Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 544 Food
Wu Tong swallowed hard, looking blankly at the Jade Emperor: "Great...Great Emperor, what do you mean?"

The Emperor hesitated for a moment, thinking that he should give the players some tangible "benefits" in order to guide them to do this "task" more deeply. So he tentatively asked for everyone's opinion: "Anyway, it's free, so why not take it? Or... let's kill these people first and get the points?"

Many of the guild members were the main force behind the combat-focused gameplay, so they had no objection to the free points and prestige contributions. As a result, everyone agreed to physically exorcise the not-so-large but not-so-small pile of half-dead demons. They not only gained a lot of points, but also obtained a considerable amount of materials for their boss, Wu Tong.

Wu Tong casually handed all these materials to his new secretary, Secretary Zhang—a retired professional gamer whom Wu Tong's sister, Wu Yu, the chairman of Jiaming Group, had specially recruited for a huge sum of money. Secretary Zhang was highly educated, had an excellent reputation for quality, and was good at both emotional and intellectual intelligence. Apart from the less-than-ideal price, she was a perfect secretary.

Secretary Zhang's main task was to play games with Wu Tong, and her secondary task was to take on the important responsibility of "monitoring" Wu Tong in the game, which was actually called "taking care" of him.

Wu Tong wasn't bothered by her older sister's concern about her behavior, because she really hadn't picked up any of the bad habits that were rumored to be common among spoiled rich kids. Apart from occasionally hiding under the covers to read some slightly scandalous novels, her life couldn't be healthier.

Therefore, she was happy to have a gaming pro guide her, and she would always toss the new secretary any materials or items she obtained that weren't particularly useful, just in case she needed them.

While quietly sorting and organizing a pile of messy materials, Secretary Zhang kept an eye on the progress of the group's discussion.

"I think we should explore the environment of this instance first. Didn't the quest say not to offend that NPC? Maybe it's hinting that there are other clues in the instance!"

[Green Tomato] spoke eloquently and was the first to express his thoughts.

[Handsome Guy], however, had a different opinion—because he had recently been dedicated to establishing a comprehensive demon cultivation school and had come into contact with many demon cultivators whose languages ​​weren't entirely different, he was confident that even if this NPC genuinely didn't understand players, he could definitely communicate smoothly. Therefore, he said with even more confidence, "I don't think that NPC has any ill intentions towards us. Why don't we find it and see if we can communicate with it? It understands that we don't eat monsters, so it can probably communicate about other things too!"

Other players also joined in the discussion.

"It's hard to say. The look in its eyes before it left didn't seem to indicate that it agreed that what we were eating was edible..."

"Was that sympathy it felt at the time? It must have been sympathy, right? Anyway, I think it was sympathy! But really, are there such big differences between species? It actually had that expression!"

"Is it possible that the Emperor's snacks were just too awful?"

"No way! Pork jerky is so delicious!"

"Ugh! I think it tastes awful! And it's spicy too!"

"Wow, are you from Guangdong? You don't eat spicy food! How lame!"

"So what if I don't eat spicy food? I'm from Hangzhou! I just don't like spicy food! When it comes to food, it's all about freshness and preserving the original flavor of the ingredients! Heavy spicy food is so low-class!"

"Hey! Then go and challenge the Sichuan and Hunan hot pot restaurants that are all over the world! Food that the people love is good food! There's no such thing as low-grade or high-grade!"

"That's so lame! You're all so lame! If you ask me, the best ingredients have to be all-natural! Like free-range chickens, free-range Fujianese chickens, and the like!"

"What have we Fujianese done to you! You despicable Cantonese! Take it back! Take it back right now!"

The discussions in the team channel veered further and further off track. Everyone was already used to the online atmosphere where no matter what they said, they could bring up regional differences and start a heated debate. They were all eager to watch the drama unfold and fanned the flames.

"Good heavens! People from Guangdong are eating people from Fujian!"

"If you eat Fujianese people, you can't eat Guangxiese people!" "The finest ingredients deserve the simplest cooking methods! Cantonese people! Open up! Show us your culinary skills! Show us what it means to 'blanch Fujianese people'!"

"Ahem, you guys discuss your cooking skills first, I'll go find that NPC and test him out. If you're bored, you can wander around the dungeon and do some research, maybe you'll find some clues! But if you run into that NPC, remember to be polite and don't attack him, or you'll ruin the quest and become the enemy of our whole group!"

While the players were exchanging witty remarks, [Jade Emperor] casually gave some instructions in the group chat, and then privately pulled Zhao Qing and Jie Ran together to follow the direction in which the NPC disappeared.

A "creature" that even alphas are interested in must have extraordinary significance!

After months of collaboration, players like them, who had been incorporated into the project team, could easily tell which tasks were posted by team members and which were posted by Alpha after he became interested.

The style and tone of this task are absolutely alpha's doing! The amount of information behind this is not to be underestimated!

Following the trail for a short while, the group spotted the much smaller giant beast. It didn't seem to be hiding, as it crawled with six tentacle-like limbs, leaving clear tracks on the ground covered with pebbles and clods of earth.

"This is the direction!"

"It's there!"

Jie Ran and Zhao Qing's voices rang out one after the other. The Great Emperor also saw not far away the giant beast that had once again fallen into a state of undulating motion, as if it were fast asleep.

As the three arrived, the giant beast struggled to open its single eye, glanced at them, then closed it again, turned over, and went back to sleep, ignoring them completely.

"How to do?"

The three of them exchanged glances, and without even saying a word, they understood the meaning behind each other's questions.

"If all else fails, how about feeding them?"

The emperor, whose ideas were always the most outrageous, lowered his voice and whispered a suggestion.

Zhao Qing lowered her voice and asked softly, "Doesn't it refuse to eat our food? How do we feed it?"

The Emperor rolled his eyes speechlessly: "Are you stupid! We'll just feed it whatever it likes to eat!"

Upon hearing this, both Jieran and Zhao Qing were dumbfounded.

"You mean, we go to other dungeons to catch some monsters, but we have to make sure they're alive, and then come back to feed them?"

Zhao Qing spoke, seemingly lost in thought.

Although this operation sounds crazy, it does seem to be feasible?
The Emperor replied, "One doesn't hit a smiling face! Since it likes to eat this stuff, let's catch more to show our goodwill. It will understand that we mean no harm, right?"

Zhao Qing hissed, then had to nod in agreement: "That seems to make some sense..."

The usually quiet Jie Ran suddenly pointed to a strangely shaped skull on the ground that was clearly not human or humanoid, and said, "It may not only eat demons, otherwise where did these bones come from? It's possible that it also eats these things, but I still can't tell what kind of creatures these bones are from."