Chapter 4081 — Forming a Team to Head Out
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Listening to the exclamations and chatter of the people around him, Wei Zhao merely glanced indifferently at the names on the ranking board, then shook his head. None of this had much to do with him, nor was he interested in any of it. A single look was enough.
Turning his gaze to the mission board, Wei Zhao began searching for missions related to Hucai Tianwu Mountain. Only through such a mission could he obtain the corresponding map routes and intelligence from the guild.
Searching back and forth among the densely packed mission boards, Wei Zhao finally spotted one that fit his requirements: "Mission issuer: Haomen Metropolis. Mission location: Hucai Tianwu Mountain and the surrounding ranges. Seeking to purchase one hundred Bitter Relief Fruits, one hundred stalks of Phoenix-Eyebrow Heartless Grass..."
A purchase order for spirit herbs in such massive quantities already counted as no small mission in this Foundation Establishment mission zone; for anyone else, it would be difficult to take on alone. But Wei Zhao had the Heavenly Thunder Pig. So long as he went to the right place, gathering however many spirit herbs would merely cost him a bit more time. That was no problem at all.
Yet just as Wei Zhao stepped forward to claim it, he saw a guild staff member stamp a conspicuous check mark on that mission board.
A mission he had found only after such difficulty had been snatched away just like that. Wei Zhao's face darkened at once. He could only curse his bad luck, and with no other choice, turned to keep searching the mission zone.
Just then, he suddenly heard someone nearby say, "Captain, Junior Brother Li Kubao isn't here today. He was called away to Qingyun Pavilion for a temporary mission. We're short a man now. Should we find someone else to join us?"
The one addressed as captain was a masked woman. Hearing this, she nodded in agreement. "That works too. With so many spirit herbs to gather at Hucai Tianwu Mountain this time, the three of us alone really won't be enough."
At those words, Wei Zhao's heart stirred. He walked over to the group and deliberately muttered to himself, "It's already this late, and that fellow Old Xiao still hasn't shown up. There's no way I can take on any mission by myself. What a wasted trip this turned out to be. That fellow really is unreliable..."
Sure enough, the group exchanged glances, and their gazes promptly fell on Wei Zhao, carrying a fair measure of scrutiny. Seeing that Wei Zhao had a rough, rugged look about him—a typical martial man—they nodded to one another in relief.
The masked woman stepped up to Wei Zhao in two strides and spoke. "Fellow trial participant, I happened to overhear what you said just now. You're looking to take on a mission too?"
Seeing that she had taken the bait so smoothly, Wei Zhao was delighted. He nodded hurriedly. "That's right. I'd arranged to go with a companion, but that fellow is always running into trouble. Seems he can't make it again this time. I'm at my wit's end over it."
"What a coincidence, then. Our squad just took on a mission to gather spirit herbs at Hucai Tianwu Mountain, and we happen to be short one person. Would you be willing to join?" The masked woman promptly extended the olive branch.
"Join your squad?" Wei Zhao feigned hesitation for a moment, then agreed. "Well, sure. I've got nothing to do on my own anyway. I was just thinking the same thing!"
From his earlier observations, Wei Zhao had already noticed that many people in this great hall took on missions in groups—like this trial squad before him, with the captain leading and the others assisting, the several of them working together to complete the task.