The weather was getting colder. It had been almost half a month since Yu Li left.
Lin Feng would receive letters from Yu Li every few days. It seemed like she still had not adapted to the traveling life in Kandis.
"What does the letter say?" Yuna did not recognize many words, so she could only hand the letter to Lin Feng and have him summarize it.
"She's complaining to me that although this traveling life is interesting, she has to walk for a long time every day and it's very tiring," Lin Feng glanced at the back of the letter and saw there was no other content, so he handed the letter back to Yuna to keep.
"That's it?" She took the letter, asking blankly.
Lin Feng nodded.
In an instant, a hint of loss flashed through Yuna's eyes.
Although this guy always had an expressionless face, he was actually very sensitive inside.
The melancholic beast-eared girl was so cute.
"Alright, Yu Li has gone out adventuring and leveling up, you can't slack off either, you hear me?" Lin Feng gently patted her butt, and took the chance to glance back at Emily.
Their eyes just happened to meet, then her gaze shifted downwards and landed on Lin Feng’s lecherous hand.
"What's up? Sneakily touching then looking back at me?" Emily hugged herself with a helpless expression.
"I was just afraid you'd get angry!"
"As long as Yuna doesn't mind, I won't get angry."
Yuna's face was red but she didn't say anything, which meant she didn't mind.
Lin Feng stretched and walked into the storage room to take out two pickaxes, handing one to each girl.
"What are these for?" Emily swung the pickaxe a few times to test out how it felt, "Aren't you taking us to the labyrinth? What do we need pickaxes for?"
Yuna examined the weapons of both.
Her greatsword was already battered and broken. Although she had taken it to the blacksmith for sharpening a few days ago, it probably wouldn’t last much longer at this rate.
As for Emily's longbow, while it was decently maintained, she kept complaining that it didn’t have enough power and couldn’t penetrate the thick hides of magical beasts, saying she wanted a heavier bow.
【Quest Update: Forge exclusive weapons for Yuna and Emily.
Quest Rewards: Standard Ruby x 2, slightly increases strength】
Just happened to be lacking some accessories.
Gemstones were expensive no matter where one went. Several pieces were set into Yu Li's farewell gift.
Even a standard ruby could sell for around a gold coin externally.
After forging good weapons, these two pieces could be set into their weapons.
Yuna would be able to swing her greatsword faster and more powerfully, while Emily could draw heavier bows.
"I'm taking you mining," Lin Feng leaned against the shoe cabinet and continued, "There's a labyrinth near here with abundant Magic Crystal Ore, it's mid-high grade material for making equipment. I want to mine some then find a Dwarf blacksmith."
"If you think mining is tiring, we can just straight-up buy from the Dwarfs too." Lin Feng helped Emily tidy up her scarf, "But as you know, to them we're another race. They may scam us a bit on prices."
Emily suddenly understood, "I see, then I have no objections."
"Every bit saved helps. Earning money isn't easy," Yuna twitched her ears. She deeply understood the difficulty in earning money.
Sometimes even after killing magical beasts all day, she would only earn a few silver coins.
While that amount was already several days or even over ten days worth of income for ordinary people, for someone like her who had to cover Yu Li's magic studies, it was still too little.
The three of them entered the interior of the labyrinth.
The first few floors had been completely mined clean. Not even a single magical beast could be seen. Occasionally there would be other people who came to mine.
"Only the topmost floors have Magic Crystal Ore left. But stronger magical beasts are up there too so not many people dare to go," Lin Feng casually asked an explorer.
That person kept sneaking peeks at the two beast-eared girls, but Lin Feng kept swaying back and forth, blocking his line of sight the whole time until he finally gave up.
"My first time seeing other people inside a labyrinth,"
"This place produces a lot of Magic Crystal Ore, so many people want a piece. Naturally the chances of running into others is higher too," Lin Feng held up a torch and surveyed their surroundings, "Be careful of some unsavory characters at the same time."
Emily scratched her face, "What's up?"
"Since there's high traffic here, quite a few bandits choose this place to ambush others. They rob you then kill you before the magical beasts help dispose of the corpse. Extremely convenient,"
"We'll kill anyone who comes at us! Right, Yuna?" Emily had a ferocious look.
Yuna nodded.
The two races were antagonistic to begin with. Plus beast-eared girls had fierce temperaments, so they definitely had some lives under their belts from having survived this long.
Especially Emily. She had swallowed up dozens of Lin Feng's future generations – a downright femme fatale.
"What are you grinning about like an idiot?" Emily said helplessly.
"Let's continue our battle tonight,"
Emily hefted the pickaxe over her shoulder and replied seriously, "I'm good to go."
Lin Feng led them to the upper floors of the labyrinth.
The visible Magic Crystal Ore grew more abundant, as did the number of magical beasts.
It looked like Yuna was pretty handy with a pickaxe too, able to take down beasts with one strike.
"This is the ore," Lin Feng picked up a piece of Magic Crystal Ore from the ground.
The surface had many protruding purple metallic substances. At first glance it looked quite beautiful.
"Wasn't this stuff everywhere along the way? Why haven't we started mining yet?"
"Let's talk when we get to the top. It's inconvenient to keep finding and mining here," Lin Feng continued leading the way. With their current strength, even strong magical beasts were nothing to panic over. Rather, it was extra income.
Upon reaching the topmost level, one entire rock face was covered in tidy Magic Crystal Ore.
Emitting a faint purple glow, the ores thoroughly lit up the labyrinth passageway.
"Come on, hand me the torch and you can dig," Lin Feng curled a finger at Emily beckoning her over.
"Then what do I dig with?"
"Let me handle it. Your strength isn't the same as us two girls, you'll dig slower." Although Lin Feng had some feminine features, he didn't completely rely on brute strength.
Unexpectedly, Emily was unhappy with this arrangement.
She stared expressionlessly at Lin Feng.
"What's wrong?" Lin Feng daringly asked.
Emily brewed for a few seconds before shoving Lin Feng aside to start digging herself. She felt looked down upon.
But the instant the pickaxe made contact with the Magic Crystal Ore, pain shot through Emily's hand.
Glancing to the side, she saw Yuna hack off large chunks of ore with each strike.
There really was no comparison in strength.
She chipped away a few more times but it was futile.
Sneaking a peek at Lin Feng again, he was even secretly laughing!
She blew her fuse right there.
"What are you hitting me for?" Lin Feng grabbed Emily's flailing little fist.
Emily pouted and shoved the pickaxe into Lin Feng's hands, "Go ahead and laugh if you want, damn annoying!"
"As expected of my wife, really cute,"
Her incredulous expression was too amusing.
Just as the two of them were horsing around, Yuna suddenly halted her motions and pricked up her ears to sniff the air.
There was the smell of blood.
"Master, there is the scent of human blood nearby," Yuna followed the smell and behind some rocks, found a pool of fresh red blood.
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
transmigrates into the role of a villainous rich second-generation kid in an urban fantasy novel, and gets bound to a god-tier choice system. Right at the start, he catches the female lead stealing exam papers! This triggers the villain's choice options! [Choice 1: Pretend you didn't see anything] [Choice 2: Loudly call her out, drawing everyone's attention] [Choice 3: ...] And thus, a twisted villain is born. To avoid getting killed by the protagonist, he has no choice but to take down all the protagonists first. Jiang Che: Nobody understands being twisted better than me!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
