Survival at Sea: I Became Number One by Growing Mushrooms

"Speak, disciple, what is it that's so mysterious?" Grace was genuinely curious; what was it that was being kept so secret and hidden so tightly?

Grace saw Xu Jiawei mysteriously unfold the defensive barrier and make several preparations before nervously staring at her.

Grace was becoming increasingly curious. "It's safe here now. Can we talk about it?"

Xu Jiawei took a deep breath, but then stammered, unsure where to begin.

"Teacher, I have some news to tell you, please don't get excited."

Xu Jiawei had laid the groundwork long enough, and had completely piqued her curiosity.

"I have a way to become a god."

With a deafening roar, Grace felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck her head.

What is she talking about? Becoming a god? Is it really possible to become a god in this world?

Grace excitedly grasped Xu Jiawei's hand and anxiously asked, "Are you serious? You're not just playing a trick on me?" She was both expectant and afraid, hoping that Xu Jiawei would give her the answer she longed for, but she was also terrified that the answer she had been waiting for for hundreds of years would appear beside her in such a dramatic way.

Grace choked up for some reason; she had been searching for this for hundreds of years.

"Yes, I'm not lying to you. It's a long story..." Xu Jiawei explained the whole story, then looked at Grace.

"That's how it is, but now I still need the Fountain of Life to cultivate the seeds; I haven't figured out those prescriptions yet."

"I see, that's good... But I have no talent for planting seeds, only some talent in medicine. If you don't mind, could you show me the prescription? Don't worry, I'll just keep it in my head and I definitely won't write it down."

Grace said she was so curious that she couldn't wait to start researching it.

Xu Jiawei took out several prescriptions without hesitation. Grace stared at the prescriptions, marveling repeatedly. The complexity of the prescriptions exceeded her imagination. Even she had no clue how to proceed, let alone Xu Jiawei.

She wanted to investigate immediately, but the matter wasn't over yet. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and said, "It's not the right time yet, disciple. Why did you tell me something so important? This should be kept to yourself. The more people who know, the greater the risk."

Xu Jiawei knew this wasn't a good decision, but she wanted to do something beyond reason. For example, right now, keeping the secret alone was under immense pressure.

"I will keep this a secret," Grace said.

Xu Jiawei shook her head: "Teacher Mofeng has been with you all along, he should know that too, otherwise it would be too troublesome to hide it."

Grace hesitated for a moment, then nodded. If she studied it herself, he would definitely see through it. After all, they were so close, and he was her student's teacher. It wouldn't be a problem to tell him.

Grace took out the contract, quickly added a few more clauses to it, then signed her name and said, "Have Mo Feng sign the contract, then tell him."

Xu Jiawei opened the contract and was shocked. The addition by Grace to the original contract was that, regardless of whether it was voluntary or not, as long as there was any sign of leaking the secret, she would immediately suffer a mental breakdown and die.

Grace had already written her name on it.

"Teacher, isn't this going a bit too far?" Xu Jiawei said.

Grace shook her head and said, "You don't understand the wickedness of people's hearts, nor do you know about the evil magic in this world. This is also to protect you."

Mo Feng, who had originally gone to the meeting, suddenly appeared out of nowhere. He searched everywhere for Grace, but she seemed to have hidden herself and he couldn't find her at all. He was running around in circles when, in the end, Grace herself came to find him.

"Sister Grace, where did you go?" Mo Feng anxiously looked her over from head to toe.

Grace shook her head, took the contract from Xu Jiawei, and then handed it to Mo Feng without saying anything.

Mo Feng took the contract without even reading its contents. Upon seeing Grace's signature, he signed his own name without hesitation.

Xu Jiawei glanced at Mo Feng in shock. He hadn't even read the contents before signing. Was Mo Feng just love-struck or stupid? How could he sign anything?

Mo Feng rolled his eyes at Xu Jiawei, then stood next to Grace without even asking what she had signed.

Xu Jiawei could only awkwardly explain again, and then looked at Mo Feng.

As expected, Mo Feng became interested and asked, "So, to become a god, one must either condense a divine spark or inherit one? So, the only thing we lack is a divine spark? And once we condense a divine spark, we automatically become gods?"

Xu Jiawei shook her head and said, "No, there seems to be an even more important step to reach level 90. We will only know after we have condensed our divine spark. We players can only break through level 80 after condensing our divine spark, so we cannot automatically become gods after condensing our divine spark."

Mo Feng nodded and said, "After we deal with the source of your pollution, Sister Grace and I will go to your ship to conduct research."

As for the fact that there was a mushroom god and four gods arguing on the ship, they felt they could tolerate it.

"Oh right, I'm here to call you back. The business discussions are over, and now we need to discuss tactics to deal with the Dark God." Mo Feng remembered the important matter.

Xu Jiawei nodded. She had witnessed the power of a god-level being. Facing the Dark God's avatar, there was no room for resistance. Mo Feng had barely managed to hold on. If they hadn't discussed tactics properly, many people would probably have died on this trip.

"It's much more comfortable being by your side. Being surrounded by darkness is really unbearable," Grace complained, moving closer to Xu Jiawei.

"So you players have been staying in places like this all this time? We really feel ashamed." Grace had been comfortably conducting her research and had no idea that the players' environment was so terrible.

Moreover, the number of players is now less than one in a hundred. A considerable number of people have died to achieve such great progress. If it were a normal human being, it would take at least 50 years to reach the current level from level 1.

In just six months, players have grown to this level. The reason why those nobles are so difficult is because the players are progressing too fast. They are uneasy and want to take control of them while they are still weak.

But Grace could only call this behavior bullying by the nobility.

The group returned to the conference hall, where the meeting was about to begin. The nobles shook hands with the leaders, saying, "It's been a pleasure working with you. We never expected you players to have such a wonderful thing. We've really come to the right place."

"Not at all, we also greatly admire your millennia-old heritage, that you possess so many treasures."