Chapter 36: Dog-Slaughtering Pioneer

"Lu Ran?"

Jiang Ruyi didn't have the ability of night vision and could only call out toward the direction where Lu Ran had disappeared.

It wasn't strange for her to be this nervous; the scene from before on the 15th rainy night, when Lu Ran was carried away by the Ink-Paper Person, was still fresh in her memory.

However, the pitch-black wilderness was dead silent, without the slightest response.

"Brother Lu?" Deng Yutang also noticed that the situation was not right and immediately shouted loudly.

"I'm here, I'm here."

Finally, Lu Ran's response came from afar.

Jiang Ruyi immediately ordered: "Yu Tang, go and provide support."

"Alright." Deng Yutang followed the direction the sound came from, carrying his spear and rushing over.

Jiang Ruyi also took steps, her fingertips lightly tracing something.

"Huh?" Suddenly, a pleasantly surprised voice came from the darkness from Deng Yutang.

Jiang Ruyi: "What's wrong?"

Deng Yutang: "Brother Lu is advancing!"

"Oh?" Jiang Ruyi was both surprised and happy; Lu Ran was about to advance to Mist Realm, 4th stage?

Such a terrifying advancement speed, worthy of being naturally gifted!

"What about Sister Ruyi?" Tian Tian couldn't hide the admiration in her eyes, looking up with her dirty little face at Jiang Ruyi, "Is she about to advance too?"

Jiang Ruyi felt it carefully for a moment and responded: "I still need a few days."

"Well, Sister Ruyi, use the Divine Power Orb to absorb the dog corpse, eat more divine power." Tian Tian whispered.

"Hehe." Jiang Ruyi smiled, curled her fingers, and lightly tapped Tian Tian's head.

You're taking care of me instead?

On this trip to Vicious Dog Village, everyone hadn't fallen behind at all in terms of cultivation; instead, it was even faster than usual.

After all, in the Demon Cave, energy is relatively abundant.

Although the group was reluctant to absorb Demon Crystals, those dog corpses could be sucked dry by the Divine Power Orbs, eventually turning into nutrients for everyone's growth.

"Squad Leader." A voice came.

The two girls turned their gaze and saw Deng Yutang supporting the shivering Lu Ran, walking back to the torch path with big strides.

"You two go and deal with the vicious dog corpses." Jiang Ruyi said softly, "I'll just watch him."

"Oh."

"Alright." Deng Yutang supported Lu Ran to sit down and immediately went to collect the corpses.

As the believers' realms constantly improved, the time taken for each breakthrough and advancement also became longer.

Jiang Ruyi walked forward slowly, standing quietly by Lu Ran's side, watching the two teammates work.

Suddenly, Lu Ran's body tilted, his shoulder lightly leaning against Jiang Meiren's leg.

Jiang Ruyi's expression froze, looking down at someone.

Only to find that Lu Ran still had his eyes closed, as if he were concentrating on advancing?

"You guy."

Jiang Ruyi was somewhat hesitant, but after hesitating for a moment, she didn't kick him away after all.

After all... hmm, after all, Lu Ran was advancing.

Better not disturb him.

Jiang Ruyi thought secretly, but for some reason, on her pretty face reflected by the firelight, a trace of red glow quietly appeared.

Lu Ran was completely comfortable!

The taste of advancing already intoxicated him, and at this moment, he still had Jiang Meiren's long legs as a seat back?

Being a believer is really good!

I'll be one in the next life too~

"Flap, flap, flap~"

A pitch-black crow flew down slowly, landing in front of the two.

Seeing Instructor Dou had come, Jiang Ruyi's expression was somewhat unnatural, and she turned her head to look aside.

"Reminding you all, today is the 5th day of the 7th lunar month." The pitch-black crow spoke in human language, "The location you are in is outside the South No. 2 Shitoucheng.

It is recommended that you return now and leave the Demon Cave before the 10th day of the lunar month."

Jiang Ruyi: "Alright, Instructor, let Lu Ran concentrate on advancing first; we'll discuss it in a while."

Dou Zhiqiang: "..."

Fine, I talked too much.

Beside, a strange sound suddenly came, as if some heavy object was being dragged.

Jiang Ruyi turned her head to look, and the scene she saw made her not know whether to laugh or cry.

Tian Tian, this girl who had always been soft and weak, and even somewhat timid, was dragging a vicious dog corpse at this moment?

Her dirty little hands gripped the dog's tail, stepping forward step by step, and the dog corpse also dragged a long bloodstain on the ground.

Bloody, thrilling!

"Just use your Divine Power Orb to absorb it." Jiang Ruyi said.

Tian Tian stopped her feet, opened her mouth, but didn't dare to have any objections, causing her not to dare to make a sound.

Jiang Ruyi said softly: "Be obedient."

"Oh." Tian Tian then let go of the dog tail and squatted down toward the corpse.

Cruel training indeed makes people grow.

At the beginning, even Lu Ran couldn't help but retch when facing the vicious dog's bones.

Now, the weakest team member in the team also dared to face the bloody demon corpse.

Jiang Ruyi looked at Tian Tian's petite figure, a trace of tenderness flashing in her eyes.

She had always firmly believed that as long as Tian Tian was given enough respect and encouragement, the girl would definitely be able to cultivate confidence.

She would definitely be able to become a Sword Lotus believer who was both offensive and defensive, a loyal and reliable powerful teammate.

In this team, perhaps Lu Ran was the strongest one.

But the one who improved the most was definitely Tian Tian; compared to others, she overcame too, too much.

"Instructor Dou." Deng Yutang returned with two blood-stained Demon Crystals in his hand, looking at the black crow standing on the ground.

On this training trip, Deng Yutang also regained his style.

With the Divine Technique: Red Scarf Soul, he swept away the gloom of the past and turned back into that high-spirited rich young master.

Red Scarf Ancestor, extraordinary!

The only drawback of this Divine Technique is that it consumes too much divine power and physical strength.

Even if Deng Yutang is vigorous, he cannot always invite the ancestor to possess him; otherwise, he would easily become a soft-legged shrimp...

The black crow didn't respond, so Deng Yutang didn't continue; he faced north and became alert.

After a full seven or eight minutes, the energy fluctuations on Lu Ran's body became more and more intense.

From his nose, an extremely satisfied sound also came:

"Mm~"

Jiang Ruyi was thin-skinned after all and moved sideways by one step.

The instructor was still watching!

She endured not moving her position, which was already very considerate of Lu Ran, but...

What kind of ghost sound is this?

"Huh?" Lu Ran supported the ground with one hand, looking up at Jiang Meiren through the wisps of mist.

Why did my backrest grow legs and run away?

"Congratulations." Jiang Ruyi didn't look at Lu Ran, but took the Demon Crystal handed over by Tian Tian.

"Congratulations, Brother Lu!" Deng Yutang smiled and stepped forward, pulling Lu Ran up.

"Just lucky, just lucky~"

Lu Ran, who had just been pulled up, squatted down again, looking at the black crow: "Instructor Dou, you said let us return now?"

Black crow: "After the 10th, the Demon Cave will be sealed, and you won't be able to get out."

"Understood." Lu Ran turned his head to look at Jiang Ruyi, "Our mission is almost complete, right?"

Jiang Ruyi: "Counting this harvest, we now have 133 Stream Realm Demon Crystals and 326 Mist Realm Demon Crystals."

You don't know until you listen, and you're scared when you hear it!

The four-person team had actually harmed so many thin dogs...

12 days ago, Tian Tian and Deng Yutang had successively finished advancing; since then, the team had headed straight for the South No. 2 Shitoucheng, focusing on facing the Stream Realm vicious dogs.

The process of obtaining these 133 Stream Realm Demon Crystals was not how much was obtained on average every day, but rather a ladder-like increase.

The further the time went, the more handy the group became at slaughtering Stream Realm vicious dogs, and the more they harvested!

With so many Demon Crystals, the group naturally wouldn't carry them on their bodies; every time they went to the No. 2 Shitoucheng to recuperate, they would hand in their harvest.

"Let me calculate." Lu Ran fiddled with his fingers, "It's enough to exchange for a River Artifact Divine Power Orb; if we want to upgrade our weapons, we're still short..."

Jiang Ruyi said faintly: "34 Stream Realm Demon Crystals, 4 Mist Realm Demon Crystals."

The summer homework assigned by the school doesn't need to be calculated; it can be included in the equipment upgrade mission.

"Still have to be a top student!" Lu Ran patted his forehead, "It's been killing for more than half a month, and you still remember the addition and subtraction."

Jiang Ruyi: "..."

The black crow flapped its wings and flew high, drifting a sentence from afar: "Don't forget to deduct the food and lodging expenses for these days."

Lu Ran smiled and looked at the top student: "I just said, no matter who kills for half a month day and night, their brain will get confused."

Jiang Ruyi, however, watched the black crow fly away, and until the instructor disappeared into the darkness, she said softly: "Already deducted."

"Food and lodging expenses, two people in one room, 5 Mist Realm Demon Crystals per day."

Hearing this, Lu Ran didn't even have time for his face to hurt.

Because his heart hurt a lot!

Although the food and lodging expenses were already student prices, but... the four people could really live in one stone room.

Alas, men and women are different, and sleeping, bathing, and so on are not very convenient, so they had to pay money in pain.

Speaking of which, just the "bathing" item alone was worth five Mist Realm Demon Crystals.

Otherwise, with the bloody smell on the few people, I'm afraid even they themselves would be scared when smelling it...

"We still have 5 days." Deng Yutang was full of confidence, "Slaughtering thirty-four or thirty-five Stream Realm vicious dogs, work hard, it's definitely no problem!"

"Mm." Jiang Ruyi placed one hand on her neck, her fingertips lightly rubbing the Divine Power Orb.

After exchanging for a River Artifact Divine Power Orb, for a quite long period in the future, there would be no need to worry about the lack of divine power.

And weapons...

Jiang Ruyi lowered her head to look at the mottled green stone sword held in her hand.

Even though she often cast spells remotely and rarely fought at close quarters, the battlefield changes in an instant, and it's hard to avoid close combat.

Upgrading the mottled green stone further involves two relatively precious and uncommon Demon Cave mineral materials.

One is White Rainbow Stone, and the second is Colored Satin Stone.

Which one should I choose?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 37 =====