"Well, let me take a look at the route..." Mei Lindong held up the map in a daze, looking left and right but couldn't see anything.

"You took it down..." Yu Ling couldn't bear to remind her.

"Ah, really!" Mei Lindong blushed and quickly turned the map around: "Then, let's take the shortest route and cross it?"

"We still have to take a detour. The shortest route is not the fastest. There is a swamp in the middle filled with ferocious beasts, including many transformed beasts. Even if we can kill them, we will waste a lot of time." Yu Ling said.

"How do you know?" Mei Lindong was stunned.

"I had a detailed map before, which marked the distribution of the alien beasts, as well as some other important information. I referred to the map issued by the competition committee. That one should be reliable."

"The great god is indeed a great god. He has made preparations early!" Chi Yuzheng praised.

"Just call me Yuling..."

"That's okay! If you don't like it, great god, then I'll call you captain!" Chi Yuzheng had no choice but to take a step back.

"...let's go."

It would take at least three days to reach Shenye Peak from the jungle where the five of them were. After all, the entire Shenye Mountain Range is vast and accounts for one-sixth of Mu Mianzhou.

Without an aircraft, Yu Ling had no choice but to travel on foot. Fortunately, the preliminary task period was three months, so the time spent on the journey was basically negligible.

The activities of the three age groups do not interfere with each other, but Shen Yefeng is an exception. It happens to be in a public area at the junction, which means that Yu Ling is likely to meet contestants from the other two groups there.

To be honest, he felt that the task at hand could be done in the third group and he could kill a group of people instantly. It was obvious that the people from the competition committee were deliberately making things difficult.

"Has everyone seen the mission?" Yu Ling said casually as she hurried on.

"After watching it, it feels so difficult..." Zhu Hongya said weakly.

"Why do you look guilty?" Mei Lindong squinted at him.

Zhu Hongya clutched the corner of his clothes and said timidly: "The mission description seems so scary. I, I'm a little afraid of ghosts..."

"Tch!" Mei Lindong curled her lips and said, "I think you are just a coward!"

Chi Yuzheng couldn't help but smile: "Don't think about it, there are definitely no ghosts, it's just some special phenomena that people can't explain. Everyone just pay attention to safety."

Mei Lindong's eyes were shining brightly: "I like things like exploring mysteries the most. It's exciting and cool! Don't you think it's fun?"

Song Haotang said feebly: "By the way...aren't we aiming to pass the preliminary round? Exploring secrets or something...You can go to the legendary extremity."

Mei Lindong waved his fist and said: "The extremity is too far away, we have to fight for Samsung!"

"Why do I think it's not easy to get one star..." Zhu Hongya whispered.

"Ahem, listen to the captain." Chi Yu was hurriedly trying to smooth things over.

"Anyway, there's no conflict. Let's go to whatever step we can. Just guarantee one star and advance to the semi-finals." Yu Ling said.

"How can you be so uninterested! After all, you are also a sect leader!" Mei Lindong said with wide eyes.

"According to the map marks, there are twenty-three kinds of transformed beasts, four phantom beasts, and some mysterious species mentioned in the mission..."

"Just one star..." Mei Lindong gave in instantly.

"If you think about it, you will know that Shen Yefeng's problem has existed for hundreds of years. Did Yunlong Kingdom deliberately not solve it and leave it to the Nine Realms Competition? That mysterious curse is probably not even a peak cultivator of the Illusion God.

There is nothing anyone can do. If everyone is not vigilant, even if they can use the teleportation talisman to escape with their lives, they will be disqualified from the competition." Yu Ling said calmly.

Several people looked serious. They were all Huazun cultivators after all, and no one wanted to be eliminated in the first round of preliminary competition.

"Don't be too ambitious, and don't be too nervous. We'll know the specific situation when we get there and take a closer look. I can't tell you any plans now," Yu Ling said.

"Everything depends on the captain's arrangement!" Chi Yuzheng quickly followed.

Mei Lindong helplessly raised his forehead and said: "Xiaochi, after all, you are also a first-class genius in the Southern Region. You shouldn't have such an attribute as a dog-leg..."

"But the captain is right." Zhu Hongya said weakly.

"Forget it, you two have completely degenerated. You have different ideas and do not want to work together." Mei Lindong shook his head and sighed.

Song Haotang asked doubtfully: "Isn't this considered a fall? The captain didn't force everyone to do anything, and he is the strongest and most experienced. What happened to listening to him?"

"..." Little Miss Mei suddenly felt lonely.

The originally planned three-day journey ended up taking two more days. The reason was not that the teammates were passive and slow in their work, but that it took a little longer to kill strange beasts on the way and collect spiritual grass.

There is only a pitiful bottle of elixir left in everyone's spiritual rings, and no living necessities. Even if the cultivator of Huazun will not feel hungry, he still needs to stock up on some water when passing by the stream.

The four of them just followed Yu Ling around in a daze. He picked herbs when he said he was going to pick them, and he picked fruits when he said they were going to pick fruits. As for why they did this... of course they had no idea at all.

It wasn't until they arrived at the foot of Shen Yefeng Mountain and Yu Ling counted everyone's spiritual rings that everyone suddenly realized.

"Put together the miasma-removing leaves, San Yan Guo and Wuxinhua. These all have the effect of detoxifying. Thorny Vine Grass, Ling Zhen Flower, Fragrant Shen Zhi, etc. can restore spiritual power. Zhu Yuan Guo and Luo Sheng Gen can heal injuries..."

"As for the black-horned beast that I killed before, the horn on its forehead is extremely hard, comparable to a top-grade earth-level spiritual weapon. There is also the Ten Thousand Eyed Fish. The eyeball between its eyebrows has the effect of destroying illusions and can be immune to many illusions...

"

"Originally, everyone should have something similar in their spiritual rings, but now that I'm starting from scratch, I can only find a way to accumulate my own resources. Even if I don't need it for the preliminary round, I can still sell it for money. Anyway, the competition committee didn't say anything

Can't we use local materials?" Yu Ling said.

"Captain is so awesome!" Chi Yuzheng was already extremely impressed.

Zhu Hongya was not good at words and just nodded vigorously. Even Song Haotang had to look ashamed.

"Well... I can only call it average." Mei Lindong was stubborn.

Ever since the little girl discovered that Yu Ling had no intention of settling old scores with her, her arrogant demeanor had returned to her old ways.

"Okay, let's go directly to the top of the mountain. Be careful on the way. I'll go in front and Haotang will be in the back." Yu Ling ordered and walked forward.

Chi Yuzheng and Zhu Hongya consciously followed Yu Ling from left to right, protecting Mei Lindong in the middle. After all, she was the only girl among the five, so it was inevitable for everyone to take more care of her.

"How can you, coward? How about I stay outside? Otherwise, if you bump into a ghost, won't you be so scared that you turn around and run away?" Mei Lindong teased.

Zhu Hongya blushed and said, "I, I won't. Even if there is a ghost, I won't leave you and run away."

"Xiaodong, stop bullying honest people." Chi Yuzheng said helplessly.

Over the past few days, everyone has become familiar with each other. They know that Zhu Hongya is introverted and timid, and no one deliberately laughs at him. Only Mei Lindong likes to joke.

Mei Lindong stuck out his tongue and said with a smile: "I didn't bully him, I just simply cared about my teammates... Oh, Hongya, look, there seems to be a white shadow floating over there!"

"Ah? Where is it?" Zhu Hongya turned his head hurriedly.

Mei Lindong laughed so hard that she couldn't breathe: "Haha, I lied to you, I just said that casually, and it made you so nervous. It's still broad daylight..."

Everyone could only look at Zhu Hongya with sympathy.

"Stop making trouble later. The further you go to the top of the mountain, the more powerful the alien beasts will become. Spiritual beasts generally do not attack people on their own initiative, but alien beasts may hide somewhere and wait for people to pass by to launch a sudden attack.
Chapter completed!