247: First Entry into the Forbidden Zone
Completing Ji Ping’s last wish, Su Yuan and Situ Qingyin then directly headed back home.
Situ Qingyin still had many things to handle, while Su Yuan needed to head to the Ancient Forbidden Zone.
“This trip to Zhangzhou made me suddenly feel much more clear-headed,” commented Situ Qingyin with a smile.
Su Yuan, upon hearing this, also felt somewhat similar.
Situ Qingyin looked at Su Yuan with her bright eyes and suddenly smiled, “Being with you makes everything seem easier.”
Su Yuan shook his head, “Ultimately, your words of encouragement meant more. I could feel it had quite an impact on him. I, on the other hand, only brought out a Blue Card, which didn’t help much.”
“Hee-hee, thank you for spending money!” Situ Qingyin smiled with some embarrassment, “In the future, whenever you need to maintain or craft Star Devices, it’s free!”
Su Yuan laughed, “In that case, it’s a great deal for me.”
Checking the time, Su Yuan said, “You should head back first. I need to catch my connecting flight.”
Situ Qingyin nodded, “Though I don’t know where you’re going, be careful on your way!”
“Thanks, and good luck to you too.”
After their farewell, Su Yuan headed to the waiting lounge.
Situ Qingyin watched Su Yuan walk farther and farther away, silently placing her hands over her heart.
“Hope you stay safe on your journey…”
…
On the northeast section of the Transversal Mountain Range, two awe-inspiring Frost Giant Dragons flew high above the mountains.
Below, two terrifying Hellfires and ten ferocious Giant Bone Wolves were spread out in the forest, endlessly hunting Star Beasts.
Su Yuan was seated on the back of one of the Frost Giant Dragons, commanding the dragon to bombard the Star Beasts below.
It had been two days since Su Yuan returned to the Hengduan Mountain Range.
Previously, due to his large-scale hunting, the distribution of many Star Beasts had thinned out, but they had fully recovered by now.
Thus, Su Yuan summoned numerous summoning creatures once again, sweeping through the area.
The big advantage of summoning beasts is that they are free labor.
Now that Su Yuan had entered the Gold Level, the summoning beasts he called forth were all Gold Level as well.
Among them, the Frost Giant Dragon and Hellfire had both reached the Gold Middle Stage, while the Netherfire Steel Bone Wolves were at the Gold Early Stage.
Such a force could almost dominate the Transversal Mountain Range unless they encountered a Star Beast that had just broken through to the Shining Star Level.
However, this also indicated that the upper limit of the Nether Wolf Summon Green Card had nearly been reached.
Even if the level could keep up, once Su Yuan entered the Shining Star Level, the combat power of the Netherfire Steel Bone Wolves, as elite-grade summoning creatures, would be completely insufficient.
Though a Green Card, it had already played a significant role in Su Yuan’s previous adventures and current Stardust hunting.
Even if it didn’t act as a critical game-changer, it had indeed done plenty of arduous work for him.
“In about half a day, I should be able to cross the Transversal Mountain Range and fully enter the Ancient Forbidden Zone,” Su Yuan thought, gazing into the distance.
Suddenly, he felt a fluctuation from his Guardian Beast Space within his Sea of Consciousness.
“Oh, waking up?” Su Yuan felt a slight movement in his heart.
“Squeak!” Soon, a voice came from the Guardian Beast Space, indicating Ruan Ruan wanted to come out.
Su Yuan activated the summoning technique, and with a faint fluctuation of Star Power, a blue spherical creature dropped out.
“Eeek?!!”
The sudden strong wind frightened Ruan Ruan. The small body almost got blown away, but Su Yuan caught and pressed it against his chest just in time.
“Cover it too,” Su Yuan ordered.
The Frost Giant Dragon beneath him growled lowly, instantly enveloping Ruan Ruan with an outer layer of Star Power to shield it from the wind.
“Squeak squeak…”
Although the strong wind was blocked, being at high altitude made Ruan Ruan look around fearfully, huddling into Su Yuan’s embrace with a sigh of relief.
Seeing this, Su Yuan couldn’t help but chuckle softly.
What an interesting little thing.
Rubbing Ruan Ruan’s head, Su Yuan asked, “Swallowing successful, and your realm upgraded to Silver Stage?”
“Squeak (Yes!)” Ruan Ruan immediately straightened its chubby body when talking about cultivation.
“Not bad.”
Su Yuan nodded, it was as expected.
If ten intact Source Pearls could let a resurrected Demon Emperor reach the Gold Limit or Shining Star Level, then the energy in one Pearl should allow Ruan Ruan to reach the Silver Stage from the Bronze Level.
As for specific changes, checking the panel would reveal them.
Su Yuan focused and opened Ruan Ruan’s panel: