Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 8: That Year, Eighteen, Guild Activities, Standing Like a Minion
"Stay here and don't leave the battleship until you reach the poisonous fog swamp."

"Ok."

Fu Ping gave some careful instructions and then left to continue picking up the newcomers.

Su Yu turned around and saw that there were already many young men and women standing on the wide deck. Judging from their ages, they should all be newcomers. He didn't recognize any of them, so he just found a corner and stood there.

As time went by, new people continued to arrive and the square became more and more crowded.

More than ten minutes later, his eyes suddenly lit up and he saw a few familiar faces.

The three new members of Qiao Bin’s team who were leveling up before were two men and one woman. The woman was called Wen Qing, and the two men were called Jiang Yu and Li Mu.

He greeted them and they stood together.

"There are so many people!"

Jiang Yu smacked his lips, and Li Mu nodded beside him:

"I'm afraid more than 90% of this year's newcomers are here."

Su Yu smiled and said:

"Anyway, we don't need to go to the front lines, most of them will come to take a look."

They hadn't chatted for a few minutes when a group of about thirty newcomers suddenly arrived. When the many senior people who were maintaining order saw this group of newcomers, some greeted them enthusiastically, while others turned around and asked those who had arrived earlier to step aside, and they were also pushed to the side.

"The second generation is here."

Jiang Yu curled his lips and said with some envy.

These newcomers all have extraordinary demeanor and are even better dressed than them.

Su Yu is now wearing a first-grade robe, which has the functions of self-purification and dust-proofing. The fabrics of the robes of the newcomers are visibly more refined, with a faint spiritual light flowing up and down on them. It is obvious that they are high-grade robes.

High-quality robes not only come with a series of special effects, but also have powerful defensive power comparable to defensive magic weapons, and their value is higher than defensive magic weapons of the same level.

When this group of second-generation people arrived, they immediately became the focus of attention on the deck.

Many newcomers looked at them with jealousy or envy.

"That year, when I was eighteen, I attended a guild event and stood like a minion!"

Su Yu turned around in surprise. The person who said this was a newcomer behind him whom he didn't know. Noticing his surprised look, the newcomer smiled and said:
“I feel it!”

Su Yu also laughed and said:
“Exactly.”

The young man laughed and said:

"But then again, the second generation is just benefiting from the influence of their parents. If their parents can stand out, then there's nothing we can't do too."

There were several people who heard his words. Some nodded, while others shook their heads.

"Having said that, it's actually not easy to stand out, unless you have excellent talent."

"So what? Talent only saves you some effort. Diligence can make up for lack of talent. Besides, the other side of the world is so vast. There are many natural treasures in the depths of heaven and earth that can enhance your innate talent. Maybe you can change your destiny in the future!"

"Haha, the natural treasures that can improve one's innate talent are not as easy to obtain as one might imagine. Many people never have the chance to see them in their entire lives."

"Haha, qualifications can be changed, but mentality is difficult to change. If you have this mentality, you will be doomed to achieve nothing."

"you"

"What do you mean by 'you'? You don't even have the courage to change your fate, how can you say you can defy fate and change it?"

The young man said in a deep voice:

"Perhaps I won't have the chance to obtain such a treasure in this lifetime, but that's no reason to give up now. Opportunities only come to those who are prepared. Prepare now, and if the opportunity does come in the future, you won't miss it due to lack of preparation."

Everyone was speechless.

Su Yu clasped his fists and said:

"Brother, this is good advice. I'll teach you. My name is Su Yu."

The young man clasped his fists in return:

"I'm Zhuang Zhuo."

"I hope to hear good news from you someday."

"Thank you for your good words!"

“Add me as a friend!”

“Add me as a friend!”

The two were stunned and laughed at the same time.

A thought arises in everyone's mind: the person in front of me is the same kind as me.

The two men ignored the people on the deck and gathered at the edge of the ship to chat.

Unlike other people who introduce themselves as soon as they meet, they tacitly avoid these things and only talk about things related to cultivation, what they have seen while leveling up, combat experience and monster-killing skills, etc.

From the conversation, I learned that Zhuang Zhuo had spent the past half month studying many mainstream combat systems. After determining that he had no talent in swordsmanship or mainstream spells, he finally decided to take a side path.

There are three mainstream routes of the side door, namely, taming beasts, refining corpses and controlling ghosts, and refining poisons.

His original idea was to tame beasts, but after learning about the situation in the poisonous fog swamp during this guild mission, he put refining poison on the agenda.

The poisonous fog swamp is overrun with poisonous insects, making it an ideal place for refining poison.

His idea was to first join the group to see the situation in the poisonous fog swamp. If the environment was suitable, he would focus on practicing Gu. Later, he would develop in the poisonous fog swamp and build his own Gu pit, that is, a Gu refining field.

If the Gu farm can be established, it will develop rapidly in the future.

Through the Gu field, you can refine a large number of high-quality Gu worms for yourself. If you can get some rare formulas, such as the flying golden centipede, golden cicada Gu and other powerful Gu worms, you can ascend directly.

Just a wave of his hand can bring out hundreds of level 50 or 60 poisonous insects, which are very powerful whether in leveling or PK.

In addition, the poisonous insects in the poison farm can be used by the individual or sold. If the operation is good, the insects can be used by the individual and make money.

The two got along very well. Later in the conversation, Zhuang Zhuo asked him if he was interested in joining in and the two of them would build a Gu refining farm together.

Su Yu was somewhat moved by this proposal, and after a moment of hesitation, he said:
"How about this? After the guild wipes out the demon village, I'll take a look at the situation over there and then we'll talk."

"Row."

Although he doesn't know how to make Gu, he can make money from it.

"Buzz!"

The huge warship suddenly began to move. The two people who were chatting speculatively looked up and found that everyone had arrived and the fleet was already setting off.

At this time, several guild leaders walked out from the balcony of the central deck of the giant ship, and the one in the middle shouted loudly:
"This guild event is the largest in recent years. With over half of the main forces assembled, the operation is quite dangerous. This year's newcomers do not have any missions and can stay in the battleship and observe the battle."

"However, considering that some newcomers would like to experience the life of a full guild member in advance, we have prepared some safe tasks for you with the guild master's approval. They will reward you with guild contributions. The specific tasks will be sent to you later. Those interested can contact the newcomer supervisors at any time to receive tasks."

"Finally, I wish you all a bright future and a long and prosperous road!"

The boss said a few words and left. Su Yu soon received a group message, which turned out to be a task list.

There aren't many tasks on the list, but there are a few types, most of which are repeatable. Reconnaissance Mission: Scout the distribution of monsters in various parts of the Poison Mist Swamp.

Combat mission: Clear out the many wild monsters in the poisonous fog swamp.

Guarding mission: Guild craftsmen will build temporary bases at certain important nodes in the Poison Mist Swamp, which require guards.

Mana Supply Mission: Provide mana for the guild's battleship or the Thunder Tower in the base, which is equivalent to a human battery.

These are basically the four things they can do.

Su Yu took a look and said to Zhuang Zhuo:
"I'm going to take a combat mission."

Zhuang Zhuo smiled and said:

"What a coincidence, I thought so too."

"Team up together?"

"Walk."

He quickly contacted the new instructor Fu Ping and received a jade talisman.

Carrying this thing with them can record the information of monsters killed in the poisonous fog swamp, and the rewards will be determined based on the monsters killed afterwards.

After receiving the task, the next step is to wait.

The giant wooden Shenzhou, a sixth-grade ship, is over a kilometer long, with a maximum speed of 1500 kilometers per hour. It can carry a maximum of 50000 people and it took only five hours to travel a distance of 6600 kilometers.

When the fleet arrived at its destination, it saw a small river only a dozen kilometers wide. Going up the river into the Taihu Mountains was the poisonous fog swamp.

In the Earth era, even the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River are only two or three kilometers wide, which cannot even be called a river in the other world.

In the other world, the rivers that can be called big rivers are often hundreds or thousands of kilometers wide, as broad as the sea.

The fleet sailed up the river for more than three hours, and suddenly the view before them opened up to an extremely wide expanse of water with no end in sight.

The fleet stopped here and a large number of demon-attracting incense were lit, which soon attracted a large number of monsters from the poisonous fog swamp.

Then countless divine thunder towers roared and killed the densely packed monsters.

After so many rounds of travel, and confirming that there were no monsters, the fleet split up here, and fleets consisting of fifth-order angry whale boats and fourth-order wave-piercing giant boats sailed into the poisonous fog swamp.

Su Yu was bored and lay on the edge of the ship watching. There was no need for them to take action at this stage.

First, send a fleet into the poisonous fog swamp, establish temporary bases, and enshrine statues of the water god in the temporary bases. Use the power of the Yuanjiang water god to suppress the regional rules and slow down the refresh speed and frequency of wild monsters.

The first step is to clear out most of the monsters in the poisonous fog swamp before taking action. Otherwise, in the final battle, the poisonous dragon king will give an order and all the monsters in the swamp will rush in. Millions and billions of monsters will rush in and directly drown them.

Once the guild’s temporary base is established, it will be time for them to take action.

This step alone took more than ten hours of waiting. Su Yu fell asleep while sitting on the side of the boat when he suddenly heard a dull bell ringing.

He jumped up like a spring, and Zhuang Zhuo, who had woken up early, said:

"We're ready to go."

Su Yu looked up and saw many newcomers on the deck taking off into the air, some riding on spirit birds, some on flying boats, leaving the warship and flying into the distance.

Zhuang Zhuo took out a green wooden boat and threw it. It quickly grew and turned into a green wooden flying boat about five meters long. He jumped onto the flying boat and said:
"I chose temporary base number five."

Su Yu also jumped up:
"Walk."

A thin layer of light curtain rose from the Aoki boat, then it soared into the air and flew forward.

After the flying boat flew forward for more than ten minutes, a light gray mist began to appear in the air ahead, and the lake below began to deepen. Half an hour later, after crossing this area of ​​water, we saw the first land emerging from the water. We could see that the lush vegetation on it was all gray-green, with a light mist spreading from it.

At this time, a third-order fire spirit boat lowered its altitude and flew towards the floating island. When it sank about two hundred meters, a group of flying insects rushed out from the dense jungle.

These flying insects are the size of a basketball, round in shape, covered with thick carapaces, with claws and wings that are as sharp as blades, and knife-like pincers on both sides of their mouthparts, making them look extremely ferocious.

More than twenty people on the Fire Spirit Boat gathered at the side of the boat and used their magic weapons to attack.

Magical weapons such as knives, swords, hammers, tripods, towers, etc. rushed forward, and the flying insects shattered as soon as they touched them.

Following closely behind was a large net condensed from flames, which quickly spread out to cover nearly an acre, trapping all the poisonous insects in it, burning with flames and crackling.

This group of flying insects is level 17, but their health is far lower than that of other monsters, and they can be killed in seconds with a beating.

The fire net was retracted and then reopened to fly down over an area of ​​about two acres. The lush vegetation within the two acres was quickly burned, and a large number of poisonous insects inside were burned with crackling sounds.

I didn't see them behind, they had already passed and flew away.

More than two hours later, they arrived at temporary base No. 5.

In just a few hours, the guild's craftsmen had built a castle surrounded by stone walls on the island and erected more than twenty divine thunder towers. All the vegetation within a few kilometers around the base was blown to pieces.

The two arrived a little late and there were already quite a few people on the island, so they could only fly out of the island.

In the south of the island, there is a dark mudflat under the gray fog.

This is already a classic poisonous swamp terrain, with black mud, gray-black plants, swarms of mosquitoes everywhere, and columns of demonic energy of various colors rising like smoke.

"let's start!"

Zhuang Zhuo took out a Hundred Gu Banner with insects painted all over its surface and waved it. Silver mist gushed out and turned into a vortex. A number of two-meter-long red flame flying centipedes, about level 26, flew out and circled around him.

"Red Flame Flying Centipede?"

Zhuang Zhuo chuckled and said:

"All the money was spent on this. We started cultivating it from level one and it has only taken shape now."

"How many are there?"

"32."

"powerful!"

Zhuang Zhuo waved the Hundred Gu Banner in his hand, and eight of the 32 red flame flying centipedes remained to continue protecting themselves, while the other 24 flew out and pounced on the ground.

The target was a level 42 swamp black python that was over ten meters long. When it saw the poisonous centipede, it stood up and sprayed a mouthful of poisonous water in its face.

The flying centipedes separated to the left and right to avoid the poisonous water, and then rushed forward to surround the black python and start biting it.

Although this black python is of a high level, centipedes are better than snakes and have the advantage in numbers. More than 20 of them surrounded it, and their mouthparts easily bit through its scales. The black python kept getting hit by damage of around -21 or -20.

Although not high, a large number of ants can kill an elephant.

Seeing that he could handle it, Su Yu changed his target, stretched out his hand, and a white sword light flew out and hung in front of him. He stretched out his hand and pointed it in a flash and flew over, circling the top of the head of a level 39 poisonous clam lying in the water, and two -324 damage floated up.

The poisonous clam jumped up from the mud in pain. Just then, Su Yu slashed with his sword, and the sword light circled around and passed through the belly of the poisonous clam that was jumping in the air.
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The damage is higher than before, which means that the defense of the poison clam's back is higher than its belly.

The poisonous clam in the air opened its mouth and its bright red tongue shot out more than 20 meters but missed the target. It fell due to weightlessness. He immediately changed his moves and the flying sword transformed into several sword shadows and stabbed continuously, causing several injuries to float up.

The distance was too far to reach, so the poisonous clam didn't hesitate and jumped directly into the pool of water not far away. The turbid water immediately turned into chaos, covering the poisonous clam's figure.

Su Yu stretched out his hand to retrieve the flying sword, and was about to use an explosion spell to blow it out when the pool suddenly exploded. The poisonous clam jumped out of the pool again, but was entangled by several black tentacles and pulled back.

The poisonous clam struggled in the water, and more fleshy tentacles stretched out from the mud and inserted into the poisonous clam. The fat body of the poisonous centipede became shriveled visibly.

(End of this chapter)