Playing with fantasy beasts in the martial arts world

Chapter 38 Open-pit Mine
With the terminal established, Cha Nan, carrying Guo Fu, crossed worlds from the base and arrived in the world of fantasy beasts.

In the stronghold within the Fantasy Beast World, apart from the Palu Terminal remaining unharmed, the Cotton Yoyo flock and the Pipi Chicken flock that originally gathered there had all migrated away. There were still some dried bloodstains on the riverbank that had not been washed away, clearly indicating that the unfortunate Cotton Yoyo and Pipi Chicken had suffered a bloody massacre.

Perhaps because the culprit Cha Nan was not around, the wolf pack that came searching vented their anger on the unlucky Mian Youyou and the Pipi Chickens.

Unfortunately, the wolf hunters... and perhaps the later 'scavengers' ate and scavenged too thoroughly, and Cha Nan didn't get to collect the good neighbors' legacy.

Not a single hair was left for Cha Nan.

There were some mischievous cats spying in the woods, and dogs looking furtively at Cha Nan and Guo Fu who had suddenly appeared, their eyes filled with ill intent.

The original workbench was also destroyed, and Cha Nan needs to rebuild it.

Fortunately, the original workbench doesn't require many materials, just two pieces of wood. The technology that has already been activated won't disappear because of the loss of the creation.

"The defensive capabilities within the stronghold are also very important!"

"It doesn't matter now that we're poor and have nothing, but once we develop and consume more resources, and then get ravaged by foreign magical beasts... we won't be able to handle that!" Cha Nan walked to the Palu terminal, first using two pieces of Palu ore to upgrade the terminal to level two, and then placing Yun Zhonghe and Shi Shugang in the work slot.

The two appeared at the same time. Yun Zhonghe's expression was calm, and he was used to his current situation without any resistance. Shi Shugang, on the other hand, had just come back to his senses and was full of doubts. But soon, when Cha Nan's will pressed down on him, all his doubts and resentment disappeared, and all that was left was obedience.

"Shi Shugang! Can you tame those magical beasts in the forest?" Cha Nan asked, pointing to the mischievous cats lurking in the woods.

The work slots within the base are limited, so Cha Nan plans to use nested dolls.

He tamed Shi Shugang, a master beast tamer in the martial arts world, while Shi Shugang tamed some low-level magical beasts in the fantasy world, and then Shi Shugang commanded these magical beasts to do work.

While this method cannot guarantee 100% loyalty from the pets, it saves on Paluk balls and crafting slots.

Uncle Shi glanced at the strange-looking, large-headed cats in the forest with pink fur, standing almost half a person's height, and hesitated before saying, "Master! I can give it a try!"

"However, I need materials!"

"What materials?" Cha Nan asked.

"At least some food they'll eat, a cage for taming animals, and preferably some suitable medicinal herbs," Shi Shugang said.

The Beast Taming Techniques of the Ten Thousand Beasts Manor have many intricacies, but even the most powerful techniques are difficult to master without resources.

Cha Nan nodded and pointed at Yun Zhonghe: "If you need anything, just have him search for a proxy for you."

Then he said to Yun Zhonghe, "You work with Uncle Shi to prepare for taming the beasts. Don't be idle when you have free time. Go and collect more stones and wood."

Yun Zhonghe nodded in agreement, daring not to disobey.

Cha Nan added Fang Dongbai to the team, then rebuilt a primitive workbench. Afterward, he mounted the wolf hunter and began to search upstream along the stream where he had previously found fragments of Paru ore, hoping to discover an open-pit mine of Paru ore.

As for making the Palu Ball, there aren't enough materials right now. We'll wait until Yun Zhonghe collects some wood and stones, and he gathers some Palu ore fragments before we proceed.

With the wolf-hunting vehicle, the speed increased significantly, and it took Cha Nan less than a quarter of the time it took before to reach the stream where she had been last time. She then walked upstream along the stream.

During the journey, Cha Nan recalled the wolf hunter to the team and replaced him with Guo Fu.

Sure enough, their luck immediately improved. The two of them spotted a number of Paru ore fragments washed down by the stream. They continued walking and searching for about an hour or two, and for the first time, the total number of Paru ore fragments in Cha Nan's backpack exceeded three digits, reaching a substantial 107 pieces.

Guo Fu's luck remained good; she found another 'damp Palu egg' in the grass by the stream.

This not only means that the two will have a good meal again, but their skills will also experience a surge.

Perhaps, once this Palu Egg is digested, Chanan can start trying to clear the first proper path.

Compared to ordinary martial artists who painstakingly cultivate their qi and blood to boost their internal strength, such a cultivation speed is nothing short of astonishing.

Of course, he's still quite different from those protagonists in worlds who can simply fall off a cliff and receive powerful skills from a master or accidentally consume rare and precious treasures.

Continuing their search upstream along the stream, passing through two forests and circling an entire mountain, Cha Nan and Guo Fu finally arrived at the source of the stream when the sun was directly overhead.

The source is a sheer cliff, and above that cliff, in the cracks where the waterfall cascades down, some open-air, deep blue Palu mines gleam alluringly in the sunlight.

The crack was deep, and its depth could not be seen at first glance, but the exposed Paru ore reserves were not small. If all of them were mined, it was conservatively estimated that there would be one or two thousand Paru ore fragments.

Standing beneath the waterfall, taking a deep breath, Cha Nan could clearly feel that the speed at which her internal energy was accumulating had significantly increased.

From another perspective, this place has an astonishing concentration of primordial energy, making it a rare secret realm in the world of martial arts.

Practicing internal skills in such a place for one year is at least equivalent to ten years of arduous training in ordinary deep mountains and forests.

"So many Yuan Qi Stones!" Guo Fu exclaimed, raising her hands in delight, as if she were reaching out to pluck the fragments of Paru ore into her bosom.

Cha Nan was also very excited, but before his excitement could reach its peak, he was doused with a bucket of cold water.

At the top of the cliff, he saw a large bird's nest.

Two enormous swift falcons poked their heads out of their nest, watching him and the excited Guo Fu with wariness and hostility.

"As expected! How could there not be powerful mythical beasts in a place with open-pit Paru mines?" Cha Nan smiled wryly.

The Gale Falcon isn't a high-level mythical beast, but it has the advantage of flight. Judging from the size of these two Gale Falcons, their level is probably around level ten. In this mountain forest where the overall level is relatively low, they are definitely at the top of the food chain.

Chirp! Chirp chirp!

The swift falcon emitted a warning cry.

Its call is not loud or sharp, and it is not particularly intimidating, but when one of them spreads its wings and flies out of the nest, the warning and threat cannot be ignored.

The enormous bird, with a wingspan of at least five or six meters, was clearly a perfectly qualified flying mount.

The key issue is how to subdue them.

With a wry smile, Cha Nan pulled Guo Fu back slowly until they were dozens of meters away. Then she switched to the Wolf Hunter and rode it back.

There's little hope of mining in the open-pit mine for now. Don't take any risks when you're not confident. Otherwise, if you die here, all the hundred-plus pieces of Paru ore in your backpack will be destroyed.

(End of this chapter)