Ye Shen saw Qin Feng take out the alchemy furnace and asked, scratching his head, "What are you doing?"
Qin Feng said directly, "I'm refining pills."
Ye Shen was very surprised and said, "Have you found the raw materials yet? I just posted the list of herbs you wanted on the regional chat panel, but no one knew. Some people private messaged me with nothing but flattery, no useful information at all. Did you find these herbs in the world chat channel?"
Qin Feng nodded and said, "I'm not sure yet, but these herbs don't seem to be very precious. Many people can find them. As long as we find out where these herbs are located, the raw materials will be solved. Now I need to practice my alchemy skills, starting with the simplest."
Ye Shen nodded, his eyes filled with anticipation. If they could refine the pills that increased their strength themselves, their power would advance by leaps and bounds.
Qin Feng gave her half of the pills he opened from the treasure chest. Her combat power had now reached 300, and the Wordless Heavenly Book had revealed another 10 pages of content. She already knew how to set up some simple formations. If her strength continued to increase, she would also learn advanced formations, and she would become useful in battles instead of being someone who ate for free and was of no use.
Ye Shen was full of anticipation for this.
After half a day, Qin Feng refined 10 furnaces of Hemostatic Pills. Five furnaces were ruined, and only five were successful. Moreover, among the successful five furnaces, the quality was not entirely consistent. His alchemy skills were still lacking.
Qin Feng stood up and glanced at 204 next to him. The other party's vitality had recovered somewhat, but there was still no sign of waking up. Qin Feng decided not to wait any longer. He said to Ye Shen, "Wait here for a moment. The Square Celestial Chessboard can be used again. I need to plan the route for the next ten-plus days."
Ye Shen nodded, and Qin Feng directly flew into the air on his sword.
He continued to use the Square Celestial Chessboard to plan the route for the next ten-plus days. This time, the Square Celestial Chessboard provided many valuable locations. Qin Feng ignored the dim Level 1 spiritual energy gathering places because those places only had ordinary monsters, which would not be of much help to them. He wanted to start killing from Level 2 spiritual energy gathering places.
He wanted to maximize his benefits without delaying his journey. If they had to go to Level 1 spiritual energy gathering places with great effort, he would not be able to reach the designated location within 10 days.
Qin Feng understood very well that the information known by the person he was trading with was very important to him.
Even if this information would be made public in the future and everyone would know it, he was willing to pay money to know it in advance.
Being able to know even a day in advance would bring him great improvement and give him a significant advantage. He had to obtain this information as soon as possible, exchange the treasures in his storage ring for things that were useful to him, and maximize his strength. According to the rules of this planet, if he didn't improve his strength quickly, disaster would surely befall him.
Not long after, Qin Feng returned!
He had already planned the route and could maximize the benefits of this trip.
Then, Qin Feng led Ye Shen and the still unconscious 204 to continue their journey. They maintained their original formation. With the Red Alert Legion scouting ahead, they drove their off-road vehicles straight ahead.
Every time they reached a spiritual energy gathering place, they would send Red Alert soldiers to scout. If they found a human team, they would exchange information. If they found monsters, they would kill them directly to gain benefits.
Thus, after a few days, they arrived at a different place, and Qin Feng became a bit cautious.
Ye Shen, who was by his side, noticed Qin Feng's nervousness and said, "What's wrong? Are the monsters here very powerful?"
Qin Feng nodded and said, "That's right. According to the information from the chessboard, this is a Level 5 spiritual energy gathering place. The monsters inside should have the same strength as the monsters we saw in the secret realm back then. They have the same combat power as Sword Saints."
Hearing this, Ye Shen remembered the two vampires in the secret realm and the terrifying Sword Saint.
The strength of that guy was still fresh in her memory. If it weren't for the desperate attack of over 10,000 people, which exhausted most of the Sword Saint's stamina, and their use of immortal formations to borrow the power of heavenly lightning, they wouldn't have won so easily.
Now, they had come to this place without preparing immortal formations and without carving the formation flags. Challenging the monsters in a Level 5 spiritual energy gathering place alone was somewhat unwise.
Although Qin Feng's strength had greatly increased, and her power had also been greatly enhanced, she still had no confidence in facing such terrifying monsters alone. Therefore, she said, "Do you really want to challenge the monsters in this Level 5 spiritual energy gathering place? Although our strength has increased, we couldn't defeat the monsters in the Level 4 spiritual energy gathering place without 204's help. Can we really win by challenging such powerful monsters alone now?"
Qin Feng didn't know the answer to this question either, because every monster was different.
Every high-level monster seemed to have unique skills. The monsters in the Level 4 spiritual energy gathering place could resurrect and were very difficult to deal with, and they also had the ability to evolve. Qin Feng didn't know what kind of monsters were in this Level 5 spiritual energy gathering place.
Therefore, he didn't plan to force his way through. He thought for a moment and said, "Let's let the Red Alert soldiers scout first and see what kind of monsters they are, then we'll make a decision. If the opponent is too powerful, we'll forget about it and come back when we are fully prepared. If their strength is not strong, then we can defeat them easily and gain benefits."
Ye Shen nodded. This was indeed a good idea, because the Red Alert soldiers were just substitute puppets without souls. Even if they died, it would have no effect on them.
So, Qin Feng sent Red Alert soldiers to investigate the situation in this Level 5 spiritual energy gathering place.
If this place was not filled with monsters but with humans, then the combat power of this team would be very strong, and he might be able to exchange information he didn't know with them.
If it was monsters, he would have to make a decision based on the situation.
When the Red Alert soldiers arrived at that place, Qin Feng carefully observed the place through his holographic helmet.
This place looked like a desert Gobi. There was nothing but barren land. The Red Alert soldiers searched carefully. Before long, they saw something different.
On a patch of barren ground, there was a very complex pattern. The pattern was not large, occupying only an area of 100 meters in diameter, but the pattern was very intricate, seemingly a kind of formation.
Qin Feng, who cultivated the immortal techniques from the Wordless Heavenly Book, was very familiar with formations. He was sure that this was a formation, but he didn't know its purpose because the complexity and precision of this formation were even greater than those he had learned from the Wordless Heavenly Book.