Golden Realm.
For the cave regions outside, where Silver Realms were already considered rare, this was undoubtedly an existence to be looked up to.
Sensing Black Bean's heavy expression.
Chen Yu frowned slightly, lowering his gaze to look at him for a moment.
"Difficult?"
"Very difficult." Black Bean murmured after a moment's thought, "Boss, I suggest we retreat as soon as possible. Our current strength is not enough to contend with the Golden Realm."
"My Five-Colored Sword isn't enough either?"
"It is!"
To this, Black Bean nodded with certainty.
"The sword is definitely enough, but the problem is you don't have the Five-Colored Armor. You can crush the Golden Realm in offense, but you can't withstand their attacks."
Chen Yu: (⊙﹏⊙)
It seemed to be the case.
He couldn't withstand it.
Hiss!
This was very troublesome.
Despite possessing weapons that could overpower his level, Chen Yu was still unable to achieve true dominance.
To retreat?
Chen Yu frowned slightly.
If he were to retreat like this, he would truly be reluctant.
Having planned for so long.
Seeing the net about to be cast, would he falter at the final hurdle?
The others at the camp watched him silently. Chen Yu rested his chin on his hand and pondered for a long time. Suddenly, his peripheral vision fell upon the parchment in his hand.
A smile inexplicably bloomed at the corner of his lips.
"Learn."
[Cave Reminder: Learning successful]
Receiving the prompt, Chen Yu quickly opened the crafting page.
[Meng Han Powder: Water Element Magic Crystal Powder 0g/1g, Rootless Flower 0/3, Dream Mist Grass 0/1]
Crystal powder?
After searching the crafting page for a long time, Chen Yu couldn't find the option to craft crystal powder.
Huh?!
Could this stump him?
He took out a water element crystal and a piece of stone.
Bang!
Bang bang bang!
A complete elemental crystal was crushed into powder by Chen Yu.
Immediately, Chen Yu opened the trading channel.
Keyword search.
Rootless Flower: 30ml drinking water.
Dream Mist Grass: 75ml drinking water.
"Purchase."
Transaction successful.
Lost 9000ml of drinking water, obtained 300 Rootless Flowers.
Lost 7500ml of drinking water, obtained 100 Dream Mist Grass.
He reopened the crafting page.
[Meng Han Powder: Water Element Crystal Powder 24g/1g, Rootless Flower 300/3, Dream Mist Grass 100/1]
"Craft."
[Ding]
[Crafting successful]
A handful of pure white powder appeared in Chen Yu's hand. He quickly took out a plastic bottle from the warehouse and poured all the powder into it.
Crafting repeatedly.
Chen Yu continued until he had used up all the crystal powder. The plastic bottle was now about half full of white powder.
During this time, Black Bean and the others silently watched Chen Yu busying himself. They were still waiting for Chen Yu to make the final decision, but it seemed he had forgotten about it.
Several pairs of eyes looked at each other.
Finally—
All gazes settled on Black Bean, the second-in-command.
"Ahem..."
Sensing the eagerness of the crowd, Black Bean cleared his throat.
"Boss?"
Chen Yu, who was foolishly smiling at the Meng Han powder in the bottle, glanced at him.
"What is it?"
"What should we do now, stay or go?" Black Bean whispered, "If we retreat, we need to hurry. The Golden Realm might attack at any moment."
"Go?"
Unexpectedly, Chen Yu looked confused.
"Why go? The Golden Realm is nothing. Let him come, and then you'll see if I don't drug him."
"Ah?"
"From now on, our plan has changed." Chen Yu waved his hand at everyone. "Execute, Plan B!"
...
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
In a certain cave space aperture.
The aperture suddenly flashed with brilliant light, and several figures emerged from it. These figures were all beastmen, and their attire strongly suggested they were mercenaries.
After these beastmen appeared from the aperture, they respectfully retreated to the sides.
Soon—
The silver light of the aperture flickered incessantly.
Then, a tall, middle-aged man appeared, carrying a greatsword on his back, like a swordsman.
His aura was contained.
Just standing there, it was as if a heavy pressure was being released outward.
The beastmen who had retreated to the sides buried their heads even lower at his appearance. The man carrying the greatsword, however, looked at the youth behind him, who appeared to be only in his early twenties.
"Giles, how much longer do we have to walk? I'm tired."
"Young Master Tony, according to the coordinates provided by the two mercenaries earlier, we may need to advance through another 7 cave spaces to reach the target location." The man carrying the greatsword whispered.
"Seven?"
Tony raised his hand to his forehead. As soon as he did, a servant handed him a cup of delicious fruit juice.
"Why can't we use flying equipment? Walking this long on foot is too stupid." Tony, sipping his juice, glanced at the surrounding beastmen mercenaries. "Also, I don't like them following me. The damned smell is truly awful."
His undisguised disgust made the surrounding beastmen mercenaries feel a bit awkward.
"Young Master Tony, you were the one who said you wanted to be a free mercenary, and these are the basics for any mercenary." Giles whispered, "Mercenaries need sufficient stamina and keen observation skills. In the future, I won't always be by your side, and you will make many friends who are also mercenaries during your missions."
"If they are these beastmen, I'd rather not have them."
Tony's expression was filled with arrogance. He completely ignored the feelings of the beastmen and took a few sips of juice before handing the cup back to the servant beside him.
"Alright, let's hurry. After finishing this mission, I want to return to my clan to rest."
"The disgusting smell of the outer regions."
"Ugh~"
"I'm going to vomit!"
As he spoke, Tony raised his hand again, and a servant handed him a sword, which he grasped.
He arrogantly walked ahead...
Bang!
Before he could take a few steps, Tony stepped into a trap, his right foot caught and suspended in mid-air.
All the beastmen warriors who saw this instinctively took a step back.
Their expressions were vigilant.
Giles, carrying the greatsword, also frowned slightly.
"Magic, Water element."
"Damn it, who the hell..." Tony shouted from being suspended upside down with his feet caught. "Giles, aren't you going to save me quickly? What are you standing there for?"
"Shouting and shouting, what are you shouting about? If you keep shouting, I'll kill you!"
Suddenly—
A sharp cry came from behind the trees.
Immediately, a girl wearing a mask made of wild grass jumped out from behind the trees, hands on her hips, chin slightly raised.
"You... it's you, you dare to tie me up!" Tony, suspended in mid-air, glared at the girl. "You're courting death. If you kneel down and apologize now, I might spare your corpse."
"Tch~"
The girl with the wild grass mask looked disdainful.
"Whose silly son are you, spewing such foolish words? Don't you know who tied whom?" The girl looked disgusted and snorted towards the front.
"This road was opened by me, this tree was planted by me. If you want to pass,哼哼... hand over your money!"