Just as Yuan Zhu and the others walked out from the teleportation gate of Mount Taiping, they saw that the area in front of the gate was surrounded tightly by a bunch of soldiers.
While they were still surprised, a figure suddenly appeared beside them, falling face-first from a height onto the ground…
After landing on the ground, he flailed his limbs and shouted, "It's over, it's over!"
Yuan Zhu looked at Jiang Kai in surprise, "Kai, you, what are you doing? That's a rather unique way to make an entrance."
Jiang Kai froze for a moment. When he looked up, he saw his teammates standing nearby, all looking at him with strange expressions.
Not only that, the people surrounding them were also staring at him in surprise as he shouted.
"I'm not dead?", Jiang Kai finally came to his senses.
Turns out the last flash of light he saw was the teleportation gate, which directly transported everyone back from the Lost Land to their respective countries.
After realizing this, Jiang Kai quickly got up and tidied his clothes.
Then he frowned and looked at his teammates.
The four of them looked relaxed and composed, their clothes spotless, completely different from his own sorry appearance.
Could it be that the Lost Land they entered had a different difficulty than his?
Back then, the system only said the Lost Land would differ, but didn't mention varying levels of difficulty.
While Jiang Kai was still puzzled, several men in military uniforms walked over to them.
"Jiang Kai, hello, I'm Qin Yu, we're from the Military Committee. Comrades of the Fire God Squad, congratulations on achieving such excellent results in this exploration of the Lost Land," said the leader, who looked around forty years old, but had a sturdy build and a capable demeanor.
An older man behind him smiled and said, "We wanted to meet you last time, but unfortunately you were out hunting again. This time we finally get to see the legendary Fire God Squad."
Jiang Kai turned his head and quietly asked Su Nuannuan, "What's the Committee? Are they in charge?"
Su Nuannuan whispered back, "Very much in charge! You can think of it as the organization that manages all military affairs across the country. Even General Wei has to follow their orders!"
Jiang Kai asked again, "So these people are the ones in charge?"
"Yes!", Su Nuannuan added quietly, "General Qin Yu is a lieutenant general, the older man behind him is Lieutenant General Liu En, and that lady is Lieutenant General Zhang Yan. I don't know the others."
With Su Nuannuan's explanation, Jiang Kai felt more confident.
"Jiang Kai, looking at the distribution of spoils from the competition zones, our Fire God Squad had the biggest haul," Qin Yu smile, "Especially the two purple chests and one glowing chest. Ahem, Jiang Kai, do you have any plans for how to divide the spoils?"
Jiang Kai smiled slightly, "General Qin, to be honest, when I got the treasure chests, it was a rush and I didn't have time to look inside. Also, we operated in three small teams, and as soon as the exploration ended we returned to Mount Taiping, so we haven't had time to take stock. I haven't decided yet."
"Why would we laugh at that? A glowing chest was found worldwide only once, this alone says a lot. Also, from the timing of when you got the two chests, we guessed you must've taken a big risk to get them."
"How about this: come back to the main city with us. We came by carriage, it'll be much faster than you walking back."
Jiang Kai didn't refuse, as he was honestly exhausted.
The military carriage was drawn by a creature that looked like a lion and a tiger, a beast said to have appeared on ancient maps, now tamed by cavalry as high-end mounts.
What should've taken nearly a full day of travel ended up taking just over two hours, and they arrived at the main city of District 18.
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As the vehicle passed the guild district, Jiang Kai suddenly signaled the driver to stop.
"General Qin, let's go to my guild's headquarters."
"Alright, let's head to the headquarters of the Lord God Guild," Qin Yu agreed cheerfully, "By the way, General Wei Ying is already online. Let's have him come straight to the Lord God Guild."
"General Wei is online too?", Ruan Yu asked in surprise.
"Yeah, this is a big deal, of course he'd come," Liu En said with a smile.
When they arrived at the Lord God Guild's headquarters, Wei Ying and Lu Jun were already waiting outside the door.
Wei Ying saw Qin Yu and the others and gave a military salute, which Qin Yu, Liu En, and Zhang Yan returned.
Then Wei Ying walked up to Jiang Kai and punched him on the shoulder, "Kid, well done! I knew you wouldn't let me down!"
Lu Jun also smiled, "Jiang Kai, at first we were really worried for you."
Jiang Kai smiled faintly, "Old Wei, Brother Lu, come on, let's go inside and sort out the distribution of the spoils."
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Inside the guild, Jiang Kai led everyone into an empty room.
There was a long table in the room.
Jiang Kai sat on one side. On the military's side, including Wei Ying, there were seven people sitting across from Jiang Kai, with Lu Jun and four other soldiers standing behind them.
Everyone sitting here was at least of major general rank.
Su Nuannuan and Hu Yan handed all the squad's spoils to Jiang Kai. He gave them a rough count, then placed all the cards on the table.
Seeing the thick stack of cards, the eyes of Qin Yu and the others grew increasingly intense.
119 pieces of loot.
"Jiang Kai, what treasures were in the purple and glowing chests?", Qin Yu asked eagerly.
Everyone's eyes locked onto Jiang Kai.
But Jiang Kai calmly said, "Ruan Yu, the guests have been sitting here for a while, aren't you going to pour them some tea?"
Then he smiled and said to Qin Yu and the others, "Honestly, after searching for an hour to find the treasure chest, I'm a bit thirsty myself."
Ruan Yu was stunned. Everyone was in a hurry, who still had time for tea?
But since Captain Kai spoke, he didn't ask further and immediately brewed the tea.
A big stack of cards lay on the table between Jiang Kai and Qin Yu's group, and their eyes were like magnets stuck to it, they couldn't wait to snatch the cards and examine them.
And at this moment, Jiang Kai wanted tea?
For people who had seen their fair share of serious business, this one word—"tea"—already indicated that Jiang Kai had something important to say.
Qin Yu took a deep breath and glanced at his companions, seeing the heavy expressions in their eyes, clearly thinking the same as he was.
Soon, Ruan Yu and Hu Yan brought out the tea and poured it for the guests.
Qin Yu glanced at the cards on the table, then forced himself to look away and toward Jiang Kai, "Jiang Kai, do you have any thoughts on how to divide things?"
Jiang Kai slowly took a sip of tea, set down the cup, then drew the bottom card from the 119 cards, pushed the rest forward, and looked at Qin Yu, "I'll keep one card. The rest are all yours."
Qin Yu's eyes widened and he immediately frowned, "The one you kept… is the glowing chest's reward?"
Jiang Kai nodded, "That's right! I've said before, it's impossible to split things perfectly. These rewards can't be measured by money."
"But let me be honest: I found the glowing chest myself. It had nothing to do with the military."
"My squad had five people. Not only did I give you Zhuzi's and Nuannuan's loot, but also Hu Yan's and Ruan Yu's loot. I even added four cards of my own, including one from a purple chest."
"Keeping one glowing chest reward, I think no matter how you look at it, I'm not in the wrong."
Qin Yu quickly said, "Jiang Kai, you're right. Honestly, you've taken too little… it's just, as you know, the glowing chest is what we're most focused on. This item could change a lot of things!"
"How about we try a different distribution method?"
Jiang Kai smiled slightly, "The purple chest items are all class change materials. One is the No.7 material for a Stage 7 Martial Apprentice, 10 units. The other is the No.7 material for a Stage 7 Barefoot Doctor, 10 units."
"As for the glowing chest reward, General Qin, you can be more confident, drop the words 'could possibly.'"
Everyone's eyes widened.
Jiang Kai calmly said, "Inside were three full sets of Stage 7 Martial Apprentice class change materials."
Clatter!
Lieutenant General Liu En's teacup fell to the ground.
Three full sets of Stage 7 Martial Apprentice recipes! In other words, Huaxia's martial apprentices could not only advance to Stage 7, but could also have three Stage 7 Martial Apprentices in a short time.
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