thenovelthief Chapter 270 Extra: Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Hunting Journey 1 (Rehabilitation)
Chapter 270 Extra: Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Hunting Journey 1 (Rehabilitation)
"Zhuqing, are you ready?"
Looking at Qin Ming in front of him, Zhu Zhuqing nodded seriously. "Teacher Qin Ming, I'm ready."
Looking at Zhu Zhuqing who did not hesitate, Qin Ming felt that he did not seem to have much dignity as a teacher.
Although he personally handed over the leadership of the Royal Fighting Team to Gu You, he also believed that Gu You's wonderful ideas could change the soul master world like that "Master Gu You".
But he is not here now, how can Zhu Zhuqing still believe in his decision so much?
Recalling that when he was in Shrek Academy, he would occasionally go to Soto City to eat, drink and have fun instead of practicing seriously during free training time, Qin Ming was ashamed.
Flanders and Zhao Wuji, whom he respected the most, could not make him not be lazy to practice, but a student who was still studying could make his peers absolutely obey his tasks.
Comparing the two, Qin Ming had a disrespectful thought about Shrek Academy in his heart.
‘No, no, no, no, Qin Ming, how can you think like that.’
Qin Ming suddenly shook his head frantically. In the surprised eyes of everyone, he said lightly with his messed up hair: “Zhu Qing, let me confirm it again.”
“Are you sure you only need them to help?”
Looking at Meng Yiran, Shi Mo, Shi Mo, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, and Bai Chenxiang standing aside, Qin Ming trusted his students’ abilities, but he still felt a little absurd.
The only two strong attack systems are both defensive and standing types, and the control system is also the type that controls teammates more than opponents. Plus two auxiliary systems and a reconnaissance-type agile attack system. In theory, the highest output in this team is Zhu Zhuqing, who has just reached level 30.
It’s not that Qin Ming, as a teacher, doesn’t know how painful it is to hit people with the shields of the Shi brothers. The main reason is that these two people have been trained as defensive soul masters since the past.
In addition, the spirit of the Black Tortoise is essentially a defensive spirit. Even if the spirit skill is offensive, they can't achieve a balanced attack and defense like Gu You, let alone attack with all their strength like Yu Tianheng.
Can such a team really hunt souls successfully?
Not knowing Qin Ming's worries, Zhu Zhuqing answered seriously: "Yes, Teacher Qin Ming."
Zhu Zhuqing's clear and firm eyes made Qin Ming unable to say anything more, and he could only nod helplessly.
What else can he do, he can only trust her.
"Your soul hunting operation this time is fully responsible by Yi Ran. Teacher, I am just the last insurance. I will help you only when you say you need my help or when I judge that you are in danger that you cannot solve independently. You can solve all other problems by yourself."
Everyone nodded, without any fear in their eyes. Especially Ning Rongrong, who looked eager to try, one hand on the village rain on her waist, the other hand tightly grasped the mouth of the sheath, and the thumb slightly pushed the handle, and a touch of silver flashed by.
Qin Ming just pretended not to see it. Seeing that no one objected, he said no more and led everyone out of the south gate of Tiandou City.
Outside Tiandou City, the snow on the road was cleaned up and there was no ice. There was an endless stream of carriages entering and leaving the city. Before Qin Ming spoke, everyone followed Qin Ming in a line under Meng Yiran's order.
Qin Ming could only shut his mouth in dismay, pretending not to care about the long line of tails behind him, and ran in the front, followed by others.
Qin Ming seemed to be rushing on the road without distractions, but in fact, a considerable part of his attention was on the only two auxiliary systems of the team, Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling.
Half an hour, an hour, two hours.
As he ran, he passed countless carriages, and Qin Ming could no longer hold back his inner surprise.
After running for nearly two hours, Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling did not show any signs of fatigue at all. They did not ask anyone to support them, but followed everyone's footsteps closely.
If it weren't for the rapid breathing and heavier footsteps, Qin Ming wouldn't even be able to detect the real physical consumption of the two people just by their movements.
The others are all combat soul masters, and things like physical distribution when running are the most basic requirements. If they can do it, it's their duty. If they can't do it, Qin Ming will use the most "appropriate" method to let them learn it after returning.
As the lowest requirement auxiliary system, Qin Ming will only require the minimum physical training, and will not require more advanced techniques to be mastered.
'Did Gu You do it? Or His Majesty Jian Douluo? '
Just as Qin Ming was brainstorming, Meng Yiran noticed that there was a post station not far ahead, and said, "Teacher Qin Ming, take a rest for half an hour at the post station ahead."
After running continuously for two hours, although everyone had soul guides so there was no extra weight on their bodies, the double loss of physical strength and soul power was also objective.
Now they are on the road, not in the academy for extreme training. Considering efficiency, seeing that Qin Ming didn't seem to have any intention of letting everyone stop to rest, Meng Yiran could only take the initiative to speak.
Qin Ming came back to his senses and stopped thinking about who had improved the two men's physical strength so much. He slowed down and said, "Rest for half an hour at the front station, and then continue to move forward."
"Okay, Teacher Qin Ming."
Walking into the station and feeling the warm air inside, Ning Rongrong breathed a sigh of relief and shouted immediately, "Xiangxiang, I want to take a shower, please help me book a room."
Turning his head to look at the people behind him, he said, "Lingling, Zhuqing, do you want to join us?"
Ye Lingling was somewhat tempted. She had only learned sword fighting for a short time and was not used to the sticky feeling of fighting soul masters. Zhu Zhuqing shook her head directly. She was used to being soaked in sweat.
Let alone sweat, even if it was mud, you still had to fight when you were supposed to. It was impossible to stop and change clothes in the middle of fighting and then continue fighting.
Noticing that her junior Zhu Zhuqing shook her head and refused, Ye Lingling, who was proud of her status as a senior, also shook her head silently. Seeing that no one was accompanying her, Ning Rongrong no longer wanted to take a bath. Mumbling "boring", she pulled Bai Chenxiang, who wanted to persuade her, and walked to the hall to find an empty table to sit down and order food from the waiter.
'Sure enough, food-type soul masters are still needed. '
Looking at the people eating to replenish their energy, Qin Ming thought that if Oscar, Shrek's junior, was here now, there would be no need to stop and restore their energy like now. Just eat sausages while running on the road.
‘However, it doesn’t matter if Tang San is here.’
Tang San’s first soul skill can restore both physical strength and soul power, perfectly replacing the role of food-type martial spirits, and even eliminating the two steps of chewing and swallowing.
Moreover, it is not clear whether the fire attribute provided by Oscar’s spicy sausage will conflict with Tang San’s blue silver grass. Compared with the martial spirit fusion skill called “Overlord Purple Dragon-Odd-Eyed Venomous Dragon”, the food-type martial spirit does not seem to be very good.
Thinking of this, Qin Ming’s idea of letting Oscar join the team and become an extra-staff member like Bai Chenxiang instantly faded.
After drinking a sip of 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 looked happy because of drinking a sip of soup, and Bai Chenxiang beside her, Ye Lingling felt that this situation was familiar.
Inexplicably, there was a sense of déjà vu of Tang San’s team when Gu You and Tang San were fighting to select players.
Or a weakened version.
I and Ning Rongrong 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 soul beast, this team can protect itself, but the damage is insufficient. It is very likely that it will escape after causing certain damage to the soul beast.
You know, the thousand-year soul beast is not weak at all. It is not easy to survive and become a thousand-year soul beast. They all have some unique skills.
Even if it is the protagonist of the original work, Tang San, without using external hidden weapons, only using the spirit blue silver grass, with a soul master and a group of great soul master teammates, he can't keep the Phoenix Tail Cockscomb Snake that did not show any aggressiveness and just ran away.
Facing Ye Lingling's question, Zhu Zhuqing said lightly: "Gu You asked."
"Gu You?!"
Not only Ye Lingling, but Qin Ming was also 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 set off."
Meng Yiran took the envelope, opened it, and found several pieces of paper full of words inside. Zhu Zhuqing's voice came to his ears: "This time, Gu You said that Meng Yiran is fully responsible for the soul hunting."
"What are you doing, so mysterious." Ning Rongrong pouted, and didn't lean over to see what was written on the paper. She picked up the soup and drank it all in one breath.
"We're here."
On the fourth day of departure, looking at the town shrouded in mist and the sign "Welcome to Qingyun Town" outside the town, Qin Ming led everyone in without hesitation.
"Although it's still early, everyone should have 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 that looked expensive and not affordable to check in.
When they entered the hotel, Meng Yiran found that this place was quite popular with soul masters. As the decoration on the outside shows, this hotel is not cheap, but except for the most expensive rooms, there are few other rooms left.
Fortunately, none of the people present are paupers like Gu You, so except for the Shi brothers and Ning Rongrong and Bai Chenxiang who booked a double room, everyone else booked 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 than the Sunset Forest. The Qingyun Town we are in now is at the edge of Liuyun Plateau." Sitting on the wide sofa in the middle of the room, Meng Yiran introduced.
Before leaving, Lanta gave her a brief introduction to this place. 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 six or seven hundred meters higher than Tiandou City, and the air is thinner. The same action will consume much more physical energy than Tiandou City."
"I believe everyone should have noticed this."
Everyone nodded. After running for four days, everyone had a deeper understanding of their physical strength and could clearly feel that their physical strength was being consumed at an increasingly faster rate.
It was not because they did not rest well at night, but because the altitude was constantly increasing while running, the air was becoming increasingly thinner, and the lack of oxygen caused the physical strength to be consumed gradually.
Of course, no one here knew these scientific principles. They only knew that they were getting more and more tired, and the rest time was getting longer and longer. On the third day, the distance they advanced was even only half of that on the first day.
The reason for running forward is that Gu You asked Lanta to tell Qin Ming, in order to allow everyone to have an adaptation process, so as not to challenge the plateau immediately, which would be troublesome if they suffer from 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 don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the worst. It’s better to take your time.
Not knowing that it was Gu You's words that caused him to lose his carriage, Meng Yiran asked: "How is the physical strength distributed?"
"No problem." x6
After running for so many days, everyone knows how to distribute their energy here. Seeing that no one had any questions, Meng Yiran went on to introduce: "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 Named Liuyun Plateau.”
"There are no rumors or sighting reports of soul beasts that are more than a hundred thousand years old. The strongest soul beasts should only be at the ten thousand year level. So there is no need to worry about a titan ape suddenly popping up and wiping us all out like in the Star Forest."
After the introduction, looking at the Shi brothers leaning against the door like two door gods, Meng Yiran said: "Zhi Mo, Shi Mo, you two brothers go to the market in the town to see if there is anything special here."
"Try to ask clearly about the purpose and usage, and buy it if you feel it is necessary."
The two nodded, and Meng Yiran continued: "Lingling and I are responsible for going outside the market to gather information. Rongrong, Xiangxiang, you two stay in the hotel, keep in touch with Teacher Qin Ming at all times, and pay attention to the entrance and exit. personnel to see if they have any important news.”
"The gathering time is when the sun sets in the afternoon. If anyone fails to return in time, Rongrong, you should go find Teacher Qin Ming. Xiangxiang, I leave it to you to find us."
What Meng Yiran did was basically a replica of what Gu You did in the dark place. Prioritize collecting the 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 Liuyun Plateau.
Even a relatively small soul beast forest like the Dark Land can have a fallen person pop out. Once bitten by a snake, he would be afraid of well ropes for ten years. Considering safety first, Meng Yiran thought it would be better to explore the 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 were sitting in the restaurant on the first floor of the hotel, paying attention to the guests coming and going. Meng Yiran took Ye Lingling to inquire about the information here.
It only took two days to finish one chapter, which is really enough (face covering). It’s not the official update yet, I’m just trying to see how many words I can write after exercising for an hour every day.