Yang Tianxing hurriedly pulled the girl with glasses behind him and apologized, “Brother Ye, my sister doesn’t know any better; there’s no need to argue with her!”
‘These two are siblings?’
‘They look quite different!’
Yang Tianxing was two heads taller than the average person. And with his messy hair, he seemed to be recreating Beauty and the Beast as he stood next to this little girl.
Yang Chengcheng hid behind Yang Tianxing and felt regret after she calmed down.
Growing up she had always been extremely calm and had always prided herself on her rationality.
The reason why she didn’t hold back from spitting out complaints just now was that Yang Tianxing had been suffering too much these past few days.
To accumulate more resources to trade with Ye Jun for supplies, Yang Tianxing decided to cut down a large amount of wood.
But the squad of five got into an argument.
The other three felt that Ye Jun’s items were too expensive, and that they were trading at a loss.
Additionally, they felt that since this was a survival game, it was just a matter of staying alive.
Now they had food, water, and nuts, and could fish everyday and hunt, they didn’t need to add to their troubles by cutting down wood.
They were all elites raised in modern society, and if not for survival, who would want to go chopping down trees everyday?
Cutting down trees required a lot of physical energy and food to sustain it, but food was limited.
Catching fish every day was enough for five people to eat, but when everyone’s consumption increased, it would be hard to tell.
Differences arose over the direction of their development, and the five soon went their separate ways.
Wang Yunzhi, Liu Yiming, and the girl named Yanzi took away most of the food and nets, leaving only bows, arrows, and a small portion of nuts behind.
Without the nets and a steady source of fish, Yang Tianxing had to hunt alone during the day and cut down trees at night, sleeping only two to three hours a day.
Yang Chengcheng also collected nuts every day, but the deserted island they were on was near the Arctic Circle. Moreover, it had now started to snow, so the nuts were covered with snow, making them harder and harder to find.
In the end, Yang Tianxing could only come to Ye Jun for help.
“How much wood do you have now?” asked Ye Jun.
If Yang Tianxing was telling the truth, Ye Jun wouldn’t mind helping out. After all, he was an old customer who had traded a lot with him.
Someone with potential, character, and perseverance, Yejun wouldn’t mind having a friend like him.
Yang Tianxing estimated and said, “I have almost 180 cubic meters.”
“What do you want to trade for it? Food? Or tools?”
“I want to exchange for a fishing net!” Yang Tianxing had long calculated that if there was a fishing net, fishing wouldn’t take much time. It was considered a sufficient and stable source of food.
But Yang Tianxing felt somewhat apprehensive.
If the wood were sold to the in-game store, a cubic meter of wood could only be sold for 1 copper coin. He wouldn’t even be able to afford half a fishing net.
Now, there was no one else who would want wood except for Ye Jun.
If Ye Jun deliberately haggled, then he wouldn’t be able to get anything and all his efforts would go down the drain.
Yang Tianxing was a typical traditional man who valued his relationships, and he believed in Ye Jun’s character, which was why he buried himself in chopping down trees.
But after experiencing this parting of the ways with his teammates, he realized that not just because he did the right thing, someone else would necessarily do the same to him.
Ye Jun glanced at the wood stacked behind Yang Tianxing, all of which was good cypress wood.
‘Nice!’
Ye Jun nodded slightly. This kind of wood was good for building ships.
If he went to the in-game store to buy it, the good materials would cost 30 copper coins per cubic meter, and the poor ones would cost 10 copper coins per cubic meter.
“I’ll give you a fishing net, and since you have a bow and arrow, I’ll also give you ten more bronze arrows.” Ye Jun traded the items with a wave of his hand. In addition to that, there were dozens of catties of ordinary fish meat.
To be honest, Ye Jun also knew that even if he lowered the price drastically and added a few more conditions, Yang Tianxing would still agree.
However, Ye Jun didn’t do that.
He couldn’t take advantage of someone’s peril and kick them while they were down.
“This… is too much!” Yang Tianxing’s was voice quivering a little.
Even Yang Chengcheng was very surprised and stared at Ye Jun with wide eyes.
In Yang Chengcheng’s mind, it was only in line with human nature for Ye Jun to take advantage of them at this time and lower the price across the board.
However…
A fishing net would cost 500 copper coins, and she had also paid attention to the price of Ye Jun’s bronze arrows on the trading channel, which was 100 copper coins apiece. All of these would be worth 1500 copper coins, not to mention the complimentary fish.
The previous few transactions had made Yang Chengcheng conclude long ago that Ye Jun was a very cunning and shrewd businessman.
But now, Yang Chengcheng was quite confused.
“Brother Ye, I’m speechless. From now on you are my best brother, and if you need anything from me, just ask!” Yang Tianxing was extremely moved. After experiencing the departure of his teammates, his sentimental and righteous outlook on life was dealt a big blow, but now, Ye Jun had lit a light for him again.
“You’re already calling me brother, and you treat me like a brother, so you don’t have to be polite.”
“Good brother!” Yang Tianxing was impassioned and said, “It’s a pity that we didn’t know each other long ago, otherwise we could have teamed up together, and surely we would have been unstoppable. It’s a pity that I don’t know if we can meet in this game, otherwise, I would have introduced my sister to you. Your Flame Affinity is so high, and my sister also happens to have a special physique, the Body of Fire Energy. If you guys have a child, it would be awesome…”
“Brother!” Yang Chengcheng was furious at Yang Tianxing for being a blabbermouth.
Ye Jun laughed and brushed the matter aside.
In this game, who knew when disaster would strike?
Besides, he wasn’t sure how many thousands of miles away he was from them!
Water from afar couldn’t quench the present’s thirst.
However, Ye Jun was very interested in the strange physique Yang Tianxing was talking about. He asked, “Brother Yang, just now I heard you say that your sister has awakened a special physique. Can you tell me more about it? There are things about evolution that I’m very curious about!”
“No problem!” said Yang Tianxing as he backhandedly pulled Yang Chengcheng forward. “Sister, tell Brother Ye about that physique of yours.”
Yang Chengcheng resumed her calm young star student appearance, pushed up her slipping glasses, and said meticulously, “I have awakened the Body of Fire Energy, which absorbs Fire Energy twice as fast as normal players. Moreover, my Flame Affinity can grow. When I first awakened, my Flame Affinity was 1, now I am level 1 and my Flame Affinity has increased to 2. According to normal circumstances, every time I level up, my Flame Affinity will increase by one. As my strength increases, my cultivation speed will become faster and faster.”
The Body of Fire Energy!
Was this the equivalent of an immortal cultivator’s natural spiritual root?
Everyone else’s cultivation became harder and slower the further they went.
But such people, on the contrary, the more they cultivated the easier it became, like eating and drinking water.
A proper template for the main character.
A strange thought flooded Ye Jun’s mind.
The Body of Fire Energy was a special bloodline, so he wondered how taking the Bloodline Fruit would affect it.
Ye Jun happened to be curious about the effects of Bloodline Fruits on people, and now, there just happened to be a subject to experiment on.