Before long.
Si Luoluo returned.
Worth mentioning—unlike Liu Xinxin’s assumption that there were no class holders here, there actually were!
Thud~
Si Luoluo dropped a young man onto the ground.
She said, “I searched carefully. There’s only this one.”
Uh…
Everyone stared in bewilderment.
They hadn’t expected someone to actually be in Canglong Ridge—and alone, deep inside it!
What made Lu Ran laugh and cry at the same time was that Si Luoluo had just brought the guy back directly!
“A life profession?” Liu Xinxin looked the young man up and down and asked.
The young man was clearly not wearing equipment, but rather special life-profession clothing—though it looked a bit unusual.
So even Liu Xinxin couldn’t tell what life profession he had.
As for the young man, he was even more confused.
He’d been grinding his life skills when suddenly a little loli with big black wings appeared in front of him.
Without a word, she’d picked him up and flown here at top speed.
At this very moment.
He suspected he was dreaming.
Because he didn’t recognize all of the people in front of him.
But he knew Yu Qingcang!
The guild master of the Heavenly Dao Alliance!
And he’d seen Lei Tai at the arena too—the guild master of the War Banner National Guard!
He didn’t recognize the other two women, since Ye Hongyi and Liu Xinxin didn’t often appear in public.
But he could clearly see the guild emblems on their chests.
Mirror Flower Water Moon, and Red Dress Tower!
Holy crap!
People from all four major guilds were here!
And Yu Qingcang and Lei Tai were respectively the guild masters of the War Banner National Guard and the Heavenly Dao Alliance!
“You… you guys… you…” The young man stammered, unsure what was going on.
“I’m Yu Qingcang.”
“I’m Lei Tai.”
“I’m Ye Hongyi.”
“I’m Liu Xinxin.”
The four introduced themselves casually.
Bzzt~
The young man’s brain exploded.
These two women were guild masters too!
The guild master of Mirror Flower Water Moon and the guild master of Red Dress Tower!
What was going on!
As for Si Luoluo on the side, she didn’t look human—she had wings, and he had no idea what she was.
And Lu Ran—he recognized him even less, but he could tell he was probably a necromancer.
As for Nanami, he didn’t recognize her either.
But the profession emblem on Nanami’s chest—that looked like Sakura’s signature Onmyoji class?
What kind of messy situation was this?
“You’re a life profession?” Liu Xinxin repeated.
“Oh, oh, yes, yes, life profession. My name is Song Chao, I’m an Explorer.” The young man said quickly.
“Explorer…” Liu Xinxin murmured, then said, “I remember now. Hidden professions are rare among life professions, but Explorer is one of them. I just don’t know much about it. What are you doing here?”
“Looking for treasure.” The young man said directly.
Huh?
Everyone was stunned. What treasure? This was Canglong Ridge, a wild area—what treasure was there?
Seeming to see through their confusion.
Song Chao quickly explained, “An Explorer’s ability is to find specific items, resources, or use active skills to detect and locate high-value items. Since very few class holders come here, I came to search.”
In short, he was a treasure-hunting expert.
This was something Lu Ran and the others hadn’t expected.
“Aren’t you afraid of dying? This place is full of level fifty to sixty Rotwood Canglongs that attack proactively. You’re a life profession—how did you get so deep in?” Even Lei Tai couldn’t help but ask out of curiosity.
“Explorers have a skill that lets me avoid wild monster aggro. In the wild, no monsters will attack me unless I attack them first. But I don’t have attack skills, so… there’s no danger.” Song Chao explained.
So that was it.
Meanwhile, Liu Xinxin was staring intently at Song Chao.
After Song Chao finished explaining, she added, “Explorer is a pretty good life profession. Lu Ran, you could actually use him. After you finish testing your skill, negotiate a price.”
Huh?
Lu Ran was taken aback. What did she mean, use him? Use him for what?
“Explorers can find specific items and resources. That blueprint of yours—some resources are hard to find, but an Explorer can use skills to quickly locate them. You don’t care whether the destination is dangerous anyway—as long as you know where it is, you can definitely get it. That makes things much easier.” Liu Xinxin said.
Only then did everyone understand.
So in that case, this Song Chao was practically a divine artifact for Lu Ran in gathering the materials needed for the equipment blueprint!
“With him around, you have a very good chance of crafting that equipment before the national war starts.” Liu Xinxin said.
That would be great!
Lu Ran had been itching to get started—that was dark gold equipment!
If he could craft it, it would be the only piece of dark gold equipment in the entire world!
“Alright, Song Chao, right? I’m Lu Ran, nice to meet you. Wait here for us—we’ll test the skill, and when we’re done, we’ll talk.” Lu Ran said to Song Chao.
“Sure!” Song Chao agreed excitedly.
In fact, this was Song Chao’s own ability and how he normally made a living.
On this trip, besides searching for things himself, he’d also taken commissions from others to find items.
It was already his job—and now all four major guild masters were asking for his help together.
This was practically bringing glory to his ancestors!
“Good, then let’s test the skill first. Lu Ran, begin.” Liu Xinxin said to Lu Ran.
Lu Ran looked toward Canglong Ridge ahead.
Si Luoluo had already scouted—there were no other class holders in Canglong Ridge besides Song Chao.
Besides testing the skill, Lu Ran also wanted to clear the entire Canglong Ridge.
Level fifty to sixty monsters with a hundredfold experience boost—he couldn’t waste that!
Before the national war, he needed to not only craft the dark gold equipment but also raise his level to sixty!
Those were two goals, both essential!
With that thought.
Lu Ran stepped forward and waved his hand—the Stabilizing Sea Trident appeared in his grasp.
The next second.
Summon Black Dragon!
Boom~
The sky diagonally above him suddenly turned a large patch of dark red.
Then, rolling undead aura kept generating, as if boiling.
After a brief disturbance.
A massive Abyssal Bone Dragon condensed out of the undead aura.
It looked like a Western dragon—a lizard dragon.
Twenty meters tall, with a wingspan reaching fifty meters!
Its entire body was a skeleton frame, with no rotting flesh hanging on it—clean and bare.
The stark white bones spread their skeletal wings, and two green flames burned continuously in its eye sockets like eyes.
The bone dragon tilted its head back, opened its massive jaws, and let out a roar—but no sound came out.
Lu Ran watched with immense excitement. What a magnificent thing!
As expected of a necromancer’s signature creation—absolutely badass!
Beside Lu Ran, Song Chao was watching the spectacle.
He wasn’t surprised by the bone dragon’s appearance—he’d seen a necromancer’s Abyssal Bone Dragon before.
He was even curious internally—what was there to test about a single Abyssal Bone Dragon?
Just as he was thinking that.
He noticed the Stabilizing Sea Trident in Lu Ran’s hand was still glowing.
In the sky diagonally above, the area covered by dark red undead aura was still expanding. Terrifying undead aura interwove and crisscrossed, and one Abyssal Bone Dragon after another was continuously condensing!
