My health recovery is incredibly fast.

This is what a team should be like: helping and supporting each other to run the circus business well.

In fact, even if Snake and the others hadn't offered to share the cost of the medicine, Audrey would have done so anyway.

Maintaining fairness among team members has always been her principle.

But that's only one of the reasons.

Audrey put the universal antidote into her suitcase, the six words Xia Zuo had said echoing in her mind:

When acting, you have to go all the way.

Xia Zuo decided not to reveal his extraordinary recovery ability to the other members.

He had discussed various strategies with the leader in advance to avoid being exposed, including how to deal with the reactions of the others.

One bottle of universal antidote, one bottle of diluted universal antidote, and one empty medicine bottle.

These three will become veteran actors in the future.

Before the performance, Xia Zuo would get a diluted universal deciphering potion from the boss.

After entering the fitting room, while changing clothes, she pretended to drink the potion, and then took out the empty potion bottle she had prepared in advance and returned it to the boss.

This is the general plan.

As for how to record the expenses for the medicine... cough... bookkeeping... Xia Zuo naturally took on this task.

The fire-breathing performance on stage lasted for five minutes.

At such a young age, she already possesses 60-70% of the stage skills of Vans.

Although most of the time, transitions are made using flames and small fires, movement, and jumping.

But that was enough to confuse Snake and his team.

Following the pre-arranged plan, Audrey decisively shifted the blame to the universal antidote.

Although Xia Zuo's universal antidote was diluted, its effects lasted at least 5 minutes, so he couldn't waste it. He might as well take a break and perform a little longer.

Applause erupted from the audience.

Xia Zuo successfully roasted the raw chicken.

Audrey called out to the people around her and took the lead in pulling back the curtain and stepping onto the performance stage.

"The performance has successfully concluded. Let's go on stage and thank the audience."

The circus performed a total of three shows from morning to evening.

In the evening, Xia Zuo sat backstage to rest, his arms trembling and the flesh on both sides of his cheeks twitching, teetering on the edge of cramping.

All he wanted to do now was go back to the hotel, take a nice hot shower, and then find a place to have a good meal.

During everyone's break, the eldest sister arranged all the trivial matters.

Xia Zuo is no longer responsible for cooking for the members. Everyone can take care of their own dinner.

Everyone's pay was also distributed in advance, before dinner.

After Vanss left, the coins in the money box behaved themselves and no longer selfishly ran away.

Audrey grabbed a handful of coins from the money box, carefully counted them, put them in a money bag, and tossed them to the members.

"Big sister, you can just keep my money."

Xia Zuo raised his aching arm and waved it at Audrey, stopping her from throwing the money bag at him.

"Alright, I'll keep it for you. Today's three performances, after deducting the cost of the potions, will give you a total of 310 copper coins."

Audrey put the purse into her suitcase, clapped her hands, and announced, "Take a day off tomorrow, and we'll head to the next outpost the day after tomorrow morning."

She approached the exhausted boy and extended her arm. "Little one, would you like me to help you back to the hotel?"

Xia Zuo stood up shakily, leaning half of his body on the strong arm of the eldest sister, and while walking, he reviewed the information about the cheat system in his mind.

"Today's fire-breathing performance was a success."

"Statistics on the average intensity and duration of fire-breathing per performance:"

"Flame, 50 seconds"

"Small flame, 40 seconds"

"Middle flame, 30 seconds"

"Intense flames, 15 seconds"

Average audience size per show: 40 people

Average audience satisfaction: 85%

"A total of 30 experience points were gained from the 3 performances."

Level 5

Experience 313061200

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On average, each performance earns 10 experience points.

Under normal circumstances, the number of audience members is about 25, which corresponds to 6.25 experience points.

Assuming 3 performances per day for 6 consecutive days, that means you can gain 110 experience points at each stronghold.

The circus spends half the month on the road, performing at two locations on average each month, which gives them 220 experience points!

A smile appeared on Xia Zuo's tired face; he had finally returned to the state of leveling up once a month.

the next day.

Before the convoy set off, Audrey's old comrade-in-arms, Wilson, the clerk of the fortress army, sent a letter.

Xia Zuo finished reading the letter in the eldest sister's room, put it in a basin, and lit it.

Both of them could sense each other's worries.

The information provided by Xia Zuo was not only correct, but also crucial.

With the help of the chubby garrison mage, the fortress army successfully located the first underground alchemy chamber.

Unfortunately, the villainous alchemist secretly conducting alchemical experiments inside is extremely vigilant.

Upon hearing the noise from inside the tunnel, he immediately poured the potent solvent into the crucible.

When the soldiers broke through the iron door of the underground chamber, the alchemy room was in complete disarray. Everything had been blown to dust, and the devastation was even worse than in the underground chamber where Xia Zuo was.

Such self-destruction occurred in several other places.

However, the fortress army did not come away empty-handed.

Wilson discovered that the bandits' massacres of villages seemed to have stopped once the army began destroying the underground alchemy labs.

For more than ten days, no news of the village's destruction came until the moment the circus was about to depart.

There is indeed a deep and hidden connection between the villainous alchemist and the bandits.

Wilson's letters burned to ashes, leaving only a wisp of smoke lingering in the bathroom.

Xia Zuo and Audrey discussed it and decided that the circus had to make some adjustments to deal with the bandits who might come back to commit crimes.

The protective gear and weapons that were hidden in the third carriage have now been distributed to the members.

Xia Zuo was added to the team responsible for controlling the packhorses, so that the rest of the team could focus more on dealing with emergencies.

Xia Zuo was happy to accept this.

The training effect of miniature elastic balls is minimal; it would take more than 800,000 squeezes to gain just one point of strength.

Driving a carriage was a different story; it was a new experience that brought him both valuable insights and new perspectives.

Following Audrey's instructions, Xia Zuo sat in the driver's seat, embedding his body in the recessed leather seat to reduce the vibration of his upper body when encountering bumps.

He gripped the bridles, which were covered in hard leather, with the two reins on his left controlling the two packhorses on his left and the reins on his right controlling the packhorses on his right.

Pack horses are quite strong and have decent stamina. If you want to travel for a long time on the road, you need to learn to observe the horse's physical condition.

The circus packhorses were rented from Rosac Horse Company. Their manes were shaved into regular horizontal stripes.

If the horse's sweat soaks through more than eight horizontal stripes, it means that the horse is expending energy quickly and needs to slow down and rest while walking at a leisurely pace.

At this point, Xia Zuo only needs to wait for the packhorse to slow down on its own.

If he wanted the rested packhorse to speed up, he would raise his arms and give the reins a sharp jerk, making a "tie" sound, and repeat this action until the speed increased.

The reward for the cheat code is calculated based on the continuous time spent driving the carriage.

The experience points given per hour are minimal, only 0.005 points.

However, the rewards for the perception attribute are quite good.

Each time you maneuver the carriage to avoid a large rock on the ground, you will gain 0.01 to 0.03 points of perception.

If you can successfully avoid animals darting out of the bushes or navigate around potholes that could overturn the carriage, you'll gain even more sensory experience, at least 0.08 points.

Driving a horse-drawn carriage is as fun as playing a dodging game.

On the country roads through forests and fields, Xia Zuo gazed at the ground, feeling the cool touch of the breeze on his face, and focused intently on driving.

Audrey poked her head out of the carriage, observed briefly, and then pointed out the direction to the young driver, giving him the correct option for the next fork in the road.

Following the plan set by the leader, the convoy left the area of ​​influence of Piek Fortress and entered the northern region of Rosac Province.

This will be the circus's performance venue for the next few months.

Chapter 18 Acquired Affinity

The circus spends each day in a harmonious atmosphere.

Pleasant times always pass quickly.

In the five months since leaving Piek Fortress, the circus has toured the northern region of Rosac.

They will stay at any outpost they encounter for 2 to 6 days.