Chapter 393: [Primary Qingpo Body]

This sleep lasted for seven or eight hours.

When he woke up the next day, Gao De only felt refreshed all over.

Whether it was the exhaustion brought by refining the Spiritual Marrow or the negative effects of the slowing potion, they no longer existed.

The recovery ability of a "strong" body was truly amazing.

Gao De concentrated his consciousness slightly and observed his own state... Sure enough:

【Your immunity to toxins increased by 99.9%, and your body organs' ability to digest, metabolize, and excrete various toxins increased by 99.9%】.

Damn it. Gao De didn't even have the mood to eat. He immediately took out another bottle of first-rank hallucinogenic potion, opened it familiarly, and drank it in one gulp.

He didn't believe in this evil!

The hallucinogenic potion would cause the target to have strong hallucinations, thereby falling into a state of mental confusion and unable to concentrate on fighting.

Its effective time and duration were far shorter than the other three potions, which also led to its more fierce medicinal effect.

As the saying goes, force creates miracles.

After this bottle of potion entered his belly, this final kick finally crossed over.

Obvious changes immediately occurred inside Gao De's body.

Actually, it wasn't just the inside; this time, Gao De even had obvious anomalies appearing on the outside of his body:

On his exposed skin, including the skin on his face and hands, emerald-colored veins faintly emerged.

Although it was fleeting, it did exist.

【Your immunity to toxins increased by 100%, and your body organs' ability to digest, metabolize, and excrete various toxins increased by 100%】.

The bottleneck was finally crossed.

The familiar brightness before his eyes, the familiar whiteness filling the room, the familiar light of day emerging.

A shackle within his body was broken with a bang.

A series of information emerged from his consciousness:

【Your body has been continuously subjected to the invasion and tempering of toxins, and your immunity and metabolic capacity to various toxins have gradually improved. Adaptation has evolved into Primary Qingpo Body】.

【After evolving into Primary Qingpo Body, you will possess extremely strong toxin resistance, can be immune to the damage of most natural toxins (snake venom, poisonous mushrooms, etc.), and at the same time significantly increase the resistance success rate against low-rank magic toxins (decay curse, etc.) and supernatural toxins (undead corpse poison, etc.). Symptoms after poisoning will also be significantly alleviated.】

【In the process of continuously consuming and metabolizing toxins, your body functions have been deeply optimized. You have obtained the Clean-Blood Viscera, the efficiency of your body's internal organs in metabolizing toxins has increased, and you can shorten the duration of poisoning.】

【Due to rich experience in contending with toxins, your senses have become abnormally keen to toxins, and you can accurately perceive potential toxin threats in the surrounding environment based on subtle clues such as aura and smell.】

【Your blood will be able to disperse ordinary poisonous insects and has a slight detoxification effect.】

Blood has a slight detoxification effect?

Gao De's mouth twitched.

Isn't this Tang Seng?

This point was somewhat of a chicken rib.

But the other three were all extremely practical, not in vain for his "self-abuse" and taking poison.

Toxin resistance goes without saying, covering both daily and combat-oriented practical resistance.

The existence of the Clean-Blood Viscera had more far-reaching effects and significance—it allowed Gao De to drink various magic potions relatively without taboos.

If cultivation were compared to training, a person could take medicine for a long time and basically have no side effects. How could this not be considered a top-level talent?

What made Gao De even more pleasantly surprised was that the Qingpo Body, like the Ice-Blessed Body, also had a "Primary" prefix, which meant that 100% was not the upper limit, and it could continue to improve, developing toward Intermediate or even Advanced Qingpo Body.

Gao De got up with satisfaction and rummaged through the wardrobe for the brand-new Hai Shao Bing uniform.

—Promoted from a second-rank apprentice mage to a first-rank apprentice mage, besides the monthly salary increasing by 5 silver coins, another set of new uniforms was issued.

The original second-rank apprentice uniform was not recycled according to the tradition of the Hai Shao Bing, but left for the mage to commemorate.

Compared with the second-rank apprentice mage, the uniform of the first-rank apprentice mage actually had very small changes.

Apprentice mage was equivalent to still being a soldier, so there was no official badge on the shoulder, only a cuff mark.

The cuff of the second-rank apprentice mage uniform was embroidered with a single copper star, while the first-rank apprentice mage changed to two copper stars. In addition, there was a small rune embroidery on the collar.

With Gao De's current level of runology, he saw at a glance that this rune represented the water element rune.

Changing into the new uniform and taking the money bag, Gao De went straight out the door.

First, he went to the "canteen" for breakfast, and then he headed straight for the headquarters of the Hai Shao Bing, the Sea Abyss Bai Ta.

His goal was clear.

It was only March of the Nolan Calendar 9658.

According to the current cultivation progress, he only needed some extra gains such as "Spiritual Marrow," and it was highly possible that his magic power would break through to 60 drops of liquid magic power before the end of the year.

It was not close, but it was not far either, totaling only eight or nine months.

And once the magic power reached 60 drops of liquid magic power and broke through to the first-rank late stage, he had to start planning for the ring-raising matter.

The one with the greatest involvement was undoubtedly awakening a specialty.

In order to awaken a super-grade specialty when promoting to the second rank, increasing the breadth of the spell library was already urgent.

The first-rank spells Gao De currently mastered were 32.

Although it couldn't compare to the number of cantrips mastered when promoting to the first rank, this number of spells was already enough to crown a first-rank mage.

But would Gao De be satisfied with this?

Naturally impossible.

For spells, the main thing was that the more the better.

One was that it was good for awakening a specialty, and the other was that having many skills didn't weigh one down.

Therefore, for the next period of time, Gao De's main task would be to expand the spell library.

For him, the most practical channel to expand the spell library was to take the exchange route of the Hai Shao Bing.

Safe and stable, and the spell formula reserve was extremely comprehensive.

The only disadvantage was that they all required considerable military merit.

—Of course, this was Gao De's disadvantage.

Nothing to say.

Just work hard to earn military merit.

Open the book!

For Hai Shao Bing mages to earn military merit, it was nothing more than accepting tasks and doing tasks.

However, for Hai Shao Bing mages, it was not only difficult to complete tasks, but it was actually not easy to even accept tasks.

Tasks with high military merit rewards or those that were relatively easy and time-saving were generally hung up and would be "snatched" away by people within a few hours.

The tasks that could be left behind were mostly chicken-rib tasks that were relatively tricky or where the time spent was not proportional to the reward.

In terms of accepting tasks, Gao De didn't have any advantage compared to others, and was even at a disadvantage.

Whether one could accept a good task depended on luck first, and whether the news was well-informed second.

Those noble mages had many eyes and ears, and if there was a good task, they would soon receive the news.

Even before the task was hung up, they might have already received the task news in advance.

However, Gao De didn't worry about this.

If good tasks were not easy to snatch, then he would just accept "bad tasks."

As long as there was a task, it was fine.

Entering the lobby on the first floor of the Mage Tower and coming to the crystal board for task distribution, Gao De began to pick tasks.

He was a person who listened to advice very well, so he firmly remembered the things that Captain Luo Er and Mage Lu Ping had exhorted:

First, one must act according to one's ability when accepting tasks.

Because for Hai Shao Bing mages, one failed task could not be offset by ten successful tasks on the resume.

That is, one would rather do less than do it wrong.

Second, it was best not to accept tasks from Lagos City during this period.

According to his own strength as a first-rank mage, Gao De quickly screened out two tasks he could accept.

One was 【Rotting Tide Undercurrent】.

In the waters belonging to Ithaca Town under the jurisdiction of Duon City, a large number of fish died, and then dark purple mucus was found spreading in some waters.

A mage was needed to find out the source of the pollution and solve the pollution problem.

The other was 【Crab Disaster Hidden Danger】.

Residents of Monte Town found a large number of empty sea turtle shells on the near-shore beach, the flesh inside had been hollowed out, leaving only some brownish-brown sandy substances.

According to the judgment of the Hai Shao Bing, this was the old shell shed by the larvae of a sea beast named Shell-Stealing Crab.

The Shell-Stealing Crab was a first-rank sea beast, a gregarious animal. After adulthood, it could grow to the size of a fist, using flesh as food. Adult Shell-Stealing Crabs would directly attack passing creatures.

And larval Shell-Stealing Crabs would take advantage of creatures not paying attention, burrow into the creature's body, and start devouring the creature's flesh from the inside.

And as long as this kind of water beast had enough food, the reproduction speed was extremely fast. If one didn't pay attention, it would develop into a large-scale Shell-Stealing Crab disaster.

For residents living nearby, this was a great safety hazard.

At the first moment of discovering the traces of Shell-Stealing Crabs, they had to organize manpower to exterminate these Shell-Stealing Crabs and not give them a chance to grow.

The Hai Shao Bing did exactly this and immediately issued the task.

These two tasks, one had been hung for four days, and one had been hung for two days, and neither had been accepted by anyone.

The reason was also very simple.

Too tricky!

The task description of 【Rotting Tide Undercurrent】 was very brief, but the other information contained behind it was not written out.

The actual situation was that, according to past experience, this kind of inexplicably appearing dark purple mucus was most likely pollution caused by a leakage accident in a local magic workshop, with a large amount of harmful sewage flowing into the water along the underground pipes.

And as a shop in the supernatural field, magic workshops generally had local nobles or high-rank mages standing behind them.

Even if it was a Hai Shao Bing mage, arriving at the local area, it was difficult to deal with these local snakes.

The task was hindered in every way, and it was secondary that it was difficult to complete. If there were other inside stories behind the matter, things like killing to silence were not unheard of.

Therefore, in a situation that was troublesome and extremely risky, this task, which didn't seem very complex, had been delayed and no one had accepted it.

As for 【Crab Disaster Hidden Danger】, it was not because the Shell-Stealing Crab was difficult to deal with.

But this Shell-Stealing Crab usually hid under the beach or in the reefs near the sea, and rarely moved.

And its body was very small, and while the number was large, it was also extremely vigilant. If there was any disturbance, it would run away without a trace.

Although the combat power was not strong, it was a difficult thing to find them all out.

The most common process was to confirm the activity area and activity scale of the Shell-Stealing Crab based on the activity radius of the Shell-Stealing Crab and the food residue left by the Shell-Stealing Crab.

Then, squat at the peak hours of the Shell-Stealing Crab going out to forage every morning and evening, waiting for the Shell-Stealing Crab to show its head.

The trouble and time-consuming nature of this whole process could be imagined.

What was even more annoying was that after the extermination operation ended, one had to wait for half a month for the residents of Monte Town to confirm that there were no more traces of large-scale Shell-Stealing Crab activity in the surrounding waters and beaches before this task could be considered successfully completed.

If there were still traces of Shell-Stealing Crab activity found, it wouldn't be a problem if it was just an individual case, but if the number was large, one had to honestly go back to work, otherwise, just admit the task failed.

Therefore, although the 【Crab Disaster Hidden Danger】 task reward was a full six third-class merits, it was also delayed and no one asked about it.

Gao De's gaze swept over the introduction of these two tasks, thought for a moment in his heart, combined with the warnings of Mage Lu Ping and Captain Luo Er, and quickly determined his choice.

"I want to accept the 【Crab Disaster Hidden Danger】 task." He took out his identity identification plate, stepped forward, and handed it to the staff member.

The staff member heard this, although he couldn't help but look up at Gao De more, he didn't have any reaction of gasping or kindly advising Gao De to "act according to his ability," just took Gao De's identity identification plate and quickly did the registration work.

"Mage Gao De, I have already registered the task for you. I wish you a successful completion of the task!" He said while returning the identity identification plate to Gao De.

After leaving the Sea Abyss Bai Ta, Gao De turned to the Bi Bo Ting, picked up Tuan Zi, who had been fed a pile of high-rank blood food and had already become a circle "fat."

After more than three months, Tuan Zi, who could finally go on a mission again, was obviously "forgetting the pain after the wound healed," completely forgetting the terrible experience in the Ma Ke Ke area, shaking its head, and excited.

However, Gao De really didn't prepare to "pit" it this time.

"Come in, we are ready to set off now." He first fed a piece of high-rank blood food newly brought from the Northern Realm to Tuan Zi, then opened the manatee bag and aimed the bag mouth at Tuan Zi.

Fortunately, after casting Animal Shrinkage Art, Tuan Zi could still easily drill into the manatee bag, but Gao De still clearly felt that the burden was a bit heavier.

The economy of Monte Town was relatively unsatisfactory, and one of the most obvious manifestations was that there was no airship base built locally.

So this time Gao De's choice of "transportation" tool was no longer the most convenient and fast airship, but a boat.

Fortunately, Monte Town was a small town under the jurisdiction of Duon City, and the distance from Duon City was not particularly far.

Taking a passenger ship, it generally took more than five hours to arrive, and it was another matter if it encountered bad weather.

And under the condition that the terrain was so superior, the coastal city would be greatly affected by the marine climate, at least most of the time the weather in the inland area of Bairuo County was excellent.

The Jin Jin Quehua Dynasty, as the first human dynasty, was also the dynasty with the longest heritage.

Behind its long-term prosperity, setting aside human factors such as heritage, foundation, and the wisdom and strength of the royal family, superior weather and geographical location were also indispensable.

After boarding the ship, Gao De released Tuan Zi from the manatee bag and let Tuan Zi go underwater with the ship to Monte Town.

At the speed of a passenger ship, Tuan Zi wouldn't consume too much physical strength even if it swam for a day and a night. Compared to the stuffiness of staying in the manatee bag, it must prefer the former.

The inland river network of the Jin Jin Quehua Dynasty was huge and complex, extremely dense, with countless branches. It was a typical river valley plain terrain, and large rivers and lakes stretched for thousands of miles, surging forward, like silver giant dragons.

This vast water area nourished the land on both sides, created the extremely developed agriculture of the Jin Jin Quehua Dynasty, and supported countless human races.

At the same time, the water area itself also supported countless living things.

In these crisscrossing water systems, all kinds of magic plants, treasures, minerals, and even fierce water beasts were countless.

It was just that treasures in the water were extremely difficult to obtain.

First, it was extremely dangerous. There were dangers created by the natural environment of the water area itself, such as undercurrents and whirlpools, and there were also fierce water beasts lurking in the dark, launching attacks at any time.

The deeper the water area, the fiercer the water beasts hidden there.

Second, the water was chaotic, and it was difficult to find and obtain treasures.

Only occasionally, when someone was lucky, could they luckily obtain two or three treasures from the water.

And Gao De, today's luck seemed to be very good.

The ship had only gone halfway when Tuan Zi, who was swimming freely in the water, floated its round head out of the water, approached the side of the ship, and created a splashing sound to attract Gao De's attention.

Gao De heard the sound, walked to the side of the ship, and looked down, only to see Tuan Zi constantly fiddling with its double fins in the water, greeting him.

He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Are you saying there is an unexpected discovery in the water?"

Tuan Zi hurriedly bent its body, then suddenly straightened it, quickly repeating this action three or four times, imitating the human nodding action.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 394 =====