"Hmm, there is a powerful Late Stage of Spirit Realm monster over here..."
"There is a horde of monsters over there..."
"Huh, there is a Spirit Spring over here? Then that must mean there are a lot of Spirit Herbs around here!"
....
He Yi Ming roam through the sky mounted on Brilliant Moon, with a scroll on his left hand and a pen on his right, roughly recording whatever he saw.
"Caw!" From time to time, flying monsters will notice He Yi Ming and tried to strike him down.
"Raigeki! ! !" However, with a single point of his finger, all of them turned into ash.
After all, this is only the outer area of the Boundless Mountain Range, the strongest monster He Yi Ming has encountered are only around the Late Stage of Spirit Realm and all of them hunt solo.
He Yi Ming, who has fought again and even killed a Foundation Realm Deep Sea King was naturally not afraid of any of them.
In a single afternoon, He Yi Ming advanced over fifty miles and had recorded all the important locations and the habitats of monsters along the way.
Of course, since he was recording it from the sky, he might have missed a few but...
It really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things!
He Yi Ming believes that once he let the players loose, they will strip the land of every resource and nothing valuable will be left behind.
After He Yi Ming returned, he was quickly spotted by several players.
(It is now a tradition among the players to see who can spot He Yi Ming the fastest)
"Master is back!"
Following that cry, more than a dozen players suddenly surrounded He Yi Ming.
"Master, we managed to kill a ton of monsters today!"
"Master, we dug up a ton of spirit stones, look, all of these boxes are completely full!"
"Master, do you want a skewer? This one is a mix of five different monsters' meat, it's delicious AF!"
....
The players happily show off the fruits of their labor and a few players even handed He Yi Ming a skewer of meats.
"The playstyle of these players varied quite a bit!" He Yi Ming took a bite of the skewer and glanced around.
It's only been half a day.
But a huge camp surrounding the Silver Chariot has been quickly established.
To the west is the food street, with five to six shops open at the same time, including hot pot, deep-fried, BBQ, and smoked.
At the same time, many new dishes have also been created.
"Divine Tongue, give me ten black panther meat buns for take out!"
"OK!"
"Can I eat the skewers now?"
"Wait a minute, wait until the meat is done cooking!"
"F***, I went out to get the bun and you guys finished eating all the meat?"
"Hurry up and put more meat on the grill!"
.....
At least 20 players gathered here binging to their heart content.
He Yi Ming even suspects that a couple of these players have been eating here ever since they got online and haven't stopped even now.
He Yi Ming really wants to ask them, are you guys here to play the game, or are you guys here to eat?
To the east were rows of shelves and simply made workbenches.
Several craftsmen players are skillfully sharpening weapons and assembling armor. After each piece is finished, it is hung on the shelves.
From time to time, a few players returning from the forest will say their greetings and take away a new weapon and armor, while placing their damaged armor and weapons in the recycling bin.
To the south was a small open square.
"F***, that's not how you open the Eight Gates, you need to do it like this..."
"Eight Gates Open!"
"Umm, Luffy senpai is the pose really necessary? I'm too embarrassed to do it!
"You don't know jack shit, without the pose, the power of this ability is reduced by half, this is common sense!"
"Ha?"
"You don't understand what Luffy's senpai is saying. It takes time to reverse your cultivation, with the pose you can distract your enemy for a brief second covering up what you're about to do! Sasuga ni Luffy senpai!
(Sasuga ni=As expected or nothing less of, I don't why but the Japanese version of this just sounds so much better to me that's why I used it. I might still use sasuga ni from now on whenever these words show up in Chinese 不愧是我 Blank)
.....
Luffy was teaching seven to eight players how to open up the Eight Gates.
In the dormitory of the Silver Chariot, more than 20 players lay motionless on the beds, resting peacefully.
Of course, these players were not sleeping, they were only offline.
After all, apart from Beef Noodle who can spend 16 hours every day grinding, most players can only be online for about 8-10 hours a day max.
"Players....do have their advantages of being a player!" He Yi Ming couldn't help but sigh when he saw this scene.
If it was the cultivators of this world who were trying to do a Northern Expedition into the Boundless Mountain Range, no matter how many people enter...
After experiencing life or death battles every day!
Accompany by the uncertainty of every time you returned to camp you might be losing several faces you know.
And coupled all of that with the injuries you will probably accumulate in battle, the mental strain will be extremely taxing.
When an entire group of cultivators becomes like that, the atmosphere can only be imagined.
However, the players are completely different!
So what if they kicked the bucket!
They can revive whenever they feel like it!
Injuries?
He Yi Ming glanced at the player with half his head missing and is still chatting with the other players.
Mental strain?
He Yi Ming believes that even if the players are mentally strained IRL.
But after they come to this world where they can farm monsters, shared a meal with their bros, and talk trash/joke around with each other!
Each of these players are genuinely happy and are enjoying themself.
He Yi Ming felt the lively atmosphere and couldn't help but look back at the distant mountains.
Umu, this is not a dream.
He was indeed on the outskirts of the Boundless Mountain Ranges and he could still hear the faint roar of monsters in the distance.
It's probably only the players who dare to be so bold and arrogant on the outskirts of the Boundless Mountain Range?
Right now it doesn't even seem like they were on a Northern Expedition.
It was more like they went camping!
He Yi Ming shook his head and put these thoughts to the back of his mind and quickly posted a system notification.
Soon, all the players gathered before him.
The players who went out fighting all quickly rushed back, and the players who went offline were also notified and quickly back online.
"Disciples!"
He Yi Ming first gave the players some words of encouragement before taking out a giant map.
"This is the map I created today, this symbol means that there is a single powerful monster and this one means that there is a horde of monsters, the color is their cultivation and..." He Yi Ming pointed at the map and after some explanation, the players understood what all the symbols mean.
At the same time, He Yi Ming ask the system to send a copy of this map to all the players.
This way the players can check the map whenever they want.
"With a map, exploration will become much easier!" Stardust's eyes lit up and he immediately started to come up with a battle plan.
The sky darken as nightfall approached.
He Yi Ming knew that with the players' current ability if they went out at this time, they will most likely get rekt.
But his time was limited, although today was only the first day of the Northern Expedition, he can't let any time go to waste not even nighttime!
So He Yi Ming made up his mind!
They're going to have a night battle!