Lu Yao found that Shaq was clearly inexperienced in actual combat.
It had been charging all the way, and could have relied on its speed advantage in the sand to break them down one by one, but it chose to fight head on with one on many.
This caused it to be constantly injured and coloured under the siege, and its blood bar continued to fall.
Although Shaq’s offensive and defensive attributes were quite excellent, the continuous high-frequency attack of nearly a hundred enemies constantly triggered the [Heavy Strike] effect, and the damage stacking was extremely considerable, causing it to be severely damaged as well.
The opponents were mostly Transcendents who specialised in combat, and were determined to take down the maniacal Shaq, and the battle became particularly intense and ferocious.
In the end, the Sand King was able to hold out until the end with its own tough enough panel attributes.
Lu Yao basically saw it coming.
Shaq took Fish Goo and fought one against a hundred, similar to how Messi and I took Argentina to win the championship. The fish goo highlights a focus on participation.
This Sand King was clearly trying to send his fishman buddy to a championship.
But in the end, Fish Goo admits defeat and refuses.
Shaq inquired again, “Lord Knowing Monk, the opportunity to transform into a Sand Walker I would like to let Fish Goo …… have it?”
“No.”
The Knowing Monk’s voice came out from the fish’s mouth, “The honour of the Martial Arts Conference is a proof of the results of cultivation, it is not an item that can be transferred at will.”
Lu Yao had specifically considered this point.
The Martial Dao Conference was organised to encourage martial practitioners to continue to grow in this way of challenging their personal limits, and receiving the rewards was a validation of the results of their cultivation.
If the sandwalker quota became a bargaining chip that could be conceded at will, then room for substitute fights would arise, and the entire convention would lose its significance.
Stronger people could repeat the challenge every session, it wasn’t a problem.
What Lu Yao cared about wasn’t so much the final champion, but rather providing confidence and access to this group, and from this event, finding individuals with special talents to give attention and guidance to.
It’s working well so far.
Unfortunately, not only did Shaq politely refuse to become a Sandwalker, it also gave up its chance to ascend.
It wanted to stay in Sand City.
This was both the task given to it by Pinkman and Shaq’s own will to stay in Sand City and grow roses. Although Shaq was very capable of fighting, its original job was a florist, and it also liked to grow flowers.
Pinkman, who was usually always silent, took the unprecedented initiative to plead for leniency this time, “Lord God, if there is no suitable candidate, why don’t we send Fish Goo to the Bamboo Reed Kingdom.”
“Fish Gu is a pious and firm Yao Clan member, only that it longs for more recognition and encouragement.”
“It is different from Shaq. Shaq is silent and doesn’t fight, but it has a unique understanding of many things and has a recluse air. Fish Goo looks lively, but inside it is very sensitive, and it has always tried to find ways to be able to make some cause and gain everyone’s approval.”
Pinkman spoke, “Fish Goo is good at making fertiliser, it is keen on making a paste of various things, processing them into flower fertiliser …… and then supplying them to different roses. Although it smells bad, it is very effective and helps the roses grow tremendously.”
“If it goes to the Bamboo Reed Country, not only will it be able to utilise its speciality and regain its confidence, but it will also help the Yao Clan to gather intelligence on the various vegetation in the area.”
“Fish Gu is the one who will taste everything, it has very rich experience in self-rescue from poisoning, and now it is rarely in danger.”
Lu Yao thought that he could give it a try.
So Lu Yao told Fish Goo through the Knowing Monk.
The gods have decided to send you to the Bamboo Reed Kingdom to prepare.
Getting this notification, the little fish man shook his head in excitement.
“Thank you, Lord Divine!”
“Fish Goo will definitely do a good job in the Bamboo Reed Kingdom! Never disgrace the Yao Clan!”
“But …… Lord Knowing Monk, what am I going over there for?”
The Knowing Monk looked down at the little fish man, “Exchanging planting techniques and experience, you are the ambassador sent by Sand City.”
“Ambassador of Sand City!”
“I’m the ambassador, Shaq, I’m the ambassador! Lord Divine has asked me to be the ambassador! I will definitely show the style and temperament of the Yao Clan!”
A maniacal laughter emoji popped up on the little fishman’s brain.
Shaq congratulated his best friend.
The other Transcendents in the room, on the other hand, had dialogue boxes floating above their heads one by one, mostly in puzzlement.
Slymod, who was watching from the wall, stepped forward and explained to the others, “The Martial Arts Conference is a place to show off your abilities, and the Lord Gods will occasionally look to this place to grant favours. So just play to your own strengths and you’ll have a chance like a fish goo. Please continue to cheer.”
The participants murmured one by one.
They then realised that it wasn’t just the ultimate winner who had a chance, but everyone.
The closing session of the conference was to challenge the [Eighteen Calamity Beasts], and this time, the challengers totalled 23, with Shaq not participating, there was still no one who had broken through the first Calamity Beast.
……
There was an additional small border field in Shacheng City, which had some sparse green seedlings in it. Shaq paid attention to this field every day, and after patiently waiting and fertilising and watering, the first rose in Sand City bloomed.
This rose was initially a green rose, but as it grew it turned a pale yellow colour, and as it grew further it drew in a large amount of sand along with the flower fertiliser, having an almost metallic texture, and the pixelated petals reflected a light as if they were brass.
Simulator prompt.
[Shaq grows a Sand Rose.]
[Shaq has cultivated a Cloud Rose.]
Lu Yao clicks to view.
……
[Sand Rose LV2]
Life Value: 133/133
Mana: 11/11
Damage: 5
Defence: 6
Speed: 4
[Thick Skin]
[Needle Stab]
[Ranged]
[Counterattacker]
[Sand Eater]
Feeds on sand and can grow its own defence.
……
Oooh, there’s a windfall.
Lu Yao observed another rose variety.
It had snow-white petals, somewhat fluffy in appearance, and would take off from the soil as soon as it bloomed. The white rose floated in the air and its body gradually became more fluffy, like a loose white cloud shaped like a rose.
……
[Cloud Rose LV2]
Life value: 102/102
Mana: 14/14
Damage: 4
Defence: 4
Speed: 8
[Counterattacker
[Cloud Swallowing]
Feeds on clouds, allowing itself to grow in speed.
……
Lu Yao checked the backstage words and got the answer.
The roses cultivated in the Yao Clan’s world were planted in the Temple in the Clouds after being influenced by the two strong rules of clouds and sand here, causing the roses to evolve in an alienated manner, thus giving birth to the Sand Roses and Cloud Roses.
At Slemod’s request, Shaq opened up a rose belt around the city outside the outer walls of Sand City and planted a ring of sand roses around the city.
These shimmering metallic roses turned into natural windbreaks and defensive sentry towers that worked better than stone, and the wall of roses was more aesthetically pleasing.
The cloud roses, on the other hand, swam in the sky with the wind, nibbling at the thick dense clouds before replacing them, giving the monotonous sky covered with cotton wool clouds some more shapes of life.
Lu Yao switched viewpoints again to the Divine Kingdom Adhesive.
The Fishman Fish Goo had already integrated into the local area.
At this moment, it was in a plantation in the Bamboo Reed Kingdom, teaching the surrounding Reed Folk how to make fertiliser.
“Things like fertiliser smell bad, but flowers and plants taste good.”
“If you can’t get the fertiliser right, both the big trees and the flowers and fruits will grow slower, so we have to pay attention to this, and we have to put good fertiliser at the most important part of planting.”
Fish Goo explained to the reed folk.
One of the Lu Folk understood the Yao language and was translating for the crowd.
Lu Yao reckoned that this one had learnt it when he came into contact with Yanjiu and the others earlier.
In appearance, the Reed People looked like shorter natives, both men and women with reeds on their heads, wearing tunic made of leaves and rattan, with big eyes and short limbs, just like children who never grow up.
Among them, Yu Gu was considered to be tall and big.
At this moment, Yu Gu is holding a bamboo trident, scratching on the ground for a while, teaching the reeds to turn over the soil and apply fertiliser, which attracts the reeds to exclaim in amazement.
As an ambassador of technology for poverty alleviation, Fish Gu is treated with great favour here. It also led the reed people, pouring out its knowledge of fertilisers, allowing a large number of bamboo shoots to grow up quickly and bamboo people to take shape far faster than ever before.
“With such good soil and environment here, you guys can get a lot of fruits and bamboos without having to do anything, no wonder the cultivation industry is developing slowly.”
Trident in hand, Fish Gu told the reed folk, “If a Yao farmer came over instead, two people would be able to reclaim a mountain, no kidding.”
The reed folk stood in awe.
“Everyone move, don’t watch from the sidelines, planting requires hands-on work, all get me fertiliser and loosen the soil!”
The fish goo became much more serious here.
The reed folk also listened to it, and one by one, they acted actively.
Lu Yao even noticed that several Reed Folk girls secretly gave Fish Goo spikes of reeds. In the backstage encyclopaedia, it showed that this was a courtship custom of the Reed Folk, representing that these girls wanted to marry Fish Gu.
One by one, Yu Gu refused.
“I have no interest whatsoever in the love of men and women.”
“Whether it’s for me or for you guys, completing the reconstruction of the Bamboo Reed Kingdom from the disaster and spreading bamboo forests all over this kingdom is the more important thing.”
“Your God’s Kingdom still needs your help and construction! Together, we will make this place better!”
This statement attracted even more followers from the reed people.
Soon, Fish Goo had a nickname, ‘Lone High Aspirant’. It turned into a heroic benchmark that no one knew about in the Bamboo Reed Country.
Many years later, when the Lu Folk mentioned Fish Gu, they would all make the same exclamation, “He is a purely good person, an aspirant without any selfish desires.”
