Strongwoman

When he saw Zhu Jiusi's message, Orchid Pavilion Scholar was completely stunned.

"Still lowering the price?"

Nobody had bought them even after one price drop, and the Cave Master was actually threatening to lower it again?

Zhu Jiusi wiggled his pig ears. "Don't look at me. I'm only following orders."

He'd been in Journey Survival for three or four years, struggling just to stay alive. He didn't understand the ways of business. But he knew that if you trusted someone, you should trust them completely. Rain Seeker had told him to do this, so he did.

Everyone looked at Rain Seeker.

Big Red Carp blew bubbles. "Don't worry, people will be scrambling to sell. Even if they don't, the worst that happens is we give up the 10% boost. Sword Seven has a Dao Discussion Card. Once District 33 is merged in, we can just go after whoever has the most money."

Monkey Has Iron Rod: "..."

Rain Seeker flicked her tail, popping one of the bubbles she'd made.

This time, she'd rather give up the 10% boost than let everyone forget: either sell the gourds at their price, or let them rot in their hands.

Once they'd experienced a price drop like this, when next month's rankings came out and the big shot Cave Master started collecting gourds again, they'd know what to do on their own.

One warning in exchange for lasting peace. Well worth it!

Rain Seeker had immense confidence that Zhu Jiusi would take first place again next month.

The thing Scholar had worried about never happened. Everything went just as Rain Seeker had predicted. Within three to five minutes of Zhu Jiusi's announcement, people had already begun trading their gourds, one after another.

And the momentum only grew. For a while, it seemed nobody wanted to wait until the price dropped to 1 before selling. Even less did they want to wait until the buyers stopped accepting them altogether, then regret it.

One gourd after another was gathered and set on the ground.

"Get ready!" Rain Seeker blew a bubble, then turned to Fox Waiter. "A hundred Rain Canopies, fifty Mirror Stoves, three hundred Water Collectors, three hundred and fifty sheets of felt, eight hundred winter outfits in each size..."

She'd already planned it all out. Her fish mouth opened, and she rattled off the goods like beans spilling from a sack.

Fox Waiter's whole face lit up with joy. He immediately called for people to unload the goods.

With gourds in one hand and supplies in the other, District 66's overall strength began to soar.

The economy and supplies were both major components of overall strength.

In the Scroll chat hall, everyone watched the comparison between the overall strength of District 33 and District 66.

The numbers, which had originally been tucked away in the corner, gradually grew larger as the gourd sales went on, taking up a great deal of the screen.

It was as if Journey Survival knew the two districts were competing and had deliberately put them on display.

"At this rate, they can win, right?" someone wondered.

"What are the Cave Master and the others doing? Why are a few gourds raising their overall strength so much?" someone else asked curiously.

Monkey Has Iron Rod: "If you want to know, use a Dao Discussion Card to come help out. You can watch, but you can't talk!"

By the river, Monkey was busy recording everything.

Rain Seeker had specially approved a batch of gourds for him, telling him to buy whatever he wanted and not worry about his wealth value.

She was probably eyeing his luck and trying to freeload off it.

As more and more people sold their gourds, the basic supplies in their hands were already running desperately low. They were about to run out of things to pay for the gourds.

Rain Seeker seemed to have anticipated this. She'd already arranged for people to start selling various supplies in the group at the same time.

Some supplies hadn't even arrived yet, but they were already being sold at clearly marked prices.

The Path Seekers watched as the basic resources they'd just received began flowing back out in the opposite direction.

And yet, in exchange, they got things they urgently needed.

A group of people sorted the supplies and handed them out.

Only Zhu Jiusi couldn't lend a hand. A wild boar didn't even have hands. He stood off to the side, watching the great river surge silently, with nothing to do.

"Waiter!" The more Zhu Jiusi watched the river, the stranger it seemed, so he called Fox Waiter over.

Waiter had already put on a sincere smile. "What can I do for you, honored customer?"

This was a big customer! He'd really gathered gourds from the entire district. One deal like this could feed him for three years. His service had immediately improved by leaps and bounds.

"Is something about to come out of this river?" Zhu Jiusi stared at the place where the water flowed in from the left.

Mist churned wherever the river passed, as if something were about to emerge.

Could monsters come out during the day too?

Fox Waiter glanced over and explained with a smile, "Thousand Dao River connects every Path Seeker district in the Immortal Seeking Domain. Its current scatters the mist, so it's normal for someone to accidentally fall into the river and get swept here. If you want, you can use this chance to visit another district, but you have to come back within two hours."

Zhu Jiusi: "???"

"!!! Not a chance!"

"Prepare for battle!" he suddenly roared toward the shore.

In his previous life, he'd never once come into contact with this river in three years. He didn't understand the rules of Thousand Dao River.

The river could actually scatter the mist and let people from other districts come over?!

With a squeal from the pig, the mist was swept aside, and a small boat pulled by a dolphin burst out.

Six or seven people crowded aboard. At their head stood a burly man, over two meters tall, with bulging muscles—too bad he didn't have a beard.

The warship smashed through the mist with a thunderous crash.

The instant Zhu Jiusi roared, Sword Seven and Orchid Pavilion Scholar had already flashed over. The three of them formed a triangle as they blocked the shore.

The people on the boat saw the supplies piled on the bank and their eyes immediately gleamed. But when they saw the people on shore, they paused in surprise.

"Time to get rich!"

"Charge!" The burly man on the little boat shouted himself hoarse, leaping straight off and charging forward.

The others aboard exchanged glances. The people here had clearly prepared for them. Should they still charge?

But they only hesitated for a moment. The next instant, they charged after him.

"Leave the savage to you!" Orchid Pavilion Scholar was so excited his hands and feet trembled. He pointed at the burly man, signaling that the enemy was Zhu Jiusi's.

Wielding his great saber, he charged the other way and hacked at someone else from the boat.

Sword Seven Doesn't Learn Sword wasn't as reckless as him. She flashed forward and half-concealed herself behind Scholar.

She stepped through Kui Star Step. The precious sword in her hand was light as a feather, and she thrust it from a tricky angle, striking the oncoming enemy openly and squarely.

The man let out a scream and fell into the water, blood staining its surface red.

At the same time they attacked, Zhu Jiusi lowered his body, dug in his feet, and rammed forward.

Like a tank, he charged straight at the burly leader.

Head down, horns forward!

Boom!

They collided, and both Zhu Jiusi and the man staggered back four or five steps. Shock flashed in Zhu Jiusi's eyes. The man's eyes lit up too, as if he'd found the finest toy.

"Again!"

The moment she spoke, Zhu Jiusi was stunned.

A girl? This time she hadn't shouted herself hoarse, so he could hear her clearly. The burly man was actually a girl!

She even sounded young.

She was just like Nezha from Ten Cold.

Before he could think further, the girl laughed heartily and charged at him again, swinging her fist. The ground trembled with every step she took.

Zhu Jiusi stopped thinking about it, planted his feet, and rammed into her again.

Boom!

They collided, and the girl and the pig both staggered backward.

"You're so strong!"

They exclaimed at the same time.

Zhu Jiusi was a wild boar and a Mountain Master. His life force had been enhanced again and again, and his strength had risen along with it. Naturally, he was powerful.

But this burly girl had strength that matched his.

The Strongwoman stared at Zhu Jiusi, drooling. "I've decided. I'm tying you up and taking you home to be my bandit husband!"

Zhu Jiusi: "???"

Strongwoman: "You don't want to? Then you'll be roasted suckling pig!"