Cliff Mountain.
Inside a private room at the tavern, Chen Moxuan beamed as he said with a smile:
"Junior Brother Tian will be back shortly. I reckon this trip brought in over a hundred Spirit Stones.
"In half a month or so, each person can get thirty or forty Spirit Stones. In the past, we wouldn't have dared dream of it."
"Captain, you're only counting what came in. Why aren't you counting what went out?
"The pills we used, the repairs for damaged artifacts—don't those cost Spirit Stones?!"
Jiang Qiuyue wrinkled her delicate little nose and added:
"Luckily, Junior Brother Chu and Senior Brother Zhang are as close as brothers. Otherwise, repairing our artifacts would have delayed us greatly, and we wouldn't have been able to make frequent trips out."
Chen Moxuan nodded.
"That's right. Junior Brother, when can you invite Senior Brother Zhang out for drinks? We should show him our thanks."
"That will probably be difficult for a while. Aside from repairing artifacts, Senior Brother Zhang has other matters to attend to."
Chu He laughed heartily. After two years of working together, he got along very well with the other members of the team.
After a pause, he swept his gaze over everyone and slowly said:
"When I took the artifacts in for repairs just now, I received a letter.
"Junior Brother Ji An from Green Pine Dao Academy, who entered the sect at the same time as me, wants to follow our team and gain some experience. I think it's an opportunity. With one more person, perhaps we can make a move against that herd of Fire Horned Rhinoceroses."
Chen Moxuan pondered for a moment.
"A four-man team, each performing his own duties, is quite reasonable.
"Unless we're gnawing on a hard bone, adding another person will