Physical mage, challenge me to a solo duel!

At this moment, four extraordinary disciples, along with a chef's daughter, were trekking through the grasslands of Takekawahara Bridge.

"Sister Jiang, are you sure you know the way? It all looks the same to me." Qi Xiaohao shaded his face with his hand, looking at the vast grassland in front of him, and asked the question that had been on his mind.

"Hey, don't talk and bother me, or I'll have to recalculate," Jiang Yingying replied, then muttered something to herself while counting on her fingers, before seemingly casually pointing in a direction: "Go this way."

Takekawa Harahashi naturally has his own system for identifying directions; otherwise, Bo Ge and his group wouldn't have been able to find the Jade Tiger's lair so accurately every time.

However, Wang Yi and his companions, who were setting foot here for the first time, certainly wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

However, Jiang Yingying's behavior seemed rather...mystical, inevitably making people somewhat suspicious.

Whether it's science or metaphysics, as long as it works, that's all that matters.

The four followed Jiang Yingying all the way. This time, Jiang Yingwu had emptied his pockets, providing five lairs for the Jade Tigers, and even planned the most suitable route for Jiang Yingying.

In fact, Jiang Yingwu knew of more than five Qingyu Tiger lairs, but the rest were either in too remote a direction or deep in the grasslands, where they would be even more dangerous.

These five locations form an arc that leads back to the base. If all goes well, it can be completed in less than a week.

It was obvious that this was Jiang Yingying's first time venturing into the interdimensional passage; her excitement mixed with trepidation, and her constant tension, were all too evident.

They did encounter a few low-level magical beasts along the way, but these low-level magical beasts were no challenge for Wang Yi and his companions. Even Qi Xiaohao could easily take them down.

So, with Wang Yi's protection, Jiang Yingying was allowed to practice her skills, which could be considered another way of returning the favor.

Jiang Yingying's magical skills are quite good; she can easily wield several rare-grade attack spells. Her rank has just entered the late stage of the initial stage, and she has a considerable amount of magical power within her.

When facing monsters, due to lack of experience, I made mistakes in a panic, wasting a lot of magic and almost getting injured several times.

Fortunately, with Wang Yi watching over them, these mistakes weren't a big deal.

After two intense battles filled with unexpected twists and turns, Jiang Yingying finally defeated her first monster.

"Take the crystal." Facing the monster's corpse, Wang Yi handed Jiang Yingying a dagger, telling her to break the bones and take the crystal herself.

Jiang Yingying took the dagger and left happily.

"This girl is really lucky, she has someone to guide her step by step." Qi Xiaohao's tone was quite emotional, even tinged with a sense of vicissitude, recalling from the perspective of someone who had been through it all:

"Unlike us, we had to figure out how to fight monsters on our own. The first one we encountered was the Fire-Patterned Black-Tailed Panther. If it weren't for everyone's good performance, we might have been wiped out."

Wang Yi glanced at Qi Xiaohao: "Are you bored and looking all profound?"

Qi Xiaohao chuckled, leaned closer, and lowered his voice, saying, "Brother E, you need to think this through. Jiang Yingying is a native of Zhuchuan. You might not get along as well as Wu Manqi."

Qi Xiaohao then fell into deep thought. It seemed that Brother E was starting to like older women.

Wang Yi was completely confused. What was Zhuchuan? What was native to her? And what did this have to do with Wu Manqi?

Just as he was about to ask Qi Xiaohao for clarification, he saw Jiang Yingying holding the magic crystal and handing it to Wang Yi like a treasure.

"Keep the one you killed," Wang Yi said.

It was just a low-level magic crystal, and it was Jiang Yingying's spoils of war.

However, being the cook's daughter after all, although Jiang Yingying was flustered while fighting the monsters, she was quite efficient at dealing with the monster corpses and extracting magic crystals.

The knife strikes with precision, leaving no blood on the hands.

They continued forward, walking for nearly five hours before finally approaching the location of the first Jade Tiger's lair.

"It should be around here," Jiang Yingying judged.

"Old Wang, rock spikes, one meter long, not sharp," Wang Yi said to Wang Jiang.

The king nodded, then casually released a rock spike, but the tip was no longer sharp; instead, it resembled a rock pillar.

Wang Yi lightly jumped onto the rock spikes, released Eagle Vision, and surveyed his surroundings.

The surrounding and distant scenery came into clear view. After looking for a while, Wang Yi finally found a number of corpses in the grass at the 2:30 direction to the right of the four people. Then he saw an underground cave entrance that looked like a tiger's den.

"At 2:30, about 300 to 400 meters away." Wang Yi estimated the distance, then said it to the others before releasing the Wind Whispering Technique.

After a couple of seconds, they heard a deep purring sound coming from a large feline.

"It should be Qingyuhu sleeping in the cave," Wang Yi concluded, then turned his gaze to Jiang Yue.

Jiang Yue smiled and said, "You decide on the tactics."

"Alright." Wang Yi nodded, then pondered for a few seconds: "I'll try to lure it out, and then it'll be just like last time."

"What? Lure it out?" Jiang Yingying was anxious and hurriedly reminded, "If you get close to the Jade Tiger and it gets controlled by its roar, even a mid-level mage without divine-grade protective magic will be easily torn apart."

"We understand the Jade Tiger's magic, having killed one before, so we know how to deal with it." Wang Yi shouldered his halberd and headed towards the tiger's den: "You stay far away..."

After taking only two steps, Wang Yi frowned again, stopped, and changed his words, saying, "You should stay with Lao Wang. Lao Jiang, Xiao Hao, stay closer to Lao Wang."

Although he had just observed his surroundings and it didn't seem like anyone was hiding, Wang Yi was still a bit wary of people after being ambushed once.

"Old Wang, protect these few well," Wang Yi instructed Wang Jiang.

"Don't worry." The king nodded.