The Mighty Mage
Chapter 148: Souvenir

Chapter 148: Chapter 148: Souvenir

The money earned from the mission could only give them 200,000 yuan. However, with the compensation, the distribution of money increased significantly.

Gu Jin shook her head and said,

"I will only take 200,000 yuan. The money which you received is your compensation."

She wasn’t the one who was beaten, so why should she have a share in their compensation money?

Zhang Wei shook his head and said stubbornly,

"No! We are all a team. We share joys and sorrow together. If we earn something even if it is compensation each person will have a share!"

What Zhang Wei didn’t mention was...Gu Jin’s act of saving Liu Sunhao while disregarding her own life touched all the members of the Shadow Fangs.

How could they get such loyal members in today’s world?

The reason why Zhang Wei didn’t mention it was because he didn’t want Gu Jin to keep risking his(her) life in the future.

After all, what he was going to say next couldn’t contradict his past words, and hence after quickly distributing the reward, Zhang Wei said to Gu Jin,

"Jin, listen to me carefully."

Gu Jin instantly sat up in an attentive posture.

Zhang Wei’s anger lightened when he saw Gu Jin’s serious expression,

"Jin do you know that you have committed a mistake?"

Gu Jin showed a confused expression.

Zhang Wei looked at Gu Jin and said sternly,

"Do you know that your act of putting your life in danger for another member was wrong?"

Gu Jin shook her head and said firmly,

"No, I wasn’t..." risking my life.

But before she could finish her words Zhang Wei interrupted her,

"Yes I know that you didn’t do it consciously and it was your subconscious reaction, but next time you put your life in danger I will punish you by making you write a 4000-word essay."

Gu Jin: "..." What a difficult punishment.

The thing that Gu Jin hated the most was writing.

Zhang Wei continued to lecture Gu Jin for the next half hour and just when Gu Jin felt her ears were about to fall off, Zhang Wei stopped and asked,

"Do you understand?"

"Yes." Gu Jin said with a sincere expression.

Zhang Wei was a bit relieved when he saw Gu Jin’s expression.

He believed that the child wouldn’t repeat his action.

"Okay. Everyone can leave now."

Zhang Wei waved his hands, declaring the end of the meeting.

Xu Mingtao instantly perked up and asked Gu Jin,

"Jin so how was your experience in the spatial rift? How did you exit the spatial rift?"

Gu Jin felt 5 more stares at her and realized that they wanted to hear her story.

She decided to tell a half-truth since they would gradually realize that there was a difference in her strength,

"After I entered the spatial rift, I started to float. Before I could analyze the situation though, I landed in some other place.

The place was very unique and the vegetation..."

Gu Jin described the place’s appearance, the abnormality, and how barren that land was.

Xu Mingtao asked curiously,

"How long did you stay in that place?"

"4 years." Gu Jin lied without any pressure.

If she said that she was about to break through to advanced rank in just 2 years, they would definitely find that she was abnormal.

After cultivating elements and hearing the conversation between her classmates, Gu Jin realized that to break through to advanced rank from Intermediate Rank, a person requires at least 4 years.

And that is too possible when a person is solely focused on that element.

"What?" Yi Ran asked with shock.

"Four years?!" Yi Ran echoed, her eyes wide with disbelief.

"But... how did you manage to survive for that long? What did you eat? How did you find shelter? No! The most important thing is...we found you within 15 hours, so how could you have spent 4 years on that island?"

The rest of the Shadow Fang members leaned in, equally curious and concerned.

Gu Jin nodded, understanding their reactions.

She had anticipated their disbelief and had prepared her story carefully.

"I ate the herbs and cultivated most of the time. As for shelter I lived in an open space. The season on that island was always sunny. There was hardly any time when there was rain or snowfall.

As for spending 4 years there, the time there moved very fast. So..."

Gu Jin explained the logic and the team finally calmed down.

"Wow! I wish I could go on that island!" Xu Mingtao sighed.

"Me too!" Liu Sunhao agreed.

"I don’t think so it was a good thing." Tang Guan said calmly.

Yi Ran nodded.

"What? I was able to stay on that island for the next 70 hours, 20 years of my cultivation could be saved!" Xu Mingtao said with a pout.

Tang Guan shook his head,

"The problem is Su Jin wasn’t able to find any exit. Do you know how scary it is? If you stay on that island, your cultivation will surely increase, but if there was no dimensional storm, you will never be able to leave that island."

Xu Mingtao and Liu Sunhao both felt a chill on their back.

Zhang Wei continued,

"Su Jin had a soul-grade artifact with him, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to exit the dimensional storm in one piece."

Gu Jin nodded. Now that she was thinking of her decision, she felt that she was too reckless. What if the plan failed? Wouldn’t she have died?

"God! I don’t want to go on such an island then!" Xu Mingtao patted her heart.

Liu Sunhao nodded.

Then he stood up and said to Gu Jin,

"I will remember your life-saving grace till the end of my life. If someday you need my help, just call me and I will be there for you Brother Jin!"

Saying so he bowed.

Liu Sunhao was moved and he swore to return Gu Jin’s favor one day.

Zhang Wei looked at Liu Sunhao with a hint of complexity in his eyes, before he looked away.

Gu Jin shook her head and said,

"No need. After all, if I didn’t fall in the spatial rift, I wouldn’t have got the opportunity to increase my cultivation."

Liu Sunhao remained silent.

In his heart, he knew, that Su Jin was only saying those words to make him relief.

From entering the spatial rift to exiting the island, her entire journey was filled with difficulty.

Which human can stay in an isolated island for 4 years without losing hope? Which humans could steel their hearts and continue to cultivate when they know that there is no way to exit that place.

Not to mention...the food. According to Su Jin, she ate only herbs for 4 consecutive years.

But even after suffering so much, Su Jin didn’t show any resentment towards him and even listened to his lecture and bear his anger.

In the first 3 days of their reunion, when they were admitted to the hospital, Su Jin cared about them.

He helped with most of the chores.

Yet Liu Sunhao ignored him and coldly stated that if he didn’t promise to not put his(Su Jin) life in danger again for him(Liu Sunhao), he(Liu Sunhao) would never talk with him.

Su Jin only smiled. Neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

So for the next 3 days, Liu Sunhaod didn’t talk with Gu Jin at all.

However, Gu Jin didn’t stop caring for Liu Sunhao which touched the latter’s heart and hence he decided to not be angry.

To say Liu Sunhao now considers Gu Jin as his brother wouldn’t be a lie.

Gu Jin changed the topic and said,

"I picked some things from the islands. Take it as a souvenir."

Before the team could react, Gu Jin passed them a box one by one.

"We can’t take it." Zhang Wei was the first to react.

Liu Sunhao, Tang Guan, Xu Mingtao, and Yi Ran nodded hurriedly.

Gu Jin didn’t take back the gift and said,

"If you can’t take it then I won’t take the 2 million yuan or any other commission from the future projects."

Zhang Wei pretended to be angry and said,

"Boy, you now want to blackmail your own group members?"

Gu Jin suppressed the urge to roll her eyes and said,

"Blackmail? What about what you said earlier? That a team should share joys and sorrows. I am doing that."

Zhang Wei: "..."

Now he understood why this boy didn’t reject the money after he said that line. This boy was waiting for his turn.

Gu Jin stood up,

"I am leaving first I have some other matters to take care of."

The other five members could only nod their heads.

After Gu Jin left, the five members couldn’t help but become curious and opened the box.

The next second, all of them exclaimed one by one,

"My god! Is he crazy?"Xu Mingtao exclaimed.

"Sh*t! Really? A Mystic seed? What the f*ck!" Liu Sunhao said in disbelief.

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