Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 130 - 63: Winning Hearts, Ding Hao’s Unease and Plea for Help

Chapter 130: Chapter 63: Winning Hearts, Ding Hao’s Unease and Plea for Help

This Thousand-legged Water Centipede wasn’t solo-killed by Su Yu; he just made the first move to show his subordinates his strength, then gathered an entire squad of over eighty people who rushed in and set up the Celestial One Profound Ice Array Banner, besieging and hacking it to death with chaotic strikes.

This was just an elite monster, not a BOSS, yet it dropped five loot items.

A bunch of centipede legs, sharp as blades, which could be used for Artifact Refining.

A Centipede Inner Core, which could be used for Alchemy or crafting a Magical Treasure as it is poison-resistant.

A dozen or so Centipede Pearls, also usable in Alchemy due to their poison-resistance.

A Fifth Grade Magical Robe made of Centipede Armor.

A Fifth Level Flying Sword crafted from the centipede’s forelimb.

The total value summed up to about seventy to eighty gold, all collected as team loot and stored in the main team warehouse, available for guild members to exchange with contribution points if needed.

As team leader, Su Yu had the privilege of exchanging items first and needed only half the contribution points for a trade.

Additionally, he awarded 10 guild contribution points to each participant, totaling 820 points, which were deducted from the team contribution pool.

He also allotted himself a share, according to the guild regulations, which allow him to allocate up to twice the guild contribution points given to others, meaning 20 points for himself.

This is the guild rule mainly to prevent unscrupulous leaders from awarding themselves thousands or tens of thousands of contribution points at will.

What belonged to him, Su Yu naturally didn’t hesitate to claim—he followed the rule and awarded himself 20 points of contribution.

It’s notable that the distribution of event contributions is entirely decided by the team leader; vice leaders and mid-level leaders only have supervisory roles. In theory, he could give each person 100 guild contribution points, allowing himself to take 200, as long as the reasoning is justifiable.

Thus, if the team leader colludes with a few mid-level leaders, they could take away most of the guild contributions.

Su Yu, while not a saint, took his share just like everyone else, but he wasn’t overly greedy.

Anyway, as team leader, he would already get a portion of the team’s benefits, so leveraging his authority to secure the most valuable pieces was sufficient, without being too greedy.

About half an hour after taking down the Thousand-legged Water Centipede, another BOSS appeared on the water’s surface.

This time, he allowed the first squad to rest and brought in the second squad, advocating a principle of equal distribution and fairness.

The Level 100+ creatures that Ao Run drove up from the riverbed were all small BOSSes, just over level 100, not very strong, and not yielding very high rewards.

Most of the Flying Sword Magical Treasures dropped were around the fifth level, with the occasional sixth-level loot.

From morning until the sky was completely dark, they battled a total of twelve Level 100+ monsters, amidst the crowd’s marvel at the abundance of BOSSes that day. They returned with 73 loot items, including one sixth-level Magical Treasure and two sixth-grade pieces of equipment, but no sixth-level Flying Swords.

Among the three sixth-level items was the Magical Treasure named Water-Fire Poison Dragon Drill, adept at breaking through defenses and Restrictions.

The two sixth-grade pieces of equipment were the Cyan Flood Dragon Halberd and the Wind and Fire Headband, the former a weapon and the latter a headpiece.

Su Yu didn’t need the weapon; he could use the Magical Treasure and the Wind and Fire Headband, but he only had enough contribution points to exchange for the equipment—the Magical Treasure required more than a thousand points.

After a slight hesitation, Su Yu decided to trade for the Wind and Fire Headband.

Wind and Fire Headband (Sixth Grade): A headpiece crafted from Thousand-Year Spiritual Silkworm Silk, impervious to wind and fire.

Attributes: Mana limit +600, Mana regeneration +3.

Attributes: Wind Skill and Fire Skill resistance +200.

Attributes: Wind Skill and Fire Skill damage +200.

Upon redeeming the headband, he equipped it immediately, granting a noticeable increase in his Mana limit.

In addition to these gains, the twelve BOSSes taken down throughout the day provided him with three million kill experience and 66 cultivation points, and combined with the kill experience from minor monsters, amounted to a total of 7.59 million kill experience obtained yesterday.

Early the following morning, the team gathered at the dock bright and early.

When Su Yu arrived, he saw everyone was in high spirits, full of enthusiasm.

They had dispatched twelve Level 100+ BOSSes in a single day; everyone received dozens of cultivation points, unheard of under ordinary circumstances.

Having tasted blood, they naturally were filled with anticipation.

Su Yu certainly wouldn’t disappoint them. He boarded the Rage Whale Ship, waved his hand, and gave the order to set out.

Simultaneously, he communicated in his mind with Ao Run to have him surface from the water.

He intended to bring Ao Run to everyone’s attention, so that everyone would know he is his spirit pet.

This was both to prevent any future accidental harm and to let everyone know he possessed a BOSS pet, enhancing his subordinates’ recognition while making it clear who was responsible for the BOSSes and loot, and incidentally, gaining some benefits for himself.

All twelve BOSSes yesterday were brought up by Ao Run; he could easily allocate himself a few hundred guild contribution points as compensation.

One hundred points for twelve BOSSes amounted to 1200 points of contribution.

Not taking any would be too much of a loss.

The Rage Whale Ship drifted slowly into the river, and the numerous subordinates began making preparations. Su Yu was about to communicate with Ao Run when he suddenly received new information.

Opening it, he paused for a moment before slapping his forehead in annoyance:

"Oops, I forgot about this."

The message was from Wei Xia, asking when he would depart.

Su Yu then remembered that he had agreed a few days ago to assist Wei Xia in attacking the demon camp, but had forgotten due to his busyness with the affairs of the third team. He quickly said:

"Sorry, I forgot."

Then he explained the events of the past few days to Wei Xia, apologizing:

"I am currently engaged in team building and might not be able to make it."

Wei Xia was taken aback for a while before responding:

"Mr. Chu has such high regard for you? He made you the team leader straight away?"

"The captain’s regard humbles me, I dare not take it lightly."

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"Alright, I’ll find someone else."

"Apologies!"

"No problem."

Closing the communication, Su Yu focused his thoughts and instructed Ao Run to surface.

A few seconds later, someone on the deck exclaimed in surprise: