The fire approached the pit entrance at an incredible speed, and before Gu Chen had time to react, it soared into the sky in front of his eyes. The flaming wave exploded when it broke through the pit entrance, pushing Gu Chen almost to fall. When he could barely stand firm,
When I raised my head, I suddenly caught a glimpse of an unforgettable scene.
It was a woman with short red hair and a good figure. She held a red copper staff in her right hand, a large leather bag in her left hand, and two dazzling flame wheels the size of a bamboo hat under her feet. Only those two were visible.
The flame wheel sprayed hot flame breath downwards like a rocket engine, and the woman drove the flame wheel with ease, flying over the pit with a rumbling trembling sound, and suddenly landed on the ground.
The woman landed lightly, but Gu Chen's mind automatically added the special effect of air waves exploding.
There was nothing I could do about it, that scene was so stunning, the trembling waves reached to the ends of my hair.
Even when she saw the stranger beside the pit, the red-haired woman who landed on the ground just raised her eyebrows without wavering at all. On the contrary, the little white ape pointed at the leather bag in her hand and let out a cry of surprise.
"Brother Gu Chen, it's the longevity fruit!"
"What?"
Gu Chen moved his eyes over. He saw that there were tears in the corner of the leather bag, and a few green and white fruits with clear water chestnuts leaked out from the cracks. The fruit was none other than the longevity fruit they wanted to pick during this trip.
Being caught first? Gu Chen's heart immediately trembled.
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The three-person squad consisting of vanguard, rearguard and auxiliary is the most commonly used formation for pioneers to traverse the wasteland. In the formation of Guo Bei's group, the armored soldier Guo Bei is the avant-garde, the spearman Sha Zu is the auxiliary, and the flame commander
The red fish plays the role of defender.
However, during the previous crusade against the Ni Ze Lord, Red Fish temporarily left Liyang City to prepare for spiritual weapons. Guo Bei and others had to temporarily recruit the female hunter Qiang Ru as a guest defender. Although Qiang Ru was absolutely competent as a guide, her firepower was
No matter how much its output was, it could not compare with the Fire Envoy Red Fish. As a result, the overall attack power of Guo Bei's group was insufficient. When facing the Nether Lord, they were once in a tough fight, and it was all up to Gu Chen to smooth things over.
This time Red Fish came back with the prepared Yanwa Staff, and Guo Bei's team was fully prepared. At Red Fish's request, Guo Bei's team specially took on a very difficult organizational commission.
Pioneers work in foreign lands where monsters are rampant, and the businesses they engage in are quite diverse. From hunting down monsters to protecting bodyguards, from collecting materials to conquering secret places, some high-ranking pioneers have even achieved great achievements in opening up new trade routes.
Although there are many types of business for pioneers, pioneering commissions can be roughly divided into three categories: private commissions, organizational commissions and state commissions according to the identity of the entrusting party. Among them, "organizational commissions" are entities such as trading companies and workshops.
A pioneering commission issued in the name of.
Compared with private commissions, organizational commissions usually have longer terms and higher risks, but the corresponding rewards will be extremely generous. For example, this is the case with the commission of "Collecting Materials and Longevity Fruits".
The longevity fruit is only produced in the stone pine forest. Although the stone pine forest itself is not a dangerous area, the quantity requested by the client was quite staggering, so Guo Bei's group had to stay in the stone pine forest for a long time to collect the quantity. The pioneers' continued activities
Let the wild monsters continue to accumulate hatred, and eventually it will evolve into the battle that focuses on besieging Guo Bei's group.
Faced with the siege of monsters that are dozens of times larger than their own, even high-ranking pioneers are unable to withstand them. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Red Fish exerts its super destructive power and attacks the vine monsters with a single move of "Flame Owl" that destroys indiscriminately.
The group was wiped out, but at the same time, it also paid the price of losing the prize of its companions and falling into the pit.
The past few days of activities had consumed the elixirs of Guo Bei's team. If Gu Chen, the healer, hadn't happened to meet him, he wouldn't have been able to recover so quickly.
"...That's basically it. Speaking of which, I seem to be taking care of you a lot lately from Master Gu? I'm so sorry!"
Soldier Guo Bei touched his forehead and thanked Gu Chen in a warm tone. The gunman Sha Zu next to him also cast a particularly grateful look.
At this moment, everyone had left the scorching battle formation, and found a secluded place at a nearby stone tower to rest temporarily. Since most of the supplies of Guo Bei's group were wiped out by Red Fish's "Fire Owl" move, it was said that it was
After resting, everyone just sat down and chatted.
"……You are welcome."
Gu Chen smiled bitterly and waved his hands, his eyes briefly scanning around him.
I saw that the people sitting on the ground were clearly divided into two groups. On the left were the armored warriors, the spear wielders and the flame wielders, and on the right were the thunder sword wielders, the water wielders (pseudo) and the healers. Compared to the armored warriors who kept talking and started the topic.
, the female swordsman and the little white ape sitting next to Gu Chen were slightly silent, and their stiff eyes occasionally glanced at the flame envoy Red Fish opposite.
Or rather, the big leather pocket behind the redfish.
Of course Gu Chen knew what those two people were thinking. In fact, even he was quite concerned about this.
From what I heard from Guo Bei, collecting the longevity fruit is an organizational commission. If the organization entrusts it, the client is usually a workshop group or a trading company. In addition to the dust-cleansing water, the longevity fruit is a key material needed to refine several elixirs.
, it is normal for the workshop group to entrust pioneers to collect.
However, it is quite unusual to collect so many longevity fruits in one go.
After all, the key to refining elixirs is fresh materials. The fresher the materials, the more abundant the spiritual essence they contain. If the materials are stored for a short period of time, it is not a big problem, but if you collect a lot of longevity fruits this year and save them for refining next year, it is almost impossible.
It's impossible to appear.
Unnecessary waste of materials has never been regarded as a virtue for craftsmen. Even if the pioneers are entrusted to collect materials, the timing and quantity are often strictly based on the needs of refining medicine. For example, the act of carrying back the longevity fruit in large packages
, it’s really hard to imagine that it was the master’s idea.
If the client is not a trading company, is it a trading company?
Gu Chen scratched his cheek and turned to consider another possibility.
The longevity fruit itself has a pleasant slightly sweet taste. Eating it can relieve sleepiness, and it can also be sold as a commodity in trading companies. Although the selling price of the longevity fruit is several times that of ordinary fruits, it is far from enough to hire pioneers to collect it.
of remuneration.
This kind of thing of losing money and shouting does not look like something that profiteers would do.
Or is the longevity fruit itself just a bargaining chip, and the purpose is to strive for greater benefits?
As for the specific means, first entrust the pioneers to collect a large amount of longevity fruits and monopolize the circulation of longevity fruits on the market. In this way, when the factory group needs such materials, they can only bow to them for purchase. Next, just seize the opportunity to negotiate with the factory group,
The profits derived from this may be hundreds of times that of normal transactions.
"I see, that's what happened..."
Feeling as if he had grasped some concepts, Gu Chen looked as if he had a toothache.