System: Infinite Evolution into Qilin Bloodline

Yunmeng Mountain is not far from Furong Town. After everyone was ready, Meng Qianzi, the Mountain Ghost King, led the team to set off.

Zhang Hao and his six companions grabbed a straw raincoat, put it on, and followed the group into Yunmeng Mountain.

This is a mountain with an altitude of over two thousand meters. The mountain range stretches endlessly and is mostly covered by primeval forests. There is no way to move forward. The team can only proceed smoothly by having two strong men clear the way ahead.

At this moment, Zhang Hao noticed that Meng Qianzi was holding a transparent glass bottle in her hands, which she treasured very much, as if she was afraid of breaking it.

"Miss Meng, what's that in your hand? You seem to treasure it."

"This is a spider catching fish, used to catch mirage pearls. Mirage pearls are transparent, colorless, and invisible, making them difficult to see with the naked eye. Only by using a spider catching fish can you catch them."

"If that's the case, why did you give us mulberry leaves? Isn't that redundant?"

The fat man was initially excited, wondering if he had a chance to catch the mirage pearl. But after hearing what Meng Qianzi said, he realized that there was no hope unless he had a spider like her.

"Only the Mountain Ghost King, who possesses the Golden Bell of Subduing Beasts, can control the Spider. Even if we give it to you, you won't be able to use it. Haven't you noticed that everyone else, except me, is carrying the same Broussonetia papyrifera leaves as you?"

Although mulberry leaves are not as useful as spider leaves, it's still possible to catch mirage pearls with them.

Only then did Zhang Hao understand why Meng Qianzi felt comfortable letting the six of them follow the team.

It turns out that without a spider, it's virtually impossible to catch a mirage pearl.

The so-called paper mulberry leaves are nothing more than giving people hope.

However, their purpose was simply to see the mirage pearl; whether they could actually catch it or not wasn't that important.

As they spoke, they had already followed the group into the deep mountains.

The further into the mountains you go, the thicker the fog becomes, to the point where you can't see your hand in front of your face.

At this moment, Meng Qianzi tossed a few bamboo poles to Zhang Hao and the others.

"Take this. It'll be useful. Don't accidentally slip and fall off a cliff. It'll also come in handy when a mirage appears later. Everything in a mirage is fake. What you see as flat ground might actually be a bottomless abyss."

This is easy to understand. The location of a mirage is uncertain. There are cliffs and precipices everywhere on the mountain. If a mirage happens to appear above an abyss, walking over it will cause you to fall into the abyss and lose your life.

"Miss, a mirage has appeared ahead!"

As they approached the mountainside, a mountain spirit who had been scouting ahead hurriedly reported back.

"Come on, you lead the way."

At Meng Qianzi's command, the person who reported immediately got up and jogged to the front of the group to lead the way.

Every few steps, the people in the group would tap the bamboo pole in front of them to make sure there was no danger before moving forward.

Strangely enough, when we reached the halfway point of the mountain, the white mist dissipated, and the entire mountain landscape came into view.

A magnificent ancient building complex appeared ahead, several times larger than the old palace in Beijing.

The pavilions and towers standing in mid-air are like a fairyland on earth.

"Everyone, spread out and surround the mirage, don't let the mirage pearl escape."

At Meng Qianzi's command, everyone scattered and surrounded the illusory figure in mid-air below.

Zhang Hao and the others also dispersed, but not too far from Meng Qianzi. If they were too far away, they wouldn't be able to see how she captured the mirage pearl.

After everyone surrounded the phantom in mid-air, she opened the glass bottle in her hand, and a palm-sized spider flew out from it. A transparent spider silk could be vaguely seen connecting the spider and Meng Qianzi.

After the spider flew out, she didn't make any further moves. About five minutes later, the spider automatically flew back.

Meng Qianzi glanced at the spider and shook her head: "The first attempt failed."

As soon as he finished speaking, the spider shot out again, but this time in a different direction.

Four or five minutes later, the spider flew back again.

Meng Qianzi shook her head again: "After failing to catch the mirage pearl the second time, it will escape after the third time. There is only one last chance left. Everyone, get ready and don't let it escape."

Before she finished speaking, Zhang Hao saw the people around him take out mulberry leaves from their baskets and stick them to their palms, staring intently at the ground ahead, ready for battle.

"Brother Zhang Hao, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and take out Ye Zi. If she escapes from your direction, we can take advantage of the situation!"

"Yes, Uncle, you've always been lucky, so it's not surprising that you caught a mirage pearl."

"Boss, hurry up, she's about to release the spiders."

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Meng Qianzi smiled upon hearing this: "Mortal pearls are generally invisible to the naked eye. Only a few people can see a glimmer of light on them. Of course, I can't see them. I can only rely on spiders. As I said before, whoever can capture one depends entirely on luck. If you get one, it's yours. We will never fight over it."

She released the spider only after giving her instructions.

Time passed second by second, one minute, two minutes, three minutes, four minutes...

For the past four minutes, the spider on the other end of the silk has remained completely still.

Everyone around them stared intently at the land ahead.

Another minute passed, and the spider flew back and landed in the glass bottle in Meng Qianzi's hand.

She glanced into the bottle and immediately warned, "We still haven't caught anything on the third try, everyone be careful!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone around tensed up.

The mirage pearl is, after all, a sacred object of the mountain spirit, and it is related to whether a person can become a perfect mountain spirit. Everyone hopes to obtain it.

Just then, a white light flashed in Zhang Hao's eyes.

He saw a fist-sized, completely transparent bead rolling rapidly towards him on the ground.

At the same time, a system notification sounded in my mind.

[Ding! Rare item Mirage Pearl detected.]

Zhang Hao immediately realized that the bead rolling towards him was the Mirage Bead. He hadn't expected it to be such a rare item. He wondered what special abilities it would grant after merging with it.

The mirage pearl rolled very fast on the ground, and arrived in front of us in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, Zhang Hao noticed that no one around him had reacted yet, not even the Mountain Ghost King Meng Qianzi. They were still staring intently at the ground in front of them.

Zhang Hao immediately took out mulberry leaves and stuck them on both palms. When the bead rolled to his side, he reached out and gently patted it to catch it in his hand.

His actions immediately attracted the attention of those around him.

However, they only glanced at Zhang Hao before turning their attention away, continuing to stare intently at the land in front of them.

Zhang Hao smiled when he saw this, thinking it was good that no one was paying attention.

Although Meng Qianzi said that whoever gets it keeps it, she, an outsider, has stolen the mountain spirit's sacred object. When it comes time to break through the mountain and retrieve the gall bladder, it's hard to guarantee that they won't outwardly comply but inwardly defy her.

After Zhang Hao seized the mirage pearl, he immediately gave an order to the system.

"System, fuse the Mirage Pearl for me."