“You brat, what’s with that look? Flower Butterfly Valley is where the Red Garment Tower guild headquarters is located!” Ye Hongyi said, rolling her eyes.
“Alright, alright. And then there’s this Outsider Star Iron—this one…” Lu Ran continued.
But at this point.
The guild leaders were all dumbfounded.
“Outsider Star Iron? What’s that?”
They looked at each other. Never heard of it!
As for Song Chao, his eyes lit up.
He had been watching the guild leaders the whole time.
Since the guild leaders’ guilds could easily get certain materials, he kept quiet, because he couldn’t help with those.
But now, seeing their reactions.
Song Chao knew—time to work!
“Um, I know where that is,” Song Chao said with a smile.
Only then did everyone look at Song Chao.
“So Lu Ran’s luck really is good. A material even your Sister Xinxin doesn’t know about—only Song Chao is qualified to find it. Good thing we ran into Song Chao here, otherwise it really would’ve been hard to find,” Ye Hongyi said with a sigh.
Lu Ran also looked at Song Chao.
He asked, “Where is it?”
Song Chao said, “Hold on, let me look.”
After saying that.
Everyone watched as Song Chao pulled a compass out of his backpack and held it in his hand.
“Is that your life-class weapon?” Lu Ran asked curiously.
“Yeah, more or less. But we call them tools. Life classes don’t have weapons and don’t have any attack power,” Song Chao explained.
“This thing looks pretty mystical. I’m surprised you know how to use it,” Lu Ran said with admiration.
“Uh…” Song Chao scratched his head awkwardly and said, “I can’t actually read it either. It really is mystical. I just use it to cast skills. I don’t understand the principles behind it at all.”
Lu Ran nodded blankly.
That was understandable.
Meanwhile, Song Chao did something—the compass in his hand began to spin, emitting a blue glow.
Song Chao also muttered under his breath, “Outsider Star Iron…”
A dozen or so seconds later.
The compass’s rotation slowly came to a stop, finally locking in place.
Song Chao’s eyes widened, and he exclaimed in shock, “Oh no, oh no.”
What happened?
Everyone quickly looked at Song Chao.
“What’s wrong? Can’t find it?” Liu Xinxin asked.
If even a treasure-hunting class like Song Chao couldn’t find it, then it would be really troublesome.
“That’s not it. In this world, there’s nothing I can’t find. As long as I know the name, I can find it a hundred percent of the time. And I did find this Outsider Star Iron. But its location is in a forbidden zone—an undeveloped area,” Song Chao said with a troubled expression.
But right after saying that, Song Chao suddenly realized he had made a very stupid mistake.
Forbidden undeveloped areas referred to places no class holders had ever been to.
So they were gray no-man’s lands.
The monsters there were also high-level, so for normal class holders, they were naturally extremely dangerous.
But after witnessing Lu Ran’s abilities just now.
A forbidden zone? Who cared!
Even if Lu Ran’s attack power wasn’t enough, the undead army could each spit once and drown the monsters!
Sure enough.
Upon hearing this, Liu Xinxin and the others immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
“You scared me. I thought you couldn’t find it. Since you found it, that’s good. No matter what kind of forbidden zone it is, it’s not a problem for Lu Ran. The reason it’s a forbidden zone is that no one’s been there. Once Lu Ran goes, it won’t be a forbidden zone anymore,” Liu Xinxin said with relief.
“I was overthinking it. Then I’ll share the coordinates. You’ll know once you see them,” Song Chao said.
He then shared the map coordinates.
Everyone opened the map and looked.
“It really is a forbidden zone, and pretty deep in. Based on normal leveling progression and world development progress, it might take several more years before anyone goes there,” Lei Tai said.
“A bit strange—why would the required material be in a forbidden zone?” Ye Hongyi asked.
“Dark gold equipment isn’t equipment for the current stage, so it’s normal that some of the required materials come from higher-level areas,” Yu Qingcang said.
“That’s a good thing,” Liu Xinxin chimed in.
“That’s exactly right. The more precious the materials and the higher their level, the better the quality and stronger the attributes of the crafted equipment. That’s for certain,” Song Chao said from the side.
After attracting everyone’s attention.
Song Chao continued, “I’ve helped a lot of people find materials and been through quite a few equipment blueprints, so I’ve summed up a little pattern. Hehe…”
At these words, everyone felt even more reassured.
With Song Chao saying that, it was settled!
The dark gold equipment crafted from this would definitely be the cream of the crop!
“Since we know the location, let’s go,” Liu Xinxin suggested.
But now a problem arose.
Everyone looked at the Carp Spirit and Siluoluo.
What to do with these two?
“Just bring them along. Siluoluo, can you put those wings away?” Lu Ran asked.
“Yes. The Spirit Wings come from the bloodline power bestowed by the Spirit Divine Tree. They’re not part of the body’s natural growth. Although they’re different from you humans’ equipment, they can still be retracted,” Siluoluo explained.
As she spoke, the black wings behind her slowly turned into black streaks of light and disappeared.
They really could be retracted.
But for all elves, almost none of them would ever retract their wings.
Because there was no need to hide them—they were their glory, the symbol of the elven race.
Unless it was like now, when Lu Ran asked, that she would do so.
Seeing Siluoluo’s wings retracted, Lu Ran breathed a sigh of relief.
The Repairing Universe was a mess right now, so Siluoluo and the Carp Spirit wouldn’t be put inside for the time being.
Later, when it was stuffed full of undead creatures, there would be even less room for them.
So next, until a suitable place was arranged, Siluoluo and the Carp Spirit would need to stay by Lu Ran’s side.
“Siluoluo, Carp Spirit, from now on you two are with me,” Lu Ran told them.
And upon hearing this, Siluoluo and the Carp Spirit’s first reaction was excitement!
They had both been captured and controlled by Lu Ran at the rule level, so their loyalty to Lu Ran was absolutely terrifying!
Being able to stay by Lu Ran’s side was naturally the best.
Being tossed by Lu Ran into the storage space of the Sleeve Universe, squeezed together with those skeleton undead creatures, was really quite boring.
“But there’s still a problem. Siluoluo doesn’t need to worry—she’s very strong, a BOSS-level creature after all. But the Carp Spirit is a bit too weak. Would there be any accidents if she stays by my side?” Lu Ran said worriedly.
At this moment.
Nanami suddenly volunteered, “I’ll take care of her.”
Oh?
Lu Ran looked at Nanami in surprise.
“As an onmyoji, I know how to take care of shikigami. Even though the Carp Spirit is low-grade, there won’t be any problems,” Nanami said confidently.
“That works. By the way, you mentioned before that the Carp Spirit can be purified by hunting shikigami. Is there any way to do that?” Lu Ran asked.
“Simple. With my status, I can find as many onmyoji as you need. They and their shikigami—you can hunt them as you please,” Nanami said calmly.
This also proved.
That in her heart, Nanami had already decided to draw a line between herself and Sakura!
