For a Jade-level adventure team like Hawkins' Squad, there must generally be at least two A-level bracelet users and two B-level bracelet users in order to be recognized by the Adventurers' Guild as having a matching strength.

The strongest members of Hawkins' squad are the Healer and the Guardian. The Healer possesses a genuine A-grade bracelet, while the Guardian has A-grade strength but only uses a B-grade bracelet. The second strongest are the Water Elemental Warrior and the Sharpshooter, both of whom are B-grade bracelet users, but the bracelets they use are only C-grade. Therefore, the squad's overall combat power is significantly weakened. In addition, the Sharpshooter is injured, and the squad lacks damage, so their strength has dropped even further. As a result, they have had a hard time fighting against level 3 ferocious beasts several times after landing on the island.

After nearly two hours of trekking, the group finally returned to the place where they had initially set up camp. Seeing that they had reached their destination, Su Yang rode his Sky-Splitting Tiger and turned to leave. At that moment, the healer called out:

"Senior, please stay!"

Su Yang paused, wondering what this woman wanted now. At this moment, every extra minute Su Yang stayed felt like 60 seconds of discomfort.

Seeing Su Yang stop, the healer continued:

"Senior, my name is Zhou Wanqing. I hope you will have mercy and help me find the Jade Fruit to save my sister!"

"Wanqing is willing to stay on the island and serve like a slave, dedicating her life to repaying the kindness of her predecessors!"

After speaking, the healer named Zhou Wanqing shed tears and knelt on the ground, sobbing.

Su Yang couldn't stand seeing tears. He felt annoyed whenever he saw others cry, and it was worse than killing himself.

Su Yang jumped off Xiao Ju, patted Xiao Ju's body, and transmitted his voice:

"Little Orange, go find some Vermilion Fruits and throw them onto their boat."

Upon hearing the voice, Xiao Ju turned and darted into the jungle. Seeing Xiao Ju leave, Su Yang, his face grim, suppressed his social anxiety and spoke in a low voice:

"You have thirty minutes to board the ship and leave, or you'll all have to stay on the island."

After saying that, Su Yang raised his left hand, activated the Ring of Lost Power, and his figure instantly disintegrated into a cloud of mist, dissipating into the thick fog that followed.

Seeing this, Zhou Wanqing became even more grief-stricken and cried out in a hoarse voice:

"Senior! Please, senior, save my sister! Senior!"

However, all the cries were swallowed by the thick fog. Looking at the fog gradually encroaching around her, Zhou Wanqing was filled with loss and despair. Then, she packed her luggage with her teammates, preparing to leave. Zhou Wanqing knew in her heart that without the help of absolute power, her Hawkins team had no chance of success. If she were the captain, she would insist that her teammates stay and continue to search for the Bizhu Fruit, even if she was criticized for being selfish. But she was not the captain, nor was she a combatant.

After packing their luggage, the group slowly walked towards the direction where the ship was moored. They first sent the injured team members aboard and settled them in, and then carried the luggage aboard piece by piece.

Just then, a tiger's roar came from the forest. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the forest warily. Before long, the Sky-Splitting Tiger emerged from the forest, carrying several branches in its mouth. As the Sky-Splitting Tiger approached, the remaining members of the adventure team recognized it as Su Yang's spirit beast.

The Sky-Splitting Tiger approached Zhou Wanqing, put down the branch it was carrying, and turned to leave. Zhou Wanqing looked at the branch on the ground, seemingly sensing something, and squatted down to search among the leaves. Finally, she found three red and green fruits.

Overjoyed, Zhou Wanqing burst into tears. She carefully put away the Jade Fruit and bowed deeply three times in the direction where the Sky-Splitting Tiger had left.

Su Yang sighed in the fog, watching them board the ship and slowly leave the area.

On the ship, the return voyage had begun. Zhou Wanqing crushed a Vermilion Fruit and fed it to the sharpshooter Zhou Yunqing. Then, she activated the power of the wood element to begin treating the others in conjunction with the medicinal properties of the Vermilion Fruit. After receiving treatment, the injuries the others had sustained were mostly healed. At this moment, they were controlling the course and cooperating with Zhou Wanqing in treating Zhou Yunqing.

The treatment process was quite lengthy. During this time, Zhou Yunqing briefly regained consciousness several times before falling into a coma again. Only after all three Bizhu fruits were used up did Zhou Yunqing's complexion return to a rosy hue. This thorough treatment completely exhausted Zhou Yunqing's mental energy, and she collapsed to the ground, where the other team members quickly carried her to bed to rest.

On the third day of the voyage, Zhou Wanqing recovered and immediately returned to her sister's side. At this time, Zhou Yunqing also fully regained consciousness. The two sisters embraced and wept, both grateful to have been saved from the brink of death.

Zhou Yunqing said:

"Sister, you've worked so hard this time. It must have taken a huge effort to save my life. It's all my fault for overestimating myself and trying to cross the elemental forbidden zone, which led to this."

"Silly girl, you can't do that again. Everyone is worried about you," Zhou Wanqing said.

"Yes, look at you, silly girl, you really overestimated yourself." Hawkins, the guard and captain, seemed to be blaming you, but in reality, he was relieved that his worries had dissipated.

Hawkins then patted Zhou Yunqing's head and joked:

"If we really lose you, we'll have no one left to bully."

The team members all laughed.

Zhou Wanqing held Zhou Yunqing's hand and whispered:

“There was no hope of saving you this time. You know how dangerous the island is. Our search for medicine on the island was almost a death sentence, but we returned empty-handed. It was a senior on the island who saved us and even had his spirit beast find three Vermilion Fruits for us. That's how we got hope of saving you.”

Zhou Yunqing said in surprise after hearing this:

"The island is so dangerous, and no one has ever been heard of setting foot on it for a hundred years. How could humans actually live there?"

“I was also a little surprised. Judging from the level of the ferocious beasts we encountered, this was definitely not a suitable place to live. Although that senior was dressed in tattered clothes, his strength was unfathomable, and he had even tamed and signed a contract with a ferocious beast,” Zhou Wanqing said thoughtfully.

"From this perspective, that senior must be a reclusive master who lives in seclusion on the Mysterious Island, which can be considered a way for him to hone his skills."

"That's possible. In any case, the senior helped us sisters. If we have the chance in the future, we must come back to express our gratitude."

While Su Yang continued his farming life, he unknowingly became a senior hermit.

After this incident, Su Yang had a premonition that his residence there would definitely be leaked. After all, the Misty Island was known for its viciousness, and the fact that someone lived there would definitely attract the interest of the mainland natives. In the future, more and more people would come to the Misty Island. Su Yang had to consider whether he should leave the Misty Island and find a place on the mainland to live in seclusion.

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