The next morning, Mu Yinghua walked out of his room with a twisted body. He only felt that his head was very dizzy and his waist was very painful, as if he had suffered some serious injury. He must have gotten drunk last night or maybe bumped into something. Mu Yinghua rubbed his waist and didn't think much of it. Qu Lan Yi walked out of Yun Feng's room with a natural expression on her face, not showing any awkwardness even when she was seen.
Qu Lan Yi, in the eyes of others, is a woman who has just walked out of Yun Feng's room, and it's not surprising to see her. The relationship between the two people seems to be quite good. As soon as Qu Lan Yi came out, Mu Ying Hua immediately went up to talk to her, but Qu Lan Yi turned around and directly walked into her own room, leaving him standing there alone.
What's going on? Mu Yinghua looked at Qu Lanyi's back in confusion, not quite understanding. At this time, a voice came over, "Mu Yinghua, the toad wants to eat swan meat, don't dream about it." It was one of the four people from the two big families, De and Shang, who had sent out four people, two of whom were middle-aged men at the commander level, while the other two were young boys, presumably the younger generation of the De and Shang families. Seeing Mu Yinghua being so coldly treated by Qu Lanyi, they also felt a sense of schadenfreude in their hearts.
Mo Yinghua still knew her identity, and without saying anything, she turned around and left. The snickers of the two people came from behind her back. Mo Yinghua clenched her fists tightly, waiting to see, until he had a special relationship with one of them, they dared to laugh at her like this!
Only three days are left before the expedition to explore the ancient ruins, and the Wind Cloud Empire is making its final preparations. They're just double-checking what they've brought along; if anything's missing, there's no way to replenish it here in this small place. There hasn't been any news from Aowei and Shengyao recently; it seems Muqing and Xiaoxiao both believed Yunfeng's words that day and haven't taken the opportunity to ask questions of the Wind Cloud Empire. Meanwhile, Yunfeng has spent these three days studying the map of the Ancient Gods' Ruins.
This map depicts the rough outline of several areas in the ruins of the gods, including the Plaza District, Residential District, Arsenal District, and Item District. There are only four major regions, but although each region appears small on the map, it should be quite vast in reality. The division of these four major regions makes Yun Feng feel that this place is like a trace of a tribe that has lived here before, otherwise there would not be such a clear functional division between the regions.
This map is not a delicate map. After the continent is divided into four major regions, only the main roads leading to these four major regions are marked, and there are no other details.
Yun Feng inferred that the old man who drew this map had not been to the Ruins of the Gods either, but had obtained something related to the Ruins of the Gods in some place, and was able to deduce this map. Fortunately, Rou Yu had been there before, so after entering the Ruins of the Gods, it would be a guiding light.
The ruins of the gods have only one entrance, but connected to the entrance are four roads that lead to different places. The square area should not have much exploration value, and the residential area has very low value. The highest is the weapon zone and the item zone. Such a vast region must be buried with many things, and the words of the ancestors still echo in Yunfeng's ears. The ruins of the gods are extremely dangerous, and what will appear inside is completely unknown.
Once asked what existed most in the ruins of the Meatball Gods, the meatballs' answer was not heard by Xiaohuo. The meatballs anxiously repeated it several times, but Xiaohuo still didn't understand, and this question also ended in vain.
He carefully put away the map and hid aside, Yaoke's lazy yawn, "What, do you have an idea?"
Yun Feng smiled, and the fact that Yao Guang could come out of the Dragon Temple was indeed a great help. However, this senior sister didn't dare to drive him away. With his old demon-like appearance and experience, he should be on par with their ancestors, and also a good person to talk to.
"Indeed, there are some ideas, and naturally, the four channels cannot be single-selected, the other two empires also think so."
Her radiant body flashed in the air, her tender face hooked up a cold smile, and continued to listen to Yun Feng say, "No matter which path I choose, there will be people following me, this is very troublesome."
"What's the trouble, just get rid of it." Yao Guang's hoarse voice came, with a hint of ruthlessness, his personality had always been unpredictable and difficult to grasp.
"Is it that easy to shake them off? Moreover, in the extremely dangerous ruins of the gods?" Yun Feng's eyebrows slightly furrowed, and Yao Guang's somewhat frantic voice suddenly rang out, "If we can't shake them off, then let's just kill them all!"
Yun Feng was taken aback. "Have you killed them all?" This is indeed a good choice, and Yun Feng continued to pull the corner of his mouth and said, "Thank you for your reminder, but forget it."
Yao Guang curled his lip in disdain, seemingly thinking that Yun Feng's heart wasn't ruthless enough. Suddenly, he thought of something and said, "Right, after this matter is settled, get rid of those two people from the Dragon Temple, they're so annoying!"
Yun Feng smiled and said "haha", Big Brother and Mu Xiao Jin were also worried about themselves, after exploring the Dragon Temple, she should have further refined it.
In just three days, the exploration teams of the three major empires all gathered together. Compared to the other two empires' teams, the Wind Cloud Empire's side was much more disorganized and their strength was not evenly distributed. More importantly, they lacked unity in their hearts.
Mu Qing and Xiao Xiao both smiled at Yun Feng, showing friendliness. Yun Feng also responded with a sentence. At this time, Mu Yinghua walked over, introducing herself to Mu Qing and Xiao Xiao, "I'm Mu Yinghua, the expedition leader of the Wind Cloud Empire. Nice to meet you two!"
Mu Qing and Xiao Xiao both frowned at Mu Yinghua, suspiciously glancing at Yun Feng. Yun Feng smiled but didn't say anything. Mu Qing and Xiao Xiao nodded to Mu Yinghua, too lazy to talk to him, and turned around to walk back to their own Imperial Team's side.
"They...!" Mu Yinghua was cooled down over there, somewhat annoyed, what's with the pulling! Taking the initiative to greet you is already giving you face! Yun Feng also didn't say anything and turned back. "We should set off!" A voice came from the Holy Empire, the other two empire teams immediately followed, heading towards the Gods' Ruins, Mu Yinghua walked at the very front of the Wind Cloud team, with a complacent look on her face, accompanied by two lackeys, while Yun Feng and others were walking at the very back.
Xiao Huo and Lan Yi are back, while Rou Qiu is quietly lying on Yun Feng's shoulder, being very well-behaved. Perhaps it's because of the intense playtime with Xiao Huo over the past few days, but Rou Qiu's current demeanor is a rare sight for Yun Feng, truly a once-in-a-century display of obedience.
A few people walked at the end of the team and soon arrived at the location where the ruins of the gods were located, which was a border area between Shengyao and Aowei countries. A dense forest stretched out in front of them, and in the distance, a huge ruin that seemed to be hidden and revealed appeared before everyone's eyes. Yunfeng slightly narrowed his eyes, is that the ruins of the gods?
"As you all see, the ruins of the gods are deep in the dense forest. Everyone needs to cross this forest to reach it." Sheng Yao's man said loudly, at which point Xiao Xiao walked out, "Although this forest is the border between Sheng Yao and Ao Wei, both countries are completely unfamiliar with this place. None of us have been here before, so we're all the same. Exploring the ruins needs some rules, let's establish them now. Please ask the captains of the three empires to lead their teams to come out!"
Mo Yinghua was taken aback, and a surge of hot blood suddenly welled up in her heart. The captain's position was indeed not to be underestimated, as it seemed that the captain had the final say in such important matters! Mo Yinghua walked forward with some pride, while the captains of Ao Wei and Sheng Yao also stepped forward, but they were not Xiao Xiao and Mu Qing, rather two other people.
Three people whispered together for half a day, Mu Yinghua wanted to interrupt several times but was cleverly interrupted by the other two empires, in the end the rules were formulated by these two countries, and Mu Yinghua did not say a word.
Mu Yinghua returned with a red face, and he didn't have the face to say that he was completely suppressed. He was afraid that everyone would look down on him, so he barely managed to respond with a few sentences. The people from the De family and the merchants' houses coldly laughed several times, also understanding what kind of person Mu Yinghua was.
"After negotiations, the rules have been established. First: The routes taken by each of the three major empires must not be the same! Second: In this exploration action, the behavior of the three major empires is completely free, as long as it is under the premise of protecting their own interests, any actions taken are reasonable! Third: Everything explored by the three major empires belongs to each of them!"
Three rules were read out, and Yun Feng stood there with a thoughtful expression. Qu Lan Yi smiled wryly beside him, with a hint of sarcasm, "As long as it's under the premise of protecting one's own interests, any action taken is reasonable. In other words, can one do whatever it takes for their own benefit?"
Ao Jin listened on the side with a frown, "Why can't you just say it directly, what's the point of making rules!"
Yun Feng smiled, "This rule isn't bad either, with a legitimate reason for the killings, no one will be at a disadvantage."
Qū Lán Yī and áo Jīn nodded thoughtfully, if they really wanted to go all out, the people of the other two empires should be completely annihilated by them... "This time's exploration is based on the principle of not offending me unless I'm offended, as long as they don't provoke me, everything will be up to them." Yún Fēng opened his mouth lightly, swallowing a fat one was still a bit greedy, after all, he had to leave some for others. This time's exploration relied on fate, whatever he could get was what he would get, Yún Fēng didn't force it, but as for the news about the Illusory Beast, she wouldn't let anyone have it, that was hers!
"We'll take the lead!" Sheng Yao's man said, and in an instant, he plunged into the dense forest. A rustling sound, and Sheng Yao's man was gone from sight. Ao Wei's man followed suit, also entering the dense woods. Mu Yinghua felt a bit tense and shouted, "Let's go too, hurry!" Afraid of being overtaken by the other two empires, Mu Yinghua immediately dashed into the forest, with everyone else following closely behind. Yun Feng looked up at the sky obscured by tree branches, thinking that flying through the air would be somewhat hindered, and it was better to travel on land instead.
The ten people from the Empire of Wind and Cloud also entered the dense forest, intending to head towards the ruins of the gods. After everyone disappeared, a group of people rushed over from afar, "Sir, they've all gone in!"
Among them, a person nodded, a pair of eyes staring at the dense forest in front of him, waving his hand, "We're almost catching up!" A ray of light passed through the tree shade and shone on the speaker's face, surprisingly it was Kasen, the Summoner who had faced off against the Kayas Empire and Yunfeng!
"Adults, won't they really discover us? If they find out..." One of them couldn't help but ask anxiously. Kasen let out a cold laugh, "We've been hiding for so long, have they ever discovered us? This time, how could Kasen just sit back and do nothing! How could he let the other three empires take all the advantage! Besides..." A greedy glint flashed across Kasen's face, the information about the Phantom Beast appearing here was his greatest motivation for coming. The temptation of the Phantom Beast was something that a Summoner couldn't resist!
Kasen stopped wasting words and charged out first, the others followed behind him. Although they were nervous in their hearts, there was no other way. Since this lord had said so, they could only do it this way. They just hoped that the people from the other three empires wouldn't discover them, or else Kasen would become the target of a joint attack by the three great empires!
Of course, this time it was Kasen who acted arbitrarily. Even if the Emperor of Kasyapa had a great ambition, he would not be blinded by reason. The safety of the Kasyapa Empire was always his top priority. However, Kasen was different. As a summoner, he had no resistance to the phantom beast and was determined to come here. Although this idea might lead Kasyapa into an irreparable situation, he couldn't care less about that. He couldn't waste this opportunity and couldn't miss the phantom beast!
The mere thought of the existence of the Phantom Beast made Kasen's blood boil with excitement, and when he thought that he might be able to tame it, his eyes turned red with passion. His burning ambition made him forget everything, the Empire of Kaya, the Emperor of Kaya, all were cast aside, for Kasen, what he wanted was something he had to obtain!
Yun Feng and the others, who had been rushing ahead, looked back with a thoughtful expression. Ao Jin curled his lips, "What? Someone else is following us, how interesting."
Qū Lán Yī smiled wryly to the side, and several people pulled away from the team in front of them, saying words that no one would hear, "What's the big deal, just a few old mice."
Yun Feng's spiritual power slowly probed backwards, and with her current mid-tier monarch level strength, it was naturally impossible for anyone to detect. Yun Feng's black eyes suddenly lit up, and the corners of her mouth curled up into a thoughtful smile. Really didn't expect that the ones who came were actually this group of people.
"Little Maple, are these mice interesting?" Qu Lan's charming eyes looked at Yun Feng, and Yun Feng laughed, "Not bad, let them jump around for a while, they still have great use."
"Girl, have you learned bad things from her?" Ao Jin's big hand touched Yun Feng's head, messing up her hair a bit. Qu Lan Yi, seeing this, felt very uncomfortable and pulled Ao Jin's hand down, tidying up Yun Feng's hair. "Speak if you must, no need to use your hands."
"Hey, woman, aren't you getting a bit too involved? What's it to you what goes on between me and Ah Dou?"
Yun Feng smiled awkwardly, "Sister-in-law, she's just like this, don't mind." Yun Feng chuckled and Qu Lan Yi shot him a very annoyed glance. She actually called herself meddlesome! Wasn't it because of the man who touched her that he wasn't happy?!
"Hmph! Trouble!" Ao Jin let out a cold hum, Qu Lan Yi's face turned slightly dark as she pinched Yun Feng's palm, just as Yun Feng was about to say something, the meatball on his shoulder suddenly sat up straight. Yun Feng, Qu Lan Yi, and Ao Jin all had a flash of seriousness on their faces. From ahead, the sounds of battle quickly approached. Xiao Huo and Lan Yi spoke up, "Master, a group of demonic beasts has appeared up ahead!"
"Yun Feng! Yun Feng!" The extremely mournful cries echoed through the forest, Yun Feng slightly furrowed his brow, it was Mu Yinghua's voice, and this voice was getting closer and closer, apparently he was running towards him.
As the sound of Mu Yinghua's shout was accompanied by a slight tremor on the ground, the sound of many magical beasts rushing together could be heard, and Xiao Huo cursed in a low voice, "Why didn't he die ahead!"
"He's brought the beast pack here!" Ao Jin roared in annoyance, and saw that Mu Ying was running back frantically from the front, with a vast expanse of dark shadows behind him!
"Yun Feng! Yun Feng! Help!" Mu Yinghua was running wildly, his legs moving quickly, but the two men following him didn't know where to go. The people from the De and Shang families saw Mu Yinghua rushing over and immediately scattered to one side, not caring about his life or death. This is the current state of the Fengyun Empire, a team that is too loose and only looks out for themselves when faced with danger!
"What a nuisance!" Qu Lan's voice was also filled with anger, and Yun Feng's palm moved slightly, with fire elements already appearing on it! "What a troublemaker! Xiao Huo, Lan Yi, kill them all!"
At the sound of the order, a dark red and green light shot out in all directions. Mu Yinghua was running wildly, he was almost exhausted, but his fear of death made him unable to stop, nor could he afford to stop!
"Ah……" Feeling the two figures pouncing towards him, Mu Yinghua was so frightened that he could no longer hold on and fell to his knees. The demonic beasts chasing after him suddenly let out a thunderous roar!
Xiao Huo and Lan Yi charged into the group of demonic beasts, which had already grown to over a hundred in number! And they were all robust and powerful, with long tusks - a pack of wild boars! "Hsss..." The unique cry of the wild boar echoed out, as Xiao Huo's paw struck one of the wild boars. The boar let out a pained cry, but did not immediately die.
The wild boar group is most proud of its hard skin, which can retreat from opponents with a much higher level than itself. With the advantage of group magic beasts, this group of wild boars is an unshakeable copper wall and iron wall!
The beasts' roars intertwined, this group of razor-toothed wild boars enraged, the fire element in Yun Feng's hand also beckoned over, the wild boar herd having suffered the fire element's scorching, their skin had already slightly charred, Yun Feng seemingly smelled a hint of roasted pork.
"Ah......" Most of the Boar-toothed Wild Pigs suddenly changed direction and charged towards Yun Feng, causing the earth to shake once again. Xiao Huo and Lan Yi saw that they wanted to block the attack of the wild boars, but the number of Boar-toothed Wild Pigs was too overwhelming, even Xiao Huo and Lan Yi couldn't shake off the advantage of this group of demonic beasts!
"Perfect timing!" Yun Feng's red lips curled into a smile as she gazed at the group of wild boars that had been provoked to the point of fury. Suddenly, she burst out laughing and the fire element in her hand surged out wildly, like a miniature volcano, spreading the power of flames!
Qū Lán Yī and áo Jīn saw each other, immediately dodged to the side. Does Yún Fēng have something going on? Not at all! Yào Guāng, hiding in the corner, slowly curled up the corners of his mouth, "Little girl, leave me the plumpest one."
Yun Feng hooked his lips and smiled, "Don't worry, this wild boar feast, I will savor it carefully. Fire Domain!" With Yun Feng's angry shout, a world of flames appeared in this dense forest, instantly! Within the space enveloped by the fire element, the grass and trees were burned to ashes, the ground turned into a scorched black, and what was once a lush green forest had transformed into a desolate expanse in an instant.
"This is..." The other two imperial teams, who were disturbed by the sudden movement and rushed over, saw the sea of fire in front of them and the area covered by the sea of fire, and couldn't help but widen their eyes. How could they not have heard the commotion of the wild boar group? Originally with a schadenfreude attitude, suddenly such a big movement came, this look is not good, everyone was stunned!
The wild boars surrounded by the flames of the Fire Boundary let out ear-piercing shrieks, their voices shaking the heavens! The sound of their fur being scorched by the flames also rang out, followed by a wave of roasted meat aroma. The wild boars inside went mad, trying to break free from the restraints of the Fire Boundary. But it was all in vain!
This group of wild boars was like a delicious meal delivered to their doorstep. Yun Feng slowly skinned and deboned them with a pile of fire, then slowly roasted the meal to perfection. Yun Feng was like a top-notch chef, manipulating the heat, listening to the delightful screams, a symphony of flavors.
Those wild boars that were not trapped were suddenly stunned, and after a quick reaction, they all tucked their tails and ran for their lives. The ground shook again, but this time it was the fleeing silhouettes of those wild boars!
"This is the power of a summoner...!" The people of both Aoue and Seiya stared in shock at what was before them, watching as the Flare Wolves were trapped by the Fire Boundary, hearing their anguished cries grow weaker, watching as they fell one after another without strength, until finally becoming a pile of roasted meat!
The scene was a bit cruel, but the slender and beautiful girl was laughing not far away. The smile at the corner of her mouth made these people feel the gap between themselves and the summoner for the first time. The terrifying wild boar beast group, however, turned into a pile of cooked meat in Yun Feng's hands. If it were them, they would have been scattered and killed by the wild boars long ago!
The gap, this is the glaring gap!
A wave of roasted meat aroma wafted over, and Yun Feng also knew it was about done. With a flick of his wrist, the fire boundary completely disappeared, and the scattered fire elements gradually dissipated into the air. In the center of the charred ground lay dozens of bodies of wild boars, their fur completely burned off, and waves of roasted meat aroma came with the wind.
Yun Feng suddenly jumped forward, tore off a piece of meat from one of the wild boars with his hand, and took a bite. Sheng Yao and Ao Wei's people couldn't help but feel nauseous when they saw this. Mu Qing and Xiao Xiao's expressions also looked bad. The four people from the two major families of the Fengyun Empire almost vomited at the sight. However, it was Yu Yinghua, who had just escaped death, who came up with great courage, tore off a piece of meat and stuffed it into her mouth, as if venting her anger!
"It's not bad, it tastes pretty good." Yun Feng said lightly, Qu Lan Yi and Ao Jin smiled, this move of hers was a bit eerie, didn't they see that many people had already turned pale? Moreover, roasting such a large pile of meat, it can't be finished anyway.
"Little girl, process the magic core for me, I'm about to start." Yaoke's voice was even more hoarse as he gazed at the dozens of roasted eyeballs on the ground, looking like he had been starving for a long time. Yun Feng's hand rose, and with a flick, she extracted the magic core buried in the head of the wild boar. As soon as the magic core appeared, everyone suddenly realized that what was lying on the ground wasn't just dozens of roasted wild boars, but also dozens of magical beast cores!
The demon core was picked out and emitted a faint yellowish light, its power had approached the strength of an eighth-level demon beast. The strength of this group of wild boars was uneven, but they couldn't be underestimated when united. When people around saw the demon core, some of them couldn't help but cast greedy glances, except for a few who could control their emotions, others swallowed hard.
Meiyinghua's eyes sparkled as she stared at the magic core in Yunfeng's hand. Yunfeng slightly raised an eyebrow and waved the thing in his hand, "Want it?"
Moyinghua immediately nodded like a pug, looking very well-behaved. Several dozen such crystal nuclei would not be easily possessed even by the Moy family! The merchants and De family members could only grit their teeth, unable to do anything but let Moyinghua take this great advantage!
"Then take it all, take everything away." Yun Feng's words made Mu Yinghua fly up in excitement. It seemed that Yun Feng was indeed different from others! The two dog legs that had disappeared earlier reappeared and worked diligently with Mu Yinghua to dig out the magic core. Seeing the completely roasted wild boars, the two dog legs' hands trembled slightly, but Mu Yinghua remained steady.
Yun Feng stood by and watched the movements of the three people. Qu Lan Yi walked over and whispered, "You're just going to give it to him like that?"
Yun Feng smiled, "Not for him, but for the Mu family. Don't worry, even if he swallows it, I'll make him spit it out!"
Dozens of sixth- to eighth-grade magic beast cores were no small fortune, and Mu Yinghua hurriedly carefully collected them. Looking at Yun Feng's eyes burning with heat, Mu Qing and Xiao Xiao couldn't guess what Yun Feng was thinking. Yun Feng's gaze swept towards the two, "If you're hungry, let's eat together."
Mu Qing and Xiao Xiao's faces suddenly changed, they smiled at Yun Feng then quickly turned around and left. Their hearts had been shocked to a considerable extent. What were their chances of winning in this expedition?
When all the magic cores were collected, the hidden Yaguang started to laugh quietly. Yun Feng seemed to hear the sound of teeth grinding. Yun Feng only saw Yaguang slightly open his mouth, and a strong gust of air flew out from his mouth, rolling up the bodies of dozens of wild boars on the ground and sucking them directly into his mouth!
The sound of meat and bones being chewed in his mouth kept coming, Yun Feng slightly narrowed his eyes, "Yao Guang senior, what is your true form..."
Yao Guang ate happily, and the massive bodies of those tens of wild boars disappeared into his body, but his short and strange figure didn't change at all, as if he was a bottomless pit. Yao Guang smiled, opening his mouth to Cloud Feng, "Little girl, you'll see."