Chapter 283 Task 3

"You go pick flowers, you three go protect him, and I'll kill that beast!" Zhao Yu said, looking at the lake that was gradually returning to calm.

"Yes!" The four of them walked to the golden cactus in the center, studied hard and started collecting.

His progress was extremely slow. This was because his collection skills had just reached the standard.

Fortunately, he brought a master collector here, otherwise Zhao Yu might have made his trip in vain.

When the four of them were picking flowers from the cactus, Zhao Yu came to the lake. The giant beast was frightened by Zhao Yu. No matter how Zhao Yu harassed it, it remained indifferent.

Zhao Yu had no choice but to say to Xiao Jin on his wrist: "Leave it to you, solve it!"

Xiao Jin nodded excitedly when he heard this, it finally had another chance to take action!

It dived directly into the water, then gradually grew larger and swam underwater.

Not long after Xiaojin entered the water, the water surface began to fluctuate violently, and then it calmed down again not long after.

The next moment, Xiao Jin's huge head emerged from the lake, with a treasure box in its mouth.

"Well done!" Zhao Yu touched Xiao Jin's head and said, and then he waited to learn how to collect.

He picked it for more than ten minutes. After the golden cactus flowers were picked, his plant quickly withered.

Then Zhao Yu pulled up the withered cactus and said, "Can you still exchange for Devil Fruits if this is the case?"

"It probably won't be possible, after all, their boss was killed by us!" said the great prophet.

…

As they were talking, the underground island began to shake violently, and the path leading out of the island immediately began to collapse.

"Let's retreat!" Zhao Yu said, looking at the water level getting higher and higher around him.

The summer rain immediately opened the portal, and the five people left the underground lake.

"It's over! It seems that the high priest has lost and the golden cactus has been destroyed!" Several people in the entertainment city above the ground said as they felt the vibrations under their feet.

"You are still talking about this, run away, you will be buried soon!" said the exposed woman, and then she turned around and ran away.

It happened to be a coincidence that these people had just ran out of the ancient building from the back door and happened to meet Zhao Yu and his party coming out of the space door.

The people on both sides happened to meet each other, and the situation was very embarrassing for a time.

But the boss and his party were the first to react. However, he did not go forward to seek revenge on Zhao Yu. Instead, he pretended not to see him and looked at the collapsed building.

The few people who came out with him also looked at the collapsed building without breaking their tacit understanding.

There was a vibration in the ground, proving that something was wrong with their golden cactus, which was always guarded by their priests.

The priest who could control the water lion beast was the one they needed to look up to, but he was still killed by this group of people.

This proves that the group of people in front of them are existences that they cannot afford to offend, especially the way they appear is the legendary Devil Fruit.

"Guys, can you explain to us this golden cactus and this vibration?"

Zhao Yu looked at the lake that gradually appeared outside the town and said to these people.

After hearing Zhao Yun's words, the boss and his party suddenly trembled.

"Sir, please spare us! We were all forced by the old man underground, and we didn't want to!" The boss said with a cry in his voice as he knelt down like Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu: "?"

Just when Zhao Yu wanted to inquire about this person in detail, a group of people rushed towards them from a distance.

The leader was known to all five of them, and turned out to be Princess Feifei.

"Hello adventurers, thank you for pulling out the golden cactus," Princess Weiwei said after arriving in front of several people and jumping off the duck.

"Princess, you're welcome, we're just here for the Devil Fruit reward," Zhao Yu said.

"Well... we did not issue this mission. The person who issued this mission was arrested by us, but we did not find the Devil Fruit from him," Princess Weiwei said.

Everyone: "!!!"

Several people were immediately shocked. The mission that had troubled the players for so long turned out to be a scam. Fortunately, it was not difficult for them to complete it because of their special abilities, otherwise their mentality would have collapsed.

Then Princess Weiwei explained to a few people about this golden cactus.

The golden cactus is an artificially cultivated plant. Legend has it that its fruit can make people immortal.

However, this has not been verified, but it is true that the flowers of this thing can treat many diseases.

It’s just that the golden cactus is too difficult to cultivate. It not only requires a lot of water, but also a special growth environment.

The town they were in was supposed to be an oasis, but because of the cultivation of golden cactus, all the underground veins were suppressed by it, which turned the town into what it is.

A great nobleman in the Kingdom of Alabasta was terminally ill and could only wait to die, but he "happened" to get the seeds of the golden cactus.

And the tribe where the high priest belongs has special cultivation methods.

Only then did the two parties cooperate to secretly cultivate golden cactus here.

But because the high priest rebelled midway, he did not want to hand over the fruits of the golden cactus to the nobles, so the mission came about.

Now that the golden cactus has been destroyed, the noble has been caught, and the matter has come to an end.

Princess Weiwei still gave Zhao Yu and the others a reward, but it was not a devil fruit, but a legendary dagger.

Zhao Yu had no use for this equipment, so he let the four of them roll it, and it was finally taken away by Xia Feng.

"Okay, this mission is completed. Although it's a little inconsistent, the harvest is still good.

I'm going to carry out my next mission, please thank me and go back to the guild, you don't have to wait for me," Zhao Yu said.

Several people nodded after hearing this, and then said goodbye to Zhao Yu.

~~~

After Zhao Yu obtained the golden cactus flower, his mission was refreshed and he entered the next stage.

[Awakening 2]: Go to the Stone Statue Island to find special equipment for smelting the awakening potion.

Stone Statue Island is an island that Zhao Yu has never heard of.

But this task finally did not require Zhao Yu to search for it, but the location of the island was given very thoughtfully.

If Zhao Yu really wanted to find an island in the vast sea, this task could really be abandoned.

"But why does this fallen position look so familiar?" Zhao Yu said while looking at the system map.

"Stone statue, stone statue...could it be that mysterious island!" Zhao Yu finally remembered after thinking for a while.

When the Nineteen Continents Guild's ship was still the Star, they once passed by a mysterious island.

The speed of the stone statues on the island was extraordinary, and it was also one of Zhao Yu's rare experiences of escaping in embarrassment.

He obtained a shrine on that island, and his current armor [Abyss Armor] was found in the shrine.

"If that's where it is, there might be some trouble!"

There is no teleportation array on this island. It is a completely deserted island. If he wants to go, he can only take a boat.

But the Jiuzhou Dragon King was heading towards the Chambord Islands, so it was impossible to turn around and take him to this mysterious island.

If you want to go there, you can only hire a boat. Zhao Yu contacted Jiaojiao directly here.

"Hire a boat? Then you have to find someone more reliable, otherwise everyone will know about it in the game the next day.

Well, just wait a moment and let me see if there are any suitable mercenaries in Alabasta now. "

After Jiaojiao knew that Zhao Yu was going to hire a coach, she thought for a moment and said.

"As soon as possible, I'm very urgent here," Zhao Yu said.

He is almost driven crazy by his curiosity now. He really wants to know if his Devil Fruit ability can be directly brought into reality after awakening?

"Wait for the letter!" Jiaojiao said.

…

Facts have proved that Jiaojiao is very reliable and very fast.

Soon someone contacted Zhao Yu and asked him to gather at the port of Rapeseed Flowers.

After receiving the news, Zhao Yu sent it directly, then contacted the group of mercenaries and boarded their two-masted sailboat.

This group of people is also from the Nineteen Continents Guild. They are a team of 10 people who specialize in accepting sailing hires and doing business when they have nothing to do.

Their relationship with Jiuzhou is actually more like a cooperative relationship, and Jiuzhou is becoming more and more like a platform.

Just like this team, they have their own ship and their own fixed team. They are completely a pair of standard mercenaries.

They joined the Nineteen Continents Guild and gave the Nineteen Continents Guild a share, and the Nineteen Continents Guild guaranteed it for them.

Win-win cooperation for everyone, mutual benefit.