Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

Si Yunming stood up, the demonic markings on his face gradually fading. He looked at the crowd around him and said, "I am not a demonized human. On the contrary, I have received the blessing of the Goddess of Light." As he spoke, Si Yunming released the small light.

The light was so faint that it was almost invisible unless you looked closely.

Someone burst out laughing first, breaking the tense atmosphere and filling the air with a joyful feeling.

Xun Laoda covered his mouth, afraid that Si Yunming would find out.

Si Yunming released the aura of the little light, and instantly everyone present felt a comfortable warmth. After Si Yunming showed this skill, the demonic markings on his face reappeared, so he immediately put the little light away.

Everyone stared at the dark demonic markings on Si Yunming's face, as if the aura of light they had just witnessed was an illusion.

At this moment, the head of the pharmacy association walked over, leaned close to Xu Jiawei, and whispered, "Pharmacist Xu, is your friend really alright?"

It looks very unreliable.

"He wasn't lying, this is the aura of the God of Light, no problem!" Xu Jiawei added in her mind. He had just absorbed the evil god and was fine, he seemed to be in good health.

"Alright, Pharmacist Xu, I believe you." After saying that, the president looked at everyone and protected Si Yunming.

"I'm not saying this to be mean, but Pharmacist Guild Master, demonized humans are no joke. Are you really going to save this person?" someone asked.

The president nodded. He was a genius in his association, so he could do whatever he wanted, and he would take care of things.

"After all, the blessing of the Goddess of Light is real, so we can give this young man a chance. I think he has good talent and can join our Magic Swordsman Association," a disheveled man carrying a greatsword said with a grin.

"Guild Master of the Demon Sword, you make it sound so easy. What if he loses his mind?"

The arriving association presidents began arguing about Si Yunming's handling of the situation.

Xu Jiawei silently raised her hand: "Presidents, we still have a competition. How about you keep arguing until after the competition, and then we can talk about it?"

The arguing crowd suddenly fell silent, looking at Xu Jiawei with the eyes of someone looking at an alien (Xu Jiawei: I am an alien). Even at this point, she was still thinking about the competition. She truly deserves to be called a genius. Her brain circuits are different from those of normal people.

"Ahem, Pharmacist Xu, such a big thing has happened that the competition has been stopped. We'll tally up your scores and release the rankings later." The president winked at Xu Jiawei, seemingly conveying something.

Xu Jiawei immediately understood and hurriedly said, "President, Si Yunming and the eldest, second eldest, and third eldest have all joined our team, so shouldn't their points be counted towards our team's score?"

"Yes, that's true, but..." The president and Xu Jiawei started acting like that.

"Alright, Pharmacist Association President, we have no objections, stop acting." Someone said. Anyway, based on the other teams' scores, the Pharmacist Association should be in first place even without Si Yunming.

It's just that it went from a narrow victory to a decisive lead.

"Thank you all." The president beamed with joy. The Pharmacist Association under his leadership had finally achieved this. Hahaha.

The president led a few people directly to the island, while the staff were busy setting up the awards ceremony.

The time was too tight, and there was no time to prepare in advance, so the awards ceremony was very simple in the end.

The judges watched as Xu Jiawei and her group's magical imaging orbs began to tally the scores, seemingly based on each person's contribution. This was to ensure that her teammates' scores weren't too bad, since, in terms of kills, this group hadn't killed a single mutated creature.

The Pharmacist Association team was far ahead of the leaderboard, and Xu Jiawei became number one in the individual rankings. Xu Jiawei was a little surprised, as she thought Si Yunming was number one, after all, he had contributed a lot.

As it should have been, Si Yunming's score was indeed higher than Xu Jiawei's when he fell into the lake. But don't forget, Xu Jiawei killed most of the demonized mirror images before falling into the lake. That's right, the score for these demonized mirror images was not low either. So Xu Jiawei's overall score was higher than Si Yunming's.

Xu Jiawei received a useless title. After looking at it, she realized that with this title she would even have to pay taxes every year, so she immediately refused to accept the award.

The other members of the Pharmacist Guild were somewhat surprised. "Captain, why did you refuse? A title is an unparalleled honor, bringing glory to your ancestors!"

"I'm not from this world, why should I have any grand lineage or ancestors to boast about, and why should I have to pay money every year?" Xu Jiawei said with a look of disgust.

Everyone was stumped; indeed, this thing didn't seem to work on the captain.

The organizers were in a dilemma. The first-place winner refused to accept the prize. What was going on? It was so embarrassing. It was like they had completely lost face.

The main reason is that they didn't expect the first place winner to be an outsider. This title is indeed of little use to outsiders. They didn't pay attention to the opinions of outsiders at the time, and now they are getting their comeuppance.

They couldn't force her to accept it, because the president of the Pharmacist Association was watching closely, as if afraid they would bully the genius of his association.

In the end, the beautiful woman who had previously led the group made the decision: "Ultimately, this was my fault. I didn't heed your opinions. How about the first-place winner chooses an item from my private treasury as a reward, and the title rewards for the second through tenth-place outsiders are all exchanged for gold coins?"

"Pharmacist Xu, hurry up and agree!" The president seemed even more excited than she was, as if she had gotten a great deal.

Who is this beautiful woman? Did her private collection tempt even her guild leader?

"I accept this award."

The woman smiled and nodded, then left with Xu Jiawei. Xu Jiawei glanced back at Si Yunming, who nodded back. At that moment, the disheveled president of the Demon Sword Association found Si Yunming and started chatting with him.

Zhang Yunting and Bai Yu rushed over, but seeing Si Yunming talking to someone, they held back and looked around, but did not see Xu Jiawei.

"Jiawei probably went to receive her award," Bai Yu comforted her. "Brother Zhang, don't worry, Jiawei's out now, isn't she?"

Zhang Yunting first mingled with Bai Yu's team, intending to join Xu Jiawei and the others. However, a staff member came out and told them that the competition had been terminated, apparently because the Pharmacist Association's team had encountered a very dangerous situation, and their fate was unknown.

Zhang Yunting's heart skipped a beat. He knew Xu Jiawei was part of the Pharmacist Association's team. What danger had they encountered? Zhang Yunting inquired everywhere, but no one knew.

Moreover, Si Yunming and Xu Jiawei were not listed as online in the group.

Zhang Yunting and Bai Yu could only wait anxiously, but fortunately Xu Jiawei and Si Yunming came out.

At this moment, Si Yunming finished talking with the president of the Demon Sword Association and walked towards the two of them.

Zhang Yunting quickly asked, "Mr. Si, are you and Xiao Xu alright? You scared us to death."

"Did Jiawei go to receive the award?" Bai Yu asked as well.

"Yes, she's gone. We're fine, don't worry," Si Yunming said.

At this moment, the president of the Demon Sword Association walked over again, this time looking at Zhang Yunting: "Your talent is quite good, why don't you join our Demon Sword Association?"