13 The Perfect Solution to Settle the Family Dispute (1/2)
After kicking out Wen Bao once again, Wang Lu's face sank.
”What happened? Is there something wrong?” Hai Yunfan's relaxed voice came to his ear.
Wang Lu contemptuously snorted, ”Nothing. It's just that the plot is slightly more troublesome than I anticipated... I thought that everyone in this village was some dumb character, but it seems like some key figures' intelligence is quite high.”
”Huh?”
”Simply speaking, the quest in the Peach Blossom Village is supposed to be about increasing favorability from specific villagers. But, in the process of completing the quest, one must deal with a confrontational plot; for Wen Bao, he must confront the Village Head's wife... I initially thought that the confrontational plot in the quest would be quite straightforward, but now it seems like a high level character is quite flexible and dynamic in personality. We have to use our brain in order to deal with them.”
”Although I don't understand most of what you said, but I think what you're trying to say is that most of the quests here should actually have simple solutions?”
Wang Lu said, ”Of course. In easy quests, you can gain favorability from the villagers just by analyzing the pattern. For example, the scholar that we met in the village, the one I told Wang Zhong to observe just now; as long as you can get good grades in class and avoid getting into trouble with your classmates, you can easily pass the quest. There are also the steamed bun shop quest and the like; where as long as you work at the shop and make enough contribution, you will be able to complete the quests. However, it is different with Wen Bao. It is quite difficult to increase favorability from Auntie Liu. Wen Bao's opportunity here is good, he has triggered an A level quest, but I am afraid with his IQ and EQ, he wouldn't be able to complete it.”
”... Hearing what you said is making me nervous. But then again, the more difficult the quest is, the greater the rewards will be. This should be the principle here right?”
”Yes, of course. That principle always works. For example, because I have the best result in the Cloud Wave Map, the villagers treated me like I am the Village Head's adoptive father. So if we get a perfect score in this quest, we should get the corresponding reward in the next quest.”
Hai Yunfan nodded, ”According to the past convention, the places after the Cloud Wave Map, which are the Red Ridge Mountain, Ice Wind Valley, and other places,are all the key trials on the Immortal Path. If it's like what Brother Wang said, that our results here would influence what the advantage we can get in our next trial... then I think I'd like to give it a try to see what my luck is.”
”You finally decided to give it a try after watching the play for a quite a while?”
”These last few days, I have been listening to Brother Wang's various strategies to complete the quest in this village. I wouldn't dare to call myself your friend if some of those did not rub off on me.
”So do you want to find the perfect strategy to complete this quest?”
”Hahaha, I'll leave that for geniuses like brother Wang. As for me, as long as I find a suitable place, that would be enough.”
With that, Hai Yunfan finally walked out of Wang Lu's room. These past few days, he has been living with Wang Lu in the Village Head's guest house, eating and drinking together with Wang Lu while watching from the side as Wang Lu sent Wang Zhong and Wen Bao out to gain information about their quests. But ultimately, he cannot stay in the room as an observer forever.
Watching Hai Yunfan left the room, Wang Lu hung up a smile on his face.
”Tsk tsk. Little Hai finally left. This is going to be good show.”
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Hai Yunfan's involvement in the Peach Blossom Village quest immediately made an impact on the other participants.
Besides Wang Lu and the errand boy, Wang Zhong, the duo who were on another level, Hai Yunfan was the first person to walk out of the Cloud Wave Map and enter the Peach Blossom Village. His results were even better than the three allied Immortal Cultivator's Families' young masters, surprising a lot of people.
Before Hai Yunfan made his journey to the Spirit Sword Mountain, the Immortal Cultivation sects in the Grand Cloud Empire had made an assessment of him. His intelligence was second rate with a high-tier fourth grade, or perhaps a low-tier third grade spirit root. However, in this Immortal Path, many participant possessed remarkable abilities. Although they might not necessarily possess the legendary Heavenly Spirit Root, but some of them did have the Earthly Spirit Root and other variant of first rate spirit roots. Moreover, Hai Yunfan's performance on the Golden Bridge was not particularly ideal either. However, in the Cloud Wave Map, Hai Yunfan completely reversed the other participants' appraisal of him in one fell swoop, suddenly becoming one of the leading figures in this Immortal Path.
But which was more important, spirit root, intelligence, or character? Although no one has a definite answer to that question in the Immortal Cultivation World, more than half of the elders within the Union of Ten Thousand Immortal possessed a third rate spirit root or below.
So Hai Yunfan's third rate spirit root was, although not that good, but not that bad either. Adding to his superior character that he demonstrated by being one of the best performers in the Cloud Wave Map, he would certainly have a bright future like most elders in the Union of the Ten Thousand Immortal. Not to mention Hai Yunfan had been hiding in the room for two straight days, conspiring with Wang Lu, that enigmatic man.
Hai Yunfan's involvement in the quest not only represented himself, but also Wang Lu. By looking at their combined achievements on the previous trials, his movement naturally attracted all the other participants' attention.
Therefore, the other participants in the village trial all stopped what they were doing to see what was going to happen. But Hai Yunfan did not stir any trouble in the village; when he walked out of the room, he just randomly walked around in the village and casually talked with any villagers he came across with.
This tactic was not unusual, as it was also employed by most other competitors because they were not sure what their goal was. By talking to as many of the villagers as they could, they would be able to observe the reaction to determine their next step.
Hai Yunfan's ”luck” was clearly inferior to that of Wen Bao; because for that entire night, although there were some villagers who showed a little bit of interest towards him, none of them were important characters. Hai Yunfan was clearly unsatisfied with this.
Although he exhibited humility in front of Wang Lu, it was only a reference for someone superior to him. But Hai Yunfan had actually never unduly belittled himself. Although he had said for several times that finding a suitable position for himself would be enough, he was actually not satisfied with anything below an A level quest.
After the first night, unsurprisingly, Hai Yunfan realized that he would not be as lucky as Wen Bao. The so-called opportunity would not fall from the sky to him, so if he wanted the A level quest, he has to take the initiative. So, the next morning, despite a night without sleep, and under the surprised look of everyone, Hai Yunfan approached the Village Head's front door and knocked with his usual energy.
According to Wang Lu's assertion about the level of the quest in this Peach Blossom Village, the Village Head undoubtedly symbolized the A level or higher quests. After all, just by being involved in the emotional dispute between the Village Head's wife and his mistress, Wen Bao had gotten himself an A level quest. What if he directly involved with the Village Head himself? Hai Yunfan wondered.
Although the Village Head did not seem to have a special preference for Hai Yunfan, it did not matter to him. From early in the morning, Hai Yunfan stayed at the Village Head's residence until the afternoon. Afterwards, he came to the backyard to meet Wang Lu.
”Yo, Little Hai. You stayed in the old man's room for a long time, did you get anything useful?”
After a day of serious look, Hai Yunfan finally let out a smile. ”Not bad. I did what you said and got a big breakthrough.”