Chapter 68: The Squad Camp
It was still terrible for the woman to take a bath, and when Zhou Ruoqin and the four of them returned to the camp, more than an hour had passed.
During this period, Wang Qian had already cooked the rice, but he couldn't eat it after cooking, so he couldn't wait for four big men to eat it first and not wait for a few girls.
So Wang Gan, who was hungry, saw the four of them coming back, and hurriedly urged them to come over for dinner, which was originally going to have lunch, but now it has directly become dinner.
After eating, Qin Haoxuan came to the river alone, found a stone to sit down, and then took out the map sent by the teacher and began to check.
The current location is still a day away from the destination designated by the teacher.
Even when you arrive at the destination, it is actually still the periphery of the mountain range, and it is estimated that there will only be a small number of demon beasts, because the number of demon beasts on the periphery of the mountain range is not much.
If you can hunt ten demon beasts there, it is naturally the best, but if you get there, there are not enough demon beasts at all, and your team can only go deeper.
In addition, ensuring the safety of the team is another problem that Qin Haoxuan is facing now, of course, Qin Haoxuan is not worried about his own safety, he is worried about the other members of the team.
Especially the four female classmates, their various performances along the way really made Qin Haoxuan worry about them.
Therefore, Qin Haoxuan, who had nothing to do, began to simulate various possible situations in his mind, and then sketched out various response plans, which was Qin Haoxuan's habit and could help him calmly deal with various unexpected situations.
The team set off again early the next morning, and a day later, Qin Haoxuan and his party finally arrived at the area designated by the teaching.
The area standing at your feet already belongs to the range where monsters often haunt, and the deeper you go, the more demon beasts will be, and the strength of demon beasts will become stronger and stronger.
Seeing that it was still early, Qin Haoxuan turned back to everyone and said: "Now that we have reached the danger zone, we are afraid that we will have to stay around here for a long time in the days to come, let's continue to walk forward and see if we can find a suitable place as our future shelter." ”
"Well, listen to you," Zhang Hao was the first to stand up in support.
"We listen to you too," Zheng Jie said on behalf of the four girls.
Yang Yi nodded at Qin Haoxuan, saying that there was no problem, as for Wang Qian, Qin Haoxuan hadn't considered him at all, and Wang Qian would follow wherever he went.
"Okay, let's still move forward in the previous formation, but everyone should be careful from now on," Qin Haoxuan advised.
Qin Haoxuan was still at the forefront, and at this time he already had a short sword in his hand, and Qin Haoxuan had to be cautious when he arrived here.
Along the way, Qin Haoxuan saw many traces left by demon beasts, and these traces belonged to four or five kinds of demon beasts.
Identifying demon beasts is a necessary course in the first year of the academy, so Qin Haoxuan can quickly identify it, there is no danger on the road, and after walking for about a quarter of an hour, Qin Haoxuan's ears moved, and he heard the sound of water flowing nearby.
"There's a sound of water flowing ahead, let's go over and take a look," Qin Haoxuan turned his head and said to the people behind him.
"Hehe, it's better to have a river," Zhang Hao wanted to take a bath again.
Qin Haoxuan smiled and said, "Of course it's good to have water, but our main purpose is to find a suitable camp." ”
"Well, you're right, we'd better find a cave or something, not only to shelter from the wind and rain, but also to ensure our safety. ”
As soon as Zhang Hao finished speaking, he heard Qin Haoxuan's voice.
"Zhang Hao, you are really a god!" Qin Haoxuan's voice reached Zhang Hao's ears.
Zhang Hao didn't understand for a while, what Qin Haoxuan meant by this, and was about to ask, when he saw Qin Haoxuan in front of him suddenly stop, Zhang Hao almost didn't stop, and almost hit Qin Haoxuan's back.
"Look, the cave you said has a small river," Qin Haoxuan said to Zhang Hao with a smile.
Zhang Hao stopped and looked forward, directly in front of him was a small river two zhang wide, not far from the other side of the river is a cliff dozens of zhang high, under the cliff five or six feet above the ground, a cave came into view.
"Haha, this can be said by me, am I so powerful!" Zhang Hao couldn't believe all this in front of him, he was really thinking about something, so Zhang Hao was very happy at this moment.
Wang Gan walked over from behind at this time, and saw Wang Gan say to Zhang Hao with a disdainful face: "Virtue, the blind cat meets the dead mouse, look at you proudly." ”
"This mountain, this water, and that cave have always been there. ”
Without waiting for Zhang Hao to react, Wang Gan scolded him again.
"Poof," Zhang Jie behind them couldn't help but laugh when they heard Wang Gan's words.
"You, good Wang Qian!!" Zhang Hao was about to go back at this moment.
Wang Gan didn't give him this opportunity at all, only to see Wang Gan run to the front first, and run straight to the river.
Zhang Hao had no goal and had to give up.
"Wang Qian, be careful," Qin Haoxuan didn't expect Wang Qian to come here, and hurriedly reminded him.
"Got it, don't worry," Wang Qian replied from a distance.
"Let's go too," Qin Haoxuan said, and then ran towards the river, while the others followed closely behind Qin Haoxuan.
Fortunately, Wang Qian ran all the way to the river, and there was no danger, and Qin Haoxuan, who arrived after him, was relieved.
"Don't be like this in the future, reckless," Qin Haoxuan looked at Wang Qian with some annoyance.
"Hehe, I know, I know," Wang Qian saw that Qin Haoxuan's face was a little unsightly, and knew that Qin Haoxuan was angry, so he hurriedly agreed.
The river, which was less than two zhang wide, was not a problem at all for Wang Qian and the others, who had the cultivation of the late stage of qi refining, and several people jumped to the opposite bank with a deep leap.
Looking closer, the entrance of the cave in front of him is less than a person's height, more than a zhang wide, you can enter it with a slight bend, and the torch is lit Qin Haoxuan is the first to enter the cave.
After entering the cave, Qin Haoxuan found that the cave was very wide, it was the size of seven or eight teaching houses in the academy, and some plants were scattered in the rock crevices on the ground.
Wang Gan and a few people followed one after another, and after everyone entered the cave, they first looked around, and found nothing else, and there were no traces of animals in the cave.
Several people stuck torches in the crevices of the rock wall, and the originally slightly gloomy cave instantly brightened.
"Haoxuan, this is really a good place, I think we will choose this place," Yang Yi spoke first.
"Yes, I didn't expect it to be so spacious in here," Wang Qian seemed to be quite satisfied with this place.
"Well, this cave is just right, let's use this place as a camp, and in the future, we will go out to hunt demon beasts during the day and come back at night to rest," Qin Haoxuan nodded.
"The hole outside is still too big and conspicuous, so let's find a way to hide it from the outside. ”
"There should also be some arrangements inside, we can find some big rocks and plug the hole at night," this is Zhang Haoti's suggestion.
Qin Haoxuan didn't expect that Zhang Hao, who was very arrogant on weekdays, still had such a careful side.
"Zhang Hao is right, the cave entrance must be arranged inside and outside, it is still early, the four of us went out to find materials and move stones. ”
"You girls clean up here, what do you guys say?" Qin Haoxuan asked as he looked at the rest of the team.
"Okay, it just so happens that there is water outside, so we'll leave the cleaning here," Zhou Ruoqin nodded in agreement.
"Okay, without further ado, let's start now, and we'll be relieved to finish it sooner. ”
Wang Qian and Zhang Hao were responsible for cutting branches, Qin Haoxuan and Yang Yi were responsible for carrying large stones, and there happened to be a lot of such stones by the river, Qin Haoxuan specially selected some stones that were two or three feet square, and then moved these stones into the cave one by one, and then stacked them neatly one by one.
In the end, there was only a small exit left at the entire entrance of the cave, and Qin Haoxuan had to bend over and turn sideways to enter and exit.
There is no shortage of branches, there are towering trees everywhere, Zhang Hao and Wang Qian dragged branches of different sizes back and piled them up outside the entrance of the cave, and then covered up the entrance of the cave a little.
This level of camouflage can only be used to deal with demon beasts, it is impossible to deal with human beings, the traces are too obvious, but Qin Haoxuan They are only targeting demon beasts, and they didn't think that they could hide it from human cultivators at all.
Qin Haoxuan, Yang Yi and the four of them arranged the entrance of the cave, and Zhou Zhiqin and the four girls also cleaned the cave, and the team's temporary camp was completed.
At night, when the entrance to the cave is completely blocked with stones, and a few layers of branches with leaves are erected, it doesn't matter if you build a bonfire in the cave, the light of the fire will not penetrate at all, and the cracks above the cave can be ventilated.
A few girls slept in it, and Qin Haoxuan slept not far from the entrance of the cave, so that they could deal with it at any time when something happened.
In the wild, especially in an unfamiliar wild environment, any caution is not exaggerated, Qin Haoxuan knows this truth deeply.
So even though it seemed that it was safe to stay in the cave, Qin Haoxuan still decided to arrange for the night to be on duty at night when he went to bed, of course, there were only four of them on duty at night, and a few girls should forget it, Qin Haoxuan didn't count on them at all.
There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, the team began to go out to hunt demon beasts, but until they came back in the evening, Qin Haoxuan and they didn't even find the shadow of the demon beast.
For the next two days, there was still no gain.
In the past three days, let alone killing demon beasts, Qin Haoxuan and they didn't even see the shadow of a demon beast, which made everyone a little frustrated, Qin Haoxuan knew that it would definitely not work to continue looking like this.
After coming back that night, Qin Haoxuan discussed with Wang Qian and others, and finally everyone agreed that the team would go deeper tomorrow.