nyslfriends Chapter 73 Xiaoqing is afraid
Chapter 73 Xiaoqing is afraid
Su Ming and Mu Qianjin exchanged a glance. His suggestion was indeed good. They would have to go sooner or later anyway, and it would be safer to go with the military magistrate today.
The two agreed to go with them. It was still early, and they would go twice a day, once at 10:00 AM and once at 5:00 PM. This had been their routine for a long time.
Each time a team sets out, it is led by a military intelligence officer, and the rest are mid-level mages.
Like a hunter squad, it consists of seven people.
Everyone has a different role, and progress is being made steadily.
Su Ming and Mu Qianjin followed behind them, doing nothing along the way. Occasionally, when they encountered demons, they were lured away by scouts.
They will not provoke the demons here unless absolutely necessary, and will only retaliate when absolutely necessary.
The air in Helan Mountain is full of toxins, and gas masks are required for every trip. After luring away a demon, the scout mage in the team returned to the group. He approached Su Ming and whispered, "What are you people from the Ancient Capital Academy doing here in Helan Mountain? This place is godforsaken, the air is full of poison, and even hunters rarely want to come here. You young people are really not afraid of trouble."
"The mission... We've heard that deep within the Helan Mountains lives a giant bird. That bird stands at the highest point in the world and possesses the hottest celestial flames. Legend has it that after the bird dies, its corpse contains extremely pure energy that can enhance a person's magical cultivation," Su Ming said with a smile.
He wasn't afraid of others knowing about the totem beast; on the contrary, the more people who knew, the better. He himself wasn't sure if the totem beast was real, and the chances of finding it would be greater if more people knew about it.
Moreover, Su Ming was just making things up; there was no such thing as scorching heavenly flames, he had never even heard of them.
"The highest place in the world is Mount Everest, not Helan Mountain. There's nothing here; there's nothing that can improve your magical cultivation," the scout mage said.
"That's right. No normal person would want to come to Helan Mountain. For example, in Tianshan or the desert, there are ice-type resources in Tianshan, such as soul seeds, and fire-type soul seeds in the desert. Other demon lands with abundant elemental power have all kinds of resources, but there is one exception in this world." Another defensive mage interjected at this time.
"An exception?" Mu Qianjin was a little puzzled. She didn't know anything about exceptions. There were rumors online that Helan Mountain was a bad place, and even dogs wouldn't go there, but she didn't know why.
"Yes, there's a lot of talk online about how dark Helan Mountain is, but that's not true. There are no resources in Helan Mountain at all."
"No resources at all?" Su Ming frowned.
Logically speaking, no place is without resources. In such a large place as Helan Mountain, places with abundant elemental energy will give birth to spirit seeds and soul seeds. Even if there are no such resources, minerals and the like will still exist.
"Forget about the Peerless Heavenly Flame. There's nothing in Helan Mountain. At least, our military region has never harvested any supplies from Helan Mountain in all the years since it was established. We don't even have the simplest ore. All our resources are transported from other places."
So dark?
Su Ming really didn't know about this. If there were no resources at all, then their purpose in coming here would be lost. They could only pray that the lack of resources was due to the presence of totem beasts here.
However, this possibility is too small. How big is Helan Mountain?
Stretching for hundreds of kilometers, is it really possible for a living being to influence a range of hundreds of kilometers? Su Ming believes it's impossible. If it could influence such a range, it wouldn't be a living being, but rather a creator.
Because the Helan Mountains are full of toxic gases, all living things that survive here are poisonous, and not just slightly poisonous, but mainly poisonous.
As they ventured deeper, they gradually came to see venomous snake-like demons everywhere.
Instead of attacking Su Ming and his companions, they silently watched them move forward.
"This kind of tree-patterned venomous python is considered a relatively safe type of demon. As long as we don't attack it proactively, we won't be in danger," someone explained appropriately at this moment.
These pythons did indeed have tree-like markings on their bodies. Some were enormous, coiled around trees, and were even undetectable when they were still. There were many of these demons, and he walked with great fear.
If such a large number of pythons were to attack them, very few would likely survive. However, this also suggests that these pythons are not a significant threat, otherwise they wouldn't have ventured this way.
The military region personnel must have spent a long time confirming this; otherwise, it would be no different from sending someone to their death.
After figuring this out, Su Ming felt a little more relaxed.
Ring ring ring...
Suddenly, Su Ming heard a sound. He recognized the voice all too well: Xiao Qing.
Unexpectedly, she woke up at this time. Su Ming always felt uneasy without Xiao Qing, but now that he has advanced, his sense of security has returned.
He used summoning magic to open a dimensional gate in an attempt to summon Xiao Qing, but no creature emerged from behind the gate.
Seeing this, Mu Qianjin couldn't help but ask, "Xiaoqing doesn't want to come out?"
"The air here isn't very good; he doesn't like it." Su Ming said helplessly, "If Xiao Qing doesn't want to come out, then so be it."
Staying in this place full of toxins was indeed uncomfortable, so Su Ming didn't force Xiao Qing.
"You're a summoner mage? Impressive!" The defensive mage gave Su Ming a thumbs up. Summoners are popular everywhere, and as long as they develop normally, they are the most powerful of all the magic systems.
Although I haven't seen Su Ming's summoned beast, he is a student of the Ancient Capital Academy, so his summoned beast must be strong. It wouldn't hurt to build a good relationship with him.
After crossing the territory of the venomous snakes, the view suddenly opened up. There weren't many large trees here, and the concentration of toxins had decreased.
If you pay attention, you can move around even without a mask.
When Lu Chen of the Military Intelligence Bureau removed his mask, he was breathing normally, and sparks would appear between his noses with each breath.
The defensive mage explained, "The toxins here are diluted. Lu Chen is a fire mage, so he can use fire to purify the air while absorbing it. You could do the same if you were a fire or light mage."
Su Ming is neither a fire nor a light element, so he obediently wore the mask.
A group of people could be seen not far away; that must be the team that set off at ten o'clock in the morning. Lu Chen went up to hand over the duties to them, and they would be staying here for the next period of time.
The area has low levels of toxins, so they used plant-based mages to build temporary dwellings there.
Su Ming felt that someone was watching him, but he also felt that no one was watching him. This feeling was very strange.
In the summoning plane, Xiao Qing cried out anxiously, flying erratically in the air, but Su Ming could not sense it.
Xiaoqing didn't stay out before not because she was afraid of poison. She is an elf and has a certain immunity to poison, so the poison here has no effect on her. She was afraid of something deep in the Helan Mountains.
Someone is preventing her from coming out.