Btth: The Rise of Qingshan

Yan Qingshan took small sips of the cool water that Qing Ling carried, and the cool and moist feeling made him very happy.

In this kind of environment in the desert, drinking ice water directly is not necessarily a good thing, and it is easy to cause stomach problems. Cool water with a suitable temperature is better than ice water.

As the owner of the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, Qing Ling has a naturally strong physique, and even the harsh environment of the desert cannot cause too much impact on her.

The Snake-People physique is naturally cold, which is why they can survive and reproduce in the harsh Tager Desert. And Qing Ling, as a mixed-race and awakened Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, has an even higher bloodline level than the current Queen Medusa.

Because of the Snake-People bloodline in her body, Qing Ling's body continuously releases a cold energy, protecting her. And the cool water she carries close to her body is of course very suitable in temperature.

Yan Qingshan drank some water and ate something to replenish some physical strength, holding a first-grade Qi Recovery Pill that he had bought in Black Rock City in his mouth, and circulated his cultivation technique to quickly recover his Dou Qi.

Xiao Yan had the top alchemist Yao Lao providing him with second-grade Qi Recovery Pills, so he was never afraid of consumption during cultivation, and his Dou Qi was always sufficient.

He was much more pitiful. Although he had money, pills, even first-grade Qi Recovery Pills, were quite precious. He only dared to consume them at such times of bitter cultivation. Usually, he just circulated his cultivation technique to recover Dou Qi.

After half an hour, Yan Qingshan recovered his full Dou Qi and stood up. He clenched his fists and felt that his cultivation had improved a little, and he was not far from becoming a seven-star Dou Zhe.

…

In the vast desert, yellow sand raged, and the rising sun illuminated the earth. And in the direction where the sun was setting, two people and two camels slowly came to this sandy area, a somewhat warm sandy area, facing the rising sun.

This is a flat desert, and the terrain here is extremely ordinary and common. There are too many such yellow sand terrains in the desert.

Yan Qingshan had been walking for a day and a night, stopping and going for so long, and finally came to this beach that could be reached by riding a camel in a short time.

He strode forward two steps, stood on a small sand dune, looked around, and showed a pensive look.

This place is not far from Rock Desert City. If you ride a good camel at full speed, you can go back and forth in half an hour. But they had been walking for a day and a night.

This was not because Yan Qingshan was too slow, but because he chose to walk barefoot on the sand, using the wind and sand to train his body and Dou Qi.

Every time he walked a certain distance, he had to stop to recover Dou Qi, and the time spent recovering Dou Qi was longer than the walking time.

Moreover, after nightfall, the temperature in the desert dropped rapidly, making people shiver from the cold. And it was easy to get lost at night.

Yan Qingshan would not deliberately seek suffering. He listened to Qing Ling's advice and rested in place for a night, and continued on the road when the sky turned white.

After walking this section of the road, he arrived at this warm sandy area when it was just dawn.

The temperature difference between day and night in the desert is extremely large. During the day, because of the sun, the ground temperature can reach nearly a hundred degrees.

In the hottest places, eggs buried in it will be cooked soon. And at night, the temperature can even drop below zero. This temperature difference is really unimaginable.

When you just get up in the morning, the ground temperature is still a bit cold. In some places in the desert, as the sun rises and the temperature rises, there will even be dew, which is the most precious and rare thing in the desert—water.

But the sandy area that Yan Qingshan is stepping on now is getting warmer as the distance gets closer. When he came to the edge of the destination marked on the map, it already felt like yesterday noon. The temperature in this area is quite abnormal.

But looking around, there are no special buildings. Not to mention caves, there is not even a shadow of a mountain. The highest sand dunes are also not unusual, and it looks like a very ordinary desert.

"Dawn, scan and analyze the data of this area..."

Yan Qingshan's eyes were fixed on the surroundings. After the Lionheart Baptism, his Thunder Eyes greatly enhanced his observation and intelligence gathering abilities, and even his soul perception was strengthened a lot.

But this yellow sand land in front of him was too big to see the edge, and it was difficult to find the target he was looking for.

"The target exceeds the exploration range. I can only roughly sense that there is an inexplicable heat source underground, and I cannot get detailed information...

The thing is underground. With my strength, digging holes in the desert randomly will only bury myself alive!"

Yan Qingshan squatted down and grabbed a handful of yellow sand on the ground. The hot sand made him frown. The Green Lotus Core Flame and the Two-Headed Flame Spirit Serpent were underground in this desert, but he seemed to have no way to get down.

Digging holes in the desert is a very dangerous practice, because the sandy ground in the desert is very loose. If you dig holes obliquely or horizontally, the sand above will collapse soon.

But if you dig straight down, there is an underground lava pool below. I'm afraid you will be killed by the high temperature before you dig through. If you really dig straight through, the lava pouring out will be enough for you to drink a pot.

The underground lava pool has not erupted lava pouring out, which shows that in the middle area above the lava pool and under the yellow sand, there should be a solid layer of condensed quartz rock blocking the lava.

But lava is definitely unstable. According to Xiao Yan's experience in his memory, there are many underground passages below, which should have been burned out by the lava during previous eruptions.

But most of these passages are not connected to the outside world now. Otherwise, they would have sprayed to the surface when the lava activity surged.

Queen Medusa later found this place and used her powerful strength to create a passage directly to the ground with Dou Qi.

Her strength is extraordinary, and she can maintain the passage with Dou Qi, so naturally nothing will happen. But Yan Qingshan doesn't have that ability.

His only option now is to find a way to dig through a passage from the surface to the underground passage.

But the problem now is that randomly digging like a headless fly is more likely to dig directly into the lava pool. But it is also possible that even if you dig to a very deep place, you still won't be lucky enough to encounter an underground passage cave. The second situation is even worse.

Because he doesn't know which directions underground have passage caves, if he digs randomly, he may waste his efforts. The matter seems to have reached a stalemate.

Yan Qingshan was not discouraged. Instead, he took Qing Ling and the camel back, left this sandy area and went south, all the way to a rare forest in the desert.

In the center of this forest, there is a shallow puddle, but the water inside is salty, so it cannot be drunk directly. But it is a paradise for the surrounding drought-resistant and salt-tolerant plants.

In the forest composed of Populus euphratica, jujube, and Haloxylon ammodendron, sparse grass leaves leave a large area of unobstructed yellow soil.

And in some places with obvious shade, cacti, living stones, and aloe grow vigorously, and some desert weeds also climb in the yellow soil. There are even shadows of yellow sheep and wild camels at the end of the forest in the distance.

"Qing Ling, let's camp here and live here for a while!"

There are no traces of people in this area. Only a few traces of fire piles can be seen occasionally. This is actually very normal.

Although this forest can barely support people's lives, it lacks fresh water sources. It takes a lot of time to collect fresh water every day. And Rock Desert City is not far away, and there is no need to stay here at all.

…

Ten days later, in the desert forest, Yan Qingshan, whose body was a little moist and almost only wearing a pair of underpants, had changed his originally fair skin to light yellow and black.

Almost bronze-colored, his body was a little moist and sticky, with a faint smell, as if it was not sweat but the juice of some plants.

This is a medicinal liquid that Yan Qingshan made on the spot, using the golden shuttle fruit of the forest with snow jade stone orchid, Bilin aloe and other juicy medicinal materials, mixed and applied to the body.

It can prevent sun exposure and improve his physique, enhance his resistance to fire attributes. Of course, it is not very comfortable.

In this forest, there are actually many medicinal materials.

Because of the existence of spiritual energy in this world, even ordinary plants have some magical effects that they did not have in the previous life.

Just like the golden shuttle, snow jade stone orchid, and Bilin aloe that Yan Qingshan used just now.

In the cognition of the people in Rock Desert City, these are useless plants, which can only barely fill their stomachs when there is no food, but it is impossible to use them as food.

They have medicinal properties, but they are not as good as low-level medicinal materials like Yellow Lotus Essence. There are too many of them in the desert, and they have no collection value.

But in Yan Qingshan's place, through the special processing and preparation methods deduced by Dawn, they can turn decay into magic and can be made into medicinal liquids to assist his cultivation.

In these ten days, he was able to consolidate his cultivation as a seven-star Dou Zhe, and these things played a big role.

"Dawn, data analysis!"

Host: Yan Qingshan

Cultivation: Seven-star Dou Zhe

Cultivation Technique: Xuan-grade high-level Lionheart King Technique (one Lionheart Baptism)

Dou Qi Skill: Xuan-grade high-level Mad Lion Roar (proficient), Xuan-grade low-level Phoenix Flight Step (proficient)

Strength: 8

State: Healthy

Agility: 6.5

Mental Power: 33

Main Attribute: Wood

Secondary Attribute: Thunder (Thunder Eyes)

(Data collection target: one-star Dou Zhe average, one-star Dou Zhe median for each item is 1.0)

Ten days of hard cultivation have transformed Yan Qingshan from the inside out. He can feel his great changes and realize that this is his opportunity.

Perhaps in this forest outside Rock Desert City, he can find an opportunity to break through to Dou Master.

Therefore, he decided to put other things aside and continue to cultivate hard…

Two months later, in the forest outside Rock Desert City.

Yan Qingshan sat upright under a Populus euphratica, and the hazy green light halo on his body spread out in all directions. With his rhythmic breathing, all the surrounding plants seemed to resonate with him.

Each plant with rich vitality was dyed with a layer of emerald green, and wisps of emerald green spiritual energy rippled slightly in the air.

This place with weak vitality seemed to be filled with a strong breath of life, especially the Populus euphratica behind him, which was shining with emerald light and lush foliage, standing out from the crowd in this forest.