The Life God's ruins sit 110 kilometers north of the Huaxia territory. This distance has already gone beyond the furthest point wanderers have reached so far.
"Once you get there, you'll see a Corrosion Island. The Life God's ruins are on it."
"But I need to remind you, with your current strength, Corrosion Island is extremely dangerous."
"Before you go, you'd better prepare a set of powerful armor. Defense needs to reach above 200, and it has to have self-repair. The most important thing is that it must have a special effect that resists 'Life Erosion'."
"Also, those low level Pursuers you have won't be of any use over there."
"To make sure you complete the mission, I suggest you find a few strong teammates."
Jiang Kai thought for a moment, then said, "Armor like what you described, I've never even heard of it. You give me a mission but don't provide any gear?"
"You want to trick gear out of me?" God Liu said calmly. "Kid, you sure think highly of yourself. Anyway, I can only give you this much advice."
"You can leave now."
God Liu had already made it clear he wanted him gone. Jiang Kai didn't say anything else and turned around to leave the Soul-Confusing Fog Area.
After coming into contact with God Liu twice, although Jiang Kai hated how this guy tortured him for months and even let one of his clones go, he still had to admit that this big tree's insight wasn't something ordinary people could compare to.
His advice was worth taking seriously.
"I can use blood essence stones to upgrade Pursuer to artifact level, then go check with the military to see if they have armor that fits the requirements."
As for teammates… Jiang Kai didn't have anyone suitable for now.
"Anyway, let's go back to District 18 first."
......
The temporary main city at Zhululing had more or less taken shape, but this city mainly served to intimidate wild beasts. The center of District 18 was still the old main city.
Jiang Kai returned to the Resource Exchange Department in the old city's military base.
Inside the exchange hall, a dozen large screens similar to guild public boards were set up.
"Chuangrui developed new equipment again? Self-service exchange… pretty advanced."
Jiang Kai walked to one of the devices and searched for the armor he wanted to exchange.
After entering a series of key attributes, the search result came up empty.
"What the hell, there really isn't any!" Jiang Kai frowned.
Right then, Qin Mian hurried over to Jiang Kai. After confirming it really was Jiang Kai using the device, he suddenly patted Jiang Kai from behind.
"Hey!"
Jiang Kai turned around, surprised to see Qin Mian. "Brother Qin, looks like you've been pretty free lately."
Seeing that Jiang Kai didn't react much, Qin Mian also felt he'd been acting silly and quickly shifted the topic. "Ahem, I'm not free at all. Recently we've been building the Zhululing main city. Once people get guild points, they all come to me to exchange items. But with these self-service terminals, our work definitely isn't as complicated as before."
"Right, what are you trying to exchange? I saw you checking for a long time."
"Brother Qin, I want to exchange for a set of armor. But I couldn't find any. Since you're here, help me look."
"Then you're asking the right person. Some equipment isn't entered in the database. What do you need?"
Jiang Kai listed his requirements, looking at Qin Mian with hope.
Qin Mian frowned. "Super-five armor with 200 defense isn't hard to find, but armor with self-repair is extremely rare. Whenever gear like that appears, it gets sent straight to the War God Hall."
"But I can still pull one or two out. The problem is you said it needs to resist 'Life Erosion'… Jiang Kai, what is Life Erosion?"
"Brother Qin, I don't know either. I just need armor with that effect."
"You don't even know what it is and you want gear with it?" Qin Mian shook his head. "I've handled tens of thousands of top-tier items, and I've never seen this special effect."
Jiang Kai was troubled. God Liu specifically said the most important thing was that special effect, but right now gear like that didn't exist at all.
"Do the other districts have any?" Jiang Kai still held onto a sliver of hope.
"No!" Qin Mian said with certainty. "If a new special effect appeared, the people in charge of each district would definitely study it internally first."
As the head of District 18's Resource Exchange Department, Qin Mian was qualified to make that claim.
Just when Jiang Kai was sinking into despair, Qin Mian suddenly slapped his own head. He pulled Jiang Kai aside and lowered his voice. "You've already changed class to super-five. I don't know if you've heard about the ancient martial forces?" he asked carefully.
Jiang Kai blinked. Brother Qin really had asked the right person. Not only did he know, he even had ties with Qingyun Sect.
"I know."
"You really know?"
To prove he wasn't lying, Jiang Kai casually listed a few examples. "Most of them are in District 1. They're small guilds, not many people, but very strong. They include traditional sects, ancient martial families, things like Kunlun Guild."
After hearing that, Qin Mian finally relaxed. He continued, "Since that's the case, just know that the guilds in the ancient martial circle rarely trade with our resource department. They've always liked to keep a low profile."
"And the War Gods in the ancient martial circle have special permission. They don't need to do War God Hall missions like the others. But their internal requirements are just as strict. Starting from the unknown zone trials, they require their own people to travel farther for training. For those who've completed their training, they still have to regularly go to unknown zones to train again."
"Since they explore larger areas, they have a higher chance of getting gear with new special effects."
Qin Mian's explanation instantly made Jiang Kai see hope again.
No time to waste, Jiang Kai rushed out of the department. "Brother Qin, I'll come find you again next time. I'll go first!"
Watching Jiang Kai run off in a panic, Qin Mian frowned. "What's the rush…"
"But this kid already reached super-five? How long has it been? His growth is way too fast!"
......
Jiang Kai went straight to Qingyun Guild in District 1.
But Qingyun Sect only recognized Han Yi, not Jiang Kai, so he had to put on his monkey mask again.
"Han Yi, where have you been lately?" Sun Yuan, Elder Wan, and the others all asked curiously when they saw Jiang Kai.
Sect Master Zhou Chu hurried over when he heard Han Yi's name.
Seeing Jiang Kai surrounded, Zhou Chu said urgently, "Move aside, move aside. Han Yi, come here! The rest of you, are your training tasks done for the day? Are you all that free?"
These people probably hadn't finished their training at all. Hearing the heavy tone of the sect master and sensing his bad mood, everyone lowered their heads and ran off.
The two of them went to Zhou Chu's bedroom. Zhou Chu quickly turned, cupped his fists, and said, "Master, Zhou Chu has finally waited for you. Earlier this disciple misspoke. Please punish me!"
"Old Zhou, don't worry about these details. I know you were helping me get out of that situation." Jiang Kai said quickly. "I came because I need something from you."
"Master, whatever you need, just say it. Knife mountain, sea of fire, hell cave, as long as you give the order, everyone in Qingyun Sect will obey without a word!"
Jiang Kai's hair stood on end at that statement.
Qingyun Sect really treated him as one of their own. Even someone as thick-skinned as Jiang Kai actually felt a little guilty…
"No, it's not that serious!" Jiang Kai said quickly. "But I really do need your help!"
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