Astral Gods

Chapter 27 Another Year

Over the next few days, Lord Zehui did not immediately begin classes, but instead focused on taming the stubborn young warriors.

It discovered that the young warriors of the Rhinoceros Beetle tribe were too stubborn; the young warriors of other tribes would obediently submit after being taught a lesson once or twice.

The young warriors of the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe would never yield no matter how they were disciplined; even if they yielded today, they would rebel again the next day.

It was neither angry nor anxious about this, but simply told the warriors of the Rhinoceros Tortoise tribe that it had been hired by the Green Bamboo Armor King at a cost of 100,000 raw stones per year.

The total term is five years. If they haven't mastered the skills within five years, it might be extended to six or seven years.

Although the raw stone came from the Green Bamboo Armor King, it is still the wealth of the entire tribe. If the young warriors waste a day, it is equivalent to wasting four hundred raw stones, which is not a small amount. To put it bluntly, four hundred raw stones are enough for a novice warrior to evolve two or three ages.

Therefore, after the Lord of Zehui Mountain warned them, the Rhinoceros Tortoise Warriors did not indulge the little warriors. If they disobeyed, they would be disciplined by the Lord of Zehui Mountain in class and then by their elders at home.

It took more than half a month for the Lord of Zehui Mountain to finally tame the little warriors before he could begin teaching them.

At first, the Rhinoceros Tortoise warriors were curious about what the Lord of Zehui Mountain could teach the young warriors. However, after listening to a few lessons, they discovered that the Lord of Zehui Mountain taught the most basic numbers and addition and subtraction, as well as the Flame Spider script, which they considered to be of little use.

Numbers and addition and subtraction are in their inherited memories. As for the script, which is not very useful, they don't need to learn it, because there are very few places in the tribe where the script is needed. It is only used occasionally when trading with the Flame Spider Merchant.

This quickly caused the warriors to lose interest in the Zehui Mountain Lord's classes, and some even doubted whether the price of 100,000 raw stones a year was worth it.

However, after the warrior who said he would go and do it was beaten up by Lord Qingguo, all the insects fell silent and dared not do anything else.

Every day, he only sent the young soldiers to class to fulfill the orders of the Green Bamboo King.

Compared to their elders, the young soldiers endured the hardest hardships.

Learning numbers and addition and subtraction at the beginning is fine, as these are already in the inherited memory, but you also need to learn the Flame Spider script and multiplication and division.

It is said that these are the kinds of knowledge selected from relics left behind by extraterrestrial civilizations, knowledge suitable for their Zerg warriors, which they found extremely difficult to learn.

However, this wasn't without its advantages. Apart from a few particularly dim-witted Zerg warriors, the eyes of the other Rhinoceros Beetle warriors gradually began to shine with intelligence.

Furthermore, as their knowledge grew and the Lord of Zehui Mountain introduced the world to them, they gradually learned about the scenery and landscapes on the continent that they had never seen before.

The Lord of Zehui Mountain taught the young warriors on Daqing Peak for half a year, and in the blink of an eye, it was time for another annual trading event to begin.

However, the young soldier was bound by the Lord of Zehui Mountain and had to attend classes every day. He couldn't run around this year, and if he dared to skip class, he would be severely punished.

Just as they were diligently attending class, one morning in October, the Lord of Zehui Mountain came to the classroom and announced that everyone would have a three-month break and would resume classes next spring.

"We're on holiday!" Upon hearing the news, the young soldiers were overjoyed. They had been tormented for more than half a year and were suffering terribly. Now they could finally have a few months of vacation.

"Why are we on holiday?" the young soldier asked curiously, not knowing what was going on.

"Idiot, have you forgotten what Teacher Zehui once said about having a three-month vacation every year?"

"Oh, it's a holiday!" everyone cheered.

Looking at the group of silly students, the Lord of Zehui Mountain had some worry in his eyes: "These guys don't seem very bright. I hope they don't forget everything I taught them after a six-month break."

"Is it really that bad?" Lord Qingguo was also a little worried about this.

However, it quickly put the question out of its mind, deciding to wait until next year to see if the young soldiers would forget what they had learned.

It looked at the Lord of Zehui Mountain and smiled, "Zehui, you've had a hard year. Your caravan has arrived; you can go back with them now."

"Alright." Lord Zehui breathed a long sigh of relief. "I'll go back and rest for a few months too."

With that, the two insects left the classroom.

The little soldiers were on holiday, but their elders hadn't come to pick them up yet. With this rare opportunity to rest, they ran around aimlessly near the main peak.

A sharp-eyed soldier spotted a Flame Spider caravan entering Great Green Peak and immediately shouted, "A Flame Spider caravan is here!"

"Flame Spider Caravan?" Upon receiving its spiritual message, the other warriors came out to investigate and indeed saw a caravan of more than twenty Flame Spider merchants slowly walking towards their main peak. After joining them, Lord Ze Hui also walked in the caravan.

"Huh?" The young soldier was puzzled. Why would the Lord of Zehui Mountain join this caravan?

"Let's go take a look." At the call of a young soldier, dozens of rhinoceros tortoise warriors spread their wings and flew into the air toward the caravan.

"Teacher Zehui." The little warriors flew in mid-air and looked at the caravan crawling on the ground. They felt that the caravan was moving very slowly. Then they greeted Zehui in the caravan.

Lord Green Fruit, who was with the group, roughly chased them away: "Go away, go away, don't cause trouble."

However, they were not afraid at all; some of the bolder ones even landed directly on the Green Fruit Lord's horns: "Green Fruit Lord, are you here to make a deal? We have learned a lot of knowledge this year, and I'm here to settle accounts with you."

"I can do that too, I can do accounting."

"Me too, me too!" A group of little warriors climbed all over Lord Greenfruit's back armor, some of them even playfully piling up on top of each other.

These guys are getting bolder and bolder. Lord Qingguo shook his body, shaking off all the little warriors on his body.

"Hurry home, your elders are coming to take you back soon. Aren't you going to take care of your destiny?"

"Let's play here." The little soldiers weren't afraid of it at all.

At this moment, the Lord of Zehui Mountain from the caravan stepped out, emanating his spiritual power and sternly saying, "School's over and you're still not home? Do you want me to stay here and teach you for a few more days?"

"Huh?" The young warriors were dumbfounded when they heard what the Lord of Zehui Mountain said.

Aside from their own elders, the tribe fears the Lord of Zehui Mountain the most. They finally have a few months of vacation and don't want the Lord of Zehui Mountain to give them lessons again.

"Goodbye, Lord Qingguo! Goodbye, Teacher Zehui!" A large group of young warriors scattered in an instant.

The Flame Spider leader in the caravan watched this scene and laughed, "Ze Hui, are these all the young warriors you trained? Not bad."

"These little guys are very naughty."