Ahhhhh, high-altitude survival!
Chapter 102, The End of the Treasure Map
Seeing Lin Yue nod, she continued, "My senior brother and I have been practicing martial arts since we were young. He is very talented, and since he was 14, our master has been having him participate in various martial arts competitions. That Li Guang is a star student from another training institution. He also frequently competes in various places and has met my senior brother a few times."
Jiang Siwei paused here, seemingly recalling past experiences, before continuing, "Because our two families have different martial arts philosophies, we've always looked down on each other. This time on the floating island, we happened to meet again while fighting for the same prey. Li Guang recognized my senior brother immediately upon seeing him."
Neither of them would give an inch, neither willing to back down. In the end, my senior brother landed the final blow, and hearing him call my name fueled both new and old grudges, leading him to chase us all the way here.
Li Guang is quite petty; he's quick to threaten violence at the slightest provocation. Lin Yue thought to herself, it seems that Wang Wanru probably wasn't the first person they killed; she just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, inadvertently exposing Zhao Yuxuan and his group's true colors.
After a few more words, Lin Yue noticed that Jiang Siwei and Chen Lingfeng's expressions gradually turned ugly.
The two siblings were seriously injured in the previous battle, and they relied on painkillers given by Lin Yue to temporarily numb their pain. However, as time went by, the effects of the painkillers wore off, and the two began to grimace in pain again.
Jiang Siwei tried to hold back for a while, but she couldn't help it. She looked up at Lin Yue with a hint of expectation in her eyes: "Lin Yue, do you have any wound medicine? If so, I'll trade you some treasure map fragments."
Unlike painkillers, wound medicine is a good medicine that can heal wounds and stop bleeding. After application, their injuries will gradually heal. Jiang Siwei had used it once and naturally knew how important the medicine was to him and his fellow disciple, so he was willing to pay a high price to obtain it.
Today is the last day of the Floating Island Points Battle. Judging from the recent regional chat, treasure map fragments are practically the hard currency right now.
Lin Yue raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of curiosity flashing in her eyes, and asked, "Aren't you planning to find the treasure yourselves?"
These two martial arts brothers and sisters are quite skilled. If they have been practicing martial arts since childhood, hunting should be no problem for them. They should have quite a few treasure map fragments in their possession.
Jiang Siwei shook his head, a wry smile on his face, and explained, "We originally had this idea, but unfortunately, we found a No. 49 while killing a wild boar today, and that's when we realized that the number of fragments far exceeded our previous expectations. It seems we won't be able to collect them all."
At this point, she sighed slightly, clearly feeling a little regretful, but quickly cheered up and said cheerfully, "If we can't gather enough, that's fine. Everyone has their own destiny. Take a look and see if there's anything you need here. After you've made your selection, we plan to sell the rest to exchange for supplies."
After saying that, Jiang Siwei took out more than a dozen fragments and showed them to Lin Yue one by one.
Lin Yue's gaze quickly swept over the fragments, immediately spotting treasure map fragment number 28. Besides that, Jiang Siwei and his group also had fragment number 13. Lin Yue thought for a moment, then put both fragments away, and at the same time took out two doses of wound medicine and two painkillers from her backpack, handing them to Jiang Siwei.
Jiang Siwei and Chen Lingfeng took the medicine, examined it carefully, and both showed satisfied expressions. After the transaction was completed, the two siblings didn't linger. After adding Lin Yue as a friend, they readily said goodbye and left.
Watching their departing figures, Lin Yue felt a complex mix of emotions welling up inside her. In just a few dozen minutes, she had fought, killed someone, and obtained a missing fragment of a treasure map—a truly dramatic and eventful experience.
Lin Yue glanced at the "man-eating flower" that had now finished digesting and returned to calm. After hesitating for a moment, she decided not to dig it out again and instead left it where it was.
The cooldown period for Sky Wings had long since passed, so Lin Yue no longer hesitated. She spread her wings and headed towards the end of the treasure map once again.
This time, Lin Yue was extra careful to avoid crowds, maintaining a high level of vigilance throughout the journey and constantly paying attention to her surroundings. Fortunately, she did not encounter any unexpected situations.
However, as time went on, the scorching sun baked the earth more and more relentlessly. The intense rays of light were like blazing silver needles, piercing straight into the ground.
Lin Yuefei felt it even more clearly in mid-air. She felt the temperature around her rising continuously, and even breathing felt like being burned, just like those few days of scorching heat. This made her feel a little annoyed.
Lin Yue directly embedded a fire-resistant stone into the Sky Wings and put an ice pea in her mouth, which made her feel much better. Around noon, when the sun was at its strongest, Lin Yue finally saw her destination.
Actually, Lin Yue had a vague guess before, but when she got closer, the scene in front of her still surprised her.
The location of the treasure map was actually beneath a massive volcano, which resembled a sleeping behemoth, majestically and silently perched upon the earth. Although no lava flowed out, Lin Yue could clearly sense the restlessness and unease within the volcano.
Lin Yue was so certain it was a volcano because thick smoke was still billowing from the crater at the summit. The smoke, like a black dragon, surged towards the sky, turning it a dark gray. The scene was truly awe-inspiring.
The surrounding land was cracked with deep fissures, the rocks were glowing red-hot, and even the air seemed distorted and deformed by the intense heat, so hot it stung the skin. If it weren't for the heat-avoiding stone and the ice peas, Lin Yue wasn't sure if she could have endured it.
At the foot of this mountain, some peculiar plants grew. Most of them were withered yellow or red, with tough and rough branches covered with a thick layer of cuticle. And at this moment, dozens of people were standing next to those plants.
They chatted in small groups or gazed silently around, each with a different expression on their face—expectation, tension, but mostly vigilance.
It seemed that some people had arrived before her, and there were quite a few of them. Lin Yue decisively stopped a little further away and sent a message in the group chat asking, "Where are you guys?"
Her fingers tapped lightly on the bracelet, her eyes never leaving the group of people in front of her, silently guessing what she might have to deal with next.
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