Chapter 11 Admission Qualifications
Ye Wuyou returned to the cave, meditated, and recovered his consumed soul power. At the same time, he was thinking about how to catch the cold stones. According to the contract, if Ye Wuyou could not hand over ten cold stones at the end of the month, he would have to pay two silver dollars. But Ye Wuyou's entire net worth is only a few copper coins, and he could not collect all the penalty for breach of contract. The cold stones that Ye Wuyou could catch were gone, which means that Ye Wuyou could not complete the commission. What made Ye Wuyou even more desperate was that there was not much food left in the cave.
"I originally thought that practicing soul power could solve the urgent problem, but I didn't expect that I would block all my retreat!" Ye Wuyou covered his head, looking like a headache.
"Can you go to the moat to try your luck again?" Ye Wuyou touched his chin and pondered: "No, no! There are many things to steal at once. If you continue to do it, your conscience will not be able to get over it. Besides, what can you do if you succeed in getting something for food? You will have to finish playing if you can't catch the cold stone!"
"Play a ball! How great it would be if this cold stone could be like a tiger fish!" Ye Wuyou went crazy!
"Wait!" Ye Wuyou looked as if he had discovered a new continent, and his eyes were shining: "Yes! Why did I have to go into the water to fish? Who stipulated it! Isn't it done just to make a tool??"
Ye Wuyou ran out of the cave, found a tree and cut it down, and penetrated a hole in a section of the stick, then passed a rope through the stick, tied a knot, and a simple tool was done like this.
The next day, Ye Wuyou hurriedly rushed to the whistling pond, even consuming soul power to accelerate. Ye Wuyou wanted to know if the thing he made was useful. After all, it was related to whether he would live in a cave or a prison in the future.
When he arrived at the Howling Pond, Ye Wuyou was also lazy and greeted Old Man Xu. With the surprised expression of Old Man Xu, he dragged a stick straight to the Cold Pond.
Arriving at the cold pool, Ye Wuyou took a deep breath, slowed down his violent beating heart, and slowly stretched his tools into the cold pool.
"Wow!" As soon as the tool touched the water surface, Ye Wuyou exclaimed as if he was stabbed by a needle, and almost threw the tool out. Fortunately, Ye Wuyou quickly lucked his soul and gathered on his palm. At the same time, he held the wooden handle tightly, thus saving the stick.
Ye Wuyou was very familiar with the feeling just now. This was the ice-attribute soul power contained in the cold pond water. Yesterday, Ye Wuyou tried to death without any soul power to put his finger into the cold pond. At that time, Ye Wuyou really felt pain, and now Ye Wuyou once again felt this pain, and the intensity was several times that of yesterday.
"It seems that the soul power in the cold pond water can be transmitted! This thing is useless! Alas! It's in vain!" Ye Wuyou sat cross-legged, putting the tool on his thigh, looking depressed.
"No, different! Yesterday I was in the water, and my soul power was consumed very much, and it was easy to cause danger. But now I only need to consume soul power when I touch the wooden handle. Moreover, I am standing on the shore with this thing. Even if my soul power is exhausted, there will be no great danger, so there may be hope!" Ye Wuyou became more and more excited as he thought about it, and he got up and prepared to try again.
Ye Wuyou used his soul power and laid layers of defense on his hands. The ice-attribute soul power that attacked Ye Wuyou was several times more than that in the cold pond water (ps: the principle of analogy to tip discharge), which made Ye Wuyou have to be careful.
The moment the tool touched the water surface, the chill came again, but Ye Wuyou was prepared and used his soul power. Now Ye Wuyou only felt that what he was holding was not a wooden stick but a piece of ice. However, holding a piece of ice is always more comfortable than holding a piece of thorny ice.
However, as the wooden stick penetrated deeper, the ice-attribute soul power that poured into the tool became stronger and stronger. Ye Wuyou had to increase the output of soul power. At this growth rate, Ye Wuyou felt that he could hold on for about five minutes. Time didn't wait for anyone, Ye Wuyou immediately found a cold stone and stretched the tool over. It was getting closer and closer, and the rope was getting closer and closer. Ye Wuyou felt that it was almost done. He stretched it hard, and the rope was perfectly staggered the cold stone, and Ye Wuyou failed!
"Han! I actually forgot that there is a refraction in the water. Come again if you have nothing to do!" The failed Ye Wuyou soon discovered the reason. Although he consumed a lot of soul power, he was not depressed, but held his breath and started again.
Ye Wuyou tried several times but couldn't get Hanshi. His soul power was gone. Sweat as big as beans gathered together and slid down Ye Wuyou's face. The sweat wet Ye Wuyou's clothes and made him feel extra cold. Ye Wuyou gritted his teeth and stretched the tool forward with all his strength. After failing so many times, it was not without gain. Ye Wuyou spent his soul power but found the location of Hanshi.
"Success and failure are here! Drink!" Ye Wuyou roared, raised his arms, stretched forward, and pressed down, and succeeded. The rope successfully wrapped the cold stone, but the matter was not over yet. The so-called "one who traveled a hundred miles was half a dozen. Now he had trapped the cold stone and had not yet brought it out of the water. It was not the time to relax. Ye Wuyou was fully focused and pulled the wooden stick back carefully, for fear that the cold stone would fall off. Fortunately, the process was thrilling, as if the cold stone was about to slide down the next moment, but in the end it was just a false alarm. The cold stone successfully arrived on the shore, and Ye Wuyou succeeded.
"Huh~Ha~Huh!" Ye Wuyou lay on the shore, panting. The coldness of the cold pond was too strong, even causing Ye Wuyou's hands to be covered with ice, but Ye Wuyou had never felt so at ease. It was a relief that the survival crisis was resolved. Looking at the cold stone on the rope, Ye Wuyou knew that his life would be much better in the future!
In the following days, Ye Wuyou, Ye Wuyou filled his soul power and took tools to catch cold stones. With experience, Ye Wuyou's speed of scooping cold stones was getting faster and faster. At first one piece a day, two pieces a day, and then three pieces a day. In just five days, he completed tasks that others might not be able to complete in a month. This really scared Old Man Xu. Old Man Xu was curious about how Ye Wuyou caught cold stones, but he couldn't help asking, and could only guess that all this was related to the wooden stick Ye Wuyou was holding.
The so-called curiosity killed the cat, and finally handed over the last cold stone on Ye Wuyou. Old Man Xu couldn't help but ask Ye Wuyou.
Ye Wuyou thought about it and told everything to Old Man Xu. Because this secret cannot be kept, when the climate improves after a while, others will come to catch cold stones. When others see Ye Wuyou get so fast, they will definitely follow suit. At that time, Ye Wuyou, who is weak, may not even be able to catch a cold stone. It is better to use this method as soon as possible to exchange for some benefits.
"Wonderful!" After hearing Ye Wuyou's method, Old Man Xu slapped. This was not something that people from Dongyang could not think of this method. People who dared to catch cold stones were basically second-level soul guides. It was easier to catch cold stones, and they didn't need to use this opportunistic method at all. However, Old Man Xu was older and saw more. Since Ye Wuyou's method could allow him, the first-level soul guide, to reach an area where only second-level soul guides dared to get involved, can this method allow the second-level soul guide to catch cold stones that only third-level soul guides can catch? You must know that although second-level soul guides can basically complete tasks, most of the cold stones handed over are low-level, and occasionally medium-level, but there will definitely be no top-level cold stones, because only third-level soul guides dare to involve them in the place where the top-level cold stones are located, and they have to be careful. If you accidentally go in, the third-level soul guides are all treasures from Dongyang, and they will not easily come to the cold pond to catch cold stones.
In the Giant Spirit Continent, the top-grade cold stones are truly out of stock, but the output of top-grade cold stones is too small. Old Man Xu often hears the mayor of Dongyang Town complaining about this. Now there is a solution. How can he not be excited? Old Man Xu immediately asked Ye Wuyou to lead the soldiers to verify his ideas. The soldier is a second-level soul guide. He was a little surprised when he heard Old Man Xu ask him to retrieve the top-grade cold stones. Although he was unwilling to do so, he also expressed his efforts. Ye Wuyou looked at Old Man Xu's expression and knew that if he did it well, he would do his best.
"Naughty! Mr. Xu! I've caught the top-grade cold stone!" Just as Mr. Xu was wandering around and around, the soldiers' excitement came from the whistling pool. When he heard the soldiers' shouts, the stone in his heart fell to the ground.
"Hahaha! OK, it's not as expected! Haha! OK!" Old Man Xu laughed loudly, playing with the cold stones that the soldiers caught. The size of the cold stone fist was blowing cold, but Old Man Xu liked it no matter how he looked at it, leaving Ye Wuyou and the soldiers standing awkwardly.
"Okay! Boy Ye! You have made great contributions this time! What's the best reward for you? By the way, I'm also in my hand with a recommended place from Dongyang Academy, so I'll give it to you! I'll save the merchants from giving me something to me every once in a while, so I'm so annoyed! Hahaha!" Fortunately, Mr. Xu had a happy regain, but he didn't forget Ye Wuyou. When he came to his senses, he rewarded the most ideal reward in his heart to Ye Wuyou.
"Ha!" Two screams of exclamation sounded at the same time, one was a soldier, one was frightened, and the other was Ye Wuyou. This guy looked confused and didn't know what Old Man Xu was saying.
In this way, Ye Wuyou took the two silver dollars and a certificate given by Old Man Xu and walked towards the cave. The silver dollars were his reward, and the certificate was the admission qualification of Dongyang Academy.
"What! I sent you a letter of admission! How great is it to give me a few gold coins! I'm almost out of the way now, and I still have to take care of my children. How can I get this Dongyang Academy?" Ye Wuyou said with dissatisfaction and complained.
Chapter completed!