Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 64 Winning Hearts and Minds: Ding Hao's Anxiety and Plea for Help

Su Yu didn't kill the centipede by himself. He just showed his strength to his men at the beginning. Then, the more than 80 men of the First Company rushed up and set up the Heavenly Ice Array Flag, and killed it with a barrage of blows.

This was just an elite monster, not a boss, and it dropped five loot items.

A bunch of centipede legs that look like blades can be used for weapon crafting.

A centipede's inner core can ward off poison and can be used to refine elixirs or craft magical artifacts.

A dozen or so centipede pearls, which can ward off poison and be used in alchemy.

A fifth-grade dharma robe made from a centipede's shell.

A fifth-tier flying sword crafted from the forelimb of a centipede.

The total value of all items is approximately seventy or eighty gold. All of them will be collected as team loot and placed in the brigade's warehouse for members in need to exchange using guild contributions.

As the captain, Su Yu has priority in exchanging items and only needs half of her contribution points to do so.

In addition, he gave each member who participated 10 guild contribution points, spending a total of 820 points, which were drawn from the team contribution pool.

He also has a share. According to the guild rules, he can allocate up to twice the guild contribution points of others, which is 20 points.

This is a guild rule, mainly to prevent some careless team leaders from randomly giving themselves thousands or tens of thousands of contribution points.

Su Yu naturally wouldn't be polite about giving herself 20 contribution points as stipulated.

It's worth mentioning that the distribution of event contribution points is entirely decided by the captain, while the deputy captain and squad leader only have the right to supervise. In theory, they can give each person 100 guild contribution points and then take 200 points for themselves, as long as their reasons are acceptable.

Therefore, as long as the captain and several squad leaders work together, they can take away most of the guild's contribution.

Su Yu is not a saint; he takes what everyone else takes, but he is not too greedy.

Anyway, he's the team leader, so he gets a share of the team's profits. He can just use his authority to get the most valuable items; there's no need to be too greedy.

About half an hour after defeating the centipede, a second boss appeared on the surface of the water.

This time, he let the first squadron rest and let the second squadron take over, focusing on ensuring that everyone benefits equally and fairly.

The level 100 monsters that Ao Run can catch up from the bottom of the river are all mini-bosses, with levels just over 100. They are not very strong, and the rewards are not very high.

Most of the flying swords and magical treasures that drop are around the fifth tier, with only a few sixth-tier loot appearing occasionally.

They started out in the morning and didn't return until it was completely dark, amidst everyone's bewilderment at how many bosses they had encountered that day. They killed a total of twelve level 100 monsters and obtained a total of seventy-three pieces of loot, including one sixth-tier magic weapon and two sixth-grade equipment, but no sixth-tier flying swords.

Among the three sixth-tier items, the magic weapon is called the Water-Fire Poison Dragon Drill, which excels at breaking through defenses and restrictions.

The two Tier 6 equipment pieces are the Azure Dragon Halberd and the Wind and Fire Crown; the former is a weapon, and the latter is headgear.

Su Yu doesn't need weapons, but he can use magic treasures and the Wind and Fire Crown. However, he only has enough contribution points to exchange for equipment, and he still needs to accumulate more than a thousand contribution points to get magic treasures.

Su Yu hesitated for a few seconds before making a decision and exchanging the Wind and Fire Crown.

Wind and Fire Crown (Rank 6): A crown made of thousand-year-old spiritual silkworm silk, impervious to wind and fire.

Attributes: Maximum Mana +600, Mana Regeneration +3.

Attribute: Wind and Fire Magic Resistance +200.

Attribute: Wind and Fire spell damage +200.

Once the crown was obtained, it was immediately equipped, and the maximum mana was increased slightly.

In addition to these gains, the twelve bosses provided him with a total of three million kill experience points and 66 points of Taoist cultivation in one day. Adding the kill experience points provided by the monsters, he gained a total of 759 million kill experience points yesterday.

The team gathered at the dock early the next morning.

When Su Yu arrived, she saw that everyone was in high spirits and full of enthusiasm.

Yesterday, we defeated twelve level 100+ bosses in one day, and everyone was able to get dozens of points of cultivation, which is unimaginable under normal circumstances.

Having tasted the marrow, one naturally becomes filled with anticipation.

Su Yu certainly wouldn't let them down. He boarded the Angry Whale Ship and waved his hand to order them to set off.

At the same time, he communicated with Ao Run with a thought, instructing him to dive to the surface.

He planned to put Ao Run on the table and let everyone know that it was his spirit pet.

This serves two purposes: to prevent accidental injury in the future and to let everyone know that they have a BOSS pet. This increases the sense of belonging among subordinates and lets everyone know who provided all these BOSSes and loot, allowing them to also gain some benefits for themselves.

Yesterday, Ao Run caught up with all twelve bosses, so he could easily give himself a few hundred guild contribution points as compensation.

If one contributes 100 points, twelve of them would amount to 1200 points.

It would be such a loss if we didn't get anything in the end.

The Whale Boat slowly sailed into the river, and many of its subordinates made preparations. Su Yu was about to communicate with Ao Run when he suddenly received a new message.

I opened it, paused for a moment, and then slapped my forehead in frustration:
"Oh no, I forgot about that."

The letter was from Wei Xia, asking when he would depart.

Su Yu then remembered that she had promised to go with Wei Xia to attack the demon stronghold a few days ago, but she had forgotten because she was busy with the affairs of the Third Brigade. She quickly said:
"Sorry, I forgot."

Then I told him what had happened in the past few days, and said apologetically:

"I'm currently leading a team-building activity, so I probably won't be able to go."

Wei Xia was stunned for a while before replying:
"Commander Chu thinks so highly of you? He directly appointed you as a battalion commander?"

"I am deeply grateful for the commander's kindness and dare not be careless."

"Alright then, I'll find someone else."

"Feel sorry!"

"fine."

After shutting down the communication, Su Yu tried to communicate with Ao Run to help her float to the surface.

A few seconds later, someone on deck suddenly exclaimed:
"Holy crap, I didn't even light the demon-attracting incense, how come there are so many monsters?"

Gu Zhi Qiu went to the edge of the boat and glanced at the river. He said with some doubt:
"It looks like they're running for their lives."

"Could it be."

Before the words were even finished, a blast of cold air shot out from the bottom of the river, and the surface of the river quickly froze, freezing all the fleeing monsters in the blink of an eye, extending all the way to the edge of the Angry Whale Boat.

Immediately afterwards, the river parted, and an enormous blue-scaled dragon's tail emerged from the water, one of which lashed onto the ice.

The ice shattered, and countless frozen monsters were reduced to dust.

Shattered ice and dust rained down from the sky, causing everyone to gasp in alarm.

"It's a dragon!"

"Still a boss with a horror theme."

Zhao Fenglan gestured to Su Yu with his hand, making a cutting motion, and asked:

"Captain, should we go?"

Su Yu waved her hand with a smile:

"Need not."

Then, amidst their puzzled gazes, he jumped into the river. The next second, the water beneath his feet burst open, and a huge head rushed out and supported him.

Everyone was startled when Ao Run's head burst out, and stunned when he rose up on the dragon's head.

"???"

At that moment, at least a third of them couldn't help but rub their eyes, thinking they were seeing things.

"What the heck? This BOSS is the captain's spirit pet?" Many more people suddenly realized:

"I was wondering why I encountered so many bosses yesterday. I thought I was just lucky. Turns out it was because the captain came."

"6. I give the captain full marks for his operation."

Su Yu saw everyone's reactions and was very satisfied with them. She lightly tiptoed to signal Ao Run to sink into the water and then leaped onto the deck.

Gu Zhi Qiu stepped forward, her expression complicated, and said:

"You kept this a secret for too long, you even have a BOSS as a spirit pet."

"Obtained unexpectedly".

Su Yu smiled slightly, offered no further explanation, and simply announced loudly:

"Everyone, work hard today. We need to defeat at least twenty level 100 or higher bosses."

Someone smacked their lips and said:
"Captain is joking. If this is considered hard work, I'm willing to work this hard every day!"

"Hahaha!"

The boat erupted in laughter, filled with a joyful atmosphere.

Half an hour later, Su Yu gave an order, and the entire First Squadron stepped forward to stand by. A few level 118 water snakes rushed out of the water while being chased by Ao Run. The First Squadron, which was prepared, rushed up and quickly set up the Heavenly Profound Ice Formation to trap it.

With Su Yu providing support, the 80-plus-strong squadron launched the main attack and took down the water snake in just seven minutes.

More than forty minutes later, Su Yu ordered the Second Squadron to step forward again.

Soon after, a grass carp spirit as big as a whale burst out of the water, and the group rushed up and beat it to a pulp.

More than half an hour later, Ao Run drove away another level 100 BOSS, this time it was the Third Squadron's turn.

The three squadrons took turns coming, bringing a BOSS every half hour to an hour.

Before we knew it, a day had passed, and a total of twenty-one BOSSes had been attracted, making a team of seven.

In one day, Su Yu gained over ten million killing experience points, his cultivation level reached 122, and he also gave himself 2100 guild contribution points (100 contribution points per guild).

On the third day, they continued with 21 level 100 monsters, gaining 10.2 million kill experience, 119 points of Taoist cultivation, and 2100 guild contribution points.

On the fourth day, perhaps because I had killed too many monsters the previous two days, I only managed to kill 17 level 100 monsters, and I gained a total of 885 million killing experience points and 86 points of Taoist cultivation.

On the fifth day, they changed locations and traveled thousands of miles upstream along the Chensha River.

On the sixth day, we changed locations again, traveling upstream for about two thousand kilometers.

In just one week, Su Yu had successfully won over the hearts of everyone in the three detachments.

For ordinary members like them, it's rare to participate in a battle to kill a level 100 or higher boss even once a month.

In just one week since we started following him, each of us has killed nearly fifty level 100+ bosses of all sizes. Half of us have killed more bosses in our entire lives than we have in the last few days.

Putting aside their killing experience, they've accumulated at least two or three hundred cultivation points, which is at least half a year's worth of their usual training.

"He who takes a man's money is bound to be grateful; he who eats another's food is bound to be grateful." With such a kind and capable boss, what more could they ask for? Of course, they would be convinced.

While Su Yu and his men were happily farming bosses on the Sunken Sand River, they were unaware that someone in Thousand Feather City was secretly gathering information about him and spying on him.

"You mean, he has a BOSS-level spirit pet with a terrifying level 136 template?"

"Yes!"

Ding Hao tapped his fingers lightly on the table, carefully flipping through the documents in front of him. When he turned to a certain page, his brow furrowed.

"Has he been able to kill more than 20 level 100+ BOSSes every day for the past week?"

"Yes, his dragon is quite capable; it can easily drive out many level 100 bosses that are wandering at the bottom of the river."

Ding Hao paused, his fingers still tapping the table, and remained silent for a long time.

The room fell silent.

After a moment, he said quietly:

"It's a threat."

A few men standing below him said:

"Guild Master, please forgive my bluntness, but although he has killed a lot of BOSSes during this period, the level of the BOSS determines that the loot will not be very good. BOSSes that are just over level 100 will generally only drop fifth-tier flying sword magic weapons, and there won't be many sixth-tier flying sword magic weapons. Even if the magic weapon slot is full, it won't be much better."

"Young Master's strength has improved tremendously in the past three months. He has made so much progress compared to three months ago. The difference between his Qi Refining Technique and his magic weapons and supernatural abilities is so great. As long as Young Master gets serious, he has no chance against him."

Ding Hao remained silent for a long while before speaking:
"Logically speaking, it is indeed as you said. No matter how you look at it, he could not possibly be Yu'er's match."

"But you saw the results of the last quiz. He was clearly inferior to Yu'er in terms of Qi cultivation techniques, magic treasures, and supernatural abilities, yet he still defeated Yu'er."

"If he makes a breakthrough in his swordsmanship in these three months, he might really pose a threat to Yu'er."

"I can't allow this to happen. I have to make sure everything goes perfectly in the year-end exams. Yu'er must be number one."

Ding Hao remained silent for a moment, then took out an ancient mirror. He channeled his magic into the mirror, causing it to glow. A handsome, refined middle-aged man appeared on the mirror. He quickly bowed once and said softly:

"Uncle, I am Ding Hao."

The refined man asked:

"Why are you contacting me through this?"

"I would like to apply for a True Immortal's Notebook."

"True Immortal's Notes?"

"What do you want this for?"

"For Ling Yu."

There was a long silence on the other end before they spoke:
"I remember that Ling Yu's Celestial Incarnation Technique is a sect-level transformation technique, right? How could anyone in a small place like Thousand Feather City challenge him?"

Ding Hao looked somewhat ashamed and said:
“Indeed, there is someone who poses a threat to Ling Yu. There is a newcomer in this year’s competition with extraordinary swordsmanship talent. In just one year, he has already mastered the Sword Qi Thunder Sound technique to a high level. Not long ago, he went to the Crimson Sky Sword Vein for half a month of advanced training. When he returned, he comprehended the technique of condensing sword into threads. Considering all these factors, I feel that Ling Yu’s chances of passing the year-end exam are somewhat low.”

The refined-looking man listened with a frown and then asked:
"Such a swordsmanship genius, why didn't you make a move to recruit him first?"

"We tried to recruit him, but it didn't work out. He was taken in by that girl from the Chu family."

"What conditions did you offer? Aren't they as high as theirs?"

"Uh"

Ding Hao remained silent.

"madness."

"And then? What did you do after you realized he was a threat?"

"He was no match for Ling Yu in the first two quizzes and conceded defeat without even competing. But he narrowly won in the third quiz when Ling Yu was careless. I think Ling Yu's strength is above his. If he prepares well and improves in the next three months, he will definitely win first place."

"But I didn't expect his swordsmanship to improve so quickly in the last three months."

"idiot!"

Ding Hao was interrupted before he could finish speaking.

The refined-looking man reprimanded him without any politeness:

"When a lion fights a rabbit, it should go all out. You should have known this was a threat after losing last time, but you ignored it. Now that time is running out, you come begging to me. What were you thinking?"

After venting his anger, the refined man pondered for a moment, then asked:
"Tell me about that person's current abilities and his flying sword magic weapon in detail."

Ding Hao nodded quickly and recounted all the information he had found about Su Yu.

(End of this chapter)