Chapter 777: and translation of chapter title

The compass pointed clearly; Xiao Feng opened the map and saw that the direction of the 【Legacy Secret Treasure】 was completely different from the direction of the divine treasure ancient tree where he had previously picked a third‑grade spirit fruit.

If the map is oriented with north up, south down, west left, east right, then previously it was northwest; this time it's southwest!

"Da Bai, let's go!" Xiao Feng patted the mount's neck.

"Yo, Myriad Heavens Battlefield, the Nine Heavens Thunderbolt King Eagle Grandpa is back again! Let's go!"

Da Bai was obviously not his first time coming to the Myriad Heavens Battlefield; he was very familiar with the place and full of enthusiasm, and with a flap of his wings he took off directly.

"Wow, what a huge mount! This bird is really cool!"

"Who is this person? He loves covered rice dishes and yet he's level 300!"

"Er, he's so handsome, his mount is handsome too, he's practically a male god!"

Players adjusting their status in the base camp's Teleportation Array saw Da Bai with his broad wingspan and all cast curious glances.

Xiao Feng was still incognito, but to avoid being looked down on he raised his level to 300 this time and set his HP to 3 million, putting him in the upper‑middle tier.

Flying out of the base camp's Teleportation Array, the vast, boundless mountains and rivers came into view, stretching as far as the eye could see.

Tens of thousands of players formed teams and legions, battling the nearby monster tribes such as the Beast Tribe, Calamity Demon Tribe, and Divine Wood Tribe.

Every monster here is a demigod or stronger; major gods walk everywhere, god‑level beings are as common as dogs, and a slip‑up can wipe out the whole party.

Therefore they dare not venture far; they form groups nearby to kill monsters for materials, and if they can't win they retreat to the protected zone of the base camp's Teleportation Array.

Speaking of which, Xiao Feng still has a lot of materials on him, but he hasn't found a suitable NPC to help process them.

When he has time later, he can run a trip to the War God Kingdom or the Storm God Kingdom and ask the two main gods he gets along with to help him find a more formidable divine artificer or divine apothecary!

"Da Bai, you're only level 169—won't you get killed by the Spirit Bird Tribe's monsters?" Xiao Feng said to his mount, worried the guy might be unreliable and drop him soon.

Da Bai snorted lightly: "Don't you see who I am? I'm… well, never mind the boasting—my cultivation hasn't risen enough, which is indeed a bit dangerous, so I'll fly high to avoid a crash." He trailed off, then immediately wilted.

Xiao Feng laughed: "You're usually quite capable, why are you getting timid so fast? And flying higher isn't that more likely to expose you?"

Hmph, I should be timid and pretend; in this damned place, even a tiny thing could choke me to death now—I certainly can't be too arrogant.

Translation: "\"Hmph, I should be timid when I should be timid and pretentious when I should be pretentious; in this damned place, even a small thing can pinch me to death now, so of course I can't adjust my altitude too high"

Adjust. As for altitude…… flying higher does make exposure easier, but then you only have to deal with the Spirit Bird Tribe. If you fly low, any random monkey, leopard, or dog on the ground will jump up to attack you—wouldn't that be worse?" Da Bai explained.

Xiao Feng thought it made sense; the monsters here are basically god‑level, leaping a few hundred meters high is normal, and if you fly too low, a horde of ground monsters will leap up and drag you down—how embarrassing!

"Then let's ascend!" Xiao Feng pointed to the sky.

Da Bai hehe‑laughed: "I'll take you riding the crane to the west!"

Afterward they headed straight toward the direction indicated by the treasure map's needle.

They had flown less than five kilometers when several Spirit Bird Tribe monsters over level 300 spotted them, swooped in fast, and launched an attack.

Xiao Feng took out the Heavenly Path Whisk, and with a swish gave Da Bai a 【Heaven's Path Protection】 buff.

Feeling the terrifying defensive power from Heaven's Path Protection, Da Bai bellowed: "Holy shit, awesome, bro! If you had this skill you should've told me earlier—I now fear neither heaven nor earth, full speed ahead!!"

Heaven's Path Protection directly gave it a 1200‑second, 156‑mega divine‑force resistance buff, equivalent to 15,600 mega of defense.

With such thickness, not to mention monsters over level 300—even if a major god were present, they couldn't dream of breaking it!

With the protection, Da Bai immediately sped up, fully unleashing his speed!

The Spirit Bird Tribe experts in the air launched attacks; it ignored them, and even taking the hits head‑on only cost a single‑digit amount of HP, not even ruffling a feather.

Xiao Feng casually flicked a few spells, burning several Spirit Bird Tribe monsters to death, after which no birds dared approach.

Da Bai can fly about 130 kilometers per minute, and the Legacy Secret Treasure is within 100 kilometers, so the needle soon began to turn.

"Don't go straight ahead, left left left… slow down, slow down, you flew past it, idiot!"

Xiao Feng punched Da Bai on the neck.

"Huh? We're already there?" Da Bai turned, circled in the air once, and came back.

The needle's indication shifted from straight ahead to straight behind, showing they had passed over the treasure's location.

They reversed direction and headed back; this time Da Bai reduced his speed considerably, cooperating with Xiao Feng to locate the treasure.

"Left a bit!"

"Forward, forward!"

"Overshot, overshot, come back! Go right!"

One

A person and a crane adjusted their position in the air.

Soon they locked the treasure's coordinates within a one‑kilometer radius.

Nearby is a patch of verdant bamboo forest; though not large, the bamboo is tall and straight, the leaves small and dense, and when the wind blows it rustles softly, giving a sense of a secluded utopia.

【You have discovered a special area: "Tai Sui Forest"!】 the system popped up a prompt, though it seemed meaningless.

"Let's go down and have a look."

Xiao Feng rode the white crane down from the air, slipping into the gaps of the bamboo grove.

Because Da Bai was too bulky, he accidentally got stuck at the bamboo's tail; he had to strain and break a few stalks before landing smoothly.

The treasure map's regional indication points to within one kilometer of the treasure, after which the second step of treasure hunting—coordinate alignment—must be performed.

What is meant by coordinate alignment is holding the treasure map and repeatedly "using" it.

If the system prompts "coordinates wrong," it means you haven't found the right spot yet.

And within a five‑meter radius it will prompt "coordinates correct, please dig manually."

After landing, Xiao Feng immediately used the 【Legacy Secret Treasure】; the system popped up: "Coordinates wrong, please re‑check!"

He walked seven or eight meters around, used it again, and got the same result.

Instead he saw a few bamboo shoots sprouting tiny points from the ground, and they actually carried attributes!

【Immortal Bamboo Shoot】: Grade‑2 ingredient, chef profession material, can be cooked into high‑grade dishes to gain temporary attributes.

"Yo, there's this too?" Xiao Feng exclaimed in surprise; he had thought it was just a trivial thing, but its value turned out to be quite high.

He suddenly got playful, dug up two immortal bamboo shoots, and then used fire‑magic to roast them right in their shells.

【Ding~ You personally cooked "Immortal Bamboo Shoot", obtaining a common-quality dish "Grilled Immortal Bamboo Shoot"!】

The system popped up a prompt.

As a non-chef player making food, the evaluation is undoubtedly low, with no bonuses; it purely just brings out the ingredient's own effect, possibly even losing some.

Xiao Feng looked at the attributes of the Immortal Bamboo Shoot.

【Grilled Immortal Bamboo Shoot】: Common dish, consuming it increases 10000 physical attack and 10000 magic attack within 30 minutes.

10,000 attack points equal 100 divine elemental force; this boost means little for Xiao Feng as a top-tier account, but for ordinary players it's a decent temporary buff, and if a chef player cooks it the effect could be strengthened significantly, possibly increasing to 15,000 points!

(End of chapter)