.
As the class monitor with the highest combat strength in the entire weapon repair class, she couldn't slack off even if she wanted to. Every day, the teacher would urge her to lead the weapon repair class to become well-rounded warriors, and to amaze everyone in the final comprehensive exam of the entire prefecture.
Midterm exams are arranged by each class teacher based on their understanding of each student's strengths and weaknesses, while the final exam is a unified test set by the university.
Shen Suqi clearly felt the differences in teaching methods among the teachers in each class.
She was comforted and said sincerely, "Please be sure to let me know when you have your midterm exams, and I will definitely go to the training field to observe."
No sooner had she finished speaking than Su Xiaoyao jumped onto her back and started hitting her wildly.
"I was wrong, I was wrong!" Shen Suqi begged for forgiveness, covering her head. "Stop messing around, stop messing around. We're almost at the Octopus Domain—Fan, even if you can't name the species of that octopus overlord, you can at least give a simple description. The system is very knowledgeable and will definitely know. We can learn about the weaknesses of this species in advance."
Her method of changing the subject wasn't very clever, but it successfully diverted Su Xiaoyao's attention.
“Right, you’ve dealt with it quite a few times, so you must remember what it looks like and what its distinctive features are.” Su Xiaoyao climbed off Shen Suxi and looked at Shui Fan.
Shui Fan rolled her eyes upwards for a long time before finally recalling a few details: "It's a beautiful fluorescent blue, and from a distance it looks a bit like a transparent umbrella. But its beautiful appearance is just a disguise. My inherited memories tell me that its tentacles are extremely long, and the mucus attached to them is highly corrosive. Its body looks soft but is actually very hard. This kind of octopus is generally quite solitary and lazy, making it suitable for ambushes. Its tentacles are chewy and suitable for deep-frying, while its main body melts in your mouth..."
He searched through his inherited memories as if reciting a book, using a few dozen words to describe its characteristics and weaknesses, and then using thousands of words to describe its taste and cooking method.
Su Xiaoyao and Shen Suqi had lost patience and ignored Shui Fan, who was engrossed in reciting the words and sucking in his saliva. They then linked arms and moved to the other end of the large boat.
"From the description, it's a poisonous amphitheater octopus. I remember that although this kind of octopus is powerful, its talent is limited. At most, it can only reach the Golden Core stage of cultivation. If it continues to cultivate, it will explode and die," Shen Suqi said.
Su Xiaoyao exclaimed in surprise: "There's such a thing as a gene lock? My husband, who works 996, said that the person in this sea right beneath our feet is a peak Golden Core cultivator."
"My local 12345 hotline says the same thing."
They walked away as they talked, leaving only Xiao Tingyuan standing next to Shui Fan, holding a pen and paper and frowning.
"Slow down. What kind of pot can hold its corrosive liquid? What cooking method can turn the toxic slime into a sweet-tasting drink?"
Shui Fan slowed down his speech: "A pot made of a top-grade spiritual artifact or the special black crystal of Yingzhou can withstand its corrosive power."
Xiao Tingyuan wrote with a serious expression.
"Then……"
They were still having a serious discussion when suddenly the ship shook violently, as if it had been hit by some kind of strong impact.
Xiao Tingyuan accidentally dropped the pen in his hand.
Jiang Yun, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly jumped up from the recliner. The summoning banner fluttered, and golden light enveloped the entire giant ship.
"What happened?"
The people on the boat immediately became alert and moved closer together.
A terrifying tentacle, almost half the thickness of a ship, burst out of the water. Its bright blue color was stunning from afar, but upon closer inspection, it was covered with suckers covered in transparent mucus, making it dangerous and terrifying. Anything it touched dissolved at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The tentacles wrapped around the hull, tightening their grip and causing the hull to rock incessantly.
"Holy crap, these are all pure white spirit stones!" Su Xiaoyao stared at the wrecked ship with heartache, her heartache even surpassing her fear of the enormous creature.
"It heard your cooking steps?" Helian Yi frowned, and with a thought, Chu Yi and Shi Wu behind him instantly appeared, like two bright moons guarding him.
On the first and fifteenth of the lunar month, following the master's wishes, they tacitly divided everyone on the ship into their protected areas.
“Over there,” Jiang Yun suddenly spoke up.
The others followed his gaze and saw several familiar figures confronting several tentacles head-on.
Su Xiaoyao spread her hands above her eyes, blocking the light and squinting to take a look.
"Oh ho."
"Bang!"
Just then, one of the people fighting against the tentacles was thrown out and slammed heavily onto the ship's deck, cracking the incredibly hard spirit-gathering wood.
"You'd better pay up, 007." Su Xiaoyao was always eager for a good show.
Su Qinghuan wiped away the black blood flowing from the corner of his mouth. The sunlight was so bright that it temporarily blinded him, but even though he couldn't see what was in front of him, he was all too familiar with that annoying voice.
"Su Xiaoyao! You wouldn't be trying to steal my mission, would you?" he said through gritted teeth.
Su Xiaoyao's eyes darted around. This octopus just happened to be the answer to the 007 team's mission mystery?
She suddenly smiled, took out a wristband from her storage space and put it on, a posture she was ready for battle.
"Look at you, what are you saying? We're all classmates, we should help each other out. We're just here to lend a hand, that's all."
Su Qinghuan struggled to get up, glared at the giant octopus stirring up waves in the sea, and her pale face turned red.
Those are his academic credits!
He didn't swear, and after a long pause, he managed to utter a sentence:
"Damn it! Su Xiaoyao, put down that octopus! Let me handle it!"
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Author's Note: I've been feeling really unwell lately due to real-life issues, so I'll be updating slowly for now.
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