"What on earth?"
Hearing Xiao Lu's words, Ye Feng's mind was filled with questions. "No, Xiao Lu, why do you ask that?"
"I... I saw you always rush to kill goblins first... even jumping into goblin hordes..."
"When you were in Blackwater Town, you even helped kill goblins for free..."
"So... so I guessed like that!"
Xiao Lu stuck out her tongue a bit awkwardly. Seeing that Ye Feng wasn't angry, she relaxed a little.
"Kid, you have no sense of observation!"
Just then, He Shang walked over and glared at Xiao Lu.
"Ahem!"
He Shang coughed lightly, "Young man, I can understand your desire to... show off, but don't be too zealous to the point of putting yourself in great danger!"
As he spoke, He Shang glanced at Yuan Ling, who was walking alongside Xiao Xiao not far away.
"The Saintess dislikes brash men!"
As soon as He Shang finished speaking, Alak chimed in.
"Wh-what?"
"Good grief..."
Ye Feng didn't understand He Shang at first. It wasn't until Alak spoke that he finally understood.
So these two thought he was trying his best to kill goblins to impress Yuan Ling...
Although he felt speechless, Ye Feng didn't explain. He couldn't possibly say that killing goblins earned him usable points, could he...
"Hey, big brother, there are so many armors and medals here!"
"It's the kind of medals on Uncle Alak's armor!"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao's voice came from the front.
"Armors and medals?"
Ye Feng frowned slightly and quickly walked forward.
"There really are a lot of armors and medals here..."
Ye Feng walked to Xiao Xiao's side, looking at the metal armors scattered on the ground, some covered in moss and looking quite old, and was quite surprised.
"Speaking of which, what's the deal with these explorer medals?"
Ye Feng turned to Alak, who had walked up, and pointed to the silver medal on his chest.
"This medal is issued by the Explorer's Guild and proves the explorer's level of strength!"
"Having a medal issued by the Explorer's Guild makes it easier to take on quests in this dangerous world, easier to gain trust, and also more convenient to get higher rewards!"
"After all, people always have reservations when hiring someone they don't know well!"
"Almost everyone who has frequent dealings with the Explorer's Guild will get a medal. The medal contains the owner's primordial arcane energy that can resonate and activate it for identity verification!"
Alak explained rapidly to Ye Feng.
"The medal grades, from low to high, are the same as the strength levels of Arcanists: Common, Bronze Primary... Black Iron Primary... Silver Primary..."
"Most explorers can only apply for Senior Silver. For Gold grade, you have to go to the Explorer's Guild headquarters in the Central Continent and be awarded by the Vice President or even the President!"
"Of course, a medal doesn't necessarily represent the owner's strength. Some people hide their strength, some have advanced to higher levels after receiving their medals, and some have taken other people's medals..."
He paused, and Alak spoke again.
"Uncle Alak, is the gold medal you mentioned like this one?"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao's voice rang out.
Ye Feng and the others all turned to look and saw Xiao Xiao holding a uniquely shaped, glittering gold medal.
"Yes... yes!"
Alak nodded, his voice clearly surprised. "It's a Grade Two Gold medal..."
"This area seems to have had a battle break out before... it's all messed up, with lots of broken armor and explorer medals..."
Xiao Xiao observed the Grade Two Gold explorer medal for a while before speaking.
"Saintess, what's wrong?"
At this moment, Alak's puzzled voice sounded.
Ye Feng also looked at Yuan Ling, who was not far in front of him, and frowned, because Yuan Ling had suddenly stopped while walking.
"Something's not right about this place. We've entered the core area of the Goblin Kingdom, and we've been walking for a long time, yet we haven't encountered a single goblin!"
Yuan Ling frowned slightly and said.
"Indeed..."
Xiao Lu nodded. "And this place is eerily quiet! Logically, there should be some insect and bird sounds in such a primeval forest!"
"Let's get through this place quickly, something is strange here!"
Yuan Ling turned and said to everyone, then walked forward quickly. Ye Feng and the others followed.
"Croak!"
Before Ye Feng and his group had taken a few steps, a strange cry suddenly came from ahead, and then a one-eyed goblin appeared in their sight.
The one-eyed goblin held a skull staff carved with strange runes, it was a Goblin Shaman. It rapidly slammed the skull staff into the ground.
"Rumble!"
The area where Ye Feng and his group were standing began to shake violently. A large amount of stones rose from around Ye Feng and the others, and in an instant, they were surrounded.
"This... this area happens to be where those armors were scattered... Could it be that the Grade Two Yellow explorer medal was obtained here after being killed by a goblin?"
Looking around, a thought that made him somewhat disbelieving popped into Ye Feng's mind.
"Big brother, be careful of your feet!"
"Clang clang clang!"
As soon as Xiao Xiao finished speaking, dozens of stone spikes shot out from under Ye Feng's feet, rapidly lunging towards his thighs and waist.
"Gargoyles?"
Seeing the familiar stone spikes, Ye Feng immediately understood.
"Bang~ Crack crack crack~"
Ye Feng didn't panic. He twisted his body and kicked out, instantly breaking all the dozens of stone spikes.
"Zeng Zeng Zeng~........."
At this moment, there was a dense rustling sound from the ground where Ye Feng and the others were. It turned out that more stone spikes were erupting, densely packed, and at an extremely fast speed, they darted towards Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, Yuan Ling, Xiao Lu, Alak, and He Shang.
"So many gargoyles!"
"We've run into a nest of gargoyles..."
Seeing this, Ye Feng muttered, his figure flashed, and with a few leaps, he broke all a large batch of stone spikes.
"Bang!~ Crack crack crack~"
"Clang~ Zeng~ Crack crack crack~"
.........
"Don't kill the gargoyles easily, let me handle them. You deal with that Goblin Shaman!"
Seeing that Yuan Ling and He Shang were both emitting green wood-attribute arcane energy, Ye Feng immediately shouted, his hand flashed, and the Tang dao instantly appeared in his hand. He charged towards a gargoyle...
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