Chapter 48 Black Water Ice Prison
The destination of this trip is the S-level dangerous Black Water Ice Prison. Ning Xuan is sitting in a carriage pulled by a dragon horse, a unique beast unique to the Extreme Cold City. The others all use their own methods to keep up with the speed of the carriage!
The car that Ning Xuan was sitting in was shaped like a pumpkin, with crystal windows installed on one side, through which she could see the scenery outside!
Since leaving the safe area, there is a vast expanse of white ice and snow outside. Occasionally, there will be strange-looking beasts blocking the way. The mercenaries will rush forward and can quickly deal with the beasts!
After they have dealt with the strange beasts, they will skin and dismember them on the spot and keep the parts that can be sold. These are considered their extra income, so the mercenaries are very enthusiastic about their work!
Along the way, Ning Xuan saw many strange beasts that she had only seen on the Star Network and in books, including lightning swans with long wings, huge black bears, brown and black snakes that appeared in groups, and so on. The overall combat power level of these strange beasts was mostly below level A. Except for the gregarious brown and black snakes that brought them some trouble, the rest of the strange beasts became the spoils of the mercenaries.
When it was completely dark, Ning Xuan and her companions arrived at the North City Town, a small town built in the vast wilderness by explorers to exchange supplies and rest!
There are many supply points like this in the vast exploration area, but the existence time of such supply points varies. If there is extreme weather or a powerful social beast passing through, the supply point will disappear instantly.
Even if some supply points exist for a long time, the people in charge are often replaced. In the adventure zone, strength is respected, and in such places, the strong have the final say!
Because of its superior geographical location, Beicheng Town has not experienced extreme weather for decades, so it has existed for a long time and is much larger than those newly built supply points. In order to resist the invasion of alien beasts, the town is surrounded by a man-made isolation zone of dozens of meters. Inside the isolation zone are wide ditches and many large traps. It can be seen that this town has complete defense facilities and is a safe place to stay in this vast wilderness!
As you step into the gate of the town, there are two guards at the door who are responsible for collecting the entrance fee. The fee here is calculated per person, and each person is charged one thousand, the common currency of the Extreme Cold City!
Based on the purchasing power of various items, if converted into federal universal star coins, it would be about ten thousand star coins!
Those two teams of mercenaries were hired by Ning Xuan, so the expenses were also paid by Ning Xuan.
When the mercenaries saw Ning Xuan paid the entrance fee without blinking, they looked at each other and were amazed at the wealth of their employer. Normally, they never came to the North City Town because the entrance fee was too expensive. They worked so hard on a mission, not knowing how much money they could earn, but they were reluctant to spend money on such a place!
After entering the town, Ning Xuan and her friends found an inn and booked three rooms, one for Ning Xuan and Chen Nan, and one for each of the two mercenary teams.
The inn provides catering services, but Ning Xuan didn't expect to eat such unique food here. She looked at the plate of palm-length fish in front of her that were fried until golden brown. She took a bite and found the fish tender and crispy, leaving a lingering fragrance on her lips and teeth. After eating, she felt a warm current flowing through her body, which was very comfortable!
Ning Xuan was so happy with the meal that she called the waiter to ask if the fish was for sale. She wanted to buy more to eat on the way! She even planned to stay at the hotel again for this bite of food!
The waiter was very surprised to see the plate of fish and pointed at it, "Sir, this, this is not provided by our store! Go call the store manager now!"
Less than two minutes after the waiter left, he called the store manager, a middle-aged man with small eyes, and said, "This is a specialty of Hanquan, which is 30 kilometers away from here. It's the Hanquan Moonfish. Only the mayor can catch that fish!"
"Guest, you must know our mayor, so he sent the food over. It's our honor to have you stay in our house!"
Ning Xuan looked at Chen Nan, who shook his head. He didn't know him! He had been to Beicheng Town before, but no one brought him fish!
"We probably don't know the mayor here, but thank you for his hospitality!" Ning Xuan looked at the dish of fish. She had already eaten half of it, and she couldn't return it!
When I leave tomorrow, I can only leave a few bottles of the more valuable potions I have as return gifts!
As for why the mayor sent her fish for no reason, she didn't even know who that person was. How could she guess what other people were thinking?
When Ning Xuan was resting at night, she always felt as if someone was watching her, but the gaze was intermittent and there was no malice. She got up to check, but found nothing unusual, and then fell into a deep sleep!
On the second day, she strolled around the town of Beicheng. The shops here sold local specialties. She accidentally found a mutant honeysuckle vine that could be used in the magic body-refining potion. The color of the vine trunk was bluish-white with a hint of gold. It must be hundreds of years old! Ning Xuan bought the honeysuckle vine and some local specialties. At around 10 o'clock, she left Beicheng town!
Later in the journey, there was a young man in the mercenary team who always came to Ning Xuan to show his courtesy when Chen Nan was not paying attention. Ning Xuan found the captain of his team and asked him to keep his people under control and not to hang around her for no reason!
After walking for about three days, we finally arrived at the Black Water Ice Prison!
Ning Xuan looked at the seemingly endless dark world in front of her. It was clearly daytime, but the world seemed to be shrouded in darkness. The black icy water was reflected on the sky, dyeing it dark.
Ning Xuan handed a stack of pictures to Chen Nan and asked Chen Nan to distribute them. There were two plants in the pictures, the mist flower and the blue light lotus, and a peculiar mineral, the ice crystal phoenix jade. These three things were all used in body refining potions and were Ning Xuan's first goal when she came here. As for the ice python living in the Black Water Ice Lake, it was more difficult to hunt it, so Ning Xuan put it at the end. As long as these three things were found, the ice python's inner elixir would be the last ingredient in the potion. No matter whether the ice python could be hunted down or not, as long as those three things were found, this trip would not be in vain!
Before Ning Xuan came, she looked up all kinds of information. Combining it with the records in the miscellaneous notes over there, she learned about the common distribution areas of these three things. The blue light lotus lives in the shallower waters of the Black Water Ice Lake and emits blue light under the starlight. The mist flower grows in the cracks of the rocks on the shore of the ice lake in the hazy morning mist. As for the ice crystal phoenix jade, when the lake water rises due to the influence of the stars, the jade will make a sound like a phoenix.
(End of this chapter)
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