Cheng Xuqing was indeed coveting the Elemental Reality, but he was not the kind of person who was unpredictable. With a little calculation, he could understand that buying the Elemental Reality now would do more harm than good to him.

Although the Elemental Realm can indeed enhance his strength, for him at this stage, it is better to choose other more cost-effective resources.

Putting aside the matter about the reality of elements, Cheng Xuqing asked Zhao Zhize other questions.

"Are you going to the orcs later? When?"

Zhao Zhize replied, "The teacher who distributes the awards said it will be the morning of the day after tomorrow. If there are any changes, we will notify you separately."

Gu Shi was a little confused. "The day after tomorrow? It's so urgent. If we go to the orcs now, we won't be able to go in time for the New Year. Why doesn't the school wait until after the New Year?"

It’s only a few days until the Chinese New Year after the first on-campus exchange competition ended. Why did the school choose this time? Is there a time requirement for that special ceremony?

"Oh, Gu Shi, you haven't been in school so you probably don't know yet."

Zhao Zhize explained, "The school's base on the orc side was completed not long ago, so it's very convenient to travel back and forth now."

In the past few years, the school has gradually established a number of bases in various places on this continent, making everyone's movements much more convenient.

In order to distinguish these bases, each base was numbered according to the time of construction. Congleton's base was naturally base No. 1, and the orc base was No. 7.

Gu Shi had not expected that the school's footprint had extended beyond the human empire, but when he thought about it, he had heard earlier that the school had established trade relations with other races, and there were signs that the base had been built.

Zhao Zhize continued, "The teacher in charge said that the ceremony doesn't take a lot of time and we can be back in a day at most, so there's no need to worry about the time."

Cheng Xuqing suggested, "In that case, why don't we take this opportunity to visit the Orc Tribe together? This would be like traveling abroad in a sense."

Qi Yu did not refuse. "That's fine with me. I just won a lot of prize money in the competition before. I can go over there and buy some special materials."

Qi Yu performed very well in the non-combat competition and won a lot of rewards this time.

Zhao Zhize also nodded. "I should be able to move freely after the ceremony."

Seeing that everyone agreed, Gu Shi had no objection, so the matter was settled.

Cheng Xuqing happily concluded, "Well, let's put it this way. We'll set off with Zhao Zhize the day after tomorrow. When we get there, we'll find a hotel to stay in. Then, after he's done with his business, we'll go sightseeing together."

"Why do we have to find a hotel over there? We can just rent a room here at the base, which is safer." Qi Yu was a little confused.

In order to make everyone's travel more convenient, each base will prepare some empty rooms with complete facilities, which can be rented at a very low price.

Cheng Xuqing put his arm around Qi Yu's shoulders and said, "We are going out to have fun, so of course we have to experience the local customs and characteristics. If we stay in the base, this trip will not be complete."

Cheng Xuqing was very proactive. As soon as the four of them made their decision, he dragged them to the teleportation tower to buy tickets, fearing that someone would suddenly cancel their trip.

No matter where they were going, the round-trip ticket price to the school teleportation tower was the same, so each of them only needed to buy one universal round-trip ticket.

Although Cheng Xuqing was eliminated early, he at least made it to the top 32. The school gave them a contribution point as an encouragement, so he now has enough funds to plan this trip.

Two days passed in a flash, and soon it was time for Gu Shi and his friends to set off.

Zhao Zhize asked the team leader for more details in the past two days. They were going to a tribe called Black Dog, one of the ten major tribes of orcs.

Unlike the social structure of humans, orcs have not established a country in the secular sense, but live in the form of tribes based on racial blood ties.

The ten most powerful among them were collectively referred to as the "Ten Major Tribes" by outsiders.

Orcs are warlike by nature, and there are often frictions even among the same tribes, so the relationship between the ten major tribes cannot be called peaceful, and some even reach the point of life and death.

Different tribes have different attitudes towards humans. The Black Dog Tribe that they had contact with this time was one of the friendlier ones.

However, Zhao Zhize and his companions were still warned by the teacher in charge that they should behave themselves when they got there. After all, it was someone else's territory, and if they really caused any trouble, it would be very troublesome to deal with.

Moreover, those who attended the ceremony this time can be said to be a group of top talents in the school. It would be heartbreaking if anything went wrong.

Because of this concern, the school arranged for Zhao Zhize and others to go and return on the same day to ensure their personal safety to the greatest extent possible.

Zhao Zhize passed the news to Gu Shi and the others, especially Cheng Xuqing, for fear that his somewhat erratic personality would cause trouble in the Black Dog Tribe.

Cheng Xuqing patted his chest and made assurances several times before Zhao Zhize felt a little relieved about him.

That morning, Gu Shi and the other two followed Zhao Zhize and his team all the way to Camp No. 7, but were stopped at the exit.

Gu Shi looked at the officer on duty who stopped them with some confusion.

The attendant smiled and explained, "The system has detected that this is your first time here, so there's a process you need to go through."

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