Who said this card is outrageous?

"Alright, it's settled then." Lin Jiming made the final decision. "Don't tell anyone about this for now. As for Aunt Lan, I'll explain it to her."

"Thank you."

"Hey, why are we talking about this? Just do what you're supposed to do. But when you get to Tianyuan City, don't forget to let your adoptive father know I'm safe."

"Don't worry, I will definitely pass on your message."

Zhang Che kept in mind the words Lin Jiming had just told him. Besides the route arrangement, the most important thing was his adoptive father.

As a high-ranking member of the Adventurers' Guild headquarters, the other party was actually a backer arranged by Lin Jiming for Zhang Che.

As the capital of the Federation, Tianyuan City is a melting pot of various forces, which is an understatement.

Someone like Zhang Che, who rashly stepped into this field, would probably suffer a lot before he could even gain a foothold if he didn't have a strong backer.

"Alright, let's leave it at that, brothers." Lin Jiming patted Zhang Che on the shoulder, then glanced outside. "Go say goodbye to him. After all, who knows when we'll see each other again after this separation."

"it is good."

Zhang Che did not refuse.

Arriving outside the main building of the villa, Zhang Che sighed softly as he looked at Pan Tingting, who was standing not far away, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back. He then took out a notebook from his pocket and walked over.

"It contains some insights I've gained while making cards, and I've recently added domain cards and some imprinting techniques."

"You know the current situation; I probably can't keep my promise to your uncle."

"You'll have to rely on yourself for the rest of your studies."

Pan Tingting didn't reply. She simply took the notebook silently, glanced at Zhang Che, and left without looking back.

Chapter 298 Southwest Province

Three days later, on a night when everything was ready, Zhang Che quietly left Qi'an City under the cover of Lin Jiming.

Because of the thorough preparations made beforehand, it's safe to say that apart from the people who already lived in the villa, it would take at least three to five days for others to find out.

By that time, Zhang Che would probably have already entered the southwestern province on his own.

Basically, as long as he doesn't expose himself, even Lin Jiming would have a hard time finding out his whereabouts.

In the dim night, a pair of eyes filled with desolation are looking at the room where no lights will ever be on again.

"Tingting."

At this moment, Li Yao walked over and gently put her arm around the girl.

"Sister Yao Yao, he should have left the city by now, right?" Pan Tingting asked blankly.

"More or less." Li Yao thought for a moment, "An hour is enough time to leave this place, even if it takes a while."

"Ah."

Pan Tingting responded with a sound of agreement and then fell silent.

The two stayed close together for a long time before the girl finally composed herself and left Li Yao's embrace.

“Sister Yao, let’s go back to Hezhou City in a few days. Uncle must be worried about us after being away for so long.” Pan Tingting’s tone seemed to have returned to normal, but Li Yao, who had been with her for so long, could still detect a trace of resentment in her voice.

However, she naturally wouldn't point it out, and simply nodded slightly: "Of course, no problem."

As she spoke, Li Yao couldn't help but sigh, "The provincial capital is nice, but staying at home is still the most reassuring."

Pan Tingting didn't reply, but instead gripped her spatial artifact tightly in her hand, inside which was the notebook Zhang Che had given her.

The main purpose of her trip to the provincial capital was to improve her card-making skills, and the way to do that was to learn from Zhang Che.

Pan Tingting has now successfully advanced to a fourth-tier card maker and is proficient in making first-tier and second-tier purple cards. She has even achieved a certain success rate in making third-tier purple cards.

Meanwhile, we can already make green-quality cards at the fourth tier, but it seems that we still need some time to practice making blue-quality cards.

However, this is already a remarkable achievement for a newly promoted fourth-tier card maker. In fact, apart from the ability to create third-tier purple cards, he is no weaker than Zhang Che back then.

All of this is thanks to her newly awakened trait "Extension". Basically, as long as the problem of "difficulty at the beginning" is solved, the subsequent card making can become more and more proficient as Pan Tingting understands the card making skills.

The only drawback is the lack of ability in card innovation. Fortunately, Zhang Che had already considered this point, so he left several fourth-tier green and blue card recipes in his notebook. As long as Pan Tingting can learn them step by step, she should not have to worry about card making until at least the fifth tier.

This can be seen as compensation for not being able to teach the girl more "rubbing" techniques.

In Zhang Che's original plan, learning the rubbing technique was to be done after he had learned the craft of making purple cards.

However, an unexpected accident occurred along the way, resulting in him only mastering about 20-30% of the research on rubbing techniques, basically only grasping the basics.

He couldn't even use what he learned, let alone teach it. So all he could do was write down what he had learned so that Pan Tingting could learn more easily in the future.

"Zhang Che, next time we meet, I won't let you get away again..."

……

The southern region of the Southwest Province is a unique area resembling karst topography.

A three-person adventurer party was wandering around the area looking rather disheveled.

"Oh no, how could I be so unlucky!"

A middle-aged man wearing a cloak scratched his head irritably, cursing the supernatural creature that had caused their predicament.

The other two, a relatively young man and a woman, exchanged glances and both saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

As the only mid-level transcendent in the team, the two of them really had no say and could only watch the middle-aged man go crazy.

This is why the middle-aged man was in the best condition among the three; at least his robe showed very few signs of attack.

Both the young man in armor and the woman in leather armor were in significantly worse condition than him.

Especially for women, leather armor is far less defensive than metal armor. Even though the young man withstood most of the attacks in the previous battle, those few hits were enough to bring his leather armor to the brink of destruction.

In some of the more severe tears, the skin inside was already bleeding.

The middle-aged man's complaints continued, and after watching for a while, one of the young men and women finally couldn't help but speak up: "Uncle Li, why don't you take a break, have some water, and then continue?"

The young man spoke cautiously, and the latter, seeing that there was a way out, snorted and agreed.

"Hmph, if I weren't worried about the safety of you two rookies, I could have wiped out that mere vine-armored beast in a matter of minutes!"

Li Zhaoya took the water bottle handed to him by the young woman and took several big gulps before he finally managed to suppress his anger.

"Alright, alright, you two, stop standing around here. Go have some water and eat something. Uncle Li will take you to that ravine later to see if we can find some good stuff."

"We've gone to great lengths to bring you all out here, we can't go back empty-handed, can we?"

"Yes, Uncle Li!"

The two quickly agreed and then began looking for a place to rest.

The young man quickly took off his armor, ate and drank for a while, and then began to make some simple repairs.

The girls were responsible for scouting and keeping watch in the vicinity, giving the team's two main players ample time to recover.

As for herself, she could only find time to rest and recuperate.

Seeing the girl leave, Li Zhaoya, who had eaten and drunk his fill, felt a little bored, so he went up to another person and asked, "Xiao Wu, how's it going between you and Xiao Lan?"

Wu Xingyuan hadn't expected this, so he had to put down his work and replied somewhat embarrassedly, "It's alright, my family has already agreed. Now we just need to get everything ready before we get things done."

"That's why I specifically asked you to bring me out here."

"No wonder." Li Zhaoya subconsciously touched his head, then slapped Wu Xingyuan on the shoulder. "Don't worry, your uncle knows that area well. As long as you two follow orders, I guarantee you'll come back with a full load!"

As the father and son were talking, a loud noise suddenly came from afar.

Then came another angry roar, and Li Zhaoya's face turned pale instantly.

"Mountain Rock King?!"

"Which idiot went and provoked it?"

Chapter 299 The Black Rhino Reappears

Upon hearing the words "Mountain Rock King," Wu Xingyuan's expression changed drastically. He no longer cared about repairing the armor in his hands and quickly put it on.

After finishing all this, he finally had time to look at Li Zhaoya beside him: "Uncle Li, was that really the Mountain Rock King just now?"

Before he finished speaking, several more angry roars rang out, but Li Zhaoya's expression was not as bad as before.

“That’s right, it’s the Mountain Rock King.” He nodded first. “But judging from the noise, it should still be some distance away from here, so there’s no need to worry for now.”

"Phew, that's good..."

Wu Xingyuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Since their own safety was not in danger, the two grown men couldn't help but become a little gossipy.

We also need to wait for the teammates who went to scout ahead to return so we can all retreat together.

"Uncle Li, I don't remember there being many extraordinary creatures around here that can rival the Mountain Rock King, right? So why is it so angry?"

"Could it be that some newly promoted guy is too arrogant and went to challenge the Rock King?"

Wu Xingyuan asked one question after another, just like a curious child.

Finally, even Li Zhaoya got impatient and waved his hand, indicating that he wasn't a fortune teller and wouldn't know anything about such things.

Moreover, the most important problem now is that if the Rock King gets angry, a large area nearby will probably be ravaged for several days.

"In short, let's not even think about going into the ravine today. We might get into trouble and lose our lives," Li Zhaoya warned.

Upon hearing this, Wu Xingyuan's face immediately fell: "Ah, does that mean we've come all this way for nothing?"

As he spoke, he touched the armor on his body with a pained expression.

Although it wasn't seriously damaged after being hit so many times by the vine-armored beast, a proper repair would definitely cost a lot of money.

This means that they not only gained nothing from their trip, but also lost a lot of money.

We've lost a fortune!

Seeing Wu Xingyuan's mournful face, Li Zhaoya slapped him across the face: "Look at you, so pathetic! I only said we can't go in now, but we can go in a few days later."

“With the Mountain Rock King’s actions, there will inevitably be huge chaos in the ravine, and then it will be our turn to pick up the pieces.” Li Zhaoya said with an air of confidence.

Then he continued to explain that many good things in the ravine are usually buried underground. Now that there is such a big commotion, with the landslide and earthquake, some extraordinary creatures that originally lived underground will also come to the surface to find a way to survive.

When chaos ensues, both the exposed mineral resources and the casualties among the supernatural creatures will become opportunities for them to make a fortune.