The sun is rising.

The scorching sun shines through the gaps in the leaves on the path in the giant wood forest.

At this time, Zhou Ye was taking Xiao Juan, looking for a way out of the Giant Wood Forest in one direction.

Yesterday, Zhou Ye had Xiao Juan train on Rock Assault and the new version of the Rock Cannon, which gave him a deeper understanding of the two main skills used.

As for himself, he used the Aoki meditation method on the side to exercise his mental power to improve the strength of the beast space.

And now, Xiao Juan has perfectly adapted to these two new skills after the change, and he can set off with Zhou Ye to find new treasures.

Half a day passed quickly.

At this time, Zhou Ye and Xiao Juan stood at the junction of a forest and a rocky land, enjoying their lunch slowly.

In the half a day this morning, Zhou Ye led the small scroll with a greatly increased strength to defeat five wild phantom beasts, and also found three special items along the way.

Although these three special items are not as profitable as the previous red liguo, they can be regarded as special items recognized by the game and can increase the progress of the chain of quests.

The first two missions in the chain are as follows.

[Serial Quest (1): Defeat 4 Wild Phantom Beasts (4/10) Reward: 200 Pet Points]

[Serial Quest (2): Pick up three special items (3/10) Reward: 150 pet points]

Judging from the progress, to be able to have this kind of receipt in the morning, according to common sense, Zhou Ye should already feel very satisfied.

But the reality is that Zhou Ye is not satisfied with this, in his opinion, these two tasks can definitely be completed in the past twenty days in the secret realm.

And there is still no news about the difficult hidden place and the secret land crystal core, which can't help but make him feel a little irritated.

But fortunately, now that I have finally stepped out of that forest, I can explore other areas, after all, the more places I go, the more hope there is.

"Let's go, there will be no big trees to block the sun, if it's too hot, you can tell me to go into the beast space to rest..."

Zhou Ye glanced at the rocky plateau that was exposed to the sun and had no end in sight, and said intimately to the small scroll beside him.

"Rabbit! Rabbit... (๑•̀ᄆ•́ฅ)" (I'm not afraid!) I like to accompany Zhou Ye... ）

Hearing the words of Xiao Juan's straight ball, Zhou Ye was also stunned for a moment, and then touched its head dotingly.

"I also like to stay with Komaki, and now that we're done eating, we'll leave now..."

Zhou Ye saw that after Xiao Juan had eaten and rested for a while, he was ready to take him to challenge this rocky plateau.

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In the rocky highlands, some roads are made up of natural irregular rocks, so the ground is always high and low, which makes it particularly inconvenient for people to move.

Zhou Ye also felt like this, he had only been here for an hour, and he was actually more tired than the three hours he had traveled in the Giant Wood Forest before.

But Komaki didn't feel that way, and in the midst of this rocky plateau, it was as relaxed and pleasant as returning to his own home.

Zhou Ye could also understand Xiao Juan's feelings, after all, there was land and rocks everywhere, and it was completely the place where earth-based phantom beasts liked to survive.

"Rabbit! (≧∇≦*)" (Zhou Ye, look!) ）

Xiaojuan, who walked in front to show Zhou Ye the way, seemed to see something exciting, turned his head and shouted happily to Zhou Ye.

Seeing this, Zhou Ye smiled helplessly: "I have found a new special item..."

Zhou Ye has begun to slowly get used to the European Emperor attribute of Xiao Juan, plus this time all the previous special items were discovered by Xiao Juan, and he only needs to follow behind to collect them.

But this feeling is really not bad, it's just like opening an advantage and scanning hanging, picking up wherever you go.

"Let me see what it is this time..."

Following the direction of Xiao Juan's finger, Zhou Ye climbed up the huge rock in front of him in three steps and two steps, and soon saw the special item that Xiao Juan was referring to.

It was a plant with the appearance of a lotus flower, but unlike ordinary lotus flowers, its whole body was actually brown, like a rock.

Therefore, this plant also has its own unique name called stone lotus.

"Xiaojuan, you deserve to be the Emperor of Europe!"

Zhou Ye looked at Shi Lian's position, his eyes burst out with a ray of fine light, and he shouted to the small scroll beside him with a trembling mouth.

It's just because the stone lotus in front of him is a special prop that is dozens of times more valuable than the best red lychee fruit ever found before.

The stone lotus is the same as the secret earth crystal core in the serial quests promulgated by the system, and it is a necessary item for the evolution of a batch of earth-based pet beasts, and because of its special growth environment, it is very difficult to find, so the price is also very expensive.

"I didn't expect to meet Shi Lian here, Xiaojuan, you are simply my god!"

Zhou Ye said as he immediately began to act.

Trotting all the way to Shi Lian's side, looking at the crop in front of him like a perfectly carved stone flower, Zhou Ye also took out a special storage box from the dimensional pocket.

This is the material storage box that Zhou Ye had prepared before, and its effect is very simple, that is, to prevent the precious plants that are being picked from being subjected to collisions and excessive energy spills.

Therefore, it is best to use it to preserve the stone lotus.

Zhou Ye lowered his body and looked at the rhizome under the stone lotus, it was the same tan color as the stone lotus's flowers, but its hardness could be much harder than ordinary rhizomes.

In order not to damage the flowers above, Zhou Ye took out the mountain opener knife he had used to open the way in the giant wood forest from his backpack, placed it on the side of the rhizome of the stone lotus, and quickly slashed it.

In just an instant, the rhizome broke in response, and Zhou Ye quickly held on to the flowers above to prevent them from falling to the ground, and a perfect collection was easily completed.

Zhou Ye raised the stone lotus in his hand, observed its condition, and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, whether it was the year or the growth, it had reached a very good standard.

Just as Zhou Ye was about to put it away, an unpleasant shout suddenly came from not far away:

"The kid in front, give me the stone lotus in your hand if you know each other, so as not to suffer from the pain of flesh and skin!"

Hearing this, Zhou Ye immediately looked up, only to see two young people in their twenties in front of him, looking at the stone lotus in his hand with a greedy face.

Coupled with what the two of them said earlier, Zhou Ye didn't need to think to guess that their purpose was the valuable stone lotus in his hand.

"Did you hear that, and you didn't send it to me obediently, do you want us to go over and get it?"

The words of the two young men carried a strong sense of threat, but Zhou Ye preciously put the picked stone lotus in the storage box as if he hadn't heard it.

Then he raised his head and showed a smile and said to the two young men:

"If you have a kind, come and grab it, or get me away!"