Qin Feng agreed with the other party on the method of transaction, which was that he had to go to the other party's location for face-to-face trading. No matter how Qin Feng guaranteed it, the other party did not believe it. This was because once the information was exchanged, if one party violated the agreement, the other party had no recourse. However, if Qin Feng rushed to the agreed-upon location, it would waste a lot of his time.
The other party was located in Zone 893, more than 400 zones away from him. Even with sword flight, it would take a long time to reach. With his current strength, even if he exhausted his stamina, he would not be able to reach the other party's location in one go!
He also could not use all his stamina for traveling. If he fell to the ground exhausted, he would be in danger if he encountered high-level monsters. He could only use one-third of his strength for traveling, ensuring that he had two-thirds of his combat power to deal with threats.
Since the other party insisted on face-to-face trading, Qin Feng decided to agree on a month's time with them. He would travel and kill monsters along the way to gain experience and improve his strength.
Qin Feng returned to the fortress. Ye Shen was currently cultivating the Wordless Heavenly Book. She had nothing else to do. Apart from cultivating, which brought her benefits, doing anything else was a net loss. This was because her greatest pleasure was buying useless things in the shop. She knew that this was wrong, so she spent her time cultivating.
Seeing Qin Feng return, she quickly stopped cultivating, stood up, and asked, "How is it? Did you gain anything?"
Qin Feng nodded and told Ye Shen about the blood-red tree. The latter was very happy and said excitedly, "Really? That tree can attract mutated monsters? If that's the case, with it, our reputation will grow. Sooner or later, we'll accumulate enough reputation to buy what we need!"
Speaking of this, she became a little dejected and asked, "We are in a team, why didn't I get even a single point of reputation? It's as if killing mutated monsters has nothing to do with me. When killing normal monsters, although I didn't contribute, I still got some experience and money. Are mutated monsters different from normal monsters?"
Qin Feng was also a little confused about this. He thought for a moment and explained, "It's very likely that mutated monsters only drop reputation, and these normal mutated monsters only drop 1 point of reputation, so it cannot be distributed. Whoever contributes the most gets it. However, don't worry. As long as we have such a treasure, I believe we will encounter powerful mutated monsters. If we kill powerful mutated monsters, you will definitely gain something."
Ye Shen nodded. She could only pray for that. If there were no high-level mutated monsters, she would not be able to gain reputation. However, on second thought, it didn't matter. Her teammate was trustworthy. When the lifespan stone reached its expiration date, he would definitely find a way to save her. Moreover, there was more than one way to save her besides the reputation shop. Normal monsters or high-level monsters could also drop unimaginable items.
It was possible that by chance, they could obtain a magical item like the Tears of Bodhisattva, which could help her defy fate.
Qin Feng looked at his teammate Ye Shen, who was lost in thought, and told her his plan.
"Someone just private messaged me and made a deal with me. He plans to exchange information for the Sun-Shooting Bow. I feel this information is very useful to us, but he requires a special transaction method, which must be face-to-face. And his location is very far from us, so I plan to travel and kill monsters along the way. We can level up and improve our strength while also checking out other areas. This way, we can gain two benefits: first, we can kill monsters along the way to gain experience and improve our strength; second, we can use the blood-red tree to attract mutated monsters on the road, thereby accumulating reputation. What do you think?"
Hearing this, Ye Shen quickly nodded and said, "That's great! I've been stuck here long enough. It's good to go to other zones and take a look. Although this planet is full of dangers, it's better to travel around and see different scenery than to stay in one place. When do we set off?"
Qin Feng said, "I'll prepare and set off immediately."
After speaking, he took out the "Heaven and Earth Chessboard" from his storage ring. Ye Shen also knew about this item. Seeing the chessboard, she suddenly realized and said, "That's right, this chessboard can be used now. It can detect places where energy is concentrated. It can help us detect the locations of high-level monsters. Are you planning to use it to scout the way and find monster lairs for us?"
Qin Feng nodded and said, "That's right. This 'Heaven and Earth Chessboard' cannot be used for 15 days after each use. Therefore, I plan to use it to detect the locations of all monsters along our route within the next 15 days and mark them. This way, when 15 days have passed, it can be used again, and we can continue to detect the rest of our journey. Along the way, we will know where the monsters we need to attack are, so we don't have to search desperately. This will save us a lot of time and allow us to improve our strength to the maximum."
Hearing this plan, Ye Shen became very excited. She said, "That's right, this plan is perfect! You are so smart to use this spiritual energy detecting chessboard to guide our way and the order and method of killing monsters. Hahaha... I think it won't be long before our levels and strength are the strongest on this planet. That's great!"
Ye Shen seemed very happy, and Qin Feng walked out of the fortress with the chessboard.
Afterward, he summoned the Peerless Good Sword, used the sword flight technique to ascend into the sky, and then dripped a drop of blood onto the "Heaven and Earth Chessboard."
When the chessboard encountered Qin Feng's blood, it flashed with a blue light. Then, the chessboard seemed to turn into a radar, becoming dim and bright. Some places flashed with bright light spots, while others showed dim light spots.
These light spots represented the magnitude of spiritual energy. The brighter they were, the more spiritual energy was present, likely indicating powerful monsters or people with high strength!
Qin Feng flew with his sword, using his high-speed movement to maximize the effect of the chessboard!
As he flew, he recorded the strength of spiritual energy in the area and input all the coordinates into a portable recording device, clearly marking the level of the light spots.
He recorded the dimmest light as level 1 and the brightest as level 10, for a total of 10 levels. He would personally test each level to determine what kind of monsters it represented, so he would be prepared.
The "Heaven and Earth Chessboard" was indeed powerful, but its duration was very short. Qin Feng flew with his sword for about half an hour, and the chessboard lost its effect. Due to the blood-binding, he had a telepathic connection with the chessboard. He knew that the chessboard had entered a dormant state and would be useless for the next 15 days.
However, Qin Feng had already recorded enough light spots. These 15 days were enough for him to be busy!