Practice begins with collecting character cards

Chapter 177 Spiritual things, laziness and publicity
The news about Weng Yan's disappearance did not spread in the town at first.

Until the matter fermented, the Weng Mansion searched in and out of the town restlessly, and everyone gradually heard the news.

Weng Yan disappeared.

For a time, there were different opinions, and there were all kinds of opinions.

A few days later, the search of the Weng Mansion found nothing, and the sudden disappearance of Weng Yan dealt a great blow to the Weng Mansion.

After all, this is the arrogance of the family who has been cultivated with all his efforts since childhood, and the greatest hope for revitalizing the family in the future.

It is said that the Patriarch of the Weng family has not slept for several days because of this, how much hope he once gave, how desperate he is now.

In the end, the whole Weng Mansion can only hope that the young master left without saying goodbye, and can come back by himself later.

On this day, the residence of the old dean.

"You want to hire a body refiner?" Li Qingyun looked at Xu Gu'an who was sitting in front of him with some doubts.

"It must be absolutely trustworthy, and the strength must be above the level of Yijin." Xu Guan nodded.

Then he also expressed his thoughts clearly.

The reason why he wanted to hire a trustworthy body refiner was for the safety of Xujiacun and his family.

Now that the outside world is in serious chaos and the wind and rain are precarious, although Donglan Mountain seems to be alone, it is not completely unaffected.

With the camp of the defeated army before and the appearance of the old blood alliance, he was worried that if there was one, there would be two.

A defeated army becomes a bandit, and the harm is not small.

He is still in the town now, not too far from the village, and he can still take care of him.

But if even he left the Donglan Mountain boundary in the future, the safety of the village and his family would be lost.

Before leaving, he had to arrange everything to make himself feel at ease.

At first, he wanted to rely on Yuanxian Department Store to cultivate a force of his own to complete this matter.

But in the end he still underestimated the difficulty of this matter, which is equivalent to trying to build a force from scratch, which is not that simple.

The biggest difficulty lies in finding talents, or in other words, cultivating talents worth cultivating. Xu Gu'an can't find them at all.

It is necessary to pass the test of character and be loyal enough, but also to have aptitude and strength for cultivation.

There are very few talents like this, and there are not many in this remote Donglan Town. The younger ones are basically students in the martial arts academy in the town, and it is impossible to drop out of school and go to him.

And those who have already made a name for themselves and possessed impressive strength have basically been pre-booked by various forces in advance.

The remaining ones who meet the conditions either have their own ideals and ambitions and want to go out and make a living.

Or it is similar to Xu Gu'an, unwilling to attach to other forces, and happy alone.

This kind of talented talent is scarce everywhere, even if Xu Guan has a famous name, it is impossible for these talents to come here admiringly and squeeze their heads.

After all, he currently only has a genius halo, and only a store business, and he has not made any brilliant achievements or famous things in the world.

Even if it is the protagonist of a storybook, if there is no legendary deed, and if he is not a big shot, how can he be admired.

The housekeeper Zhang Yang had found another way, trying to find some leftover pearls from those who were displaced from other places to cultivate, but unfortunately, none of them were found.

Ah Fu, who had been recruited before with E-level qualifications, was considered the top-notch among those refugees. The others were basically at the level of ordinary people with F-level qualifications. combat power.

Therefore, at the moment Xu Gu'an can only seek other solutions temporarily.

For this reason, he consulted with the old dean who had the most connections today.

After hearing what Xu Gu'an said, the old dean thought for a while, then smiled and said: "If you can trust me, you can entrust this matter to me."

"How about sending a blood refiner to take care of Xu Family Village?"

Xu Gu'an instantly remembered the team of blood refiners who swept across the battlefield that day when the rebels attacked, and it was undoubtedly from the hand of the old dean in front of him.

"Then what kind of reward do I need to give?" Xu Guan asked immediately.

He originally wanted to find a body refiner of Yijin level to take care of him, but the old dean can directly send a blood refiner to take care of it, which undoubtedly reassures him more.

But correspondingly, he depends on what he needs to pay.

The old dean put down the copy in his hand, and with the same smile on his face, he said: "I only want you to help my two grandsons within your ability when my two grandchildren are in trouble.

And I, within my ability, take good care of your family, how about it? "

"That's it?"

"That's it."

Xu Gu'an was a little surprised, but still agreed.

After getting along for several years, the old dean is one of the few people he can trust in the town.

No matter how you look at this deal, he is not losing money.

After all, what he could do was far from what the old dean could do.

He is just a body refiner at Yijin level right now.

As for the old dean, regardless of other things for now, as far as he knows so far, he has a whole team of blood refiners under his command!
This power is far beyond what Xu Gu'an can compare with now.

And the reason why the old dean proposed this deal, or the agreement between them.

It's nothing more than seeing his character and future development potential, which is equivalent to the old dean buying a future insurance from him.

From now on, his grandson, that is, the Liyuan siblings will have an extra guarantee of Xu Gu'an.

On the other hand, Xu Gu'an bought an insurance policy for his family that would take effect immediately at the old dean's place.

This is what everyone needs.

Xu Gu'an had no reason to refuse and agreed.

With the promise of the old dean, he finally has no worries.

On the way back, what Xu Gu'an heard the most was people talking about the missing Weng Yan.

He had heard about this incident before, but even the Weng family was confused, how could others know about Weng Yan's disappearance and what happened, even if they discussed it, they couldn't discuss why.

In reality, Xu Gu'an and Weng Yan didn't have much contact with each other.

The only two occasions where they competed on the same stage as opponents.

Therefore, Xu Gu'an actually didn't have much feeling about his disappearance.

I just feel that it would be a pity if something unexpected happened to Weng Yan's talent.

Time came to the end of May.

On this day, after Xu Gu'an finished his daily practice, he suddenly made a big discovery.

In his personal interface, in the qualification column.

It was originally an E-level qualification, but it turned into an 'E' level at some point.

There was a small level of improvement, which made Xu Gu'an himself a little confused.

When he opened his personal interface last time, his aptitude column hadn't changed yet.

Looking back on the past few days, he didn't do anything, and he didn't understand why the level of aptitude suddenly increased.

"No wonder I feel that the cultivation in the past two days has become a little smoother." Xu Gu'an said to himself.

He thought it was because he was in good condition these two days, but he didn't expect that the level of aptitude had changed.

He knew very well that this improvement in aptitude was not a trivial matter, and there must be some reason for it.

Take out the jade pendant under the collar.

After thinking about it, the most likely reason is this jade pendant.

After all, his whole body belongs to this jade pendant, the origin of which is the most mysterious.

If this jade pendant is worn close to the body for a long time, it can not only restore the spirit, but also subtly improve the person's aptitude.

Then the value of this jade pendant is too great!

"This matter remains to be further observed." Xu Gu'an looked at the tumbling white mist inside the jade pendant, and he couldn't fully conclude the matter yet.

If this is the case, Wu Shitian must have been ignorant of the original owner of the jade pendant.

After all, no matter how you think about a treasure that can change the level of innate aptitude, you will not choose to give it up to others.

And he had never heard the other party mention this before.

In comparison, that golden fish is not worth mentioning at all.

Xu Gu'an calculated in his mind that since he got this jade pendant in January, he has been wearing it for less than half a year, and his aptitude has been raised from E- to E level.

If it was really caused by the jade pendant, it would probably take at least half a year for the next qualification improvement.

Xu Gu'an looked at the jade pendant in his palm, thinking about it.

Gentle energy flowed out from the jade pendant, penetrated into the palm, and then flooded all over the body. At this point, Xu Gu'an could no longer feel the existence of these gentle energies.

It may have dissipated from his body, or it may have merged with his whole body.

"Perhaps, we can gain insight."

Xu Gu'an's heart throbbed. Today's unexpected surprise made the jade pendant in front of him extremely important in his eyes.

Before that, he had considered consuming an insight card to find out what the jade pendant was. Now that his aptitude has changed, this idea has become more urgent.

After making up his mind, Xu Gu'an didn't hesitate any longer, and used the insight card he kept.

Look at the small jade pendant in the palm.

A message box popped up on the side.

Insight results.

Item: Heavenly Secret Jade
Quality: purple

Introduction: This thing is the essence of nature, an innate thing that can swallow the essence of heaven and earth, and cultivate the spirit of nature.

Those who wear this object for a long time can make up for their congenital deficiencies and improve their qualifications.

"Purple items!" Xu Gu'an's eyes widened a little.

The highest quality thing he got before was this blue card from Li Yuan.

Other than that, there are only some green items.

The jade pendant right now is of purple quality.

It was a level of quality he had never seen before.

"Previously, the color was introverted, and I thought it was at most a green product, but I didn't expect the result of this wave of insight to be a purple product!" Xu Gu'an's heart twitched.

Looking at the jade pendant in his hand again, there was still no purple hue emerging.

This is also normal. Before leaving the village, the old village chief once told him that many high-quality objects in the world have colored light.

Those treasures of heaven and earth, weapons and equipment cast by craftsmen are all like this.

Many people also believe so firmly.

But nothing in the world is absolute.

Xu Gu'an later came to Donglan Martial Academy, found some secrets in the bookstore, and asked Qin Sanli and the dean for clarification and confirmation.

Know that not all imported objects will emit colored light.

In fact, there is another way of saying that there is a thing that is imported in reality.

That is an animate thing.

At present, many theories and schools believe that those imported objects have been regarded as out of the state of dead objects.

Like other living creatures in the world, a special spirituality, or will, was born in itself.

Public will, willing to release color light in a high-profile manner, attracting attention.

A lazy will will keep its color in a low-key manner, unwilling to be discovered.

This has caused some imported objects to have colored light, while others are difficult for ordinary people to distinguish.

Especially those naturally grown and cultivated treasures of heaven and earth, perhaps out of self-preservation, many of them will have a lazy will to consciously hide their luster.

It is even said that there are magical things that know how to change their own color, but this kind of thing is very rare, and he has only seen a few cases in ancient books.

Contrary to these treasures of heaven, material and earth, it is the weapons and equipment cast by craftsmen, or other imported objects.

These are often public wills, which will release chromatic light.

This difference is currently believed to be caused by those human craftsmen.

They are the creators of these objects, so their will also affects the will birth of these masterpieces.

Every craftsman hopes that his creations can be dazzling, so these masterpieces are born with a will to make a show.

Therefore, Xu Gu'an now also knows that in reality, color light is only a relatively reliable standard for judging quality.

But not all items are willing to show color.

Obviously, this is the case with the natural object called Tianji Jade in his hand.

It was also because of its mild and inconspicuous effect that Wu Shitian mistakenly thought it was a piece of white quality treasure, so he didn't think about it any more.

As everyone knows, he missed a big opportunity that originally belonged to him.

And Xu Gu'an got such a big surprise by accident.

Looking at the other information about the jade pendant that he had gained insight into, it also confirmed that what he had thought before was correct.

The improvement of his aptitude level was indeed caused by this jade pendant.

And this is also the greatest value embodiment of this jade pendant!
It can subtly change a person's innate aptitude!
Only for this point, it is worthy of being called a purple item, which is rare in the world!

Now that he knew about it, this jade pendant became the most precious treasure on his body.

Even for him now, it was still a bit hot.

If others knew about it, it would be very difficult for him to keep this jade pendant, and it might even lead to death.

He still knows the reason why Huai Bi is a crime.

He had to be more careful with this jade pendant.

Put away the jade pendant and put it close to your body again, Xu Gu'an continued with today's copy.

"Try again today to see if we can capture that cave." Thinking like this, Xu Gu'an entered the Donglan Mountains dungeon again.

Now he has successfully explored many areas in the core of the mountain range step by step, and he has also captured many strange-looking fourth-tier mountain forest beasts.

Now his dungeon completion progress has reached 80.00% five.

It's not far away from the time when he completely clears this fourth-order dungeon, and is only short of the last stage of progress.

After confirming the entry, the camera in front of him kept zooming in, and the team immediately landed on the outskirts of the mountains.

It is still a combination of three people and two beasts.

With just a glance, Xu Gu'an judged the direction and hurried towards the core land.

This journey is also the most troublesome problem he faces when brushing dungeons these days.

"It would be great if it could come directly to the core area."

In this way, he can also save a lot of time, and don't have to waste this journey every time he enters the instance.

Unfortunately, his complaints went unanswered.

The random starting point will only be limited to the safest outer area of ​​the mountain range, not to mention the core, even close to the hinterland of the mountain range, he has to push the joystick and walk step by step.

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A brown snake with superb concealment ability suddenly jumped out of the tree, opened its mouth wide and shot at Xu Gu'an's team.

Then he was chopped into two pieces by Shen Xi's expressionless sword, and the body fell to the ground. Some of the poison flowing out of his body quickly corroded the surrounding flowers, plants, and even trees.

This three-level poisonous snake was so easily defeated.

Except for the two orc characters who were slightly startled, the three human characters in the team didn't respond.

Xu Gu'an had long been familiar with the strangeness, and he didn't even lift his eyelids.

Harvest a third-order snake meat and continue to control the team to move forward.

Now in the Donglan Mountains, as long as there are not a large number of herds and fourth-tier beasts, his team will not be in any danger.

After a while, the team took a shortcut, crossed the hinterland of the mountain range, and arrived at the core area again.

When they got here, Xu Guan let go of the joystick that had been pressed to death, and the team no longer sprinted at full speed.

Although he has mastered the lair territories of many fourth-tier ferocious beasts here, there are still many powerful creatures that wander around and appear randomly.

A little carelessness can cause huge damage to his team.

Slowing down their forward speed, the three members of the team obviously became more cautious, holding weapons and looking around.

Suddenly, a giant beast with layers of scales arched its back and rushed out of a piece of mud.

"It's this guy again." Xu Guan frowned.

He has seen this guy who drilled the ground many times.

It's called Crocodile Dragon, and it looks like an ancient creature, extremely destructive and extremely ferocious.

When the team first came to the core stage, they were often hit hard by this guy.

It wasn't until later, with the rise of Li Yuan's blue card, that he teamed up with Shen Xi to complete the first kill on him.

The two sides were old rivals, and when they saw each other, the three members of the team instantly activated, forming a siege.

The White Star Eagle skimmed flexibly at low altitude, looking for opportunities to attack and kill with its claws above.

After a lot of twists and turns, the battle just ended.

All three had consumed a lot, especially Weng Yan, who was the weakest, had already suffered some injuries.

[Kill Donglan Mountains - Crocodile Dragon]

[Acquired item: Crocodile Dragon Skin*1]

This crocodile dragon skin is a good thing, and it is a good material for making green armor.

The biggest advantage is that it is hard enough to block the attacks of most tendon masters.

It is said that it is not easy for blood refiners to break through this layer of crocodile leather armor.

On the market, this thing is quite valuable.

Looking at the situation of the team, Xu Guan frowned slightly.

He had gone through a fierce battle and failed to maintain a good team state, which made him not sure whether he could attack the cave again.

Still have to try again.

Then, he avoided the territory of the powerful creatures that had been identified all the way, and arrived at the cave.

Soon, in the cave, a two-legged beast rushed out with its front paws arched.

Some are like the velociraptors of the previous life, extremely fast and flexible, attacking a few people in the team.

Its sharp mouth can tear down everything, even steel plates can easily bite through.

The two front claws are very powerful, and the tips of the claws are like a few sharp knives, and they are also injured when touched.

The team has already been wiped out here once before, and the three of them have learned from the previous experience of death, and they fight more cautiously.

All of a sudden, the White Star Eagle in the air seemed to have found an enemy's opening, and it slashed down with its claws, intending to goug the beast's eyeballs.

But this guy doesn't look like an orc, but he is very cunning and smart in battle.

At the critical moment, he easily jumped out of the way, avoiding this sneak attack of the White Star Eagle.

Immediately afterwards, it leaped high again, ejected several meters high, and opened its mouth to directly bite the White Star Eagle.

A feather shattered in the air, and the White Star Eagle only had time to let out a mournful cry before dying first.

Afterwards, Weng Yan couldn't bear it anymore and was taken away by the opponent's paw.

Shen Xi and Li Yuan took advantage of the situation to respond, causing damage to him.

Not long after, the team was wiped out here again.

"Just a little bit." Xu Gu'an looked at the Velociraptor who was also seriously injured when the team was wiped out, and knew that this wave of luck was a bit bad.

His team is capable of taking down the beast.

"Come again." Xu Gu'an did not hesitate, and seamlessly joined the second set.

In the core land in the mountains, there are many powerful elite monsters, and many of the first kills were made by him over and over again.

This time, he controlled the team to bypass the crocodile, and then arrived at the cave in an undamaged state.

Seeing the Velociraptor, the team fought again.

With two experience against the enemy, the team obviously fought more calmly.

In the end, the first kill of this cave elite monster was successfully completed.

[Kill the Donglan Mountains—Egg Stealer]

[Acquired item: Egg Stealing Beast Eye*1]

"Beast eyes?" Xu Gu'an took a double look, this is a rare trophy.

Usually the value of the first kill rewards will be higher, especially the first kill rewards for these Tier [-] elite monsters.

The previous ones have benefited him a lot, and this animal pupil drop is probably not bad.

Continue to manipulate the team into the cave.

The cave looked dank and dark, with some dry grass lying around, and it was obvious that the egg thief had built a nest here.

The cave was not deep and long, and soon the team came to an end.

In a large pile of hay, he saw fragments of broken eggshells.

There are big and small, and the color of the eggshell is also different.

Then I thought of the name of the elite monster just now called the Egg Stealer.

It's very straightforward, and it's not hard to guess that these eggs were stolen by this guy.

The contents of the eggshell have been eaten up and wiped clean, so it can be regarded as having done all the bad things.

Xu Gu'an reckoned that this guy was also the type that everyone shouted and beat in this forest.

"Huh?" Xu Gu'an suddenly caught a glimpse of a complete egg in the corner.

It is also the only intact egg here.

What's more noticeable is that the color of this egg body is extremely bright, the fiery red stripes are like waves, and it looks like a fire emblem, which is impressive at a glance.

A thought came to Xu Gu'an's mind.

Although I don't know where this egg thief got it from, it is definitely not an ordinary egg!
(End of this chapter)