Chapter 77: Why Can't a Vajra Pestle Be a Rolling Pin
Taking down ten cannibal players in one go and wiping out a small organization, this collaboration was a huge success with considerable gains.
Including Ma Yu's belongings, the total came to seventeen bottles of potions, six items, eight tickets, twenty-six hundred white notes, along with some jewelry and cash.
"All of this was snatched from other players, and now it's ours for the taking." Yan Jiayu stared at the items on the table, her eyes gleaming.
Huang Junjie and the others also smiled. Many players boarded and exited trains and instances with empty pockets, but they had acquired so many game items at once—it was practically a windfall.
Xu Huo didn't plan to bring out the eagle's belongings, but he could make some concessions in the distribution. He picked a short blade item and said, "I only want this."
"Don't you want the toy gun?" Huang Junjie hesitated. "I think among these items, the toy gun is top-tier."
The remaining four items were all close-combat weapons like knives and swords, which paled in comparison to the black bodysuit that could block blades and the dragon-shaped toy gun that could spit fire.
He guessed Xu Huo might have picked up leftovers from the Special Affairs Bureau, but they had agreed beforehand to just catch a few Holy Sword Society members and keep the risk at a certain level. They wouldn't participate in what came after, so the Special Affairs Bureau raiding the Holy Sword Society's hideout had nothing to do with them, and they didn't have to take the risk.
This plan was Xu Huo's idea, and he had also brought in Zhou Ning and the others. By all logic, he should take the lion's share.
"No need." Xu Huo said. "You all split the rest."
"I don't want weapons." Yan Jiayu said. "I'm not good with knives; I'm more comfortable with a staff. Just give me a few more potions and two tickets."
Liu Jia looked a bit embarrassed and said, "I didn't really help much. Can I just have one ticket?"
"What are you saying!" Before Xu Huo could respond, Yuan Yao slammed the table and said righteously, "If Brother Xu called you, he must have had a reason. We're all indispensable here. Don't sell yourself short."
"Look at me—I'm just coasting along with the big shots, and am I blushing?"
The "big shot" he referred to was Yan Jiayu for now.
Liu Jia looked at him strangely, hesitated, and then asked, "Are you really that scared? Jia Yu'er said you were throwing up and couldn't even look at the bodies."
Liu Jia and Yan Jiayu kept in touch, and being both young women, they easily bonded. She hadn't seen the gruesome scene, but she couldn't believe that such a cute girl as Yan Jiayu would be as ruthless as Yuan Yao described, bashing someone's brains out without a second thought.
Yuan Yao, who had been trying to comfort her but ended up getting stabbed, said sheepishly, "Well, you know, there's always an adjustment period."
Yan Jiayu patted his shoulder, her round, egg-shaped face full of encouragement. "Keep it up! I believe in you."
Yuan Yao's face turned green.
"I'll take mine first." Yan Jiayu moved quickly, grabbing eight bottles of potions and two tickets.
Then Huang Junjie took the dragon-shaped toy gun, two tickets, and three bottles of potions. Liu Jia took a long blade and a dagger, along with one ticket and one bottle of potion.
Yuan Yao took another knife, with one ticket and one potion.
Although Xu Huo said he only wanted the knife, they still left the bodysuit for him. Yuan Yao said, "Brother Xu, no need for words. Next time there's an opportunity like this, you must bring us along again."
Xu Huo looked at Yan Jiayu. "You don't want any items?"
Yan Jiayu's face lit up with a pure smile as she patted the stone staff at her waist. "We martial artists are tough. You look a bit weak; that bodysuit might save your life in a pinch."
Being called weak by a girl in her twenties, and seeing her completely serious expression, Xu Huo couldn't help but laugh. He slid the dagger across the table to her.
Unexpectedly, Yan Jiayu really didn't care for these items and instead handed it to Huang Junjie. "You've had it rough. Take it."
Huang Junjie didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Yuan Yao eyed Yan Jiayu's stone staff. "Big shot, what kind of item is that? It's got patterns on it—looks pretty impressive."
"A vajra pestle." Yan Jiayu pulled out the stone staff and held it upright in front of her, her expression turning serious and imposing. "The carvings on it are Sanskrit. It's a Buddhist ritual tool."
"As far as I know, a vajra pestle doesn't look like that." Xu Huo said flatly.
Yan Jiayu broke character in an instant and laughed cheerfully. "All forms are empty. Why can't a vajra pestle be a rolling pin? I even named it 'Stone Rolling Pin.'"
Everyone at the table laughed. Yuan Yao said, "That's fitting, but how did a pretty girl like you end up with a vajra pestle? You're not a monk."
"My profession is a monk." Yan Jiayu said happily. "Professional clergy."
"She used to be a nun but has since returned to secular life." Xu Huo added.
Yan Jiayu nodded. "When I came down from the mountain, my master said my worldly ties weren't severed, so I had to return to secular life. But I think my connection to Buddhism is still pretty deep."
She swung the vajra pestle. "If any of you need counseling, just say the word."
Yuan Yao quickly retracted his curiosity and said, "Anyway, we pulled off a big job this time. We have to celebrate properly. My treat—order whatever you want to eat!"
"My time limit is almost up. I have to go into an instance with someone else, so I'll have to leave soon." Liu Jia said.
"Is it someone arranged by the Special Affairs Bureau to guide you?" Xu Huo interjected.
Liu Jia nodded. "My trait isn't very lethal, and I've just started learning combat techniques. I can't make it for my first instance on my own, so I need someone to take me."
Not every player relies on brains like Xu Huo or brute force like Yan Jiayu. Most players are just ordinary people. Liu Jia had gotten to know quite a few white players over the past few days and had already stabilized her mindset.
"Then I wish you success. Let's have a meal together when you get out." Xu Huo said.
Liu Jia smiled and agreed.
Besides her, Yan Jiayu also had to leave. She wasn't from Ting City, so she needed to catch an early train.
As for Huang Junjie, he planned to stay until the injuries on his face healed a bit before leaving.
Xu Huo had rented a three-bedroom apartment and let him have one room.
This made Yuan Yao, who had originally planned to shamelessly move in, quite unhappy. But by the afternoon, he had bought the apartment across from Xu Huo and proudly knocked on the door. "I bought it."
Huang Junjie was also an elite, successful in his career, but buying a house worth one or two million wasn't something he could do as casually as buying cabbage.
"Since becoming an evolver, I feel like ordinary life is far behind me. But your outrageous wealth has dragged me back to reality." He sighed. "This world still needs money."
Yuan Yao, lounging with his legs crossed, directed the delivery staff to set the food on the table and opened a couple of bottles of wine worth tens of thousands each. "Come on, come on, don't be shy. Everyone raise a glass to celebrate our triumphant start!"
After a hearty meal, Huang Junjie went to rest, Yuan Yao returned to his place to play games, and the Painting Woman, unhappy about having her phone confiscated, refused to clean and stuck herself to the wall.
With peace and quiet, Xu Huo logged into the Vanguard Player Forum to browse new information. One post about trading items caught his attention.