Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

The clerk took the mushrooms to the appraiser, and Xu Jiawei sat bored in a chair waiting. Looking at Jules, who was still crying, Xu Jiawei said helplessly, "I'm not blaming you, why are you crying?"

"I...I'm sorry, I didn't expect it to turn out like this." Jules' eyes were red from crying.

"Okay, stop crying. You didn't want this to happen, did you? You were just tricked." Xu Jiawei handed the remaining candy to Jules.

"Stop crying, it's giving me a headache." Xu Jiawei pretended to be angry, and sure enough, she saw Yu Le stop crying and breathed a sigh of relief.

The saleswoman hurriedly returned with a bag of mushrooms, followed by an old man wearing a monocle, looking like a scholar, and also looking anxious.

"Is this the mushroom you brought? Do you have any more? We'll take them all!" the old man exclaimed excitedly.

Xu Jiawei nodded. "I still have some, and I can cultivate more if needed later."

"You cultivated this mushroom?! Master, are you interested in cooperating with our Golden Dragon Merchant Guild?" The old man became even more excited upon hearing this. Their Golden Dragon Merchant Guild had been suppressed by the Stardust Merchant Guild for hundreds of years. Perhaps they could turn the tide with this Myriad Mushroom. If not, they had to report to headquarters immediately and agree to cooperate with the master under whatever conditions. There was hope of defeating the Stardust Merchant Guild.

Seeing the elderly man approaching, Xu Jiawei immediately took a step back.

"Let's exchange this for gold coins first, and then we can talk about cooperation." Xu Jiawei was not quite used to the old man's enthusiasm.

"Alright, Master, how much do you have left?" The old man took a step back.

Xu Jiawei took out all the Elephant Mushrooms, afraid that it wouldn't be enough. Unfortunately, Elephant Mushrooms cannot be grown into Enoki Mushrooms, so they can only be grown into these small mushrooms, and there were less than 20 of them.

The old man stared in disbelief: "So many!"

Even the counter staff were stunned.

"Please wait a moment, I'll go get the manager." The old man hurriedly ran upstairs.

The counter staff quickly brought over a drink.

"Master, please wait a moment. This is juice made from sweet fruit; it tastes very good."

Xu Jiawei took a bite, and it did taste quite good.

Seeing Jules looking reserved, Xu Jiawei leaned close to his ear and said, "Why aren't you drinking?"

Jules stiffened even more as he took a sip from his cup.

A short while later, a middle-aged man followed the old man down the street.

"Hello Master, I am Jin Jian, the manager of the Shipwright City branch of the Golden Dragon Merchant Guild. Someone has offered 8000 gold coins to buy two of them. We can't afford to buy all the others right now. How about we put them up for auction at the Golden Dragon Auction House? We only charge 5% of the auction fee as a handling fee." This is already the lowest handling fee.

This thing can't believe it's so expensive!

"My name is Xu Jiawei."

Xu Jiawei thought for a moment, then said, "Okay, give me the 8000 gold coins first."

Jin Jian immediately took out a black card and respectfully handed it to Xu Jiawei, along with an invitation. "Master, the gold coins are already in the card. You can withdraw them at any merchant. There's a merchant 100 meters to the left. Also, this is an invitation to the auction. Please do us the honor of attending!"

Jin Jian completely regarded Xu Jiawei as a reclusive cultivation master.

"Okay." Xu Jiawei thought it would be good to broaden her horizons.

"Master, could we possibly establish a long-term partnership with you? Our Golden Dragon Chamber of Commerce is the second largest in the world, and the terms we offer will absolutely satisfy you," Jin Jian said respectfully.

Xu Jiawei seemed interested: "How will we collaborate?"

"We hope that when you sell your items, you will give priority to our Golden Dragon Chamber of Commerce. From now on, all Golden Dragon Chamber of Commerce items will be offered to you at a 40% discount." This is already a very generous discount.

Xu Jiawei also noticed this and readily agreed.

"May I ask who purchased it?" Xu Jiawei asked. What if it was some kind of master pharmaceutical maker? Maybe she could learn a few tricks from her.

"This is not within the scope of confidentiality. Master Grace has put a bounty on the Wanxianglian in all the merchant guilds, for use in making the Infinity Potion," Jin Jian replied with a smile.

Xu Jiawei requested, "Could you introduce me to someone? I'm very interested in pharmaceuticals."

Jin Jian looked troubled: "Master has a very strange temper, and recently he has become interested in improving his attributes. I'm afraid Master won't agree."

Is Master Grace interested in improving attributes? That's perfect. Xu Jiawei has just researched attribute mushrooms, so she took out five types of mushrooms: health, strength, defense, stamina, and speed. Xu Jiawei plans to hide the lucky mushroom for a while longer.

"These are mushrooms that I cultivated to increase attributes, but each type can only be eaten three times. I don't know if they will be able to impress Master Grace."

The old man took the mushroom, examined it, and nodded in surprise.

In this world, items that increase attributes are very precious. Even the most precious attribute fruit can only be eaten ten times. Apart from leveling up, there are very few other ways to increase attributes. It is conceivable that this attribute mushroom shocked even the well-informed old man, leaving him speechless for a moment.

"Master Xu, could we also cooperate on this type of mushroom? You can choose anything from the entire guild. I will definitely find a way to help you with Master Grace." Jin Jian spoke with difficulty, his voice hoarse.

Seeing that she had not only achieved her goal but also gained something else, Xu Jiawei readily agreed. It seemed that she was quite capable after all; perhaps she had a great talent.

Jin Jian led Xu Jiawei to the treasure vault. Xu Jiawei was dazzled by the sights, but the categories were still clear. "Are there any things like that dome-like thing in the sky above the city?"

"You mean the protective shield? That's extremely valuable. We don't have any here, but there's one up for auction. You can go and take a look."

Did you hear that? Xu Jiawei was still a little disappointed, but she didn't know if she could afford the auction.

Xu Jiawei's eyes lit up when she saw the medicinal herb field. She leaned closer to take a look.

"This is a portable medicinal herb field that can be placed anywhere. It can grow most basic medicinal herbs and speed up the cultivation of medicinal herbs," Jin Jian explained as soon as he saw Xu Jiawei's interest in it.

Wouldn't that mean we could grow basic medicinal herbs on the raft? We were almost out of the ones we collected on the herb island, and this stuff is pretty good.

"This one will do," Xu Jiawei said, looking at Jin Jian.

Jin Jian gave all the medicinal herb fields to Xu Jiawei, but he was still a little embarrassed because the value of these medicinal herb fields was not high among these things. So he also gave Xu Jiawei some portable planting soil that could be used to grow common crops.

Xu Jiawei gladly accepted the money, and then left the Chamber of Commerce with Jules, going to the trading company to withdraw half of the gold coins.

They returned to the Stardust Merchant Guild, where a man carrying a giant sword walked in at the same time as Xu Jiawei. The man was handsome with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes. Was he another player?

Judging from his clothes and hair, it was clear that he was a player like her. At this moment, the man also sized up the girl in front of him, who was also a player; she was very strong.

The man withdrew his gaze and strode inside. Xu Jiawei was not to be outdone; she figured the other players here at this time were probably doing the same thing as her.