Chapter 61 Heading to the Deep Desert
Hai Bodong nodded and said in a deep voice: "Indeed, I did find out some information about the strange fire, but you are not willing to refine the elixir for me just for this uncertain thing. If that is the case, I am afraid that my ring would have been taken away by you long ago, so why bother asking again."
"Smart, for some reason, I will go to the imperial capital to attend the Alchemist Conference in more than a year. When you have recovered your cultivation, I would like to ask you to be my bodyguard for some time before the Alchemist Conference ends. After all, it is better to have one more friend than one more enemy, isn't it?" Xiao Se smiled and said calmly.
"Douluo as a bodyguard, you've come up with this idea." Hai Bodong sighed, pondered for a moment, and inexplicably relaxed in his heart, and said with a wry smile: "You win. After all, I have no choice, right?"
"Then let's enjoy our cooperation. The pill in the jade bottle is the top-grade third-grade pill, the Intermittent Pill, which is very effective in repairing bone injuries and ligament injuries. Consider it my deposit." With a smile, Xiao Se casually threw the pill in front of Hai Bodong.
Seeing the pills, Hai Bodong couldn't help but roll his eyes and cursed in his heart, "Who do you think broke my bones?"
"This is a map about the strange fire. There are three points marked on it where strange fire is likely to exist. I suggest that you better not go to the westernmost location because it is extremely close to the territory of Queen Medusa." After taking the intermittent pill, Hai Bodong regained some mobility took out the map from the ring, and handed it to Xiao Se.
Xiao Se took the map and looked at it. After seeing three locations marked with flames, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "In that case, I'll leave now."
As he spoke, Xiao Se turned around and was about to leave.
"Wait." Behind Xiao Se, Hai Bodong's old voice sounded again.
"Is there anything else?" Xiao Se turned around and asked in surprise.
"The seal in my body was placed by Queen Medusa, and it can only be broken by the Evil Breaking Pill. However, it is still missing a medicinal ingredient called Sand Mandragora, which can only be found in the depths of the Tagor Desert. Because of the seal in my body, Queen Medusa will notice me as soon as I enter the Tagor Desert...so..." In the end, even Hai Bodong himself began to blush.
"You are afraid of Queen Medusa, but am I not afraid too? Going to the depths of the Tagor Desert to pick Sand Mandragora for you would involve risking my life." Xiao Se shrugged and said somewhat dissatisfiedly.
Hai Bodong's face twitched when he heard this, and he pouted and said, "After my cultivation recovers, in addition to protecting you until the end of the Alchemist Conference, I will owe you another favor. The favor of a Douhuang strongman is worth this price, right?"
"Hehe, no problem, no problem." Xiao Se smiled, turned around, and walked out of the secret room.
Looking at Xiao Se's departing back, Hai Bodong twitched his lips again, spat on the ground, and said unhappily: "Bah, you are a man who won't release the eagle until you see the rabbit."
After pondering for a moment, Hai Bodong's expression gradually became serious. "However, this kid doesn't look more than fifteen or sixteen years old. Such a young second-grade alchemist, and the secret method that suddenly raised his strength to Douhuang, who is his mysterious teacher?"
After getting the map with information about the strange fire and the entire remaining map of the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire from Hai Bodong, Xiao Se left the ancient map shop contentedly and embarked on a new journey.
"Brother, why didn't you just kill him and take his storage ring? Why go through so much trouble? That Medusa sounds very dangerous." Longkui's soft voice suddenly sounded in his mind.
"Haha, of course, it's dangerous. She is a top Douhuang warrior, and she rarely has a rival at the same level. It's hard to say whether you can fight against her in your soul state." Xiao Se said casually with a smile.
"Then why does a brother have to risk his life to find the Sand Mandala for him? If you want to protect brother, Long Kui alone is enough." Inside the magic sword, Long Kui pouted and said with some dissatisfaction.
Hearing that Long Kui seemed to be in a bad mood, Xiao Se smiled and explained, "Long Kui, sometimes, you don't necessarily need to use force to solve problems. In this world, there is a powerful race called the Soul Clan. They collect souls everywhere so that they can plunder the soul essence. If Long Kui is discovered by the Soul Clan, she will be in big trouble. Then we will have no choice but to flee. The reason why I found Hai Bodong is just to avoid unnecessary trouble. And don't you think it's cool to have Dou Huang as a bodyguard?"
"Having said that, I'm still worried about Hai Bodong. Brother, when you refine the Evil-Breaking Pill, Long Kui can add some ingredients to him." Long Kui said cautiously.
"Long Kui, what do you think?" Upon hearing this, Xiao Se's eyes lit up. Originally, he had planned to add a trace of the Green Lotus Earth Core Fire when refining the Breaking Evil Pill just in case. Since Long Kui had a perfect solution.
"Hehe, back then in the Demon Locking Tower, Long Kui killed a blood demon and learned a curse magic called Blood Curse from him. This magic does not pose any threat to most monsters in the Demon Locking Tower, but it is deadly to humans. Once hit by this magic, as long as the owner activates it, the blood in the whole body will flow backward to the head, causing bleeding to death." Long Kui explained with a smile.
"That's indeed the style of a monster." Hearing Long Kui's words, Xiao Se shuddered for no reason. All the blood in his body rushed to his head. It must have been such a painful death. His eyeballs must have bulged out.
Soon, Xiao Se arrived at the prosperous area of Mo City. He first went to the pharmacy to buy some snake repellent and then ran to other shops to buy a large number of supplies. He did not fill several low-level storage rings until he was full. Then he found a hotel as pointed out by passers-by and settled down.
This trip to the Tagor Desert will not take overnight, it may take several months at the shortest and a year and a half at the longest. If you want to find a strange fire, you must prepare enough fresh water and food.
Otherwise, not only would they not find the strange fire, but they would starve to death or die of thirst in the desert.
The night was long and I had no desire to sleep. As I practiced, the night slowly passed away. The fiery red sun once again released a strong heat, enveloping the entire earth in heat.
Early in the morning, Xiao Se woke up from his sleep, stretched lazily, woke Long Kui in his arms, put away the Vast Sea protective shield, and walked out of the hotel.
"Hopefully, everything goes well."
Standing at the door of the inn and sighing, Xiao Se checked all his luggage and made sure that he had not forgotten anything that needed to be purchased. Then he tightened the magic sword on his back.
Under the awed gaze of the soldiers guarding the city, Xiao Se walked out of the desert city and looked at the endless golden desert. He took a deep breath, changed back into his usual black robe, and began his desert journey.