Conquer a Mountain And Become The Great King - Chapter 9
Chapter 9: Getting a Master?
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Ding…
“Detected a Martial Saint-class expert. Main Mission #3 will start: Build the continent’s No. 1 sacred land. The Great King Mountain must have experts. With each Martial Saint expert recruited, the host will be given 1x Free Lucky Draw chance.”
Su Yu nearly cursed out. Each of the system’s main missions was getting increasingly absurd, and it was simply inhumane.
Recruiting Martial Saints? How did the system even come up with this? Martial Saints stand at the absolute top of the continent, and all of them are treated as deities. It is fine once the Great King Mountain is developed, but I don’t have anything now! How am I supposed to recruit them!?
However, the temptation to get an extra lucky draw chance was too much. Tomorrow was already the first day of the month, and Su Yu would get a lucky draw chance too. If he could recruit Elder Zhao, he would be able to use the lucky draw twice.
Furthermore, it wasn’t that easy to encounter a Martial Saint. Once he missed this chance, it might not appear again.
Once Su Yu regained his senses, he took a glance at Mu Xiaoxiao and said, “Elder Zhao is an Elixir Saint, and becoming his disciple is definitely the best choice.”
Elder Zhao looked at Su Yu with satisfaction. This kid has rather discerning eyes.
“However, even though this one isn’t as talented, I also wish to take Elder Zhao’s Spirit Medicine Master exam.” Su Yu suddenly changed the topic.
“You?” Elder Zhao withdrew his smile, and his face turned cold all of a sudden.
This kid must know of my identity and wants to try his luck. He wants me to be his master, allowing him to ascend to the top! Does he really think he can be at ease just because my precious disciple is his friend?
My disciple is still too young, and it is normal for her to be inexperienced with people. I must find a chance for this kid to get far away from my precious disciple in the future. I cannot allow this kid to be a bad influence on my disciple.
“Alright, it will be 2 mid-grade spirit stones as well!” Elder Zhao sneered and stated.
This kid is overestimating himself. This exam isn’t just luck and guesses!
Elder Zhao looked at Su Yu while holding the same black box and said with a cold voice, “Let’s begin then.”
Su Yu didn’t understand why Elder Zhao’s attitude would suddenly change, but he didn’t mind it and reached his hand into the box.
Ding…
“Detected a Water Spirit Flower, Class-2 Spirit Herb. Water Spirit Flower seeds unlocked.”
It worked as expected!
Su Yu’s expression remained unchanged as he said, “Water Spirit Flower.”
“Eh?”
Elder Zhao looked at Su Yu solemnly. In order to make things difficult for Su Yu, he had intentionally picked a very rare herb. Water Spirit Flowers were found in cold ponds, and they only appeared at the cold ponds’ bottom. It wasn’t easy to harvest them, but the effects were only ordinary. Therefore, people gradually forgot about that herb. Only a rare few people would be familiar with it, and Elder Zhao didn’t expect this kid to answer almost instantly.
It was rare for one to know of the Water Spirit Flower’s name, and it was impossible to guess it correctly.
In fact, if Su Yu had only seen it, he wouldn’t have been able to say the spirit herb’s name. He knew nothing about herbs and didn’t know their names either. It was fortunate that once he touched it, the system would display the spirit herb’s name. This was simply a BUG1.
“Take a look at this…”
“Silver Water Grass.”
“What about this?”
“Dried Wood Grass.”
Elder Zhao, a Martial Saint, actually widened his eyes, and his mouth was slightly opened. He looked at Su Yu with astonishment as the latter actually got it right again.
Is this actually happening?
The Dried Wood Grass only grows in places with withered spirit wood. It survives by using the spirit wood’s spirit qi that has yet to disperse. Even fewer people know about them. It isn’t even recorded in some spirit medicine books, but he actually knows it!?
When Su Yu had recognized the Silver Water Grass, Elder Zhao had already approved of Su Yu’s talent. But he had wanted to grind Su Yu a little, so he had brought out the Dried Wood Grass, waiting for Su Yu to stumble before teaching him a lesson. However, the rhythm of the scenario was completely wrong.
Elder Zhao shook his hand and said, “Enough, there is no need to continue the exam. You pass.” He felt like he was in a dream, as he had never expected to suddenly find two disciples when he had painstakingly traveled the entire Five Deltas Continent in search of one.
Mu Xiaoxiao looked at Su Yu with worship, as she had never heard of those three herbs before. She didn’t expect Su Yu to answer with such ease.
Su Yu was dumbfounded instead.
Damn it. I wanted to continue the exam. Ten stalks of spirit herbs will allow me to achieve the requirements for the system’s hidden rewards. You are going to stop at just three? I am still waiting for the climax!
That’s right—Su Yu had taken the exam just to collect ten different seeds.
“Elder Zhao, since it is an exam, it should follow the standard of the exam. You have only tested me on three. It is best to continue.” Su Yu attempted to persuade.
“There is no need. You shall be my disciple from now on.”
What? Disciple?
The hole in this old man’s brain is a little too big, right? Did he go crazy on his search for a disciple? Does he wish to accept everyone as his disciple?
“Elder Zhao, I didn’t say that I want you to become my master.” Su Yu immediately responded. He was the Great King Mountain’s Mountain Great King. How could he allow others to become his master?
He doesn’t want to be my disciple?
Elder Zhao’s mind couldn’t process this in time. He had finally met two disciples that were to his preference, but none of them wanted him as a master. Wasn’t this ironic?
“Why did you take the exam if you didn’t wish to become my disciple?”
“Elder Zhao, I just wish to become a Spirit Medicine Master. Please resume the exam.” Su Yu was constantly thinking about the next seven spirit herbs.
“You wish to become a Spirit Medicine Master?” Elder Zhao stroked his beard and started to speak in a haughty tone. “Do you know that you won’t just be a Spirit Medicine Master if you become my disciple? You will become an Elixir Concoction Master!”
Elder Zhao never expected that he would need to promote himself like this just to get two juniors to accept him as their master.
“I know that the future is limitless if I follow Elder Zhao, but this junior only wishes to become a Spirit Medicine Master,” explained Su Yu.
Elder Zhao frowned deeply. Could it be that I haven’t been out lately, and the worldly values have changed?
He doesn’t want to be my disciple, but instead, he wishes to become a Spirit Medicine Master and insists on continuing the exam. What is his intention?
“Lass, what about you? Do you wish to become my disciple?” Elder Zhao worked hard to appear amiable as he shifted his target and looked at Mu Xiaoxiao.
Mu Xiaoxiao didn’t even consider and replied immediately, “If Big Brother Su doesn’t want, then I don’t want either.”
Elder Zhao took a deep breath and felt his heart getting stabbed ruthlessly. In the past, others had been begging to become his disciples, but now, it was the opposite. He had to beg these two kids to be his disciples. It was truly a change of fortune.
Han Dapeng’s eyes were about to burst out as he watched from the side. He hated that he couldn’t substitute these two individuals. Elder Zhao was an Elixir Saint and the so-called Elixir Shroud that everyone respected. Becoming his disciple would definitely allow anyone to ascend to the top of the continent. Han Dapeng reckoned that he would even laugh himself awake from his dreams.
These people actually refused to be his disciples. Twice, in fact. This world must be going crazy. No, I must be crazy. These are all illusions!
“Elder Zhao, do we continue the exam?” Su Yu had yet to give up on the exam.
“No need, both of you have passed,” Elder Zhao said in a rather dull tone.
Sigh, what a pity. Su Yu sighed in his heart.
“This is great. I can finally sell herbs without fear now.” Mu Xiaoxiao stated happily.
Elder Zhao’s mouth twitched a little, and a defeated feeling that he had never experienced before washed over him.
One is only thinking about the exam, and the other is only thinking of selling herbs… Is being my disciple less attractive?
The symbol of the Spirit Medicine Master was a medal with a triangle-shaped mark. A Medicine Concoction Master’s symbol was a diamond, while the Elixir Concoction Master’s symbol was a five-pointed star.
Even after Su Yu and Mu Xiaoxiao left with their medals, Elder Zhao still didn’t regain his senses yet.
