Chapter 70: Returning to Pu Luo Mountain Range
Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
"Master Feng, what are you doing here?" Sima You Yue saw Feng Zhi Xing's silhouette so she paused to ask.
This was a little road that lead to the living quarters and would rarely be used by others. Especially since it was relatively early in the morning, there was nobody on the road. It was completely unexpected for Feng Zhi Xing to be waiting here for her.
"Waiting for you." Feng Zhi Xing looked at Sima You Yue as he said indifferently.
"Is there anything wrong?" Sima You Yue saw how calm Feng Zhi Xing was and so her disturbed and violent heart also gradually calmed down.
"Ouyang Fei came to find me yesterday to tell me that you all will be leaving the school today." Feng Zhi Xing said.
Sima You Yue didn't think that they would be leaving so quickly but she thought of how she had already held them back by quite a few days so Ouyang Fei and the rest must definitely be anxious.
"Yeah, they said that they wanted to leave a little earlier." She nodded her head.
"Their mission this time is the most difficult one. It also has the highest degree of danger, you have to take care of yourself." Feng Zhi Xing said.
"I will. Many thanks for your concern. If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first since they are still waiting for me." Sima You Yue scratched her cheek as she smiled and explained.
"Go then." Feng Zhi Xing waved his hands. Upon seeing Sima You Yue leave, he mumbled, "She has the smell of blood, what has this girl done this time?"
"Master, are you able to rest assured, letting her do her mission together with those people?" A voice sounded in the distance.
"What is there to be assured or not about, if she wants to go then let her go. Experience is very good for increasing one's strength." Feng Zhi Xing said as he unhurriedly left the little road.
When Sima You Yue returned to the living quarters, the other four had already been prepared and were just waiting for her.
"Zi Qi, didn't you say that we would be waiting for two days? How come we're in such a rush?" She pulled Wei Zi Qi to ask as she saw the four of them who were ready and waiting for her.
Wei Zi Qi looked helplessly at Ouyang Fei and said, "I initially thought that in light of his injury, we would let him rest for two days to tend to his wounds. However, he's the one who insisted so we couldn't say much. Have you packed your things?"
"I have everything I need on me!" Sima You Yue waved her interspatial ring as she gleefully said.
"Then let's move out." Wei Zi Qi clapped Sima You Yue on the back as he turned to the three of them to say.
The pressure surrounding Ouyang Fei's body was as low as it was yesterday. Hearing what Wei Zi Qi said, he wordlessly walked out of the courtyard.
"Let's go." Bei Gong Tang said indifferently as she also walked out.
The three of them, Sima You Yue, Fatty Qu and Wei Zi Qi shrugged their shoulders before following after them.
"Oh right, Zi Qi, you all still haven't told me what our mission is about!" After following them to the Spirit Master Guild, Sima You Yue finally realised that she had been so busy cultivating and practicing alchemy that she had totally forgotten to ask about anything regarding this mission.
Wei Zi Qi slapped himself on the forehead before saying in vexation, "I can't believe I'd forgotten to explain the mission to you. Our mission this time is to harvest a few pill ingredients."
"Pill ingredients?" Sima You Yue was shocked. Couldn't they just buy the needed pill ingredient from the pill store, why did they have to go and look for it.
"Actually, looking for this pill ingredient is just the cover up for our mission." Fatty Qu explained, "While under pretense of looking for whatever pill ingredients, these are only found in the Pu Luo Mountain Range. The main thing the Academy wishes for us is to develop our skills and increase our experiences."
When she heard about the Pu Luo Mountain Range, Sima You Yue felt a bit of regret. She had only returned back for a few months but she had to go back there again.
"Let's go then, we have to go through a Teleportation Array to send us to a capital near Pu Luo Mountain Range." When it was their turn, he paid the fees for the five of them and told the servant girl the name of a certain city.
"Salt City, five people." That servant girl said as she received five wooden signs and gave it to Wei Zi Qi, who handed it out to everyone.
Sima You Yue looked at the wooden sign in her hand and thought about how this place had no need for her to fill up any form. It could be because the amount people who passed through this place was really too much, so filling up forms was too much trouble.
"Salt City is a place that Ouyang Fei and I decided on." Wei Zi Qi walked as he explained to Sima You Yue, "We've did our research and found that the North of Pu Luo Mountain Range has a little less Spirit Beasts so we have decided to head there. Salt City happens to be the biggest city in the North."
Arriving at the house that the Teleportation Array was in, Bei Gong Tang gave her wooden sign to a person standing at the side before standing inside the Teleportation Array and looking at Sima You Yue and the other three.
Thinking of the last time, where she had fallen into a heap like a dog eating shit the last time she used the Teleportation Array, Sima You Yue's eyes flashed when she saw the Teleportation Array again..
After waiting for the five of them to enter the array, the Teleportation Array began to activate and they quickly disappeared from the house.
Not long after they left, two other groups of people also arrived at the Spirit Master Guild. Looking at the clothes they were wearing, they must also have been students from the Imperial Academy.
"Salt City." One of the people holding the wooden plates took it out and said one word to the person-in-charge before standing inside the Teleportation Array.
"Boss, you said that you really want to head to the Pu Luo Mountain Range from Salt City?" The second one who arrived at the Teleportation Array asked.
The one who was referred to as Boss glanced at the other one wordlessly. He shrugged his shoulders and stood to the side.
When evening came, Sima You Yue and the others appeared at the Spirit Master Guild at Salt City.
"We'll go look for an inn first to rest for a night and listen to any news about the current situation at Pu Luo Mountain Range while we're at it, okay?" Wei Zi Qi asked.
"Okay!" Fatty Qu was the first to agree. Hanging around the Teleportation Array for such a long time caused his back to ache.
"I'm okay with anything." Sima You Yue replied.
Bei Gong Tang and Ouyang Fei also nodded. The sky had gotten dark, so rashly heading to the Pu Luo Mountain Range would be a considerably dangerous thing.
And so the five of them left the Spirit Master Guild after asking around for the position of the closest inn. They went to rent five rooms and ate their dinner before retiring to their own rooms to rest.
Not long after they entered the inn, another group of people also entered.
Sima You Yue returned to her room and was sprawled out on the bed.
When dinner time came, she saw that the four of them had very solemn expressions and knew that they were nervous about entering the mountain tomorrow. However, since she had stayed at Pu Luo Mountain Range for such a long time, she had nothing to be nervous about.
As a result, she simply washed her face and brushed her teeth before surrounding herself in her blanket to sleep.
On the morning of the second day, the few of them came downstairs to eat breakfast together.
"I have already asked about Pu Luo Mountain Range's current situation from the innkeepers last night." Wei Zi Qi said as he ate his breakfast, "The Pu Luo Mountain Range is divided into the outer area, the middle area and the inner area…"
Sima You Yue already knew everything that Wei Zi Qi was talking about, however, seeing that he was saying it with such detail, she could tell that he really had the ability to source for information.
"As long as we don't go to the middle or inner areas, we won't be met with too much danger." Wei Zi Qi concluded.
"However, if the pill ingredient that we need to gather isn't in the outer areas then we have no choice but to enter the middle area to look for it." Fatty Qu said.
"The middle area is too dangerous. If it is possible to avoid it then we really should do our best not to go." Wei Zi Qi said, "Let's go. This is my first time entering Pu Luo Mountain Range, I can't help but to really look forward to see what it's like."
Chapter 71: Qing Wu Ya
Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
A group of people left the city gate and headed directly to enter Pu Luo Mountain Range. On the way there, they saw that quite a few people also happened to go in the same direction as them.
"How come there are so many people heading there?" Fatty Qu could not help but ask as he watched the people come and go.
"Some of these people are like us and have come to train, but most of them are mercenaries from various places." Sima You Yue had seen some mercenaries before and recognized their clothes.
"Mercenaries come to these kind of places?" Fatty Qu observed that these people really looked like fiends who lived their lives on top of blades and weapons.
"Yes, a few mercenaries will accept a few kinds of missions. For example, the collection of pill ingredients or the magic crystal found in Spirit Beasts or other ingredients that can only be found on the mountain." Wei Zi Qi explained.
"So you're saying that they have also come to enter the mountain? I initially thought that the Pu Luo Mountain Range would be so dangerous that nobody would dare to enter!" Fatty Qu exclaimed.
"This is really too different from what you imagined right?" Sima You Yue clapped Fatty Qu on the back. Growing up in the capital city together, if she had not remained here for a period of time, she would have been as clueless as Fatty Qu.
The group of them had been walking for almost half a day but when they finally reached Pu Luo Mountain Range, Fatty Qu complained that he could not walk any further. Sima You Yue examined those around her. Aside from herself, she saw that Fatty Qu and Wei Zi Qi were panting for breath. Ouyang Fei and Bei Gong Tang also appeared exhausted.
She looked around her and said, "It's getting dark, why don't we find a place to camp and rest for a night. We'll enter the mountain tomorrow."
Fatty Qu planted his butt on the ground the moment he heard what Sima You Yue had said. He saw how relaxed Sima You Yue was and said, "You Yue, we're all dead tired, but how come you don't look tired at all?"
"I constantly train my body so this kind of physical exertion doesn't really affect me." Sima You Yue shrugged as she said, "You all should rest here, I'll go check out whether there's any wide plot of land."
When she finished talking, she turned to leave and left the four of them behind to rest.
After a period of time, Sima You Yue walked in a circle and returned. Seeing that Fatty Qu and the others had rested sufficiently, she said, "I was just at a place that appeared more suitable for us to set up camp, shall we head there?"
"Okay."
Sima You Yue brought the others with her to the place that she was at earlier but she didn't expect that others had already set up their camp there first.
Those who had camped there were a group of mercenaries. Seeing that Sima You Yue and the others had come over, a twenty to thirty year old youth smiled at them, "You guys also set your sights on this place? This place is quite big; we've gathered in this area. If you all don't mind, you can set up camp in that other area."
Sima You Yue looked at the others to ask what they thought about it.
"Let's just put up with it." Ouyang Fei said, "In any case, it's just one night."
Bei Gong Tang didn't say anything, she just took out her tent and prepared to pitch it.
"Ouyang Fei is right, it's just one night. Let's just put up with it." Wei Zi Qi said.
Since everyone agreed, Sima You Yue and Fatty Qu also took out their own tents and set it up according to the innkeeper's instructions. After everything had been set up properly, she took out a large bed from her interspatial ring and put it in the middle of her tent.
"Wow, you even brought such a huge bed out with you?" When Fatty Qu had finished setting up his own things, he saw her large bed and was shocked.
Sima You Yue had been shocked by Fatty Qu's reaction and glared at him, saying, "What's there to be surprised about? Didn't you guys do it too?"
Fatty Qu pursed his lips, saying, "Where would we find the space to put such a huge bed?!"
"Huh?" Sima You Yue didn't understand, could it be that their interspatial ring was very small?
"Our interspatial ring is about the size of a house. If put a bed that was as huge as your, we wouldn't need to bring anything else." Fatty Qu looked begrudgingly at Sima You Yue. How great it was to be a young master of the General's family, his interspatial ring must definitely be bigger than his own by a few times.
"Aren't interspatial rings the same size?" Sima You Yue asked.
Fatty Qu rolled his eyes at Sima You Yue, saying, "How can interspatial rings be the same size?! Normal interspatial rings only one to two cubic metres. A ring like mine, that is around the size of a house is already considered to be really good."
Listening to what Fatty Qu had said, Sima You Yue touched the interspatial ring in her hand. This was something that Sima Lie had given her once she was able to cultivate. He told her that it was something her father had left behind for her so she had always used it. Seeing that it was around the size of a luxurious villa, she did not dare to think about what rank her ring was that her father had left behind.
"Alright, stop complaining like an old woman." Sima You yeu said, "If there's an opportunity, I'll give you a bigger one okay. Let's go take a look at how Ouyang and the rest are doing."
When they went out, Wei Zi Qi, Bei Gong Tag and Ouyang Fei were already sitting down in the middle of camp talking to each other.
The place that they had chosen was surrounded by tall trees with leaves that were lush and vast on the tops. The leaves at the bottom were fewer and appeared sparse.
Those few mercenaries had also finished setting up their camp and sat in twos and threes, eating dinner together.
"You Yue, you're done setting up?" Wei Zi Qi waved at Sima You Yue.
"Yup." Sima You Yue sized up those mercenaries. The youth that had spoken to Sima You Yue earlier felt her gaze and raised his head to smile at her. After that, he turned around to talk to his own teammate.
Sima You Yue and others were chatting when that youth stood up to come over. He cupped his hands in greeting, saying, "I am Qing Wu Ya from the Green Ridge Mercenaries. Is it your first time coming to Pu Luo Mountain Range?"
"It is. Does Master Qing need anything?" Wei Zi Qi replied.
"Looks like I guessed correctly." Qing Wu Ya smiled as he said, "I just saw that you all had set up camp for so long but had yet to begin eating dinner and wanted to warn you that because there are many trees here, the sky darkens relatively earlier. You can consider eating your dinner a bit earlier, in order to avoid the pitch black darkness."
"Many thanks for Master Qing's reminder." Wei Zi Qi smiled as he said.
"You're welcome. As mercenaries, we don't have much experience with formalities and if you all do not reject it, you can call me Big Brother Qing. 'Master Qing' sounds odd, I'm not too used to hearing that." Qing Wu Ya scratched the back of his head and said.
"Hehe, Big Brother Qing. If Big Brother Qing has time, why don't you sit with us and chat?" Wei Zi Qi took out a seat from his interspatial ring as he said.
Qing Wu Ya recognized immediately with a glance that Wei Zi Qi's interspatial ring was not a simple thing. It was definitely not something that just anyone could use. Since he had already taken a chair out, he smiled and replied, "Okay then."
"Big Brother Qing, do you come to Pu Luo Mountain Range often?" Wei Zi Qi asked.
"Yeah, Pu Luo Mountain Range can be said to be a frequent hangout of us mercenaries." Master Qing replied.
"So you all will definitely have a good grasp of this place? Could you tell us a bit about the circumstances about this place?" Wei Zi Qi smiled as he asked.
Sima You Yue looked at Wei Zi Qi. This guy had a bright countenance, his smile was warm and he really knew how to talk. He gave people a kind of gentle and cultured feeling, causing people to want to get close to him without even knowing it.
This kind of desire for closeness was different from the closeness that came from the Spirit Pearl; this was attributed to his personal charm.
Gifts
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received Weekly Power Status
200+ Power
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66 Power
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