All Heavens: Start with Monster Hunter

Chapter 133 Picking up stones

"Ooooooooo!!!"

Surprised voices came from all directions.

Li Qing heard the sound and looked around, only to find that it was the residents of the Fire Nation who came over to watch the fun after seeing that Yan Gelong had been knocked down.

I don't know if it's because my instinct to watch the fun has overwhelmed my fear of monsters, or if I'm just too careless and used to being harassed by monsters.

However, seeing these people, although many buildings were destroyed, they still did not look sad or happy. It was probably because of the second one.

Of course, being able to defeat this destructive monster, Li Qing naturally became a hero to the residents of the Fire Nation.

"Ah, Auntie, thank you so much, I don't eat beef."

"Sorry uncle, I already have a girlfriend!!"

"Fruit is fine, thank you very much!"

From the time the residents gathered around him to the time they left, these people, who seemed to be overly enthusiastic due to the influence of the volcano, left a lot of thank-you gifts beside Li Qing.

Li Qing could only ask Ciri and Vivi to help him carry these things and head back towards the original direction of the palace.

There was still a helpless smile on his face.

I am indeed helpless, but I am still very happy to be thanked sincerely by so many people.

There was some sadness on Weiwei's face, because even though she was now involved in the battle against the ancient dragon, in the final analysis she was just a supporting role from beginning to end.

Now he is back in the Fire Nation, facing the raging Flame Dragon, but he can only watch from behind.

"Okay, don't think about it."

Although Ciri has a carefree personality, she is sometimes very sensitive like a girl. She quickly discovered Weiwei's thoughts and tried to divert her attention:

"By the way, your country of fire is said to have many special minerals, right?"

"I've also heard from Uncle Asa that some rare minerals from the Fire Nation are very popular among hunters. It is said that putting them in armor can improve defense, and if used to make weapons, they will also have their own effects."

Li Qing also came over and said.

When this matter was mentioned, Weiwei was obviously more confident and nodded and said, "Yes, some of the Fire Nation's ores are collected from volcanoes, but many of them are also picked up after volcanic eruptions."

As she spoke, she looked up at a volcano in the distance, where thick smoke was already billowing out, and pointed at the volcano:

"If I'm not wrong, that volcano may erupt tomorrow. After it erupts, I can take you to see an important activity in the Fire Country - picking up rocks."

"Picking up rocks?" Li Qing was a little curious: "So those rare minerals were really picked up?"

Weiwei nodded: "Of course."

"This is an income for many residents of the Fire Nation."

"If you're lucky, a piece of rare ore might be able to sell for several thousand z."

“But.” Weiwei’s tone suddenly became low again. She touched the heavy crossbow on her back and said helplessly, “There are more and more monsters recently.”

"There is no danger in picking up stones, but there have been monster attacks in the last two times. If we hadn't been lucky enough to be discovered by hunters in the first place, we would have suffered heavy losses."

"But from what you said, it seems like something is wrong with this volcano."

Li Qing looked at Weiwei and Xili: "Although I have never dealt with monsters on volcanoes, I also know that monsters on volcanoes are the type that pay great attention to the environment."

"It would be difficult for a creature like the Flame Dragon to survive in an environment without magma."

"No matter what, you shouldn't have left the volcano so far away and come here to cause damage."

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Weiwei was silent for a moment, paused and looked at the palace that was almost in front of her.

It's not luxurious, but at least it looks eye-catching in this hot city.

At the gate of the palace, two men and women in gorgeous clothes, surrounded by servants, came to greet them quickly.

"Maybe, but we have a hard time dealing with even the Flame Dragon, so how can we find the deeper reasons?"

"We also tried to find more powerful hunters to conduct investigation and hunting, but in the end we didn't find the cause."

“Even if you kill a few monsters with great effort, the final result is that you just have to wait for a while for the monsters to reappear.”

"Gradually, he stopped trusting hunters and started to believe in some volcano god instead."

Li Qing was stunned. Although Weiwei did not say the exact name, she was obviously referring to the person who was coming towards her, that is, Weiwei's father, the King of the Fire Nation.

But instead of trusting hunters, do you believe in some so-called gods?
As expected, even among humans in the Monster Hunter world, there are bound to be some weird ones.

He withdrew his gaze from Weiwei, because although the people who greeted him had not yet approached, their voices were already approaching:

"Weiwei! Weiwei! My dear daughter, how are you?"

There was obvious worry on the fat face, and his tone was cautious and flattering. Although his body did not look very flexible, his speed was not slow. In an instant, he pulled all the servants down and came to Weiwei.

"My dear, you are not hurt, are you?"

"Yeah, yeah, why does your skin look bad again?"

Two figures, one fat and one thin, surrounded Weiwei and started asking various questions.

Although Weiwei didn't seem to have a good relationship with her parents, she actually looked gentle now and didn't lose her temper, but she wasn't enthusiastic either.

Li Qing turned his attention to Weiwei's parents.

My father, the king, is of large build, or perhaps fat would be a more appropriate adjective.

Li Qing is considered strong, but the waist circumference of Weiwei's father is at least twice that of Li Qing.

You can tell at first glance that he is a person who can eat.

He was wearing gorgeous clothes that had the characteristics of the Fire Nation. His skin was not red like the residents of the volcano, but was exceptionally fair and tender.

Li Qing seemed to have heard when chatting with Weiwei before that her father was her grandfather's only son, so he had been spoiled in every way since childhood.

And Vivi's mother is a rare beauty.

Her face shape is 70% similar to Weiwei's, but more charming, and looks like Weiwei in her forties.

It's just that the temperament seems a little exaggerated.

She also looked spoiled. Compared to Vivi's father who was concerned about Vivi's safety first, the first thing she noticed was Vivi's bad skin.

Ciri was looking at Vivi's parents from the side. She didn't know what she was thinking about, but she couldn't help laughing.

Li Qing turned around and glared at her. Although she didn't say anything, it was obvious that she was thinking something impolite.

After about two or three minutes, the relatives who had not seen each other for a long time had finished greeting each other, and Weiwei finally had time to introduce Li Qing and Xili.

"Dad, Mom, they are my good friends."

Weiwei pointed at Li Qing and Xili and said, "This is Li Qing, and this is Xili."

"Both of them are very powerful hunters. Li Qing is also an honorary hunter of the Hunter Association. He is the hunter who defeated Lanlong in Jieyun Village this time. I specifically asked them to help this time."

"Hello, uncle and aunt, sorry to bother you."

Although Li Qing and Ciri were a little uncomfortable, they still greeted him honestly. But to Li Qing's surprise, the King of the Fire Nation was also very friendly.

And it seems that he doesn't care about his achievements as a hunter, but is more concerned about him as Weiwei's friend.

"Oh! So it's Vivi's good friend, that's a good friend from the Fire Nation."

"I'm Vivi's father, Gangdom, you can just call me Uncle Gang!" Vivi's father said with a smile, patting his chest.

"I am Weiwei's mother, Linlinan, you can also call me Aunt Linlinan!" Weiwei's mother also added.

"Since you are a guest coming from afar, please don't refuse our hospitality!"

After saying that, Gundom turned around and began to call on the servants behind him to start taking action.

Li Qing and Xili were not polite people, and they also wanted to see some food that was unique to the volcanic area, so they readily agreed.

Followed Weiwei and the others back to the palace.

After being personally arranged a room by Gangdom and being taken to visit the buildings in the palace, Li Qing and Ciri were left with some private space.

However, although it was a private space, Li Qing and Xili did not do anything. After staying quietly for a while, Weiwei came over.

"Wow, Weiwei, your dress is so beautiful"

When I saw Vivi again, she had changed her clothes and taken off all her hunter equipment.

Li Qing and Ciri looked at the somewhat unfamiliar princess again. Even Ciri, who didn't care much about her appearance, couldn't help but exclaim.

Hurry over and check it out.

Li Qing was also looking at Weiwei and felt a little amazed.

There is no need to say much about Weiwei's appearance. She is a beauty even in the eyes of the most discerning people.

But to be honest, the dressing I did before couldn’t be considered dressing up at all.

He was wearing armor and looked dusty and dirty, which really did not attract people.

But now she is wearing gorgeous clothes that show off her figure almost completely, and with light makeup, to be honest, she is really beautiful.

Of course, Li Qing was only stunned for a moment and soon returned to normal.

After all, Li Qing has seen beautiful women before, regardless of whether they are artificial or natural. Li Qing's resistance to beauty is quite high.

"Are you guys ready? My dad and mom asked me to call you to the dinner."

Weiwei hadn't worn her princess clothes for a long time, and had gotten used to the hunter's equipment. Now she was not quite used to changing back suddenly.

Especially since she was naturally shy, she couldn't stand it in front of Li Qing.

His face turned red again and his voice became barely audible again.

Li Qing and Xili looked at each other and sighed helplessly. How could these sisters become the same as before?

Fortunately, Vivi recovered quickly this time.

He took the two of them out of the room and walked along the long corridor for a while before arriving at the place where the dinner was being held.

Weiwei's parents have already prepared everything here, and even the ingredients are already placed on the table, just waiting for Li Qing and the others to come.

"Oh, A-Qing!"

"I've been waiting for you for a long time. Come and have a taste of our Fire Country's specialties."

Gundom called out loudly.

Li Qing and Xili did not say politely. After following the servants and sitting down, they exchanged a few simple greetings and began to eat frantically.

When Gangdom saw Li Qing and the others eating so unceremoniously, he smiled happily, and then started talking about Vivi while eating.

It's nothing more than something like "please take care of me", "Weiwei is ignorant", "Weiwei is shy" and so on.

Weiwei was listening opposite and didn't say anything.

This banquet was actually a family dinner, and no one else was present except the two guests Li Qing and Xili.

I was too embarrassed to drink, so after dinner it was time to rest.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Weiwei told Li Qing and Xili again that they would go to participate in the stone picking activity tomorrow, and then said goodbye and left.

Li Qing and Xili simply washed up and went to sleep.

The next morning, shortly after the two woke up, there was a knock on the door.

When I opened the door, it was Vivi, who had changed back into her hunter outfit.

"Are you guys ready? We are about to set off."

Li Qing and Ciri didn't need to prepare anything, so they quickly put on their equipment and followed Vivi out of the palace.

"That's probably where we're going. You should be able to see that some people have already gone there."

We walked to a position where we could see the volcano that Vivi mentioned yesterday from just the right height.

From this distance, one could also see the ant-sized residents of the Fire Nation running all over the volcano looking for something.

Although the steaming hot air and rolling magma did not seem very safe, these people seemed to have adapted to it and were still busy searching for ore.

"By the way, you probably didn't bring this thing with you, did you? I've prepared it for you."

Before they had taken two steps, Weiwei remembered something and took out a few tubes of potion from her backpack and gave them to Li Qing and Xili.

Touching the cold glass bottle, Li Qing held it in front of his eyes and looked at it.

As someone who had studied hunter knowledge, he naturally knew what this thing was.

"Is this a cold drink? I've seen it in books before, but this is the first time I've actually seen it."

"What does this thing taste like?"

He asked Weiwei with some curiosity.

Weiwei's expression was a little strange, and she didn't know what to say: "Well, you'll know after you drink it."

But Li Qing was not stupid. He understood as soon as he saw Weiwei's expression that this thing definitely did not taste good.

"Hey, look in that direction, what happened?"

But just when Li Qing was still wondering what the cold drink tasted like, Ciri next to him suddenly asked a question.

Li Qing and Weiwei also turned their heads to look over there, and their eyes immediately became serious.

"That is."

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