Chapter 151: The Might of the Phoenix Decree

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It went without saying that the idea came from Yan Yu herself. Lou Yuhui and Yun Duo’er had seen their fair share of fine things, and when they heard that it was just a first-grade spirit armor, they both readily agreed that Yan Yu’s decision was final—they didn’t mind at all!

After all, one of them was Yan Yu’s own daughter.

The other was, to date, the only person who willingly recognized Yan Yu as their leader.

Would Yan Yu treat them unfairly?

Today’s sacrifice was a piece of first-grade spirit armor; tomorrow, the return might be a treasure armor of the profound or even terrestrial tier!

Everyone knew exactly how to keep this account.

After deciding on the distribution method for the spirit armor, the other matter was something that concerned only the core leadership of the Fire Phoenix Base—those newly hatched under Yan Yu’s command—not the majority of the Phoenix and villagers.

Originally, everyone had only discussed rules for the hunting teams and related villagers.

They created thirty-six village regulations—which were later upgraded and consolidated into twenty-four Phoenix laws for the Fire Phoenix Base.

But the rules governing Yan Yu’s core group had never been properly deliberated.

As time passed, outstanding villagers would inevitably join the core leadership group. The number of core members would grow. They certainly couldn’t continue with Yan Yu’s unilateral rule forever.

Even if Yan Yu was willing, there would be times when she was away from the base.

If the base got used to her one-person rule, wouldn’t it descend into chaos when she wasn’t there?

Besides, Yan Yu was only one person, with limited energy.

She couldn’t possibly handle everything herself; otherwise, she’d either be exhausted or driven mad.

Finally, everyone agreed upon twelve Phoenix laws that core members must abide by. Adding these to the original twenty-four Phoenix laws made a total of thirty-six—a fortuitous coincidence indeed.

Thus ended the first long-table meeting of the Fire Phoenix Base.

Afterward, Yan Yu’s first thought was: no wonder they only ever heard of round-table meetings, but never long-table ones. Sitting around a long table, only those seated close together can converse comfortably.

Those at one end have to raise their voices to be heard at the other.

If the meeting lasted long, it would be quite exhausting.

“Yuhui, find some time to replace this table with a large round one!” Yan Yu waved her hand decisively and made the call.

…

A week later, early in the morning.

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This day marked the announcement of the results of the hunting team’s friendly competition and was also the crucial moment revealing the first batch of thirty members to receive the non-first-grade spirit armor. All members of the hunting teams were brimming with confidence and determination to win.

In truth, their hearts were a mix of nervousness and excitement.

Excited at the prospect that if their team won the competition, they would have the chance to obtain battle armor!

It was said that the battle armor was personally crafted by the Phoenix Matron, who had advanced to become a first-grade armor master. The spirit beast skins used were carefully refined inside to regulate the spiritual energy.

This transformed the originally basic spirit beast leather armor, granting it the ability to block attacks!

It could successfully withstand three fatal strikes from non-first-grade spirit beasts.

Against ordinary attacks or those with less destructive power, it could endure even more hits.

Such a treasure was indispensable for daily life, travel, and dungeon battles.

Although the teams had healers,

after daily dungeon raids, everyone would inevitably sustain some injuries.

With only one healer per six teams—sixty people—the pressure on the healer was immense!

Many minor or moderate injuries couldn’t be treated in time. The injured had to soldier on or slowly recover by consuming spirit beast meat obtained and refined from dungeon loot.

No one liked being hurt, nor did anyone want to endure constant pain.

The arrival of this batch of battle armor was undoubtedly a timely blessing for the hunting teams!

Unfortunately, only the top three hunting teams could earn the right to upgrade their armor.

The results came swiftly: the three hunting squads led by Yu Xuan, Yu Yong, and Yu Jianbin were declared the winners of the team competition.

Yu Xuan, Yu Yong, and Yu Jianbin stood out among the crowd, envied and resented by others alike.

They ascended the elevated platform built by Yan Yu’s order, excited and thrilled to personally receive their first-grade battle armor from Yan Yu herself, followed by nine pieces of non-first-grade spirit armor each.

These nine pieces were naturally for their team members.

Below the platform, the members of the three squads cheered, “Oh~ oh!”

The three leaders couldn’t wait to distribute the non-first-grade spirit armor to their teams—only then could they fully appreciate their own first-grade battle armor!

At that moment, a voice rang out: “I’m not convinced!”

“There must be some insider dealings. Why did their three squads win?”

“Our team clearly brought back the most spirit beast carcasses this week, including a first-grade high-tier spirit beast. Doesn’t that qualify us as the best team?”

“Exactly! Although our team didn’t bring back the most spirit beast remains,”

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“we entered the dungeon the most times. We even went into the E-level dungeon three times this week!”

“I think Yu Jianbin’s team only went once, right?”

“And what about us? What about us…”

The faces of Yu Xuan and the others darkened as they prepared to respond.

Yan Yu lightly waved her hand, and instantly, the entire crowd of three hundred seventy to eighty people below the platform fell silent as still as a flock of chickens.

This was the result of more than half a month’s worth of Yan Yu’s efforts and the joint work of a Phoenix emissary and six Phoenix guards under her command. Whenever Yan Yu spoke, no one dared interrupt at such moments.

This was the first Phoenix law of the Fire Phoenix Base:

Anyone who offends the authority of the Phoenix Lord—be they members of the hunting, youth, or special attack teams—would be expelled from their team.

As for whether they would be rehired later, unless personally appointed by the Phoenix Lord, there was no hope.

The vacant hunting team positions would be filled by villagers interested in joining, after a rough evaluation.

If the candidate was an ordinary villager, the punishment seemed much lighter.

They would simply be excluded from future welfare distributions by the Fire Phoenix Base.

At first, some refused to believe this or thought Yan Yu would show leniency out of hometown loyalty.

But after three hunting team members—including one from the youth team—were consecutively expelled,

more than a dozen villagers ended up on the Fire Phoenix Base’s “blacklist” for resource distribution.

Those expelled or watching others receive supplies while they were disqualified were naturally unwilling to accept this.

They sought every means to regain their previous privileges.

When the path through Yan Yu was blocked, they tried going through her close associates.

Lou Yuhui and others—Chen Biqin, Zhang Zhenye, even Yu Yongde who did not live with Yan Yu—either wept and apologized or resorted to appeals of kinship and moral obligation.

They spared no effort, yet the outcome was unsatisfactory.

Those four expelled from the hunting and youth teams had yet to regain their status.

As for those blacklisted from resource distribution, it was even less likely.

In all likelihood, for the rest of their lives, they would have no chance to receive supplies from the Fire Phoenix Base…

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