Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 130 Du Yi's First Team

Du Yi spent the entire afternoon working to fulfill the wishes of the four priests.

So, that very night, the four priests got what they wanted.

For the priest who wanted to be healthy, Du Yi put him in charge of agriculture and passed on his health regimen to him, instructing him to go to bed early and get up early, and to eat healthily. After giving him these things, Du Yi felt that it was not enough, so he took out another thing, which was a drop of his blood.

Going to bed early and waking up early, and eating healthily, can only prolong life. But if one gets a serious illness or is poisoned, one will still die. Du Yi can't guarantee against serious illnesses, but at least with this drop of blood, this priest who desires health can be immune to all poisons.

As for the priest who wanted money, Du Yi put him in charge of managing the business. Du Yi didn't have much to teach him in this area. He just advised the priest to trade honestly and not to cheat on weights and measures. Unfortunately, the priest didn't even know what a jin (斤) or liang (两) was, so Du Yi had to make a scale on the spot.

The materials used to make the scale were carefully selected firewood by Du Yi, as well as snake scales that he had shed. Du Yi personally adjusted the scale, making it quite accurate.

As for the priest who wanted power, Du Yi put him in charge of local defense and taught him some of the Ignivas people's physical training methods that he had seen before. After that, thinking that the other two people had taken something, the priest should also take one, so Du Yi broke off half of the scale that was sticking up on his tail.

Du Yi often used the raised scale on the tail as a kitchen knife. Whether it was used to cut saber-toothed tigers or mammoths, the scale that Du Yi had deliberately sharpened was always easy to use.

As for the priest who ultimately sought power…

"You continue to manage those three."

As Du Yi spoke, he deftly used his long tail to lift a bone crown.

It was made by Du Yi using his own teeth that he had previously replaced. It embodied all of Du Yi's skills in carving. You have to know that with his huge body, carving such a tiny crown was no different from carving a flower on a mosquito's head.

Although it was made in just two hours, it was still a piece that Du Yi was quite satisfied with.

"Take it and do a good job."

The four priests accepted their respective rewards, and it was only then that they wisely began to continue to pledge their loyalty.

Du Yi was naturally quite happy. He finally had a set of temporary staff that looked very capable, and judging from their performance, they were even more capable than the Ignivas people back then. However, considering that these four priests were also newcomers and far less trustworthy than the Ignivas people back then, Du Yi also arranged a backup plan.

That was Bhutto, who originally controlled the temple of the serpent god.

Over the past month, with the four priests working tirelessly, the old man, who hadn't accomplished much, had practically disappeared from the public eye—but this was a good thing for Du Yi, who even wanted to make the old man even less noticeable.

"You're in charge of keeping an eye on them. If they do anything reckless, come straight to me."

To enable the old man to protect himself, Du Yi gave him a portion of his own snake shed skin. This shed skin carried his scent, which could scare away most venomous snakes and ferocious beasts. As for the snake skin itself, it also had good defensive capabilities; at least bronze weapons would not be able to penetrate it.

After obtaining the snake's shed skin, Bhutto made it into a cloak and wore it. When the hood with black patterns was pulled down, no one could see Bhutto's face.

Thus, a temporary team was formed.

Once the team was formed, it was natural to have a goal. Otherwise, if no one knew what to do, they would act recklessly like the Ignivas people back then. So, after a moment of contemplation, Du Yi announced the team's first goal.

"First, you need to find the mammoth..."

"...Mammoth?" The four priests, plus old Bhutto hidden in the shadows, were all stunned.

They knew about elephants, these ferocious beasts. Although they didn't eat meat, their massive size and brute force meant that a single blow could be fatal.

But in their minds, elephants are mostly hairless.

Elephants covered in long hair... Don't these animals ever get so hot that they die?
"There definitely will be. Just keep looking."

Du Yi had unexpected confidence in those Ignivas from back then, after all, considering their technological prowess, those mammoths certainly wouldn't have died.

However, after seeing the puzzled expressions on his men's faces, Du Yi explained a few more things, including that mammoths were creatures from a long time ago, the Ignivas people he had assigned to tame the mammoths, and that the mammoths had disappeared after he woke up.

"That was originally mine. I just want to get back what I lost. Do you understand?"

"understood."

The four priests, along with old Bhutto, all nodded.

So it turns out they wanted to take back everything that belonged to them. If they had said that earlier, everything would have been clear.

"You need to get more people involved..."

To make sure this fledgling team understood his meaning more clearly, Du Yi added another sentence.

"With more people involved, it will be easier to find mammoths, do you understand?"

"understood."

The four priests, along with old Bhutto, all five of them nodded.

The fact that such a goal required them to mobilize even more people made the four priests realize almost immediately that the ancient serpent wanted to use this goal to expand its influence.

The advantages of being priests were on full display at this moment. Even though the ancient serpent in front of them didn't say anything explicitly, they had already fully understood its subtext.

"And they deliberately made us look for something that doesn't even exist... Doesn't that mean that we can do anything as long as we use this as an excuse?"

The four priests once again fully experienced the evil of the ancient serpent; even they themselves hadn't expected that such a method could exist.

So they decided to double down on the effort.

We must make the scene as grand as possible, ideally attracting the attention of the sun god.

As long as the sun god in the north watches over this place, everything will be alright.

(End of this chapter)