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Looking at the people who were eating to replenish their energy, Qin Ming thought that if Shrek's junior Oscar was here, there would be no need to stop to replenish their energy like now. He could just eat sausages while running on the road.
"However, it doesn't matter if Tang San is here."
Tang San’s first spirit skill can restore both physical strength and spirit power, perfectly replacing the function of food-type martial spirits, and even eliminating the two steps of chewing and swallowing.
Moreover, it is unclear whether the fire attribute provided by Oscar's spicy sausage will conflict with Tang San's blue silver grass. Compared with the martial soul fusion skill called "Overlord Purple Dragon-Odd-Eyed Venomous Dragon", the food-type martial soul does not seem to be very attractive.
Thinking of this, Qin Ming's idea of letting Oscar join the team and become a non-staff member like Bai Chenxiang instantly faded.
After taking a sip of the warm soup, Ye Lingling put down the bowl, looked around, and asked Zhu Zhuqing in a cold voice: "Zhuqing, why us?"
Looking at Ning Rongrong, who had a happy look on her face after drinking a sip of soup, and Bai Chenxiang beside her, Ye Lingling felt that this situation seemed familiar.
For some reason, I had a sense of déjà vu when Gu You and Tang San were fighting to select players and saw Tang San's team.
It's a weakened version.
Ning Rongrong and I are definitely stronger than before, but without Tang San, who is all-powerful in attack, assist and control, and Dugu Yan, who uses poison.
In Ye Lingling's opinion, if the opponent is a thousand-year-old soul beast, this team is more than capable of protecting itself, but not capable of inflicting enough damage. It is very likely that the soul beast will escape after causing a certain amount of damage to it.
You know, Millennium Soul Beasts are not weak at all. It’s not easy for anyone to survive and become a Millennium Soul Beast. Most of them have some unique skills.
Even if it was the protagonist Tang San in the original novel, without any external hidden weapons, using only his martial spirit Blue Silver Grass, with a Soul Master and a group of great soul master teammates, he would not be able to stop the Phoenix Tail Cockscomb Snake that showed no aggressiveness and just ran away.
Facing Ye Lingling's question, Zhu Zhuqing said calmly: "Gu You asked for it."
"Gu You?!"
Not only Ye Lingling, but also Qin Ming was shocked. He really didn't know that this team was formed at Gu You's request.
Zhu Zhuqing nodded, "Gu You said that as long as we are here, that's enough." Zhu Zhuqing took out a large envelope and handed it to Meng Yiran. "Gu You asked me to give this to you after we leave."
Meng Yiran took the envelope, opened it, and found several pieces of paper filled with words. Zhu Zhuqing's voice came to his ears: "This time, the soul hunting will be fully managed by Meng Yiran."
"What's going on? So mysterious." Ning Rongrong curled her lips. She didn't go over to see what was written on the paper. She picked up the soup and drank it in one gulp.
"arrive."
On the fourth day of departure, looking at the town shrouded in mist and the "Welcome to Qingyun Town" sign outside the town, Qin Ming led everyone in without hesitation.
"Although it's still early, everyone should take a good rest here today. Tomorrow morning, we will officially enter the Liuyun Plateau."
Soon, everyone found a hotel near the center of the town and checked in. The hotel looked expensive and not cheap.
After entering the hotel, Meng Yiran found that this place was quite popular among soul masters. Just like the exterior decoration, this hotel was not cheap, but except for the most expensive rooms, there were not many other rooms left.
Fortunately, among all the people present, no one was as poor as Gu You, and they all had enough money. Therefore, except for the Shi brothers and Ning Rongrong and Bai Chenxiang, who had a double room, everyone else had a single room.
After completing the check-in procedures and settling down, Meng Yiran immediately called everyone to his room.
"This is Liuyun Plateau, a large soul beast settlement that is no less large than Sunset Forest. The Qingyun Town where we are now is right at the very edge of Liuyun Plateau." Meng Yiran introduced while sitting on the large sofa in the middle of the room.
Before leaving, Lanta gave her a brief introduction to the place, and Meng Yiran wrote it all down, just in time for others to have a basic understanding of the environment here.
"The terrain of Liuyun Plateau is nearly 600 to 700 meters higher than Tiandou City, and the air is thinner. The same movements will consume much more physical strength than in Tiandou City."
“I believe everyone should have noticed this.”
Everyone nodded. After running for four days, everyone had a deeper understanding of their own physical strength and could clearly feel that their physical strength was being consumed at an increasingly faster rate.
It’s not that I didn’t get enough rest at night, but that while running, the altitude was constantly increasing, the air was getting thinner, and the lack of oxygen caused the physical energy consumption to gradually increase.
Of course, no one here knew these scientific principles. They only knew that they were getting more and more tired, and their rest time was getting longer and longer. On the third day, the distance they traveled was only half of that on the first day.
Gu You asked Lanta to tell Qin Ming that they were running forward, so that everyone would have some time to adapt and not have to challenge the plateau for the first time, which would cause trouble if they had altitude sickness.
Although there is such a thing as soul power in this world, I have never heard of diseases similar to altitude sickness. But it is better to take it slow.
Not knowing whether it was Gu You's words that caused him to lose the carriage, Meng Yiran asked, "How is the distribution of physical strength?"
"No problem." x6
After running for so many days, everyone knows how to distribute their physical strength here.Seeing that no one had any questions, Meng Yiran continued: "The area here is about four times the size of Sunset Forest. Most of the environment is grassland, with only a small amount of forest environment. Because from time to time there will be thick fog like clouds in the sky, so It’s named Liuyun Plateau.”
"There are no rumors or sightings of soul beasts over 100,000 years old. The strongest soul beast should only be at the 10,000-year level. So we don't have to worry about a Titan ape suddenly jumping out and wiping us out like we did in the Xingdou Great Forest."
After the introduction, looking at the Shi brothers who were leaning against the door like two door gods, Meng Yiran said, "Shi Mo, Shi Mo, you two brothers go to the market in town and see if there is anything special here."
"Try to ask clearly about its purpose and usage, and buy it if you feel it is necessary."
The two nodded, and Meng Yiran continued, "Lingling and I will be responsible for gathering intelligence outside the market. Rongrong, Xiangxiang, the two of you stay in the hotel and keep in touch with Teacher Qin Ming at all times. And pay attention to the people coming in and out to see if they have any important news."
"The gathering time is in the afternoon when the sun sets. If anyone fails to return in time, Rongrong, you go find Teacher Qin Ming. Xiangxiang, I'll leave the task of finding us to you."
Meng Yiran's approach was basically a replica of what Gu You did in the Dark Land. He would first collect intelligence here and then decide what to do next. Should he enter the Soul Hunt directly or tell Teacher Qin Ming to postpone entering the Flowing Cloud Plateau.
Even a relatively small soul beast forest like the Dark Land could produce a Fallen. Once bitten, one is afraid of the rope for ten years. Considering safety first, Meng Yiran still thinks it is better to explore this place first.
After understanding their respective tasks, everyone followed Meng Yiran's request. The Shi brothers walked towards the market, Ning Rongrong and Bai Chenxiang sat in the restaurant on the first floor of the hotel, paying attention to the guests coming and going. Meng Yiran took Ye Lingling with him to gather information here.
It took me two days to finish one chapter, which is really enough (covering my face). It’s not time to officially resume updating, just to test how many words I can write after exercising for an hour every day.
Chapter 271 Extra: Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Hunting Journey 2 (Liuyun Plateau
There were no incidents, and about three hours later, everyone was safe and sound and returned to the hotel.
Seeing that everyone returned safely, Meng Yiran, who was leading the soul hunting for the first time, was obviously relieved. "Everyone, tell me if you have found any special or noteworthy information."
"Nothing special." Ning Rongrong shook his head first.She and Bai Chenxiang sat there for three hours and drank two large pots of tea, but they didn't find anyone worth noting or hear any special information worth noting.
By observing the attire of the people coming and going, Ning Rongrong said, "The people who stay at this hotel are basically noble spirit masters, most of them are over 30 years old, and they bring more than two guards with them."
"In their conversation, I heard that they planned to hire two to three soul hunting teams to serve them directly. After the soul hunting teams controlled the soul beasts, they would take action."
Speaking of this, Ning Rongrong curled her lips, clearly showing disdain for those people.
"Control the soul beast" sounds so nice, but when translated it means "You go first and beat the soul beast half to death, I'll only be responsible for the final kill and get the head." Does this kind of soul master really have combat effectiveness?
He's not an auxiliary soul master without combat capability, why should he be so delicate?
On the one hand, as the designated heir of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, one of the three richest sects in the world, Ning Rongrong did not look down on the aristocratic soul masters who had the temperament of nouveau riche.
On the other hand, looking at the gorgeous clothes shining with golden light on those noble soul masters, Ning Rongrong always felt that she saw herself when she hunted for her first and second soul rings. If she looked at them again, Ning Rongrong suspected that she would draw her sword and rush forward to chop them all down.
"Where is your cultivation?" Meng Yiran asked, not knowing that Ning Rongrong's sword was almost stained with blood.
Finding a soul hunting team to assist in soul hunting is the first choice of most soul masters. After all, not everyone has a boss at the minimum Soul King level protecting them.
Most soul masters still have to join a group to rely on their numbers to hunt a thousand-year-old or even a hundred-year-old soul beast. If you are unlucky, the soul beast you encounter is a group-living soul beast like a wolf.
I'm sorry, I just wish you good luck.
After experiencing the training of a battle spirit master, Ning Rongrong's perception ability has also been greatly enhanced.She answered categorically: "The soul masters who hunt for soul rings are mainly level and . There is only one very old nobleman who is level . None of the guards are above level ."
"Yeah."
Meng Yiran glanced at Zhu Zhuqing, then lowered his head and began to think.
After walking around outside with Ye Lingling, Meng Yiran confirmed that this was the best hotel in Qingyun Town. Without special reasons, it was impossible for a noble to choose not to live here. In other words, it was unlikely that someone with a similar situation to Zhu Zhuqing would appear here.
As another party involved, Zhu Zhuqing, who stayed in the hotel to adjust her state, obviously also remembered what happened at the beginning, and gave Meng Yiran a cold look.
"Graphite, Stone Mill, what about you guys?"
"Yes." Shi Mo took out a fist-sized, fluffy black object and a stone that faintly glowed with a light yellow light from his arms, and said lightly, "I heard that these two are necessary items for entering Liuyun Plateau. It's best to carry them with you."
"What is this?" Meng Yiran took it, put the stone aside, and pinched the black object. "?"
"Yes." Shi Mo nodded. "This is a species unique to Liuyun Plateau, called Oufei. It has strong water absorption and can capture moisture in the air."
"This is the most important source of fresh water in the area, if not the only one."
"Huh?" Ning Rongrong looked at the small black mass and pointed with her finger, "Just this small mass?"
Shi Mo didn't say anything. He just picked up the ball, swung his arm and made two big loops. Then he put his hand on an empty cup and squeezed it hard.
"Are you kidding me?!"
Ning Rongrong snatched the cup and stared at the water at the bottom of the cup with wide eyes, a look of disbelief on her face.
Shi Mo could understand Ning Rongrong's current behavior very well. After all, he and Shi Mo were at the market and saw an old man who was only half their height doing this. His behavior was similar to Ning Rongrong's current one.
So he explained: "Don't underestimate this ball of water, as it is only as small as a fist. After absorbing water, its volume can expand eight to ten times. It is an indispensable source of fresh water for people entering the Liuyun Plateau."
"There is often inexplicable thick fog here. With this, we can ensure there is enough fresh water supply."
The Liuyun Plateau is not as dry as the Death Desert, and the relative humidity is quite high. But except for a few places with stable water sources, most other areas do not have convenient and accessible fresh water resources.
And the storage soul guide that can store fresh water in advance is a rare commodity. Even Ning Rongrong only has one storage soul guide, and it is impossible to use it all for water. Unlike the storage ring next door, almost everyone has one. As long as you have this idea, even if your cultivation is not high, you can wear ten fingers to become the Lord of the Rings.
Moreover, even if there is a soul storage device and it is used to store fresh water, if it is not replenished in time, the fresh water inside will run out sooner or later. As long as there is this Ou Fei, at least it can be guaranteed that the soul hunting will not be forced to stop due to water problems.
Ye Lingling also stretched out her hand to squeeze the slightly swollen Ou Fei in Shi Mo's hand, feeling the wetness on her fingertips, and asked, "Can this only be done by squeezing?"
With the blessing of soul power, the wrist strength of soul masters is much stronger than that of ordinary people. But most of the people living in this town are ordinary people. With the wrist strength of ordinary people, it is unlikely to dry Ou Fei like before Shi Mo's performance.
"No," Shi Mo shook his head, "the people here use whips, so the water comes out better this way."
"Hmm?" Everyone stared at Shi Mo with wide eyes. He remained calm and repeated, "It's better to whip him with a whip."
"Um???"
"As long as it is stimulated by a strong enough external force, it will actively expel the absorbed moisture. As long as the whip is used, all the moisture can be taken out without damaging the integrity of Oufei."
"But Ou Fei cannot be stored in the soul guide, otherwise it will lose its function."
Because Tang San was not here, none of the seven people present discovered that the ball was actually alive. Gu You was not here, so no one investigated the situation to the end.
Meng Yiran thought that Gu You might be very interested in this thing, so he put it aside and reached out to pick up the stone he had just put aside.
Just as his finger was about to touch the stone, Meng Yiran's eyes suddenly became stern, and he asked in a deep voice, "Did anyone move this stone just now?"
The position of the stone changed. Although it was just a casual placement and the change was quite subtle, Meng Yiran still noticed it keenly.
The stone was right next to her, and there was no way anyone could move it without her knowing.
"No one moved it, it just moved on its own." Shimo said, "This is called the Return Stone. It is a special rock produced in a place called Lingfeng, north of Liuyun Plateau. This stone has a special property, that is, as long as this stone is placed on the ground, it will involuntarily move towards Lingfeng."
"Because of this characteristic, the people here also call the return stone the homecoming stone or the homecoming stone. Because it leaves traces on the ground when it moves, some people also jokingly call it the floor destroyer."
"Since there is often thick fog like today's, which is unexplained and looks like clouds, as long as we have this stone and leave it on the ground for a while, we can know which direction is north in the rain and fog by observing the direction of movement."
The frequency of dense fog on Liuyun Plateau is not very high, but it is very deadly for people who encounter it. With this stone, at least you can ensure that you don’t worry about getting lost in the fog.
Gu You once said that fresh water and direction are the two most important issues in wilderness survival, and they are also the two issues that must be resolved.