IV-1 brought all four of them back to his tent and kept them under strict supervision. He thought about the next dayâs itinerary. Although IV-1 had thought of a solution to him being absent from the itinerary tomorrow, he was used to controlling the whole situation. Therefore, making the decision to temporarily hand over the leadership of the tour group was a real challenge for him. It made him uncomfortable.
Even though the other party was Wei Xun, the great beauty he longed for, IV-1 had to separate Wei Xun from the matter of offering sacrifices to the holy lake. After all, the other party seemed to have utilized some tricks on him. The newcomers wouldnât understand the significance of opening up new attractions. If Wei Xun found out that he wanted to sacrifice Yue Chenghua and others, he would most likely use some ploy to stop him, given his righteous character.
Just now, when Sheng Zhengqing and the others had been dragged to the lake, they had known that they were going to be sacrificed. Afraid, they had shouted for their mommies and daddies to help them. Some of them had even tried their best to show their loyalty to IV-1, saying that as experienced tourists, they were useful. IV-1 could sacrifice the newcomers since they had dared to challenge the authority of the tour guide after they had embarked on the tour.
These words indeed matched IV-1âs intentions. He also wanted the few newcomers to die, but the four of them were the only idiots who had fish meat in their stomachs.
IV-1 felt that Wei Xun wanted everyone to band together to survive on this tour. Wei Xun wasnât the type of person who would push others to their death in order to survive. However, such people were the ones that would survive on the cruel toursââNo, such people were idiots. Otherwise, how could they not tell that it was fish meat? Even Wei Xun could tell.
They deserved to become sacrifices.
IV-1 stayed up all night, thinking over and over again about the upcoming sacrifice. As soon as it was bright outside, he went out of the tent to look. It was extremely cold in the morning on the highlands, especially when thick clouds covered the sky. The sky was so gray that it seemed that water was about to drip from aboveââIt was cloudy as expected.
According to the itinerary, they should have breakfast at Wenbunan Village before heading to the ruins of Xiangxiong Kingdom at 8:30, arrive before 10:30, and camp at the ruins tonight.
However, at seven oâclock in the morning, IV-1 asked all the tourists to pack up and gather, and then he announced in front of his tent, âIâm going to leave the tour group temporarily, so the task of leading the tour group to the next scenic spot will be handed over to Leader Wei.â
He took off the tour guide brooch, motioned for Wei Xun to step forward, and glanced at the tourists with deep meaning in his eyes.
âI believe Leader Wei will be able to successfully bring you all to your destination, right?â
IV-1 was satisfied when he saw fear and suspicion towards Wei Xun in the eyes of the tourists. Tourists couldnât do without a tour guide during the tour. This was the truth. Whether or not a tour group had a tour guide would lead to drastically different outcomes. Even if he was a slaughterer tour guide, these tourists had to rely on him.
What was more, Wei Xun was just a newcomer. In this case, the experienced tourists were likely to seize power from Wei Xun for their own safety. After IV-1 thought of this, he felt that it was a wonderful idea to let Wei Xun lead the team and for him to leave temporarily.
These experienced tourists, each of whom had their own intentions, should also receive a lesson that without IV-1, they couldnât continue moving forward on this tour.
Wei Xun should also see how naive and ridiculous his thoughts were. There was no chance that the tour group would unite. Wei Xun would be very sad with this realization, and IV-1 grew very excited when he thought of the beautyâs heartbroken expression. His mind was full of thoughts of suppressing, psychologically torturing, subduing, and then training Wei Xun as if he was a dog.
Unfortunately, this time he had more important tasks to attend to.
âWhat about Yue Chenghua and the others?â
Sure enough, Wei Xun took the Tour Guideâs Brooch and asked about the four who were not present. IV-1 said perfunctorily, âThey have received a special task. I will take them to rejoin you later.â
Although Wei Xun looked a little skeptical, he didnât ask any further questions. On the other hand, the other veteran tourists all felt their hearts drop. Ji Hongcai pursed his lips and wondered, âFuck IV-1âs grandma, it couldnât be that the four of them snuck around and triggered a branch scenic spot task, and it was discovered by IV-1.
âThe four of them ate fish yesterday and didnât spit it out, and now these four were left behind. No matter how one thinks about it, it feels suspicious. However, the four of them are IV-1âs usual bootlicking dogs. Maybe IV-1 triggered a special task, and the four of them stayed to help?
âAnyway, IV-1 definitely doesnât have good intentions. He let Wei Xun, a newcomer, lead the group. IV-1 is definitely trying to push the touristsâ hatred for him to Wei Xun.â
Jiang Hongguang had a cold expression, but he had a very clear idea of the current situation. When their tour group was all together, the most dangerous person to watch out for was definitely IV-1 himself. But now that IV-1 was going to leave the team, and IV-1âs four followers who were at his beck and call were not here either, the rest of them still had to go to the ruins of Xiangxiong Kingdom. For their own safety, they would definitely transfer their hatred for the tour guide to Wei Xun.
Who could trust a newcomer to lead the team? Ji Hongcai, that idiot, was convinced of Wei Xunâs ability and respected the powerful, so he might put his worries down and let Wei Xun lead the team, but Jiang Hongguang, Fang Yuhang, and the other experienced tourists were absolutely not willing to hand their lives into the hands of a newcomer.
If Wei Xun understood the importance of the position, it would be fine. If he really took the role the tour group leader seriously and wanted to issue orders, then the tour group might be in complete chaosâ
âOkay, you should go quickly.â
After giving the Tour Guideâs Brooch to Wei Xun, IV-1 started to drive them out, âThe Ruins of Xiangxiong Kingdom are 15 kilometers away from Wenbunan Village, and the road to get there is bumpy and has a sharp incline. It takes an hour to walk there, so donât waste your time here. â
Qianzong Mountain was located west of Dago Mountain, and the Ruins of Xiangxiong Kingdom were on the top of Qianzong Mountain. There was a rugged lakeside trail leading to the mountain. One could reach it from Wenbunan Village, by walking south along the shore of Tangra Yumco. The road was not wide, and there were many scattered piles of rubble. Vehicles couldnât drive on the road, and to climb the mountain, one could only use motorcycles or mules. However, on the latter part of the road, one would have to walk.
No one dared to disobey IV-1âs commands. The tour group packed their mountain bags and went out. Tonight, they had to camp at the ruins of Xiangxiong Kingdom. The tents and the steel frame supporting the tents had to be carried on their backs, so everyone had a heavy load.
âLeader Wei, will we go up the mountain to ask the villagers if we can borrow their motorcycles or mules?â
Before leaving Wenbunan Village, someone started to revolt/act out.
âIf you want to borrow it, then borrow it yourself.â
Wei Xun glanced at the tour guideâs brooch, and said faintly without turning his head, âAs long as you can borrow it.â
His indifferent attitude made the man feel embarrassedââExperienced tourists knew that the tour was like a test of their traveling experience, so they couldnât get help from the villages and towns they encountered along the way. They could use the SUV provided by the Travel Services, but it was impossible for them to be able to borrow vehicles from the villagers.
He was obviously a newcomer tourist, so why was he so quick-witted and able to avoid falling into this trap?
Noticing that the man did not reply, Fei Lezhi was very straightforward and replied with a doubtful tone, âUncle, why didnât you continue talking? No, could it be that we canât borrow it from the villagers? Weâre all tourists, so youâre not fooling us newcomers, are you?â
The man was annoyed and stopped talking about borrowing a vehicle. Jiang Hongguang and the others didnât say anything. In their eyes, that person was really stupidââWei Xun could suppress IV-1 by solely relying on his strength, and he was one of the strongest among the tourists. Moreover, there were four newcomers. Although there was a disabled person and a woman among them, the newcomers ultimately had an advantage in numbers compared to the man and his companions. And the disabled young man who had been selected by the Travel Services might have an amazing title as well.
On a whole, it was a good choice to let Wei Xun lead the team. It was better to remind Wei Xun of his status when they encountered danger in the future, rather than to find fault with him now.
The other people also gave up on bringing Wei Xun down, and the tour group walked to the shore of Tangra Yumco. They stopped by the lake to drink and eat their meals.
Jiang Hongguang was eating dry food while drinking water. At this moment, Wei Xun beckoned him to head over to his side.
He guessed that Wei Xun also felt that being the leader of the tour group was a tiring job, so he wanted to ally with them.
This was also within Jiang Hongguangâs expectations. In his opinion, this was obviously the best way to proceed and the best opportunity for the two teams to work together.
Sure enough, as soon as he walked over, Wei Xun put Tour Guideâs Brooch in his hand. âLook at it.â
Jiang Hongguangâs hand trembled and he almost dropped the brooch. This, this was the precious Tour Guideâs Brooch, why did Wei Xun give it to him directly?! Even if it was to express kindness, Wei Xun should not have done it!
[Tour Guideâs Brooch (Bronze-rank Third-level Two-stars): Additional function âRhodiolaâ]
[Rhodiola allows you and your tour group to avoid being affected by altitude sickness. Of course, when the altitude is too high, Rhodiola can no longer help you]
It was really a Tour Guide Brooch!
Jiang Hongguang felt as if he was holding a piece of hot charcoal. He didnât want to hold onto it for another second, and immediately handed it back to Wei Xun. Who knew that Wei Xun would take the brooch from his hand with a smile, and thenââpin it to Jiang Hongguangâs chest.
âIâll entrust Lezhi and the others to Brother Jiang.â
It wasnât that Jiang Hongguang didnât want to avoid the responsibility. But when Wei Xun had approached him, Jiang Hongguang seemed to have been crushed by his imposing momentum. He couldnât dodge Wei Xun all, which shocked him greatly. Although he knew that Wei Xun was very strong, Jiang Hongguang now knew that Wei Xunâs power far exceeded his expectations.
It was no wonder that although Wei Xun was a newcomer, he had been able to convince IV-1 from the very beginning! So what was Wei Xun going to do now to completely subdue these veteran tourists and make them band together to go head to head against IV-1?
âI say, although I understand everyone has been working hard, our speed in moving to the scenic spot is really slow.â
Wei Xunâs words shattered all of Jiang Hongguangâs assumptions. Jiang Hongguang widened his eyes in disbelief, and the other tourists also had the same expression as him. Only Fei Lezhi and the others had been informed of Wei Xunâs thoughts in advance, and they watched the lively show with interest.
âIâm a newcomer, and I havenât seen any grand spectaclesââI really want to see the magnificent Ruins of Xiangxiong Kingdom as soon as possible. Brother Jiang, everyone, all of you probably understand my intentions.â
Understand what? What was there to understand??!
âYou, what are you going to do?â
Jiang Hongguang was stunned for a long time, and the experienced tourists were dumbfounded. The person who had tried to set a trap for Wei Xun before did not believe Wei Xun. âEveryone has to walk up the mountain. It wouldnât be much of a difference whether you travel alone or we go up as a group? You canât possibly want to go to Wenbunan Village to rent a horse carriage, right? They definitely wouldnât allow you to borrow one!â
âNo, thatâs far from what Iâm thinking.â
Wei Xun smiled, then walked to the mountainside on the side of the path. It was almost a 45 degree rocky inclination. It is extremely difficult to walk on the mountain road, let alone on a mountain path not opened up by any previous travelers.
No one saw what kind of equipment Wei Xun was using. He simply stepped on the extremely narrow rock crevices and bumps on the mountain with ease, and in a blink of an eye, he was several meters away from the rest of the tourists, appearing like a flexible blue sheep or a snow leopard. After that, everyone heard Wei Xun whistle, and from a higher part of the mountain, a corresponding roar sounded. It came from a beast sticking its head out of the crevices of the mountain. It actually turned out to be a snow leopard!
âAll of you can head up the mountain using the mountain road. Iâll follow the snow leopard. This would make more sense for me, given my speed.â
Wei Xun smiled and waved at them. âSee you at the ruins on the mountain.â
While the experienced tourists disliked Wei Xun as a newcomer, they did not know that Wei Xun thought they were a burden.
Unifying the tour group, shifting the alignments of everyone in the tour group to band together, pulling some of the tourists to his side, while giving others a beating⊠In the end, Wei Xun had never given much thought to these things.
These tourists couldnât keep up with him at allâFrom beginning to end, Wei Xun hadnât even thought about taking them along to visit the scenic spot!
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The second update will be before 11pm, mua, mua!
Damn, I originally wanted to let Xunxun ride the snow leopard, but I suspect that CEO Leopard couldnât do it!
How could a snow leopard carry someone while climbing the mountain, right, Leopard-y?
Dominant CEO Snow Leopard: ???
The various information in todayâs chapter came from Baidu Encyclopedia, mua, mua.