Chapter 58: An Invitation from Mei

  Because Fang Yiru's Lingzhou didn't come this time, Zhang Shan could only rush to the road with his body method. After leaving Wenti Zong, it took half a day to arrive at Letian Town.

  He walked slowly into the square of the entrance to the Mystic Forest Sea, starting to look around casually, observing the warriors on the square, looking for a team to join.

  As Fang Yiru advised, it's best not to go too deep into the Mystic Sky Maze when you first enter, and a distance of two thousand miles is suitable.

  However, after his inquiry, it seems that the outer 2,000 miles are safe, but have been swept countless times, and it's only around 2,000 miles in that you occasionally encounter lower-level spiritual beasts.

  The mid-tier spirit beasts of greater value can only be encountered after venturing 5,000 li deeper.

  Lower-level spiritual beasts are what a single martial artist in the Spiritual Martial Realm can handle. If they hunt in groups, the spoils of war will be divided and not many, so usually several disciples of the Spiritual Martial Realm form teams to hunt mid-tier spiritual beasts together.

  Zhang Shan thought about his own combat power being far superior to that of his peers, so he wanted to find a team to hunt and kill mid-level spiritual beasts.

  However, the teams that hunt and kill intermediate spiritual beasts are basically led by disciples of the eighth rank of the Spiritual Martial Realm, and the auxiliary disciples they recruit must also reach above the fifth rank. He currently only has a fourth-rank realm boundary, so he is rejected everywhere.

  Can't find a team willing to accept him, Zhang Shan furrowed his brow, "Or should I just go in alone? Hunting lower-level beasts 2,000 miles away?"

  However, it was his first time entering the Mystic Sky Maze, and he wasn't even familiar with the route. He estimated that most of his time would be wasted on finding his way and searching for beasts, which made him a bit reluctant.

  Just as he was hesitating, a pleasant female voice came from behind him: "Excuse me, Brother, are you thinking of entering the Linhai Hunting Grounds to hunt mid-tier spiritual beasts?"

  Zhang Shan turned his head and saw a 17 or 18-year-old girl with a pure and lovely face looking at him inquiringly.

  "I am indeed thinking of this, I wonder if elder sister has any instructions?"

  Zhang Shan's gaze fell on the identity jade pendant at her waist, recognizing it as a disciple of Qingmu Peak. After a quick scan with his divine sense, he sensed that the girl was a cultivator in the sixth realm of Lingwu, so he addressed her as "Shifu".

  "Our party plans to venture into the depths of the forest, about 5,000 miles in, to hunt down a mid-tier spirit beast, the Ice Fire Spider. We're one person short, I wonder if you'd like to join us, junior brother?" The woman asked with a hint of shyness.

  The Ice Fire Spider's entire body was a treasure, and its value was not trivial. Zhang Shan indeed felt somewhat tempted after hearing this.

  He thought for a moment and asked: "My boundary is only at the fourth level of Lingwu, I don't know how Master Sister can look up to me?"

  The young woman smiled shyly: "Zhang Shan, junior brother, more than a month ago, in the battle on the main street of the town, I was present at the scene. At that time, you were in the third stage of Lingwu, and with one move, you defeated an opponent in the fifth stage of Lingwu. Your combat power is astonishing and cannot be measured by ordinary standards, so..."

  Zhang Shan was astonished, no wonder other teams didn't think much of him, yet this one came to recruit him on their own initiative.

  He smiled: "Since Shifu has invited me, I am happy to comply. May I ask for your esteemed name, Shifu?"

  "My name is Ling Yuwei, I joined the Wenti Zong two years earlier than my junior brother, and now I am an inner disciple of Qingmu Peak."

  After he agreed, Ling Yuwei was visibly delighted, her shyness greatly reduced, and her expression became more natural.

  Duan Xia led Zhang Shan towards a group of three people not far away.

  Those three people were all young men in their twenties, with the strongest one being a Lingwu Realm eighth level and the other two being Lingwu Realm sixth level.

  Lingwu Realm's eighth layer had two of them being disciples of Huangyan Peak, while the one with a jade pendant hanging from his waist was a disciple of Xuanbing Peak.

  "This is Zhang Shan, my junior from Qingmu Peak. He has agreed to join our squad, so now we should have enough people."

  Ling Yuwei said to the three of them, then introduced Zhang Shan: "This is Xing Yuebo, a senior brother from Xuanbing Peak, our team leader. These two are Suo Changtian and Feng Pingyuan, senior brothers from Huangyan Peak."

  Zhang Shan smiled and greeted the three, Xing Yuebo nodded with a smile, while Huang Yanfeng's two men looked gloomy, with an expression of dissatisfaction.

  "Yu Wei, this time we're going deep into the forest for five thousand miles, and we're hunting the Ice Fire Spirit Spider. What use is the fourth level of Spiritual Martial Realm?" Suo Changtian couldn't help but ask.

  Feng Pingyuan, who was standing beside him, also furrowed his brow: "Originally we expected to find someone at the sixth level of Lingwu realm or above, but he is a whole two levels lower, and when the time comes, he might just end up being a drag on everyone."

  Ling Yuwei hastily said, "It won't happen, although Zhang Shidi's cultivation level is a bit lower, his combat strength is astonishing and can definitely rival that of a sixth-level Spiritual Martial Realm warrior. Just like last month..."

  Suddenly realizing that Zhangshan had defeated Huang Yanfeng's disciple at the time, he stopped his words with a bit of embarrassment.

  Su Changtian and Feng Pingyuan's faces looked even more unsightly, just as they were about to retort, Xing Yuebo smiled and said: "I think we can bring Zhang Shidi along, actually the four of us are barely enough, as long as Zhang Shidi can hold back a bit it will be fine."

  As the captain, his cultivation level was also the highest in the team. After he spoke, Suo Feng and the others looked at each other and didn't dare to object again.

  Suō Zhǎng Tiān hummed and said, "Since Master Xíng has agreed, we can't say anything else. However, when the time comes, Zhang Shī Di will have to be careful himself, we won't have the energy to save him."

  Zhang Shan smiled slightly and said: "I understand, I absolutely won't interfere with everyone's affairs."

  Xing Yuebo nodded in satisfaction: "Zhang Shidi has just joined our team, so I'll introduce everyone's martial soul and special techniques first, then you can also tell us about yours, so we can formulate tactics according to your characteristics."

  With his introduction, Zhang Shan knew that this Xing Shixiong was a Frost Ice Martial Soul, so he basically used ice-based attacks.

  Suō Cháng Tiān is a Whip-type Wu Soul, and his weapon of choice is the Líng Qì Liè Yàn Biān (Spirit Energy Blazing Flame Whip), which has fire attribute attacks.

  Feng Pingyuan's Wu Soul is a Cornered Horse, using a pair of arm guards as his weapon. His Wu Soul has bonuses to speed and endurance.

  Ling Yu's Wu Soul is Qinglian, this Wu Soul can form an auxiliary domain, within the domain range can enhance the team's injury recovery speed, as an auxiliary can be said to be quite powerful.

  After the introduction, Xing Yuebo asked: "What is Zhang Shidi's martial soul? What function does it have?"

  "My martial soul is a stele, and it has bonuses to both my attack and defense." Zhang Shan said the words he had already thought of.

  To be honest, he didn't thoroughly understand his own Monumental Wu Soul. Although the Monumental Wu Soul did enhance his offense and defense abilities, what it mainly improved was his perception.

  Moreover, Zhang Shan felt that this might not be the most important ability of Bei Wu Soul, and there might be even more powerful hidden abilities that had not been activated yet, possibly only appearing when he reached a certain level.

  However, he naturally wouldn't tell others about these things, so he just introduced his martial soul attribute as an enhancement of offense and defense.

  Most martial souls come with enhancements to a warrior's offense and defense capabilities, so Zhang Shan's martial soul can only be considered average.

  After listening to Zhang Shan's introduction, Xing Yuebo said thoughtfully: "It is rumored that Shidi's swordsmanship is very powerful, and with one sword, gods and ghosts will be frightened."

  "That's just an exaggeration by others, it's actually not that serious." Zhang Shan said calmly.

  Xing Yuebo didn't pry further and waved his hand at everyone, saying: "Alright, next, we should also set off."

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