Versatile Mage: Thunderstorm

Chapter 79: Qinling Mountains
In the end, Li Yu came forward to settle the new bill. Li Yue also acted very quickly. It only took him three hours to cut off the piece of strange bone that was as tall as an adult. Looking at the other party's cutting tools and skillful techniques, Li Yu couldn't help but feel a chill on his neck.

"Here, a gift of friendship."

Before leaving, Li Yu was worrying about how to bring this strange bone back to the Magic City. Li Yue handed him a piece of aqua blue opaque film.

"This thing can probably help you preserve the quality of the alien bone for a month, but it's only a temporary solution. If you want to preserve it for a long time, you need to keep it in sea condensate."

Sea condensate is the medicine in this large pool, which contains extremely high concentrations of water elements and many auxiliary medicines. Soaking in sea condensate is a common way to preserve water-based materials.

"Thank you."

With such dedicated guidance, it seems that the other party is a good person.

Li Yu was about to accept it with gratitude, but Li Yue suddenly put on a profiteer's smile.
"You're welcome. Two million."

Li Yu: ...

He took back what he had just said. This person was just like what Lao Luo said, Li Baopi!
In less than half a day, Li Yu had spent 12 million. This guy is definitely a master at sales.

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Qinling Mountains, at the foot of the mountain, Hunter Town.

Everyone who has studied Chinese geography knows that the Qinling Mountains are part of the north-south dividing line of China. However, the status of the Qinling Mountains is more than just an ordinary geographical dividing line. In China, the more famous specialty of the Qinling Mountains should be the demon country here.

Even though it cannot be compared with the world-renowned Himalayas, Kunlun Demon Kingdom, Ancient Capital Undead Empire and other notorious demon empires, the Qinling demons are still a major concern for China's seven provinces. Every once in a while, the military magicians in the Qinling defense zone will spend a lot of manpower and material resources to detect and eliminate the demons in the Qinling Mountains, and the property losses and casualties are incalculable.

Of course, in addition to the huge pressure, the rich resources in the Qinling Mountains still attract countless wizards to join this paradise of demons. Among these wizards, hunters account for more than 90%, which is an absolute majority.

At the foot of the Qinling Mountains, hunters who are about to enter the mountains are making final preparations, including potions, magic circles, scrolls... The Qinling Mountains are notorious for their evil deeds, so hunters have to make thorough plans. Hunters who come out of the Qinling Mountains, whether they return with a full load or lose everything, are in urgent need of a place to rest and relax after many days of tense outdoor life, and also need a channel to cash in their gains.

In order to provide a suitable gathering place for many hunters, guide and manage this group of hunters who possess powerful military forces and can cause disasters if they are not careful, the Qinling Military Region set up many gathering points at the foot of the Qinling Mountains and sent out a special team of military magicians to maintain order. As the number of hunters increased, the small gathering points gradually grew and formed hunter towns.

"Brother, are you planning to go into the mountains?"

As soon as Li Yu arrived at the Hunter Town, a young man who looked very honest and honest came up to him.

"Is there a problem?"

Li Yu did not answer, but asked back,

"Tsk tsk tsk..."

The young man looked Li Yu up and down carefully, and said in a conscientious manner:
"Brother, you must have just become a hunter, right?"

"Why do you say that?"

"Isn't this obvious?" the young man said as if it was a matter of course.
"Which hunter with a bit of experience would dare to go into Qinling alone? Especially this hunter town, which is close to the territory of the Iron-toothed Tiger Clan. Here, even high-level mages may not be able to run rampant. Only a fool like you would rush into Qinling without any precautions."

"So that's how it is!" Li Yu was full of admiration, saying that he was still too young, and that he needed to find an iron-toothed tiger and seek advice from professionals on how to survive in the wild. Upon hearing this, the young man smiled and patted Li Yu on the shoulder.

"In that case, brother, do you want to come with us into the mountains? Our Tiger Fang team is well-known in this town. We promise to take you safely into the Qinling Mountains and find the Iron Fang Tiger."

"The price is negotiable. Since you are so compatible, one million will be fine."

Li Yu understood that he must have gotten a "ride". If a group of hunters was preparing to go somewhere, in order to maximize profits, they would often choose to take along some lone travelers who were not strong enough to go to the dangerous place alone. Of course, the price was not cheap.

However, the appearance of this young man also helped Li Yu reach his destination as quickly as possible, so he did not refuse. After some bargaining, the two finally agreed that Li Yu would pay a commission of 700,000 yuan to ask the other party's team to help bring him to the vicinity of the Iron-toothed Tiger Tribe's activity area, and all commissions would need to be temporarily deposited in the local Hunter Alliance office.

Thanks to the Hunter Alliance's omnipresence, it is indeed inseparable from the hunters. The Hunter Alliance can be found in this small town of a thousand people.

"No problem." Hearing Li Yu's commission payment method, the young man was slightly surprised. It seemed that this guy was not a fool who knew nothing.

"Our team is a legal team registered with the Hunter Union, and it's on the list."

Li Yu just smiled at this, and then went to the Hunter Alliance office with the other party to handle the task assignment.

"We will meet at the west gate of the town at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."

After the young man finished speaking, he left the hall. Li Yu watched him leave. After a while, he returned to the front desk and showed the Hunter Master Badge to the clerk in the puzzled look. Ten minutes later, he got all the information of this hunter team.

After getting a room at the hotel in the town, he spent an hour reading through the information of the Tiger Fang Team. The first thing he confirmed was that the reputation of the Tiger Fang Team mentioned by the young man was absolutely false propaganda.

He may have fame, but it is definitely not because of his so-called strength.

Judging from the data, the mission completion rate of the Tiger Fang team is neither high nor low, and it is probably maintained at a level that is neither too high nor too low.

This is not the first time they have done the "ride-sharing" business of taking people into the mountains. Business has its ups and downs. When it's good, it does help the clients achieve their goals, but there are also times of bad luck, when not only do the clients die in the wild, but the team itself also suffers heavy losses. However, they always recover and are considered one of the longer-lived teams in this town.

"Then there is the personnel composition..."

Li Yu took a quick look and found no major problems. The captain was a mid-level fire and thunder master, and was the main attacking combat hunter. The rest of the team members were basically mid-level in one master, a total of eight people. Although small, they had everything they needed, including combat, treasure hunting, logistics, and scouts...

Except for the lack of a healing mage, the rest of the configuration is quite complete.

Piling the information casually on the table, Li Yu took out a test tube that was sealed quite perfectly. The inside had been filled with Shi Liang's special poison. If no one knew about it in advance, no one would mistake this transparent reagent that looked like tap water as a deadly poison that could kill demons.

"What a horrible guy."

Thinking of the effects of the potion that Shi Liang introduced, Li Yu couldn't help but sigh. Fortunately, he chose to become a researcher. If he changed his job to become a pharmacist, if he had any bad intentions, he would definitely become a disaster that was no less serious than the Black Church.

(End of this chapter)