By the time Gao Yuan returned to his home deep in the wild forest, it was already midnight.
He drank some hot water and ate some dried meat. Regardless of the fatigue from traveling all the way, he just lay down on the leisure chair in the lounge, put on his mask and entered the exile's space.
"Dear trainee 'whip bearer', task: (Trial) No. 3, submitted successfully, the reward for this task has been credited to your name."
"You have completed the 'whip bearer's regularization test'. After verification by the alliance, you are now officially awarded the title of 'one-star whip bearer'. The relevant permissions have been unlocked. Please check the development jade in the exclusive secret room for details."
After applying for and submitting tasks at the Whipbearer service area, not long after he returned to the exclusive secret room, he received two transmission notes officially issued by the Exile Alliance.
“I have been busy for nearly two months, and today I finally got what I wanted!”
After the soft female voice in his mind faded away, Gao Yuan couldn't help but feel a hint of joy on his face.
He quickly walked to the 'Developing Jade' on the side and stretched out his spiritual thoughts to cover it.
After a moment, a flash of light flashed on the surface of the jade, and a familiar interface quickly appeared in front of his eyes.
I saw that on the basis of the original major functional divisions, there is an additional label of 'whip holder'.
Gao Yuanyuan opened the tab directly, and a few lines of information suddenly appeared:
[Level]: One-star whip bearer (silent)
【Meritorious】:4800
[Exchange Treasure House]: Expandable
[Information Consultation]: Can be expanded
Suppressing some excitement, he opened the 'Exchange Treasure House' page.
A flash of inspiration flashed on the surface of the developed jade, and a page somewhat similar to the trading area appeared.
In the middle of the top, the words 'One Star Redemption Treasure House' are prominently marked.
Under this line of words, there are five labels listed in order: elixir, magic weapon, material, talisman and seal script, and classics.
When you click on each tab, you can see a large number of items available for redemption.
These items have more or less rare attributes. If you take out any one at random, it is a good enough item to be exchanged in the exclusive trading area.
Take the elixirs displayed by default as an example. There are many types of elixirs that can be exchanged. The most important thing is that the quality of these elixirs is not low.
Medium-grade elixirs that are usually not common in the exclusive trading area have become a common commodity here. Even rarer top-grade and top-quality elixirs, Gao Yuan saw a lot at a glance!
The situation in other categories is generally the same. All kinds of rare treasures that are rare in the outside world can be found in this 'one-star exchange treasure house', and all of them can be directly exchanged using merit points.
What's even more rare is that the exchange prices for many commonly used items are not high.
Taking the classification of talismans and seals as an example, one party can sell 15,000 mid-level spiritual stones or more of mid-grade talismans in the outside world, but it only requires less than 300 points of merit to redeem them here.
"Based on this calculation, the 4,800 points of merit I accumulated during the trial mission can be exchanged for almost 200,000 intermediate spirit stones just by converting them into talismans and selling them in the trading area. Even if there are no trophies,
The harvest can easily cover my consumption during the battle!"
"But this is understandable. Any tasks that are handed over to the 'whip holder' are basically more difficult tasks."
"Take these three trial tasks I received as an example. The dangers involved are beyond the ability of ordinary Kaiyuan Realm monks to bear."
"If you want a top-level Kaiyuan Realm monk to run around and work hard, what can you do if you don't get enough benefits?"
After sighing softly, he directly opened the 'Books' interface.
Different from other categories, as a category with its own rare tag, the exchange price for ‘Books’ items is very high.
In comparison, the 4800 points of meritorious service possessed by Gao Yuan are not enough.
Any second-level primary spell requires hundreds of merit points to redeem.
For example, some spells with special functions or higher levels often require thousands of merit points.
The exchange prices for exercises are even more exaggerated, with many worth over 10,000 yuan.
"It's a pity that although they are all good spells, they don't have the soul defense type that I urgently need!"
Gao Yuan quickly browsed through the information on the books available for exchange, and muttered a little disappointed.
"Is there no such type of spell at all, or is it because it is too rare and my authority does not meet the redemption requirements?"
"I guess the latter is more likely. After all, it also involves the realm of the soul. It makes no sense to only attack without defense, right?"
When he thought of this, his eyes couldn't help but fall on the words 'One Star Redemption Treasure House' at the top of the redemption page.
The 'one star' among them should correspond to the star rating of his current 'one star whip bearer'.
"Then if my whip bearer's star level is upgraded, will the redemption content also change accordingly?"
"It should be like this. Although there are many types of exchange items that can be seen now, they are basically items that are useful to monks in the Kaiyuan Realm. Naturally, they are not very attractive to the big guys in the Hunyuan Realm."
Gao Yuan muttered a few words to himself in a low voice. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was indeed the case.
But when he thought about the conditions for improving the whip holder's star level, he couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.
For him now, the conditions for accumulating 100,000 merit points are no different from astronomical figures.
After all, based on the speed at which he accumulated merit through these three trial missions, it would have taken him almost more than four years to get it all together.
"In the long run, it is definitely necessary to upgrade to the whip bearer star level, which will allow me to have access to rarer treasures."
"But not now, at least I have to wait until my cultivation reaches the peak of Kaiyuan Realm, but I am not sure enough to be promoted to Hunyuan Realm!"
After muttering a few words to himself, Gao Yuan exited the exchange treasure house and clicked to enter the 'Information Consultation' page.
Compared with the former, this page is much simpler.
On the whole, it is somewhat similar to the chat window of instant messaging software on Earth, except that his remaining number of consultations is marked in a conspicuous position: 1.
This is the reward from the alliance after he completes the trial mission. According to the introduction in the ‘Code of the Whip Bearer’, every time he completes three missions in the future, he will unlock an additional number of paid consultations.
After hesitating for a while, he still chose to consult the information about the plant found in the underground cave of Sunset Canyon during the day.
Originally, he planned to go to the mission area to release the corresponding intelligence collection task, but considering that this thing involves Feilong City after all, and releasing the intelligence collection task, it is inevitable to upload the corresponding image data through the jade slips, so the chance of accidents is naturally high.
will be improved accordingly.
Relatively speaking, it is better to be more prudent when consulting the alliance official whose position is opposite to that of 'Flying Dragon City'.
After submitting the consultation content, Gao Yuan did not wait any longer and exited the Exile space.
He took a blank jade slip and printed the image information of the plant he saw during the day into it.
Then he took out the 'cross-border disk' and submitted the jade slip to the alliance official after some operations.
"I hope the result won't disappoint me!"
After muttering something to himself in a low voice, Gao Yuan sat cross-legged on the couch beside him and quickly entered a state of trance.
…
The efficiency of the ‘whip holder’ organization is very high.
Early the next morning, when Gao Yuan came to the exclusive secret room with the intention of giving it a try, a ball of transmission notes wrapped in red spiritual light was already waiting there.
"Dear one-star whip bearer, your recently submitted application for information consultation has been accepted and approved. Please check the details through 'Developing Jade Bi'."
After clicking on this transmission note, it turned out to be a notification message from the 'Whip Holder' organization.
"I don't know how much the consultation fee is, but I hope I can afford it."
Whispering to himself, he quickly walked to the 'Developing Jade' on the side and quickly opened the information consultation page.
"The consultation fee is 150 merit?"
Seeing the information displayed on the page, Gao Yuan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
The reason why he didn't exchange anything last night was not because he didn't like anything in the treasure house. The main reason was that he was worried about the information consulting service, but he just didn't want the consulting fee to be so cheap.
"From this point of view, the value of that plant is probably not much higher, right?"
He muttered to himself and directly clicked on the option to deduct the merits from his account.
Then he stopped delaying, returned to reality, opened the 'cross-border disk' channel, and took out a jade slip.
After scanning with his spiritual thoughts, he discovered that this jade slip was the one he submitted yesterday, but after the image information, there was a new piece of information.
"The Canglong flower plant is a rather rare earth-based spiritual plant. The growth process requires a large amount of earth element energy for watering.
Its growth can be accelerated in places where the earth element energy is abundant, and after flowering, it can bear three to five fruits.
The fruit produced, 'Canglong Fruit', is a precious earth element fruit. Because it contains pure earth element power, it is one of the main materials for refining many precious elixirs."
Looking at these few words that came to mind, Gao Yuan's heart suddenly moved.
He reached out and patted the storage bag on his waist, and a jade slip appeared in his hand. It was the jade slip that recorded the prescription of 'Baohe Dan'.
According to the elixir prescription, 'Baohe Dan' needs to be refined with the Earthly Immortal Zhizhi as the guide, the Five Elements Spirit Fruit as the main refining material, and then supplemented with more than a dozen common spiritual materials, and can be refined through multiple refining processes.
become.
Among them, the Five Elements Spirit Fruit refers to: the metallic 'Wuzhen Fruit', the wood attribute 'Qingling Fruit', the water attribute 'Biling Fruit', the fire attribute 'Red Flame Fruit' and the earth attribute'
Canglongguo'!
"So that's it. The reason why the bald man stayed in the Sunset Canyon and refused to leave is probably because he wanted to cultivate the 'Canglong Fruit', which is one of the ingredients for refining the 'Baohe Pill'!"
"I just didn't expect that after working so hard for so long, this guy would finally take advantage of me!"
When he thought of this, he reached out and patted the storage bag on his waist, and three jade letters appeared in his hands.
I saw an unknown talisman sealed on the surface of each of these three jade letters, and there was also a strip-shaped label attached to the edge.
On these labels, they each read: Wu Zhen Guo, Qing Ling Guo, and Bi Ling Guo.
"Coupled with the 'Blue Dragon Fruit' that is being cultivated, then the only thing I need to refine the 'He Dan' is the 'Earth Immortal Zhi' as a medicine and the fire-attributed 'Red Flame Fruit'!"
After muttering to himself in a low voice, Gao Yuan's heart suddenly surged, and he felt that he was already within reach of the Hunyuan realm.
"Once I enter the Hunyuan Realm, my life situation will be completely different. I won't say that I will travel all over the world from now on, but it is very easy to settle down in a corner."
"At that time, I will no longer have to hide in this wild forest far away from human habitation and be a savage!"
"Well, the half-yearly auction is coming soon. I hope I can gain something at this auction!
But before that, we still have to get rid of all the things we don’t need temporarily and replace them with spiritual stones.”
While his mind was spinning, Gao Yuan took out all his storage instruments, combed through his inventory one by one, and quickly made a list of things he didn't need.
This is not unknown. After he added up the fragmentary items accumulated from all the wars in the past few years, he roughly calculated that the value was as high as millions of intermediate spiritual stones.
Among them, the storage magic weapons that he eliminated naturally accounted for the majority. Except for the three 500-square-meter storage magic weapons, he didn't plan to keep any of the rest.
After finishing the arrangement, he entered the Exile space again and hung up all the lower-valued parts in the trading area.
…
After lunch.
Gao Yuan left the underground stronghold, activated the Wind Curse and flew hundreds of miles southeast, arriving at a medium-sized valley.
With a few punches from close range, he hammered an early-stage second-level leopard monster to death. He quickly dismembered its body and put it into the storage space, and then came to an open ground in the center of the valley.
There was nothing special about his outing this time. He mainly wanted to check the function of the 'Linglong Cave'.
He reached out and patted the storage bag on his waist, and the 'Exquisite Cave Mansion', which had been turned into a miniature model, appeared in front of him.
Under his control by activating the control token, the miniature model quickly fluttered a hundred meters away, and quickly expanded after falling to the ground.
In the blink of an eye, this miniature model turned into a courtyard covering an area of thousands of square meters.
It's just that its gorgeous and exquisite appearance feels a bit out of place amid the surrounding pristine old forests.
Gao Yuanyuan's heart suddenly moved, and he activated the control token in his hand, waving it toward the courtyard not far away.
The surface of the latter suddenly surged with yellow light, and then its appearance changed drastically.
The original house with its carved beams and painted beams has disappeared, and the scenery of the pavilion and waterside pavilion has also disappeared. Only a hilltop with lush vegetation stands quietly on the spot.
Exploring the power of his spiritual thoughts, he closely explored the hilltop and carefully examined it. Apart from the layer of isolation force he felt when he tried to penetrate his spiritual thoughts, he couldn't detect any abnormalities inside.
.
"As expected of a third-level primary formation, the function of this phantom is extremely miraculous!"
Gao Yuan could not help but praise softly, and then continued to activate the control token in his hand.
As he moved, the surface of this 'Exquisite Cave' was flashing with light, and its appearance was constantly changing.
For a moment it turned into the small courtyard he rented in Qingliang City, for a moment it transformed into a building in a gray desert advance camp, and for a moment it transformed into a shanty town building outside Qingyuan Town.
The phantom function of this formation is indeed very wonderful. Just through the connection of the power of spiritual thoughts, the picture imagined in his mind can be perfectly reproduced!
After playing with it for a while, he grabbed the control token and waved it casually. He heard a rumble, and the "hatch" of the exquisite cave that had changed into a "Millennium Falcon" spaceship suddenly opened.
Gao Yuan stepped forward and entered with this floating body.
Of course, the structure inside the cave will not be in the style of a real spaceship, because it has been inhabited by people, and its details are also somewhat different from the scene he imagined with reference to the drawings in the appendix at the end of "Linglong Cave Operation Detailed Explanation".
But it is undeniable that all the furnishings in the cave are extremely exquisite.
At first glance, it just seems elegant, but upon closer inspection, you can notice the luxury hidden in every detail.
"This bald and strong man really knows how to enjoy life!"
While strolling around the cave, Gao Yuan commented casually.
This cave has a height of more than four meters and is made of an unknown blue-white stone.
As he approached, a layer of soft white light was reflected on the surface of these stones, which illuminated the surrounding area brightly but was not dazzling at all.
According to the introduction in "Detailed Operation of Linglong Cave Mansion", Gao Yuan knew that there were a total of eighteen large and small rooms in this cave mansion, with a total construction area of almost thousands of square meters.
Not to mention living alone, even if there are seven or eight more people, it can be very spacious.
After walking around for a while, he soon came to the largest room in the cave.
Judging from the layout, this place was probably used as a bedroom by a bald man, with a gorgeous big bed placed in the corner.
In addition, this is also the control center of this exquisite cave.
Holding the control token in his hand and shaking it gently, the wall in the corner of the room suddenly parted, revealing a darkroom measuring dozens of square meters.
In its central area, stands a square stone tablet built on a circular stone platform half a person's height.
Rays of yellow light flowed on its surface, projecting huge energy fluctuations.
Activating the control token, Gao Yuan quickly cast a spell. As he moved, the light flowing on the surface of the stone tablet quickly disappeared.
At the same time, a square area on the circular platform below the stele suddenly rose, and then split to both sides, revealing a square hidden grid about a foot in size, with several rows of superior spiritual stones neatly embedded in it.
"The minimum consumption of twenty high-level spiritual stones every year is 10,000 intermediate spiritual stones. This 'Linglong Cave' is really a typical gold-swallowing beast!"
Seeing the rich milky white color inside these high-grade spirit stones, Gao Yuan was slightly reassured.
Then, referring to the description in "Detailed Explanation of the Operation of Linglong Cave Mansion", he pressed his hand on the dim stone tablet surface, fused the true energy and divine thoughts as required, injected it into it, and quickly refined it.
The whole process went smoothly. It didn't take long for him to break away the mark of true energy left by the bald man and inscribe his own true energy on the magic circle inside the stone tablet.
At the same time, like manipulating a magic weapon, a clear and unusual sense of connection suddenly emerged in his heart.
His thoughts moved, and then he saw the gap in the circular platform quickly closing. After a while, the originally dim surface of the stone tablet once again had a rich yellow halo flowing.
"In this way, you can directly activate this 'Linglong Cave' with your mind just like activating a magic weapon, without the need for the assistance of a control token!"
Gao Yuan saw this and nodded with satisfaction.
Then he quickly packed up, and not long after, he packed up and took away all the tables, chairs, benches and other things that the bald man had added to the cave.
Soon, the entire cave became extremely empty.
"When I have time, I will go to the city to buy another batch of furniture. From now on, this cave can be my new home!"
After leaving the cave, Gao Yuan piled the items belonging to the bald man into an open space not far away, and then activated the Lihuo Curse to burn them into ashes.
"As for the protective effect of the formation, we still won't test it. If we accidentally destroy the formation, it will be a big loss."
"Besides, I don't expect to rely on this formation to save my life. If I are forced to hide in a cave one day, I may not be able to save my life just by relying on this formation!"
He whispered to himself, and then with a thought, the appearance of the 'Linglong Cave' changed from the 'Millennium Falcon spaceship' he spoofed, to an inconspicuous hilltop, and then quickly shrank into a miniature model, which he took in
In the storage bag.
After doing all this, he no longer delayed, activated the wind spell, floated up, and hurried towards home.