After eating the cloud-shaped lamb, I was a bit full and was just about to rest for a bit before continuing my journey by car.
Chu Zhou was studying the translucent, light yellow skeleton of the Cloud Sheep, Zhang Laodao was on guard, and Luo Zexuan was asking Lu Nanzhe about the situation.
Lin Qianqian stared blankly into space, while Yun Ze was watching her.
Just as everyone was enjoying their leisure, several dark green vines emerged from the sauce pool not far away and quietly approached them.
The movement was very light and slow, and no one else noticed.
Yun Ze glanced at them sideways, but he didn't make any move. He simply turned his gaze back to Lin Qianqian.
At the same time, Lin Qianqian, who was in a daze, instantly snapped out of her reverie.
She glanced at the vines, then turned to look at Yunze and asked telepathically, "It's quite a novel experience to think that plants would try to ambush me?"
"You forgot, we both concealed our presence, so it mistook us for ordinary people. It thought it could beat Old Zhang, so it launched a sneak attack. Are we going to deal with it now?"
Lin Qianqian considered for a moment before replying, "Let's wait a bit."
"Then be careful to conceal your aura."
"no problem."
The two finished their exchange in an instant, and their disguised ordinary human aura disappeared.
Just then, Chu Zhou finished his research and was preparing to put the skeleton away. Sensing the change in the surrounding aura, he paused and reached into his pocket.
Just as Chu Zhou was taking something out, countless vines instantly attacked Zhang Laodao and the other three.
Chu Zhou's twin pistols appeared in his hands in the blink of an eye, and he fired a precise burst at the vines, breaking several vines and sending them crashing to the ground.
Zhang Laodao and Luo Zexuan also instantly summoned their flying swords.
Only Lu Nanzhe was still confused, but he had also experienced being chased before, so he quickly recovered.
Lin Qianqian and Yun Ze concealed their auras and stood in the corner, commenting: "It seems that the thing that came to ambush us this time is of a higher level than the Rainbow Crown Yellow Crystal Bird."
"Yes, apart from Master Zhang, it would be difficult for anyone else to withstand him."
Yunze was not mistaken; the vine attacks were swift and fierce, and Chuzhou and Luo Zexuan were already showing signs of defeat.
Lu Nanzhe's arms and waist were hit, and he bent over in pain.
"We can't afford to have anything happen to our tour guide and big client."
As Lin Qianqian spoke, she made a grabbing motion in the air with her right hand, and Lu Nanzhe was pulled over by an invisible force, instantly arriving beside Lin Qianqian and Yunze.
"Mr. Lin, Mr. Yun," Lu Nanzhe called out, grinning.
"Does it hurt that much?"
Lin Qianqian was puzzled. It seemed that there was only a small scratch on her arm. Could it be that the injury to her back was more serious and had damaged her internal organs?
"It hurts a lot. If I'm not mistaken, this should be a spicy turtle. Not only is its meat spicy, but it also has symbiotic spicy vines on its back. These spicy vines are level 50. If you get even a small scratch from them, the wound will be both numb and spicy, making you feel like you're dying."
At this point, Lu Nanzhe couldn't help but blow on the wound on his arm. It still hurt, and tears were almost welling up in his eyes.
Lin Qianqian took out a treatment device to treat his wounds, which suppressed his pain and allowed him to continue speaking.
"The spicy vines grow on the back of the spicy turtle, helping it to hunt. Although the spicy turtle moves slowly, it can carry the spicy vines around. The spicy turtle is level 63, and its meat is both spicy and numbing. It is not only delicious, but eating it can also invigorate the meridians and help with cultivation. It is a highly sought-after and difficult-to-catch delicacy of Qionglin."
"Oh, I see! Level 63, not bad!"
Although Lin Qianqian was talking to Lu Nanzhe, she was also keeping an eye on the battle situation in front of her.
Just as the vines were about to reach Chuzhou, Lin Qianqian instantly unleashed her flying sword, severing all the vines in one strike.
She teleported to the edge of the sauce pool from which the vines had crawled out, grabbed a broken vine that was trying to retract, and pulled it out forcefully.
A large, dark green turtle, over ten meters in diameter, was pulled out of the sauce pool.
Lu Nanzhe's eyes widened when he saw Lin Qianqian's powerful move.
The large turtle, once pulled out of the mud, immediately retracted its limbs and head into its shell upon seeing the sunlight.
Then the tortoise shell stood up abnormally, as if it were about to roll towards them.
"Ahhh, the Spicy Turtle is about to launch a rolling attack. When it rolls at high speed, even a Tier 7 Gourmet Hunter wouldn't dare to take it head-on. Not to mention its defense; you can't break its shell unless you're at least Tier 8. Everyone, get out of the way!"
Lu Nanzhe's high-decibel scream rang in Lin Qianqian's ears.
Lin Qianqian rolled her eyes at him, then flicked the whip from her waist. The whip instantly lengthened and lashed out at Spicy Turtle.
Like spinning a top, it made Spicy Turtle spin around in circles.
With each lash, cracks appeared in the shell of the tortoise that Lu Nanzhe couldn't break at the eighth level, and finally the giant tortoise lay motionless on the ground.
Lin Qianqian put away her whip, clapped her hands, and said, "We'll have spicy hot pot for lunch."
Lu Nanzhe's mouth watered uncontrollably. Yay! He was really looking forward to noon.
After dealing with the spicy turtle, they did not encounter any other high-level Qionglin creatures.
At this point, the group of six could already see the mountain peaks in the center of the island.
Lu Nanzhe took out the crystal sea chart again and looked at it for a while.
Then, pointing to a distant mountain, he said, "That mountain is called Lotus Mountain. There's a pool at the top of the mountain, and the highest-grade Qionglin delicacy creature on this island is there. But the sea chart doesn't record which Qionglin delicacy it is; we'll find out once we get there."
The mountain wasn't high, but the temperature dropped sharply starting from the foot of the mountain.
The mountainside was completely covered in snow, and the temperature was thirty or forty degrees Celsius lower than at the foot of the mountain, reaching minus twenty degrees Celsius.
It's quite unusual for mountains at such low altitudes to have such large temperature differences; it truly is a world that cannot be defined by common sense.
Lin Qianqian and Yun Ze are no longer mortals, so this low temperature has little effect on them.
Apart from Zhang Laodao, who was still able to hold on, everyone else was freezing cold and quickly took out their down jackets and pants to put on.
Luo Zexuan also tossed a set of warm clothes to Lu Nanzhe, who hadn't prepared any.
Starting from the foot of the mountain, we encountered more and more Qionglin creatures, and their levels kept increasing. We were attacked countless times.
Along the way, the paths would occasionally collapse or be attacked by creatures.
Trees in the sky and on the ground that can hit people, winds with blades, clouds that can explode.
The creatures in Qionglin are incredibly diverse, and their attack methods are impossible to defend against.
Moreover, most of them live in groups, so even if you can't beat them, they'll annoy you to death.
However, none of these challenges could faze them.
They could defeat Luo Zexuan and his group, but it would be difficult for Zhang Laodao to do so. They couldn't defeat Lin Qianqian, so Yunze took over.
Along the way, we collected many high-quality delicacies from Qionglin.
For the second half of the journey, it started snowing heavily again. It was already difficult to travel through snow that was half a person deep, and we also had to deal with attacks from creatures hiding in the snow.
No wonder the Lu family's hunting team couldn't fully conquer and develop this place; without the skills of Lin Qianqian and Yun Ze, it would be very difficult to climb the mountain.
Finally, Lin Qianqian decided to have Yunze fly everyone to the mountaintop and stop collecting the Qionglin creatures along the way.
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