Seven Strings in Dreams

Chapter 113: Waiting for an opportunity

However, it is easy to change the country but difficult to change one's nature.

Jiayu is still cautious in his actions and likes to plan strategies.

Geller was still as impetuous as ever, but he was much more restrained than when he was young.

With Geluo's protection, Jiayu is no longer bullied. With Jiayu's protection, Geluo no longer has to suffer in silence. The two complement each other perfectly, so there is no need to worry about no one to form a team to go on missions.

What made Gelu happy was that the brainwork was handed over to Jiayu, and he only had to execute. His brain was often useless.

In fact, Gler underestimated himself. Sometimes he was quite careful. He was the type of person who was bold but careful!

The two brothers have experienced many storms over the years and almost lost their lives many times, but they survived every time.

In Jiayu's heart, Gele's status is definitely not lower than Mengke and Muren. They appear at different times, making Jiayu's life less monotonous.

When Geller thinks back to those days, he still feels that he was very wise at the time.

Many years ago, one night, Jiayu found an excuse to leave his group and hid in a relatively safe place.

Fortunately, he stayed, otherwise Gler might have died there.

That day, their team camped near the lake. During the day, Jiayu found something wrong: it was too quiet.

The place looks pleasant, the lake is clear, and there are some fruit trees around. It looks like a nice place to relax and unwind.

But it was a bit dead there, with fewer insects and birds chirping.

When they went there, they didn't alarm any spiritual beasts. Not to mention spiritual beasts, they didn't even find wild beasts of the lowest price.

Those people thought that they were so numerous that they scared away all the snakes, insects, rats, ants, birds and beasts there. They didn't take these things seriously at all.

But according to Jiayu's observation, it was not that they scared away the snakes, insects, rats, ants, birds and beasts, but that there were no such animals there at all.

If there were snakes, insects, rats or ants wandering around, they would definitely leave some traces or make some sounds, but there was really nothing.

So, Jiayu was sure that there must be something strange there.

If those people pay close attention, they will definitely discover these things.

But that team was formed temporarily, with mixed members and each having their own goals.

Some of them were not here for the mission at all.

Of course, there were also a few people who were there simply to complete the mission. After all, the mission was just a simple task of collecting medicinal herbs.

The person who posted the task required a large number of medicinal herbs of various types. The time required was short, but there was no limit on the number of people who could perform the task.

Many people formed a temporary team to complete this task.

There are only a few such tasks in a year that are not difficult and offer generous rewards. It is obvious that some low-level alchemist wants to break through the bottleneck.

Alchemists usually have forces to rely on, so they don't usually need to issue tasks everywhere.

If the alchemists of the Holy Mountain need anything, someone will arrange it.

Alchemists don't have such generous treatment. If they want to break through, they need a lot of practice and a lot of medicinal materials.

They are not short of money. As long as they can make more useful potions and medicine powders, they will naturally make a lot of money.

But it is not so easy to break through the bottleneck.

Therefore, you must seize this opportunity. If you do a good job, you may be able to take on more such tasks in the future.

When doing this kind of herbal medicine collection mission, with fewer people, the amount of herbs collected will be less, and the reward each person can get will be even smaller.

The group that Jiayu is in has the largest number of people, mainly because there are two beautiful senior sisters with good strength and three new junior sisters in the team.

The two senior sisters have good strength and some admirers. The purpose of those people's trip is certainly not for the mission.

It was the first time for the three younger sisters to go on a mission, and many of the senior brothers were very enthusiastic.

Jiayu didn't want to get involved at first, but since his two senior sisters personally invited him, he couldn't refuse and just agreed.

Jiayu didn’t know what kind of people those two senior sisters were, so he could only be careful and guard against them.

Jiayu never dared to look down on women.

All tasks involve risks, and even seemingly simple tasks should not be taken lightly.

It's okay for everyone to get together and have some fun on weekdays, but in a mission like this, if you still can't distinguish the priorities, there will be no good results.

Originally, Jiayu wanted to remind everyone, after all, everyone was in the same boat, but his words were insignificant and he was excluded before he could even open his mouth.

After all, Jiayu was personally invited by the two senior sisters, and the two senior sisters' followers all knew about it.

However, since coming out of the Holy Mountain, the two senior sisters have never taken the initiative to speak to Jiayu again.

Jiayu was happy and at ease. He had no idea why the two women came to him.

Jiayu is not so narcissistic as to think that others like her.

Not to mention the family background of the two senior sisters, even their strength is far superior to Jiayu. What's more, Jiayu's situation in the Holy Mountain is so severe that others don't even have time to hide.

In the Holy Mountain, women's status is no lower than that of men, and their status is determined only by their absolute strength.

There are many small characters like Jiayu on the Holy Mountain.

Not only Jiayu thought so, even the little followers couldn't understand why Jiayu had to get involved.

At first they only dared to complain a few words in private, but later they found that the two senior sisters didn't care about Jiayu at all, so they became more and more excessive.

They always asked Jiayu to pick fruits and collect firewood, but Jiayu didn't care about these things. He wanted to remind them to pay attention.

But those people didn't want to hear what he said. Some of them saw that he didn't move and thought he didn't want to go.

One of them even went a step further and kicked Jiayu into the water.

Jiayu was caught off guard and fell into the lake. The loud laughter of those people on the shore could be heard.

The moment he entered the water, Jiayu felt tremendous pressure. He didn't dare to stay any longer and swam quickly to the shore.

Those men only knew how to laugh at Jiayu, and no one even came to help.

The two senior sisters felt a little bit reluctant, but Jiayu refused. After all, it was not appropriate for men and women to have physical contact.

If something really happened to Jiayu at that time, they would definitely abandon Jiayu.

Although Jiayu didn't see clearly what was under the water, it was definitely a huge thing.

After getting ashore, Jiayu used some tricks to deceive the doctor in the team and pretended to have typhoid fever.

Those people thought Jiayu was a burden and didn't want to take him with them.

One of the senior sisters advised him to go back to the inn in the town to rest, and Jiayu readily agreed.

It was just a task, and with so many people, he wouldn't get much benefit. Others ate meat, but he only had soup.

He didn't want to get involved in this mess! If he angered the guy in the water, his life might be in danger, so it was better to get out of here as soon as possible.

Jiayu left the main force, but he was not in a hurry to return to the town.

I don’t know what will happen after I return to the small town. If those people can survive safely tonight, Jiayu will not wait any longer.

He would have to rush back to the town before dawn tomorrow. By then, he would just have to make the excuse of feeling unwell and find a place to stay for the night on the way.

They have their base in the town, which is a medium-sized inn. Apart from those who come out to complete missions, there is usually not much business there.

The innkeeper's wife looks nice, but I don't know where she is from.

Jiayu has always been cautious in his actions and will definitely not let the other party catch him.

That night, he hid in a distant mountain and observed the entire team.

Those people knew nothing and had no vigilance at night. After dark, they celebrated a little and had so much fun that they probably forgot the purpose of their trip.

They were tired from playing, and finally only two people were left to keep watch, and the two on watch soon fell asleep.

Jiayu hid in a small cave that could only accommodate two or three people. It was safe and very suitable for evacuation.

Jiayu didn't care about the lives of those people. He stayed just to see where the big guy in the lake came from.

He always felt that there would be something good going on and he would regret it if he missed it.

Everyone came out of the team together to complete the mission, and Jiayu also wanted to complete the mission well.

But those people didn't treat him as a human being at all and always deliberately humiliated him along the way.

It’s not that Jiayu is stingy, but his situation is already difficult enough.

These people are all small characters. The ones who really tortured Jiayu are the elders of the temple.

Jiayu himself is not of high value, but the strange thing is that he and Monk are good brothers.

The saint had been thinking about Monk for so long, but in the end it was all in vain.

Those old guys deliberately made things difficult for Jiayu so as to vent the Saint's anger.

It was precisely because Jiayu was Monk’s best friend that the saint did not set her sights on him.

After all, in the saint's heart, Monk still has some status.

If Jiayu is touched, he might be even further away from Monk.

Jiayu came out to form a team in the hope of staying away from the temple. If he was accidentally killed during the mission, then he would be relieved.

But he still tried to return alive.

That night, Jiayu waited for a long time and he began to doubt whether he had made a mistake.

He looked up at the starry sky. The moon was mostly covered by dark clouds, and the moonlight was flickering, appearing and disappearing.

Jiayu rubbed his eyes and stretched himself. He didn't dare to move, and his body was a little stiff. He moved very quietly, not wanting to be noticed.

But just as he stood up, he heard someone shouting in the distance, "Who are you? Get out of here. What are you hiding for?"

Jiayu froze immediately. He didn't dare to move for fear of being discovered again.

There were several voices coming from a distance, not loudly, but it sounded like there was some movement.

Jiayu quickly retreated into the cave during the chaos. He found the direction and looked towards the lake.

Three or five people woke up over there and were discussing something in low voices.

The voice was too low and Jiayu couldn't hear it clearly.