allonlinenovel Chapter 112 Catch the Mountain
Chapter 112 Catch the Mountain
After a long while, it was Shu Ran who came to her senses first. Within her field of vision, something unknown appeared on the sea surface.
"what is that?"
In the distance, a white floating object drifted closer and closer to the small boat.
Yunxi turned around and saw the large, rock-like floating object in the direction Shuran was looking.
"I'll sail over and take a look."
As she spoke, Yunxi steered the boat a little further in that direction.
The white floating object was also heading towards the small boat.
"It seems to be ambergris!"
When Shu Ran had nothing to do, she read books about incense making.
Among them are records about ambergris.
To put it more elegantly, ambergris is a secretion of sperm whales. When it is first excreted, it is light black, but under the influence of seawater, the color gradually lightens until it turns white.
Besides being used as an incense-making material, it can also be a medicinal herb.
According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, it can "invigorate blood, benefit essence and marrow, strengthen yang, and promote blood circulation." In traditional Chinese medicine, it is often used to treat symptoms such as delirium, chest tightness, abdominal pain, cough, and asthma.
It is expensive, priced in grams, and is basically equivalent to gold.
"Then I'll fish it out."
Yunxi took out the fishing net that she had shaken out and put away, threw it at the ambergris, and quickly retrieved it.
Although it had been soaking in seawater for a long time, it did not look wet and had a strange fragrance.
As the fishing net was pulled in, ambergris lingered above the small boat, almost completely covering it.
Shu Ran looked up at the obstruction above her head and exclaimed, "This ambergris is huge! I can't use it all myself, so I can cut it up and give it away later."
Yunxi nodded: "That makes sense. The animals in the scene are all quite large, so it's normal for their secretions to be a bit bigger."
There wasn't enough room on the boat, so Yunxi reached out and put the secretions from the fishing net into her spatial storage for the time being.
The moment her hand touched it, Yunxi also felt the restrained "yang" energy of the ambergris.
It seems to contain hundreds of times more than naturally cooked seafood.
Yunxi steered the small boat back to shore, her lips twitching slightly, and uttered a single sentence: "Perhaps, we can't give it away anymore."
I should have thought of this earlier. There's a burst of "yang" energy every day. Floating on the sea every day, haven't we absorbed a bit too much of it?
Shu Ran asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"
"Excessive sun exposure leads to an overabundance of medicinal effects and 'yang' energy. Or, one could say, a mutation has occurred."
Unlike regular ambergris, this is easy to overdose if not controlled properly, and can even be fatal.
"It's alright, we can keep it for our own use or make it into a finished product."
Shu Ran didn't care; she couldn't send many people off anyway, and she didn't have many close friends to begin with.
In addition, the two members of the Gou family who suffered setbacks in their relationships seem to be busy with their careers to cope with their heartbreak.
Feeling a little guilty, Shu Ran glanced at Yun Xi beside her and shook her head.
If—and she meant if—the system hadn't miraculously sent Yunxi to him.
Shu Ran might accept one of the Gou brothers for a romantic experience, and afterwards she might choose some good-looking men to keep around her.
In any case, sooner or later, things will not turn out the way the Gou brothers envisioned.
Yunxi was completely unaware of this and focused intently on steering the boat back to shore.
After packing up their belongings, they left the scene.
Unsurprisingly, a portion of the sperm whale's secretions was also removed as part of the venue fee.
Three days passed in a flash, and everything was ready.
In the stillness of the night, Shu Ran led her people to the agreed-upon location.
The other six people who were going back to the mainland also came from other places.
This is another group of talents who returned from abroad and were transiting through the port city when they were accidentally recognized.
One of the professor's university classmates happened to be a family member of an official from Country Y who was sent here.
I'm being followed, and my previously booked ferry tickets are now invalid.
The group consisted of six people, all bundled up tightly. Judging from their builds, only two of them appeared to be trained.
Is it feasible? Of the ten people, six require special protection, and the remaining four are all injured.
"I'll drop you off here. If you need anything on the ship, you can ask the captain, Xiaowen, or Awu."
Fortunately, Shu Ran had a last-minute idea before leaving and asked Shu Huwen and Shu Huwu to come along.
With more and more cards to play and Yunxi by her side, she's no longer too worried about her safety.
At worst, she can just stay home as much as possible these days.
"Thank you!"
"Thank you!"
……
You're welcome. Take care! Everyone, please be safe!
Shu Ran nodded and watched them board the boat.
"Let's go!"
Back home, I felt completely relaxed.
Yunxi was in a wonderful mood after seeing off her potential rival.
Although Shu Ran didn't say it, after a brief period of online exposure, Yunxi's intuition told him that uniforms, soldiers, and 185cm all fit Shu Ran's fantasies!
Yunxi even considered whether she should order some similar clothes to be made.
The permission to freely enter and exit the scene will expire soon.
To enter again, you need to explore new scenes.
This time, Shu Ran was very serious and didn't choose random again.
Instead, I carefully selected a mountain-climbing scene and chose the easy difficulty mode.
Welcome to the scene: Fragment of Mountains and Seas No. 18.
[New player task 1 for the current scenario: Hunt in the mountains, each person must collect ten catties of mountain produce.]
It is indeed the easy mode. The beginner task requires 10 kilograms, and the two of them together only weigh 20 kilograms.
As soon as she entered, Shu Ran saw a sea of flowers, all kinds of flowers, many of which she did not know the names of.
The sea of flowers separated the mountains from the white mist.
Outside the flower-covered area, white mist swirled.
The two were right at the foot of the mountain, with a sea of flowers on one side and towering mountains on the other.
Looking up, there were towering mountains that seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see, shrouded in mist and clouds.
It looks different from the white mist outside the flower garden; there's no sense of danger.
"Quickly sense how high the spiritual energy concentration is here."
Yunxi is the one with the most physical strength, and she feels much less safe if she can't use her spiritual power.
"The concentration of spiritual energy is higher than in the previous scene!"
Yunxi circulated her cultivation technique, absorbing spiritual energy to replenish what she had consumed over the past few days.
"As long as it works, let's go up the mountain!"
Shu Ran was in high spirits, having had a good haul from beachcombing, and hoped that hiking in the mountains would bring her something different.
Holding a stick, it can be used as a retractable stun gun or a hiking stick.
Yunxi carried a bamboo basket on his back, which was part of his beginner's gift pack. He could put his harvest into it at any time, which was more convenient than putting it directly into his spatial ring.
It saved me the trouble of going back to tidy up.
They randomly chose a path with few obstructions and started walking up the mountain.
"Whoosh!"
"what?"
Not used to having her mental energy detector constantly on, Shu Ran turned her head and caught a glimpse of the beautiful feathers, but didn't see the whole thing.
"It's a pheasant, want some? I'll go hunt it!"
"miss you!"
Shu Ran nodded, looking in the direction the pheasant had disappeared: "It must have flown far away! Can we still catch it?"
"It's okay. If this one's gone, there'll be another one."