C434 Team up!
C434 Team up!
However, no one would have thought that not only did the poison mist not dissipate after rising, it had even grown denser and denser, directly enveloping the entire forested bog, leaving not even the slightest gap.
This was bad.
Based on this, it would take at least a few days for the poison mist to dissipate. If they continued to wait here, they wouldn't be able to finish the mission on time.
"Let's change routes and take a detour."
Lu Yu made a wise decision on the spot and took out the map with Fang Shaobai to study the route to avoid forested bog.
Overall, there were two routes around forested bog, from the left or right. The distance was closer from the right. Consider which side of the left and right side of the security factor is higher.
However, after some research, the safety factors on both sides were unknown. This was because Lu Yu's map did not clearly show the dangers that existed in the regions around the two sides of the forested bog.
This meant that the owner of the map did not avoid the forested bog himself. If Fang Shaobai's group really wanted to take a detour, then they would have to explore on their own. Choosing the left or right, that would be a gamble.
Knowing that it was not easy to choose, Lu Yu decided to let the others choose, "Let's decide it by hand, the one on the left is willing to do so."
Lu Yu looked at the others. No one raised their hands.
Lu Yu laughed, "Seems like everyone wants to save themselves some time, that's good, let's just choose the right path, we really don't have much time left."
After deciding to go around the forested bog from the right, the four-man team did not have to wait any longer. Unexpectedly, just as they turned around, a few shadows appeared in the forest on the right side of the swamp.
One two three four seven, seven in all.
There were old and young, both males and females, led by a middle-aged man in his fifties, wielding a long hilt and a huge blade. The blade was about a meter long, with a glance, one could tell that it was not an ordinary blade, but a Grade Nine Xuan Weapon.
This group of people, was evidently also part of a team that had entered the Forest of Fog to complete the Earthly Immortal mission.
The two groups were on guard against each other when they encountered each other.
In Forest of Fog, in the wild, in dangerous areas, other than the various demon beasts that threatened the lives of warriors, human warriors were also a threat. In these kinds of dangerous areas, killing and looting were too common.
As a newcomer in the world of warriors, Fang Shaobai had shallow levels of experience, and didn't have much of a reputation in the first place. Meeting someone in such a place meant that he didn't know anyone else nor did he know him. Yuan Ziruo was better than him, but at the same time, she couldn't possibly know every single warrior in the world.
Amongst their group of four, only Lu Yu was slightly more famous.
Fang Shaobai subconsciously set her gaze on Lu Yu, but just by looking at Lu Yu's expression, he knew that Lu Yu did not know who the group of people were.
It's fine if you don't know him. In any case, it's fine if you just don't want to get involved.
Lu Yu only nodded at the leading middle aged man, which was considered a form of greeting, and expressed his kind intentions.
As the strongest disciple of the South Heaven Gate, Lu Yu did not care about killing people and looting their possessions. With his strength, it was also impossible for him to advance or breakthrough just by killing someone.
Lu Yu did not want anything to happen to him, so naturally, Fang Shaobai did not like it either. Firstly, he rarely took the initiative to kill people for their treasures, and secondly, he had a high opinion of them. Most martial artists' belongings were hard to come by.
"Let's go!"
Hearing Lu Yu's call, Fang Shaobai took her Ice Jade and followed.
"Wait!"
Unexpectedly, the other side, seeing that they were about to leave, actually stopped them. The seven of them walked in front of them with a smile on their faces. That smile seemed very kind, but it somehow felt a little strange.
Fang Shaobai had not been out for long, but she had managed to kill quite a few people. Seeing that the other party did not seem to be smiling, Fang Shaobai knew that she did not have any good intentions. In any case, their four-man team consisted of Lu Yu, so if there was any trouble, it would naturally be Lu Yu who would solve it.
The other party was very old, and also discerned that Lu Yu was the leader of the group. The middle-aged man walked up to Lu Yu, "Hehe, you guys are part of the Earthly Immortal team, right?"
If Fang Shaobai could see through the other party's hidden ill intent, how could Lu Yu not see through it? However, since she wasn't going to hit a smiling person, he couldn't flare up. She just exchanged a few pleasantries with the other party, then immediately said it out loud and left in a hurry.
Who would have thought that the other party would actually be so entangled, stopping Lu Yu once again, and making an impolite request, "Hehe, my foot, I see that your party only has four people, I'm afraid the mission we have to complete will be difficult. Look, we have seven people here. How about this?
A team?
Fang Shaobai was a beginner, but she didn't really understand what this team composition meant.
However, this was not Yuan Ziruo's first time participating in an Earthly Immortal mission. Upon hearing the word "team up", his face immediately changed and she scolded angrily: "What kind of joke is this, what right do you have to team up with us! You go your own way, we'll go ours, who will fight with you? "
The middle-aged man laughed nonchalantly, his gaze sweeping across Yuan Ziruo's body, and immediately revealed a fiery passion and lust that he was unable to conceal, "Young lady, I think your team is not up to you to decide, whether or not to fight, Captain is up to you."
With that, he turned his gaze back to Lu Yu's body, with a playful expression on his face, he waited for Lu Yu to state her stance.
"Hey, Yuan Ziruo, what do you mean team up?" Fang Shaobai was confused and could not help but ask.
He pointed at Fang Shaobai as she laughed, "Look, so this brat is actually a junior brother. He doesn't even know what a team is, I'm afraid he's a first stage Earth Immortal who just obtained a brand?"
The middle-aged man swept his gaze across Fang Shaobai with disdain and laughed: "Foot, looks like your team's overall strength isn't that great. If you've even recruited a first grade Earth Immortal, then you should join us, we have seven people, helping you complete the mission is a piece of cake."
"What a dream!" Yuan Ziruo sneered. She suddenly walked to Fang Shaobai's side and whispered a few words of explanation.
Fang Shaobai immediately understood what they were talking about.
To put it bluntly, this meant that the two teams that had taken on different group missions would form a single team. They would help each other out to complete two different missions.
This should have been a good thing, because Forest of Fog was not a safe place. If she had completed her mission earlier, then she would have left earlier.
However, there was a very crucial foundation to this, and that was trust.
The trust between two teams from two different places was the most important. Without trust, they would not be able to compete and achieve their goal of leaving the Forest of Fog early.
However, this was not the key point. The key point was that this kind of formation, which was originally proposed by two teams that could trust each other, would be broken by some ill-intentioned people after a period of time.
In Forest of Fog, there were a few teams with stronger powers who, in order to obtain more points, would often use teamwork as an excuse to force themselves to form teams when they met a weaker team. In order to protect themselves, the weaker side didn't dare to disagree, so they formed a team.
However, after the last two missions were completed, the captain of the squad would often be forced to split his points with the team, which was the same as being robbed. The members of the team even went out of their way to risk themselves for the sake of others.
There were others who were directly kicked out of the team when the team was established. The entire team could only remain as the captain for the final distribution of points. Those who expressed their dissatisfaction with the arrangement were killed on the spot.
There was also an even more infuriating situation, which was that some of the experts who failed the quest in the Unparalleled Pavilion gathered into a team, and specifically waited for the task in the Forest of Fog. Using the excuse of killing their way through, they took all kinds of captains and finally completed the various missions to plunder all their points.
Therefore, in the Forest of Fog, whenever someone asked to line up with an unfamiliar person, 99% of them would bully the other party and rob the other party of their points.
It was no wonder that Yuan Ziruo was so angry when she heard the word "team up".
However, Lu Yu seemed to be very indifferent, was he not angry at all?
Fang Shaobai felt that it was a little strange.
At this time, he heard the middle-aged man raising his voice and laughing, he actually tyrannically pointed his finger at Fang Shaobai, "Hey, brat, you're the most unnecessary here, you can scram now."
Their goal was simple and straightforward. It was to leave Lu Yu behind in the end, before bringing him to the Unparalleled Pavilion to submit her points for the mission. Without Lu Yu, they could be considered as having failed to forcefully form a team to plunder the points.
But what did he leave behind the Ice Jade and Yuan Ziruo for?
Fang Shaobai swept her eyes across them and realized that five of the seven were men, regardless of age or sex, and immediately understood what that meant.
"Damn it, you're courting death!" The anger in Fang Shaobai's heart surged, and at this moment, Lu Yu spoke out.
Lu Yu laughed lightly: "Do you know who I am? and they're putting it all on my head. "
The middle aged man was a little surprised, he looked at Lu Yu seriously, but soon after, he had a look of disapproval: "Oh, it seems like your background is not small, may I ask?"
"Lu Yu from the South Heaven Gate! Do you still want to team up? " Lu Yu immediately revealed her identity. He believed that the South Heaven Gate was a signboard and that he, Lu Yu, was also a signboard.