Chapter 45: Ling Leng Hong

  Looking for Lingzhu grass? It sounds like an easy task, but it's not.

  As mentioned earlier, if completing the old woman's task is not efficient enough, she will make things difficult for people. However, this time, she explicitly stated that as long as the Lingzhu grass is obtained, she will give the key.

  Only Liu Yun, who possessed rebirth memories, knew just how difficult it was to obtain this Lingzhi grass.

  He called out the taskbar and took a look.

  Find the Lingzhu Grass (Wild Quest): Find the Lingzhu Grass located at the edge of the underground world and hand it over to the Old Crone of the Ancient Bridge. Reward: Key to unlock the Ge Ling Jiao ruins.

  The edge of the underground world? This is a very vague location, ordinary players are afraid that even if they search for several days, they may not be able to find it. Because in the entire underground world, there is only one Lingzhu grass, and after picking it, it takes 10 days to grow again. If a player receives this task before it refreshes, then they can only wait patiently for 10 days.

  "This underground world is so stingy, how can there be any Lingzhu grass? Hmph, I think she's just making things difficult for you!"

  The little girl following behind Liu Yun had her hands wrapped around her slightly developed breasts, her delicate mouth pouting lightly as she hummed coldly.

  "If this task can be easily completed, why would we bother to quarrel with her?" Liu Yun thought for a moment and casually replied to the girl. Suddenly, he thought of something and asked again: "By the way, I still don't know who you are."

  "The name of the master is not usually revealed easily!" The girl behind coldly swept her eyes over Liu Yun, then slightly closed her eyes and said: "However, since you have also served the master before, I can inform you that the master is the 72nd generation leader of the Red Sword Sect, Ling Leng Hong!"

  "Lin Qinghong?"

  "What? You've heard of my name?" Ling Leng's voice was cold and icy, yet her tone was laced with a hint of curiosity. Her eyes sparkled like water, but were as cold as ice, revealing a thread of doubt.

  "This... sounds familiar, maybe I'm just ignorant and didn't pay much attention..." Liu Yun secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead, in fact, he had never heard of it before.

  "Hmph, don't spout nonsense anymore. If you've heard it, then you've heard it; if not, then you haven't. I won't hold it against you!! My Red Sword Sect has always been passed down through generations, not a large sect. You didn't know, but that's understandable!"

  Ling Leng said coldly.

  So that's how it is.

  Liu Yun let out a sigh and didn't bother saying anything more, choosing instead to remain silent.

  The two of them walked slowly along the underground world like this.

  Suddenly, a spatial cave appeared in front of Liu Yun's eyes on the rock wall ahead.

  Liu Yun was overjoyed and hastily ran over.

  Ran to the space hole below, Liu Yun took out the space fruit and threw it into the space hole.

  Bang!

  Two space fruits were thrown out, and the space hole shattered immediately. A green bracelet fell out from the crack of the space hole.

  Liu Yun ran over and picked up the bracelet, taking a look at it.

  Ink Bamboo Bangle: +3% movement speed.

  Wearing restrictions: Only players of the Xian array camp can wear it.

  What a little treasure!

  Liu Yun's eyes lit up, and his movement speed actually increased by 3%!

  Any equipment that increases speed is not a bad piece of equipment. Although the Ink Bamboo Bangle only has this one attribute, its use in the later stages may not be great, but in the early stages, this attribute can play a very big role.

  It's even easier than picking up money.

  Liu Yun put on the bracelet directly and felt that her legs were much lighter.

  "What's taking so long? Hurry up and go!"

  Look, Liu Yun is still there looking at the bangles, and Ling Hong behind her is getting a bit impatient.

  A certain NPC made her way of thinking and temper both quite big, this point, Liu Yun could understand.

  The two continued on their way, skirting a long flow of lava and then making for the edge of the underworld.

  "You seem to know where that thing is? Why do I feel like you've been leading the way with a plan?" Ling Hong furrowed her brow and asked as they traversed through this strange, rocky terrain.

  "Just follow me."

  Liu Yun was too lazy to explain and just casually made something up.

  "Hmm!"

  Ling Hong no longer spoke.

  The two continued on for over ten minutes before Liu Yun suddenly stopped in her tracks.

  "Are you here?" Ling Hong asked.

  "Almost."

  Liu Yun nodded, looking at the dark cave in the distance, and said: "Do you see that cave ahead? To get the Lingzhu grass, we must kill the BOSS inside. But I have to remind you, this task is not simple because collecting Lingzhu grass is not simple! The BOSS's strength is at the third level of Xianling, which I can't handle for now. If we can't kill it, we won't be able to get the Lingzhu grass... So, if we want to complete this task and get the key, the first thing we need to do is to defeat it!"

  A three-layered BOSS, Ling Leng Hong should be able to handle it, right? said Liu Yunbian thoughtfully.

  "Hmph, just a mere three-layered creature, leave it to me!"

  Ling Leng Hong snorted coldly and walked straight into the inner room.

  "Wait!"

  Liu Yun hurriedly ran over.

  "What?" Ling Hong asked.

  "Let me strike the first blow!" said Liu Yun.

  Ling Leng Hong listened, and had a few doubts in his heart, but Liu Yun didn't intend to explain. He directly used the Earth Spirit Technique, summoning the Guardian of the Earth, and immediately walked towards the inside.

  Ling Leng Hong saw it and followed the guardian of the earth, walking towards the cave.

  Controlling the guardian of the earth, Liu Yun quickly got the first hit on the BOSS.

  That's why, Liu Yunke didn't do it for the experience. Even if he landed the first hit on this BOSS, since he didn't kill it himself, he still wouldn't be able to obtain any cultivation value. However, if a player were to strike the BOSS first, at least there would be a chance of equipment or magical items dropping. But if an NPC were to deliver the killing blow, nothing would drop at all. So, for the sake of getting the BOSS's equipment, Liu Yunke had no choice but to do this.

  After waiting for a few minutes outside the cave, occasional tremors occurred inside the cave, and painful roars of monsters echoed, but soon everything calmed down.

  Ling Ran Hong walked out of the cave, casually wiping clean the long sword with some red stains on it and putting it back into the scabbard behind his back. At the same time, he coldly said to Liu Yun: "The creature inside is already dead, hurry up and go in to collect the Ling Zhu Cao!"

  "I'll go take a look first!"

  Liu Yun nodded and quickly walked into the cave.

  However, in the cave lived a four-meter-long flame lizard. Although this creature was powerful, it couldn't withstand the specific NPC Ling Ran Hong. At that time, its head had been severed by Ling Ran Hong, and some yellowish blood flowed throughout the entire cave.

  With the visual cloak on her body, Liu Yun could easily see the items that dropped from the BOSS in this dimly lit cave.

  A yellow parchment skill book, a finely crafted staff! Also several bottles of potion and two pouches of gold.

  Liu Yun was overjoyed and hastily picked up all these things and put them into his bundle.

  He immediately took out the yellow-skinned skill book and looked at it, but just one glance made Liu Yun stunned.

  Soul Fire Symbol: Can utilize the fire of the soul, ignite the symbol, and fling it at the enemy, dealing 0.5% real damage to their life force. Note: This skill is ineffective against targets with a cultivation level one layer higher than oneself. The real damage dealt by this skill to BOSS-level monsters is 0.0001.

  Throwing distance: 15 meters.

  Release conditions: incantation, hand seal, talisman.

  Cooling time: 1 second.

  Requires mental power: 0.5%.

  Learning Conditions: Qiankun Second Layer (Listening) Human Level.

  It's actually a Soul Fire Emblem!

  Liu Yun felt extremely unexpected!

  Soul Fire Symbol is one of the main long-range output skills in the early stage of Qiankun, and its burst rate doesn't need to be said. Many places have this skill, but the burst rate of those places is not much higher than before 'Book of Destruction', generally it's a rare thing that has a price but no market.

  Who would have thought that this thing would come out here?

  Liu Yun's heart was filled with joy, but unfortunately, her current strength wasn't enough to learn it yet, so she could only temporarily put it in her bag.

  Take another look at the staff, it's a magic tool called the Teng Huo Fa Zhang. It's worn by 2nd-level Xian Ling practitioners and adds 1500 points to their Xian Ling value. When casting spells, there's a 10% chance that attack spells will gain a burning state, burning enemies. It's considered top-grade.

  The three-layer BOSS is at least a Tier 2 explosive treasure.

  Put the treasure away safely and exchange it for something else when we return to the city.

  The remaining two money bags were opened, adding over 200 coppers. Now, Liu Yun only had less than 1 silver on him, and all the money was exchanged for Space Fruit.

  "What are you doing? Why haven't you picked the Lingzhu grass yet?"

  Look, Liu Yun is still inside dawdling, Ling Hong got impatient and walked in to ask him.

  "I must have come to the wrong place!" Liu Yun stopped for a few seconds, then suddenly turned around and said to Ling Huang.

  "Lost your way?" The delicate small face of Ling Yan's turned red with confusion.

  "It should be, right..." Liu Yun shrugged helplessly: "I remember that there is a Lingzhu grass in some cave, but I don't remember the specific location. However, I can say for sure that it's not this cave!"

  Hong's face turned pale, but then a thin layer of anger appeared on her cheeks: "You're not thinking of getting the treasures that drop from these creatures, are you? Are you trying to use me as a tool?"

  As soon as the words fell, Liu Yun's heart skipped a beat: although she looked like a little girl, her thoughts were by no means simple, and unexpectedly, she had guessed it...

  Liu Yun thought, since there's no tomorrow after today, and this village won't have this kind of shop again, anyway, she had already bumped into Ling Wu Hong, why not take advantage of her strong cultivation to help herself kill a few more BOSS? Even if she didn't cultivate, at least the treasures wouldn't be less.

  "You're overthinking it, I didn't think that!" Liu Yun smiled wryly.

  "I don't want to waste any more words, next BOSS, I must see the Lingzhu Grass, otherwise, I'll kill you and go back to kill that old woman, snatch the key and enter the Diling Sect!!" Ling Cold Red said coldly.

  Ding! System: Ling Leng Hong's favorability towards you has dropped to 10. If it drops to 0, she will become an aggressive NPC, please be careful, player.

  There are two more updates tonight, plus an extra chapter, so today is also four updates, explosive 12,000 words, seeking red envelopes and collection.