The qualifiers of the Jianghai division had come to an end.
Although there was still one more match to be played, the two teams that had qualified for the Jianghai division had already been locked in advance. They were Jinghai University and Jiangnan University. The rest was nothing more than fighting for first and second place.
However, the ranking was still very important. Not only did it represent honor, but there were also practical benefits.
If one could get first place in the Jianghai division, they would not draw first place in the other divisions in the first round of the CUAA National Competition. They would only draw second place. This was determined by the mechanism of the draw.
Second place was always easier to fight than first place. Although it could not be ruled out that there were some strong divisions, no matter first or second place, their strength could beat a large number of weak divisions, such as Yan University and Tsinghua University in the Capital division. However, this was a small probability event after all. If they really drew first place, they could only blame themselves for being unlucky.
While Bai Xiaowen was preparing for the battle, he was also busy with the virtual shop.
After the buyer received the goods and gave the evaluation, he could accumulate credit points.
Due to the large transaction volume, the credit rating rose quickly. The explosive sales in the first two days of the store directly showed its power after the buyer's evaluation on the fourth day. The credit rating of the "Big Knife Kills Many People" shop rose to C3. After that, it steadily increased every day. After three weeks, it had already become a C1 shop.
Bai Xiaowen shipped goods every day. He felt that he was very busy.
The transaction of spiritual energy points could be carried out in the virtual space, but the shipment had to be done at the distribution point of the virtual combat platform. Bai Xiaowen had the idea of recruiting someone.
It was best if the person he recruited was an awakened. This was because it was too unsafe for ordinary people to transport a batch of spiritual energy items to the distribution point of the virtual combat platform. It was like a child holding a gold bar and swaggering through the market. As for awakened ones, they could transport them in their personal storage space. There was basically no need to worry about safety.
This was because the rules of the spiritual world did not encourage awakened ones to kill each other. Even if the party who took the initiative to attack killed other awakened ones, their battle evaluation would drop by one level. In addition, the loot draw mechanism could only be used a limited number of times.
Under such restrictions, the fierce Awakened would only target those who had high-quality equipment and precious items. They would not target someone who transported a large amount of low-grade equipment and low-grade food.
It was actually not difficult to recruit an Awakened to help him deliver the goods. There were many Awakened with standard professions who were willing to do such part-time errands to earn some extra spirit energy points. It was much safer than wandering in the spirit world or the wild, and the income was more stable.
However, Bai Xiaowen did not want to recruit part-time Awakened, but full-time Awakened. Not only could they help him deliver goods, but they could also help him collect psionic points and manage the shop.
No matter how profitable the store was, Bai Xiaowen couldn't spend all his time in the base city. Sooner or later, he would go to the wilderness or a special treasure land. Even if he didn't go to these two places, he would definitely go to the Spirit Realm.
He would be gone for at least ten days in the Spiritual Realm. If the shop was closed for such a long time, the accumulated popularity would be gone.
It was a little difficult to recruit an Awakened to look after the shop full-time, but it was not impossible to find one. There were many middle-aged Awakened with standard professions whose level was not high. Their strength was close to stagnation, and they would be willing to accept such a job.
For example, the administrator of the virtual combat platform, Song Weihua, was such a full-time Awakened.
However, Bai Xiaowen could not find a suitable candidate for the time being. By suitable candidate, he meant that not only was the person willing to apply, but it would also be best if the person was an Awakened that Bai Xiaowen was familiar with and could trust.
Bai Xiaowen ran through the names in his mind.
Super Gods were out of the question. The Awakened who could be contracted by the guild had a certain amount of potential. They would not be willing to be a full-time salesperson. Although Li Beihai was the guild leader, it was impossible for him to force a member of the guild to give up on their own development.
As for the Super Gods …
Chen Guowei's name jumped out first. This guy was very lazy. He was afraid of pain and death. At present, he was only able to make progress because of Bai Xiaowen's supervision. He did not look like the type who could go far on the path of the Awakened …
However, Chen Guowei was still young. He was in the golden period of his strength improvement. He still had the potential to become a high-level Awakened. Bai Xiaowen shook his head. He was going to ask Chen Guowei's opinion later.
Suddenly, Bai Xiaowen thought of someone. He picked up his phone and dialed the number of his agent, Sister Zheng.
"Hello? Why did Mr. Bai think of calling me? I'm so flattered. "Sister Zheng's voice came from the other end. There was a hint of ridicule in her tone.
"… It's my fault, my fault." Bai Xiaowen first showed a good attitude of admitting his mistake. "You know, I opened a virtual shop. I've been busy with the delivery of goods. Plus, I've been competing for the past few weeks. I've been too busy."
"Okay, don't find excuses … Tell me, what do you need from me as your agent? Did you sleep with a female celebrity in the entertainment industry? Or did you get caught for prostitution?"
"Cough, am I that kind of person?"
After joking around for a while, Bai Xiaowen got down to business. "Sister Zheng, my shop needs to hire an Awakened to help watch over the delivery of goods. However, I don't know any Awakened who meets the requirements … You've seen many Awakened on the Shark Live Streaming Platform. Do you know anyone reliable to recommend?"
"I knew you wouldn't call me if you didn't have anything to do …"
Bai Xiaowen laughed awkwardly. He seemed to see Sister Zheng's slight curl of the corners of her mouth through the phone.
"I do know a lot of Awakened. However, I've left the Shark Live Streaming Platform. I'm sure you know the saying 'the tea cools down when you're gone' …" Sister Zheng pondered for a moment before saying, "There aren't many suitable candidates … What do you think of Zhang Bo?"
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said, "Of course it's good that he's willing to come." He had a good impression of Zhang Bo. He had called Sister Zheng mainly because of this idea.
"He should be coming. As someone I signed personally, his days on the Shark Live Streaming Platform aren't very comfortable. His popularity has been dropping and he complains to me all day long. He's not like you, who has such good conditions … The platform doesn't give him any resources, so his fans are dropping fast. A few days ago, his popularity was about to drop below Level E. "
"That bad?"
"It can't be helped …" Sister Zheng sighed. "I'll go back and ask him. I'll give you an answer tonight. By the way, how are you doing on the Shark Live Streaming Platform? "
"How much better can I be?" Bai Xiaowen smiled and said, "I rejected Fu Qiu's offer of amnesty. The grudge has been formed. It's good enough that I'm not banned. Fortunately, there's a group of hardcore fans supporting me. My popularity has dropped a little, but it's not a big problem. "
"You … Don't tell me you're going against Fu Qiu because of me?" Sister Zheng suddenly felt a little anxious. "Are you stupid? Don't you know how to pretend to be polite? What's wrong with saying a few good words? People in society nowadays, who doesn't have two or three good faces to live a good life? "
"Sister Zheng, have you forgotten that I've just entered university? I'm still a naive teenager. I haven't started to mix in society, so I have no experience."
"Don't talk nonsense. You're smart and you don't know how to pretend? I don't believe that you didn't pretend when you were in the Spiritual Realm. "
"Pretending in the Spiritual Realm is called role-playing …" Bai Xiaowen laughed. "When I'm back on Earth, I don't have to pretend anymore. I just want to live a little more willfully … To borrow a phrase, it's called 'to have a clear mind'. This way, I can live a long life."
"Sigh, put away your fallacious reasoning. I won't persuade you anymore. With your conditions, you do have the right to be willful. You have a competition this weekend, right? I'll go watch it live. Let's have dinner together. "
After hanging up the phone, Li Shuyi ran in.
"Xiaowen, let's go back to the guild …" Li Shuyi looked excited.
"Look at how anxious you are. Did something good happen?"
"It's the eagles … the two young eagles opened their eyes!" Li Shuyi said happily.
In the rift valley of Broken Back Mountain, Bai Xiaowen had not only harvested the Dragon Blood Tea Tree's treasure leaf, but also took the two young eagles with him. Since the two of them were going to enter the Spiritual Realm soon, they left the young eagles in the care of Li Beihai and his wife.
Mutated birds of prey like the white eagles would eat a lot after they opened their eyes. At the same time, they would enter a stage of rapid development. Within one to two weeks, they would grow into young eagles.
Young eagles in captivity were the standard template. They were about 20 to 30 centimeters long, about the same as an unmutated eagle in another time and space. Obviously, they couldn't be ridden at this stage. The breeders were reluctant to take them out to fight. They were mainly raised as ornamental pets.
The safest way was to raise them for one to two years. When the white eagles reached adulthood, their template would automatically be upgraded to the elite level. Their size and wingspan would increase to the point where they could carry people. At that time, they could be ridden in the sky above the wilderness. However, they couldn't be brought into the Spiritual Realm.
White eagles in captivity were usually at the peak of the elite template.
After returning to the guild headquarters, Bai Xiaowen finally saw the two young eagles in Li Beihai's house.
They were light yellow with a curved beak, yellow claws, and white fluffy fur. They hadn't changed much from before. The only difference was that they had opened their black eyes. They were yellow on the outside and brown on the inside, like two concentric circles set together.
The two young eagles had just opened their eyes. However, they weren't very close to Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi. Instead, they kept chirping at Li Beihai and his wife. Although they hadn't opened their eyes before, they could vaguely recognize the breeders' auras.
Fortunately, when Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi tore the mutated beast's meat and fed it to the two young eagles, they were very hungry. Perhaps they had just opened their eyes, so they ate without caring about anything else.
"The next two weeks will be a crucial period for you to build a relationship with the young eagles. You have to keep them by your side so that you can feed them at any time, "Li Beihai instructed.
Nanny Li stroked the fluffy fur on the heads of the two young eagles and said reluctantly, "Don't let too many strangers come into contact with them. We'll be there when you have a competition this weekend. We'll help you take care of them. "
The two of them hurriedly thanked her.
Bai Xiaowen thought to himself that there would be one more daily task to do, feeding the birds …
In the evening, Bai Xiaowen and Nanny Li stayed at home for dinner. During dinner, Sister Zheng called and said that Zhang Bo had agreed to help take care of the shop's delivery. However, Zhang Bo wanted to do it as a part-time job. It didn't matter even if he paid a little less spiritual power points.
Bai Xiaowen could understand Zhang Bo's thoughts. He was still young, so he was a little unwilling to find a full-time job to take care of his old age.
In this regard, Bai Xiaowen also understood and agreed. After all, there was no suitable person at the moment, and Zhang Bo was someone he and his Sister Zheng trusted more than anyone else. He would take over for now.
After dinner, Nanny Li wanted Bai Xiaowen and Nanny Li to stay at home for the night, but Bai Xiaowen still declined. It was already Friday, and the big match was imminent. He still had to rush back to train with his team members and practice their tactics.
"Your next match is against Jiangnan University, right?" Li Beihai said. "Play well. Don't worry too much about the result. Just do your best."
"What you just said is a little demoralizing. It's as if Xiao Bai and Nanny Li will definitely lose." Nanny Li was dissatisfied.
Li Beihai shook his head. "You don't understand. Jiangnan University is very strong. Old Yao once made an assessment. Even with our guild's current main team, we're more likely to lose than win against Jiangnan University's team … "
"Is it that exaggerated? You're a Division Two team. "
"It's not an exaggeration. It's mainly because Qi Ruifeng is too strong. He's already a Level 6 Hero, which is very rare even among the League Two players. He can be used as a main force in any League Two team! As for our guild, those useless little bastards, they're at the bottom of the Division Two team … "Li Beihai shook his head. They were both Division Two teams, but the difference between a strong team and a weak team at the bottom was still very big.
Nanny Li said angrily, "I think you're just adding pressure to Xiao Bai and Nanny Li."
Bai Xiaowen smiled and shook his head.
…
After returning to school with the fledgling, the two of them directly rushed to the school team's training ground. The other members of the school team were very curious about the two extra birds on Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi's shoulders. But after Bai Xiaowen's explanation, they consciously didn't come over to tease the fledgling. Instead, they listened attentively to Bai Xiaowen's explanation of the tactics.
After the four qualifiers, Yan Xiaoxin had already collected the information of the five main players of Jiangnan University. Even the videos of every match were very complete.
"In Jiangnan University's team, apart from Qi Ruifeng, the other four players are Taichi Swordsman Li Cheng, Champion Knight Xiao Jinfeng, Secret Archer Qi Hong, and support Priest Yin Jingyun. Have you all watched the videos of the qualifiers? "
Everyone expressed that they had watched them.
"What's your opinion?"
Feng Zi-ang was the first to speak. "I feel that Qi Ruifeng didn't show his true strength in these four matches."
"I also feel that way."
"Jiangnan University's Qi Ruifeng is, of course, the best. But his four teammates cooperate very well and are very strong. They're also not easy to deal with. "
After listening to the comments, Bai Xiaowen began to summarize:
"The other side is quite strong. We'll definitely ban the Conquest Mode for the solo matches tomorrow. I believe the other side has already guessed this. According to my speculation, they'll probably ban one from the Crystal Destruction Mode and the Leader Challenge Mode … "
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