Chapter 57

No matter which master set up the barrier and where the master went, Gu Fan and Lu Ya could not find any trace of him. Moreover, even if that master was hostile to the earth or humans, they were powerless to resist.

The result of the discussion was to just treat the barrier as if it didn't exist, and to continue practicing as usual, and to continue clearing out the monsters that needed to be eliminated.

"Let's go."

Reminding Lu Ya to be prepared, Gu Fan flew down on his sword.

Invisible wind and white clouds passed by them one after another. Below them was the endless blue sea and the land covered with green trees.

This is the Earth he is familiar with, an extremely real existence. Sharing this scenery with him is a woman named Gu Fan.

"Will you be disappointed if you can't leave?"

Lu Ya asked behind her.

Gu Fan shook his head: "Even if I could leave, I wouldn't leave now. My friends are all here."

The Earth is pretty good. She has companions who can go through life and death with her, spiritual energy for her to practice, herbs for making pills, and monsters for her to gain experience. What a rare environment for practice.

She was facing the ground and didn't see the smile on Lu Ya's face after getting her answer.

When the abandoned urban area of ​​Zhang City came into view, Lu Ya activated his flying boots and left Gu Fan's sword.

Gu Fan thought, how could a strong man like him, who was used to being looked up to by the people in the base and the people with special abilities, be happy to be seen being carried away by someone?

"Don't tell them about the barrier for now, so as not to worry them." Lu Ya said nonchalantly.

Gu Fan nodded.

After flying for a few more minutes, the two landed simultaneously in the abandoned square in front of the city's municipal building.

Xinghe and the other three had already heard the engine sounds of the flight boots and had already come out. Seeing Lu Ya safe and sound, Meng Lianying was the first to run over and pretended to give Lu Ya a bear hug. "Cousin, you're finally back! I dreamed last night that you were eaten by two pelicans, each holding one arm!"

Lu Ya turned sideways to avoid his cousin's enthusiasm.

Xinghe smiled and said, "Welcome back to the team, Master Lu."

Fenghuo and Qingteng also nodded in greeting.

Lu Ya briefly explained and was shocked.

Meng Lianying: "Luckily, Fanfan's spiritual sense detection range has increased after she established her foundation. Otherwise, with so many mountains in Wulingyuan, it would be difficult for her to determine your location."

Gu Fan, who was listening, realized that Lu Ya's narration had omitted the row of flowers he placed at the entrance of the cave.

She smiled and didn't add anything.

Xinghe: "What are your plans next, Master Lu?"

Lu Ya said: "Go to City C, the base needs supplies."

Xinghe: "Then let's go with you, we can all help in some way." Fighting monsters mainly depends on Lu Ya, but City C is so big that it is time-consuming and laborious for one person to collect supplies.

Walking was too slow. Now that he was surrounded by trustworthy people and had Lu Ya, an S-level expert, Gu Fan took out the flying paper crane that had been lying idle in the storage jade bracelet.

A flying paper crane without any propulsion looks like a small model airplane.

Fenghuo: "What is this?"

Gu Fan smiled and put a spirit stone into the slot on the back of the flying paper crane. With a chant, the flying paper crane instantly grew larger, large enough for four or five adults to stand on.

"This is the most basic flying magic weapon in the hands of every cultivator. The advantage is that it is cheap and easy to obtain. The disadvantage is that it flies too slowly. However, it is faster than walking on the ground. Flying boots require energy cores, so we should save them if we can." Gu Fan explained.

Fenghuo was the first to jump up and sat in front of the paper crane, touching and looking at it carefully.

Xinghe looked at Lu Ya.

Before Lu Ya turned his head, he heard Gu Fan calling Qing Teng: "Don't squeeze with them, fly the sword with me."

Lu Ya jumped onto the paper crane and sat alone at the tail of the crane.

After Xinghe and Meng Lianying went up, Gu Fan flew on his sword and urged the paper crane to fly as well.

The huge paper crane flapped its wings slowly, just like a real crane.

Now that they can fly, there is no need to follow the winding old highway. Xinghe slides the flat board to find a straight path to City C, and instructs Gu Fan to adjust the direction of the paper crane at any time.

Meng Lianying quietly approached Lu Ya and said, "Cousin, you've been alone with Fanfan for four or five days. Have you made any progress?"

Lu Ya looked at the forest below with an expressionless face.

Meng Lianying seemed to understand something and said in confusion, "That shouldn't be the case. Fanfan cares about you so much that she risked her life to find you as soon as she established her foundation. She must have fallen for you. Why don't you try harder?" After saying that, Meng Lianying stared at Lu Ya and reminded him, "Don't look so gloomy every day. Girls like gentle men."

Lu Ya thought that Gu Fan was not an ordinary girl. She seemed to prefer pursuing immortality. There was no difference in her attitude towards him and the other three people in Xinghe. She did care about him, but it was more like friendship.

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The group flew at low altitude with great fanfare, constantly attracting attacks from bird monsters.

Lu Ya and Xinghe and his three companions can easily kill a small number of monsters. If a flock of birds appears, they will wait for the flock to fly closer, and Gu Fan will release his pressure, and then cooperate with the attacks of Lu Ya and his three companions, and it will be easy to kill hundreds of bird monsters below S level in an instant.

Fenghuo sighed softly, "If Fanfan had established her foundation earlier, our Jiangnan base might not have suffered such a tragic fate."

Xinghe: "Fanfan is the lucky star of the Earth. We can't force the time of its appearance."

Fenghuo: "I know, I just said it casually. There's nothing we can do about what happened before, but from now on, our Jiangnan base won't be afraid of monster tides anymore. Also, when you're clearing out monsters, bring Fanfan with you, and you'll get twice the result with half the effort."

Xinghe: "That depends on Fanfan's willingness."

Fenghuo smiled, looked up and asked Gu Fan who was flying on his sword: "Fanfan, if the base has another clearing mission, would you be willing to join the army?"

Gu Fan: "If you go, I'll go too."

Fenghuo winked at Xinghe triumphantly. He had already seen that Gu Fan was just being cautious, not cold-blooded. Just like when the beast tide occurred, although Gu Fan did not participate in the defense, he took out all the flesh-growing and blood-replenishing pills in his hands.

The sky darkened and the six people landed on the ground.

The five superpowers wanted to eat boxed lunches, but Gu Fan was not interested in them. He sat aside, holding a crystal clear jade slip in one hand and sliding the "Plant Encyclopedia - Latest Edition of the Apocalypse" on the tablet with the other hand.

Fenghuo came over: "Fanfan, what kind of treasure is this?"

Gu Fan said distractedly, "A jade slip is like your tablet. It can store text, pictures, and even audio and video information. This one of mine is the recipe for the elixir that the sect gave to each disciple when I first started learning alchemy. I know all the elixirs that can be made during the Qi Refining Stage. Now I'm looking at the recipes for the Foundation Establishment Stage."

Fenghuo: "Can I see it?"

Gu Fan had an idea and took out the jade slip that recorded the sect's rules, and asked Fenghuo and others to inject their mental power or blood to try it out.

After trying it out, I found that the jade slip is just an ordinary piece of jade to those with special abilities.

Meng Lianying: "Fanfan, the elixirs you refined before were so powerful. Now that you have established your foundation, can you refine even more good things?"

Gu Fan explained to them, "Alchemy has a success rate. I'm not very talented, but if I'm given a large amount of herbs, I'll eventually succeed if I refine them every day. The problem now is that these slightly more advanced elixirs may not have corresponding herbs on Earth, so I'll first check the plants you've discovered and classified to see which ones I can find the ingredients for."

Fenghuo: "Can the medicinal ingredients for my bone-renewing pill be found on Earth?"

Gu Fan: "The bone-renewing pill requires six kinds of herbs and the bones of a low-level monster. I have a reserve of monster bones, and mutant monster bones should also work. Five of the herbs are recorded in this book, but the red ginseng is the only one I'm unsure about. Don't worry, Xinghe said there are snow-capped mountains and hot springs around City C. We can go check them out when the time comes."

Fenghuo's eyes became hot.

With a broken arm, he didn't want his friends to worry, so he could only be cheerful every day, like before. In fact, he felt very uncomfortable and dreamed of going back to the time before his arm was broken.

"I'm not in a hurry. Fanfan, don't put pressure on yourself. It's fine like this now. You see, you never ask me to cook again." Fenghuo said carelessly.

Gu Fan laughed in cooperation.

At this moment, she was sitting side by side with Fenghuo, with their shoulders less than ten centimeters apart. They were a handsome man and a beautiful woman, looking like a couple.

Lu Ya silently withdrew his gaze.

If Fenghuo, Xinghe or any other member of the team was trapped in that cave, she would definitely go to rescue them.

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Because he needed to check the medicinal materials, Gu Fan set up a separate tent tonight to prevent the bright light from disturbing Xinghe and the others' sleep.

There were many new types of medicines and herbs that could be used to make pills, and Gu Fan checked them until after eleven o'clock in the evening before he finished sorting them out.

In summary, for low-grade high-level elixirs such as the Marrow Cleansing Pill and the Foundation Building Pill, the main herbs have requirements for the growing years, which range from a hundred years to a thousand years. The earth's spiritual energy has only been revived for fifty years, so it is impossible for them to exist. For low-grade intermediate elixirs such as the Beast Avoidance Pill, the Life-Prolonging Pill, and the Bone-Renewing Pill, most of the herbs required have been discovered by earth researchers. A few of them may not exist, or may grow in remote places, so Gu Fan has to explore them.

After putting away the jade slip, Gu Fan subconsciously released his spiritual sense.

She knew that Lu Ya was in charge of keeping watch tonight.

Lu Ya also set up a separate tent for himself. At this time, he was sitting outside the tent, leaning back in his chair, facing the starry sky.

Gu Fan knew what kind of elixir the base needed most. Any medicine that could heal injuries or save lives would be what the base wanted.

Gu Fan walked out of the tent.

Lu Ya looked over immediately.

Gu Fan checked the herbs for half the night and felt a little tired. This was not a good situation for practicing right away, but she didn't want to sleep, so she came over to chat with Lu Ya.

"Have you finished checking?" Lu Ya put out a chair for her to sit on.

Gu Fanxue leaned over like him, twisted comfortably, and then told him his summary.

Lu Ya: "After I hand over the supplies to the military, I will accompany you to find those herbs."

There are many S-level monsters in remote areas, and it would be easy for Gu Fan to encounter danger if he sets out alone.

Gu Fan nodded, suddenly curious: "Besides the elixirs that are useful to the base, do you personally want any elixirs? Tell me about it, maybe I can make it."

Lu Ya's eyelashes drooped slightly: "I just need something that can improve my strength."

Gu Fan had basically guessed what was going on and lamented, "The Marrow Cleansing Pill can improve a person's physique, practically transforming them. Even low-grade spiritual roots can be transformed into mid-grade ones. It's useless for cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage and above. For cultivators at the Qi Refining stage, taking the Pill will not only improve their aptitude but also greatly increase their cultivation. Ordinary people can live to over a hundred years old after taking it, and it can also have a certain anti-aging effect. It's a pity that there are no corresponding medicinal herbs or demon pills on Earth. Otherwise, I could refine one and give you one. Perhaps it would help your crystal core advance to the next level."

Lu Ya: "Let it be, don't force it."