Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

"What is this, Brother Zhang?" Li Ming came closer; he had never seen anything like it before.

Hearing what Li Ming said, Xu Jiawei also became interested. After all, even the European Emperor had never seen such a rare item, so she also gathered around.

Seeing that everyone seemed very interested, Zhang Yunting cleared his throat and opened the parchment scroll.

The parchment scroll had a magic circle pattern on it, but its purpose was unknown.

"Stop being so mysterious, just tell me already." Bai Yu was an impatient person, and seeing that Zhang Yunting was still being mysterious, she urged him on.

"Young people shouldn't be so impatient."

If it weren't for the fact that he was a teammate, Bai Yu would have pulled out a hammer and given him a couple of whacks.

"Alright, I know you're Old Deng, stop keeping me in suspense."

Zhang Yunting was speechless after being choked by Bai Yu's words. Was he old? Zhang Yunting had no intention of teasing the others any further, so he honestly explained how to use it.

"This is a magic circle that a certain leader obtained from a certain great mage. It is called a teleportation circle. You can set up a point here, and then set up another point on the raft when you return, and that will create a passage."

Zhang Yunting continued, "There are just enough energy stones here to establish an array point."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's lend a hand and get started!" Bai Yu said, rolling up her sleeves.

The group tried several times to follow the shape of the magic circle, but failed each time. Zhang Yunting was also puzzled; this shouldn't be the case.

"Brother Zhang, can I take a look at the magic circle?" Xu Jiawei felt that the magic circle was missing something, but she couldn't figure out what it was.

Zhang Yunting handed the parchment scroll to Xu Jiawei, who took it and unfolded it, instantly seeing two small characters on the side: Mo Feng.

What a coincidence! This world is too small. Since this parchment was made by her teacher, why not just ask Mo Feng directly?

Xu Jiawei then took out a magic communicator from her backpack and contacted Mo Feng directly. It took a full minute for Mo Feng to answer.

At this moment, Mo Feng was still wearing a well-tailored black magic robe, and his hair was neatly combed.

"What's wrong? Did you run into some kind of problem with magic? Or did Sister Grace send you to find me?" Mo Feng's questions came one after another like a barrage of cannon fire.

"Teacher Mofeng, it wasn't Teacher Grace who sent me. I have some questions about magic that I'd like to ask you." Xu Jiawei smiled politely.

Mo Feng was visibly disappointed, so he lazily uttered an "oh".

Xu Jiawei held up the parchment scroll to the camera and asked, "Teacher Mofeng, did you create this magic circle? I see your name written on this parchment scroll."

Mo Feng's expression became slightly more serious, and he carefully examined the parchment scroll. However, his expression grew increasingly angry, and finally he slammed his fist on the table.

"This is outrageous! If I find out which bastard is impersonating me, I'll skin him alive. How could I have drawn such a terrible picture? There are so many mistakes on it. I wonder which half-baked magician is impersonating me. It's outrageous!"

Seeing that Mo Feng was still complaining, Xu Jiawei coughed and said, "Teacher Mo Feng, we've discovered an energy stone mine here, but we've tried setting up a teleportation array several times without success. Could you teach us how?"

Mo Feng then stopped complaining and sneered, "It would be strange if you succeeded. After all, this diagram is utter nonsense. I can teach you, but the others will have to be paid."

Xu Jiawei is Mo Feng's apprentice after all, so teaching her is no problem. But it's not the same for others. A master like Mo Feng charges a high price every time he teaches, so how could he teach for free?

Zhang Yunting, as the person in charge, stepped forward to negotiate: "You must be Master Mofeng. Our people mistook you for someone else. We are truly sorry. Master Mofeng, how about this: from now on, we will give you one-tenth of every energy stone we mine. Is that acceptable?"

Mo Feng rested his chin on his hand, deep in thought. He realized that he did need energy stones to draw the magic array. "Alright, if each of you gives me one-tenth of your harvest each time, I'll take a loss and teach you. After all, you outsiders are all poor, so I won't ask for much more."

...This phrase, "poor wretch," deeply wounded Xu Jiawei's heart, and even Zhang Yunting and Si Yunming felt as if they had been stabbed.

The group of poor people quickly expressed their gratitude, and Mo Feng explained to Xu Jiawei and the others how to arrange the energy stones, word by word.

Mo Feng, his throat dry from talking, cursed the group as utterly useless: "Idiots! Put it over there! Didn't you understand?! Put it upside down! How many times have I told you? I've never worked with such stupid people!"

Mo Feng's face visibly flushed red: "I thought my disciple had already disappointed me, but compared to you all, he's simply astonishing! Even my disciple is a peerless genius in your eyes!"

Xu Jiawei: ...Although I'm praising myself, something feels off.

"My dear disciple, I was wrong about you. You are truly a once-in-a-century genius." Mo Feng reflected deeply and decided never to take on another disciple again, for fear of being driven to his death by anger.

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Under Mo Feng's patient and tireless instruction, the group finally completed the setup of the teleportation array. The others were scolded mercilessly but dared not refute him and could only endure it, feeling extremely aggrieved. As soon as the group finished setting up the array, Mo Feng immediately hung up the communicator.

The group breathed a sigh of relief; they hadn't been scolded like that in a long time—it was terrifying.

Once the array's core was set up, a faint blue light flashed with a hum, forming a large magic circle on the ground.

"We'll be done once we get back and set up a small teleportation array on our respective rafts," Xu Jiawei said, then, seeing that she still had some time, she went back to mining.

The others weren't idle either, joining in the mining. Zhang Yunting looked at Xu Jiawei with some envy. Comrade Xu's skills were really useful. Just now, everyone else had stopped to focus on setting up the magic array, but those mushrooms were doing nothing and continued mining.

Xu Jiawei has now surpassed everyone else by a large margin; the ore she has collected from mushrooms has piled up into a small mountain.

As soon as the 7 o'clock signal was given, Xu Jiawei and the others were teleported back to the raft on time. After returning to the raft, Xu Jiawei shivered. It was so cold. Even her cotton-padded coat wasn't enough.

The sea was completely covered by ice, and Xu Jiawei's raft was frozen on the surface, motionless. The cold wind howled as it blew against the protective shield.

Although the cold wind couldn't get in, the cold air was already enough for Xu Jiawei to bear. She decided to keep the fireplace burning, so she called Little Bronze. Little Bronze was terrified, after all, it was so anxious when it saw the mushroom culture dish suddenly disappear that it was running around in circles, thinking that it had lost it.

"Little Bronze, we don't need to grow mushrooms anymore. Can you just stay here and tend the fireplace?"

Little Bronze was almost in tears. Did its owner not want it anymore?