Chapter 823 - The Crazy Wanderlust Team

The spring water from the Fountain of Life entered Gui Hao’s body as a stream of pure energy, making him feel refreshed. He closed his eyes comfortably and felt vitality being injected into his body again. He clenched his fists, and loud booms sounded continuously.

……

“Boss, what did you do? You scammed us!”

“I bet a thousand.”

The others shut up instantly. Although everyone bet a large sum of money, they mostly used the money they had lying around from their recent, consecutive completed missions. Since the Wanderlust Team’s rank went up the exploration-team ranking chart, they were able to accept missions that were more rewarding. That was why the whole team wasn’t as poor as before even if they weren’t considered rich. They were depressed and thought it was a pity that they lost the bet, but it wasn’t like they would die or anything. Their reactions were more of just joking around with Wang Zhong, but Lance betting 6,000 was a little… Everyone else stopped moaning and wailing, turning to look at Lance sympathetically. Although this guy looked boorish, he was actually a family-oriented man who was an expert at saving money. He wasn’t willing to spend money on buying a decent soul tool for himself despite all the dangerous situations and hardships he had endured the past five years. He had been using a subpar soul tool that his alchemy teacher in the Tyrants gave him previously. He painstakingly saved 6,000 Holy Coins, yet in the end…

“Well, I guess. I think there aren’t many newcomers who are a threat to me,” Wang Zhong said.

The three major subsidiary professions — the Alchemy Union, the Wards Master Union, and the Gourmet’s Association — would release the name lists of those who had passed the tests on that day. It was like a results day. Although they had gone through the tests, most people only had a rough gauge of how they did in them. Few could say that they were absolutely confident of passing the test before they saw their names on the name list. In past years, this was the only major event worth everyone’s attention on that day. However, there was one more this year, the challenge round of the competition that was only recently added.

The competition venue was the Achilles Arena, which was one of the main entertainment venues in the Holy Land. Battles between different groups of creatures took place here. Sometimes, the battles were between humans, or humans and Dimensional lifeforms, and occasionally, there were battles between Dimensional lifeforms too.

She had been thinking of recruiting an assistant recently, and she heard that there was a newcomer who was favored by several Great Masters and who happened to be female too. That was very rare, as there weren’t many female wards masters who were truly talented. That was why Marie Ji was interested. Although her main job was as a teacher, her expertise in her subsidiary profession was already nearing the standard of a Great Master. She didn’t think that she was inferior to those Great Teachers who had wanted to accept Carolyn as their Successor Disciple. Marie Ji had absolute confidence in herself, especially in her subsidiary profession.

At this point in time, the newcomers hadn’t even entered the venue, but the lively atmosphere of the full-house crowd there made Marie Ji feel more involved. It brought her back to memories of her youth: it was back when she and Lan Daier were still a part of the Federation on Earth, not giving a care in the world and energetic. The Holy City was very quiet on most days, and perhaps she was used to it already, but she was still nostalgic at times.

She zoned out for a while when someone tapped her shoulder suddenly. “Hey, you’re here early.”

“Why? You got your eye on someone here?” Marie Ji saw that Lan Daier seemed to be waving to someone.