Stronger with More Jobs-Chapter 226 - 163: Classic of Mountains and Seas—Peng Snake!? Force Field Under Attack!
"That’s right, Captain ’Lava’ Lei Gang personally led the team. Their squad specifically tackles tough challenges. I heard they slaughtered a Flame Hell Corpse Demon, nearly breaking through to the Molting Level, in the ’Furnace’ area yesterday. The commotion was so big it shook the entire region!" a companion replied, voice full of awe.
Fang Qingyu listened silently, his gaze sweeping over Lei Gang and his team members behind him.
This Red Flame Squad is indeed elite among elites, with the murderous aura honed from the bloody sea of Corpse Mountain that cannot be faked.
Moreover, it seemed that each person’s cultivation technique and martial technique are all leaning towards the Fire Element.
It’s an extreme offensive team.
On the other side, a smaller group with a more reserved aura also caught Fang Qingyu’s attention.
They wore simple gray robes, and most of their weapons were rods and maces, exuding a peculiar sandalwood scent.
Leading them was a bald elder with a serene face and deep-set eyes.
He submitted only a small box of materials.
Yet the workers’ eyes showed surprise, clearly indicating its high value.
"They’re people from Qingquan Mountain." Wei Banmeng’s cold voice whispered beside Fang Qingyu, "Buddhist Martial Arts Hall, specializes in defense, and their Observation Method cultivated Qingquan Steel Force is well-known."
Fang Qingyu nodded slightly.
The Songdu Branch has gathered masters from various places, each with different martial arts styles, all coming for the great crisis and opportunity beneath this pit.
It was Fang Qingyu’s squad’s turn to exchange.
They submitted the task earnings and materials obtained from clearing Life Ghosts along the way.
The officer in charge looked at the points of merit and resource list displayed on the terminal, then glanced at this squad with seemingly uneven strength yet completing the high-difficulty ’Mist Corridor’ task, a hint of curiosity in his eyes, but he didn’t ask further, quickly handling the transaction.
Fang Qingyu, with a clear goal, directly exchanged a large amount of Universal, Breaking Mortality, Micro Level of Qi Blood Crystals, and Universal Life Pearls, solid commodities that are the foundation for fast squad improvement.
After the exchange, everyone returned to the somewhat cramped board house dormitory.
Qin Hui and others were exhausted yet excited, whispering about exchanged resources and newly witnessed strong teams.
Fang Qingyu exchanged a glance with Jiang Wei, and the two left the dormitory quietly, stopping behind a large rock near the cliff by the sea, away from the camp’s hustle and bustle.
"You can talk now." Fang Qingyu looked at Jiang Wei, his voice low, "What’s exactly below?" He remembered clearly the moment of the strongest tremor when shock flashed in Jiang Wei’s eyes and her words left unfinished.
Jiang Wei’s small face appeared exceptionally serious under moonlight, her clear big eyes no longer showing the usual cluelessness, but rather a hint of gravity.
She took a deep breath, as if recalling that chilling screech from deep underground.
"Apart from a Molting Level Life Ghost down there, there should also be a Peng Snake!"
Jiang Wei’s voice was light, yet struck like a heavy hammer on Fang Qingyu’s heart.
"Peng Snake?" Fang Qingyu frowned, feeling unfamiliar with the name, "What is that thing? Some kind of powerful Life Ghost?"
Jiang Wei shook her head, her expression even more peculiar, with a look of "I can’t believe you don’t know": "It’s recorded in the ’Classic of Mountains and Seas·Northern Mountains’! ’Another five hundred miles north, called the Mountain of Chenwen Mubeng, looking north toward Chicken Crying Mountain, its wind is like a gale. Looking west toward Youdu Mountain, Bathing Water originates there. It has a Peng Snake, red head, white body, its sound like a cow, and its appearance causes great drought in the region.’"
She paused, seeing Fang Qingyu’s still somewhat bewildered expression, explained: "That’s a very ancient exotic beast, red-headed with a white body, its cry resembling a cow’s roar. Once it appears in a place, there will be a severe drought disaster there!"
After listening, Fang Qingyu frowned even more tightly as he looked around at the moist sea breeze and then at the distant area under the force field: "Drought? This environment... doesn’t match at all. Plus, such legendary creatures, how could they still exist? And underground?"
"Existence is possible!" Jiang Wei’s tone was resolute, her small face tense, "Very possible! Because the egg, or say, the embryo of a Peng Snake has extremely tenacious vitality, possessing a ’dormant’ trait. As long as the shell is unbroken, the internal vitality can be preserved for a very long time, thousands of years, ten thousand years! Once encountering a suitable environment, or being stimulated by external forces..."
Jiang Wei pointed her finger toward the massive force field: "If, I’m saying if, there is an ancient Peng Snake egg left behind buried deep underground here, or someone intentionally placed it here, then under the peculiar environment below, it got hatched!"
"During the earthquake just now, the stifled roar filled with pain and anger, sounding like a cow’s roar, yet forcefully suppressed underground by strong power and unable to break free, that feeling is too similar to a Peng Snake forcibly bound unable to unleash its Origin!"
Fang Qingyu’s pupils suddenly contracted!
Jiang Wei’s inference was like lightning cutting through the fog!
Creation Technology...
They have been seeking powerful Life Ghosts as incubation vessels to nurture the so-called ’Divine Embryo.’
If, by chance or intentionally, they take an ancient Peng Snake egg thinking it’s a more precious Divine Embryo, place it deep within Songdu Pit, leveraging the environment here and Molting Level Life Ghosts to hatch...
’Its presence causes great drought,’ Peng Snake’s talent ability is to induce drought, the extreme opposite of manipulating water vapor!
And what kind of place is Songdu?
