Gao Yuan flew all the way and finally returned to his home deep in the wild forest before dark.
Ever since he discovered the strange building that was suspected to be an ancient ruin at the border of the red zone in the 'North Sixteenth District of the Gray Desert'.
In order to confirm some of his conjectures about the latter, Gao Yuan spent another eighteen days patrolling back and forth in the red zone of the 'Grey Desert North Sixteenth District'.
During this period, he encountered hundreds of attacks from "large monsters" ranging in number from three to nine.
In the process of exploring and fighting again and again, he finally discovered two other strange ancient buildings with the same appearance as the ancient ruins that appeared for the first time.
And by reviewing the entire process of encountering these ancient buildings three times before and after, he finally had a preliminary understanding of some of the characteristics of these ancient buildings that were suspected of being ancient ruins.
First of all, the first point is that his initial suspicion about the strange and inexplicable disappearance of this ancient ruins was confirmed during the two subsequent encounters.
This kind of ancient building, which is suspected to be an ancient ruin, will randomly appear in any direction no more than 150 meters away from him with a very low probability.
Moreover, there seems to be a strange energy field surrounding this weird ancient building.
This strange energy field can allow these ancient buildings to self-isolate the interference of chaotic evil energy on their vision in the surrounding area after they appear.
This makes it possible to easily cross a distance of hundreds of meters in the red area, with a visual distance of no more than twenty meters, and discover the ancient ruins that quietly appeared.
At the same time, after this ancient building appeared, no matter what Gao Yuan's reasons were, as long as he stayed away from this ancient building for more than two hundred meters.
That layer can ignore the interference of chaotic demonic energy and directly see the energy field of this ancient building, and it will lose its effect without warning.
Under the interference and isolation of the chaotic demonic energy, traces of these ancient buildings were lost in his vision.
Even if he shortens the distance between them immediately, these ancient buildings that disappeared from his sight will never appear again!
Secondly, after he sets foot in the red zone, even if he is infinitely close to the yellow zone, the 'weird demons' he encounters every time will only be the kind of powerful 'large individuals'!
And as long as it is within the red area, the frequency of appearance and the number of these powerful 'large monsters' each time they appear are higher than those in the yellow areas where ordinary 'big monsters' appear.
A lot of improvement.
Judging from Gao Yuan’s exploration experience at the border of the ‘red zone’ in the past half month or so.
In the ordinary exploration process where no such ancient buildings appear, the number of 'large strange monsters' that appear each time is basically maintained at less than five, among which four 'large strange monsters' appear the most often.
In addition to this ordinary situation, there is another abnormal situation, and that is when ancient buildings that are suspected of being ancient ruins appear.
Every time Gaoyuan discovers ancient ruins, more than six "large monsters" will appear simultaneously within a range of no more than ten feet near him.
Of course, because he has been exploring the red zone for a relatively short period of time, and there are only three samples available for reference, coincidence factors in this situation cannot be ruled out for the time being.
But in his three experiences of discovering ancient buildings, those 'large monsters' did indeed appear simultaneously with these ancient buildings.
And the number that appears each time is more than what he normally encounters in the red zone.
In the process of discovering ancient buildings these three times, the number of 'large monsters' that appeared each time were seven, seven, and nine respectively!
Before this afternoon's discovery of ancient buildings, he had already made more complete preparations with the support of the previous two experiences.
And after those 'large monsters' appeared, he tried his best not to stray too far from the ancient building during the battle.
However, because the number of 'large monsters' that appeared this time was two more than what he encountered the previous two times.
Therefore, in the process of his fighting and dodging, it was inevitable that he was almost two hundred meters away from this ancient ruins.
Then he watched helplessly as this ancient ruins was suddenly covered by the chaotic demonic energy that suddenly became thicker in color without any warning, and instantly disappeared from his sight.
Although he immediately shortened the distance between the two parties, the disappeared ancient ruins never appeared again.
"Well, judging from the current situation, unless I can completely ignore the influence of these 'large monsters', it is still a bit unsafe to explore the ancient ruins in the red area stably."
"After all, every time I encounter these 'large monsters' outside, I have to spend a lot of effort to kill them all.
"Once you enter the ruins, and other unexpected situations occur, you may be in greater danger!"
"To be on the safe side, we must first fully improve our own strength."
"At least I have to wait until I break through to the late stage of the Hunyuan Realm, cultivate the 'Roar of the Giant Spirit' to the 'Dacheng Stage', and then raise the level of the third-level Blood Jade Skill to a level similar to my cultivation level!"
"To put it bluntly, we still know too little about these ancient ruins!"
"During this period, I can also carry out the task of 'whip bearer' and use the intelligence consulting services to further obtain information about these ancient ruins!"
Sitting on the leisure chair in the lounge, Gao Yuan rubbed his chin while thinking secretly in his heart.
After sitting quietly for a moment, he raised his head and glanced at the newly replaced jade dial on the opposite wall. It was already past midnight.
He quickly took out the Exile mask and went straight into the exclusive secret room.
"Today is the day when the exclusive trading area is open. I hope I can run into something interesting!"
After appearing in the exclusive secret room, he muttered to himself.
…
At midnight.
Wearing the Exile mask, Gao Yuan was lying quietly on the leisure chair. His body suddenly moved, and he reached out and took off the Exile mask.
With an excited smile on his face, he quickly took out the 'cross-border disk' from the storage bag.
After a few operations, two jade letters sealed with the 'Suppressing Talisman' appeared in his hands.
"Tsk, it took me four or five years, but I finally got all the materials needed to refine a batch of 'He Dan'!"
"It's not in vain that I've been trying my best to enter the alliance's exclusive trading area on time every time in the past few years. It's not in vain!"
Gao Yuan casually took off the 'Spirit Suppressing Talisman' on the two jade letters, looked at the two high-quality 'Qing Ling Fruits' that were sealed in the jade letters, and said to himself with a happy face.
"It just so happens that in less than a month, this year's alliance autumn auction is about to begin!"
"Wait for me to refine these materials into a furnace of the best 'He Dan', and sell it into spiritual stones at the 'Elixir Special'."
“When the two subsequent special sales of ‘Kung Fu Techniques’ and ‘Magic Weapons’ begin, I will have enough confidence to bid properly!”
Thinking of this, the smile on his face deepened again.
No wonder Gao Yuan was so excited. Ever since he entered the Hunyuan Realm, in order not to waste his precious training time, he has never deliberately looked for ways to earn spiritual stones like he did before in the Kaiyuan Realm.
It can be said that all of his expenses in the past few years have been basically supported by the more than 70 million intermediate spiritual stones obtained from the auction of the eight 'Top-grade Harmony Pills'.
As of today, after excluding some resources that are inconvenient to trade, he only has less than 5 million intermediate-level spiritual stones in his inventory.
This is all the result of him performing the "Whip Holder" mission from time to time in the past few years, collecting various trophies from those mission targets affiliated to "Flying Dragon City" or "Ember" to support his family.
Otherwise, all the spiritual stones he had previously obtained from the auction of the 'Baohe Pill' would have been consumed long ago due to the huge expenditures he had made on the refining of the puppet and the research on the talisman array.
Where can I be as comfortable as I am now cultivating?
To say that the more than four million intermediate spirit stones he currently has left in his body can be considered a considerable fortune for an average monk.
But as his own cultivation gradually improved, Gao Yuan's vision also continued to expand during this period.
Not to mention anything else, he had always wanted to prepare a top-level magic weapon that could be cultivated as a 'natal magic weapon'.
Regardless of the specific refining method or the various materials that need to be prepared in the subsequent refining process, the expenditure will be astronomical.
Secondly, as his own cultivation realm improves, the number of 'supernatural powers' he can master is also constantly increasing.
During the entire Hunyuan realm, each of the nine small realms corresponds to a 'divine orifice' that penetrates the 'natal pearl'.
And each 'divine orifice' that has been mastered through cultivation corresponds to a location where a magic weapon or magical power is stored.
Taking his current state of the sixth level of Hunyuan Realm as an example, he has now mastered six 'divine orifices'.
Theoretically speaking, in addition to the 'Roar of the Giant Spirit' and the 'Blue Sky Sword', he also has four additional accumulation positions.
This extra accumulation position is dispensable for ordinary Hunyuan realm monks.
Due to the problem of the source of 'spiritual energy', most Hunyuan realm monks only supply their own cultivation, which is a big problem.
On this basis, it is already a great thing to be able to provide a 'supernatural power' and a magic weapon.
But due to the system's 'condensation' function, Gao Yuan has endless 'aura'.
Not to mention that he now possesses the 'Roar of the Giant Spirit' and the 'Blue Sky Sword' at the same time, even if he has reached the ninth level of the Hunyuan Realm and possesses nine kinds of magical powers and magic weapons at the same time.
For him, it is just a matter of condensing a few more 'advanced crystallized magic cores' every day, and there is no pressure at all.
In view of this, Gao Yuan has always planned to cultivate more magical powers and magic weapons.
According to his plan, whether it is magical power or magic weapon, each must be based on attack, defense and other specific functions. Each function must have a specialized corresponding one!
As for the implementation of this plan, it will naturally be accompanied by a huge spiritual stone gap.
In this case, one furnace can bring him nearly 100 million mid-level spiritual stones, and gathering the materials for refining the 'Baohe Pill' is nothing less than a timely rain for him.
As long as these materials are refined into a furnace of 'Excellent Harmony Pill' and sold at the alliance auction, his crisis on the spiritual stone will be greatly alleviated!
While thinking, Gao Yuan stood up directly and prepared to go to the alchemy workshop to prepare for refining the 'He Dan' tomorrow.
At this moment, his brows moved slightly.
I put my hand on the storage bag at my waist and took out a ring-shaped magic weapon that was like a jade pendant and was trembling slightly.
"Huh? Is this a new mission assigned?"
"In the past few months, the interval between tasks dispatched by the 'whip bearer' has become shorter and shorter!"
"It has been less than ten days since the last task submission was completed, and there is a new task!"
He reached out his spiritual consciousness and touched the communication jade pendant in his hand to confirm the response. Gao Yuan muttered secretly in his heart.
Ever since he completed the trial mission and became an official one-star whip bearer.
Except for the first two years, he kept turning on the 'silent' mode for fear of delaying his cultivation.
After entering the Hunyuan Realm, in order to raise his star level to the two-star standard of the Hunyuan Realm as soon as possible, his mission acceptance status has always been set to the 'response' mode.
Even so, the frequency of tasks assigned to him by the Whipkeeper organization has not been high, and they basically maintain an interval of one to two months.
But starting from the second half of last year, the frequency of dispatching tasks by the whip holder organization began to gradually increase.
The interval between each mission has gradually been reduced from about once every fifty days to about forty days.
Then at the beginning of this year, the one-month interval was reduced to nine days now!
"Are these two big troublemakers, 'Flying Dragon City' and 'Ember', starting to cause trouble in the Northern Territory again?"
At this thought, Gao Yuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
After all, the tasks assigned by the 'Whip Holder' organization, except for a few clean-ups and external commissions, are basically related to the personnel under these two forces.
And since the frequency of mission dispatching has increased now, it can only mean that the number of manpower stationed by these two major forces in the Northern Territory has increased a lot compared to before.
"But this is not a bad thing. It just so happens that I still have 17,000 accumulated merits before I can be promoted to two stars."
"With these bastards from 'Flying Dragon City' and 'Ember', I can accumulate merit faster and be promoted to two stars, so that I can unlock the permission to exchange designated items."
As his mind turned, Gao Yuan once again found the 'cross-border disk'.
After some operations, the jade slip with information about this mission fell into his hands.
He used his spiritual consciousness to scan the jade slip in his hand, and Gao Yuan's eyebrows suddenly raised slightly:
[Task Number]: (Whip Holder) No. 347
[Task Type]: (Whip Holder) Bounty Hunting Mission
[Mission location]: Songyuan City, Cuifeng Mountains, nine hundred miles northwest
[Mission content]: Go to ‘Songyuan City, Nine Hundred Miles Northwest Cuifeng Mountains’, find the target of this mission, and kill it without any restrictions.
(Note 1: The target is the deacon of Feilong City. The specific cultivation level is unknown. He is suspected to be a ninth-level monk in Kaiyuan Realm.)
(Note 2: The target is extremely powerful. This bounty hunting mission has been distributed three times in the alliance mission area. It was later converted into a whip bearer mission and distributed twelve times. However, all those who accepted this mission have been accounted for.
unknown.)
[Task period]: 30 days
[Completion Criteria]: The target only needs to die.
[Task reward]: 20,000 merit points
"Holy shit, you killed three exiles and twelve 'whip bearers' who took the mission?"
"This mission goal, the results look a bit fierce!"
Looking at the details of the mission mapped in his mind, Gao Yuan muttered a few words to himself in surprise.
Then he saw the task reward column, the tall 20,000 merit points reward.
"hiss!"
"I'm really dozing off. Someone gave me a pillow. I'm short of 17,000 points of merit. I want to be promoted to a two-star whip bearer. A mission with a reward of 20,000 points of merit came out right here!"
"It's really God's destiny for me to get you!"
Gao Yuan sighed to himself a few words.
As for the glorious achievements of this mission target, he was not worried at all.
After all, it is just a one-star whip bearer task against the Kaiyuan Realm. No matter how unnatural the Kaiyuan Realm is, if it falls into his hands, it can only lead to death.
Even if there were other secrets behind this mission, or even if someone in the Hunyuan Realm of the same level as him was involved, there wouldn't be much of a problem.
After all, the reason why he was obsessed with the 'Unmanned Puppet Plan' was mainly aimed at this abnormal situation.